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Spirit Armor posted:Pfft, yeah, like I'M going to waste time doing the Jean-Paul fetch quest. To Yoneda's office! Just watch, if you don't find Jean-Paul, Iris keeps psykering up bigger and bigger objects searching for him and you wind up having to mash 20 buttons in 5 seconds to catch the chandelier. Anybody who can stay awake reading Dostoevsky in a bed at nighttime is not entirely human. Perhaps it's special sniper training to keep full attention staring through a tiny scope at a small open window? Also, when you're in freelook mode what are the buttons captioned with? Character names or location names?
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Hmm, so that's why. Here I thought everybody was denying the secret robot assault force because they figured that someone with special energy had to be a bit special in the  way and they didn't want to break his little brain.Good god, the side comments have me completely cracking up. This is great. And for a second I thought the bullet train was going to get loaded into a giant underground revolver and fired to its target. Because that's the only possible way things could get any more awesome. Spirit Armor posted:THIS'LL BE THE MOST loving KICKASS CHERRY BLOSSOM VIEWING EVER, GUYS I have composed a haiku to memorialize the occasion. Cherry blossom falls - Reflecting on life's frailty WE KICK DEMON rear end Sindai posted:I don't see what's so great about Maria. Clearly we must pick based on maximal trainwreck potential, so unless one of the other girls is like, Gurren-Lagann level of badass Sumire is the only choice. I've got a side vote in for the tonfa girl from the intro, whoever she is. She looks appropriately badass, but I have a feeling that giant sniper robots can be badasses too.
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So is this grid-based or are we looking at actual free-range movement here? That is, can you cheat your action gauge by tweaking out a few fractions of a step and then still unload a full attack? I note that Action Movie Rule 26 is in full effect: "even if the impact isn't strong, even if neither thing involved could possibly combust, when two objects collide there's a screenful of explosion". Or were those all fireworks stands? Also, forget the mecha suits, the real hero here is piloting Rolling Thunder. Then again the tracks were probably just laid out by Diddy Kong rules - keep going full throttle and you'll never miss a jump. Couple more questions: I notice that despite the earlier slap fight and Sakura being inside the Doom Flower, Sumire only took out the mook. I'm guessing there's no friendly fire? And how the heck does Tachibana work? Is her sniper rifle a normal attack with a giant range, or does she snipe entirely through special attacks? Glazius fucked around with this message at 06:42 on Jul 29, 2007 |
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Spirit Armor posted:I forgot to mention: I love this music, AND it's catchy as hell. It's not your standard RPG technorock, which is always nice- that it actually fits the theme and the setting is just icing on the cake as far as I'm concerned. Spirit Armor posted:[Maria] I'm a little confused as to how this conversation flows. I'm assuming it's generic "Ogami and Maria say hi" and not sensitive of battlefield position, but I'm getting several possible meanings from this. Scenario 1: <Ogami> Maria, covering fire! <Maria> ...did you just copy that out of your training manual? We're in a largely open area fighting enemies who aren't using cover. Even if they were, they're all close-combat and suppressive fire would have no impact on their ability to perforate you before you got close. USE TACTICS, NEWB! Scenario 2: <Ogami> Maria, covering fire! <Maria> I am unfamiliar with this "covering fire" of which you speak. You can't possibly have more military acumen than I do, so I shall demean you for talking nonsense. Scenario 3: <Ogami> Maria, covering fire! <Maria> Sorry, Ogami. As much as I'd _like_ to run overwatch the game won't let me take any reactive actions. Besides, you've got a magic 360-degree bird's eye view, so I don't need to be on a high vantage point spotting threats and eliminating them, one by one, with cold, cruel precision... drat YOU PROGRAMMERS! TACHIBANA WANTS TO CLIMB THE BELLTOWER! From here it sounds like it's supposed to be 1, but it comes off as more 2, and the effect on the player is probably supposed to be 3. EDIT: Aaand I just realized that what was probably happening here is Scenario 4: <Ogami> Maria, we're going in! Cover us! <Maria> Cover "us"? You're going to be too busy charging in like a fool to actually pay attention to other threats? Last I checked, a commander needed to keep his eye on the _whole_ battlefield, "Captain" Ogami. Glazius fucked around with this message at 15:12 on Jul 31, 2007 |
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Rollersnake posted:early cutscene featuring the horribly obnxoius protagonist This message brought to you by a grant from the Partnership for Bandaid-Patch Free Games Foundation.
