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Augus posted:wow, goons suck Yeah. Really something awful eh. At least they've never advertised otherwise
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Are you guys talking about the ending of Drakengard 1? 'cos I see nothing about jets on page 3 of this thread about jets outside of the LP update. If so, just imo, I think the entirety of "set up for the game this is a sequel of" is probably fair game in terms of info you can share
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Josuke Higashikata posted:Are you guys talking about the ending of Drakengard 1? 'cos I see nothing about jets on page 3 of this thread about jets outside of the LP update. We're talking about the old LP thread, when TDI was still playing Drakengard and people started dropping spoilers. Not this current LP thread in tyool 2017
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May 8, 2017 19:17
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I see I see. Then yeah, that's hosed up.
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May 8, 2017 20:00
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Even though Drakengard 1 spoilers were definitely a problem in the original thread (and with every TDI LP), that game is so bananas that it didn't matter too much. The cutscene where giant babies descend from the sky caused the best LP thread reaction I've ever seen.
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May 8, 2017 20:26
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At the time, how many people thought that guy was just a crazy troll or something?
I can have moments of... eccentricity and sometimes be quite curious about things. Please forgive me if I do something foolish or rude.
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May 8, 2017 20:26
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Counterpoint: Japanese games are crazy and everything is believable.
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Josuke Higashikata posted:Are you guys talking about the ending of Drakengard 1? 'cos I see nothing about jets on page 3 of this thread about jets outside of the LP update. There are jets on the first page of this thread!
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Stephen9001 posted:At the time, how many people thought that guy was just a crazy troll or something? When the Virtue's Last Reward LP started (and may someday finish) I liked to play along with the speculation and point it crazy places. I stopped because I realized that there was nothing I could say that wouldn't sound believable once things ramped up, and it would encourage others to "speculate" the truth.
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KamikazePotato posted:Even though Drakengard 1 spoilers were definitely a problem in the original thread (and with every TDI LP), that game is so bananas that it didn't matter too much. The cutscene where giant babies descend from the sky caused the best LP thread reaction I've ever seen. I just got to the first mention of the Watchers, and at least some of the readers didn't pay attention to the early spoilers (guesses so far are "Trees" "Cosmic Horrors" and "Birds, probably swans"). Though I gotta say if Drakengard swapped the giant babies with Birdemic, it would have been hilarious. EDIT: "Parasite Eve Mitochondria", "Neighborhood Watch Alliance" "voyeurism self help group". And Space Bat makes a joke that flies over everyone's head and is probably forgotten by the time they do show up: Space Bat posted:Would you big babies quit whining and wait and see? SirPhoebos fucked around with this message at 20:38 on May 8, 2017 |
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The people guessing birds were just ahead of their time and making Drakengard 3 predictions.
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My take on the 'emotions are prohibited' thing, judging by how the other YorHa interact with one another, is that 2B is literally the only one who cares about that rule. She may even have made it up   "Emotions are prohibited." "Er... There's nothing for that in the-"-leans on largest sword- "Prohibited.""Yes ma'am."
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May 8, 2017 20:48
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Malachite_Dragon posted:My take on the 'emotions are prohibited' thing, judging by how the other YorHa interact with one another, is that 2B is literally the only one who cares about that rule. She may even have made it up I was pleasantly surprised by this when I first started the game. Based on the demo, it seemed like YoRHa was going to be a weird totalitarian regime where everything was super sterile and humorless. Emotions are prohibited and everything is dire and serious. But no, turns out only 2B is serious and literally every other android is kind of a goofball (except the commander (in public)).
