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Megazver posted:I imagine not a lot of you got this one: Kims a liar , no big deal
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I laughed until I cried (because laughing that hard with a persistent cough sucks). Totally worth it, though, god drat.
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Lil Swamp Booger Baby posted:
fantastic stuff, thanks for that!
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Lil Swamp Booger Baby posted:The human drama is not a backdrop to the politics, the politics are a backdrop to the drama. I agree with a lot of what you said, but I don't agree with this. Broadly we can say that Revachol is representative of our world. Well, the intent is Eastern Europe, but it extends. But the parallels in the story go deeper than that. Harry is a specific symbolic representation of Revachol itself. He was a gym teacher, which represents Facism. He fell in love with his ex, 'communism' and became something greater. Then his ex left him, and he became a morose drunk. Revachol as a puppet state. At the beginning of the game Harry is dead. He just died. Through the play of the game you restore him to life. "After Life Death, After Death Life" That's the connection to Delores Dei, the Insulidarian Miracle. That's why she is the ex, and why the ex is also 'girl child communism'. Obviously, Delores was not literally communism, she was specifically an imperialist. Harry's ex (and Delores also) represents an ideal that couldn't be kept. (Also note that this is why the Deserter shot the Hanged man, he had gone crazy enough that he viewed communism and Klassje interchangeably.) So, Harry muddles through, acting insane in a world that seems normal but he implicitly understands the absurdity of, trying to figure out if he can be saved from death. This flailing by Harry could be the reason his political opinions are so direct. (Actually, I think the reason that the political statements are so in your face is that the authors realized that a lot of people have put no effort into understanding political philosophy and they realized they couldn't afford to be subtle.) In any case, searching for the phasmid is a microcosm of Harry's search. He has hope, even though finding love is impossible. But then there it is, finally. Obviously, Harry's not going to get his ex back, exactly 0% of that communism has been built. But it's obvious that in the author's eyes communism is the path forward for Revachol, they aren't offering any alternatives. Facism is the opposite of what Revahol needs, Ultraliberalism is what is destroying it, and moralism is just standing by and watching. But it won't be the old version of communism, it must be a new one. So, it's inaccurate to say that phasmid is communism, the phasmid is love. But the necessary byproduct of love is communism. (Are you going to stop building love too?) When Harry stops the war, he is triggering the chain of events that will lead to The Return. It could have been anyone to do that, but at the same time, it had to be Harry because he is symbolic of Revachol. The phasmid is really there and it loves Harry. (The Genius Loci is really there and it loves Harry.) There is truly hope for Harry. And so there is hope for Revachol. And so there is hope for us. Okay, I think, I think that's what I needed to post about this game. Thanks.
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Quantum Shart posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZV0t_635U8 This is amazing. I really need to find out what happens if you say the same thing while Kim is there.
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VictualSquid posted:This is amazing. I really need to find out what happens if you say the same thing while Kim is there.
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A 50S RAYGUN posted:am i permanently stuck with this horrific character image It can be improved.
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A 50S RAYGUN posted:am i permanently stuck with this horrific character image
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Neopie posted:It can be improved. I disagree 
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expressionless, shaved Harry is the man that Slavoj Zizek thought about when writing about the Desert of the Real expressionless, muttonchop Harry is a post-Camusian hero, a man reduced to nothing by this cruel world but whose greatness of heart and valiance of spirit creates objective, universal meaning through his actions for the sake of humanity Expression-having shaved Harry is the postmodern surrenderer, deserter of humanity, complete ironic fucktarded rear end in a top hat and probably a loving fascist
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I couldn't give Cuno the drugs. Even though it would have been nice to be friends... Kim was there, and I didn't want to dissapoint him, /or/ give drugs to a 12 year old child.
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Neopie posted:I couldn't give Cuno the drugs. Even though it would have been nice to be friends... Kim was there, and I didn't want to dissapoint him, /or/ give drugs to a 12 year old child. you didn't get one of the greatest esprit-de-corps checks there, did you?
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dead gay comedy forums posted:you didn't get one of the greatest esprit-de-corps checks there, did you? Oh, no, I did. Assuming it's the one that says 'if you give Cuno the drugs here, he could be a great police officer one day'. I just... kim...