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Spirit Armor posted:Problem is, Maria isn't your typical hero... Yeah, Camp M 4 lyfe. I guess this was just Satan's prototype or something. (Also, I had no idea that her final assault was an AOE, albeit a small one.) Spirit Armor posted:The currently highlighted one, 'Protect', is ridiculously useful: Protect is like, what, White Dragon Shield from the original Lunar? It nullifies the next attack and then Ogami has to have his turn come around and use another Protect charge? Or does Ogami get a chance to change his Protect target every turn, but every attack against the Protected target uses up one charge? quote:Next is Ogami's 'Captain' command, which is what makes these battles a bit more interesting. This is interesting. Can you unlock a "Void" strategy or am I just reading too far in? Also I note that despite being in Mountain the pilots pull off their special attacks. Did they start the battle with a full charge from the previous one, or what? Put together with his Protect command, I'm getting a very Book of Five Rings vibe from Ogami. The original twin-sword style wasn't designed to give you a second attack at -2/-4 every round, but as a superior method of defense and terrain control, suitable for any occasion. Spirit Armor posted:As you can see, a happy pilot is a godly pilot. You say this but I keep wondering. In the battle screens so far, I haven't noticed anything like XP in the game. The only way to improve a pilot is to get them to like Ogami more? That Protect command is hell of useful then - protect a weaker pilot while they get stronger. Basic priorities for Ogami then: 1) Don't Be An rear end. 2) Become a better field commander (which should get you in with Maria.) 3) Entertain us! 4) If at all possible, practice the piano. As much as Iris keeps me out, being an rear end to her is not a very good idea. Not for nothing is it said: "Meddle not in the affairs of psykers, for they are short-tempered and quick to cockblock."
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ObMeiste posted:Finally I demand you be rude and tell Sakura to push off at every opportunity, her obsessiveness and traditional mild mannered Japanese sweet girl nature disgusts me beyond compare. Eh, there are already two LPs with people trying to fail so hard it's visible from space. I'd be more interested in "what crazy-rear end options do they respond favorably to?" How does someone from China wind up with an Osaka accent? We may never know.
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Mandoric posted:Oh, but we will. Hooboy. Do I want to know which of her parents she inherited what from? quote:As for deliberately pissing off, or at least deliberately keeping things chilly with, Sakura, she's clingy enough and gets the heroine bonus enough where you kind of -have- to if you don't want her all over you constantly. It's not really a "let's play as horribly as possible' thing. Well, yeah. But at the same time, time is tight enough that going out of our way to be an rear end to her for no other benefit just doesn't make sense.
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Spirit Armor posted:... Screw the rules, I have bullets! Spirit Armor posted:I'm probably just going to focus on the other girls. The pilots' battle speech cools down when their trust levels break even (as opposed to Sakura's whole spiel LAST battle...). Wasn't that more of a function of it being "Sakura's chapter"? If not, you need to get every pilot up to "fawn over Ogami" at least once, if at all possible. Just for the sheer volume of inane chatter that is likely to ensue. I do not ask the impossible. I ask what is necessary.
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Mandoric posted:Sadly, when it came time to write the inevitable pornographic fanzines, this continued to be true, and she ended up with far worse. What failure of logic -didn't- set off alarms in my head at a book titled "Orchid Tree", no matter the quality of the cover? I'm guessing it wasn't Kohran x Her Hard Suit, then? Maybe after a little more of Kohran's chapter I'll like her better, but right now my compass is pointing due Shion Uzuki.
