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  1. Comment on CGA-2025-10 🕹️⏰ 🗺️ 🐸 REMOVE CARTRIDGE ⏏️ Chrono Trigger in ~games

    SpruceWillis
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    That ending brought tears to my eyes, the music in particular is very powerful.

    That ending brought tears to my eyes, the music in particular is very powerful.

    2 votes
  2. Comment on CGA-2025-10 🕹️⏰ 🗺️ 🐸 REMOVE CARTRIDGE ⏏️ Chrono Trigger in ~games

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    I'm coming into this topic late, I managed to get about 8 hours in to the game but I've already completed it a few times over the years. Not much to add that hasn't already been said. I find...

    I'm coming into this topic late, I managed to get about 8 hours in to the game but I've already completed it a few times over the years.

    Not much to add that hasn't already been said. I find Chrono Trigger to be a work of art, lightning in a bottle that is rarely captured, a once in a lifetime opportunity that we're very lucky to be able to play.

    This isn't even coming from a place of huge nostalgia either, I had a Sega growing up and I live in the UK so even if I had a SNES I wouldn't have been able to play Chrono Trigger as we never officially saw it in Europe until the DS release.

    I played this game for the first time as a 15 year old on a SNES emulator and it became a game I quickly fell in love with. The characters are wonderful, the plot is a ton of fun, insane, intricate but not too complicated, the visuals are stunning, the music is one of the best video game OST's ever composed in my opinion, and the gameplay itself is brilliant, simple to learn and understand but there's depth to it for those who want to master it.

    I can't say much more to be honest, other than I hope we get the chance to play Chrono Cross at some point, it's another beautiful game with, in my opinion, an ever better OST than Chrono Trigger.

    3 votes
  3. Comment on CGA-2025-10 🕹️⏰ 🗺️ 🐸 REMOVE CARTRIDGE ⏏️ Chrono Trigger in ~games

    SpruceWillis
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    Schala's Theme and Wind Theme are my two favourites as well. Wind Scene is being used for one of the general background songs while me and my soon to be wife sign our marriage certificate this...

    Schala's Theme and Wind Theme are my two favourites as well.

    Wind Scene is being used for one of the general background songs while me and my soon to be wife sign our marriage certificate this weekend after the wedding ceremony.

    4 votes
  4. Comment on CGA-2025-10 🕹️⏰ 🗺️ 🐸 INSERT CARTRIDGE 🟢 Chrono Trigger in ~games

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    Can't wait to play this one again, I was rather preoccupied during The Last Express, work, dad duties and other life admin, and couldn't get into it (not out of dislike, I love the game, I've...

    Can't wait to play this one again, I was rather preoccupied during The Last Express, work, dad duties and other life admin, and couldn't get into it (not out of dislike, I love the game, I've completed it twice in the past).

    I'm actually due to get married on 01 November and during the signing of the marriage certificate one of the songs that will play is "Wind Scene" from Chrono Trigger and as we leave the ceremony the "Chrono Cross theme" will play, these games mean a lot to me so I'll definitely find time to dive it this one more thoroughly this month.

    4 votes
  5. Comment on Deus Ex Remastered | Announcement trailer in ~games

    SpruceWillis
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    I would certainly suggest buying the OG Deus Ex and then using the free Revision mod available on Steam which tidies the game up, and fixes some bugs and issues. I haven't played using Revision...

    I would certainly suggest buying the OG Deus Ex and then using the free Revision mod available on Steam which tidies the game up, and fixes some bugs and issues.

    I haven't played using Revision tbf but I've heard good things. The OG DX is still a ton of fun as well.

  6. Comment on The neo-Victorian neo-nazi lesbian BDSM cult that made video games in ~humanities.history

    SpruceWillis
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    But one is used as a way of not coming across as uncouth or curt when discussing someone who has died in front of their loved ones or friends, a simple social pleasantry and the others are foisted...

    But one is used as a way of not coming across as uncouth or curt when discussing someone who has died in front of their loved ones or friends, a simple social pleasantry and the others are foisted upon social media and internet users by advertisers and platforms lest their brands become tainted by words like "suicide", "Nazi", "gun", or "paedophile". The second is horrendously dystopian, self-censoring completely natural language for the sake of shareholders and advertiser sensitivities.

    31 votes
  7. Comment on Deus Ex Remastered | Announcement trailer in ~games

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    One of my favourite games of all time, a true piece of gaming history thats themes become more prophetic every year and I could not have hated the trailer more. Good old Aspyr.

    One of my favourite games of all time, a true piece of gaming history thats themes become more prophetic every year and I could not have hated the trailer more.

    Good old Aspyr.

    2 votes
  8. Comment on Colossal Game Adventure Schedule: September 2025 - March 2026 in ~games

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    Thanks and sorry for the bother. I'll make sure it's all parsed correctly next time.

    Thanks and sorry for the bother. I'll make sure it's all parsed correctly next time.

    1 vote
  9. Comment on Colossal Game Adventure Schedule: September 2025 - March 2026 in ~games

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    Looking forward to pretty much all of these, especially Chrono Trigger, it's always such a joy to play through and hopefully it'll prompt a vote on Chrono Cross later down the line which is also,...

    Looking forward to pretty much all of these, especially Chrono Trigger, it's always such a joy to play through and hopefully it'll prompt a vote on Chrono Cross later down the line which is also, in my opinion, a fantastic game.

    The Last Express is a ton of fun, played it via GOG about a decade ago with my youngest brother so I'm looking forward to diving back in again.

    Also, I screwed up with my votes and didn't realise until it was too late so it's all good, at least I know for the next block of voting.

