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Cryohazard posted:Give it a few more days. Didn't he say he was getting his computer fixed? Maybe it decided it could not continue and it gave out.
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CesspoolofHatred posted:Didn't he say he was getting his computer fixed? Let's hope not, the last time that happened it gave out... a naked Keniroth.
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Sorry for the delay. Had to repair my computer. We should be back on track here on out. Episode XXI: Pascal .jpg)  Looks like they really don’t want to fight..jpg) Okay... I suppose we can shelve our intense bloodlust for machine lifeforms for just a little bit while we investigate this anomaly. Our objective marker is now pointing us to the solitary non-orb based machine. What’s the deal with the can head, dude? I thought it was agreed at the end of the 13th Machine War that machines were all going to get sphere heads and androids were all getting great butts for Round 14. You got some explaining to do...  New Music: Pascal (Vocal) (You should listen to this. It’s intensely cute.  ).jpg)  Before we begin, there’s something you must understand... We are not your enemies. 2B, we can’t trust anything the machines say! I understand that you see us as the enemy, but... Well, anyway. My name is Pascal. I’m the leader of this village. Those who reside here desire nothing more than to live a peaceful existence. Look around for yourself. You’ll see that it’s true..jpg) Alright. I guess we can humor the friendly robot and poke around the village. Why do you guys have a Save Terminal installed here? I mean, it’s cool you’re not angrily kicking it like most machines we come across. Still... .jpg) As you can see, there’s a couple sidequests (indicated by those smaller red blips) in the village. We’re not going to take those quite yet. One of them is a HUGE goddamn mistake to take before fast travel unlocks (quite soon.) Yeah... I didn’t hoof it clear across the desert and then have to walk all the way back in a 20 minute round trip. No sir! .jpg) .jpg) .jpg) .jpg) OK. The little dude that’s just having a fun time waving his flag around sold me. These guys seem OK. Let’s go see what this Pascal wants from us. If you’re wondering if Pascal is following the machine lifeforms’ naming scheme, yep! He’s named after Blaise Pascal, a French mathematician and philosopher from the 1600s. Unrelated, Blaze Pascal was a drug dealing neighbor I had back in high school. Good guy. Had some great product. Fairly certain he's in prison these days... .jpg) In fact, I’m hoping you can take this to Anemone in the Resistance camp. What is it? It’s a fuel filter that she requested. If you take it to her, it should make it clear that we’re a peaceful group. All right. Pascal’s Law is a principle in fluid mechanics that states that a pressure change occurring anywhere in a confined incompressible fluid is transmitted throughout the fluid such that the same change occurs everywhere. This quest only exists to make a science joke like 2% of people who play this will get. And I can respect that.  .jpg) .jpg) Back to the Resistance Camp, huh? That’s a bit of a hike back the way we came. But we skipped past a different path leading into the Machine Village after our hike from the Amusement Park. Music: Rays of Light (Quiet) .jpg) After a short jog through the woods, the new path dumps us out by that rope bridge and the radio tower to the north of Resistance Camp. .jpg) .jpg) There’s a big ol’ block in the way in front of a barrier we can now shove out of the way and create a shortcut back to the City Ruins. Granted, we’re like two plot beats from unlocking fast travel and shortcuts become rather moot after that. But hey, it’ll help for now. .jpg) Unlike 9S, who is just content to watch as 2B struggles with shoving this five ton block and opening the path. No, it’s fine buddy. I know you’re here for moral support. Thanks a bunch... Idiot. 2B’s radio beeps with a call from 6O. .jpg)  *sobs* 2B here. What’s wrong? Oh... *sniff* there’s this operator I kind of liked, but... when I asked her out, she turned me doooooooown! *cries* *sniff* Honestly, 2B? I don’t know how I’m supposed to go on liiiiving. *sniff* I am definitely not the person to discuss this with. *shakes head* Oooooh... I don’t think I can stand spending one more day in this Bunker... ..... You leaving would be bad for me. It would affect mission efficiency. *sniffles* A-Are you saying you need me, 2B? All model-B combat units require assistance of an operator. So... 2BEEEEE... That’s all. Closing this channel..jpg) .jpg) Emotions are prohibited. Please... no more emotions. I’m begging you. We have work to do. I cannot be dealing with this trifling bullshit coming from space! You had an entire horoscope to warn you about this, 6O! C'mon! Music: Peaceful Sleep .jpg) Anyway, back to the Resistance Camp. It’s been a bit since we’ve stocked up on supplies and boy do we have a lot of vendor trash to offload after I was stuck in fishing RNG purgatory for 40 minutes. .jpg) .jpg) That’s 28,000 G from Iron Pipe debacle. Another 11,000 from that quick fishing expedition last time. And finally, we randomly picked up a couple of Machine Cores. Machine Cores are the most valuable vendor trash in the game. They go for 10,000 G a pop right now. But saving them up