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Lot of ladies in this dungeon. So is the special biding Bugg just a normal, if tanky, Bugg if you just use physical attacks? The Dark Id posted:Which seems to be somewhere on the cost of Norfolk County, England. 5 basically works, as is, but would probably be better with "in a group that's almost"
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The thing I'm getting from these games is that the powers of darkness cause really bad posture.
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GimmickMan posted:The thing I'm getting from these games is that the powers of darkness cause really bad posture. once you go black arts, you never...good...back parts
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GimmickMan posted:The thing I'm getting from these games is that the powers of darkness cause really bad posture. On the other hand, the Doom has really great flexibility. I sure can't do a handstand let alone stab someone with something held in my feet.
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So did Mr. Bacon provide all these knights with helpful talismans for when they fought the bandits, or what?
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Considering how messed up the literal Inquisition is, I wonder what Jesus must look like if those missionary position pregnant transformations are light element. Then again appearances probably don't mean jack to the guys upstairs. Elaine was cured of her bug form because it's an unholy abomination brought on by evil spirits and human sacrifice, not because it's freakish.The Dark Id posted:A new variant of the ridiculous dogs with a hand growing out of their maw, now dubbed Maneater, is here. Should be Meat Eater.
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Really Pants posted:once you go black arts, there go your back parts
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so this guy believes she might have powers from God, and still imprisons and tortures her? Not even trying for the pretense of "I thought I was doing the right thing"?
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NullBlack posted:so this guy believes she might have powers from God, and still imprisons and tortures her? Not even trying for the pretense of "I thought I was doing the right thing"? "God gave her this power! I must figure out how to get it out of her and give it to me, because clearly God intended her to cross my path so I could take that power!"
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NullBlack posted:so this guy believes she might have powers from God, and still imprisons and tortures her? Not even trying for the pretense of "I thought I was doing the right thing"? Knights Templar from paranoid fiction usually have completely irrational plans that, even if successful, wouldn't work. So I guess that's just genre emulation.
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NullBlack posted:so this guy believes she might have powers from God, and still imprisons and tortures her? Not even trying for the pretense of "I thought I was doing the right thing"? Shes not the right kind of obscure christian denomination that died out in the 16th century and lives on as a clandestine cult among the wealthy and powerful. Therefore shell go to hell
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Rigged Death Trap posted:Shes not the right kind of obscure christian denomination that died out in the 16th century and lives on as a clandestine cult among the wealthy and powerful. Also she swears and acts downright-unchristian, so she's undeserving of the holy powers bestowed upon her by God 
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I'm pretty sure she's a foreigner.
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Really Pants posted:I'm pretty sure she's a foreigner. I mean, technically she is Welsh, which is far enough from London to be foreign enough, and is derived from Old English meaning, "Foreign". 
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She's Roma, and they've been historically persecuted (and still are)
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RandomMagus posted:"God gave her this power! I must figure out how to get it out of her and give it to me, because clearly God intended her to cross my path so I could take that power!" 
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It's never really elaborated but I think these guys went rouge and aren't really sanctioned by the Vatican, i.e. Alice didn't even know about them and she works for The Church. The backstory of the series isn't kind to the Catholic Church but by the time the events of Koudelka and Shadows Hearts roll around The Vatican is a lot more benign.
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Does Alice actually work for the church or just have holy magic? I know her father did, obviously.
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Night10194 posted:Does Alice actually work for the church or just have holy magic? I know her father did, obviously.
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She used to work with her father, but is currently freelance with Zhuzhen if I recall.
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Tallgeese posted:She used to work with her father, but is currently freelance with Zhuzhen if I recall.