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Spirit Armor posted:ONE person calling me 'Oniichan' is ALREADY too much. There is absolutely NO reason for me to hear that infernal nickname from  Never say Iris's name while staring into the glass eyes of a stuffed animal. Spirit Armor posted:... as glad as I am that Kohran and Iris're getting along and not actively trying to kill each other (unlike certain OTHER pilots that you shall all see later), these two bounce off each other rather frighteningly. Whatever is wrong with cute things that explode? Cutely?  Spirit Armor posted:I love how Yoneda is not at all worried about the prospect that this twenty-year-old captain might be attempting to put the moves on some nine-year-old girl in the first place. He's probably so smashed he's seeing Iris ten years later. Spirit Armor posted:Yeah, that first battle probably WAS all thanks to everyone else in the Flower Division backing me up. It hurts because it's true. Spirit Armor posted:[Ogami] Spirit Armor posted:[Ogami] Spirit Armor posted:
Yeah, there's probably a secret catch in the back of her wardrobe with a big glitzy princess dress in there. It's like Alfred Ashford, except not as inherently creepy. And she can actually shoot. Spirit Armor posted:Everyone's expectations of Ogami are just... so low. Keep in mind, this is Kohran. It probably is amazing that nothing has exploded yet. "Oh, ya got gas lamps! Great, I always wanted to see how one of these worked! C'mon, give me a boost up! Now, let's get s'more light in here-" :HORRENDOUS SPACE KABLOOIE: Spirit Armor posted:
Hooray beer? Spirit Armor posted:[Ogami] Just get Kohran to help you rig every available surface to explode, then find the nearest initially-creepy neighbor person to help you fight off the thieves who inexplicably survive everything! Now that I've actually seen Kohran, I like her more. She gots moxie. However, I'm still interested in Maria.  Is "the girl who always plays male roles" common? This is the second time I've seen it but the first time it was treated a bit....[Rei] I NEVER ASKED FOR FANGIRLS!  ...differently. Glazius fucked around with this message at 20:18 on Aug 7, 2007 |
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Spirit Armor posted:"Ogami is dead." quote:... I... I think whatever freakish obsessive bug that Sakura has is contagious. quote:As amazing as it may sound, Ogami DOES have relatives, unlike most dating sim protagonists.  quote:Ogami tends to regard Futaba as his surrogate mother- which makes sense, given that she's old enough to have a teenaged son of her OWN. Given that neither Futaba or Ogami make any mention of their own parents, it can be assumed that they were orphaned while Ogami was really young. quote:
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Spirit Armor posted:Each 'event' clocks exactly five minutes (with a few exceptions). Going to Ogami's room was one, as was going to Kohran's room- so it should be 8:10. Ten more events? I will say this about Kohran, then. The mindfuck is too quick to be painful. Or does Ogami's pocketwatch keep time in Football Minutes?
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Spirit Armor posted:And then an angel appeared. Intelligent, Russian, and gay as a tree full of monkeys on nitrous oxide? quote:With renewed purpose, Ogami turned away from the balcony. So what if the demons and half of the theater are out for his blood, his soul, or his pants? There Stop by the theater girls' stations tonight, see what they have to say! Maybe they'll quote:I mean, hell, if Ogami's taking all this time to trapise around the theater, it'd be a drat shame if someone found the old man's corpse before he could. :/ I don't think those two are all that mutually exclusive. quote:[Kohran]Naw, not at all! All we did was assemble 'em. The blueprints'd been finished a long time ago. Stupid Speculation Time, I have no idea whether I'm hitting the mark or not. Probably not. The original Koubu design was stolen from the Hive of Darkness. Their ground troops are the same general design with some poor victim stuck in there to power it, and their spirit energy is utterly drained in the process. The Hive leaders use the same design and are sure enough of themselves that they don't worry about getting sucked into the gas tank. That humans seemingly always do is just more proof of the frailty of these pathetic fleshbags who dare despoil the planet. The only modification is a safety interlock so that the Koubu powers down instead of sucking its pilot's soul out if the energy is too low. But it's not entirely proven that this will actually always work and there are a couple of husks in the R&D division's closet. quote:Given what we know of Kohran, I got the vaguely uncomfortable feeling that it'll look a little something like... I'm now seeing Kohran as being basically a Goblin Sapper mecha, whose only job is to run into a dense knot of enemies and EXPLODE VIOLENTLY. And after every battle, she rebuilds. Better. Faster. With a larger blast radius. quote:But I- Okay, we get it, the programmers are a bunch of  for putting in these options and having Iris be all  as a result. You can stop actually picking the options. It's freakin' me out, man.quote:[Ogami] I'm tellin' ya, man, Ogami's like PokeRus incarnate. KoubuRus? TaroRus? Also, the MSPaints are totally freakin' awesome. You do them yourself? Glazius fucked around with this message at 00:10 on Aug 14, 2007 |
