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[Erureido]

What games do you think have the best Sound track?

My personal picks would go to the Fire Emblem Soundtracks, the Xenoblade Soundtracks, the Professor Layton soundtracks, and the Pokemon ORAS Soundtracks. A lot of my favorite tracks in video games come from those series.

 

[Chrono.]

I can finally:
- Play mods again (I had to update my Wii U for Hulu, long story)
- Update my Sm4sh music mods because SCM is working again

 

[Deleted member]

I have been using Twitch a lot more lately. I am wathing NairoMK duke it off with Gunblade on Twitch. Have to say, I love Twitch! Thank you all for answering my questions! No school tomorrow for me, so I will be lurking in this thread tomorrow for more.

 

[mario123007]

Mythra is the best in every aspect, no joke.

I actually forgot to level up her affinity chart... so no wonder...
For now the strongest Blades I have are Sheba, Newt, and Pandoria

 

[Baskerville]

Class picture 2014 <3

So 2/16 remain? God it feels like a picture of a platoon or something haha. ^_^;

Oh man I remember this.
Shame the hangout is kinda dead now. Maybe when Smash 5 is announced it'll be lively again.

 

[Chrono.]

I'm gonna miss the... calmness? homey-ness? of this place when Smash 5 is announced.

Cause you know it's gonna go buck wild again.

 

[NonSpecificGuy]

Personally I'm REALLY looking forward to Smash 5 Speculation. Maybe it's because during Smash 4 Speculation I picked some incredible threads to be a part of. Takamaru, Shulk, Snake, Isaac, Saki, Rayman, and far more were all very calm and had incredible people to share ideas with. I kinda miss the camaraderie in those threads, we all had our own ideas but were open to others and listened to each other. We we're all really optimistic.

On the other hand, I am a mod and I know exactly how bad people were in those gigantic threads like Ridley and K. Rool's. So that's something.

But yeah once Smash 5 gets announced this place will go ****in bonkers.

 

[mario123007]

Except I look at the opinions of people I know I can compare to my own, not just any random shmuck on the internet
You missed the point, my point was if I knew about what happened in that sidequest beforehand, it wouldn't have hit me so hard emotionally.

That's actually totally ok, but still that's not how I determine whether I should play the game or not though.
I only care about plot twists and emotional stuff too, that's why I try to avoid checking quests overall. I only just check monster locations and collectibles for now.

I feel you're fanboying the game because of the fact that if summon even remotely criticizs the game, you make long *** posts like this going "Actually the game is really really good! You must buy it!"

That's just "feel", therefore sorry if you think that way. I mean I have said and admit I a Xenoblade fanboy, but I am a fanboy of the series, not just one particular game. So if you have time to even check that XC and XC2 comparison I made my statement on which 3 XC games are the best... I just said I can't decide since all of the 3 games are good on their own. There is no best Xenoblade game... yet.

I don't need to check YOUR reviews as I'm not too familiar with your taste and thus can't compare it to mine. Also, HOW exactly did you review XCX when you admitted you haven't played the game? You kinda need to have played the 80+ hour game in order to get a good understanding of it. If anything, it just makes me not want to trust your opinion

Simple rebuttal... I have never review XCX in general...I only look at the Let's Play videos so I only know the stories, I only just mention the things that in XCX I like first handed. I have never judge the side quest, battle system, or skells at all.

What I review was XC2... I thought I made it clear...

That's why I compare XC and XC2 only since the title was obvious, both are story driven. I have spend over 100 hours playing those two games each.

I'm bringing it up because you said a legitimately good score was too low, when it can only be considered low by the amount of good games 2017 had to offer period. I double checked the metacritic score as not all of the reviews were done yet, but are you trying to tell me an average score of 8.3 is low? Because it isn't

So because there were many good game in 2017, so XC2 should get a lower score despite it releasing this year and have a decent gameplay? That's not how gaming review works... If you are talking about medias ranking "Top 10 games of 2017" then yeah, I am totally fine if XC2 didn't make it to any of their list. And XC2 is definitely not the best JRPG in 2017, Persona 5 is, but even then Persona 5 and XC2 are two different types of JRPGs... shouldn't be compared imo.