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Episode LIV: The Key of Darkness Music: NDE - Near Death Experience .jpg) Now, where were we...? .jpg) Ah! Right! Fighting a floating pregnant zombie woman with a second head coming out of her... err... let's maybe not dwell on where that second head is coming from, eh? .jpg) Viscount "Enormous rear end" Rausan is a Fire elemental enemy with 3500 HP. He's kind of a total chump, just as you'd expect from a new villain that just got introduced about twenty minutes ago. Especially, since we neutered his major annoying factor before coming into the fight. .jpg) Yuri is going to keep up his punchman routine. Even though Rausan is Fire elemental and Yuri will do reduced damage, buffed fists Ifrit is still going to be the best bet for damage output. They really didn't balance the Fusions in this game very well. .jpg) That said, Yuri... Hmm... I don't know if punching a pregnant woman, even if it is a bizarre floating gender-swapped ghoul, twenty times in the stomach is a great look, my guy... .jpg) Halley's Aqua Blade is quite effective against Rausan and will have the best damage output this fight at around 225-250 HP of damage every turn. You know how uncomfortable a giant robe like that would be if it got soggy? Yeesh. We just need to watch out for Halley's MP consumption. Kids these days don't know when they're gonna burn themselves out. .jpg) Alice is on healing duty as usual. But she can chip in with Blessed Light, especially early on in the fight, to grind off an extra 100 HP off the viscount here and there. We want to get our licks in early, because... .jpg) .jpg) Rausan will cast Elder Sign which boosts his Special Defense Power by 30% which is gonna put a small damper on Halley's game plan, but not enough to make him stop spamming Aqua Blade every turn. It'll still do 200-230 damage and nothing else in his toolbox is going to do more than that. .jpg) Rausan has a small handful of attacks, such as a much more potent version of the hand bullets the other Friar Knight goons were rocking. His does between 50-120 damage, depending on if he wants to shoot a target once or three plus times. .jpg) So remember how we equipped everyone with defense again Silence? That seems to have sort of broken Rausan's AI. Rausan has a special version of his hand bullets that is just a Silence inflict attack that hurts a whole lot. The thing is, he is supposed to Silence a random target and then start using Blaze -- a full party Fire element attack that does a good 150 HP of damage to everyone. The thing is, his AI seems really upset it cannot Silence anyone, so he skips the Blaze part and just keeps targeting people with Silence bullets. Which makes this fight kind of a joke! I'm not going to complain. .jpg) .jpg) .jpg) In any event, Rausan goes down like the mid-boss chump he is in short order. RIP one of the more baffling human to monster transformations in the game. I mean, in a fight I'd probably give pause if someone transformed into a pregnant woman but... I'm not sure if the Vatican would be cool with that tactic, Mr. Friar Knight of the Inquisition. Music: Results .jpg) For our efforts, we get the usual shower of EXP and Cash. Alice hit Level 35 which unlocks Arc, a spell that will make the next major boss battle MUCH easier. So that's some nice timing! Spoilers: It's a full party heal! We don't have to cripple Yuri into a support class any longer. .jpg) We also gained that wayward Spade Key. The creeping dread of backtracking washes upon the party. Music: Castle of Silence .jpg)  <swipes the air> Go back home to yer master. Idiot! Whoever it was... whoever you were! Did we find out who this dweeb was...? If you read the lore on that key he dropped, it says there. Pfft... Yeah, I'll get right on top of digging into item description lore like a frikkin' nerd. <frowns> I like item description lore....jpg) And with that, so passes Viscount Rausan. We hardly knew him. Literally. I really need to go through the mass grave of Character Portrait Worthy NPCs in Shadow Hearts and keep a tally of who has survived the longest and shortest lengths of time. I think Terry of Bistritz is still the forerunner with Master Xifa as runner-up. Yuri turns around and kicks the door. .jpg)   <looks the door over> Alice, help me look for like a Judgment Ring prompt so I can kick this thing open. A... what now? Ya know, that spinny wheel deal where you hit the targets just the right amount you'll pull open a