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Here's some of the many A+ reactions from the Watchers reveal in Drakengard 1.LordBaxter posted:I give up. Thick McRunfast posted:You promised wtf...and you have delivered. Nohman posted:What the loving gently caress?! I... That? 100 HOGS AGREE posted:What. What? What! TombsGrave posted:Bitch what. Uncle Kitchener posted:Oh, well, time to unmark this thread, because I've had enough. Samuel L. Chan posted:I just gotta come out of lurking to say, hoooooooooly gently caress. SUPERFINE CONCUBINE posted:Hahahaha, of course. AngryOlScotchCup posted:What just happened? I don't want to believe that actually happened. Futomimi posted:... well, uh... Drakengard? Jesus. I think only Diabeetus' reaction to a certain moment in the Darkseed 2 Longplay video has come close to what this caused. And to think, despite all that, it wasn't the crazy ending that spawned the Nier series!
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Oh man, I found some Pascal concept art on tumblr: Mascot Pascal is simultaneously adorable and terrifying.
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Begemot posted:Oh man, I found some Pascal concept art on tumblr: The Pascal on the bottom right is all "Girlfriend you don't wanna go there, mmhmm!"
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Jake the Dog Pascal in the top-center.
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cant cook creole bream posted:I'm glad that they didn't go with drooly dog. That looks kinda gross. Poshul/Nier crossover confirmed.
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HR12345 posted:The Pascal on the bottom right is all "Girlfriend you don't wanna go there, mmhmm!" Old Man Pascal but with the exact same voice as his current version.
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And now I'm at Leonard's intro. Hoo Boy. Now am I misremembering, but does the lore at least heavily imply that Leonard never acted on his impulses (which is how the kids with him got killed-he had to wwank off in the woods and -whoops!- the Empire makes a pit stop at his hut)? EDIT: Lots of pooping on Dragon Age by thread readers. I think this was before DA2 though. SirPhoebos fucked around with this message at 00:03 on May 9, 2017 |
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SirPhoebos posted:And now I'm at Leonard's intro. Hoo Boy. In the Japanese version of the game, (and supplementary materials, I think? This little aside, you can take with a grain of salt) he was explicitly off in the woods having his way with one of the kids. Which is entirely the reason why he's not as dead as a doornail when you first meet him. Drakengard!
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KamikazePotato posted:Here's some of the many A+ reactions from the Watchers reveal in Drakengard 1. I just want to say, I absolutely adore the reveal of the watchers because of how... "Delicate" isn't the word, but there was no thunderous fanfare or terror stings, just... a baby, then lot's of babies, and enough time to think "...okay but WHY baby?" as they sorta flew around a bit and landed, before the teeth gnashing begins in earnest. Taro really understands the value of being able to let you come to realizations yourself before throwing that piano into the industrial shredder  What a goddamn hero
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Danaru posted:I just want to say, I absolutely adore the reveal of the watchers because of how... "Delicate" isn't the word, but there was no thunderous fanfare or terror stings, just... a baby, then lot's of babies, and enough time to think "...okay but WHY baby?" as they sorta flew around a bit and landed, before the teeth gnashing begins in earnest. I still remember stumbling upon that clip on youtube by accident and just staring at the screen as I wondered what the gently caress I was watching.
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bman in 2288 posted:In the Japanese version of the game, (and supplementary materials, I think? This little aside, you can take with a grain of salt) he was explicitly off in the woods having his way with one of the kids. Which is entirely the reason why he's not as dead as a doornail when you first meet him. [hahaha nope nope nopity nopenope - fedule]. Man, not even in the context of Drakengard does that sentence sound anything other than completely awful. Which considering Drakengard, is kinda appropriate I guess, how many times has a character in Drakengard said completely awful things right? In case it wasn't obvious, that first sentence is not meant to be taken seriously. I can have moments of... eccentricity and sometimes be quite curious about things. Please forgive me if I do something foolish or rude. Somebody fucked around with this message at 02:15 on May 9, 2017 |
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Since we're reminiscing, I realised that missing the Drakengard 3 LP was a mistake and went back to read it on the archive. Having binged it over the last few days, there's so much I want to say about it... but I'll settle for "that was really hosed up (and also hilarious(especially the springboard moment))".
