|
Your LP of Praeterius' Sin of Mana hack was basically all the experience I had with this game up until the Collection came out. Needless to say, I was a bit confused about some of the fiddly bits when I played... I voted for Kevin/Duran/Hawkeye, because we didn't see much of Kevin or Duran in the original LP, and Hawkeye just because.
|
#
¿
Apr 23, 2020 11:32
|
|
|
|
| # ¿ Apr 26, 2024 02:17 |
|
|
I'll laugh if the thread ends up giving you the same Riesz/Hawkeye/Angela party that (IIRC) you used for the previous LP. So far, at least 2/3 are probably going to be the same.
|
|
#
¿
Apr 24, 2020 00:30
|
|
|
I just want to say that while I was going to pick up the remake eventually anyways, I bought it today so that I could play along with the LP, so you've already generated one sale for Squenix, Nat20.
|
|
#
¿
Apr 25, 2020 05:22
|
|
|
I'm pretty sure Astoria has separate maps for before and after it's destroyed, so you didn't miss the chest there the first time and AFAIK they don't respawn.
|
|
#
¿
Apr 30, 2020 12:00
|
|
|
The Light/Heavy knockback attack is pretty good, and it's a frequent opener for me. As an aside, Episode 4 and Episode 6 are in the playlist twice. It's the same video, because they're both marked as watched for me. YouTube does strange things sometimes.
|
|
#
¿
May 3, 2020 10:08
|
|
|
The PCs definitely have more HP than in the original. Here's Duran at level 1 in the original. .jpg) Here's Duran in the remake. My Duran at level 37 in the remake has just a hair less than 100 fewer HP than my lv 50 endgame file in the Collection. Also:  Duran nooooo Also also: Setting an item to a quick slot (L or R + button in the ring menu) will automatically use the item on whoever needs it most. Voting Riesz Rune Maiden, Hawkeye Ranger, and Angela Delvar.
|
|
#
¿
May 6, 2020 02:55
|
|
|
IIRC, the merchant town is called Byzel in the fan translation. The official localization in the Collection uses the same names as the remake, obviously.CptWedgie posted:Well, to be fair, I don't think 20 ever claimed to be particularly observant. Though walking straight past the cactus more than once, even looking right at it, and still missing it... is still pretty bad.
|
|
#
¿
May 7, 2020 11:34
|
|
|
Keep in mind that even though Angela's spells are scattered all over her stats, you're gaining levels much faster than in the original version (I'm almost ready for the second class change and I'm about to head into the Mana Holyland for the first time), so it's not as big of a deal. You can also respec your points in the Night Market, so if you know you're going to need a specific elemental's spells for upcoming battles, you can do that. I notice you're not using the lock-on (press in the right analog stick). Is that a personal choice, or were you not aware of that option? It's not essential for most random encounters, but I found it useful on bosses (where you only have one big thing to keep track of) or if there was a specific enemy I wanted to focus down.
|
|
#
¿
May 12, 2020 01:37
|
|
|
So from Level 18 on, it seems like you gain training points at a 3/2 levels rate; every odd-numbered level gives 2 points instead of 1. It coincides with the number of training points needed to gain new abilities increasing from 2 to 3 and may be intended to allow you to build up stats that you haven't done much with up until now. I assume the same thing will happen with Tier 3 classes at level 38.
|
|
#
¿
May 15, 2020 07:02
|
|
|
It's true, those ladies live all in one castle, there's no room for any agriculture there.
|
|
#
¿
May 16, 2020 21:55
|
|
|
Vuscav, the sea turtle/kappa monster, wears swim goggles and I love it. Also, you can "dash" while swimming the same way you dash while controlling your party (clicking the left stick on Switch). It's explicitly stated that the reason Alrant has gotten cold is because of the depletion of Mana power; the True Queen used to be able to keep the surrounding areas warm with her power, but now she can basically only keep the capital itself warm. E: Update on the previous page!
|
|
#
¿
May 19, 2020 01:16
|
|
|
As far as I can tell, the Cookies increase exp payout for the entire party. If there's a way to catch the party member who sits the Gorva battle out, this isn't it. Death no longer deprives party members of exp from fights, either, so the fact that they decided to keep in the fact that the ghost ship permanently deprives a party member of at least a level's worth of exp is an odd one.
|
|
#
¿
May 20, 2020 01:29
|
|
|
I kind of had the experience you're having with Riesz's class strikes with Duran's; once I got his tier 2 CS, I pretty much stopped using his tier 1, but I found his tier 3 in the class I picked for him much more situational, most useful on large, stationary bosses with multiple parts to hit. The "escape from battles faster" benefit from the Lil' Cactus stamp book is kind of a trap, but not for the reason you mentioned in your video; I found it pretty easy after getting it to unintentionally run from battles I wanted to fight.
|
|
#
¿
May 26, 2020 02:08
|
|
|
Ultima66 posted:On a totally not gameplay note: it's 2020 and replaying this game sort of made me do a double take when I realized almost every character is royalty. I guess part of it is that it's easier to actually think about the story when it's voice acted and the game is in 3d, but it is kind of hosed up how much fantasy as a whole pushes the whole monarchy as a society thing. It's especially bad here, since at least with most fantasy stories merely some of the main characters are princes or princesses, but here Duran, Angela, Riesz, and Kevin are all children of monarchs, Charlotte is the granddaughter of the pope, and Hawkeye isn't royalty but he's best friends with the prince and romantically interested in the princess.