door or yank off a crank and stuff. <bewildered look>  ...You don't see those when doing that kinda thing, huh? <concerned look> <sigh> Maybe that'll go away too when Halley's mom stops using my head as a radio...Alice and Yuri start discussing what to do next. Meanwhile, Halley wanders over to the convenient child sized vent grate next to the door. .jpg)  What’s wrong? <inspects grate> Looks like we can get in through here!Halley kicks open the grate and crawls in. .jpg)  Hey, Halley!!.jpg) Sorry, Yuri. Halley REALLY needs to find his mom right this instant. He doesn't have time for five minutes of backtracking and like two more random battles along the way. .jpg) Mom...?.jpg) <runs up to his mother> Mom?! It’s me! … Don’t you recognize me? ... <shakes head> You’re kidding, right…? Mom? Please… Say something. … <stomps foot> No…!.jpg) <runs to door> Yuri! My mom… She’s… Your mom? What’s happened to her?! Mom… <drools>.jpg) Is she alive? Dead? A gross tentacle hell beast? Hello? Helloooooo? <kicks the door> Arrgh!! drat!! <turns to Yuri> We can’t open it by force! There must be a key somewhere. Let’s try to find it!.jpg) Yuri is a bit bulky, I could see him not being able to fit in this Newt Vent. But Alice? C'mon. You're thinner than Halley. You should be able to get in there no problem. .jpg) Welp. We did get that Spade Key and there is that locked Spade Key door several rooms back. Guess we need to backtrack halfway across the dungeon. Again. .jpg) As a side note, random battles are still in effect here even though we're down a man. So thanks for that, Halley. .jpg) .jpg) In any case, we can now unlock that final lingering door in the second corridor with the Spade Key and pillage the contents of the room. In a chest near the back of the prison cell, we find... .jpg) That is a ridiculously evil rear end key. That thing should have a faint aura of glowing malicious energy emanating from it at all times. Meanwhile, back in the hidden basement... .jpg) You’re okay now. I’m here with you… I wanted to come sooner but nothing worked out. I started a gang of orphans to get funds and then there was this evil doctor abducting kids and that was this whole THING... Yuri and his friends helped me out this time. They’re weird but nice. One of them is a vampire, which wigged me out a little... Another one is a spy that did threaten to shoot my friends for pickpocketing them, but I think she was just bluffing. I think... They’re trustworthy. So, don’t worry….jpg) <looks around confused>.jpg) Eat poo poo, nerd! .jpg) Roger Bacon and Arcane Olga warp into the room. .jpg) Wh-who are you?!Halley picks himself back up. .jpg)  <turns to Halley's mother> It appears that even an emotionless witch cannot forget the child she carried in her womb. Even after such torture, her human emotion has begun to awaken just a small bit. Uh… Uh… You see? It's not just ellipses anymore! Fantastic! Bwah hah hah hah! How utterly delightful! You who sacrificed both mind and body to protect your magic powers, you actually wish to speak?! <enters fighting stance> You! Don’t you dare touch my mom!Halley powers up with shonen fighting spirit. .jpg) Ah. The same power as your mother? But it seems that you do not yet have the power to control it… Those MP costs... Shameful....jpg) Take that! .jpg) Ugh… Yuri….jpg) You just COULDN'T wait ten more minutes to grab the key so we could do this together, huh? .jpg) Meanwhile, Yuri has discovered he and Alice can take a nap and get a full HP/MP refill if they feel so inclined. Halley will probably be fine getting Force Lightning blasted by Roger Bacon for a quick power nap. Beyond that, if you'll take a look at that chest with the Dungeon Key, you may notice a red shine. If we take another peak in that chest, we find... .jpg) .jpg) The easiest Level 3 Fusion Gravestone to obtain in the whole game. And it's for our top boy, Inferno/Ifrit Fire elemental to boot. Yeah, we'll take that! It's the only freebie we'll get of those. .jpg) .jpg) Anyway, time to backtrack to the dungeon and help out Halley. Before going forward, we're gonna want Yuri and Alice (Halley was already covered beforehand) with something that guards against the Poison status effect. It'll make our lives much easier in the future. .jpg) Hey, dingus. We got the door op—the HELL is going on in here?! We were gone for FIVE minutes!.jpg) So we finally have all members present, do we? I see that Rausan proved to be no match for you people. ...Who? That sounds about