I also doubt that XC2 will be the best JRPG in 2018, 2018 we will get FE, Nino Kuni II etc...

The reason I said XC2 was underrated is because if you check the user score on Metacritic, it's 8.5 and that's really good.

Now just what in the media scores are you talking about? Now we have 8.3? Metacritic use 100 score system... and I know for a JRPG 83 is decent, but for me who personally thinks this game is slightly better than XCX in some aspects, that's a bit low. I can take 85 but it got 83 thanks to SLANT magazine's short and bias review... the same media who give Botw 3/5 stars btw...
And coming back to talking about the in game mechanics in XC2, I don't get why you mention that... since that has nothing to do with the topic we were discussing...

Not really, as you can check the pokedex for any pokemon you've at least seen, and if you're trying to 100% the game, that means you're talking to every NPC and checking every nook and cranny. The game gives you enough to work with to know where you need to go to find something, plus it's easy to explore. The only exception I could argue is Feebas, but Feebas doesn't appear in a ton of games

So.. what do you do with the Pokemon you haven't seen? What about those old legendaries?

I've asked people who've played the game and who I know have played the previous installments. How is it NOT wise to make sure if you'll enjoy a 60 euro purchase? That's a lot of money, and if I had a Switch, it'd have to rival with other games I'd want to play, so I have to check "Will I enjoy this and should I buy this game before Doom, Odyssey, BotW, Xenoverse 2, etc.?"

That's totally your choice, I don't recommend another person help to judge your purchase.
For me at least, XC2 is already a must buy for me if I got a Switch in 2017, unfortunately it comes late in the year so I got other games such as Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Splatoon 2, Cave Story + etc... but once XC2 came out, it has become the game I have played the most.

You DO realize I only joined in the discussion of the game right now because I agreed with what someone else said, which was liked by someone who beat the game? Plus, pointing out potential negatives isn't bad, if someone says "Should i buy this game?" and I tell them about what I KNOW is bad about the game, it's not forcing my opinion but it's "Be warned, it contains elements you may not enjoy, namely these" which is absolutely a good thing to do when talking about something that costs a lot of money

You agree with someone else said while didn't really try it out on your own on some features of the game? In my perspective , you can agree with others but that doesn't mean you can properly counter my opinion since I may have the same experience as them (And sorry but... you haven't even played XC2...), and I unfortunately have different opinions, and that's totally normal.

And with XC2, most here in Smashboards just finish the story... I am not sure if anyone had even bother to complete the side quests... again, we were just talking about the side quests... I have spend a lot of time on side quests, and for me they weren't worse than XC and many medias who were reviewing XC2 said that sidequest system in XC2 is a huge improvement over XC.

Same with Switch's Joy Cons before I got Switch I don't really like and I have heard a lot said that Joy Cons aren't good so get a Pro Controller instead, but after I got Switch, they were totally wrong, Joy Cons works perfectly fine for me.


All in all sorry if I still how a bit of my bias here and there, and no offense but some of your points are either personal opinions or just a bit of hit or miss... overall though I can understand where you are coming from. Just like how @Final Smash Gamer said, maybe Xenoblade as a whole just isn't a game for you.
I just think that when you want to criticize a game, it's better to at least play it by yourself and then have a fair judge, and that's what I did back in the Colony 96 Xenoblade thread.
I highly recommend you check my review:

So with that out of the way here is my Xenoblade Chronicles 2 67 hours non spoilers review:

Forward:
I only played XC 3D on the New 3DS for over 120 hours, that said I only know the terms in Xenoblade but I am not an combat expert or anything, that said I will try my best to explain the XC2 combat as thorough as possible.
First impressions:
I bought my XC2 special edition, the box was pretty large and quite heavy, the cartridge was of course in the steel book. However, the steel book only contains the cartridge and nothing else. So if anyone wants the plastic boxart or expect the special edition to have the original boxart please aware of this.
The controls were way better than XC 3D, and so are the graphics of course even though I have said I am a huge fan of the more anime CGI style. Speaking of...
I aware the CGI isn't everyone's cup of tea but it's definitely for me, so I wasn't too disappoint on the artsyle.