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Neopie posted:Oh, no, I did. Assuming it's the one that says 'if you give Cuno the drugs here, he could be a great police officer one day'. I just... kim... If you have Ace's Low and overall being a great detective, Kim will forgive you and will still defend the hell out of you at the end
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dead gay comedy forums posted:If you have Ace's Low and overall being a great detective, Kim will forgive you and will still defend the hell out of you at the end That's fair. But I also didn't have aces low because I hosed up the check to shoot down the body.
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Neopie posted:That's fair. But I also didn't have aces low because I hosed up the check to shoot down the body. Oh, I don't think you need the idea, it is just that the extra empathy towards Kim makes him also more understanding of your antics in less time
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What would be the funniest political alignment + copotype for a 1/1/1/1 failcop run?
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boring moralist?
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overeager overeater posted:What would be the funniest political alignment + copotype for a 1/1/1/1 failcop run? I would say fascist cop but making Kim sad is not generally funny I think
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overeager overeater posted:What would be the funniest political alignment + copotype for a 1/1/1/1 failcop run? Sorry Cop, apologizes and falls over, dead.
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Just ended my first run this morning, so I haven't been in this thread. Still trying to figure out exactly how much of what happened was unique to my run, and how much was on rails. It was all very good, but one of the legit saddest experiences I've had in a game was trying to give "Dolores Dei" one of the figurines during the dream in front of the video store. Her asking what she wants with it now and wishing I'd done that type of thing when we were together broke my heart.
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overeager overeater posted:What would be the funniest political alignment + copotype for a 1/1/1/1 failcop run? boring sorry moralist of loving course even better if you decide to supercharge rhetoric to give you spectacular bad advice in the best moments
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Neopie posted:What starts the endgame? Going into the Feld Electrical building after Ruby
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Can I satisfyingly go full monarchist/fascist in this game? I spend too much of my real life fighting the long defeat for a better future. So in-game I'd rather try fighting the long defeat to recover a mythical past for a change. By satisfying, I mean does the game actually have a comparable amount of content for monarchists/fascists as it does for socialists and shitlibs?
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the ost for this game kicks rear end, no regrets on spending 16$ for it. the pictures are really great too.
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The Little Kielbasa posted:Can I satisfyingly go full monarchist/fascist in this game? I spend too much of my real life fighting the long defeat for a better future. So in-game I'd rather try fighting the long defeat to recover a mythical past for a change. There's a lot of reactivity to going that way but frankly it's just going to make you feel like poo poo.
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Alright so is there anything I can do to avoid game over when I drop to 0 health/morale? I know I can pop charges to recover them but that's not always an option, and the things that make me lose health/morale seem really arbitrary and unpredictable. I got a game over from asking a loving car where it's been, so I'm a little put off by that.
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Fister Roboto posted:Alright so is there anything I can do to avoid game over when I drop to 0 health/morale? I know I can pop charges to recover them but that's not always an option, and the things that make me lose health/morale seem really arbitrary and unpredictable. I got a game over from asking a loving car where it's been, so I'm a little put off by that. Don't have 1 in the skills that control your Health/Morale. You never take more than one damage at a time.
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OK but that doesn't answer my question, what should I do if I'm at 1 health/morale? Do I just avoid doing anything because some random dialogue option might kill me? Do any of the game over dialogue options matter, is there some way to avoid it?
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Fister Roboto posted:OK but that doesn't answer my question, what should I do if I'm at 1 health/morale? Do I just avoid doing anything because some random dialogue option might kill me? Do any of the game over dialogue options matter, is there some way to avoid it? Use one of your health potions. Go to the store and buy more if you run out. Is this your first time playing a video game?
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Fister Roboto posted:I haven't found any stores yet. Do I just need to avoid talking to anyone until I do? Go out the door of the bar and turn right. You'll be tripping your dick over health potions soon enough tho so don't worry too much and just laugh at the idea of whispering to a car so badly you decide to quit the force.
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Fister Roboto posted:I haven't found any stores yet. Do I just need to avoid talking to anyone until I do? You buy them in the frittte store between the whirling and the docks gate
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DalaranJ posted:When I saw the cop shaved I immediately reloaded.  That and failing the Kim dancing check are the only two times I savescummed in this game. Both are just awful.
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overeager overeater posted:What would be the funniest political alignment + copotype for a 1/1/1/1 failcop run? I'm doing this right now as a self-destructive, unstable Sorry Fascist cop, always waffling between angrily castigating the self or the other for all problems. I also edited the save file to give me a bunch of heart attack pills and don't-kill-yourself pills, or else this would not fly far.
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