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Spirit Armor posted:[Ogami]Yeah, totally, 'cause being in the Navy meant that I was in the water 90% of the time, tugging our boats along with ropes and trying not to get eaten alive by sharks. Have I mentioned how much I love these little asides? You're beautiful, kid, never change. quote:... we can't actually see Ogami. For all we know, he could be wearing his uniform, or something like it. Anything less than a full-body swimsuit, possible with a risible stripe pattern, is fairly anachronistic... at least outside of Japan. INSIDE of Japan... Well, I present the following for the edification and of all concerned.quote:I was thinking a little about last month's battle in Ueno Park. Is it really a month between "episodes"? That makes the whole trust system kind of double-weird, since you get all this in a single day. quote:[Ogami]Maria, can I have some cover fir- NEVER. CHANGE. quote:Can't... resist... [Ogami] It's almost as if some external force which desperately desires to see girls naked is taking control of my body! quote:Because there was delicious bread that needed eating. Is THAT where that meme came from? quote:<event> <type="change" /> <frequency="never" /> </event> quote:*choke* g-good lord Yeah, somebody from the future's going to show up with a dart gun to peg Ogami because he was single-handedly responsible for a destructive population explosion. quote:While it must be hard to edit the screens for these LPs, moments like these must make it all worthwhile. quote:The cursor has its own little facial expressions.  quote:This is probably the happiest I've gotten Sumire in all of my playthroughs. Well, it's no thanks to me in particular still carrying a torch for the original  but, congratulations.
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Spirit Armor posted:FUN FACT: the original Sakura Wars had a nifty minigame specific to each character, most of them differing substantially from each other. For instance, Sumire's swimming lesson used to be a "Save Sumire From Drowning In Five Feet Of Water From A Cramped Leg" game, with the added twist that the pool was full of exploding oxygen mines. Hanafuda- this particular card game, I hear?- was Kohran's minigame. Wow, how completely unlike the Kohran we've come to know and check under our beds for. Also, you must give more detail of these character-specific minigames as and when the opportunity presents itself. quote:Each major combination of cards is worth a certain number of points; if either player racks up some badass combination of cards, they can either choose to keep the round going in hopes of getting a BETTER combo (the top option, 'Koi Koi!')- which is risky, because the opponent might win during that time- or to simply end the round (the bottom option, 'Ya~meta'- basically something like 'Stopping Here'). If s/he chooses to end the round, the combo's weight in points is deducted from the loser's side- here, Sakura's 'Kasu' combo (which, as far as I can tell, means "assorted odds and ends") is worth a paltry one point. Sounds like competitive Mahjong. You can try to go out with a bunch of simple pairs, but there's big points to be had in the more esoteric combos. quote:KOI KOI ENDS HERE. Okay, so does that actually tweak trust levels? And do you get a bigger boost if you win or lose? Because trying to get serious trust levels by feeding your opponent cards for a killer combo sounds somewhat interesting. quote:Fun fact: in Japan, the voice actresses of Sakura Wars have actually performed the "Because Of Love" play. Live. Well, naturally. JAPAAAAN! quote:So before everyone's shocked eyes, the ENTIRE STAGE starts falling apart, showering debris, broken pillars, and support beams all over the place. ...so when the voice actors headed out to do these meta-as-gently caress plays, did they rig a stage to collapse? quote:[Kohran]An' I didn't even get t' lift a finger! Aw. Don't worry, Kohran, the rest of the building's still quote:[Kohran]Aw, no! Ogami-han, you've gotta go in an' stop 'em! I've said it before, but I like how "do nothing" presents itself as an option in this LIPS system. quote:Next time: Sweeping the bodies under the rug and forcing some poor sap to take responsibility for everything! [Yoneda] Ogami! How'd you like to be an engineer? [Ogami] W-wow! Anything's better than taking tickets... [Yoneda] Alright! Petty class sanitation engineer Ogami! There appears to be a rather large mess in the theater! I'll ignore this dereliction of duty for the moment, but I want that place spotless! [Ogami] One day I will learn to see these things coming... Greaseman posted:Dear lord, between Sakura's lethal clumsiness and rage, I must admit it's tempting to turn to Maria for protection. Maria Tachibana, tranq-dart sniper. It could work.