In depth analysis:
(Disclaimer: the PROS, MIXED, AND CONS and merely my own personal opinions.)
PROS:

• Again mention the new artstyle and graphics, this is very subjective but I think Xenoblade went with more modern anime artsyle like Saitou's, Nomura's and many others is just fits my taste. Other NPCs aren't all designed by Saitou though. And landscape now is a huge improvement over XC, and on par with X. Which means...
• Characters overall are great, Pyra is awesome, Rex is awesome, Nia is awesome, even Tora is more appealing than Riki... and...
• Cutscenes are probably the most enjoyable, they may be long but hey I enjoy watching those cutscenes, this also leads to...
• MUSIC.. NUFF SAID
• The fact that they you can rewatch those cutscenes is also a huge benefit, and yes, all cutscenes and switch language, and some can even change the weather and daytime. There's also more cutscenes on other stuff that I won't revel it yet...
• The world build overall is more complex than XC, which is actually good imo, I still need to see if the complex world building will make the story epic as the first.
• The controls is better than Xenoblade Chronicles 3D, I notice I sort of squished my numb on my New 3DS XL after hours of playing.
• The fact that you can switch map style is great, at first I thought I will hate the all map style but sometimes it helped a lot when I am searching stuff.
• Rare Blades... which is one of the main reason why I enjoy grinding and battling. My personal favs are Newt, Electra, Finch,and surprisingly... Floren... he's probably the best healer on my crew besides Dromarch.
• After defeating unique monster you can just battle it again after activating the tomb stone.
• Quest are much more easy to complete or navigate... sort of...
• Heart to Hearts have voice actings, which is really cool.

MIXED

• Voice acting... not all VA are perfect... Tora has the best voice for a Nopon, Pyra's English VA somewhat doesn't fit her well... but she still nails it nonetheless. Rex as long as he doesn't scream or rage he's also ok. Nia at first I have a bit of grudge on her voice but I'm getting used to it. I also give a shout out on Floren's English VA which imo his VA nails Floren's voice as a trap... I mean literally a trap, the fact that Floren can be have both manly and feminine tone is just...wow... not even Japanese VA can do this, Floren literally sounds like a girl in Japanese.
• The cutscene were awesome but some are unusually long even though they tend to be important. Also...
• There were unnecessary anime cliches, not a flaw but just need to mention...
• Collecting Aux Cores and then need to refine them isn't a hassle but I'm sure it will be annoying with some Aux core that requires rare collectibles.
• Handheld graphics isn't as bad as how some people say. It isn't perfect but I never felt that the graphic is so bad when playing. It does have minor frame drops but this doesn't happen too often.
• Tutorials... are a bit mediocre... and you can still somewhat get tutorials by buying those infos in each regions...
• Quest are more manageable but this also means that the quests can be pretty lengthy.
• The battle system is okay, good when dealing with monster at higher level if you know how to do Driver combos and Blade combos right. The fact that some arts you have to get HP potions can a bit of hassle when they don't fly to your place but far away, or even in a lake or water.
• Merc groups are cool but not really if some has huge requirements and a lot of time.
• Having collection points are fine but sometimes can also be a hassle too
• Affinity chart is also okay but I would also hope for skill trees to return if possible.

CONS

• Absence of armor customization... they could have implemented it in the game at least for the drivers...maybe I will get to understand why they don't add but this is probably the biggest flaw for this game.
• The game often has long loading time for a Switch game...
• The map doesn't blur out the areas you haven't reach actually isn't good, and the fact that when seeing the map won't directly show you where you are is also annoying but glad this will change.
• Unlike XC where you can still run around when choosing entering the menu, XC2 directly goes to the menu, this can be a hassle sometimes.... but oh well, it is what it is.
• In or to cancel lock on, you have to engage into attack and then cancel your attack is annoying whenever I accidentally press R and lock on a high level enemy.
• A character named Zeke... disappointed me a lot... his role in the game was pretty dumb and cliche...

So far these are my analysis I can think, tell me what do you guys think.

 

[---]

Also --- I think you're the last one from our Mod Recruitment Group that's still a mod, Tryphen. I lost the infamous "hit list" though so I'm not sure.

Does Xiivi give promotions for not being dead?

