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JawaKnight
Jul 9, 2014
MU'AZZAM!


What is Enclave?

Enclave is a Third Person Dark Fantasy action game with mild platforming elements made by Starbreeze Studios in 2002. It has excellent presentation, and some pretty advanced mechanics for the time, that are brought down slightly by poor melee combat design and a lackluster story. I still love it though, which is why I'm LP-ing it!


Okay. What kind of LP is this going to be?

Apart from "kind of a disaster" since this is my first attempt? It's going to be a 100% run, which means I'll be unlocking every character and collecting all of the gold in every level. It will also be semi-skilled seeing as I've beaten the game many times. To keep it interesting I've brought along Dooky Dingo, who has never played the game, and has graciously agreed to commentate with me. I mostly just hope you have a good time watching us, and maybe check the game out for yourself!

Will there be any thread interaction?

I'm glad you asked, you charming and intelligent person! Starting after episode 1, the thread will get to vote on which character I will be using for the next mission (or missions, depending on length).

What about spoilers?

As I said, the story isn't much to talk about, but the new characters/mechanics are pretty neat, and I'd like to keep those under wraps until they show up. There is one super big no-no: DO NOT TALK ABOUT THE COMPLETION BONUS, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, UNTIL AFTER IT HAS BEEN UNLOCKED! This is non-negotiable.

:siren: Current Update :siren:

Episode 22: Dark Bonus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0iHbC-tv0Q

Episode 23: Console Comparison
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qcs0nxkQWFY




Videos

Episode 1: Enter Murder-Hobo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5iBijf1Dyw

Episode 2: Hello, Huntress
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6X6DLJxFrA

Episode 3: Grenade Arrows Rule
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uM_baD2ykY

Episode 4: Druids Don't Wear Pants
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC0w6HUGvc8

Episode 5: Half-way Good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6t3C6_3imM

Episode 6: A Well Engineered Solution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wGtU8GEPxg

Episode 7: The Ancestors Must Be Crazy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixDFt4shN5o

Episode 8: My Sanctuary...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuP7h-iy5mk

Episode 9: The Fellowship of the Bling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku3CmeJ3FFo

Episode 10: No Reward Is Worth This
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFZeeglZKqM

Episode 11: Light Campaign Finale
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9RLXu-M_qU

Episode 12: Light Campaign Bonus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTdWKkaqLO0

Episode 13: Welcome to the Dark Side
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KswaCIT8vpw

Episode 14: The Assassination Of The Coward Alecto By Someone Cooler Than Us
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Phh4YGxTSU

Episode 15: Heavy Metal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tcPU0jyyoY

Episode 16: Carl, Nightcrawlers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHlDS4Ed_-E

Episode 17: Assault on Aylewood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6K272n8p4s

Episode 18: Time Paradox?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mI4IxUMfl04

Episode 19: Never Use The Front Door
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pExyvFmqUE

Episode 20: Mine Gott
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePU04g_rtwI

Episode 21: Dark Finale
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FYVfPLXuQo

Episode 22: Dark Bonus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0iHbC-tv0Q

Episode 23: Console Comparison
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qcs0nxkQWFY



:siren:No More Votes! Thank you for participating in my thread!:siren:



If I had thought ahead, this would have been the second post. :doh:


Light Campaign Characters


Knight

The Muder-Hobo and our first hero, he's the toughest of the light heroes. Can equip Swords, Shields and Crossbows (no poison bolts).



Huntress

The light side sniper, and a personal favorite. Can equip Bows (which can use Sniper, Fire/Flame, Grenade/Bomb, Magic and Burst arrows), Crossbows (regular, magic and poison bolts), and Daggers.



Druid

No Pants McGee. Can equip Staves and Daggers. Is the only one who can use the Astral staff (and therefore summon earth golems and shoot homing birds).



Halfling

The most I've ever turned around on a character. Can't really take a hit until she has armor, but moves and attacks much faster than any other light hero. Can become a total powerhouse with a long-hafted axe. Can equip Axes, Shields and Crossbows (with regular and poison bolts).