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Does Ogami have, like, base stats of God or something? It seems like he's going to get his rear end kicked out there, at least compared to everybody else. I guess as long as he can hang back, shield pilots, and give orders he'll be doing alright, but eeka Topeka he looks fragile. So, Mystery Woman was supposed to head up the project until it was found that the Mystic Spirit Connection is more prevalent among women than men?
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Spirit Armor posted:Also, I have no clue what you're asking about Mystery Woman. Well, obviously Ogami's in that position because he secretes mysterious pheromones that up Spirit Energy and as a coincidence make girls like him more. Seeing the effect operate in reverse leads to the obvious conclusion - Finger Blowjob Woman was originally tapped for the job until the Flower Division couldn't find enough men to actually make up a unit of Koubu pilots.
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Spirit Armor posted:True, I guess the pros outweigh the cons in this case. She doesn't have that freaky blush-grin-swoon thing going - Well, remember. Explosions are Kouran's way of laughing. ... REINFORCE THE HANGAR NOW. (Also, I wonder if her explosive AoE actually gets bigger with a higher trust level? Probably not.) Other people have already said what I wanted to say, just a few questions, more mechanics-related than anything else. First, do we ever get to see what Kohran was going to give to Maria? My guess is something matryoshka-related, possibly ablative armor or a fragmentation grenade with multiple outer layers. (or does she just get Russia completely wrong? I could also buy this) Second, what determines whether or not a pilot says something at the beginning of their turn? Being highly motivated in general, or being one of the ones with the highest trust levels toward Ogami? Third, at the start of Ogami's turn the pilot with the highest trust level is rooting him on, right? Fourth, I know you've explained this already, but just to make sure I've got it straight - trust levels carry over absolutely, but the stats bonuses are recalculated at the start of every battle. Is the bonus based on an absolute level of trust, or some "target" trust level - that is, even if you don't do anything between now and the next battle with Sumire and Kohran, will they still be combat monsters with bonus move? It seems like the extra move they have now is enough to fill the bar completely, so that suggests some maximum power level. Fifth, how exactly does Kohran's normal attack AoE work? Does she hit everything in the radius, or are the attacks randomly distributed on targets in there? If the former, what differentiates her from Maria? Shorter range? Less overall power? Part of this is not wanting to believe Maria just got absolutely replaced. Sixth, Ogami can still have conversations with Maria, with Sakura, and about the tower even during the boss fight, right?
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Ah, Journey West fight scene logic. When all else fails, just say they pounded on each other for twenty hours until somebody finally tired out.
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Spirit Armor posted:Imagining Tessa as a mature big sister-type is... kinda frightening, actually. And turning Sagara into a shounen retard.... No, showing up in Sakura Wars playing those roles but with the same detachment they put into FMP. ...though that might just end up turning it into FMP with fancy musicals. I wonder if Sagara can sing or play anything besides Reville.
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Iris gains power through the fear of her observers. Since nobody in the theater is really afraid of her, I guess she's taking it out on us. FIRST PLACE IN OGAMI'S HEART 
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Morgenthau posted:Also, Hanafuda! Well, will you look at that? The crazy moon game actually has rules to it. The strategy is a little interesting - do you take good points early and then close out the game with easy victories, or hope for a big win but give your opponent more chances to shut you down? You couldn't beat Iris with two little 1-point nothings once she landed her 3. Other comments: - Ah, silhouette MS paints. You sir are a genius. - I'm not surprised by Maria's room. A couple of books and a picture of someone are about all the creature comforts she could ask for. - Clearly her sudden appearance at the balcony is due to secret camo sniper training. Ogami thought she was a decorative statue until he got close enough. - This: Spirit Armor posted:
=  - It may just be due to an entire day with Gurren Lagann, but I'm getting a very  vibe from Kanna. --- :SOMETHING EMBARRASING HAPPENS: [Ogami] .oO(How exactly did my face wind up here?) Uh, Kanna... [Kanna] Aw, don't worry about it, Ogami. It's okay to screw up now and then. [Ogami] Well gee, that's awful nice of y-:RIGHTCROSS'D!: [Kanna] It's also okay for somebody to belt ya when you screw up. --- These are not your hammer girl launcher punches, but solid, character-building socks to the jaw. - Also at some point I'm expecting Kanna to go "DAHAHAHAHA!" and backslap Ogami through the nearest solid surface. - Also also: "IMPERIAL FLOWER DIVISION! WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK WE ARE?!" Reactions: I like Kanna. I think I'm going to enjoy her character a lot. I am, however, still voting for Maria.