Class picture 2014 <3

So 2/16 remain? God it feels like a picture of a platoon or something haha. ^_^;

That pic takes me back. Xiivi certainly is a showman. Twas the golden age of social groups. I'm surprised no one in this thread has tried to start a mafia game.

 

[mario123007]

One thing I would also mention about the Battle system in XC2...
Battling enemies in the water or lake is really bad, in XC basically once you are in Battle position, you are unable to swim over the water unless you put away your weapons... which is actually okay, you shouldn't be run away once you engage in battle... unless you accidentally trigger a hoard of same level enemies...

I XC2 though... once you touch the water... they will automatically swim and stop battling, which is really really suck... and that's not the worst part...
This means if the HP potion that you need in order to survive another blow dropped into the water... basically you are done for...
More over... items that you get after defeating monster tend to just drop into the water and if it's too deep... you can't get... which is really really a terrible thing for XC2's battle system...

So this also means one of Dagas' attack for dealing with aquatic monsters... is basically useless...or just isn't that needed.

 

[Mythra]

A random user in the future:

-"Finally I became a mod, now I can put some order on my section and then chill for a while"

*Smash 5 gets suddenly announced, tons of new members that didn't read the rules make endless double posts and controversial threads everywhere*

-"Ah ****"

 

[Swamp Sensei]

Does Xiivi give promotions for not being dead?



That pic takes me back. Xiivi certainly is a showman. Twas the golden age of social groups. I'm surprised no one in this thread has tried to start a mafia game.

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No joke.

I've actually been brainstorming on how to make mafia work in the context of this thread.

I've really been wanting to play mafia for months, but forum games doesn't seem to like them.

Perhaps we could create a social group for it? That even allowed?

People of the thread, would you be interested in another mafia game? I know we got lots of mafia veterans in here.

 

[Deleted member]

Continuing the XC2 discussion with mario123007 , I'm curious to know which side-quest in particular made such an emotional impact on you Cutie Gwen , if not too personal.

But wait Samus Aran is cheating! Her nation would be banned from joining the Olympics ever.

Sorry, instant disqualification for using supplemental equipment, natural human bodies only.

Dudes, I'm sure she'd still win them even without her Power Suit.

 

[mario123007]

Continuing the XC2 discussion with mario123007 , I'm curious to know which side-quest in particular made such an emotional impact on you Cutie Gwen , if not too personal.

I don't have any ill will with Beat Gwen even though to be frank I don't really think the points she made we legit but more subjective. That said, I do understand where she is coming from, you know me,I really hate getting spoiled too.

And saying I am defensive and fanboying the game is completely incorrect and just a weak argument, just look at my XC2 70 hours review, and the last post where I rant about how I hate battling against monsters in or near water or lake.

Right now I am doing my best to complete Ursula and Newt's quest, already completed Azami, Perceval, Vess, and Praxis quests.
I don't think I can complete Electra, Perune, Agate, Sheba quests for now.

And since Azami attack required Driver to have low HP I equip Aux core to her that boost attack when the Driver's HP is high LOL...

 

[Deleted member]

When Smash 5 is announced and this site goes to hell, I'll be that one guy that was here the last time and is now skeptical about everything because his hopes and dreams were (mostly) all crushed once already.
I still think it's gonna be mostly fun though, if anything, so we have an excuse to open up a new Leaks Group. Tearing text leaks apart was always fun even though most were painfully fake

No joke.

I've actually been brainstorming on how to make mafia work in the context of this thread.

I've really been wanting to play mafia for months, but forum games doesn't seem to like them.

Perhaps we could create a social group for it? That even allowed?

People of the thread, would you be interested in another mafia game? I know we got lots of mafia veterans in here.

What even is a mafia game in the first place?

 

[Swamp Sensei]

What even is a mafia game in the first place?

Oh boy! Someone's interested.

I'll try to give you a condensed version.

Mafia is a forum game where there are two faction.

The peaceful and majority town and the villainous mafia. Each user will be given an alignment and a specific role/power. Town users want to erase any threats to the town and need to try and vote to lynch potential town members. Meanwhile, mafia members want to outnumber the town and kill them during the night and mislead lynchings.

It's a game of mind games and deception. You need to determine who you can trust and who you should avoid fast.

