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What's wrong with Life Surge? If all of your demons die, you will probably lose the game. As such, having 30% more HP seems like it should be useful, as it makes your demons significantly less likely to kick the bucket.
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Jan 4, 2017 20:01
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Part of the problem with Zelenin is that no player is going to sympathize with her about hating demons. Demons do lots of bad stuff in the story, sure, so you can see where she's coming from. They kill people, torture people, et cetera. But to a player playing a Shin Megami Tensei game, demons are part of the attraction. They're a collection of cool designs and old friends. They're Jack Frost's "Hee-ho!" So when Zelenin shows up in Bootes talking about how horrible demons are, the player isn't going to connect with her on an emotional level; they like demons, or they wouldn't be playing the game.
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Feb 20, 2017 22:41
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I don't think you're supposed to take Zelenin and Jimenez seriously as the advocates for the Law and Chaos factions. It's the other way around: they've been groomed by supernatural forces on each side. Before she turns into an angel or whatever, Zelenin's political philosophy is "Humans getting killed is bad." She doesn't like demons because demons murdered all her colleagues. She likes angels because they consistently help out the player faction, and don't seem enthused about people dying either. Eventually, she winds up sublimating her will to that of God in order to save a bunch of murderers. Once she does that, though, her will is basically gone, right? I don't think "tricked" is the right word here, but she definitely winds up radicalized. It's the same thing with Jimenez, except nobody really tries to corrupt or mentor him. He's a loose cannon, he doesn't think things through, but he seems basically loyal to the cause of humanity, and puts his own life at risk for that cause and for his friends. It's just that his friends include both humans and demons. He only goes and hangs out with demons because after he fuses with Bugaboo, everybody on the Red Sprite is uncomfortable around him. He winds up with the politics of a supervillain, but that's just because the evil Chaos folks are the only people who will hang out with him without muttering behind his back. I think that's what the plot is going for, anyway. I agree it isn't developed enough to really be compelling, but the game's a dungeon crawler at heart, it doesn't really need a complex story.
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