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Just got done with CS, I loved it so much and I'm ready to go into HM next but from my understanding they have the same digimon roster. If that's correct I'm unsure of what digimon to use so I figured I'd just full on ask y'all and see what you guys think.

I used Lilithmon, Mastemon and Rosemon BM for CS because they all worked really well together and ended up being quite strong. Rosemon was my starter, Lilithmon is just one of my favorites and Mastemon made for good support.

I would like to use my starter in HM all the way through and it looks like I can turn Betamon into one of my favorites, Rusttyrannomon, so I think I would like to use him but filling out the other 2 slots is where I'm stuck. If it's anything like CS then someone like Lilithmon who has int/def ignoring skills will be very important to have but I can't figure out which data or vaccine type to put in that slot, I'd rather not reuse the same digimon as my CS playthrough too.

So can y'all give me some good mega data or vaccine types to go with Rusttyrannomon?

I was planning on my end game team to be Rosemont BM, Lilithmon and Minervamon but maybe going for Titamon would be better instead of Minervamon. I'm unsure because I saw that Titamon gets a defense ignoring attack and apparently those are incredibly strong

I parried my way through expert and hardcore with my big ass sword and now I can say I'm done with this game for the time being.

Hardcore is some proper bullshit! I swear even the slightest mistake means goodbye stamina and goodbye health bar. If I didn't get good at reflection then I'm dead. It didn't feel like enemies hit that much harder than expert but rather the stamina drain was ridiculous.

That said, I loved it! I loved how even minor enemy encounters had me thinking strategically, throw a javelin at the archer enemy before engaging and keep track of all the enemies I'm fighting. I love not seeing healthbars, it made every boss fight feel that much more rewarding and surprising when I finally surpassed them. I loved the camera angle change too, it made the game feel more tense and cinematic.

Top 3 hardest fight for me were Ozma, Jellyfish Witch and Elermain however you spell it. They pushed me to the breaking point in different ways. Elerbitch was the first major roadblock for me because of how it's just gg if I run out of stamina but I can hardly ever hit her back because her gameplan is the same as mine, block and parry. Jellybitch made me press the dodge button, which I really hadn't done up until that point or really that much afterwards. Ozma is just really difficult, it took me the longest to beat him by far, 6 hours on that fight. Honorable mention to the rapier girl but I was able to shut her down due to reflect, that was just a matter of learning the fight and her zoner phase was surprisingly easy.

Favorite fight is Scalpel, just bullying the poor guy with Reflection is really funny. Then his phase 2 hits and it's running around with the occasional parry until he dies but I really like that fight.

Oh I forgot that phantom form and spirit of avarice are also not allowed and I didn't feel a difference compared to expert because I didn't use them back then anyways. I wanted the achievement for no spirit back in expert so I got that then and phantom form felt like a DPS loss compared to my big sword.

Overall as someone who has only played bloodborne, Elden Ring and dropped Fallen Feathers, this game is amazing. Solid 8.5-9/10 game. High contender to be my favorite game I'll have played all year

I'm in chapter 6 and I accidentally zoned out while watching a movie and grinded to level 50 ultimates for my team when in the AC unit with the gear finding side quest. Since I'm so close to mega level, I got curious and checked what stats I would need to digivolve to them and I'm missing about 40 points of speed for my Digitamamon to turn into the Minervamon I'd like it to become. Do I get access to stat increasing items at some point to make it easier or will I just have to level up about 30-40 more times just to get those stat points?

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I should probably start with the fact that I've only beaten bloodborne and elden ring as the only other souls games I've played. I've tried several other soulslike games but this one just feels different.

Even when I beat the game on expert last week I still wanted more from it and have started my hardcore run, I'll still use great sword like the first playthrough because I love it so much.

Hardcore is kinda kicking me in though, the final boss on expert took me about 30 minutes to beat, took me 4 tries total, also got true ending so there was the extra phase. Viper in hardcore took me a bit over an hour to actually beat and I didn't even count the attempt number.