Engineer

Gnome Stereotype. Can equip Shields, Hammers, and Crossbows. Is the only light hero to get Bombs (explosive and grease).



Wizard

Where did he come from? Can equip Staves and Daggers, but not the Astral Staff (so no birds or golems).





Dark Campaign Characters


Assassin

Like the Huntress, but more Emo. Still a total rear end kicker. Can equip Bows (which can use Sniper, Fire/Flame, Grenade/Bomb, Magic and Burst arrows), Crossbows (regular, magic and poison bolts), and Daggers.



Berserker

Like the Knight, but slower and a much bigger target, and therefore worse. Can equip Hammers, Shields and Crossbows (no poison bolts).



Sorceress

Metal Queen, throwing the horns! Like the Wizard, but cooler in every way. Can equip Staves and Daggers.



Goblin

Counterpart to the Halfling, but with glowing eyes. Speaks Sweedish, but is otherwise identical. Can equip Axes, Shields and Crossbows (with regular and poison bolts).



Bombardier

A Tougher, taller version of the Engineer. Has a sweet cod-piece. Can equip Shields, Swords, and Crossbows. Is the only dark hero to get Bombs(duh)(explosive and grease).



Lich

Wicked cool skeleton-lady. Like the Druid, but has mastered the concept of pants. Is the only hero who can summon shadow skeletons and shoot bats with the Staff of the Damned(which is a scythe!)! Can equips Staves and Daggers.


Coming soon:

-Nothing! This LP is over!

JawaKnight fucked around with this message at 04:03 on Dec 31, 2016

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Lord Windy
Mar 26, 2010
Huntress

This was my favourite action game as a kid. I found it super difficult and had to cheat. I think it had a lot to do with the controls on the xbox as I bought it on steam and found it much easier.

JawaKnight
Jul 9, 2014
Good old XYXXYY XYXXYY.

Dooky Dingo
Feb 17, 2011

Gym badge day is a VERY dangerous day!
HUNTRESS
Because I want to make our ubiquitous bird friends super uncomfortable around the mean lady with a bow. :swanlake:

Mr. Soop
Feb 18, 2011

Bonsai Guy
Let's go with the Huntress just to mix things up a little. Too bad that Bird isn't a class though. :smith:

zidane13
Jan 2, 2005

by Smythe
Knight, because I'm boring. Can you up the brightness a bit, please? It's so dark.

marshmallow creep
Dec 10, 2008

I've been sitting here for 5 mins trying to think of a joke to make but I just realised the animators of Mass Effect already did it for me

Imma vote huntress.

Still a little confused on a point: Is everything outside of the Enclave just all monsters all the time and the Enclave is the last bastion of anything resembling "society" or are the Enclave just super elitist isolationists?

Klaus88
Jan 23, 2011

Violence has its own economy, therefore be thoughtful and precise in your investment
Huntress

It is the Helgast all over again. :froggonk:

JawaKnight
Jul 9, 2014
Looks like it's time for the Huntress to show her stuff! Headshots, ahoy!


In answer to your question Lotish, outside of the Enclave is a mix. The Dreg'Atar live there Enclave, but so too does the rest of the world. There are non monsterous nations on the far side of the rift, the Dreg'Atar are just the only ones crazy enough to cross it.

Cathode Raymond
Dec 30, 2015

My antenna is telling me that you're probably wrong about this.
Soiled Meat
I always get this game confused with Arx Fatalis and vice versa.

Anyway, Huntress because :bandwagon:

JawaKnight
Jul 9, 2014
Back from the dead, it's a post in my thread! :toot:

Episode 2 is here! Sorry for the long wait, but an evil Djinn attacked me in my appartment and cursed all videos I export to be corrupted. Not that I'm saying there were any technical issues, but if there were/are, then that would be the reason.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6X6DLJxFrA

This time the Huntress steps up to the plate, and shows off why ranged weapons kick rear end, or might in the hands of a skilled player.