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Fair enough, but gonna suggest you never type that again.
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bman in 2288 posted:In the Japanese version of the game, (and supplementary materials, I think? This little aside, you can take with a grain of salt) he was explicitly off in the woods having his way with one of the kids. Which is entirely the reason why he's not as dead as a doornail when you first meet him. He was masturbating.
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bman in 2288 posted:In the Japanese version of the game, (and supplementary materials, I think? This little aside, you can take with a grain of salt) he was explicitly off in the woods having his way with one of the kids. Which is entirely the reason why he's not as dead as a doornail when you first meet him. According to the original guidebook and the Drakenier 10th Anniversary art book, Leonard was out masturbating in the woods, not having his way with any kids. It's described as being his way of relieving the stress that comes with living with his underage brothers. That's essentially the crux of his thing with Seere; he's spent his whole life resisting his urges, but now the world is ending, so why not indulge? But unlike Arioch, he's still clinging to some semblance of sanity/morality and doesn't go through with it. So he's meant to be a heroic character ultimately, in that patented twisted Yoko Taro way. I haven't played the JP version of Drakengard in awhile, but as I recall the English version is mostly unaltered. The only outright change I can remember is Leonard's line in the ending going from "Seere, you smell nice" in the original to "Seere, you're a fine lad" in the localization. dazat fucked around with this message at 00:37 on May 9, 2017 |
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dazat posted:According to the original guidebook and the Drakenier 10th Anniversary art book, Leonard was out masturbating in the woods, not having his way with any kids. It's described as being his way of relieving the stress that comes with living with his underage brothers. That's essentially the crux of his whole thing with Seere; he's spent his whole life resisting his urges, but now the world is ending, so why not indulge? But unlike Arioch, he's still clinging to some semblance of sanity/morality, so he doesn't go through with it. So he's meant to be a heroic character ultimately, in that patented twisted Yoko Taro way.  wowzers
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You should rethink like, this entire post.
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dazat posted:According to the original guidebook and the Drakenier 10th Anniversary art book, Leonard was out masturbating in the woods, not having his way with any kids. It's described as being his way of relieving the stress that comes with living with his underage brothers. That's essentially the crux of his thing with Seere; he's spent his whole life resisting his urges, but now the world is ending, so why not indulge? But unlike Arioch, he's still clinging to some semblance of sanity/morality and doesn't go through with it. So he's meant to be a heroic character ultimately, in that patented twisted Yoko Taro way. Given Yoko Taro's on record as having said the original Drakengard was about how insane it is to make a game celebrating the kind of hero who slaughters people indiscriminately, Leonard almost feels like a piece of that commentary that actually works. Not quite, but almost. He's a deeply sick and troubled individual, but still more human than the mass-murdering lunatic who stands center stage (though in true Yoko Taro fashion, that dude's still human too).
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He is not, but there is certainly a heavy skew towards girls. What I find interesting about YorHa is how funereal their outfits are. Lots of flat blacks, crow feathers on 2B's sleeves. They feel like a mourning army marking the last passing of a planet that has been jackhammered with calamity after calamity, and is now the site of some smoldering proxy war.
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The whole S line is male, and there are several male members of the resistance. Most of the combatants are female, however.
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MysticalMachineGun posted:I'm so glad they didn't go with old man pascal, the questions of "why would they build an old man robot" would go in circles forever They needed a grandpa robot for the family simulations and he was all like "Heck this, I'm doing a leave" when he saw what his colleagues were doing. Don't ask about what happened to grandma robot.
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Qrr posted:Wow. What did this person do that you hate them enough to get them to play Drakengard? Point them at TDIs LPs, sure, but I'm pretty sure getting someone to play Drakengard 1 or 2 is considered cruel and unusual punishment. I tried to convince him not to play the games. I tried to tell him to read the LPs, many times. HE WOULDN'T LISTEN. 
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