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I'm going to hope that Hugo is fully aware of what Miuscha and Cadena were trying to do, and is having none of it. A cool, collected and professional protagonist who has no time for half baked romantic overtures on this rescue mission in the middle of incredibly hostile territory? What a breath of fresh air that would be.
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Shardix posted:I'm going to hope that Hugo is fully aware of what Miuscha and Cadena were trying to do, and is having none of it. A cool, collected and professional protagonist who has no time for half baked romantic overtures on this rescue mission in the middle of incredibly hostile territory? What a breath of fresh air that would be. This is getting into spoiler territory a bit, but Hugo's approach to the mission is anything but professional.
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Sep 16, 2014 20:12
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Shardix posted:I'm going to hope that Hugo is fully aware of what Miuscha and Cadena were trying to do, and is having none of it. A cool, collected and professional protagonist who has no time for half baked romantic overtures on this rescue mission in the middle of incredibly hostile territory? What a breath of fresh air that would be. I was going to make a joke but at this point all of them would be spoilery so let's just say 'This is Ys' and leave it at that.
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Sep 16, 2014 20:51
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If the shield doesn't work on the bubbles on hard, how are you supposed to get through them?
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Sep 16, 2014 23:16
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The shield does work on them regardless of difficulty, I'm pretty sure. I think the way it works is that the bubbles instantly disappear when they take wind-elemental damage, so since Hugo's shield does wind damage on contact it just wipes them out without breaking itself. The same is true for Yunica's whirlwind attack, but Toddy decided to just jump over the bubbles instead.
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Sep 16, 2014 23:22
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Have to admit, I laughed like crazy the second time you fell off the boss's arms trying to finish it off. But you made it in the end.
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Sep 17, 2014 13:33
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a cartoon duck posted:Toddy decided to just jump over the bubbles instead. This I can't explain. Maybe throwbacks to Oath in Felghana make me do this I have no idea.
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Sep 17, 2014 14:18
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Grimthwacker posted:Why doesn't Hugo-san realize Miuscha-chan likes him uguu~ Personally I hope he does realize, he just doesn't care. It would make me like him 100% more.
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Sep 19, 2014 05:08
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 Hugo goes where no Yunica has gone yet. We also discuss bats, necromancers and assorted skeletons. Piss boy.
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Sep 22, 2014 02:49
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I'm always surprised by how much swearing there is in this game's localization. Ys always struck me as aimed at the teen market, so it's a bit odd to see characters saying "poo poo" and "goddamn" all over the place.
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Sep 22, 2014 03:46
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Lance Streetman posted:I'm always surprised by how much swearing there is in this game's localization. Ys always struck me as aimed at the teen market, so it's a bit odd to see characters saying "poo poo" and "goddamn" all over the place. teenagers are known for being offended at curse words Also I can't say for sure but I'm pretty sure most PC gamers are adults so the audience for the localization would be the same. It is kinda anomalous though, since none of the other Ys games or Trails are swear happy.
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Sep 22, 2014 03:50
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For me, swearing is less about being offensive and more about tone and consistency. Something that's supposed to be generally light and rompy tends to butt heads with foul mouthed dialogue when there's a more creative way to convey the same emotions (I haven't watched this episode yet, so I don't know which it really is here).
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Sep 22, 2014 04:56
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Lotish posted:For me, swearing is less about being offensive and more about tone and consistency. Something that's supposed to be generally light and rompy tends to butt heads with foul mouthed dialogue when there's a more creative way to convey the same emotions (I haven't watched this episode yet, so I don't know which it really is here).
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Sep 22, 2014 06:56
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I personally think the swearing fits in with Hugo's overly cocky attitude. But hey I'm also the kind of person who drops curse words in place of words like "very" so what do I know?
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Sep 22, 2014 07:08
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Wasn't the localization based on a fan translation? Seems like the kind of gimmick people'd give to to emphasise how "rough" and "spirited" a character Epona is supposed to be.
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Sep 22, 2014 09:34
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I loved Hugo's "Don't mind me, please do continue."  His poo poo-eating grin when telling Epona to either go one more round or get out now was also great. Speaking of the end though, he could have done a better job. Hugo could have made at least a half-hearted "so here's an idea, stop trying to kill me, I'll stop trying to kill you" / "So, wanna make out now?" It wouldn't have worked, but it would at least have been theoretically more helpful than "get lost or I'll kill you". This is on Steam, so how does this game control with keyboard and mouse, by the way? EDIT: Oh, there's a demo on Steam. I can see for myself. Stabbey_the_Clown fucked around with this message at 05:02 on Sep 24, 2014 |
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Sep 24, 2014 04:40
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Vaguillion does the flamethrower when you're not in a fairly narrow cone in front of him AND not riiight up in his grill. Sometimes he cares more about the cone than the distance. He's a jerk. Hugo is also a jerk. They're made for each other.
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Sep 24, 2014 05:05
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Stabbey_the_Clown posted:This is on Steam, so how does this game control with keyboard and mouse, by the way? EDIT: Oh, there's a demo on Steam. I can see for myself. I beat all 3 routes of the game with a keyboard, so it's definitely feasible. Especially on normal.
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Sep 24, 2014 05:22
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You know, a lot of talk about how lovely Vaguillion is has been going down, and Toddy's mentioned once or twice in the videos how bad he is in the original Ys I. Well, with his permission, I'd like to show you the Ys I boss fight. Turns out he's not really all that different. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66MAlA6cjMI
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bathroomrage posted:You know, a lot of talk about how lovely Vaguillion is has been going down, and Toddy's mentioned once or twice in the videos how bad he is in the original Ys I. Well, with his permission, I'd like to show you the Ys I boss fight. Turns out he's not really all that different. That's the remake. Try this one. Basically a series of 30 or so coin flips, with two tails meaning you restart.