Lacedaemonius
Jan 18, 2015

Rub a dub dub
Were you on steam when you recorded this? I must have checked my messages a half-dozen times.

Dooky Dingo
Feb 17, 2011

Gym badge day is a VERY dangerous day!
[Eyebrow waggling intensifies]

Also, I vote for the return of Murder Hobo. :black101:

marshmallow creep
Dec 10, 2008

I've been sitting here for 5 mins trying to think of a joke to make but I just realised the animators of Mass Effect already did it for me

I like the Huntress more than the hobo, to be fair, so I want to see more of her before we get the new character. Knight already had two levels to himself, right? Only fair she get the same.

JawaKnight
Jul 9, 2014

Lacedaemonius posted:

Were you on steam when you recorded this? I must have checked my messages a half-dozen times.

I record from my GoG version, not my steam version, because...I do.

Lotish posted:

I like the Huntress more than the hobo, to be fair, so I want to see more of her before we get the new character. Knight already had two levels to himself, right? Only fair she get the same.

I was just thinking that myself. If the vote stays even, we'll go with the Huntress by default.

Lacedaemonius
Jan 18, 2015

Rub a dub dub

JawaKnight posted:

I record from my GoG version, not my steam version, because...I do.

You still get audio notifications from steam messages when in non-steam games.

P.S. thanks for supporting the DRM-free revolution

JawaKnight
Jul 9, 2014
I didn't know that, and I'll make sure that my steam notifications are on silent for the next episode. I'm sorry for giving you ghost message syndrome.

Dooky Dingo
Feb 17, 2011

Gym badge day is a VERY dangerous day!
Fine, I'll shift my vote back to the dirty, point-eared, pointy stick throwing elf-bourgeioisie.
Her ponytails still look ridiculous, though. :colbert:

Aumanor
Nov 9, 2012
Also voting for huntress, we just got shiny new exploding arrows and I want to see them in action.

Sylphosaurus
Sep 6, 2007

Lacedaemonius posted:

You still get audio notifications from steam messages when in non-steam games.

P.S. thanks for supporting the DRM-free revolution
Man, I'd never buy an old game like this on Steam, it's GoG all the way.

Deceitful Penguin
Feb 16, 2011
Jesus dude, you say that it's most of the story right there and then proceed to talk over it? Goddamn.

Dooky Dingo
Feb 17, 2011

Gym badge day is a VERY dangerous day!

Deceitful Penguin posted:

Jesus dude, you say that it's most of the story right there and then proceed to talk over it? Goddamn.

What are you talking about? We told you the story.
This is a fantasy retelling of the Bolshevik revolution.
Geez, it's like you didn't even WATCH the video. :rolleye:

ModeWondershot
Dec 30, 2014

Portu-geezer
Wow, from seeing who developed this game and the characters' obsession with gold, I think we now know that this takes place in the dark ages of the Payday universe.

Dooky Dingo
Feb 17, 2011

Gym badge day is a VERY dangerous day!

ModeWondershot posted:

Wow, from seeing who developed this game and the characters' obsession with gold, I think we now know that this takes place in the dark ages of the Payday universe.

Hair monster is ancient ancestor of cloaker. PayDay universe confirmed. :tinfoil:

JawaKnight
Jul 9, 2014
The Huntress wins by a landslide, and will be raiding the temple soon! Expect the next video by Sunday at the latest!

JawaKnight
Jul 9, 2014
:bang: Video Progress Update: apparently, my processor is having trouble keeping up with recording the way I've been doing it, which resulted in at lot of footage missing from the middle of the video Dooky and I were set to commentate over. I will begin re-recording with all background processes off a.s.a.p., but I doubt I will make the Sunday timetable I set. Sorry for the delay, back to making an LP. :bang:

JawaKnight
Jul 9, 2014
Next Sunday, or a Month later, what's the difference?

