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 Let's Play Evolution Worlds Evolution Worlds is an abridged collection of two separate games: Evolution and Evolution 2. Go figure. The title is a bit misleading, because the games both take place in the same world, and fit reasonably well together as a single product. Some concessions were made, such as drastically reducing the length of the first game, but I think this was for the better. Okay but what genre? Evolution Worlds is a reasonably average JRPG. The battles are turn-based, the menus look familiar, the story is heavy in exposition, the characters are... something. That being said, it does have some interesting features. In place of standard skills and spells, the characters have CyFrames, which are machines that perform special attacks of various functions and spreads. There are also “Talents”, which are more technical moves that play off the respective character's personalities. You may be looking at the word 'spreads' up there and thinking, “What the gently caress does that mean?” Well, the battles function on a grid. The enemies are spread out in a variety of formations across your encounters, and there will be many times you want to hit more than one of the suckers. This is accomplished through CyFrame attacks, which target different areas of the grid depending on your choice of CyFrame kit and individual skills. You can also adjust your own place on the grid to either increase the accuracy of your moves or decrease the enemy's accuracy. Sounds reasonable. It's a fun idea! The problem then.. lies in the execution. Instead of the adventure format followed by most of its brethren, Evolution Worlds takes place primarily inside dungeons. Long, grueling, excessively repetitive dungeons. There is a painful segregation between Story and Gameplay, to the point you forget the characters are supposed to have personalities, and instead start seeing them as soulless polygon pawns in the most terribly boring 15+ hour board game you can imagine. Navigating the dungeons is a chore, and any sense of challenge outside of boss battles is nearly absent. So why play it? Part of me wants to cry and break down screaming, “I don't know anymore”, but really it's more simple than that. There are good ideas here, and I want people to experience those without the god-awful grinding slog of the real deal. To that end, this Let's Play will be done in a heavily edited format, ensuring that all the important pieces of design are preserved independently of the tedium. So let's get on with it. And no spoilers, please. Only discuss events that have already occurred in the game or commentary. Videos         
GamesAreSupernice fucked around with this message at 00:54 on Aug 27, 2017 |
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May 31, 2017 05:25
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Oh this is a game I wanted to see LPed for some time along with Skies of Arcadia which Travis already did.
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May 31, 2017 06:40
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Chimera-gui posted:Oh this is a game I wanted to see LPed for some time along with Skies of Arcadia which Travis already did. I'm glad I could help scratch that itch. The game is worth sharing for sure, in spite of the repetition
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May 31, 2017 08:20
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I rented this game a lot when I was a kid and renting games from Blockbuster was still a thing. Can't wait to revisit those memories.
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May 31, 2017 19:18
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I've never been able to see that thing on Mag's back as anything other than Boba Fett's helmet.
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May 31, 2017 20:33
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Kaboom Dragoon posted:I've never been able to see that thing on Mag's back as anything other than Boba Fett's helmet. I am so glad I wasn't the only one.
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May 31, 2017 21:05
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GamesAreSupernice posted:I want people to experience those without the god-awful grinding slog of the real deal. Thank you for this much, in this and other LPs.
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Jun 1, 2017 02:58
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marshmallow creep posted:Thank you for this much, in this and other LPs. Of course, I'm not a monster.
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Jun 1, 2017 08:16
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Gre should be everyone's role model, really.
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Jun 2, 2017 08:42
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I loved this game as a kid, but then I played it again in college and realized HOW MUCH grinding there was. Your commentary on this video seemed a bit rushed. A few times, I noticed you starting a new sentence basically in the same breath, and it's a jarring effect.
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Jun 2, 2017 15:51
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Gre is the most badass butler since Alfred. And something to note that each party member is named after a weapon:
Chimera-gui fucked around with this message at 06:57 on Jul 4, 2017 |
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Jun 2, 2017 17:51
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You're citing Titanfall? Mag launcher is another name for a railgun, plain and simple.
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Jun 2, 2017 19:16
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Bruceski posted:You're citing Titanfall? Mag launcher is another name for a railgun, plain and simple. You might want to cite your source for that cause I didn't find anything to suggest that beyond the fact that the Mag Launcher in Titanfall is itself technically a railgun.
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Jun 2, 2017 19:52
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Ignoring the fact that Evolution came out a good 16-odd years before Titanfall, a 'magnetic launcher' is a valid name for a railgun. That's what they do, they use electromagnets to, well, launch things.
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Jun 2, 2017 20:05
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Senerio posted:Your commentary on this video seemed a bit rushed. A few times, I noticed you starting a new sentence basically in the same breath, and it's a jarring effect. I'll try to space it better, which should be easier with more footage to work with for the second (much longer) dungeon.
