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Squalitude posted:Did the enemy soldiers manage to hit each other by accident at a few points in the last couple of updates? Like at 15 minutes... No, it was them sustaining damage from Chaos armor. It damages enemies irrespective of whether Kain is protected by the barrier
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As much as a fan as I am of Tony Jay, they should've had anyone else voice William. Tony would've been fine for after he becomes the Nemesis, but not the "Boy King".
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So, just watched The Battle... I recall that transition being much, much better. Huh.
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Nov 2, 2015 00:52
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RickVoid posted:So, just watched The Battle... I recall that transition being much, much better. It is supposed to be better (although it is just as confusing), I just can't find the cutscene for some reason (my game doesn't play the cutscenes at all, I have had to edit them into the videos and hope that I didn't gently caress it up)
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Nov 2, 2015 00:57
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Alexeythegreat posted:It is supposed to be better (although it is just as confusing), I just can't find the cutscene for some reason (my game doesn't play the cutscenes at all, I have had to edit them into the videos and hope that I didn't gently caress it up) I forgot about that. You've done a pretty good job then. With regards to the hilariously out of place armor, I imagine that was part of what Moebius supplied to William, as part of the plan. One thing I'd like people to keep in mind is "Where and When in Nosgoth is the Soul Reaver?". It gets around quite a bit throughout the series. So now's as good a time as any to begin. 20 Years prior to the Murder of Ariel: William, armed with the Soul Reaver, is murdered by Kain; the Soul Reaver is broken. 30 Years after the Murder of Ariel: Kain finds the Soul Reaver in Avernus Cathedral. So, we already have a mystery on our hands! We don't know how the Soul Reaver gets to Avernus, but we know that by the time it gets there it is no longer broken. We also don't know where Moebius got his copy of the Soul Reaver to give to William, but presumably it was snatched from somewhere else in the timeline. I'd like, by the end of the series, to have a complete timeline for the Soul Reaver.
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If you ignore Blood Omen 2 it wraps things up pretty nicely with few plot holes. One big one in Defiance, as I recall, but most of the stuff gets explained.
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RickVoid posted:I forgot about that. You've done a pretty good job then. I think that this will have to be more like a spreadsheet or multiple parallel timelines, considering that there are multiple temporal distortions in the series
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Alexeythegreat posted:It is supposed to be better (although it is just as confusing), I just can't find the cutscene for some reason (my game doesn't play the cutscenes at all, I have had to edit them into the videos and hope that I didn't gently caress it up) You explained it fine, I just watched that cutscene and really it's just as confusing and sudden as a jump cut. Um who was the guy you killed after the timeskip to trigger that other cutscene?
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Golden Goat posted:You explained it fine, I just watched that cutscene and really it's just as confusing and sudden as a jump cut. Just some guy. According to the Dark Chronicle, Kain... read his mind, apparently. I have no idea how that conclusion was made and it makes even less sense than just saying that the devs hosed up and failed to make anything clear
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Alexeythegreat posted:Just some guy. According to the Dark Chronicle, Kain... read his mind, apparently. I have no idea how that conclusion was made and it makes even less sense than just saying that the devs hosed up and failed to make anything clear That sorta makes more sense? Thanks this part of the game is really messy
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Alexeythegreat posted:I think that this will have to be more like a spreadsheet or multiple parallel timelines, considering that there are multiple temporal distortions in the series And we've already had the first change happen, so Alpha timeline is already dead, but I can't properly go into what the original timeline looked like for a good long while. Legacy of Kain: To explain one thing, I have to explain everything. Alternately, Everything is a metaphore for everything else.
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Update. Hilariously, despite being about as endgame as it can get, it has no content whatsoever. ---- Unrelated: I have started the Soul Reaver playthrough... and nothing records it. I've already gone through three different recording softwares and two different SR versions and have no loving idea what to do, so I have no clue how long it will take for me to get the SR thread up and running. nutri_void fucked around with this message at 18:24 on Nov 2, 2015 |
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Well poo poo. I was afraid something like that might happen. Are you emulating the PS version or running the PC version? Have you tried recording the game window with OBS? This is basically the extent of the help I've got for you.
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RickVoid posted:Well poo poo. I was afraid something like that might happen. Running the PC version, tried both Steam and GOG I have just tried running OBS, so that makes it 4 softwares now (Fraps, Bandicam, Afterburner, OBS), doesn't work. Still, I think I may actually fix it tomorrow morning (as in, 6-7 hours from now, I live in Europe), I have some thoughts on that. I got Blood Omen to run, I managed to record it, and I then pulled it out of crashing upon attempts to change resolution, and I already have the nice purple graphics done for both the thread and video pop-ups, so gently caress me if I'll let something that is nowhere near as old as BO1 stop me EDIT: got SR to record, yass. The first part is already rendering nutri_void fucked around with this message at 15:43 on Nov 3, 2015 |
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Aaaaaaand we're done with Blood Omen! A few things to mention: 1) Ages ago, I promised an extra video with secrets. So far I have footage of getting only one of those secrets from a long time ago, and as I absolutely abhor scrounging the world map and looking for secrets, in addition to none of them (at least as far as I know) being of any interest or importance, it may take a while for me to power through and get it done. 2) The first part of Soul Reaver is already completed and I have written up the OP. The thread will be up as soon as I deal with the copyright notifications for Ozar Midrashim. I would just open the video up tomorrow if I only got the notification from the actual copyright owner (which I did, and I've already emailed them to ask for permission to use the track, because The Orchard is nice in that regard as far as I know), I don't mind the actual copyright owner monetizing the video... but I also got a false-rear end notification from a company that owns the rights to a track by some Swedish oval office named Tristitia, who just took the sound from the Soul Reaver intro (i.e. the music + sound effects + Raziel's narration), put it in an album with one extra riff in the end and called it a song and I got a copyright notification for that. As a lawyer, I just can't let that bullshit slide. So I'm waiting for a written permission from The Orchard (also known as IODA) to dispute that fake-rear end claim and keep the video ad-free.