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Spirit Armor posted:3) poo poo, I really need to see Gurren Lagann now. Gurren Lagann is entirely as MANLY ROBOT PUNCHING AND/OR DRILLING as advertised. If you should manage to track down licitness-impaired copies, be aware of three things: 1) Episode 16 is just a clip show, so it's not usually included. 2) Episode 6 is a mostly clip show interspersed with some of the most blatant fanservice known to man and/or god. We're talking bathhouse full of naked bunnygirls blatant. 3) The Japan Escalation Rule (a trip to the corner grocery store will kick off a chain of events culminating in the defense of the world and/or universe) is in full effect.
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Heh. That panel reminds me of a completely different series, with another fighter girl who's basically been conditioned by her mountain-man grandfather to throw anything suspicious she can't immediately see. [Kanna] A presence! ::axe kick:: Orks trying to garden! Lordy. ...though you do wonder what they eat. Bobfly posted:Also, what would you say the action/dating ratio of this game is? It seems to be a little short on the action, I'm sorry to say. Well, look at it this way. In other strategy-RPGs your method for powering up your team is to set them to auto-spar, drive off to the nearest Sonic, eat breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert there until you've exhausted its entire menu, then return home and realize you'll have to do the whole thing again because 30 minutes in the game decided to show one of the battle phrases it has 0.005% chance of displaying and you needed to hit X to clear it. In this strategy-RPG your method for powering up your team is to look at girls in various states of undress. I AM NOT SURE I SEE THE DOWNSIDE.
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Spirit Armor posted:See, I was actually somewhat excited when I'd heard initial reports of the Sakura Wars DS game. You can pick and choose your team out of all eighteen or so heroines from all three major games! You can send them running around and decimate evil! Whoopee! I wouldn't just yet.Consider the following: 1) The demo includes Ogami with a sword and shield, for melee combat. This is a Mysterious Dungeon trope but more than that it's not Classically Japanese. Shields existed mostly as portable cover against range attacks, there wasn't enough metal to make them. (As a side note, it's kinda ironically funny that thus far Kanna's fighting style is the most recent vintage. The Chinese had rocketry in the 10th century and gunners by the 13th, but Okinawan karate and the subsequent weaponization of the tonfa are late 19th century.) This suggests we're dealing with an entire alternate universe. 2) Giant robots and the entire steampunk milieu don't show up out of mechanical necessity but a desire for Maximum Awesome. Clearly there has to be _some_ contrivance around to allow otherwise-combat-incapable characters to hit things with their feelings, but this is either magic or technology sufficiently advanced to be indistinguishable therefrom. 2a) "Therefrom" doesn't trigger my spellcheck. Apparently it is actually a word. Who knew? 3) If the entire Sakura Wars cast are more than just fragile amalgams of personality and situation, they can be ported to an entirely different world setup without substantial loss of tone. This is the characteristic of a true "ensemble cast". 4) Sakura Wars is functionally a strategy RPG but with a completely distinct power-up mechanic. There's no reason this mechanic can't be ported over to a Mysterious Dungeon game, perhaps intertwined with dungeon exploration via a kind of Shadow Hearts or Anachronox-type system, where items found in the dungeon are used in town sequences to power up the characters. 5) I'll leave it up to your imagination precisely who gets combat upgrades from the gay porn.
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Spirit Armor posted:
This is pretty much Makunochi Ippo's motivation, word for word. "Villainously psychotic" only begins to describe him if you follow it with "is the least apt description ever". "I want to become strong" seems to be a popular relatively innocent motivation. quote:
I look heavily forward to Kanna chewing the scenery. Metaphorically! quote:(BONG BONG BONG HEY GUYS, IT'S THE INAPPROPRIATELY-TIMED CLOCK SPEAKIN', IT'S GETTING SORTA LATE GUYS Knock knock! Who's there? Interrupting clock! Interrupting cl- BONG! quote:
Ceiling Kanna is watching you shower. Less intermemey, Kanna as World's Least Subtle Stalker would be hilarious. quote:[Ogami] It's funny how dreams often end up so cooperative, isn't it? 