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Jun 2, 2017 20:16
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Kaboom Dragoon posted:Ignoring the fact that Evolution came out a good 16-odd years before Titanfall, a 'magnetic launcher' is a valid name for a railgun. That's what they do, they use electromagnets to, well, launch things. I don't question the validity of mag launcher as a colloquial term for a railgun, Titanfall was just the first result I found when I looked up "Mag Launcher" and it made sense given what Mag's butler is named after.
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Jun 2, 2017 20:28
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Gre is the best manservant. Please never use Chain or Pepper.
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Jun 2, 2017 21:46
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Shoeless posted:Gre is the best manservant. Please never use Chain or Pepper. We'll use Gre at least twice throughout the game, but I am obligated to show Chain and Pepper's abilities as well.
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Jun 2, 2017 22:12
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GamesAreSupernice posted:We'll use Gre at least twice throughout the game, but I am obligated to show Chain and Pepper's abilities as well. But think of how much money you're losing! You need that to rebuild the Launcher family legacy!
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Jun 3, 2017 00:35
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Shoeless posted:But think of how much money you're losing! You need that to rebuild the Launcher family legacy! And repay our debt, but did we really need to eat this week?
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Jun 3, 2017 00:46
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GamesAreSupernice posted:And repay our debt, but did we really need to eat this week? I mean probably? Also, out of pure curiosity how long did that first dungeon take you to do? I know you cut out most of it, but I'm wondering just how long you suffered in our name. Shoeless fucked around with this message at 05:26 on Jun 3, 2017 |
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Jun 3, 2017 03:02
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Shoeless posted:how long did that first dungeon take you to do? That one was around 36 minutes. The next one is a solid 90 minutes, so it's a bit of a jump.
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Jun 3, 2017 04:19
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It's not a long legacy
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Jun 4, 2017 04:42
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Holy moly is Eugene creepy. I am surprised they are so explicit about his
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Jun 4, 2017 16:32
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marshmallow creep posted:Holy moly is Eugene creepy. I am surprised they are so explicit about his I've wondered for years how they pushed that through or what the exact thought processes involved were. The game is rated E, after all. Getting in touch with Sting for an interview over this is probably not likely, though.
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Jun 4, 2017 16:52
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Yeah, that scene with Eugene made me really uncomfortable. The game went from cutesy to creepy in no time flat.
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Jun 8, 2017 00:13
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Time to open up a can of E-Rated whoop-rear end
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Jun 8, 2017 11:55
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How long is this game? Two dungeons, and it feels like we're half way done.
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Jun 8, 2017 16:58
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AltaBrown posted:How long is this game? Two dungeons, and it feels like we're half way done. The second act of the game contains five dungeons.
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Jun 8, 2017 18:54
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This is where the first Dreamcast release ended
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Jun 11, 2017 08:27
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GamesAreSupernice posted:
Was is it supposed to be episodic like Shining Force 3?
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Jun 11, 2017 16:56
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marshmallow creep posted:Was is it supposed to be episodic like Shining Force 3? Not that I can find. It seems that they released the first game and nearly immediately thought they could do better, so they made a sequel.
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Jun 11, 2017 19:29
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Surely someone else must also be interested in this
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Jun 30, 2017 00:25
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Mag isn't big on negotiation
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Jul 2, 2017 20:04
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In case anyone was wondering, Carcano is named after the Carcano series of rifles and carbines.
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Jul 4, 2017 06:56
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Downright lovely
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Jul 11, 2017 06:06
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Maaaan I had this game as a kid, and I think this was actually the first RPG on the Gamecube. From what I recall it's an alright dungeon crawler with a weird amount of detail put into the dumbest things in the first half, and then the same polish is absent for the second half. I'm tempted to see if I can get a means to play the dreamcast originals but it's not the most amazing game out there, and I wanna say the translation on the dreamcast games is pretty garbage (at least, as far as I know they retranslated the game and added english voice acting for the gamecube port). Anyway! At one point I considered doing this game myself but between losing the disc and my capture setups for gamecube being abysmal at best, it's good that someone else found the game. I'll try to chime in when I can here.
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Jul 23, 2017 16:35
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Unknown Quantity posted:Maaaan I had this game as a kid I'm surprised how many people owned this.
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Jul 23, 2017 17:38
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It's been nearly a month, but the LP isn't dead, just waiting for me to edit together the footage.
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Aug 23, 2017 15:26
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It's a layered joke. The first layer is that it's a reference to the previous video, titled "World Building". The second layer is that one could interpret the title as the act of building despair, as though one's despair is heightening at a consistent rate. The third layer is that the in-video location is called Tower of Despair, and a tower is nothing more than a building, hence "Despair Building".
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Aug 27, 2017 00:53
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