Episode 3: Grenade Arrows Rule
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uM_baD2ykY

A surprise DOUBLE UPDATE, that's what!

Episode 4: Druids don't wear pants
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC0w6HUGvc8

Oh, also it took a whole new hard drive for my computer, and several demonic rituals to finally get these videos out, but what's a little Satan between friends? :devil:

So thread, who shall we use next?

Dooky Dingo
Feb 17, 2011

Gym badge day is a VERY dangerous day!
I, for one, missed Peyton Manning's Cloning and Bird Simulator 2016. :colbert:
Also, I vote for the murder hobo. :black101:

Aumanor
Nov 9, 2012
Your commentary is mixed in a bit too early guys, your reactions could consistently be heard before whatever you were reacting to happened.

As for the character for the next mission, we just got the Halfling, it's only logical to take her for a spin. Although I dimly remember her being quite underwhelming at this point in the game.

Dooky Dingo
Feb 17, 2011

Gym badge day is a VERY dangerous day!
Please stop insulting my latent precognitive abilities, TIA.

radintorov
Feb 18, 2011
Let's give the halfling a chance to prove herself.

burnaboy
Jun 2, 2011

Lipstick Apathy
Well we already saw a Fighter, Ranger and a mage, so we need a rogue to round out the party.

ModeWondershot
Dec 30, 2014

Portu-geezer
As far as brown colours and grimy faces go, there is a sense that the world design is still a bit more detailed and interesting to look at than your typical grimdark fantasy. I can agree that Enclave looks like a game that had some passion to its design, and a good time to play through.

Keep it up, gents! Also I'm up for rogue gameplay.

JawaKnight
Jul 9, 2014
Oh, you poor things. Some of you seemed to be under the impression that the Halfling would, sensibly, be some sort of a Rogue. How wrong you were.

Episode 5: Half-way good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6t3C6_3imM

Celebrate! The next mission will mark the half-way point of the Light campaign! :toot: Who will be the one to bring us to 50%? Will it be the triumphant return of the Knight? Will the Engineer get to show us how it's done? Is it time again for Druid MacNoPants? Do you hate me enough to vote for the god-damned Halfling again? :sigh:

This episode also marks a switch from Steam audio to Discord, and my first attempt at baby level editing! :toot: Let me know how it went.

Dooky Dingo
Feb 17, 2011

Gym badge day is a VERY dangerous day!
I knew Dog Song was coming.
I still laughed like an idiot. :newlol:
(Engineer)

radintorov
Feb 18, 2011
Engineer because bombs.

marshmallow creep
Dec 10, 2008

I've been sitting here for 5 mins trying to think of a joke to make but I just realised the animators of Mass Effect already did it for me

Imma vote druid.

Apep727
Jun 18, 2016
Man, I remember this game from way back when it first came out. Never really got that far, though.

re: next video - Engineer. Let's see what the new guy can do.

JawaKnight
Jul 9, 2014

Lotish posted:

Imma vote druid.

You are truly a good person but unfortunately, an outnumbered person as well. It looks like I'll be using the Engineer next episode unless the tally changes by tomorrow afternoon M.S.T. No fear, though, the druid will return.


Apep727 posted:

Man, I remember this game from way back when it first came out. Never really got that far, though.

re: next video - Engineer. Let's see what the new guy can do.

In fairness, I first had this game on the Xbox, where aiming was nearly impossible and clicking the right thumb stick was the jump button. It meant that the Knight was the only way I could consistently beat levels, and even then, I never beat the game legitimately until I got the PC version.

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Dooky Dingo
Feb 17, 2011

Gym badge day is a VERY dangerous day!

JawaKnight posted:

In fairness, I first had this game on the Xbox, where aiming was nearly impossible and clicking the right thumb stick was the jump button. It meant that the Knight was the only way I could consistently beat levels, and even then, I never beat the game legitimately until I got the PC version.

You haven't beaten the game legitimately until you've beaten it with the halfling. :colbert:

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