until late game over doubles their value. It’s best to sell a Machine Core if we’re trying to specifically buy something at the moment. Otherwise, they can be saved for a rainy day. Fun fact: The Party Tank was the first guaranteed Machine Core drop. You monsters. .jpg) .jpg) We’re going to use our newfound wealth to further improve 2B’s chip storage space. Another 24 slots ain’t too shabby. .jpg) I don’t have any particularly noteworthy chips to slot in at the moment. Moving Speed makes 2B run slightly faster. Ranged Attack Up buffs Pod Program Gatling/Missile. Melee Defense just makes 2B able to take a hit like a champ. .jpg) .jpg) Finally, we may as well burn through the rest of our war chest and clean out the last of the Weapon Trader’s stock. I’m sure Accord will be thrilled she’s been cleaned out in such short order. Wherever in the multi-verse she and her duplicates are hanging out. .jpg) Ancient Overlord is another Small Sword. It’s not particularly good initially. It’s really fast but its range is teeny and damage output is one of the worst available right now. However at its first upgrade, it gets Critical+ and that definitely improves its DPS since Criticals are disgusting. At max level, it gains Bullet Rupture, which makes the enemy’s plasma orbs explode, damaging them if struck by the burst. Which... OK? Optimally, you don’t wanna have orbs up in your grill around enemies. But don’t let me hold you back from living your life dangerously. It’s worth a mention that Ancient Overlord appeared in Drakengard 1 and 2 as the Kingsblood. It was also in the original NieR. It was a gift from the King of Façade after Papa Nier helped drive the wolves to extinction! Let’s hear its tale... Ancient Overlord posted:
Good grief! Count your goddamn blessings if the worst thing that happens to you in a Weapon History is your family are frigid dicks. Some girl got a taxidermist to stuff her a few weapons ago. You are well off. .jpg) In any case, we’re done with our merchant dealings. Let’s head over to Anemone and ask what’s the deal with her consorting with machines is. That has gotta be frowned upon somewhere in the android handbook. Music: Peaceful Sleep (Vocal) .jpg)  ...A fuel filter? Ah, perfect timing—we were running low. Wait, you met Pascal? Sure did. So you’ve been consorting with machines, huh? Just the ones in the village. They’re totally harmless, and they also have the means to construct intricate devices that we can’t. In exchange, we provide them with oil and other materials. I guess you’d call it a form of commerce. I see... Anyway, if you’re headed back there, please take this high-viscosity oil to Pascal.  Really? You’re sending us straight back to the Machine Village? We really should have gotten that little dude on the hovercraft to come with us and ferry this back. Oh well, let’s get on with this. The radio rings as 2B exits the camp. .jpg) Gah! He just started transmitting to us directly... Now do you believe we’re not a threat? Your mouth can say anything it wants... But you still don’t have a heart. I suppose that’s... technically accurate. Yes, well, you’re free to visit our village whenever you like..jpg) .jpg) 9S, maybe cool it on the robot racism a bit. We’re androids. In case you’ve forgotten, we don’t technically have hearts either. We rip a black cube out of our chest that causes a nuclear explosion if they connect. .jpg) Anyway, let’s head back to the Machine Village and complete this FedEx quest between the robot factions. Boy I’m going to be glad when Fast Travel is available. New Music: Pascal .jpg) .jpg) Pascal’s village has now reset to a neutral state and everyone now has unique dialogue. A couple of machines have also set up shops at the town entrance. We’re gonna opt to ignore all of this and continue with the main plot threads. Don’t worry, we’re going to be back in this village for quite a few updates in the near future. .jpg)  Come play with us! Okay, but after we’re done, you have to study. Do you promise? Okay! I’ll study later! Yeah! We’ll study later! *noticing the androids* Oh, you brought me some high-viscosity oil! Anemone is just so kind and understanding. If only all androids and machines could live together in peace like this... Never gonna happen. I guess not... I’d appreciate it if you could help out some of the other machines as well, though. After all, the only way to understand someone is to get to know them. Isn’t that right? Fair enough.Music ENDS .jpg) What’s that noise? *ring-ring* 2B, this is an emergency transmission from the Bunker! We’re reading a Goliath-class enemy inside the city ruins! And it looks like there are a ton of other machines there with it! All YoRHa units should proceed and engage immediately! A Goliath!? This WAS a trap! I knew it! ...I promise you, we were not aware of this information. I realize the odds of you believing me are strikingly low... But I hope you will nonetheless. We’ll sort it out later. Let’s go..jpg) It’s always something. This has been the frikkin’ longest day. Mostly because it’s eternally daytime. It recently got confirmed that North America is an eternally dark hellscape. So that’s fun. Anyway, let’s head back but ehh... let’s take the scenic route. We’ve already run back and forth the same path to the Camp two times now. .jpg)  Alert: Leaving the operational area has resulted in significant allied casualties. Yeah, yeah. We’re just going to swing past the Amusement Park. It’s like three minutes longer a trek. It’ll be just fi— .jpg) The extinction of YoRHa is also surely a matter of time.  .jpg) ... ...... .......Wait, poo poo! When did I save the game last...? Son of a...    Video: Episode 21 Highlight Reel   Pascal Official Art – Why isn’t your head an orb? I thought that was illegal. The Dark Id fucked around with this message at 18:21 on May 7, 2017 |