There are two phases in the game. Day phase and night phase.

During the day, users can speak publicly in the thread (and only in the thread) and discuss ideas, strategies and claims. At the end of the day, the town will lynch someone, so townies need to vote on who they lynch.

During the night, users cannot speak in the thread, but can PM each other to discuss things. During the night, the mafia decide who they want to kill that night. At the end of the night, if all goes well, the mafia kills that user leaving the town to find them dead in the morning. This is also the time when most players can use their powers. These powers can range from anything from checking alignment, preventing a kill, preventing someone else from using their power or checking bits of other people's PMs.

This continues until the mafia is eliminated giving the town the win, or until the amount of mafia members equal the town members giving the mafia the win.

To add to that, many games have third parties, who have their own separate goal to complete.

You might have heard of the game before as a party game or several online versions such as Epicmafia or Town of Salem. At times it has been called Werewolf.

You can learn more here: https://wiki.mafiascum.net/index.php?title=Main_Page

It's got lots of specific roles and more detailed explanations.


It might seem seem like a lot, but it is super fun.

Back when we had a Smash 4 Community Hangout, we played it almost constantly. It was incredibly fun and deepened a lot of relationships I had with other users.

Plus we even managed to make themed games too. We did Ace Attorney, Professor Layton, FNAF, Godzilla, Team Fortress 2, Pokemon, Smash Bros, Dangaropa, etc. Introduced me to a couple of new series while I was at it.

It'd be great to play it again.

 

[Deleted member]

Oh boy! Someone's interested.

I'll try to give you a condensed version.

Mafia is a forum game where there are two faction.

The peaceful and majority town and the villainous mafia. Each user will be given an alignment and a specific role/power. Town users want to erase any threats to the town and need to try and vote to lynch potential town members. Meanwhile, mafia members want to outnumber the town and kill them during the night and mislead lynchings.

It's a game of mind games and deception. You need to determine who you can trust and who you should avoid fast.

There are two phases in the game. Day phase and night phase.

During the day, users can speak publicly in the thread (and only in the thread) and discuss ideas, strategies and claims. At the end of the day, the town will lynch someone, so townies need to vote on who they lynch.

During the night, users cannot speak in the thread, but can PM each other to discuss things. During the night, the mafia decide who they want to kill that night. At the end of the night, if all goes well, the mafia kills that user leaving the town to find them dead in the morning. This is also the time when most players can use their powers. These powers can range from anything from checking alignment, preventing a kill, preventing someone else from using their power or checking bits of other people's PMs.

This continues until the mafia is eliminated giving the town the win, or until the amount of mafia members equal the town members giving the mafia the win.

To add to that, many games have third parties, who have their own separate goal to complete.

You might have heard of the game before as a party game or several online versions such as Epicmafia or Town of Salem. At times it has been called Werewolf.

You can learn more here: https://wiki.mafiascum.net/index.php?title=Main_Page

It's got lots of specific roles and more detailed explanations.


It might seem seem like a lot, but it is super fun.

Back when we had a Smash 4 Community Hangout, we played it almost constantly. It was incredibly fun and deepened a lot of relationships I had with other users.

Plus we even managed to make themed games too. We did Ace Attorney, Professor Layton, FNAF, Godzilla, Team Fortress 2, Pokemon, Smash Bros, Dangaropa, etc. Introduced me to a couple of new series while I was at it.

It'd be great to play it again.

Oh yeah, it's just like Town of Salem, though I'm more used to playing it in person in a much more simple manner.
Still, sounds fun to do it with this thread, I'm in.

 

[Swamp Sensei]

Oh yeah, it's just like Town of Salem, though I'm more used to playing it in person in a much more simple manner.
Still, sounds fun to do it with this thread, I'm in.

Unless we used some kind of method like keeping mafia discussion in spoilers or a different font or something, it might be better to create a social group, invite people to it and have people play/watch there.

 

[redfeatherraven]

Wanted to record the tail end of some dreams in my journal and popped on the computer to look up a spelling. Don't get too distracted I tell myself. You're gonna forget it all I tell myself.

So naturally now is the best time to spam a few likes and throw a few comments, and therefore I shall.

What games do you think have the best Sound track?

