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Oh don't worry, I plan to make a big effortpost near the end of this LP about Kainé and why I love her a lot, and why her outfit is ridiculous looking but ultimately not a concern for me like it is with characters like Quiet, for example. Long story short, Kainé is a goddamn badass and her outfit is great Speaking of great things, here's this session's NieR Notes! Faerie Fortune fucked around with this message at 08:07 on Jun 4, 2017 |
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I love your little sketches, they reminded me of the Odyssey to the West LP where they had that one commentator doing sketches, and at one point she just runs out of things to draw and draws a page of nothing but peoples toned Butts.
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Jun 4, 2017 08:40
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Some scenes seem much more suited to one of the Niers than the other. That "Yes! You and I are friends now!" bit feels like it was shot with Brother Nier in mind. Fits more of a juvenile enthusiasm thing.
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Jun 4, 2017 09:21
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I read it more as Dad really wants Kainé to live, either because he respects her as a fighter and a person or because he just doesn't want to let someone die on his watch (or hell, both) and he will say or do anything to make sure she doesn't give up. Including agreeing to whatever cheesy thing Weiss is saying, since the notion of having friends did seem to perk Kainé up a bit. He's just desperate, and is grasping at whatever he can to try to convince her not to give up on herself.
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Jun 4, 2017 09:24
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Is it possible to agree with both Bruceski and Fae? Like, that line really does sound like it was written for the original Nier, but yeah they definitely found a way to justify it for DadNier.
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Jun 4, 2017 09:46
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Bruceski posted:Some scenes seem much more suited to one of the Niers than the other. That "Yes! You and I are friends now!" bit feels like it was shot with Brother Nier in mind. Fits more of a juvenile enthusiasm thing. With that body language, definitely. The animations look a little ridiculous for an old man.
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Jun 4, 2017 10:46
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Related, one of my favorite alterations between versions is the scene where Nier agrees to go look for Jakob and Gideon's mother at the Junk Heap. Brother Nier goes along with it because he sees two kids with a situation similar to him and his sister and he idealistically and desperately wants there to be a happy ending for the two brothers, while Papa Nier does it out of a sense of obligation to make the kids feel better, not unlike a dad checking under the bed for monsters; he already knows what's waiting at the end, but it's just the fatherly thing to do. Source, from TDI's LP's bonus content
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Jun 4, 2017 16:20
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tiistai posted:With that body language, definitely. The animations look a little ridiculous for an old man. This; for a brief moment, it was as if Dad was an "I fight for my friends!" anime protaganist, and the contrast of that with the rugged and roughed-up old man body was beautiful.  Though I did come to the same conclusion, that it was a result of him clutching at straws just to get Kanye to not give up, and not really thinking about what he was doing/saying.
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Jun 4, 2017 17:25
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Faerie Fortune posted:I read it more as Dad really wants Kainé to live, either because he respects her as a fighter and a person or because he just doesn't want to let someone die on his watch (or hell, both) and he will say or do anything to make sure she doesn't give up. Including agreeing to whatever cheesy thing Weiss is saying, since the notion of having friends did seem to perk Kainé up a bit. He's just desperate, and is grasping at whatever he can to try to convince her not to give up on herself. Nier is a really good guy at heart. This game does a great job of making its main characters textured but genuinely likeable.
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Jun 5, 2017 04:14
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tiistai posted:With that body language, definitely. The animations look a little ridiculous for an old man. Yeah, that's what pings it for me. The sentiment works.
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Jun 5, 2017 05:11
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If Yoko Taro does remake NieR I hope that it includes both Father and Brother NieR so we can see how they play off each other.
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Jun 5, 2017 05:31
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White Coke posted:If Yoko Taro does remake NieR I hope that it includes both Father and Brother NieR so we can see how they play off each other.
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Jun 5, 2017 06:45
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JT Jag posted:Oh yeah, I'd definitely be down with that. It'd resolve that lingering question of "why is Nier going off for days at a time when he has a sick daughter at home": the other one would be taking care of her. It takes a village to raise a child.
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Jun 5, 2017 14:20
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   11. The Prestigious Mask RareAcumen posted:It takes a village to raise a child. Childcare is difficult, you know!
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Jun 5, 2017 18:55
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The audio seems weird in the uncut version.
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Jun 5, 2017 19:01
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"At least the music's nice!" says Fae, in this, the game where the music is always incredible. NieR's OST is a work of art all on its own.
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Jun 5, 2017 22:00
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  12. Temple of Drifting Sands
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Jun 9, 2017 14:24
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There has never been a desert level I enjoyed. In any genre of game
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Jun 11, 2017 06:51
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  13. Gods Bound by Rules
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Jun 12, 2017 14:38
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This boss music is extremely good and you should probably click that music link!
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Jun 12, 2017 15:29
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I know you guys (finally) mentioned the words, but have you been equipping them at all? It's not a big deal in the early game, but you can get pretty significant boosts to damage/magic/health/etc. from them, and they get ever more powerful as the game goes on. Also, you should try out Dark Phantasm sometime, especially when you are finding yourself a bit outnumbered.