right. <notices Halley> Are you all right?!Alice tries to walk up to Halley but Arcane Olga quickly darts over to the boy. .jpg)  <laughs> Now, then, Yuri. You are wondering why in the world I am here, are you not? Not really. It's just evil wizard crap I won't understand. Very well, heh heh heh… I shall explain. … <starts pacing the room> To fulfill my dreams, I’ve been doing research into a deeply secret and arcane form of magic. When that is done, I’ll be able to cleanse the world of its filth and help usher in a new age. What the hell is the difference between that and Dehuai’s plot?! You’re just another nutty magician! No sense of right and wrong with ANY of you magic clowns! <shakes head> Your problem is that you think too concretely. You must approach reality in a more flexible way. Heh heh. Do not lump my dreams together with that child’s play Dehuai was engaged in. Now, then…Bacon turns to Halley's mother. .jpg) <clenches fist> Are you nuts? It’s Halley’s mom, for crying out loud!! I... I think... We've never actually met and huh... <glances at Halley> They kinda look nothing alike, but... That's PROBABLY his mom! Well, yes, that is one correct answer. But her true value does not lie in such a mundane dimension. She is necessary to my goal of bringing forth a new Eden. She is the beacon to an approaching god. If Alice is the Key of Light, embodying positive magic, then she is the Key of Darkness. This is way too complicated! So what you’re saying is she’s the Key to unlocking your magic, right? And Alice is probably some other key. And you need them both to summon some magic crap, yeah? Is that it? <shakes head and shrugs> In a word, yes. You could have said that right from the beginning, dummy! You're just doing a bigger version of Dehuai's magic crap but using like 5000 more words to make it sound impressive. But you end up just sounding like a bigger dick than Dehuai..jpg) ... ...... gently caress this... .jpg) Oww... I... didn't even s-say... anything... <turns to Halley> Well, I suppose play time is over. Take that!Roger Bacon uses his Force Lightning to make an electric pyramid of pain over Halley. The boy does not enjoy it. .jpg) Halley's mother flops off the table. .jpg) Straightjacketed Woman starts squirming toward Halley. Bacon walks over and steps on her. .jpg) She can bear the pain in her own body, but she cannot bear the pain of her beloved son! A fatal weakness! Uh… Uh… M-mom…Roger steps off her and walks away to begin another monologue. .jpg) Bwah hah hah hah!!Yuri picks himself back up. .jpg) <turns around> I am amazed that you still have the strength to stand, monster! Oh yeah? Then you’ll really be impressed when I smash you to pieces. Listening to your sappy rambling gave me my second wind. <narrows eyes> Indeed... I-I'm OK too. <climbs to her feet> <laughs> How amusing. I shall accept your challenge..jpg) The entire room flashes white several times. Everyone seems very confused. .jpg) Music: Tanjou .jpg) Ahhh! So you have finally opened your eyes?! You are ready to obey me?! Koudelka Iasant!! Yuri, thank you for coming. It means a lot to me. Sorry for the headaches. I've been having... a time... Now is not the time for you to die…Yuri stands up. .jpg) I’ll go now with this man. You go and meet an old man in Wales… A VERY old man... Looks like a shriveled up raisin. You'll know him when you see him. And, please… take good care of my Halley. All right, then. In exchange for the lives of this rabble, you are now mine! <turns to Olga> Olga! I’ll leave you to clean up here! That is not what we agreed to. <looks over Arcane Olga> Yuri. Kill this one extra hard, if you could. Heh. On it.Roger Bacon and Koudelka Iasant teleport away. Halley finally gets up from getting owned for the last two scenes straight. .jpg) Mom!!Halley runs toward them but they teleport away before he can reach them. Arcane Olga steps forward to challenge the party. .jpg) <enters fighting stance> I’ll never forgive you for what you’ve done! Granny, you ain't leaving this room. There hasn't been one of Bacon's lackeys that have made it more than three rounds with us. Bawahaha. The rule of threes is just an old superstition! Besides, I've only fought you once before! You fought me the one time too..jpg) ... ...... ...poo poo..jpg) .jpg) Tune in next time for the final battle with Arcane Olga as    Video: Rausan Boss Battle
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There's no way that dungeon key isn't a LoZ reference, right?