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Discendo Vox posted:That's the remake. Try this one. Basically a series of 30 or so coin flips, with two tails meaning you restart. That looks absurdly infuriating, jesus. Bitchin' music though, in the finest Ys tradition.
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Sep 24, 2014 16:09
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Discendo Vox posted:That's the remake. Try this one. Basically a series of 30 or so coin flips, with two tails meaning you restart. Which remake is that version, exactly? I can only find the bump-n-grind remake of Ys I & II that Toddy already played, not the version featuring Felghana/Napishtim gameplay.
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Invenerable posted:Which remake is that version, exactly? I can only find the bump-n-grind remake of Ys I & II that Toddy already played, not the version featuring Felghana/Napishtim gameplay. There's no version like that, bathroomrage did that thing called a joke.
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a cartoon duck posted:There's no version like that, bathroomrage did that thing called a joke. Trust me, Vaguillion is no joke. I know I made him look pretty easy, but like Discendo Vox said, he's essentially a coinflip! Especially for poor Hugo, if you haven't caught on to turn dash-all-the-time you're in for a world of hurt.
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Sep 25, 2014 03:10
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When I started Ys 1 (shortly after the remake release on steam), I decided my first run would be on Nightmare, so I could get as many achievements as possible. Guess where I've been stuck ever since?
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Freshly baked updates! Yunica takes on the Flooded Prison. There's water and stuff! Also on the topic of the Vagullion fight you haven't suffered until you've fought him on a pre-Eternal version of the game where colliding with him didn't bounce you off. You could get stuck inside and when he reformed he instakilled you.
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Funny, I never somehow made the association that the flooded prison is a water zone and should therefore have been terrible. Except for one mildly irritating bit later, I liked it at least more than a couple of the upcoming zones. Go figure!
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I dunno about toddy, but I'm just going to stay silent about what the worst area is.
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Sep 28, 2014 05:01
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The worst area in the game is just about halfway through.
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Ok that's the second dungeon down. The game gives us a taste of what it's capable of and throws a clusterfuck at us.
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Sep 29, 2014 05:06
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Oh boy, this boss! He would be the worst boss in the game if I wouldn't know that the worse is yet to come. I also thought Yunica is better at this boss than the rest because she can hit him while he is on the wall, while the others cannot.
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IIRC, Hugo can do it with his lightning spell, with a bit of creative charging and jumping. I really like that ability, it got me through most of his run; I can see why you'd consider it lovely though.
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Sep 29, 2014 14:48
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Honestly the Hugo's lightning magic is his best one which is kind of saying a lot. At first glance you would think it's his fire magic but the fire magic has a really annoying property that's easier to show than explain.
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So how often does the Mask of Eyes actually get used in this game? Do I need to check every room or are there usually signs to point out when to use it? This game looks really fun but I'd rather not have to clear out the enemies and put the mask on in every room. Enjoying the LP so far, keep it up!
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Rin posted:So how often does the Mask of Eyes actually get used in this game? Do I need to check every room or are there usually signs to point out when to use it? This game looks really fun but I'd rather not have to clear out the enemies and put the mask on in every room. It's used about twice. Both times you need it, there's a symbol (a filled in circle, I believe) to indicate something's odd here.
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SorataYuy posted:It's used about twice. Both times you need it, there's a symbol (a filled in circle, I believe) to indicate something's odd here. Excellent, that's great to hear. That could have potentially been a very annoying item.
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Ugh, that blasted bug. Easily one of my stumbling blocks. Took me a couple of tries to sort everything out while fighting it.
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It's pretty telling that Hugo, the prodigy mage, has pretty universally lovely magic. He's really good on account of being a ranged character in a Ys game, but he's pretty boring and feels buggy. Yunica feels way more fluid and fun to play even if she's by far the worst character effectiveness-wise. Also, the bug was hard, but as Yunica I definitely always had the most trouble with a later boss.
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SorataYuy posted:It's used about twice. Both times you need it, there's a symbol (a filled in circle, I believe) to indicate something's odd here. Close, it's a stylized eye so it really should be fairly obvious when you see it  This was definitely my least favorite boss when I played the game for the first time as Yunica, cause I was dumb and didn't think about the lightning magic hitting it on the wall until the third attempt in. After that with the other two characters I actually had a lot of fun with it. I like the idea of destroying a bunch of smaller portions on a boss (though I think a later boss does this in a really annoying way.)
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Rin posted:So how often does the Mask of Eyes actually get used in this game? Do I need to check every room or are there usually signs to point out when to use it? This game looks really fun but I'd rather not have to clear out the enemies and put the mask on in every room. I think you use the mask a total of three times. I'll count along anyways just to be sure. The points where you're supposed to use them are marked by a similar symbol to the one you see in the Wailing Blue, but they're a bit smaller and not as obvious. Really though when I first played through the game years back I missed the later two until I realized I was missing important things at various points. You'll see what I mean later. Panic! at Nabisco posted:It's pretty telling that Hugo, the prodigy mage, has pretty universally lovely magic. He's really good on account of being a ranged character in a Ys game, but he's pretty boring and feels buggy. There's a couple fun things you can do with Hugo that mostly involve trivializing some bosses. After the Hugo playthrough is complete (and if I remember/have the time) I'll record some fun things - you'll see. 
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