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I'm at what looks like the final dungeon. But isn't it a bit too early in the chapter? Or is this a case where we get through a few hours of dungeon first and the rest, however long, is pure unadultered story? Edit: Welp, I think I'm up against the big one. I'm betting the duration of this fight on Laura and her 1300 str. Unless he's more weak to art damage in which case I believe Emma and Elliot can cover me. Either way, I want to think my party is balanced enough.

Today my copy of Dragon Quest XI finally arrived. My expectations for this game are high. Really high. But only because the demo already delivered. If the whole game is half as good as the demo this will definitely become one of my favorite games.

Wait, I didn't just spend almost three hours and a half on the festival, did I? It didn't feel that long.

Did.. did I just get my ticket towards an endgame weapon in exchange for a pin?

I wish. I'm trying to get myself to finish what I'm already reading. Not that I don't like it, but these last few months I've rarely felt like reading. TPBM has a lot of hobbies.

Very much so. What a coincidence isn't it? TPBM has gone fishing.

Personally, I'm always of the opinion to trust the order in which the storyteller releases the stories.

I had three out of four members casting buffs of some kind. Rean and Fie double casting Chrono Drive has been one of my main strategies for a while. Elliot had gladiator belt so he could spam resounding beat. Did Motivation every time I could and used Impassion as needed. When things got too ugly I had Elliot cast Seraphic Ring. Still kind of scared of this boss' delaying abilities. Also had to do it twice because of the crash so all in all I spent about two hours on this fight.

Ok, just how much can a turn be delayed? just beat me, literally 2 moves away from me beating them, because the two people that were still alive were delayed into infinity and weren't getting any turns whatsoever. Fie, the fastest character in the game, spent a good 10 rounds doing nothing. Is there something I should be watching for in this battle that screws you for good? Edit: Still don't know how he did that, but I countered it with the two anti-delay accessories I had. Plus I equipped protection against faint which was being a big problem during the first half of the fight. Worked like a charm as long as the party was on red defense to protect against one hit kills. That is until I won and the game decided to crash mid-cutscene...

Alright, I think I'm officially at the point I stopped playing Cold Steel the first time. Which is to say the climax of chapter 6. Of course, since back then I avoided doors like plague in order to see as few loading screens as possible, it took me about 70-something hours, whereas now, being able to talk to everyone at my leisure it took me 93 hours. From now on everything is new for me... save for the generous amount of spoilers I've gathered over the years, which I'm not too happy about but oh well, gotta enjoy what I can.

Does that mean I'm safe being four games behind? I have a terrible itch to watch it.

To be honest killing the previous owner does sound more logical. Expelliarmus is a basic spell. How do teachers don't teach that students are basically exchanging wands every time they practice? Actually, does willingly giving the wand back restore its status? As in, I took your wand, picked it up, and handed it back to you because we're only practicing. Is that how it works?

Not really. I do have my eye on an acted adaptation of The Dolls of New Albion made by college students. I wish artistic projects at my college were that cool. TPBM wants some frozen strawberries because hot weather drains their will to live.

Oooooh so you're there. Yeah, the end of chapter 4 is freaking amazing, and the soundtrack that plays there *chef kiss*, Dark Throne and Delusion of a Thousand Years are two of my favorite themes in the entire series. Prepare for the avalanche that is chapter 5.

Man I really want to listen to One Last Kiss, but I also really want the experience of hearing it for the first time as the credits roll. Can't wait.

This... this is weird. Generally speaking to avoid giving away any plot points, I was on the night of chapter 6 field study's first day when the clock hit 90 hours, about the time when you're told you need to go out. So I did a round around the house talking to people. Then I did a round talking to everyone awake in town, plus the quest. Then a 20-minute or so cutscene took place. After all that, when I regained control, I opened the menu to save and the clock was at 90 hours with 4 minutes. Even assuming that cutscenes don't count (which would have scary implications about the real duration of the game), did I really do all that in 4 minutes? At this point I'm convinced the game time-traveled.

Having dialogue for using the wrong side of the escalator in Roer makes me happier than it should.

To be honest, thanks to this series, a lot of the time when I play other rpgs I feel the scenes are too short and straight to the point.

Is there a particular reason to use groundbait? Are there rare fish that can take more than 5 tries to spawn or something?

Still, those two games conform the arc. The third one is more like the gateway for future games.

Rean just reminded me of David for an uncomfortable moment. "Thors is like a salty cookie and you're the salt“ Rean, no.

No matter what you say, it will be the right answer. Yes, I admit it. So what? Can I go on with my grave digging in peace now?

Well, that is one movie I didn't know about. To the list it goes.

Still, the design is pretty good.

Yeah, Crossbell's designs are easily my favorite. Even Joshua's, which seems to be fairly unpopular. Though, Kuro's art style seems to be even better, which is logical, considering it's the same artist, but with 10 more years of experience.