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It must have been neat for the few people that played Koudelka first that this game was actually a stealth sequel the whole time.
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I dunno about this Koudleka lady chums; she's sending them to Wales. WALES.
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I just noticed for the first time how Olga's monster form is the natural evolution of the weird pregnant friar knight monsters.The Dark Id posted:So remember how we equipped everyone with defense again Silence?
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Weeble posted:I dunno about this Koudleka lady chums; she's sending them to Wales. WALES. Better than Glasgow.
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"Whether good or evil, it is impossible to tell"? Yeah, you know what? I think I can make an educated guess.
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Accordion Man posted:It must have been neat for the few people that played Koudelka first that this game was actually a stealth sequel the whole time. It blew my goddamn mind. I bought Koudelka and finished it and somehow even enjoyed it but SH was on my radar mostly because "was one of the only PS2 RPGs at the time." So when it got revealed here I was beside myself in a "wait, poo poo, seriously?" kind of way.
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“Drop this act now, you who claim to be bacon!” Is the best line in this game so far out of context.
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The Dark Id posted:
This is straight up a Mazinger Z reference, and the key looks kind of like his face. Even the item description sounds like the whole "God or Devil, no one can tell" bit.
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Clearly Dehuai's problem is that he just wasn't using enough keys.
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Ther's a fuckloada keys in this game. Not just key items, a whole load of usable ones. I think at least three more off the top of my head I like the reason Yuri freaks out at the telepathy and nobody else does, but I don't think that came up just yet.
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Weeble posted:I dunno about this Koudleka lady chums; she's sending them to Wales. WALES. Not her fault an old man the party need to meet lives there. Honest question do we need to keep pretending here? Koudelka basically spelled it out
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It was nice of them to let Koudelka keep dyeing her hair red despite the years of imprisonment and torture. Wasn't she dirty blonde in the first game?
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Nohman posted:It was nice of them to let Koudelka keep dyeing her hair red despite the years of imprisonment and torture. Wasn't she dirty blonde in the first game? I think that's just the lighting in the CGI scenes making her hair look dirty blonde. Compare this shot in CGI: .jpg) With this shot in-game, where her hair is red: .jpg)
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Episode LV: Translation Issues Music: Demon's Gig .jpg) Arcane Olga is back at it again at Calios Mental Hospital. She... hasn't learned a single new trick since Rouen. It's honestly just the exact same fight except she now has 4000 HP and slightly boosted stats. After all, it's only been two dungeons and three boss fights since she threw down last time. .jpg) Really, the biggest change for this fight is our party composition with Halley being forced into the active group. Though recent developments will change our tactics this go around. Or... I suppose more correctly, let us fall into the usual tactics without having to switch it up for Olga's sake. .jpg) Yuri can use his Ifrit Fusion, buff himself like usual and augment his blows with help from Alice's Holy Edge before getting to punching. Remember, Olga is a Dark Elemental enemy. .jpg) Halley's best bet is spamming Air Shot. We've got to monitor his MP consumption, but he should be mostly OK. .jpg) .jpg) Olga no longer bothers wasting turns with trifling physical attacks. Her game plan is spamming Dark Fog every turn, which will do about 140-160 (around 190 for Alice) HP of damage each cast. With that in mind, we're gonna have to heal the entire party every two casts of Dark Fog. .jpg) .jpg) That's OK. Remember how Alice learned Arc after we beat that jobber Rausen? Well, guess what is a full party 100% heal? It's a hefty 80 MP per cast. But if Alice only needs to use it every other turn, I think we can deal. .jpg) .jpg) Once