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So after a period of being unable to play, I finally beat it. My order was: Hedwyn (so he cold see his bird waifu again), Jodi (because she deserved it), Rukey (so he could see his family again), Bertrude (To get rid of her, honestly), Pamitha (because she deserved better), and Fae (most appropriate name for her, btw). I had planned to anoint Sir Gilman in the final Rite; but when it came time to actually choose, I saw my boy Ti'zo, who had been my go-to for every Rite I desperately wanted to win. Little bastard had been in every Liberation Rite thus far, and had been instrumental in winning all of them, so I knew he had to be my anointed in the final Rite. After a pitched battle, I won by the skin of my teeth, and freed Oralech. It just seemed like the right thing to do. I'm now working on a second playthrough in which I will throw every Liberation Rite and see what happens. I will end by saying that if you didn't talk to Sandra at every opportunity and agree to take her with you, you are a monster and I will have nothing further to do with you.
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Arthur Crackpot posted:I will end by saying that if you didn't talk to Sandra at every opportunity and agree to take her with you, you are a monster and I will have nothing further to do with you. Agreed.
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Aug 27, 2017 03:28
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Sandra is bae, even moreso than Bae is bae
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Aug 27, 2017 06:11
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So, anyone else on Steam get a 1 gig patch? I have no idea what it entails.
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Sep 28, 2017 16:57
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Online multiplayer or DLC incoming????
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Sep 28, 2017 17:28
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precision posted:Online multiplayer or DLC incoming???? New Game + EDIT: Supergiant posted:About the 'True Nightwing' Update Also, bonus soundtracks for soundtrack-havers (meaning free!): · Pyre: Original Soundtrack - The White Lute features acoustic versions of many of the signature tracks from the game (they're the versions you hear using the White Lute item in the wagon). · Pyre: Original Soundtrack - The Black Mandolin features eight unique variations of the song 'Never to Return', for each of the different triumvirates you confront in the Rites! Snuffman fucked around with this message at 17:36 on Sep 28, 2017 |
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Sep 28, 2017 17:32
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Oh wow nice. Gonna start that up later then.
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Sep 28, 2017 17:52
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Sick. That update's dope
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Sep 28, 2017 18:23
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Oh, sweet. I was really hoping for a New Game + option. Gonna fire that up this weekend!
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Sep 28, 2017 18:41
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The Supergiant Youtube channel also just uploaded a bunch of acoustic and instrumental versions of the songs, along with versions of "Never to Return" for each opponent.
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Sep 28, 2017 18:53
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sweet moses that's an awesome update!!
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Sep 28, 2017 19:14
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Perfect reason to do another run, even comes with all the things I'd self-impose on a New Game Plus.
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Sep 28, 2017 19:15
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No PS4 release date yet though =\
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Finally beat the game and left the bat, the snake and the tree behind since i figured theyd be the happiest in hell. Tree would have been useful out of the place but i was carrying Sandra and i definetly needed to carry her out of hell because in a couple of hundred years theres probably not going to be anyone living in the place besides imps and the merchants there. As a horrid min maxer i liked that it made you make choices and didnt allow you to just make so everyone ended up happy. Theres no point in choices if theres no consequences to it.
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Game of the Year 2017. I'd be surprised if it leaves as much of a lasting impact on me as Bastion and Transistor, but it's still a gorgeous experience. I liberated Jodi first, because she'd been there the longest. The only loss in the whole campaign was the match after that, because I was leaning on her that much. Then Hedwyn--I wanted to liberate Pamitha before him so she could track down his girlfriend for when he got there, but she wasn't high enough at the time. I liberated her next, although I was half expecting her to turn out to be a traitor somehow. Then Bertrude, although I think I thought she wanted to return a lot more than she actually did. That made things a lot more difficult because I had started leaning pretty heavily on her ridiculous Talisman ability. After that, Volfred, and then for the final one I anointed Ti'zo but ended up going myself. Xae would have been my first choice to send back, but she seemed so much happier in the Downside. The reason for her exile was the saddest to me, I think, just because of the implications. Pretty excited to start a True Nightwing run, mostly just to see what the game looks like when I lose constantly.