Recent example, I'll second @DarkAuraful's note that P5's soundtrack is phenomenal.

Kind of grew on me over time too. At first I had mixed thoughts on the lyrical tracks, so I'm listening to the intro and I'm like oh hey it's anime cheese. Instrumental tracks won me though, especially themes in palaces 3 and 4. Then we get to **** like The Whims of Fate and Life Will Change and Rivers In the Desert and suddenly holy **** my earboner could pierce the heavens.

There's a whole boatload of spoilers in looking up those songs by the way. Fair warning.

Certainly not the only example I've got, but it's the only one that's sticking right now. Game's too fresh in my mind, which is also occupied holding other things. I'll probably revisit this later when I'm not keeping other things in my head.

Dropping in again before I disappear for another week.

How's it going?

It's going alright.

Hi Fal, bye Fal.

Back when I joined, Fal, Swamp, Opo and --- were like the Elite 4 Mods.
Now 3 of them are retired.

Don't make me feel old tonight.

I joined up to learn strategies for Brawl of all things, so my earliest site memories are in the Brawl PGD. Thought I was the last one of the thread regulars remaining, but I've been able to dig up at least three still active.

Still three out of a dozen. Miss 'em.

But y'all didn't come to hear me ramble. Moving on.

I'm gonna miss the... calmness? homey-ness? of this place when Smash 5 is announced.

Cause you know it's gonna go buck wild again.

Mixed feelings.

On the one hand, sure, I'll miss the calm.

But on the other, I want to see the chaos. Got my chair and popcorn all picked out.

People of the thread, would you be interested in another mafia game? I know we got lots of mafia veterans in here.

I get riggity wrecked at Mafia. Happens basically every time.

But I guess that's not a no...

 

[Swamp Sensei]

So we got two people currently interested then?

redfeatherraven and @Shishœ ?

 

[redfeatherraven]

So we got two people currently interested then?

redfeatherraven and @Shishœ ?

Including you, that's exactly enough people for us to all be Mafia and win the game by default.

I like this plan.

 

[Swamp Sensei]

Including you, that's exactly enough people for us to all be Mafia and win the game by default.

I like this plan.

I'd have to be host though.

 

[redfeatherraven]

I'd have to be host though.

Shhhhh.

You're killing my only winning strategy here.

 

[Hat N' Clogs]

This song's been in my head all day so far lol
Gonna go out with family later, too <3

 

[Cutie Gwen]

Continuing the XC2 discussion with mario123007 , I'm curious to know which side-quest in particular made such an emotional impact on you Cutie Gwen , if not too personal.



Dudes, I'm sure she'd still win them even without her Power Suit.

The mission was called Lakeside Getaway iirc.
Also I'm on my lunch break and refuse to answer that large wall of text as my lunch break will be over by the time I finish half of my arguments which will be ignored

 

[mario123007]

Not trying to gain attantion... but I was the one who requested Nintendo Prime to make a response video on Rerez's "Will 2018 Kill the Switch?!" video. And no there no defending Nintendo Switch when it is selling well, there were just many points in the video that Rerz's made were just either debunked, or misleading. And Nintendo Prime made a fair and unbiased commentary on the video.

 

[Deleted member]

Unless we used some kind of method like keeping mafia discussion in spoilers or a different font or something, it might be better to create a social group, invite people to it and have people play/watch there.

I just meant with the users of this thread, I know it'd be basically impossible to do it here.
I do think a Group would leave it more organized than just a thread.

 

[FalKoopa]

FalKoopa
Congrats on surviving the longest of the OG Smash 4 mod wave Fal! Seems like just days, er months, er years ago that we were running around unchained in the Smash 4 section, banning Noahs and curating that horrible leak thread!


Thanks!

If that didn't make me feel old enough as it was, the fact that most people here joined only towards the end of or after my mod tenure doesn't help. xP


No kidding. It's going to take more than a ddos attack and several inferior site design changes to shake me from this site, it seems.

Class picture 2014 <3

So 2/16 remain? God it feels like a picture of a platoon or something haha. ^_^;

Ahhhh good and simpler times. That was only three years ago at most but it does feel like an eternity between then and now.

That picture brings back memories

 

[Opossum]

No joke.