Arcane Olga falls to around 33% HP, she'll use Mind Assault to drain all of one party member's MP. Apparently, Olga is a huge moron because she chose to drain it from the only member of our team who is using absolutely none of their MP during this fight (I think the AI is just programmed to steal it from whoever currently has the most stock of MP, so welp!) .jpg) .jpg) Other than keeping our Esper and White Mage topped up on MP, there's really not much left to be said about this fight. The first time I played through the game I hadn't gotten Arc unlocked yet so this fight just went like Olga Round 2 but drawn out to be about fifteen minutes with Yuri on healing duty and a bunch of turns wasted on mana restorative items. This way is much more efficient. .jpg) .jpg) .jpg) And that's a wrap for Arcane Olga. It's usually not a good sign for your human cutscene form if your monster battle form shatters into polygons. Music: ENDS .jpg) <snort> Master Bacon is never gonna stop sounding funny....jpg) RIP Arcane Olga the Witch of Prague. You were... err... evil? That's uhh... that was kind of all you had going for you. Halley falls to his knees. .jpg) .jpg) Halley flops over unconscious as the others run over to aid him. Sometime later... Music: Babysitter is Old Nurse .jpg) .jpg) Yuri, why were you sleeping face down on a dirty rug? There's a couch literally RIGHT there next to you. Sure, its leg is broken. But that's got to have been better than a face full of a mangy orphan rug. Yuri steps forward, looks around the room and turns back to Alice. .jpg) His mother’s death was a big shock to him… ...The HELL are you talking about!? Whose mother? Halley? That Koudelka lady? She... just teleported away with Bacon. Nobody died! I'm not sure why I interpreted it like that. Let's never discuss it again. You feelin' alright?.jpg) So the game's translation takes the most confusing poo poo here in which multiple people seem to think Koudelka died despite the fact that... no, she clearly didn't die. She just warped away with Roger Bacon. We'll see her alive and... perhaps not well, but certainly not dead later in the game. The game's localization seems to stabilize again after this point. Mostly... I still have no idea why this specific stretch of the game surrounding Halley is such a drat mess. .jpg) Anyway, we're back at the London Rats hideout. All the orphans here have new dialogue. Additionally, a new path has appeared to the left of the room. We'll check out in a moment. First, let's chat with that pickpocketing scamp Joshua. .jpg) Literally WHAT? Was there some kinda gas leak while I was takin' a nap. The heck is up with everyone today? To celebrate, I'll show you my special items! First of all this! It's a strange goblet. It's the goblet of a king who sold his soul to Death! It decorated a church once, but now it's mine. So... you stole this from a church? Yeah! But it was an EVIL church! That's not really narrowing it down or making it right, kiddo. But I don't need it, so you can have it! Shouldn't you like... try to sell it for, I dunno, money for food? Naw! I'll be OK. <glares> If I'm missing a single coin out of my wallet when I walk away, I'm bringing the scary lady with the big boobies and the gun back... N-no... Don't do that..jpg) Spoilers: Shadow Hearts has two endings, just like Koudelka -- a Good Ending and a Bad Ending. This item we just received from this dumpy little orphan? It's essential to get the Good Ending. There's nothing we can do with it at the moment or really anytime soon. We'll just keep in mind we are carrying it until towards the end of the game. Thanks, I guess, street urchin... .jpg)  Ever since he came back, he's been acting strangely and he won't talk. I wonder what could have happened to him? His mother got kidnapped by a wizard. ...Yeah, that'd do it. Strong emphasis on the KIDNAPPED part. If anyone says she died, they're talkin' crazy.We could leave the hideout now to progress the plot. But... let's see what's up with that new section of the orphans' house. .jpg) What the actual holy gently caress occult rear end poo poo is going down here?! Old man, why the HELL did you make a devil summoning cage match arena in the back of a condemned building being squat in by a bunch of orphans? .jpg)  Her ability isn't very stable yet, though... So you built all this for her!? So she will get better at summoning "strange creatures"? Those are demons and ghosts, grandpa. The HELL!? Think nothing of it. I'm just trying to help. ....jpg)  The old man made me a room so that the monsters can come out. So, hey! Boss battle! Boss