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True Nightwing does not mess around. You can technically still cheese a failure but being forced to use Titan Stars and level up slower means you're going to have to take as much advantage of free Enlightenment and tutoring individual members as you can. Forget buying up every trinket: get the ones that are important, level them up, and use nothing else.
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As much as I loved Bastion and Transistor, I felt like this was a solid improvement in every way (while being totally different from both).
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Just finished the first playthrough, that was really good! I would never have guessed sports game visual novel would be something I liked, but Supergiant Games sure pulled it off. This is talking about Pyre but also has some vague spoilers for the ends of Bastion and Transistor I'm a little relieved there was a relatively good ending, and that I got it on my first playthrough unlike their first two games which were so much more bittersweet. Bastion made me cry and Transistor left me an absolute wreck (being pregnant didn't help) but this was quite a bit more hopeful. I freed Jodariel first, then Rukey, then I was going to keep Hedwyn around but he got Banishment sickness and I felt terrible for him and his thoughts talked about how bad he wanted to go home so I freed him, then Pamitha,then my daughter hit the spacebar and selected Fae, then Bertrude, then Oralech over Tizo for the last freed exile. I barely beat Oralech, I think I had 5 points remaining and that was after Volfred's mastery giving me an extra 50, my heart was actually pounding by the end of it. And if anyone didn't see it, drinking a poo poo load of Pam's booze triggered a funny little conversation. Tizo definitely had the hardest trial for me, gently caress that sucked. Patience luring the three beyonders into an implosion and Moon Crest sure helped. Also excited for the True Nightwing run, and some lower stakes versus mode stuff.
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The absolute best exchange in the game that I discovered was anointing Ti'Zo for a Liberation Rite against the Accusers. If you get the opportunity to do it, absolutely do, there's an exchange that I refuse to spoil, but it's the game's funniest moment by far. I loved this game, finally beat it, bought it on New Year's. Liberated Jodi first, wish I hadn't 'cause i never actually got her backstory from her, but she seemed like the most expendible. In retrospect, I'd keep her until the second one and liberate Hedwyn instead. Rukey was second, then Pamitha, Hedwyn, Ti'Zo and I liberated Volfred last. He gave me the choice and I sent him home to ensure the plan's success, though of course I never lost a match, thanks to resetting. I really do want to give True Nightwings a shot, I feel like the game is intended to not allow you to game the matches, and it's odd to me that it was a post release patch that brought it. I had a bloodless revolution, though I was disappointed that there didn't seem to be any real epilogue for me. Then again, I basically played my Reader as a shut-in scholar who had no real connection to the Commonwealth ( because as a player, I don't.). When I was first playing the game, I was expecting to say that Supergiant had finally stopped making games about the apocalypse, but lol that didn't work out. The lore in this game is crazy. So why did the Rope-Caller chase the Emperor into exile? Wasn't his goal to rule the empire? Why go to Downside, especially when your loving Demon's Souls cloak is gonna go rogue on you when you do... This game seems like the culmination of all things Supergiant and it's a true work of art. I don't know what they'll do next, but as a studio they've continued to redefine what they are capable of. The Voice was one of my favorite characters, he's such a loving doofus. I like how he gets all insulted when he realizes that you're not actually on his side. "and here I thought we were friends.. It's interesting that they gave him a backstory, I really, really liked how they handled a lot of the background plots in this game. The writing is top notch. 8-Bit Scholar fucked around with this message at 17:51 on Jan 6, 2018 |
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Though, maybe I missed it, do they ever explain WHY the stars start going out?.
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8-Bit Scholar posted:Though, maybe I missed it, do they ever explain WHY the stars start going out?. Sucks for everyone left on the Downside though!
