u/Think_Substance_1790

When I was eating this morning, nothing major, just cereal, I took a spoonful, chewed, swallowed, but it felt like my oesophagus decided to just... stop working? So im sat for like 2 minutes just waiting on this food moving and it just wasnt... it bloody hurt! Like it was stuck in my chest and just would not go down...

It obv did eventually, but it felt like this awful mix of choking and cramping? I dont know how else to describe it...

Ive noticed it happening a few times, I mean sure it happens when im swallowing a huge bite, or if im earing too fast, but its happening pretty often with normal and small sized bites too... im chewing enough and all that, not doing a single thing differently, im just noticing it happening a lot fairly recently....

Does anyone else get this? Sorry if this has been asked before, was just eating a snack and remembered from this morning, figured id ask because we have so many other random quirks, it wouldnt surprise me if this was another one....

You can soft reset from in game to the main menu... like, from in FFX and X2 HD, you can do the soft reset from back on the OG consoles to go to the game select/launch screen....

I feel so dumb rn. Ive had this game for YEARS and played it idk how many times, but I learned today that the soft reset combo from back in the day still works... literally did it on a whim because I wanted to play X and was playing X2... so gave it a go...

Posting this in case im not the only one 🤣

Morning!

So cutting to the chase, I enjoyed legends A. It was a fun time. Not the best game ever but it felt more alive than most other pokemon games.

But.... and I am desperately trying...

I cannot... CANNOT... get into ZA!

I want to, desperately! The pokedex looks amazing, and the urban aesthetic really fits and blends well with how theyve managed it instead of just random open areas, but I just cant get into it! Ive never, ever played a game in any series that I enjoy where im so immediately put off, even ff13 had about 20 hours in it before I decided it wasnt for me, but ZA I just... I cant!

Ive gotten up to the first battle zone thingy, like the first proper one, then I just stopped. Just wasnt interested... but I keep seeing bits online that make me wish so hard I could love this game!

So please, pokemon trainers of reddit, sell this game to me! Tell me it gets better, give me semi spoiler free reasons to be excited, give me something that compares it to legends Arceus, just give me something that will make me want to play this game, even if its a this something happens later on that makes the tedium worth it! I dont care if its a something thats 30 hours in i just need a target, a goal to make me wanna play this!!

Ive never ever come across a game I so desperately wanted to love and just... dont...

Help me! 😭😭

Ive been playing since I was about 12 years old.

The library down our way gave PS1 games for £1 per week. Over time id played everything they had, and completed most of them. Everything from Spyro to Metal Gear.

Boring, rainy summer, and I had a project due for school. Figured id go to the library, do some of the project, maybe grab a game and a few CDs.

Im looking through the collection. Games id completed, games id played that I didnt enjoy, games that id enjoyed, but id be done with in a few hours...

Then it caught my eye. Not because it looked fancy, or interesting. It caught my eye because it was a dual crystal case. I pick it up. White cover. Pretty logo. Flip it over. Mercenaries, sorceresses... ok... whatever (ironically!)

I ask the librarian, hey S, is this still £1 even though its 4 disks?

Is it one game?

Yeah, just 4 disks in 1 game instead of 1 disk.

Then yeah it'll be £1.

Ok, ill take it. Surely it'll last the week...

I get home, not really bothering, thinking it wont look anything like the back cover. I mean mercenaries is war right? Is this another COD or MOH?

Then it starts. The music, the FMV...

I was bloody hooked! 8 became my favourite game from that point on.

I reborrowed that game for 3 months. Every week without fail. Then my friend told me he had 9, but he didnt like the Ye Olde fantasy vibe. He sold it to me for £15. Then the parents got me my own copy of 8 for christmas that year. And my mum, because shes amazing, even got me 7, because she knew I loved 8 and 9, and 7 was in the same series.

She even made a point of remembering Square Enix, and when the parents got me my PS2, my first 2 games for it were Kingdom Hearts and X.

And of course they didnt realise I needed a memory card, because parents, so I can play until kilika temple blindfolded now 🤣

So what was your origin story? How did you find the series? What started it all for you?

Ok, i added the spoiler tag because you never know BUT since it was literally the first creature I captured, literally at the start of chapter 1 before I even got the gagazet sphere alarm, probably not a spoiler...

But to the point.

So managed to get me a flame dragon. Was expecting a flan, or a coyote, but no. A dang flame dragon. This is the first time im really wanting to start sinking anything meaningful into the creatures, so im not that well versed, but I know that through battles, I can level them up, get their fiend tales, and free them, resulting in a bestiary entry and possibly a new tournament team.

But this dragon is saying it lives to fight and no analysis could be done...

My question is basically, is that it? Are there some enemies in game who cant be analysed, like brother? Or is there a way of doing it? Like after the boss fight with it in besaid? Or levelling enough?

I did find a sort of answer in gameFAQs but honestly I didnt understand it... I dont know if id understand it better if I knew more about the creator, or if the poster did just write it in a very confusing way, but if someone could explain, in the simplest terms, does it get a story, and how do I get it if he does?

Please talk to me like ive never played the game before (ive 100% it several times, both HD and og ps2), but ive never bothered with this bit before.. .