wh—?.jpg) Music: NDE - Near Death Experience .jpg) Hey guess what?! Bonus boss battle of solo Yuri versus the resurrected Viscount Rausan! Great. I'm glad we're fostering this ability in the little orphan girl. The first thing she did was summon an Inquisition torturer's ghost. I can't wait until we return to London in a few chapters and Dehuai or Arcane Olga are back from the dead too. .jpg) .jpg) This fight is markedly more difficult with just one party member and without Alice to provide healing. Also, being completely unprepared because you wouldn't think talking to an NPC in a new room out of curiosity would immediately toss you into the deep end of a boss battle from half an hour ago in the game. .jpg) .jpg) I also didn't have any Silence preventing accessories equipped for this rematch, so Rausan's AI would actually use Blaze. Ultimately, that probably made the fight easier since Silence does a flat 110+ HP of damage meanwhile Ifrit could tank Blaze for only 71 HP of damage. I still had to burn through a bunch of curative consumables and draw out the battle as a result. .jpg) .jpg) But ultimately, Rausan was sent back to Second Banana Heaven where he belongs. And Yuri outpaces everyone else in the party, even more, leveling wise. Music: Babysitter is Old Nurse .jpg) I should probably do everyone a favor and snap your neck here before this ability gets outta hand. It'd be cool if you didn't. I'm not. I'm just gonna leave and not come back. 'Kay. I'll be here summoning more cool creatures. You do that..jpg) If you cannot guess, eventually Sharon and that arena are going to turn into Europe's version of the Pit Fights from earlier in the game. But that's a sidequest that won't be unlocked until the endgame. There may be a large world state change that unlocks about twenty sidequests prior to the final dungeon. We'll cross that bridge another day... .jpg) Speaking of bridges, when we return to the smoggy outdoors of early 1900s London, we find Halley moping on the one near the London Rats hideout. Let's see what's eatin' Edward and Koudelka's one-night stand offspring. Music: ALICE .jpg) <starts walking away> ...... What is it? Your mom’s dead and now you’re just gonna fall apart like a baby? What did you say to me?! My mom's not dead! Bacon just took her. See, Alice? What were you even on about before? I thought we agreed to never discuss that again. I didn't agree to nothin'.Halley marches back up to Yuri and starts shaking with anger. .jpg) She was trapped in that god-forsaken place for three years! I thought I’d finally rescued her! <falls to his knees> Well… Hah! Go right ahead, cry your whole life away! That’ll make your mother happy! "I got to see my son for the one day before he went and became a pissbaby sobbing on a bridge for the rest of his days. I guess that's good enough... Go ahead and zap me with your wizard energy Bacon!" She'll say. I'll be a real hoot. <stands up> You bastard! Naw... that's you, boss baby. I notice there's only mommy in your stories... Yuri, that's a bit much... Halley tries to take a swing at Yuri. There's a lot of ways you can mess with Yuri. Attempting to get into a fist fight with him is the VERY LAST one you should ever attempt... .jpg) Maybe you should figure out why your mom is at that monster’s beck and call… Then decide what to do yourself. Is he... gonna be OK? <twitch> Don't worry, I held back to baby strength. He's still breathin', I think... <gurgle> There ya go.Yuri starts walking away. .jpg) I was wondering what Halley’s mom’s words meant. The man calling himself Bacon… That’s what I need to check on. I’ll go to the ends of the earth to reveal his true identity. Now I just gotta figure out where the heck this "Wales" place is... The man calling himself Bacon… ...... Can it be?!Music: But-Dad-Dead-Bed .jpg) .jpg)  And he said he was going to go and meet Cardinal Simon… Has he not shown up yet? <shakes head> …Not yet. Father, is that person really going to come? Yes, he’ll definitely come. He’s the only one capable of defeating Roger Bacon…Father Elliot walks down the stairs. He is stopped by... Music: Wind Which Blows From the Dark II .jpg) Hel...Roger Bacon strolls out from the darkness. .jpg) Heh heh heh… Pleased to meet you. I’m Roger Bacon..jpg) And then Alice's father exploded all over that alley. Quite literally. The aftermath with his guts and assorted gibs sprayed all over is the very first thing we see in the game. Back in the present... Music: ALICE .jpg) Huh?! Hello? Earth to Alice!! Is anyone up there?! I could see the kid being out of it... Ihimeoffey... But what's up with you? Yuri! I’m