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EzEight posted:Take your time, 90% of this game is just making up your own story. There's plenty to motivate the player, it's just not traditional story. I played this game for about 60 hours just to try to find everything; it's pretty much an exploration game with a tank RPG duct-taped to it.
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Update Six: Dogs We've got a short update today, since we have a major decision that came earlier than I remembered!    With Bug Spray, mosquitos are no problem!  We grab this, and then it's time for a night in the Deluxe Suite.    When examined...the Royal Soap is a luxurious scented soap with a silky feel and a princely smell. The Royal Robe is a luxurious robe of fine fabric that feels good on the skin. The Royal Slippers are luxurious slippers, soft and comfortable, that feel nice on the feet. None have any use.  The thread also reminded me of a feature I'd forgotten aobut: the ability to set up the Satcom config menu to use the unused buttons to automatically do various things. One of them is 'use detector', making metal detector spam that much less annoying. Very handy! We take our tanks over to the local part shop.  With the Bull, we now have the ability to use the Mosquito rather than just drag it around. The massive Load increase makes for a huge upgrade over our last engine. I also take the chance to swap out some of our guns. The Demag gets an upgrade to its subgun and main gun.  The Mosquito has a similar layout, but is using the Storm Cannon sub gun, an all-targeting electrical attack. Sam has become our mule. We head over to the Hunter's Office to see what's new there.  We get a name for the local shark problem - the Hammer Hydra. Time to get an equipment upgrade!  The weapons are nothing new - we're fine as we are. But the army is important. We're going to need the new armor for our next trip, so I upgrade both Max and Misha to Goggles, Kevy Shirts, Brass Knuckles and War-Torn Boots. I also pick up a Dog Cannon for later. Then it's time for a short trip home.  With the Bull engines, we now have parts worth modding.   The Mosquito gets its gun and engine upgraded fully on Load and Attack. The Durability can sit where it is for now.   However, I decide to upgrade the durability on the Demag's engine and not fully upgrade the attack on its gun. It has a higher-damage gun to begin with, see, and a lighter frame. This was actually mostly a mistake on my part that I didn't feel like fixing - the damage would be more valuable right now, but I need my cash so that I can finish my new tank shopping trip.  Specifically, by loading up on massive amounts of armor plating. Then it's back to East Zero and southwards.  To reach our next destination, that red spot on the minimap, we have to enter the forest. A dangerous place!   Fortunately, we can handle dog assaults with our new armor, even if we can't ignore them.  This abandoned facility is a very important place! As we enter, we run into Connie and Clive again.   : But, what in the world could they have been researching? : Wasn't it called the Bio-Genetic Engineering Lab or something like that?: OK, and why would be interested in a genetics laboratory? Honestly, Clive, how did I let you talk me into this?: Ahhh, c'mon! I don't think it'll be completely useless... What if the machinery inside still works?: Well, that's not very likely, but... We might as well check.And they head into the ruins. There's nothing much in the first few rooms, but...  We can grab this in the corner.  All right. We'll head upstairs, then.  As we make our way up, though, we get ambushed.  We'll get a full list of the monsters I find in the ruins next time, but for now, these guys hit pretty hard.    Fortunately, so do we.   Further up, we find a room. In this room...  (Click here for video.) ...is a bunch of dogs in microwaves.  PA System: Accessing Plant No 1.   The microwaves hum and vibrate as they release each dog.  With each dog, we are given a choice: take it with us and name it, or not. The first dog, default name Shiba and default title Loyal Friend, is a Shiba Inu. Shiba begins the game with the Foxhunt skill, which can draw out-of-range enemies closer, and has the unique ability to learn the Shooting Star skill, a powerful jump attack. It should be noted: I don't get to control whichever dog we pick. It will use skills and abilities based on its own AI, which we can improve but not really control.    As you might notice, the dogs wander around the room once released. The second dog, default name Tosa and default title Yokozuna, is a Tosa - a Japanese fighting breed. He begins the game with the Headbutt skill, which charges an enemy and does damage. Tosa has two unique skills he can learn: Headbutt EX, which does damage to all enemies, and Sumo Stomp, which stuns an enemy.    The third dog, default name Terry and default title Mystery Mutt is probably a Boston Terrier. He begins the game with the Eye Beam skill, which does laser damage to one enemy, and can uniquely learn Fire Breath, which does fire damage to one enemy, and Transparency, which causes him to enter stealth and become immune to most damage until that stealth is broken.    The final dog, default name Bernie and default title Rescue Dog, is a Saint Bernard. He begins the game with two skills: Medicine Keg, which restores 250 HP to one character, and Revival Keg, which restores 200 HP to all characters. They don't even cost a lot. Very handy, when he decides to use them. Bernie can uniquely learn Medicine Keg 2, which heals 500 for one character, Barrier, which increases his defense, and Epidermythril, which automatically increases defense on entering battle. Please vote on a dog name and which dog you want to bring! We will only be using the other three to see Emily's reactions to them. Next time: Exploration and Hunting! Mors Rattus fucked around with this message at 20:20 on Apr 22, 2014 |
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Apr 21, 2014 19:49
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I vote for Bernie.
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Apr 21, 2014 20:04
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Of course we need the dog with the barrel of booze on his neck
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Apr 21, 2014 20:20
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Boozedog is obviously the best dog
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Apr 21, 2014 20:31
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Boozedog, and keep the name Bernie.
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Apr 21, 2014 20:44
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I vote for Terry the Laser Ninja Dog.
