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Project Manager @ Oculus Publishing, Operations. Former SEGA / Atlus. Color blind. Tweets only approximate the English language. Views are my own. 日本語OK、色盲である

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Sprawling, enthralling, and packed with dynamic brawling, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth isn’t just the best turn-based Like a Dragon game, it’s one of the greatest games in the entire series. bit.ly/47LpIxZ
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DQ2 done! Solid and a clear evolution over the first. I was impressed with how big the world was, though it took forever to move around. Probably around 25 hours all in.
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Having enemies at the end of the game that could wipe out your whole party due to bad RNG seems pretty mean, even for the times. People were really patient back then.
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So now off to DQ3! Released over two years later, just 3 months after FF1, it has the ability to choose and swap party members of various jobs. I'm going to roll with a martial artist, a cleric, and a magician, but I seem to recall the merchant has something special about them?
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Meta Quest 3 launches today, and it's the best VR headset on the market. Standalone or hook it up to your PC, whatever you want. The room setup magical, and we are out here cranking out games left and right so pick one up! meta.com/quest/quest-3/
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Day two of Dragon Quest II, probably like 4 hours in. Got all the way to the ship and realized I had missed the silver key so went back for that and headed to ラダトーム, which is where stopped food the day.
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For clarity, I'm playing the original Famicon versions. The music in DQ2 is excellent, with far more variety than DQ1. The town song is a jam. The pacing is also vastly superior, with smoother enemy scaling and more compelling battle.
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Not sure how much grinding this one will expect of me towards the end, but it's feeling like a 12 hour game? Excited to jump back in after work!
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Over the weekend, I decided to start playing through the Dragon Quest in Japanese. Naturally, I played through DW since it came with that issue of Nintendo Power in 5th grade, so it was my first time through the arguably jankier JP version.
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After logging about 12.5 hours, I was at lvl 16 and had all the final gear except the sword and had access to the final castle. But at this point, I probably need to be at level 19+ to beat the game, which looks to be like 4-5 hours of just more grinding. No thanks.
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So off to DQ2. Loading this guy up and putting an hour in, I... don't know this game. I don't think I've ever played it. That said the pacing up front is way better so looking forward to it. My SO also has fond memories of the music from this one so that's a plus.
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Also the 10th anniversary of the American release of Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F, the first Project DIVA game localized for the West!
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📣 Meta Quest 3. Meta Connect. 日本時間9/28 📷 metaconnect.com #MetaQuest3 #MetaConnect2023
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Hi! I've been away from social media in general over the past year or two, but I do browse because I wanna see what peeps are doing. But despite stalking everyone from the shadows, I haven't really posted much recently. So here you go, a big long thread of rambing thoughts!
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All in all, it's been a year of reflection and learning. I'm making more for less intensity and less stress, able to spend more time with my family, while working alongside some of the most amazingly brilliant and talented people on crazy cutting-edge tech.
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Probably not going to ever return to social media in a way I engaged pre-COVID, because despite not being able to turn away, it really isn't good. But I hope everyone is doing well.
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