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Far as I can tell, the whole thing is a sort of staring into the abyss sort of narrative. People who work for Bryan's have to deal with so much awful poo poo and dark matter and whatnot that they are eventually corrupted: Bryan owns and overwhelms this (which he admits to Mondo's predecessor early in the game) but most try to hold onto some ray of hope or goodness such as Mika- which David believes doesn't work (his analogy being tossing a sun into a black hole, and he plans to take out this loss of himself on the world), which is why he uses Mika as a spy; because he wants to turn Mondo and have him succumb to evil himself, which Bryan and Vivian are both worried about : Musselback seems designed to help staunch this, even while Gekkou is feeding and aiding the transformation. Notice that Mondo's gun arm stuff shoots out and weaponizes the blood he has, but he can also use it to heal and turn super-saiyan for an instant with the RT move. It's sort of a big old metaphor of being covered in blood, and whether you use it purely professionally or really own it like David- hence Mondo's extreme seriousness on the job,though cracks tend to show. To help him with this he's sort of taken the identity of pre-crazy David even: he habitually slicks back his hair like him (and has it during the second phase of the final fight) and during the dodge-mash X stuff he is wearing David's old suit. As an outlet he pursues women, but does so single-mindedly and without any real passion, which is why they keep bugging him and phoning him during missions: he focuses while courting and then pushes everything aside while focusing on other things. He's trying to bring balance in his life but given the mental strain of trying to cope with the trauma of David attacking him he's simply holding too much back. Eventually Mondo does break and succumb and the circle of people breaking after taking down broken people continues. He does so to take charge of the building evil within the moon but he still is lost to earth, as it were. He's basically a trauma victim on a precipice, trying his best to shield himself from evil and in the process putting himself in its way. This is I think what they were going for. It doesn't quite all work, but I also don't think that it's a bunch of senseless nonsense like a lot of people do. As a secondary note I think that there is some meaning for the moon colour in relation to David and Mondo's eyes, but I really can't be arsed to try and make sense of it. There you have the benefits of and English degree, much like Homer Simpson when I'm bored I make my own movies.  e: I've put more thought into this dumb game than anybody on the planet, haven't I? 
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It's just a bad game no need to overanalyze it. Guy's famous for weird games and he probably thought fans would buy this one too just because it's weird. e: him or whoever supervised in his place
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It wouldn't be a Suda or a Suda-in-name-only game if it didn't have a cool concept or set of ideas with spotty execution at the best of times, to be fair. 
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99% of boss fights would be improved by New World Symphony.
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Sep 4, 2014 19:34
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That was quite an interesting take on Mondo's character. What you're saying makes a lot of sense considering Mondo is such a drab protagonist. He is trying to be the straight man to his flamboyant brother. In more ways than one. Mondo spends all his time hitting on women, saving damsels in distress, and fighting gigantic phallic monstrosities. It's all futile, though. In the end, he turns into the man he never wanted to be, rebuilding that gaudy castle on the moon, and taking the place of Audrey Hepburn, the woman old Mondo desired the most. Or in other words: Butts (Seriously though, that did make a lot of sense.) And More fucked around with this message at 21:41 on Sep 4, 2014 |
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Sep 4, 2014 20:08
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Puppeteer next? Awesome, It's a bit talky but it's got a great style. I wonder how you'll be handling the collectables though, as maybe 10-20% can't be collected on your first time through the game (possibly more).
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Sep 4, 2014 21:01
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Sindai posted:99% of boss fights would be improved by New World Symphony. New World Order and you got yourself an agreement.
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Sep 4, 2014 21:36
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judge reinhold posted:New World Order and you got yourself an agreement. Hulk Hogan would make the perfect boss. He's still huge, is incredibly sluggish and has obvious weakspots. When are you going to LP a wrestling game?
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Sep 4, 2014 21:41
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judge reinhold posted:New World Order and you got yourself an agreement. I think the regular World Order would add something, too.
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I don't really know what happened, but I don't much care either, so there's that. Still, good LP, Geop and Judge; probably would have peaced out after video two if not for you guys keeping it real, and of course, the wonderful dad jokes.  I will look forward to your next project (looks pretty cool!).
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Sep 4, 2014 23:27
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Bobbin Threadbare posted:I think the regular World Order would add something, too. I'd prefer New Order.
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Sep 4, 2014 23:30
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Didn't Asura's Wrath have a bossfight in a crater on the moon to Dvorak's 9th? Also Geop your "Moonlight Sonata" was Fur Elise GOD GET IT RIGHT
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Sep 4, 2014 23:50
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Mistakes like that are what keeps this thread in the "B" tier rating of 4 in the subforum. I'm so ashamed.
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Sep 5, 2014 00:45
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One might say that it was a classical blunder! Ahaha! Ha! Ha.  Also Reinhold I KNOW YOU RATED THIS THREAD A ONE.
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The moon= New World Symphony thing is (I thought it was but double checked it on wikipedia) because Neil Armstrong took a recording of the song to the moon during the Apollo 11 moon landing, which is pretty neat  e: \/\/ Is that another piece brought to the moon? Astronauts are an artistic bunch it would seem. ManlyGrunting fucked around with this message at 02:59 on Sep 5, 2014 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvFH_6DNRCY
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And More posted:That was quite an interesting take on Mondo's character. What you're saying makes a lot of sense considering Mondo is such a drab protagonist. He is trying to be the straight man to his flamboyant brother. In more ways than one. Mondo spends all his time hitting on women, saving damsels in distress, and fighting gigantic phallic monstrosities. It's all futile, though. In the end, he turns into the man he never wanted to be, rebuilding that gaudy castle on the moon, and taking the place of Audrey Hepburn, the woman old Mondo desired the most. It's nice to have someone actually comment positively on me defending this game, thanks.  Although while I appreciated your post for this reason at first, really I', just hypnotized by the butt gif. I kind of want that as an avatar now, to be perfectly frank.
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Geop posted:One might say that it was a classical blunder! Second only to: Never get involved in a land war on the moon.
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Suspicious Cook posted:Second only to: Never get involved in a land war on the moon.
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