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I unlocked that gate, it's still more backtracking then I'd like. Also, in seeing how people are beating enemies I'm finding that the game really doesn't reward stealth, which sucks, because the way enemies are laid out you would think that you should stealth as much as possible until things go sideways, then mop up the enemies that are left. But that's just not how the game seems to work. 

I haven't played it since re-installing it, but I will stress yet again that I feel that I have picked up the finer points of the game very quickly, but the game itself constantly moves the goal post on how to play it effectively.

Final Fantasy II ditched the job classes, and instead you have 3 blank slate characters, with a rotating 4th member. Experience points are gone, and you level up based on what happens in battle. Swing a sword and your strength and sword skill goes up. Take damage and your hit points go up. Use magic and your magic skill and magic points go up. This sounds cool, but it devolves quickly into characters becoming very samey. Also, the difficulty is all over the place. Take one step too far to the left or right and you'll encounter enemies far above your current level, with no indication as to why.

It's...not a great Final Fantasy game.

These are solid, logical matches that we will definitely book, but I hope we get some more esoteric stuff, too. I look forward to making a call on two games I’ve never played.

Keep in mind that this is Streets of Rage 1 we’re talking about, so that’s Adam, Axel, and Blaze.

She’s not a bad character for people to think she’s named after, but I approve of the sly gaming reference.

At least it’s not like an old FF XI Linkshell member I knew who named her son Sephiroth. Oh yes. That’s real.

I'm glad you are happy to have Justin on as an official cohost! When Angelo came back to debut Video Game Cage Match it felt like he and Justin had been talking for years, even though they had just met. So I look forward to getting Angelo back for a full episode. 

I think I'd rather play DmC, too!

And maybe I'm just letting my pervert show, but her ass just seems to keep on jigglin' to me. That game also looks decidedly next gen to me. 

You...don’t know Scorpion’s spear???

MK1 was a janky game even in 1993, but I think 2 and 3 are fast and precise games to this day. MK9 had a huge input lag to me. I couldn’t pull off Scorpion’s spear on command for the first few hours until I got used to the timing. But it’s the shitty animations that kill me the  most. 

https://youtu.be/h6VCy1uKpyI

No, I have the same thing that happens to me with podcasts. I listen to them all day at work, and because of that sometimes I have to back up the audio by as much as 5 minutes if I missed something. This is especially true with audio dramas like the No Sleep Podcast, which is a lot like an audiobook.