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Maybe a little late to the party, but I finished the game! For the curious, I liberated Hedwyn, Jodariel, Rukey, Pamitha, Fae, Ti'zo and myself. Oralech won the final rite (my intention - though it's actually really hard to throw a game while still trying to play somewhat actively) and then when he said my player character should go it didn't feel right to refuse. I kind of like that my character went through something of an arc of her own, without any real intention that way in the story. She was a crippled scholar, and a cynic who didn't believe freedom could be found anywhere. But as she travelled she gained faith in the Nightwings, and sparked hope for their ambitions. She never sought any reward for herself, but when it was offered to her, she finally realised there was a future for her too. I took a look at the versus mode, and I'm a bit disappointed about the choices of characters? The visual design of the team uniforms felt like it was designed so that you could have generic characters for every class and team, with nine sprite sets in various recolours. But since versus mode only lets you pick plot characters, you can't form all the possible team compositions, and it looks like they don't even wear the uniforms of the team you're supposed to be playing as? It's a minor thing, and pretty meaningless in gameplay, but still. If I wanted one more thing from this game it'd be a mode where you actually played the league, earning enough
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Finished this game yesterday, what a uniquely affecting experience.
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precision posted:i would donate like $30 to a kickstarter that just adds online multiplayer to this game That would be so awesome, but I think Supergiant's official position is that they are not a big enough developer to have the skills and resources needed to do that. I wonder if you could set up some sort of long-distance screen-sharing thing to use the local multiplayer over the web. Probably hard as balls though.
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Tenebrais posted:That would be so awesome, but I think Supergiant's official position is that they are not a big enough developer to have the skills and resources needed to do that. I can't imagine you could set that up in any way where it wouldn't have unplayable levels of lag. But yeah, adding online multiplayer is something of a project in and of itself, and then with it you have expectations of balance patches and community engagement, detecting and banning hackers/griefers, and toxic shitheads forming competitive leagues. I can completely understand why Supergiant didn't want to deal with that but it's still kinda disappointing that it's not in there. New Butt Order fucked around with this message at 00:36 on Jan 15, 2018 |
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8-Bit Scholar posted:The absolute best exchange in the game that I discovered was anointing Ti'Zo for a Liberation Rite against the Accusers. If you get the opportunity to do it, absolutely do, there's an exchange that I refuse to spoil, but it's the game's funniest moment by far. Seriously, do it. It's amazing.
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Olive Branch posted:So, the Scribes figured it was time to move past this tradition of the rites, perhaps to stop people from being cast down constantly. I think it's more like "Well, this cycle has gone on long enough. The Commonwealth is a mess, and will stay around just long enough to collapse again due to all the corruption, conflict, misery, etc. Barely any of the exiles conducting the Rites has a mote of respect for them, and there's even a rogue Nightwing triumvirate mucking about, messing things up. Yep, time to reset this poo poo. Lights out, Downside furnace off. Maybe next time they'll get it right." It was a given that the Commonwealth would be in bad shape, but when the system you put in place to fix the problem becomes completely unreliable, it's time to start over. drat, I love this game. Who would've guessed that a magical 3-on-3 basketball tournament played by criminals competing for the chance to jump into an upside-down waterfall and shoot through the hole in the center of the moon would be a slam dunk?
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Tenebrais posted:I wonder if you could set up some sort of long-distance screen-sharing thing to use the local multiplayer over the web. Probably hard as balls though. This is actually really easy! Just download Parsec: https://parsecgaming.com/ . It screenshares from one computer to the other, and makes controllers/input devices from both work on whichever is streaming the game. I've tried it for a bunch of local multiplayer games and its been great (although if your internet is relatively slow you might run into trouble). I'd definitely give it a try, it's the first one of the 'play local multiplayer online' solutions that's ever really worked well for me.
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RIP ZEEZ
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Picked this game back up after just getting past the first liberation last time, so I could stay ahead of the LP. The writing in this game is real good. Liberated Hedwyn the first rite because I forgot you only get to pick your three top earners and Jodariel and Bae ain't goin' nowhere yet. Was all set to send Rukey up next to take care of his ma and because I don't particularly need him, but I was up against the Essence and Pamitha was so freakin' bummed that we were kicking their butt that I threw the match after earning my 35 ducats and let Tamitha go. Guess I'm sending Pam up when I get her leveled even though she's a superb point-scorer, Bae can handle this poo poo down here.
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