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 - Box art, front and back - Opening Movie (Polsy'd) - Closing Credits (Polsy'd)  Possessed Halloween Sam, from SystemLogoff! Check out the extra-possessed thumbnail:  Eeek!  ultrafilter points out that Morcubus' frilly cuffs and white gloves make him look like he's flipping the bird with both hands; CapitanGarlic does the necessary with style and panache.  Click here for the full 702x1600 image Captain Fargle makes a sweet prediction as to how the game will end, and may not be too far off the mark! Picayune fucked around with this message at 21:51 on Feb 27, 2015 |
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May 19, 2014 09:52
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Ep. 1: The Assistant Pig-Boy The adorable opening movie, Polsy-fied to protect against spoilers!Oh, hey, that music sounds familiar. Anyway, if you watched that--and you probably should--you've now seen a highlight reel of the whole game and should have a pretty good idea of how things are going to go. I... guess that means you can stop reading now?  Let's get started.   : This kingdom was made up of many different lands... Some of them more different than others.     : They used their power to protect the kingdom and keep the Sims of the world happy. I'm not sure how one 'moves away' when Roland's kingdom covers the entire world, but I guess we can't use the word 'died' around impressionable eight-year-olds.   : Who will it be? Where will they come from? And what will they look like?A good set of questions, which promptly dumps us into Create-A-Sim! After Our Hero has been created:  Can't imagine. Anyway, it's time for our opening pan across Capital Island!  Hey, this is a pretty nice kingdom. Very green. Nice rocks.  The camera pans over to the castle, oooh, which appears to be inhabited by a serene pink-haired princess--  --oooor not.  As the frustrated princess stomps out of the castle, the camera rolls on, coming to rest on... the King's Royal Messenger, gods help us all.  He and his messenger pigeon appear to have similar tastes in red caps.  The Royal Messenger reads the scroll and cheers happily as the camera rolls on once more.  We come at last to a humble pig-herder's hut, and the humble pig-herder herself--with what are presumably a couple of humble pigs--  --and her extremely humble assistant, Sam, the Assistant Pig-Boy.   It should go without saying that his life is hell. --- Next time on MySims Kingdom: He's a humble pig-boy--of course he has a Great Destiny! --- - Capital Island Wanna see that pan in full motion? Here you go!
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May 19, 2014 09:53
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This looks unbelievably cute. I probably would have loved it as a kid.
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May 19, 2014 09:54
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Sam's back, y'all! Looking forward to this.
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May 19, 2014 10:26
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Yay! Sam's back to save everyone!  This game was the first of the series I ever played (and probably my favorite), so I'm glad it's being LPed. How is the DS version different from the Wii version? The only copy of it I have is on the Wii.
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May 19, 2014 11:33
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Oh yesss!  This is gonna be great. Glad to see another LP from ya, Picayune.
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May 19, 2014 13:15
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Glad to be back! Let's power through some tutorial. Ep. 2: L'enfer, C'est Les Autres Last time, we discovered that Sam's life is terrible. Look at that, he can't even afford shoes. Barefoot in pig doings!   And we finally have control! Oh, joy, a tutorial--wait. Wait.  I can rotate the camera?! Later games in the series--including Agents--did away with camera control entirely. I had completely forgotten that the early games still had cameras. That's because the original MySims and MySims Kingdom were both made using the Havok engine! That's right: this game is just like Dark Souls.  ... anyway! We found Elmira.  Our reward is verbal abuse and another tutorial!  : To get a pig to follow you, just walk up right next to it. Okay...  Aww, pet the piggie.  And now he's following us!   We get control again, yaaaay. Sam runs around, magnetizes pigs, and leads them to the mud--unfortunately that honking big tutorial box will not go away until we're done.  The present box over Elmira's head indicates that we've completed a quest that she gave us. Usually this means we have a reward waiting! However, this is the tutorial, and that's Elmira, so our reward is more abuse. : Great. You actually managed to get both pigs.Elmira chases Sam away from her precious pigs.  Having laid down the law, Elmira leaves. Sam watches her go--  Sam jumps a mile and then wheels around.   It's our old buddy, Buddy!  And some things never change.  : Hiya, Sam!Buddy waves to the pigs. : Hiya, pigs! Sam nods. Silent protagonist! : Yay! Remember, we promised to go meet Lyndsay! She's probably dreaming up another one of her adventures for us... and you know how she gets when we're late.This makes Sam giggle, presumably because he does know how Lyndsay gets. But!    YIPES ... did you throw a bird at me   : Hello, peasants. I think we all know that I'M going to be named the new Wandolier.: You are?!: Of course, silly, I'm the princess! Daddy will just LET me win!: I don't know, Sam here would make a GREAT Wandolier! I think he'll win for sure!: Huh. Guess I'll see you at the castle, then! Toodles!The evil Princess Butter points and laughs evilly at Sam, then evils off on her evil way. Pause.   I imagine that being Buddy's friend always requires some patience. : Don't worry, Sam! I'm sure you'll win!  FWOMP  ... welp. --- Next time on MySims Kingdom: Whoops, Buddy dropped the invitations and now we don't have one. That was a short game! --- - EA Render: Princess Butter Okay, she's more 'spoiled rotten' than 'evil', but that sentence was complex enough already.