going to go to Rouen again! There’s something I need to make certain of! Huh?! Right now?? I’ll go with you. No. I’m going by myself this time. I know I’m being selfish… But please let me go…Sometime later... Music: Babysitter is Old Nurse .jpg) <shakes head> What was I supposed to do? You wouldn’t believe how stubborn that girl is. Yuri, it's not like she's popping over to the corner store for some milk. You let her go off to FRANCE! <rubs neck> Yeah... well... She said she’d be back soon. I think we should just wait for her. It took us half a week to get here between walking and the boat ride! And that was just one way! Hmm, it’s unusual for that girl to do something so rash… But why would she be going to Rouen now? What could it be about? Who knows? All we can do is pray she comes back safe. I suppose we could probably catch up with her. I mean... she cannot have gotten THAT far. Have you seen the way she runs? It's all arms flailing and nearly tripping over. Nah... Let's just wait it out. It'll be fine. Probably... Tch. Do whatever! I'm going to that pub down the street. Yo! Same! That sounds pleasant. Can a vampire even get drunk? Heck yeah! Let's find out! Just watch your wallets on the way out of this dump.Everyone goes downstairs but Yuri and Halley. .jpg) I heard about what happened to your parents. My parents? Who did you hear that from? It can't be Alice. She's not even here. From Zhuzhen. <clenches fist> Arrg! So now the old man is Mr. Sensitive?! How could he! <laughs> Careful, Halley. When people reach the end of their lives they get all talkative and heartfelt. Yech. So far as I’m concerned, old farts should just go… Yuri! Yuri… You helped me because of what happened to your own mother, right? <shakes head> So I’m saying old folks are just… People you gotta cut loose eventually. You see the old man recently? Guy is lagging like ten levels behind the younger generation. It's just kinda sad... Once Alice comes back, you’re going somewhere else again, right? <nods> Huh? Yeah. I’m going to go find this Old Man of Wales that your mom was talking about. Just gotta find out where the heck this Wales place is first. I asked a few people in town and they just shuddered and changed the subject or ran off screaming... I hope it's not far. My feet are starting to hurt. I wanna go with you. Halley, thou hast not won even once. Remember that time you said that and it sounded really dumb? Man... it still does, doesn't it? Yeah... now that I hear someone else say it... Anyway, naw and later...Yuri starts walking off. Halley runs up to him. .jpg) Just as your mother did whatever she could, now I… I want to do whatever I can. Please? It’s ok, right? <sigh> Gonna regret this, but... <nods> Okay, I got it. We’ll go together. <nods>And that concludes Chapter 18 of Shadow Hearts. Tune in next time as we get sidetracked in France with Alice in Chapter 19: Rouen Reunion. You know, I'm starting to suspect Shadow Heart's Roger Bacon might not actually be the same shriveled up old man from Koudelka... Quite a bit went down that chapter and we've got a hefty list of new entries in the ol' library. Let's take a look.  MONSTER: .jpg) Please. Somebody just adjust their X-Axis up 45 degrees. Even like 30 degrees. Anything. .jpg) Little known fact, gestating puppy fetuses have a fully grown vestigial arm growing out of their maw until just before birth. .jpg) Ah! That explains everything about this creature. .jpg) I didn't know there was a well of Welsh water beneath the mental hospital. That explains a lot! .jpg) Are we sure this wasn't supposed to be Jack's second form or something...? .jpg) I can't believe Olga was actually Olga! Incidentally, Killerman is Killerman. NPC: .jpg) Look at him. He got his own model and super smug face we never saw before he died. .jpg) You always hate to see former protagonists falling on hard times.  Video: Arcane Olga Boss Battle (Prepared. No sweat)  Video: Rausan Round 2 (Severely not prepared for this jerk.) The Dark Id fucked around with this message at 18:23 on Nov 10, 2018 |
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You've got some runaway italics going on in the middle there, at the bit where Yuri punches Halley.
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Maybe this part of the game was translated later in development so they couldn't give it as many passes. Halley's "she was taken right before my own eyes!" line makes me think that instead of literally taken they thought it was the metaphorical taken and just wrote this chunk with that in mind
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