    4 votes
  10. Comment on Colossal Game Adventure: Voting topic in ~games

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    Lufia II - 5 The Way - 5 Chrono Trigger - 4 Castlevania Aria of Sorrow - 3 Secret of Monkey Island - 2 Beneath a Steel Sky - 1

    Lufia II - 5
    The Way - 5
    Chrono Trigger - 4
    Castlevania Aria of Sorrow - 3
    Secret of Monkey Island - 2
    Beneath a Steel Sky - 1

    1 vote
  11. Comment on Tildes' Colossal Game Adventure: Inauguration and nominations in ~games

    SpruceWillis
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    My favourite game of all time, not even one I played as a kid on the SNES as I'm in the UK and it wasn't officially released in Europe until the DS port. I played it on an emulator when I was...

    My favourite game of all time, not even one I played as a kid on the SNES as I'm in the UK and it wasn't officially released in Europe until the DS port.

    I played it on an emulator when I was about 17 or 18 and immediately fell in love.

    Absolutely beautiful game.

    3 votes
  12. Comment on Tildes' Colossal Game Adventure: Inauguration and nominations in ~games

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    My nominations are two JRPG's. Lufia II - Rise of the Sinistrals. A fantastic, oft-overlooked SNES JRPG that features a pretty great story, kick-ass music, and even a sort-of optional roguelike...

    My nominations are two JRPG's.

    Lufia II - Rise of the Sinistrals. A fantastic, oft-overlooked SNES JRPG that features a pretty great story, kick-ass music, and even a sort-of optional roguelike dungeon.

    The Way - 6-part RPG Maker 2000 series made mostly by one guy, Luke Wacholtz. While the first one is probably the shortest of them all and maybe the slowest, the rest are great. It has a custom combat system, a secondary duelling system, multiple minigames, and some custom OST and tilesets. This game really broke the mould and was huge at the time but has been mostly forgotten amongst the Omoris, Lisa's, and To The Moons.

    4 votes
  13. Comment on Béla Fleck - Big Country (1998) in ~music

    SpruceWillis
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    Phil was a common sight on BBC Scotland's Hogmanay show on well...Hogmanay.

    Phil was a common sight on BBC Scotland's Hogmanay show on well...Hogmanay.

    3 votes
  14. Comment on Made a free VTT prototype in ~games.tabletop

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    Wow, love the idea of proximity chat in a VTT. I must say, my regular players are generally very good when it comes to, at the very least, basic role playing but they suck at moving their tokens....

    Wow, love the idea of proximity chat in a VTT.

    I must say, my regular players are generally very good when it comes to, at the very least, basic role playing but they suck at moving their tokens.

    Ones so bad I've just given control of their token to another player so they can move them too.

    If I'm talking and they can barely hear me it might prompt them to actually engage with their token.

    3 votes
  15. Comment on Who’d be into a book club but for retro games? in ~games

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    I'd be up for this. We did it on the old Smashing Pumpkins o-board phpBB forum back in the late 00's and it was great fun, think there were 6 of us doing it, lasted about a year before it ended....

    I'd be up for this. We did it on the old Smashing Pumpkins o-board phpBB forum back in the late 00's and it was great fun, think there were 6 of us doing it, lasted about a year before it ended.

    Tried to get it off the ground with a couple friends a few months back but it didn't end up happening.

  16. Comment on Ozzy Osbourne dies just weeks after farewell show in ~music

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    Rest in Peace Ozzy. I really enjoy Sabbath but I wouldn't say I was ever a huge fan. Without them however my life would invariably be incredibly different. I've made friends through metal music,...

    Rest in Peace Ozzy.

    I really enjoy Sabbath but I wouldn't say I was ever a huge fan. Without them however my life would invariably be incredibly different.

    I've made friends through metal music, been in metal bands, travelled all across the country to see metal shows, and metal music has given me an emotional outlet for teenage angst and adult stresses since my dad introduced me to Alice Coopers album "Trash" as a child.

    13 votes
  17. Comment on ‘Legend of Zelda’ live-action movie casts Bo Bragason and Benjamin Evan Ainsworth as Zelda and Link in ~movies

    SpruceWillis
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    7 years pass between child and adult Link in OoT. I don't think there's ever been concrete confirmation of his ages as a child and an adult but I believe dev comments over the years have suggested...

    7 years pass between child and adult Link in OoT. I don't think there's ever been concrete confirmation of his ages as a child and an adult but I believe dev comments over the years have suggested 10 and 17.

    2 votes
  18. Comment on MTG - Building a collection in ~games.tabletop

    SpruceWillis
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    For tracking what cards you own, Manabox is pretty great on mobile, it's what I use.

    For tracking what cards you own, Manabox is pretty great on mobile, it's what I use.

    1 vote
  19. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

    SpruceWillis
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    I'm pretty sure there's a mod for PC to increase the dodge and parry timer in Expeditioner mode without changing enemy difficulty. I don't know what it's called as I didn't need it myself but I've...

    I'm pretty sure there's a mod for PC to increase the dodge and parry timer in Expeditioner mode without changing enemy difficulty. I don't know what it's called as I didn't need it myself but I've heard people talk about it on here and Reddit.

    Wonderful game though, enjoy, absolutely my GOTY.

    4 votes
  20. Comment on Summer Games Done Quick 2025, a week-long charity fundraiser featuring speedruns, is live (runs July 6 - July 12) in ~games

    SpruceWillis
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    Oh thanks, must've missed that, was just scanning the first word of each game looking for "Clair". Enjoy the rest of the game!

    Oh thanks, must've missed that, was just scanning the first word of each game looking for "Clair".

    Enjoy the rest of the game!

    4 votes