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Your video games of 2021

For me, the big thing I was waiting for was Endwalker, the newest expansion for FFXIV, and one that promised to tie up the story I've been following for a decade now. And it really delivered, even if fighting Login Queue (Ultimate) each night is getting a tad tiresome. Handing the story for the last two expansions to Natsuko Ishikawa was a stroke of genius that has paid off immensely. And obviously, I want to talk about it all - but there is so much that shouldn't be spoiled.… [more]
posted to MetaTalk by NoxAeternum at 9:05 AM on December 15, 2021

I loved Hades, but I got to a point where so many of the things I wanted to experiment with (weapon modes, character interactions, interior design) just seemed so grindy and I got pretty frustrated.

Unfortunately, "grindy" pretty much describes the roguelike/roguelite genre.
posted to MetaTalk by NoxAeternum at 3:44 PM on December 15, 2021

MetaMMO: Leeeeeeeeeeeeeroy!!!!!

ride cactuars and pwn you with chocobos?

There's a sort of cactuar mount you can get from the Gold Saucer, and you can teach your chocobo how to fight alongside you (tip: level healer first, then attacker (DPS), then defender (tank) on your bo.)

And there was the chocobopocolypse of 4.3, where it turns out a bunch of red chocobos can ruin everyone's day with Choco Meteor.
posted to MetaTalk by NoxAeternum at 4:59 PM on May 29, 2020

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Hmm...I have a family vendetta against Chef Boyardee.
posted to MetaTalk by NoxAeternum at 8:06 PM on April 2, 2015