I'm loving this game, it's looking like it will be my personal favorite game I've played all year and I can't wait to continue to struggle against bosses that clearly let me get away with too much in expert. The great sword feels amazing, it scratches a different itch than my monster hunter great sword does and it feels amazing to hit all the parry and reflects. The game is rewarding, challenging and just overall some really amazing combat!

I don't know much about the MMO source material but the story is actually enjoyable, I never understood the hype behind doomed yaoi until now lol. The character designs are amazing, everyone looks pretty and attractive.

Level design, specifically side quest design is one of the game's lower points. Having to go through the same place you were just in or revisit it repeatedly for side quests gets a little old but they don't last long enough to feel like a drag at least. The end game levels are definitely the highlight though. Getting to see the capital ruined as people tremble in fear is really cool actually, especially when chaos infected civilians hide in with the regular folk.

THANK THE DEVS FOR ARACHNOPHOBIA MODE!

I probably wouldn't have been able to experience the game without it. I have a paralyzing fear of bugs and being able to turn them into rock monsters with masks was actually really helpful. It didn't stop the ceiling dropping assholes from startling me nor did it make the sound effects the spiders have not give me the chills but it did make the game playable for someone with my level of fear. More games need this kind of option.

Tl;dr the game is really amazing and addicting. I give it a 8.5/10 or maybe even a 9/10

So Yatch has 2 games essentially, every version of Shovel Knight and Mina the Hollower and Aether Studios has 2 games where guest characters fit in well as hype announcements. Both Shovel Knight and Mina are also extremely beloved indie games while Rivals is too with both R1 and R2.

So how cool is it that Mina came out not long ago and we've already got it confirmed that she's going to be in R2 when they got shovel knight in R1! It's the kind of thing that makes me really glad to be a fan of both developers when they've got such a cool partnership over guest characters. Like this is so well timed, I wonder if the Aether devs were in discussion about it before Mina the Hollower was actually fully released.

Not a salt post, not even specifically about matches or the games either, just a post to talk about the wholesome deal between 2 indie companies that genuinely love making games that people enjoy and love to spread that joy to as many people as possible

I'm as ecstatic about the th6 remake as anyone else but can we take a moment to talk about how our reaction as a community is compared to others?

I'm not trying to bash other communities and so I won't name any but you'll see a series get a game announcement and it feels like half the fans of it are finding something to complain about. You'll see the dumbest complaints you'll ever read to some that actually kind of make sense. That's not the case for th6.

When I say it's the first time I've seen twitter not having a single thing to complain about, I mean it. All of us are celebrating this announcement as something monumental, because it is. We all have our now hopeful eyes on the future and it's something to rejoice in. I'm really glad Touhou exists and I wouldn't be who I am today without it. It fills my heart with joy to see that not only is there something this massive being announced for a series I hold dearly, but to also see so many other fans forget all the crappy things about life and just be happy that Touhou is getting some love.

I put game discussion as the tag for this post because the focal point is the Touhou 6 remake but it does just sort of boil down to my love of the series and the community we have as we all just have a blast at this wonderful news. Mods just like change the tag or something if it's the wrong one, I wasn't sure what to put for it in the end and made a guess

I've slowly but surely been buying all the games I can on steam and saw that th19 has multiplayer when I tried the demo earlier.

My main question is if it's decent enough to play with a friend every now and then because so far the only game I have to play when one of my friends comes over is sonic racing and it'd be nice to get something else that isn't going to cost me a lot but I'll play on my own and with a friend.

Speaking of which, how is it overall? The reviews on steam had said it's unfinished but th20 came out so does that mean th19 is completed or did ZUN leave it half finished?

I'll probably get it regardless but the game seemed a little confusing. Maybe it's because I haven't played PoFV yet but the gameplay seemed like a 1v1 against a CPU and I couldn't figure out how to send attacks to their side, just focused on not getting hit on my own end. I've played 6, 10, 11, 15 and 18 but it's clear this game will be quite different from the rest of those, it's even got a charge shot which I couldn't quite figure out the use of using that over regular shot