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Jun 12, 2017 18:55
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Gully Foyle posted:I know you guys (finally) mentioned the words, but have you been equipping them at all? It's not a big deal in the early game, but you can get pretty significant boosts to damage/magic/health/etc. from them, and they get ever more powerful as the game goes on. Also, you should try out Dark Phantasm sometime, especially when you are finding yourself a bit outnumbered. I think I equipped some between sessions after this one? I'll give Dark Phantasm a shot eventually...
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Jun 13, 2017 01:17
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Dark Phantasm is great for those wolves.
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Jun 13, 2017 07:26
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How did you not use Dark Lance on that boss until the mid point?  Seriously though, I don't know how far behind the thread is but leave Dark Lance on one button and switch out the other as needed. Using the right magic on the right enemies helps to get through Nier's bland combat but unfortunately it's really easy to forget to switch magics because it's behind a couple menus. Luckily the game only really throws you into situations where you're fighting one or two enemies types so you just need to see what you're fighting at the start of the encounter and switch then. Dark Lance is basically for everything that isn't really small and really fast. Dark Blast for basic work against basic, slower enemies. Dark Fist for physical resistant and slower enemies. Dark Phantasm for fast swarms. Gluttony for bullet hells with a single target. I don't think Wall ever saw much use because of the aforementioned magic switching menus.
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Jun 13, 2017 19:15
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Ahahaha whoever bought Fae's avatar deserves a cookie or something, that's great!  6. This Dream
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Jun 16, 2017 17:00
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and here's the NieR notes for the last session, featuring really lovely doodles of shades, wolves, and the boss! Also whoever got my avatar, I love it! Thank you!
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Jun 16, 2017 18:49
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Faerie Fortune posted:and here's the NieR notes for the last session, featuring really lovely doodles of shades, wolves, and the boss! Argate, you need to get more herbs.
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Jun 16, 2017 21:49
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I still have no idea what's happening. There's not a lot of talk of the overall plot in the game so far, but if fetch-quest oriented games have taught me anything, some major poo poo is due to go down.
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Jun 18, 2017 16:11
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To be fair, we haven't seen the main plot yet, anyway. So far all we have is "Yonah has the Black Scrawl" and "You can cure it by collecting all the Sealed Verses". The real plot doesn't really kick in until the second half of the game, although we'll get a taste toward the end of Act 1.
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Jun 18, 2017 17:28
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It's natural if you're confused now, because we just don't have all the information on on what's going on yet. We're desperately chasing rumors. My only advice is to pay attention to every new piece of information we get, but don't take anything for granted: our understanding of this Black Scrawl situation could change at any moment.
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Jun 18, 2017 23:07
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Rabbi Raccoon posted:I still have no idea what's happening. There's not a lot of talk of the overall plot in the game so far, but if fetch-quest oriented games have taught me anything, some major poo poo is due to go down. This is the first act of a Yoko Taro game, you shouldn't expect to get the whole story in the first loop. I'm sure things will be explained in time but in the meantime I'm basically doing this: JT Jag posted:My only advice is to pay attention to every new piece of information we get, but don't take anything for granted: our understanding of this Black Scrawl situation could change at any moment. This is actually the original intent of The Notebook and I think its going to get a lot of use in the upcoming acts of the game as I struggle desperately to understand the plot and remember details that I only half wrote down because I have zero skill in note-taking
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Jun 18, 2017 23:17
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So I'd been meaning to start following this thread when it first started, but I'm so very glad I got caught up now. The notes are a real treat, because I've read TDI's LP of NieR and it's wonderful to see someone else's blind take on Yoko Taro's Wild Ride. Now we just have to wait and see how long it takes for more avatars to erupt, because this game makes Avatar material in spades.
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 Disc 1 23. Yonah / Pluck Ver. 2 Disc 2 5. His Dream
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Jun 19, 2017 23:48
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The Mayor's voice reminds me of the Mayor of Townsville in Powerpuff Girls. "You must rescue my people! Blah, HURRY!"
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Jun 20, 2017 18:38
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I quite enjoyed the CJacobs audio book!
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Jun 21, 2017 03:13
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  7. Repose
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Jun 24, 2017 09:25
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Is the world ending because people are either just waiting around all day or spending all their time doing sidequests?
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Jun 24, 2017 19:09
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"Tell him thank you for lying to me for 50 years about someone being alive so I could never move on with my life." No lady that's not what you're supposed to say
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Jun 25, 2017 07:46
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I mean yeah it was a nice sentiment in a way I guess, but these people also lied to you mainly so you could keep the lighthouse running until you drop dead
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Jun 25, 2017 14:17
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I think it's supposed to be partly or mostly telling him thank you for the letter delivery, because he's not supposed to to know that she knows, with maybe just an underlying acknowledgement that he tried, if poorly.
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