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This level really kicks it up a notch

It was firmly intended to be the final, console-defining, large-scale international PlayStation 1 blockbuster before it gave way to the PS2 – but in the last moment, Sony Interactive cut the game’s marketing budget and scrubbed its international release, condemning it to a small, domestic-only launch in Japan and due to its convoluted code, it became known as a game that was impossible to translate even by the most dedicated fan-translators/rom-hackers. Until just recently.

We need more folks joining us in our silly goober endevours. We will probably play the Mike Force gamemode, otherwise antistasi will probably be played. If you want to know or discuss more details: Ask away or join the 5th international volunteer brigade! https://discord.gg/rp6sRBKE

this game hurts my balls

Takes me right back to high school with this game and mini tournaments we had with it. Easily one of the worst fighting games ever but we didn't have FighterZ back then.

Two d-pads, one analog stick, three triggers and two face buttons? What were they smoking in Kyoto in the early 90s I have only seen a Nintendo 64 in real life like twice back in the 90s so I have no clue what all these buttons do in most games.

Thanks to recent developments I went and downloaded every Nintendo emulator I could. I was surprised to see how fractured Nintendo 64 emulation seems to still be on PC. I was expecting there to be a Duckstation, PCSX2 or Dolphin equivalent but no, there seems to be no clear winner, and two of the bigger ones are closed source and use plugins like it's 2005, and one doesn't even come with a GUI by default

Steam version v0.1.5.0 has been released.

(Xbox version v0.1.5.0 will released as soon as it is ready)

Patch Notes:

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▼Major Fixes

・Implemented backup of save data on the world selection screen

・Resolved issue of unnecessary data accumulating in save data

▼Key Configuration

・Added fully supported keyboard key configuration

▼Guild

・Modified specification to allow guild members to be removed when not logged in

▼Player Issues

・Changed long-press operation during player tasks to allow continuous work by pressing the work button once (This is switchable in the options settings)

・Fixed issue where riding in prohibited hunting areas would not result in a crime

・Improved interaction accuracy with adjacent objects

▼Pals

・Changed specifications so that when a Pal is instructed to "attack aggressively," the Pal will attack enemies indiscriminately even if they are not in combat

・Corrected an issue to allow Pals of rank 1 or higher to be selected as concentrated material (higher-ranked Pals yield more points when concentrated)

・Fixed bug where if a large amount of experience points were gained and the level increased to 50 at once, Pals would not learn any active skills

・Mitigated an issue where using Mossanda's partner skill "Grenadier Panda" on a dungeon boss would cause the boss to get stuck in walls

▼Base Issues

・Fixed an issue where base Pals would get stuck on top of a logging site, etc.

・Added measures to prevent the issue where base Pals would wander around and get stuck at the border of the base area

・Fixed an issue where Pals at the base would get stuck repeatedly starting transportation tasks and the light bulbs icon would appear over and over again.

・Added measures to prevent the issue of base Pals getting stuck in the farm on a roof

・Fixed an issue where work Pals would get stuck in the summon space of Palbox when restarting the server on a dedicated server.

・Adjusted the default work priority of base Pals (Anubis will prioritize manual labour)

・Significantly relaxed building restrictions for stairs and triangular roofs

・Fixed an issue where sound would play in an infinite loop when Pals at the base used certain active skills.

・Specifications changed so that all changes in environmental temperature are added up (if you put 4 campfires next to each other, the surrounding area will have the temperature of a volcano)

・Implemented "relax" working style on the monitoring stand

▼Balance Adjustment

・Significantly strengthened mining power for Digtoise partner skills

・Fixed the abnormally high selling price of nails

・Significantly increased the number of police officers who appear when a crime is committed

・Added electric shock effect to Free Pal Alliance's crossbow

・Adjusted the flight distance of Sphere Launcher and Scatter Sphere Launcher.

・Increased the SAN value recovery amount of high-quality hot springs

▼Network Related

・Renovated the server lobby

・[Search by server name] will now work

・Added the ability to view online players on a dedicated server

On community servers, this will only be displayed if the setting is enabled

▼Others

・Fixed the issue where Day 5 Memo was not placed

・You can now adjust the in-game brightness in the settings

・Fixed many minor bugs

・Corrected various incorrect text

・Improved measures against cheating

We are currently working on an issue where auto-save fails on the Xbox and Xbox Game Pass versions. We expect that this will be resolved in an upcoming update.

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We will continue development placing top priority on fixing major problems and issues. Thank you for your continued support of Palworld.

Though in Final Fantasy you encounter dragons pretty early on, at least in VII you did, on the first disc and they're kind of a pushover. The chromatic dragons in the Gold Box D&D games are easier too, at least in Curse Of The Azure Bonds black dragons go down pretty fast. The hardest I've yet to face are in the roguelike Angband, the ancient dragons or 8-headed hydra, they breathe poison and can end up killing you in one turn.

Video is over 2 hours long and goes over 1970s history of D&D and other tabletop RPGs inspired by D&D during this time.

Here's the description:

Just one year after the publication of Dungeons & Dragons, four other games debuted and helped define the new genre that would come to be called "Role-Playing Games." Learn about Boot Hill, Tunnels & Trolls, En Garde!, and Empire of the Petal Throne in this video: who created them and why, the game mechanics they used, and their legacy in shaping the future of roleplaying games for decades into the future.

Enjoy, y'all.

Listen to it while you're doing other things, ig

I highly recommend subscribing to this channel, even if you're not going to watch or listen to the video, as he does other more shorter videos, and it's always nice listening to the history of D&D and tabletop RPG games from someone that worked on them during his prime.

Welp, again, enjoy.