21:39 < solios> every square game after the first final fantasy needs a hardwired "skip exposition" button.
21:40 < solios> you spend more time waiting for people to talk than you do blowing shit up in a Front Mission replay.*
21:41 <@ejp> you can hold down, [B] I think and it Goes Faster
21:42 < solios> yeah, but the problem with front mission is there's spots of expo you can speed up and spots you can't.
21:43 <@ejp> wonderful.
21:43 <@ejp> see, I hate that. even the fast speed is annoying to read.
21:43 < solios> naturally the spots you can't plod along at a speed of no with music I'm sure the japanese consider to be Deep and Appropriate.
21:44 < solios> but is really just plodding and grating.
21:44 < solios> on the upside, you can punch trucks.
21:44 < solios> and that makes up for everything.
21:45 < mdxi> hahaha
21:45 <@bda> haha
21:45 <@bda> solios++
21:46 < solios> (front mission)++
As I've mentioned elsewhere, Front Mission is fantastic. The inability to skip the plot on a replay is a minor nit.
* The story's predictable and traditional but still pretty engaging the first time through. With a "new game +" however, you have no need for the arena and you're stomping through maps so fast that the story becomes a brick wall you repeatedly splatter against in your mad rush to go pummel some more baddies.
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