Vysethedetermined2

Howdy all! I know I just disappeared for a while, but I apparently came down with Covid and felt like crap for two weeks and now I'm in the busy season for work so I've barely got time off for the time being, but I am feeling better at least. I have 3 videos that have been sitting for some time, I'm going to see if I can make them public between today and tomorrow. With that said, that's all I'm going to leave off with at this time so I don't get side-tracked.

-GS

1 week ago | [YT] | 56

Vysethedetermined2

Howdy folks. Just dropping a quick blurb to let you know I'm still very much active but have been casually gaming the last few weeks while I let the last batch of videos marinate a little. I did pick up some imports for the Dreamcast and PS2 recently as well as a few outliers for my collection ("Ar Nosurge" for PS3 to go with the "Plus" version I have for Vita, "Bahamut Lagoon" for the Super Famicom and "Misaki-Aggressive!" for PS1). Been playing a lot of this game called "Brave x Junction" the last week - it's a "Blackjack RPG" that seems to have been trying to ride the coattails of the indie faux-gambling renaissance of "Balatro", "All in Abyss" and games of their ilk. It's got a rough (but comprehensible) machine translation and isn't very deep, but has enough meat on its bones to justify its low price tag. I'm currently in the post game dungeon which they, frankly, padded the heck out of it. Being developed by Rideon (who are often associated with Kemco), it also has a few neat cameos for "Adventure Bar Story / Labyrinth" fans which doesn't seem to have made the rounds yet. While this final (?) dungeon is a slog, the core loop is satisfying enough and I did capture some clips to make a video for it.

-GS

1 month ago (edited) | [YT] | 45

Vysethedetermined2

Got several videos (7) that I've uploaded, now I just gotta find time to make them public... also, there's a mobile Community Connection thing on the YT app now? It alleges that viewers can start discussions with me and my audience and act almost as a forum... thinking about activating it, but I do the overwhelming amount of my work on desktop. How long has that been a thing?

-GS

3 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 36

Vysethedetermined2

Game Highlights 52:

Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 [ファイアーエムブレム トラキア776] - I've had this game for a long time, but I guess I'll finally talk a little about it.

Fire Emblem, as a whole, is a series that warrants almost no introduction. Originally released in 1990 by the mad lads at Intelligent Systems, it started a decades-long legacy of swords, sorcery and warfare that inspired many strategy games that would come later (and the game itself borrowed DNA from IS' prior strategy game, Famicom Wars, as well as inspiration from Kure Software Koubou's "First Queen"). While the series would, almost blasphemously, not see a proper English localization for more than 10 years (with the release of the GBA title, "Fire Emblem", which was actually the SEVENTH main game called "Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade"... it probably wouldn't have even happened if Advance Wars and Smash Bros. weren't so popular), it was a legendary series for years in Japan. While its ascension to the series it is today was not paved with sunshine and rainbows the whole time (there is a fascinating falling out between Nintendo and the series' main creator, Shouzou Kaga, which led to his departure and two different series with gameplay connections, Tear Ring / Berwick Saga and Vestaria Saga), today's entry, "Fire Emblem: Thracia 776", was a critical turning point in the franchise.

Also dubbed "Fire Emblem 5", FE:T776 was not only the last FE game that had Kaga's involvement before he left Intelligent Systems (and the next to last IS game overall), but it was also one of the very last games released for Nintendo's Super Famicom console (followed by a small handful of others that can be counted on one hand) and perhaps the best game released on the system's deathbed. Initially released September 1st, 1999 as part of the "Nintendo Power Memory Flash Cartridge" line-up, it proved uncharacteristically popular, selling over 100,000 copies (low in the context of other FE games, but high considering the system was already almost 5 years into the PlayStation and Sega Saturn's reign as well as 3 years into the Nintendo 64) and later getting a standalone release in January of 2000 along with a simultaneous "Deluxe Pack" (pictured) for diehard collectors. Prior to the likes of Limited Run Games and company, FE:T776's Deluxe Pack was one of the only items of its kind officially released for the system with some notable bells and whistles. Besides the game, it included "The World of Fire Emblem" VHS, plushies of "Pegasus" and "Dragon", a cloth map, collectible cards, and 25 marker pins.

I won't go into an exhaustive discussion about this game's particulars as there is no shortage of info surrounding the series, but I will go over a few main elements of the game. Originally intended as a shorter side story back in 1998 before development turned the game into a project of greater scale, the game takes place in Thracia (specifically between Northern and Southern Thracia) during the year 776 of the Gran Calendar. FE 776 would serve as a interquel of sorts to 1996's "Genealogy of the Holy War" and takes place around the time of that game's second generation. Players control Leif, the deposed heir to the Republic of Munster, who has been passed around and on the run for most of his life due to the occupation of Jugdral by the tyrannical Arvis (one of the main antagonists of GotHW / FE4). The ultimate goal of the game is to build Leif's ragtag army into a formidable force and free Munster and Northern Thracia from the Grannvale Army.