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One flaw this game has is that half the people in this game is voiced by Tony Jay and at the same time one of the main characters is also voiced by him so it gets confusing when the necromancer or some random villager is talking. Not that Tony Jay was a bad voice actor or anything but his voice range was pretty limited so it was an odd decision to have him voice so many characters. Thankfully he gets one of the best parts in future games 
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Iretep posted:One flaw this game has is that half the people in this game is voiced by Tony Jay and at the same time one of the main characters is also voiced by him so it gets confusing when the necromancer or some random villager is talking. Not that Tony Jay was a bad voice actor or anything but his voice range was pretty limited so it was an odd decision to have him voice so many characters. Thankfully he gets one of the best parts in future games This is something they address in the voice casting of Defiance.
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Yes, specifically, by recasting Mortanius. I think I even mentioned it in the LP
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Alexeythegreat posted:Yes, specifically, by recasting Mortanius. I think I even mentioned it in the LP Yep. I remember a QA years back where it was asked why Mortanius wasn't voiced by Tony Jay, and I think the line was something like "Tony Jay is a great voice actor, but Tony Jay sounds like Tony Jay."
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If you want a co-commentator for Soul Reaver and on, I'd love to offer my services. I played all the DR games a lot growing up and know them like the back of my hand.
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Vicissitude posted:If you want a co-commentator for Soul Reaver and on, I'd love to offer my services. I played all the DR games a lot growing up and know them like the back of my hand. I don't see doing co-commentary for every part as feasible because scheduling, but I'd be totally up for doing some videos that way
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Hey, that's alright. I've got PM or you can reach me by email. Soul Reaver is awesome and I'd love to help clear up the shenanigans that go on in the series.
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Now that the game is over, I thought it'd be cool to share a neat little secret. Back in 2010, a group of Russian programmers attempting to create a 3D remake of Blood Omen discovered a hidden area in the game while investigating the code. The area is the pirate ship HMCS Bitter, and is accessed by a blocked off hidden room from a tavern in Vasserbund. The area is more or less complete with no indication given as to why the developers decided to prevent access. More info and pictures here: http://thelostworlds.net/BO1/HMCS_Bitter.html
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Christ, I completely forgot that they exist (the ship and the Blood Omnicide project). I just did some scrounging in the Russian communities (which I normally completely ignore), and have found out that the last update on Blood Omnicide is dated April 2015 and that they already know what the system requirements for that will be. However, right now the only question that the people have is "Are you guys still alive there?". Source: I'm Russian and http://vk.com/blood_omnicide As for the ship, it's actually amazing how people still find secrets decades after the release of games. I recall that something was found in the original Serious Sam, too
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Honestly never saw any of this coming. I loved everything in this whole thing.
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What a wild game! I can't remember how far I got, but it wasn't this far, that's for sure. That said, I am really excited for Soul Reaver. It was one of my favourite games when it came out, and I played it a ton of times. Very excited to revisit the ol memories.
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Skippy Granola posted:What a wild game! I can't remember how far I got, but it wasn't this far, that's for sure. I would listen to Michael Bell and Simon Templeman have a dialogue for eternity.
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George posted:I would listen to Michael Bell and Simon Templeman have a dialogue for eternity. Which is why the two games that everyone likes are SR2 and Defiance, as they're full of dialogue, unlike SR
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Iretep posted:I'm actually trying out SR2 and cant get over how clunky the combat feels Blood Omen 2 makes SR2 look like an Arkham game.
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DukeofCA posted:Blood Omen 2 makes SR2 look like an Arkham game. Blood Omen 2 is still a solid game.
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A small update on the Soul Reaver progress for those who are interested. I will fight until I either get what I want or get a copyright strike, because gently caress them. Too bad that I can't really threaten legal action due to not being easily able to go to whatever US state had its law chosen as applicable here
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The content id system is easily the worst thing Youtube ever has introduced.
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I remember one of the Final Fantasy Videos I got was flagged by Rooster Teeth saying they owned Final Fantasy Type 0.
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I wouldn't bat an eye if the claim was from IODA. I don't mind a link to Ozar Midrashim on iTunes being posted in my description. Hell, I bought Ozar Midrashim on iTunes myself. If they refused to take away the claim, I wouldn't say a word, it's not like these videos can make more than 5-10 cents from extra ads. But that poo poo by Believe is a loving fraud and I'll rather cut the sound from the video than let these thieving loving cunts put ads in my video and make these 10 loving cents. gently caress, I'm pissed
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Xoidanor posted:The content id system is easily the worst thing Youtube ever has introduced.
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Alexeythegreat posted:I wouldn't bat an eye if the claim was from IODA. I don't mind a link to Ozar Midrashim on iTunes being posted in my description. Hell, I bought Ozar Midrashim on iTunes myself. If they refused to take away the claim, I wouldn't say a word, it's not like these videos can make more than 5-10 cents from extra ads. There are lots of videos that have the opening sequence. Just cut and link to it. No stress. I am liking your lp. I bought this game the day it was released and all the others, I am not looking forward to how they have aged, the only one I couldnt make it through was blood omen 2.
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TIL that Blood Omen is present on Playstation Network Wtf, I thought it was in a legal limbo Why not release it for PC on Steam/GOG/whatever, if it can be released on PSN I am offended
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Don't look at me, man. I own the original PSX version. >_> Edit: That could be why, actually. Sony has the rights to put the original PSX version up on PSN, but Steam/GOG/etc. don't have the rights to put up the PC version. The PC version alone could be in legal limbo.
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