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May 19, 2014 22:22
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Buddy and Sam are back! Yay! 
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May 19, 2014 23:17
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If Sterv can make it into General Smilies, I'm sure we can get that wonderful MySims one in there.
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May 20, 2014 00:58
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Is that a Chronicles of Prydain reference in the thread title, because those books were 70% my childhood. This looks promising, though I'm slightly disappointed Sam doesn't seem as talkative as he is in Agents, because Sam's snarkiness in Agents was amazing. Though...I may be mixing that up with your writing. I'm not sure.
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May 20, 2014 01:44
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Wild Knight posted:Is that a Chronicles of Prydain reference in the thread title, because those books were 70% my childhood. Considering the main character is literally an assistant pig-boy, I think the game is what made the reference.
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May 20, 2014 01:48
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Until this assistant pig-keeper goes on a long journey to discover himself and becomes king of the land in the process I will not consider this a wholesale reference on the game's part good sir :colber-- ...wait, the name of the game is... ...ohhhhh
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May 20, 2014 04:18
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The game pretty much fed me the Prydain and Earthsea references, yeah. I'll have to shoulder the blame for the Sartre.Miniature Moose posted:How is the DS version different from the Wii version? The only copy of it I have is on the Wii. I never actually played the DS version of Kingdom, but a cursory Googling informs me that it's more minigame-based and takes place all on the same island in King Roland's land. Also, there's a villain named Dr. Nefario! That's... terrible!
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May 20, 2014 06:38
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If this game is eve 20% of what Agents turned out to be, it will be one fun ride!
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May 20, 2014 06:39
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Another Picayune MySims! YAY! Seriously, three days ago I was muttering to myself that I missed MySims Agents and I wished you'd get another of the series on the go. Scout's honour!
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May 20, 2014 16:22
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Another Picayune MySims LP! Hooray!Picayune posted:
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May 20, 2014 22:55
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Yesssssss, let's get ready for some I missed Sam so much.
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May 20, 2014 23:05
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TracerK posted:Another Picayune MySims LP! Hooray! The wands are secretly powered by the life force of the wandoliers. Brave heros willing to fritter away their vitality, even give their lives, to build bridges without anyone having to learn masonry.
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May 20, 2014 23:19
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Is that pig the new Wolfah?
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May 20, 2014 23:30
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TracerK posted:I'm more concerned on how Roland's still king if so many of his Wandoliers retired. What, did he give them away to a whole bunch of sexagenarians or something? Does being King automatically grant immortality? Being a Wandolier is like being a dot-com millionaire. Once you have everything you want, why not retire young? As for the ones who moved away, clearly they went to the Summer Country.
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May 21, 2014 00:16
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Oh man, I am so hyped for this. Your LP of Agents was so great.
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May 21, 2014 00:37
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These are my Sims. There are many others like them, but these ones are mine.
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May 21, 2014 00:41
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Hooray, more lighthearted MySims games! I loved the last LP so this is an instant bookmark for me.