I've actually been brainstorming on how to make mafia work in the context of this thread.

I've really been wanting to play mafia for months, but forum games doesn't seem to like them.

Perhaps we could create a social group for it? That even allowed?

People of the thread, would you be interested in another mafia game? I know we got lots of mafia veterans in here.

Hell yeah. No joke, I've been thinking about this sort of thing too, lol.

Count me in.

 

[redfeatherraven]

Hell yeah. No joke, I've been thinking about this sort of thing too, lol.

Count me in.

That's enough people for mafia plus host.

Checkmate, Swamp Sensei .

 

[Deleted member]

You guys remember how I told you Shounen Jump was holding a manga contest where the winner gets serialized, and how I was gonna do a Tiger Square pilot?

Well, we got two pilots in (one about the eSports, and the other about the vidya characters):

https://medibang.com/book/1n1801041429027430004309649

https://medibang.com/book/0o1712240724059010004309649

Give them a read, and let me know what you think. I'm interested in people's opinions about them.

@N3ON
Opossum
Cutie Gwen
FalKoopa
Swamp Sensei
@Scoliosis Jones
@Mario & Sonic Guy
@Rebellious Treecko
@IsmaR
@Disfunkshunal
@~automatic

 

[mario123007]

You guys remember how I told you Shounen Jump was holding a manga contest where the winner gets serialized, and how I was gonna do a Tiger Square pilot?

Well, we got two pilots in (one about the eSports, and the other about the vidya characters):

https://medibang.com/book/1n1801041429027430004309649

https://medibang.com/book/0o1712240724059010004309649
https://medibang.com/book/0o1712240724059010004309649
Give them a read, and let me know what you think. I'm interested in people's opinions about them.

@N3ON
Opossum
Cutie Gwen
FalKoopa
Swamp Sensei
@Scoliosis Jones
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I haven't read any mangas recently, but hey I will take a look.
And I remember, a bit understandable, but I guess I wasn't in the tag usernames lol.
I am starting like the style already by the way.

 

[Deleted member]

I haven't read any mangas recently, but hey I will take a look.
And I remember, a bit understandable, but I guess I wasn't in the tag usernames lol.
I am starting like the style already by the way.

Thanks!

And sorry about that. I just looked up people who had posted on my profile in the past, since I haven't been active in a long long time.

 

[redfeatherraven]

You guys remember how I told you Shounen Jump was holding a manga contest where the winner gets serialized, and how I was gonna do a Tiger Square pilot?

Well, we got two pilots in (one about the eSports, and the other about the vidya characters):

https://medibang.com/book/1n1801041429027430004309649

https://medibang.com/book/0o1712240724059010004309649
https://medibang.com/book/0o1712240724059010004309649
Give them a read, and let me know what you think. I'm interested in people's opinions about them.

Read em both. That's some good ****.

Prefer the eSport one just because I'm a sucker for that kind of competition story.

 

[mario123007]

Thanks!

And sorry about that. I just looked up people who had posted on my profile in the past, since I haven't been active in a long long time.

Nah that's OK.
Interestingly, Medibang actually was in Chinese when I checked it, obviously your manga was still in English... Perhaps Medibang also has plenty manga from Taiwan artists...
By the way, believe it or not, I've finish both of the mangas
Here are my raw thoughts so far...

Tiger Square World
The style is very interesting, the cat girl Nin Nin is cute and hot. But the male protagonist looks a bit typical... The start of the plot also felt a bit dull...
I gave this manga 7/10, perhaps this one was a bit short and you might have more. I think this manga has some potential.

Don't be too down yet, your next work... The one about Esports

Tiger Square Alpha
An esport manga? I don't recall there are any notable ones... At first it was a bit dull too, but oh my oh my. I really love the story you ate going through. I aware the "what is your motivation?" has been a bit of a cliché in most Shonen mangas. But this one you implement it very well. I also like the character Ryu more than Kyle! He may look like a show off OP rich kid (and he is to some degree), but his personality amazes me. This tyype of character tend to be more of a scumbag and stuck up personality,but nope, telling the main protagonist to give it his all was a very nice touch.

