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 This Time on Medusa Head: An actual, honest-to-God update.
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Jun 14, 2017 19:10
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I was going to rag on you for not getting Balmung before fighting Balore, but there's a slide-corridor in the way! I also don't remember the endgame being so soon after the Arena, but I guess all the backtracking through old areas, getting Chronomage, etc. is just to get the hints you need to get the good ending. All you really need is those three souls.
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Jun 14, 2017 21:48
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:I guess all the backtracking through old areas, getting Chronomage, etc. is just to get the hints you need to get the good ending. All you really need is those three souls. What were the hints again - I can't remember how you're supposed to figure out it's those three souls in particular?
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Jun 14, 2017 21:51
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ulmont posted:What were the hints again - I can't remember how you're supposed to figure out it's those three souls in particular? They're given as fragments of a book, or something like that. You look at their flavor text in the inventory and they describe the souls. Like, "the first form was that of an enormous bat", that kind of thing. The hintbooks are in various obscure locations; the only one I remember in particular is in the guest quarters behind Chronomage. With a bit of meta-knowledge you could notice that some souls are closely-associated with Dracula, viz the ones that let you turn into a bat, suck blood, and fire his traditional triple-fireball spread (there's no teleport or meteor souls in this game, sadly). But without the hints you're unlikely to figure out that you're supposed to use all three at the same time.
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Jun 14, 2017 22:02
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ulmont posted:What were the hints again - I can't remember how you're supposed to figure out it's those three souls in particular? There are three books you can pick up in the castle that are red, blue and yellow. The item description of each book describes the souls you're supposed to equip. Honestly it's pretty obtuse and teenage me had to go on GameFAQs to figure out what they meant and when to equip them, but maybe they were obvious for other people. E: Should have refreshed the page first but yeah, what they said.
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Jun 14, 2017 22:27
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:They're given as fragments of a book, or something like that. You look at their flavor text in the inventory and they describe the souls. Like, "the first form was that of an enormous bat", that kind of thing. The hintbooks are in various obscure locations; the only one I remember in particular is in the guest quarters behind Chronomage. Ahh, ok. Ancient Books, apparently. "The first spirit is a demon from hellfires." "The second spirit is the King of Bats." "The third spirit is a beautiful nightmare." http://castlevania.wikia.com/wiki/Ancient_Books
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Jun 14, 2017 22:28
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Well, I've been going back and forth on this for a while, but I think it's time to just admit it: I'm not good enough to complete the Hard mode version of this challenge. Not while keeping up all the work required to record and keep track of everything I'm doing, and even if I do eventually succeed at the Valkyrie tower, there's a lot more and a lot worse to come. Dreading doing it almost killed the LP, so it's time for me to throw in the towel. Normal mode will still continue just fine, though! (I've actually got all the raw video recorded, now it's just a matter of  .)
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Jun 15, 2017 08:48
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can we still hand out and talk about video games?
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Jun 15, 2017 11:33
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Herr Tog posted:can we still hand out and talk about video games?
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Jun 15, 2017 12:06
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PMush Perfect posted:Hell, you can still make fun of me for being bad at video games. I'll just need to find a different one. But If there are not skeletons then it just isn't the ssssame
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Jun 15, 2017 12:11
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This looks like the most un-fun thing in the world so I don't blame you for dropping the Hard version. Also I'm sad that you didn't give a shout-out to the Medusa Head soul in your latest video, as it completely chumps part 2 of the Balore fight.
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Jun 15, 2017 13:32
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C-Euro posted:Also I'm sad that you didn't give a shout-out to the Medusa Head soul in your latest video, as it completely chumps part 2 of the Balore fight. 
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Jun 15, 2017 14:07
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 This time on Medusa Head: Making up for lost time! I actually had most of the work for these episodes done before the hiatus, I just had to brush off the files and finish it up. For the record, there are two more regular videos to come, and then I'm going to be doing something a little special with the final fight. girl dick energy fucked around with this message at 14:34 on Jun 17, 2017 |
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Jun 17, 2017 13:37
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This part of the game is so much fun, you can just fly around like an idiot with all the mobility stuff they throw at you, it's great 
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Jun 17, 2017 19:18
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You ever make a reference to a video you haven't actually released yet, but just finished editing, and forgot you haven't posted it yet? Because I just did that. 
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Jun 18, 2017 04:54
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 This Time On Medusa Head: Incredibly obvious musical foreshadowing! girl dick energy fucked around with this message at 01:55 on Jun 25, 2017 |
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Jun 25, 2017 01:53
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I am loving these music edits.  On the other hand, I hadn't really anticipated just how much you'd be able to brute-force these fights via healing potions. I mean, you can't carry an unbounded supply of them, but they do give you a hell of a lot more leeway than I'd expected you'd have.
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Jun 25, 2017 05:28
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:I am loving these music edits.
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Jun 25, 2017 05:32
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The last good Castlevania was 2. Fight me. 
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Jun 25, 2017 18:45
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CirclMastr posted:The last good Castlevania was 2.
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Jun 25, 2017 18:51
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I liked Portrait of Ruin better, personally, but Ecclesia is good too. It's a shame that Dawn of Sorrow was such a dumpster fire. 
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Jun 25, 2017 19:05
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 This Time on Medusa Head: No montages!
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Jun 26, 2017 20:53
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Fantastic music choice, as always. Loving this LP.
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Jun 27, 2017 03:21
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 For the Final Time on Medusa Head: Music!
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Jun 28, 2017 11:11
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Congrats on being freed from your personal Hell. I love the Chaotic Realm in this game, it's just so weird and unsettling and the boss design is real freaky.
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Jun 28, 2017 13:44
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Wow, Persona music works surprisingly well with Somacula. ...I'm giving you some weird looks for Sonic Boom and the kazoo Bloody Tears, though.  Congratulations on beating Chaos, and thanks for the LP!
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Jun 28, 2017 15:59
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You play too much Castlevania, you loving goon. But no, seriously, great job with all this. It was one hell of a project, beating everything without killing more than neccesary, and while I have to point out that you did fail (that poor Bat) we can ignore it for the time being and pretend that no innocent monsters were hurt in the making of this LP. Also that Kirby song was perfectly fitting with Chaos' first phase. Good pick. Now you're doing Julius Mode, right? 
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Jun 28, 2017 16:11
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Blaze Dragon posted:Now you're doing Julius Mode, right? TooMuchAbstraction posted:...I'm giving you some weird looks for Sonic Boom and the kazoo Bloody Tears, though.
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Jun 28, 2017 20:56
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PMush Perfect posted:That would honestly probably be easier than this (if I weren't so bad at Julius mode). There's not much to gain from killing regular enemies in Julius aside from convenience. The TAS defeats Creaking Skull and Headhunter en route to the final boss, not because they're in their way (the runner has to detour to get to Headhunter), but because every time Julius grabs a boss orb, he levels up, improving his offense and defense. I'm think it's possible to get to the end without facing any bosses, but the fight already takes 2 minutes of perfect whip-slinging in the TAS; imagine how long it'd take if you were dealing 1 damage per hit instead of 21, and couldn't afford to get hit more than 3-4 times. With no potions.
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Jun 28, 2017 21:14
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