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Speedball posted:Hell, Nocturne starts out with the world being blown to poo poo. Some games have a doomed hometown or village burned down by bandits. This series likes to completely wreck EVERYTHING. As for the LP, I'm glad we're getting this game LP'd again. Mostly because as Koorisch said, Lusife's very good LPs of DDS 1 and 2 have lost images over time (especially DDS 2).
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Varin's always been an odd part about this game to me. The game keeps selling him as this hardcore powerhouse that was the strongest leader in the Junkyard prior to the demon transformations, and afterwards, still managed to hold that title. Yet...his boss fight reflects none of that strength and instead features a really annoying gimmick move that isn't all that threatening. I mean, I get that Varin's supposed to kick off the avalanche of plot reveals that spill into DDS2, but I would have liked a somewhat more challenging boss fight from the dude who literally bulldozes our party without a sweat 5 seconds before the fight starts.
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Sheesh, and I thought Varin was a chump. I'm with you, Dragonatrix, these  penultimate bosses don't really deserve that title. At best, they're mooks wearing fancier clothes, personally. Especially that bird duo, goddamn. Way to make their "boss fights" completely pointless by turning them into random encounters not even a minute after you defeat their "boss" versions! Seriously, it reads like Atlus ran out of random encounters and needed some extra demons at the last minute.
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Oct 18, 2014 23:15
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Dragonatrix posted:Hey, guess what: 
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Dec 19, 2014 04:35
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God drat, was that a slog and a half. I find it hilarious that Cielo's weakness (and the reason everyone spot-welds him to the bench) is probably the most valuable thing for this fight.
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Dec 20, 2014 04:19
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Gamma Nerd posted:Roland and Fred are hardly Japanese names and neither are Margot or Jenna, or Sheffield or O'Brien.
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Jan 2, 2015 23:58
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I'm actually trying to remember Abbadon's various fusion recipes to see if Cu Sith, Ganda and Ullberius were a part of that mix. But yeah, way to go Earth. You managed to piss off the nicest member of Embryon. That takes a hell of an effort to do so. 
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Feb 11, 2015 23:15
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Heat was also pretty much expecting Serph to not just stand still; Heat probably expected Serph to either block his bull rush or dodge out of the way.
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Feb 13, 2015 17:13
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I can't help but laugh at the dungeon's gimmick being "Roland punches broken computer screens and powers them up with electricity (and manages to not cut himself on the broken glass)".
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Feb 18, 2015 04:55
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Mraagvpeine posted:Wait, I thought Sera was the girl.
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Feb 21, 2015 03:35
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Lunar Suite posted:Well, all Sera has to do is load an earlier save and not gently caress up this time. Easy.
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Feb 22, 2015 01:05
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If anyone is confused, go all the way back to the area we fought King Frost back in DDS1. Remember that little tale about the good prince and the evil prince, but the recording was damaged at the dramatic reveal section? Now you know who was who. I like this reveal. We find out that the protagonist is an idealized image of a person who, in reality, was a colossal shitlord who manipulated everyone around him into achieving his goals. And then, one moment of clarity caused it all to horrendously backfire and result in many deaths/the end of the world. And yet, there are still a few mysteries left unanswered. Also, I support this option: Blaze Dragon posted:Also I think we should follow Cielo's plan. His rhythm will definitely convince God that the world has at least one reason to keep existing.
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Mar 2, 2015 02:59
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Dragonatrix posted:Regardless! Next time: we'll be going to the airport. Let's commandeer us an airplane.
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Mar 5, 2015 05:38
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CmdrKing posted:So, LAX.
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Mar 5, 2015 22:47
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One thing I don't get is how David's data wound up in the Junkyard in the first place. I get Cielo appearing there because Sera knew about him, along with the rest of Embryon. From what the game tells us, Sera never met David, thus never giving her a template to create Gale from. Is that explanation stuck in some obscure guide book somewhere or something?
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Mar 12, 2015 22:10
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YggiDee posted:And nobody gets excited if you say you're immune to wind. Or is it force?
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Mar 17, 2015 23:10
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NaotoSaysNo posted:Okay, so, if for whatever reason Cielo didn't die before getting to the HAARP, would he have fused together with Sera and Serph as well creating some kind of weird loving rastafarian anime perfect being? Cieraph?
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Mar 18, 2015 23:05
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Really Pants posted:Seraph-Gale-a-Argillastic-Heat-Cielo-docious.
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Sylphosaurus posted:drat, the last dungeon seems like one giant unfun slog or is it just me? I mean, there are certain areas in Strange Journey that are on par with the Sun here in terms of dungeon size, so it's not an isolated incident.
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Great work, Dragonatrix. DDS is indeed a strange creature, with 99% of the plot happening in the second game and the first game ultimately being a slow introduction to how the world works (and to acquaint you with battle mechanics). That aside, it is a beautiful game with great music and great performances from the cast, even if half of them will probably never work on another SMT game again due to union shenanigans. I do feel bad for Roland, though. All that work to introduce a new character...only to just leave him by the wayside during the final dungeon (if you don't recruit him back) and completely ignore him in the ending, regardless if you got him over Heat or not. Kind of makes him superfluous and only really there to recreate the tale of Indra from Hindu mythology.
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