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May 21, 2014 01:00
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Fingers crossed for more Wolfah related antics and something as great as the Cyrus Mansion arc from Agents.
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May 21, 2014 02:29
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This is a really weird thing to pick up on, but I'm making my way through the Agents LP on the Archive and I love that Sam is voiced by Scott Menville. It just seems to fit so well there. Kind of a shame that it's not the case here on account of that "silent protagonist" thing.
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May 21, 2014 02:30
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This looks like its gonna be good. I'll also say that I wouldn't mind if you threw in some Sam-snark, Picayune, even if it wasn't in the original script. The Sam-snark in Agents was great.
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May 21, 2014 03:51
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Oh ho ho am I glad I saw this thread.bunnyofdoom posted:Is that pig the new Wolfah? Nothing is ever going to be the new Wolfah.
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May 21, 2014 05:59
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Psion posted:Oh ho ho am I glad I saw this thread. Let's all keep in mind that there's a good chance that Woolfah will be the new Woolfah.
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May 21, 2014 06:11
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Bobbin Threadbare posted:Let's all keep in mind that there's a good chance that Woolfah will be the new Woolfah. Now I'm imagining a sheep Wolfah.
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May 21, 2014 15:00
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Angela Christine posted:The wands are secretly powered by the life force of the wandoliers. Brave heros willing to fritter away their vitality, even give their lives, to build bridges without anyone having to learn masonry. bunnyofdoom posted:Is that pig the new Wolfah? This is a judgment we should probably wait to make, as Kingdom is stuffed chock-full of adorable cubical animals! Most of them do not have Wolfah's star power, I'm afraid. For the record, Elmira's pigs are named Pigglez and Porkz. Dragonatrix posted:This is a really weird thing to pick up on, but I'm making my way through the Agents LP on the Archive and I love that Sam is voiced by Scott Menville. It just seems to fit so well there. Kind of a shame that it's not the case here on account of that "silent protagonist" thing. Sam does actually have a voice actor, since he babbles in Simlish like any other Sim--and since I tried very hard to reproduce the original Sam as closely as possible, he almost certainly does have Scott Menville's voice again here. Sam doesn't speak in dialogue boxes like the other Sims, though, and in cutscenes he has the silent-protagonist act down pat.
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May 21, 2014 20:24
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Ep. 3: A Pig-Boy's Tasks Are Never Done Having just tripped, fallen, and thrown his pile of royal invitations to the winds, Buddy picks himself back up and dusts himself off.  He then develops a severe case of Not-Actually-Plumbbob. A quest! Well, okay, a 'task'. The little book in the upper right corner is our task book, which contains all kind of debatably-useful information. It will alert us to new tasks and completed tasks (as you can see). The blue shield next to it has no use just yet. Anyway, let's talk to Buddy.  : Can you run around and find them all? By popping open our task book, we can see the gory details of our current chivalric quest. There are eight invitations to find, and we have found zero. The bar on the bottom tells us how far along on a task we are: someone has a job for us; we have talked to them, accepted the job, and presumably started working on it; we have completed the job but not yet turned it in; we have spoken to the person, gotten our reward, and finished the job.  So, anyway, we run over here, and...    Ping! Right, then. Let's ask Elmira if she's seen any invitations flying around.   I'll just take that as a 'no'.  Getting near the pigs kills them. Uh, I mean, it opens up some actions that Sam can perform. He can pet the pigs, which we've already seen.  Or he can choose to feed them!   Sam feeds the pig and it drops... some... organic matter... which just jumps right into Sam's inventory agh agh ew. The organic thing makes a magical 'plink' sound as it bounces into Sam's pocket. What did he feed that poor critter? Eh, well, surely that'll never be important. We also nab the invitation which was sitting right there. Maybe Buddy's found a couple?  or maybe he's just been standing here and freaking out and we have to solve all his problems for him because we are the only competent person in the entire world and also we are not bitter at all  Ergh, fine. Yoink. Sam follows the trail of invitations to the castle, and...  Oh dear.  ... ARGH GET OFF Anyway, Princess Butter does eventually step off the invitation. Sam grabs it and goes to find the others, getting and acing a jumping tutorial along the way.  Finally we find the last invitation by the river! The day is saved, Buddy wishes to thank us, etc.  : You really saved me, Sam. That's why you're my best pal!Just then!  Lyndsay runs over to join us.  : I made up today's adventure itinerary and everything. We were going to explore a hidden tomb!: But Lyndsay, we don't know where any hidden tombs are.: Well, yeah, Buddy, that's what makes them hidden. that's right, live vicariously through me, everyone else does, that's why I'm the protagonist of a videogame : How'd you hear? I just gave Sam his invitation.Lyndsay scowls and faces Sam. : I ran into that spoiled Princess Butter. Don't worry, Sam, we'll show her.Lyndsay looks back at Buddy. : When does the contest begin, Buddy?: Well, let's see, I think it was...Buddy thinks for a minute, then jumps. : Right now, pal! We gotta get to the castle!: Yikes! Buddy!! --- Next time on MySims Kingdom: We hurry to the castle! For a certain definition of 'hurry'!