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I'm repeating myself but I really really love these guys 
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For some reason, I thought Pascal was a woman for the longest time. His voice just kinda etched that into my brain, despite the use of the word "he" everywhere. I love his design so much though. He's this goofy, adorable little rust bucket that doesn't have the same underlying creepiness of the sphere-head bots.
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Machines are the real main character of the game and uncle Pascal is the best of them
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There's totally going to be a Pascal boss fight later in the game, isn't it?  The Dark Id posted:
 
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The Dark Id posted:
I'm not gonna lie, DarkId, when I saw this conversation, I thought for a moment they had contracted you to ghostwrite part of this game. This is so one of your italicized conversations it hurts.
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Man, Id's LPs are the reason I decided to join SA. I decided I had to at least finish route A before reading through this LP, and I'm having a blast thus far. I also can't get enough of the village music; whenever I had to step away from the game and left it paused there, I'd come back and decide to leave it paused just to listen for a little while longer.
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Rainuwastaken posted:For some reason, I thought Pascal was a woman for the longest time. His voice just kinda etched that into my brain, despite the use of the word "he" everywhere. Agreed on Pascals voice. Oh well, who are we to determine how machines gender themselves? Also, in that official art he's holding what appears to be a lunar tear. Nice. I love a lot of the joke endings that are just you running off to do your own thing while YorHa gets wrecked.
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Coughing Hobo posted:I'm not gonna lie, DarkId, when I saw this conversation, I thought for a moment they had contracted you to ghostwrite part of this game. This is so one of your italicized conversations it hurts. Id was Taro Yoko this whole time. The LP subforum is Drakengard 6.
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Coughing Hobo posted:I'm not gonna lie, DarkId, when I saw this conversation, I thought for a moment they had contracted you to ghostwrite part of this game. This is so one of your italicized conversations it hurts. Drakengard 3 came along after a long hiatus from FFX or something and seems even more like it was written by Id. Still not 100% convinced he didn't get abducted and forced to do this. The weapon story about how he escaped and dueled Dark Lord Taro Yoko for his freedom will be magnificent. e: now that I think about it, the most Drakengard(!) thing I can imagine is that they'd skip Drakengards 4-5 and go straight to 6.
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FeyerbrandX posted:Drakengard 3 came along after a long hiatus from FFX or something and seems even more like it was written by Id. Well they did skip 2 and go right to 3 so it's not unprecedented.
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The Dark Id posted:
Pascal's VA is fantastic in general, but this is the line that really sold me.
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I actually reloaded my game when it said that allied casualties happened because of me going the wrong way 
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The little song that plays in the village always puts me in a good mood.
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The first time I played, I went that way after the goliath attack started because I missed the turn somehow. Pod 042 didn't pipe up and by the time the game was supposed to load the amusement park back in, it crashed. The Dark Id posted:After a short jog through the woods, the new path dumps us out by that rope bridge and the radio tower to the north of Resistance Camp. You called it a radio tower the first time we saw it as well, but I'm pretty sure it's a transmission tower that the lines just fell off of due to age.
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The Dark Id posted:It recently got confirmed that North America is an eternally dark hellscape. So that’s fun. Is it ever stated anywhere in the game where in the world the City Ruins are located? Or any hints as to where it might be? I don't remember seeing any maps, but I never went out of my way to meticulously comb through all of the lore. I do remember a shot later in the game that made it seem like the ruins were in North America, but I guess that could have easily just been a generic view of the earth. I also thought Pascal was a woman for a long time. I figured there was a mix up in translation/dialog that resulted in the characters using 'him/he'.