This manga has a lot of potential, not only there aren't any much manga about Esports... I think... The plot, the flow in the manga were just awesome! At first I was a bit confused who used who in the game, bit that's just me.

I gave this manga 9.5/10, outstanding.

However...
This part I think has mistypo

And this part... Are you trying to spell out the Chinese in Mandarin?

黑 and虎 are pretty much correct, 爪isn't "Zhao" but rather "zhua"
For those who do not know, 黑虎爪means "Black Tiger Claw/Slash" because... You know... He is a tiger lol.

 

[Deleted member]

A random user in the future:

-"Finally I became a mod, now I can put some order on my section and then chill for a while"

*Smash 5 gets suddenly announced, tons of new members that didn't read the rules make endless double posts and controversial threads everywhere*

-"Ah ****"

I know how moderators feel. New users love to post tier list threads and tier lists that they made in any Smash brother competitive analysis thread ( despite that not being allowed because it causes a large mess. ) I am sure they will know not to double post, but maybe some of them will not even understand and triple post. Continue the good work, moderators. How do you guys feel about me?

 

[Deleted member]

You guys remember how I told you Shounen Jump was holding a manga contest where the winner gets serialized, and how I was gonna do a Tiger Square pilot?

Well, we got two pilots in (one about the eSports, and the other about the vidya characters):

https://medibang.com/book/1n1801041429027430004309649

https://medibang.com/book/0o1712240724059010004309649
https://medibang.com/book/0o1712240724059010004309649
Give them a read, and let me know what you think. I'm interested in people's opinions about them.

@N3ON
Opossum
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@Rebellious Treecko
@IsmaR
@Disfunkshunal
@~automatic

Ok, let's start with the good: the art looks really good, there's a lot of detail and a variety of expressions in the Onigiri pilot; I also really liked the eSports one, as I don't often see manga or anime about them, much less ones focusing on fighting games(which arguably give the best possibilities for these exaggerated-gameplay as action scenes), and the action was just great, alongside what I believe to be interesting characters and a setting that allows various types of character conflicts to happen.

But, well, there's also the bad, and it's mostly with the Onigiri stuff, being that it's just simply not a good pilot, there's nothing to draw a reader in: there's no big turnaround in the life of the protagonist, an action scene to draw attention or a First Episode Plot Twist and the main character seems to have no motivation or goals whatsoever, he's apparently mostly okay with being ordered to leave home and at the end just accepts Nin-nin coming along with him despite the fact he was siding with the Ogre seconds before, which brings me to my next point.
The relationship that seems would be the main focus of the story feels forced, Nin-nin just tags along and Onigiri just accepts it, there's no moral, legal or self motivation for him to just go along nor a common goal or a mutually benefitial team up, he doesn't need her around him because she has nothing he wants.
There's also the issue of it not really explaining anything about the setting other than being Hell and that it doesn't even seem like Hell, the whole thing could be said to be set on our world and it wouldn't really be noticeable.

So yeah, overall, I liked the eSports one much better and what could be an actually great manga, the Onigiri one is kind of just there and doesn't stand out at all.
Still, it's obviously not a doomed project, it just needs reworking so that it says "this is why you should read this" instead of "here's a thing that exists".

 

[Schnee117]

I know how moderators feel. New users love to post tier list threads and tier lists that they made in any Smash brother competitive analysis thread ( despite that not being allowed because it causes a large mess. ) I am sure they will know not to double post, but maybe some of them will not even understand and triple post. Continue the good work, moderators. How do you guys feel about me?

Na you just have to worry about FalKoopa doing a quintapost again.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Nintendo Switch Is Now The Fastest-Selling Home Video Game System Of All Time In The U.S.

Good job Nintendo

 

[Deleted member]

Nintendo Switch Is Now The Fastest-Selling Home Video Game System Of All Time In The U.S.

Good job Nintendo

I am glad this happened. Back when the Wii U aired, Xbox and Playstation fans would mock the heck out of us Nintendo fans. Now we have the most support, and now look who is the lowest? Thank you for making this post. Also we need more fun people in here, I am specifically talking about @Chainz. , @Emblem Lord and @Zelder . I am just glad that we have a lot of amazing people in here! Nice to see NonSpecificGuy in this thread as well. Is he part of the new elite clan yet?