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Oct 9, 2007 17:25
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. . . I'm sorry. That was obviously supposed to be very emotional. But you know how in Kingdom Hearts Goofy is captain of the guard at Castle Disney? Yeah, he gets picked off and Donald runs at him screaming "Taichouuuuuuu!" in a voice that is exactly what Donald Duck would sound like if he were Japanese. I don't know how they did it, but they did. Fortunately it was a headshot and as we all know Goofy's head is mostly ornamental. So this is kind of ruining the moment for me. I'm sorry.
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Oct 10, 2007 13:01
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Dominic Hokage posted:This is my horrible attempt at a very old joke. Doomguy is so old he's new again. Also, prebattle screen with current ticker updates on the fight for Ogami's heart plz? Also also, there's easily something which is heavier than a Koubu around, and that is TWO Koubu, but putting two units on one square is unpossible and also extremely dangerous when one of them is Sakura.
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Oct 16, 2007 20:14
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Ah. Now I see how Maria honed her sniper skill. Just _trying_ to pick something off with Kanna breaking its face requires either surgical precision or indiscriminate mayhem.
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Oct 20, 2007 05:57
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Spirit Armor posted:Well, you have to remember that the two possibilities aren't mutually exclusive. Yes, and Kohran is the second possibility. Because Kanna wouldn't die from a little thing like a point-blank exploding shell. Or, y'know, 20 such little things.
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Oct 21, 2007 22:46
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Coulda been worse. Coulda been nuns and dynamite.
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Oct 22, 2007 17:48
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...so who's been bathing Ogami? Or don't I want to know? Shame Kanna's a karateka instead of a judoka, otherwise Ogami might be able to get some pointers for that counterpunch situation. Anyway, Maria is probably up on a rooftop somewhere yelling TAICHOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUU at the uncaring heavens or whatever. ...the Koubu don't do that my-robot-is-scraped-therefore-I-feel-pain thing, do they? Because Maria could just punch through some surface armor to land a headshot next time Gutpunch McCoward tries that.
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Oct 30, 2007 06:11
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Too bad Ogami's not feeling up to zinging back. I mean, there was one of the enemy's generals, himself off balance because he threw the entire weight of his mech into the punch, and everybody's focused on Ogami? Especially the people with long-range weapons? Cardinal Rule of Mecha - if you fight like you're not afraid of dying, you're not going to die. Unless you're going to propose after fighting your last battle, then the universe itself will contrive Semtex into your cockpit.
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Nov 2, 2007 05:36
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Well, if Spirit Armor is going to be doing multiple endings, he'll need to keep a few girls up anyway. I don't think anything is going to require focused attention for a while, and if it does there might be the option to go back for it, if it doesn't represent a lot relatively of the game? More than that, though, I'd like to see as many of the parts of this game as I can. This is why above all I vote Don't Be An rear end, because sitting in your room like a big jerky lump (mmm, jerky lumps) isn't as fun as going out and playing along.Except for playing along with Iris, because  I vote Maria because I want to see if we ever get under the ice. If I had multiple votes they'd go toward Sumire and Kanna, because they look like they represent, respectively, the ego and punchiness of and I like to see that run wild.If Iris stops being pedo-bait, or Sakura stops being a creepy clingy stalker, or Kohran does something other than an unholy mix of explosions and tentacle rape, I'd like to see that too. It's most important to first do what's funny and/or entertaining, even if that means following around a character who we haven't interacted with much before.
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Nov 7, 2007 00:36
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...Iris... Light. With Death Bear - whenever she tells Jean-Paul about someone, they die! YOU MUST CONTINUE THIS.
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Nov 7, 2007 14:58
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Eh, these odd little vignettes are nice, I don't mind if we only get like three of them at a go. I still want to see how Maria goes, but drat dude, Kanna just had a half-naked drinking contest with you.
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Nov 16, 2007 07:58
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