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Psycho Knight posted:Is it ever stated anywhere in the game where in the world the City Ruins are located? Or any hints as to where it might be? I don't remember seeing any maps, but I never went out of my way to meticulously comb through all of the lore. I do remember a shot later in the game that made it seem like the ruins were in North America, but I guess that could have easily just been a generic view of the earth. The desert robots wear facade masks and i thought the first Nier was supposed to be in Japan, so that would be a hint.
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Psycho Knight posted:Is it ever stated anywhere in the game where in the world the City Ruins are located? Or any hints as to where it might be? I don't think it's stated outright, but yes, there are hints later on.
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So...huh. There's an ending I missed 35 hours ago.
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The Dark Id posted:
So 9S is... a Heartless?! Of course! That explain Xenisen too! I really hope the plot in this is simpler the Kingdom Heart's because goddamn.
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Geemer posted:The first time I played, I went that way after the goliath attack started because I missed the turn somehow. Pod 042 didn't pipe up and by the time the game was supposed to load the amusement park back in, it crashed. Yep, I got this ending first time through because I was a dumbass who didn't know that shortcut back to the main area was there and ran through the Amusement Park every time I went to the village. 
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Psycho Knight posted:I also thought Pascal was a woman for a long time. I figured there was a mix up in translation/dialog that resulted in the characters using 'him/he'.
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Sindai posted:I was always curious about whether they use nongendered pronouns in the Japanese version for Pascal. Nope, Pascal is male in japan as well. I was a little thrown by the voice at first too, but I think it's supposed to sound childlike, sorta like Emil.
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The Dark Id posted:
THREE HOURS AGO
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Deep Dish Fuckfest posted:So 9S is... a Heartless?! Of course! That explain Xenisen too! It would take some effort not to be simpler then Kingdom Hearts due to the series going across three console generations.
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Really this doesn't make sense as "a trap". A giant machine could go stomp on the resistance at any time, it's not like they're somehow vulnerable because we're not there in a way that they weren't a month ago.
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Hunt11 posted:It would take some effort not to be simpler then Kingdom Hearts due to the series going across three console generations. To be fair, so does Nier. Drakengard for PS2 Nier and Drakengard 3 for PS3 Nier Automata for PS4 And that's not counting the novellas, the music videos, the stage play, the concerts, and so on. It's more comprehensible since it's better written, but it's still remarkably complicated.
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And a lot of people overstate how complex KH is. I could probably cover the whole franchise in ten minutes or so.
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Begemot posted:Nope, Pascal is male in japan as well. I was a little thrown by the voice at first too, but I think it's supposed to sound childlike, sorta like Emil. Actually, it's just that he's a machine with a female voice, but developed his own (male) identity during his time in existence. So it's intentional, machines have some concept of gender, and any relation to real world issues was probably intentional, knowing Yoko Taro. (Sorry if that counts as spoilers, didn't think it'd really count since it's just supplemental material stuff-- I can delete if need be.)
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Begemot posted:Nope, Pascal is male in japan as well. I was a little thrown by the voice at first too, but I think it's supposed to sound childlike, sorta like Emil. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I5dfI4SyLg
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The Dark Id posted:
And we're back to watching the videos just to verify that these moments actually are in the game.
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Coughing Hobo posted:I'm not gonna lie, DarkId, when I saw this conversation, I thought for a moment they had contracted you to ghostwrite part of this game. This is so one of your italicized conversations it hurts. There was a post like this after pretty much every update of the Drakengard 3 LP Maybe Yoko Taro is, like, Id's Gestalt or something? They both seem to have similar drinking habits at the very least. Augus fucked around with this message at 00:38 on May 6, 2017 |
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ultrafilter posted:And we're back to watching the videos just to verify that these moments actually are in the game. Yeah I had to doublecheck that as well. Although the text version made it sound like 2B was blowing her off instead of being a bit more awkward about it.
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Augus posted:There was a post like this after pretty much every update of the Drakengard 3 LP
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OmegaCake posted:I have yet to see that Id isn't the Gestalt. For all I know he could be a horrible shadow monster making these updates. Have we seen either of them in direct sunlight?
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The Dark Id posted:It recently got confirmed that North America is an eternally dark hellscape. So that’s fun. and in the game?
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Istvun posted:THREE lol way to go dumbass
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