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Apr 21, 2014 20:48
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Booooooozedog!
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Apr 21, 2014 20:54
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I vote for Terry the mystery hound and if possible to rename him to Iggy.
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Apr 21, 2014 21:03
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Terry, because who can say no to eye lasers?
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Apr 21, 2014 21:09
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Wait. How does the eye laser dog power his eye lasers? This is important. Also we have other forms of laser and fire, and I can't imagine we won't get more - and stealth just for the dog seems only situationally useful. If I don't reply again before the next update, pencil me in for Boozedog.
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Apr 21, 2014 21:20
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Sir Unimaginative posted:Wait. How does the eye laser dog power his eye lasers? This is important. Money. (Not a ton of it, but money.)
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Apr 21, 2014 21:26
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I'm surprised, I was sure the Shiba would win hands down. I vote for the Boston Terrier and say we call him Poncho, after one really assholish dog who is also black & white.
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Apr 21, 2014 21:39
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Bernie is the best goddamned dog for a variety of reasons, not least of which being that he's a healer, which can be helpful in the on-foot sections. Also, because St. Bernards are the best dogs. 
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Apr 21, 2014 21:44
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The Doge meme is way played out. Let's take the Saint Bernard. Let's name him St. Bernie, though.
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Apr 21, 2014 22:14
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I can't choose just one, they're all too cute, except the fugly eye laser one but he gets a pass because c'mon, eye lasers.
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Apr 21, 2014 22:33
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Dog 2's collar is neat, but Bernie seems most useful.
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Apr 21, 2014 22:41
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XainZero posted:I vote for Terry the mystery hound and if possible to rename him to Iggy. Yeah, Terry and he should eb renamed Iggy
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Apr 21, 2014 22:43
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Can't we just get rid of the mechanic and take all of the dogs for party members? No? I was going to vote for the Tosa because big dogs are adorable, but everyone's voting for the Saint Bernard. So let's go with Bernie.
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Apr 21, 2014 23:25
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What is wrong with you people? Eye lasers. ON A TERRIER. I am ashamed of all of you. Laser Terrier named Bombay
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Apr 21, 2014 23:30
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I throw my hat in for Boozedog Because hes large 
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Apr 21, 2014 23:35
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Arcade Rabbit posted:What is wrong with you people? Eye lasers. ON A TERRIER. I am ashamed of all of you. Seconding This because really. What kind of dog says "Bow wow"?
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Apr 22, 2014 00:41
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Boston terrier because those eyes... 
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Apr 22, 2014 00:49
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Bernie. He can be named whatever.
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Apr 22, 2014 00:53
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I have to go with the Shiba. Even if the healing skills don't cost that much, expecting the AI to neither ignore people in need of healing/reviving nor waste money by spamming the healing skills at every opportunity seems like a fool's bet. No, the purpose of the dog is to strap on weaponry that would make Salvador Dali blush and blast the hell of our enemies, and for that we want one of the other three. As I happen to like Shooting Star Gin, that means the Shiba.
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Apr 22, 2014 00:56
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Boozedog is best dog.
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Apr 22, 2014 03:10
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Oh, good lord. Can the dogs drive tanks? CAN THE DOGS DRIVE TANKS? I mean, there's no rule that says a dog CAN'T drive a tank...
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Apr 22, 2014 04:28
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Glazius posted:Oh, good lord. Can the dogs drive tanks? CAN THE DOGS DRIVE TANKS? The secret ending to Silent Hill has taught me that dogs are capable of anything. Also, pick the Terrier and name him Iggy. ZA FOOL!
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Apr 22, 2014 04:59
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Glazius posted:Oh, good lord. Can the dogs drive tanks? CAN THE DOGS DRIVE TANKS? Unfortunately, the dogs refuse to drive tanks. This because they are roughly on par with tanks themselves.
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Apr 22, 2014 05:11
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Holy crap how have I never heard of this game before. It's amazing. Laser Terrier.
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Apr 22, 2014 05:15
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Free health care Bernie
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Apr 22, 2014 13:49
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Tupperwarez posted:The secret ending to Silent Hill has taught me that dogs are capable of anything. Please pick the Terrier. We can buy all the booze we want, but there's only one optic-camo beam weapon mutt and he belongs in the party.
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Apr 22, 2014 14:01
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I personally prefer the Shiba, but in this case, I'm afraid I'm gonna have to  and go with Boozedog.
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Apr 22, 2014 15:15
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We need the Shiba so we can run more threaded jokes into the ground. So Dog Must Haz Many Tank Also its the cutest.
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Apr 22, 2014 15:19
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Definitely Boozedog, it's the cutest! 
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Apr 22, 2014 17:48
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Does Tosa headbutt tanks? But yeah, might as well hop on the St Bernard and name him Sanders. Healing for everyone!
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Apr 22, 2014 17:53
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Laser terrier! Or shiba, but I think shiba is a bit too far behind in the votes.
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Apr 22, 2014 18:35
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Throwing my vote in for Terry the Laserdog, because I'm from New England and Boston Terriers own. Also because Persona 3 taught me that AI controlled Healers are not to be trusted...
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Apr 22, 2014 18:39
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Strange Matter posted:Throwing my vote in for Terry the Laserdog, because I'm from New England and Boston Terriers own. Also because Persona 3 taught me that AI controlled Healers are not to be trusted... This is why I don't really wanna vote for the St. Bernard, I'll throw my vote behind Terry with the name Iggy too.
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Bernie is the best dog.
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