|
|
#
¿
May 26, 2020 22:45
|
|
|
The whole "elves and humans marrying shortens both lifespans" thing this game pulls is really dumb, IMO. It's almost dumber with the actual "elf uses magic to become human" explanation than the "fantasy STDs" hypothesis you were positing in the video. Why is that a requirement for elf/human intermarriage? Can't you just... not? Yeah, the elf outlives their human partner, but surely having a few decades together is better than having a few years together? IIRC, "Angela dumps magic on everything" was how the SD3 Hardtype LP largely went, too.
|
|
#
¿
May 27, 2020 01:09
|
|
|
Rabbi Raccoon posted:It's better than Radiata Stories where if an elf and a human get together an incurable disease that makes people go crazy before sealing them in cocoons forever is unleashed
|
|
#
¿
May 27, 2020 02:54
|
|
|
I mean, it's coming across rather well that you're enjoying the game. I find it funny that you've had basically one criticism where you said "I think the original did this scene better" while the rest of the LP has been pretty unadulterated gushing and you're worried we might be thinking you're being too hard on the game.
|
|
#
¿
May 29, 2020 08:24
|
|
|
MonsterEnvy posted:I like Goremand more. Cause it actually works as a clever translation of his name. 
|
|
#
¿
Jun 1, 2020 01:20
|
|
|
The ninjas can do a lot of damage if left alone, but they're vulnerable to knockdown so you can keep them stunlocked, so I rarely had too much trouble with them in this version of the game. I had a lot more trouble with enemies in the Earth dungeon. One thing I didn't notice until embarrassingly late in the game; you can press the X button in the item ring menu to fully heal using the item you have selected, or the Y button to heal until you'd be overhealing if you used another item, and it'll affect all characters. It's good for post-battle top-ups. I'm playing on the Switch version, so it might be different buttons on the Steam version though.
|
|
#
¿
Jun 2, 2020 00:18
|
|
|
From what I've heard (and this matches my experience at least), the game won't give you dupes of a class change item you have in your inventory until you have one of every item for each character you're using. Class changing Hawkeye and Angela before Riesz was actually kind of shooting yourself in the foot.
|
|
#
¿
Jun 5, 2020 12:00
|
|
|
Shitenshi posted:Given that Hawk acts and looks the part of a casanova, he'd probably be the type to consider being turned into a moogle to be a good thing. Ladies wouldn't be able to resist playing with him like a life sized teddy bear. And the Divine Beast of Light being a giant floating eye fits in with some of the actual Biblical descriptions of the angels, which often were described like typical eldritch abominations straight out of Lovecraft as opposed to simply people with wings. CptWedgie posted:I think the fact that some shops sell multiple pieces of equipment of the same type would probably be due to the class change system; the stronger ones are the ones that're locked to your upgraded class, while the weaker ones can be used even in your base class- something of that nature sounds about right. CptWedgie posted:I feel like Riesz just has a terrible Weak-Weak-Weak-Weak-Strong combo; Duran's is quick, simple, and almost as powerful as Cross Cut. As for Benevodon voting, I say go for Earth because I want to see if you have as much trouble as I did.
|
|
#
¿
Jun 6, 2020 07:04
|
|
|
CptWedgie posted:Er, do you mean before your second class change or the first one? Because I meant "the class you start the game in," as in "before your first class change." Just to make sure we're both talking about the same thing here.
|
|
#
¿
Jun 6, 2020 08:08
|
|
|
The only good thing about the ice physics in the Labyrinth of Ice is that you make squeaky basketball player noises instead of the normal footstep sounds when walking. I never said I got the exact ones I wanted right away, I said I didn't get any dupes until after I'd class-changed everyone. It took like four or five ??? Seeds for me to get what I wanted because I got both of Angela's and Reisz's class change items.
|
|
#
¿
Jun 10, 2020 02:05
|
|
|
You didn't appear to notice it in the video, but Malocchio is weak to fire.CptWedgie posted:Yeah, Malocchio feels like he exists for the sole purpose of filling out the boss list; you could write him out entirely and it wouldn't change the story in the least. All the other lieutenants at least have a connection to your party, and frequently actually contribute to the overall plot too.
|
|
#
¿
Jun 12, 2020 11:16
|
|
|
I've only played Final Fantasy Adventure, Secret, and Trials, so that'll be difficult for me.
|
|
#
¿
Jun 13, 2020 11:31
|
|
|
Your commentary seems a bit behind the action. Like here, you call out that "this is clearly a Mimic chest" after you've unboxed the Mimic. Unless that the joke?
|
|
#
¿
Jun 16, 2020 02:01
|
|
|
Yeah, It's a bit late to be trying to get sympathy for Belladonna literally minutes before the final boss fight. Also, there are two each of Ep 36 & 38 in the playlist.
|
|
#
¿
Jun 17, 2020 01:50
|
|
|
I'm fairly sure it's her Darkside Class 4 model.
|
|
#
¿
Jun 21, 2020 10:48
|
|
|
I love "Prime Slime" and "Beetman" as enemy names, by the way. Good to see they're not afraid to unleash Dragon Quest Enemy Name Guy on other series as well.
|
|
#
¿
Jun 26, 2020 12:15
|
|
|
There's an audio desync again, but this time it's game audio. Audio seems to be a bit ahead of the video if that helps. I'm also eager to see some more Metroidvania (Bloodstained might be a good choice for you to play too, assuming you haven't picked it up since playing Symphony), but I'm also blind on Bioshock and have been a bit curious about it.
|
|
#
¿
Jun 30, 2020 01:50
|
|
|
|
| # ¿ Apr 26, 2024 02:17 |
|
|
Okay, looks like it might have been a YouTube hiccup on my end? I checked out the beginning again, and the sound was synced up fine.
|
|
#
¿
Jun 30, 2020 12:29
|
|