FE 776 builds on the mechanics found in the previous game but also introduced several new mechanics, some which would become series staples and some that stayed unique to the game and helped the game earn its reputation as one of the most difficult titles in the series. These features included "Fog of War", "Capture" (introduced in this game and partially introduced in some future games), "Fatigue" (unique to this game as an attempt to avoid relying on specific characters too much), "Gaiden Chapters" and "Escape Chapters". The weapon triangle returns (but has lower priority and is thus easier to ignore) and while the game is difficult, there are also several fun exploits in the game (deliberately being captured by enemies with certain characters to halve their stats, weapon weight formulas, etc.) that keep things interesting. The game looks and sounds pretty good and ultimately helped send the system off in style (it's better than most of the games coming out towards the end of a system's life actually).

-GS

3 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 38

Vysethedetermined2

Howdy gang! Vidyas coming soon! And loving my new external drive, lol. Makes managing space and projects MUCH easier.

-GS

4 months ago | [YT] | 29

Vysethedetermined2

I've got half of a day off... that's it, lol. But for those of you who have been around for a while, how many of the "Game Highlights" community posts have you seen on this channel? More than six years of community posts, more than 50 highlights (some with multiple games and a surprise or two). Go check them out! Here's the current list:

1) Brave Prove & Growlanser Generations
2) Socket & Sweet Fuse: At Your Side
3) Napple Tale: Arsia in Daydream
4) Community Pom: Omoide o Dakishimete
5) Idea no Hi & Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
6) Robo Aleste
7) Sengoku Turb
8) Undertale
9) Magic Knight Rayearth & Magic Knight Rayearth 2: Making of Magic Knight
10) Lunar: Sanposuru Gakuen & Moldorian: Hikari to Yami no Shimai
11) Royal Stone: Hirakareshi Toki no Tobira & Shining Force Gaiden: The Final Conflict
12) Sylvan Tale
13) Keio Flying Squadron & Keio Flying Squadron 2
14) Shadowrun (Mega-CD Compile Version)
15) Silhouette Mirage
16) Tobu Tobu Girl Deluxe
17) Keiō Yūgekitai Gaiden
18) Yam Yam
19) Aoi Namida
20) N.U.D.E.
21) Kurukuru Marumaru
22) Bistro Cupid
23) Lucienne's Quest
24) Nekotako
25) Genkai Tokki: Seven Pirates
26) Asuka 120% Return BURNING Fest.
27) Paranoia Scape
28) Serial Experiments Lain
29) Card Captor Sakura: Tomoyo no Video Daisakusen
30) Shinrei Jusatsushi Taromaru
31) Kahen Soukou Gunbike
32) Étoile Princesse
33) Milano’s Arbeit Collection (Milano no Arubaito Collection)
34) Ningyo no Rakuin (Mark of the Mermaid)
35) Kaisoku Tenshi: The Rapid Angel
36) Wrestle Angels Survivor 2
37) Unholy Night: The Darkness Hunter
38) Iron Kid [아이언 키드]
39) Wonder Project J2: Josette of the Corlo Forest [ワンダープロジェクトJ2]
40) Dai Senryaku VII: Modern Military Tactics
41) Valis III (Gen/MD)
42) Second Cross [セカンドクロス]
43) Valis Complete (PC) + BONUS
44) Shin Megami Tensei Nine [真・女神転生 NINE]
45) Valis Complete Plus (PC)
46) Magical Shop [マジカルショップ]
47) Be Rain [ビィ レイン]
48) Lunar 2: Eternal Blue (SCD Original)
49) Rule of Rose
50) The War of Genesis: Remnants of Gray [창세기전 : 회색의 잔영]
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51) Voltige Aerienne [ヴォルチゲ・アエリエンネ]
52) ???
53) ???
54) ???
55) ???...

4 months ago | [YT] | 49

Vysethedetermined2

Going to make a few videos public within the next few hours and "probably" do one "actual" community post (just letting y'all know I'm alive). Afterwards, I'll probably be locked into a vicious work cycle the next few weeks. Also, there's a few days left in Steam's Summer Sale, so take advantage of it if discounted computer games are your kind of jam!

5 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 37

Vysethedetermined2

Finally looking into more posts. Ran out of storage and had to invest in another HDD. Currently setting up a 16TB drive which should last quite a while.

-GS

5 months ago | [YT] | 26

Vysethedetermined2

Been recording a few videos and quietly playing some games in the background. Haven't started "Clair Obscur" yet, but did get some decent sales on "Romancing SaGa 2: RotS", "Fuga 1/2", "Monochrome Mobius" and the "Voice of Cards Complete Trilogy" on PSN. Also got some Steam games and a few Doujin titles, but I'll go into that some other time. "Voice of Cards" is a little clunky, but it scratches a nostalgic itch I didn't know I was looking for. There's been a hot debate raging on lately about the "increase" in game prices and hardware, but I'm only going to buy games on sale anyway unless it's something I REALLY want to play or if it's the modestly priced Indie/Doujin game, and I've been putting more money towards older games than anything else anyway. Needless to say, my backlog is massive.

-GS

7 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 38

Vysethedetermined2

Working on getting the next videos out. Wanted them out before April, but life... it finds a way.

-GS

8 months ago | [YT] | 35