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May 21, 2014 20:26
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Picayune posted:Next time on MySims Kingdom: We hurry to the castle! For a certain definition of 'hurry'! So you'll be hanging out with the pigs for how long, then? An hour? Two?
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May 22, 2014 16:54
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Ep. 4: Sadly, Our Princess Is In THIS Castle Run, Sam! Run to the castle!  No, Sam! Don't stop to pet the pigs! What is wrong with you?  That's better.  We cut to the throne room, where King Roland is preparing to make a speech.  : On this great day, from your humble ranks, a champion shall emerge!!King Roland pauses to look out over the humble ranks:  Long pause. Princess Butter eventually dusts some imaginary lint from her skirt. : Umm... is this everybody? Is no one else coming?: Um, no one important.: Oh, too bad... I thought we might still have time for cupcakes.Pause. : Well, maybe just a quick one!  The king pats his belly, content. : Now, let us begin!Suddenly, a shout rings out!   Sam walks up to join the, er, vast ranks of the hopeful. : Sam, are you here for the trials? Hands on hips, Sam checks out his competition.  Pfft. Sam looks back at the king and nods, which is a total diss for a silent protagonist. The princess immediately gets all up in Sam's face. : So, the pig herder came after all! I just assumed you'd give up!: Well, now we should be ready to begin. : Whoever wins today's trials will receive the royal scepter and be named the kingdom's new Wandolier. : Also, whoever comes in second will receive a really nice toaster oven as a consolation prize. : The court wizard, the Great and Wise Marlon, will accompany you to the training grounds... Marlon, are you there?Pause.   POOF  ACK  : Greetings and Salutations, dear friends!  Everyone chooses to ignore this. : Each of you will receive a training scepter. Once we arrive at the training grounds, I shall administer the tasks. Princess, Barney, and Sam... are we ready?Everyone nods. The princess preens a bit. : Then follow meeeeeeee...With a mystical incantation of 'Abakadoobie'--no, really--Marlon waves his hands.  Sparkles of magic flow around the contestants--  POOF  Barney looks around, then sighs heavily. Marlon laughs indulgently and waves his hands again.  POOF AGAIN Marlon bows and poofs out after the contestants. Pause. : So, who wants cupcakes? Buddy does! --- Next time on MySims Kingdom: The Assistant Pig-Boy undergoes... the Trial of the Wandoliers! Dun dun dunnnnnnn. --- - Video: Abakadoobie! So much sparkly teleporting!
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May 23, 2014 20:01
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Well, my doubts are erased as to whether this is gonna be as funny as Agents.
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May 23, 2014 20:19
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This LP got me to check out the Agents LP. Good stuff! Guess I'll catch up on that between Kingdom updates.
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May 23, 2014 20:25
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I'm beginning to suspect that all the old wandoliers retired because it's a thankless job that requires you to deal with a lot of strange and irritating people. Also, Barney is now voiced in my head by Scruffy the janitor.
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May 23, 2014 20:31
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Having to deal with strange and irritating people seems to be a trend for the Sams.
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May 23, 2014 20:34
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This is going fine, certainly the wizard's way of getting around.
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You can't be a royal messenger without appreciating the small joys in life. Like cupcakes. Wonderful to see you and this series together again.
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