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Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

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but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Is her miss animation just backing away and refusing to attack? That's actually pretty nifty.

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Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
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but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
So I guess Team Nohr has gotten really good at illusions?

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
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any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
I kind of like it, actually. With a conflict so apparently good-vs-evil, I like that you can find total dickbags everywhere.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Okay, when's she going to turn out to be a heron?

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Azura being all "please keep using my song" makes me wonder if she isn't going to sing the song that ends the world at some point and wants to hurry up and get there already.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Is this an environmental hazard map, or are there units hiding in the blizzard?

I'd actually be kind of intrigued by the former, but it also seems like just a crap-ton of busywork.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
...see, now I'm just imagining that the Hoshidan Ultimate Weapon is SUCH A NICE DAY OUTSIDE.

Or, uh, something.

Solar death ray? No, that's Suikoden.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
I don't know about you guys, but I am completely satisfied that the Nohrian princess openly journeying with us has a mysterious crystal she isn't showing anyone.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
You'd think the man would have some kind of siege bow. ...if siege bows are even a thing.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
I dunno. Seeing a ghost is like 10:1 odds that Nohrians are trying to gently caress your poo poo up, right?

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry

AradoBalanga posted:

It's like the writers put down all the descriptions of Nohr and then thought everything sounded rational and clear. When in fact the execution is so hilarious it loops around and becomes stupid. I mean, Hoshido has border forts and potentially (only assuming here because it never really gets mentioned) a ninja spy network; why did none of those troops ever report on how the sky over their neighbors is almost constantly pitch black or report on how little resources there are in Nohr? This is prime world-building material that should have been brought up by now, not in a single conversation in the back end of Birthright. Just chalk this up to yet another thing the editors (and especially the writers in this case) should have paid attention to but chose not to for whatever dumb reason.

Given how adept Nohr is at illusion magic, any reports of a land where the sun never shone because of overly-aggressive trees was probably going to be written off as just mage-written propaganda.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

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any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Yeah, Tank Lad's got a pretty good gimmick going. Does he ever get attacked inside the tank or is he always conveniently hanging out outside?

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
I don't think any death really would have been satisfying with as much as Hans put us through, really.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Well, somebody had to actually fight for Nohr here. Camilla was just her brother complex, Garon's probably just going to be all ARGH BLARGH DARKNESS WARGH. Actually representing the nation of Nohr (and the crazy idea that maybe countries shouldn't launch commando raids to kill each other's kings) fell to Big Brother here.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Oh lord, is Iago trying to kill us by mind-controlling the entire Hoshidan army?

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry

BlazeEmblem posted:

I like to think that even Azura is incredulous about Corrine not recognizing her here.

I don't see why. She's been with Corrine all this time, after all.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

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any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Finally after a game and a half I'm actually curious about what the plot will turn out to look like after a battle!

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Out of curiosity, where would you escape to?

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
I like the money challenge aspect of this all. I suppose the mysterious castle dimension is always ready to take our money.

...where does all of it go, anyhow?

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Oh huh. I thought you'd at least start out surrounded or something.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Effie's pretty quality. ...I can't understand the armor design, though. I suppose the mysterious womanly powers of the uterus need some kind of outlet.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
If Arthur weren't smiling he'd have a pretty strong banditface. Can't really argue with that.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
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any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Gold comes out of Deeprealms and goes right back in again. It's a closed economy.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

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any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Nothing puts the cherry on top of a map you already didn't enjoy like getting terrible growths all through it.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

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any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
...is it weird that we've oopsed our way into so many fights to the death that actually having somebody come out and say it is kind of refreshing?

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

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any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Losing counterattack power actually seems like a good thing, since you don't clear out space for someone else to run up and wreck your face.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
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any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry

TheKingofSprings posted:

That generic villager portrait is better than about 30-40% of the actual playable characters in this game

I think this is a consequence of a lot of the characters feeling... overdesigned? Like, that villager doesn't have a dozen different armor plates or filigrees, and the art style's good for that.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

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but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
...yeah, if anybody's going to enjoy the gently caress out of teleporting to come save people, it's probably Ophelia.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

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any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry

Do you feel like a hero yet?

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Oh, right. We can't attack Garon because our entire army would turn on us if he wasn't sitting in the magic chair. I'd forgot about that.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

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any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
So are any of these guys going to mention that the castle was partly fused with infinity or what that might mean?

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

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but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Wow. Way to make that seem like the dumbest thing possible to do.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

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any mouse will,
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Clapping Larry
If you had more people that would probably be... a little less of a slog? Maybe? But wow, this is not a good gimmick for this time in the game.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

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any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Well, at least Izana is going out on a high note.

That's a drat shame, it seems like he'd be useful.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

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any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
So without Corrin(e) to tag along, all the royal siblings are just dicking around on their own agendas? Makes a certain amount of sense.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

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but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
So what lets the enemies move on non-Dragon Vein ice? Do they all have a special movement type or a skill or something?

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Huh. I wonder if they planned out the gimmick before they put in the units. That map sure seems like you can chokepoint the gently caress out of some bridges.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

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any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
I wonder if the Rainbow Sage knows what's up with the secret invisible mastermind dimension.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

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any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Maybe we can just, like, destroy the poo poo parts of Nohr and he'll be fine with that? -- Xander, probably

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Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
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Clapping Larry
Aw. Here I thought they might do something interesting by having us kill one of the guys who stuck with us on both routes.

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