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Faust keeps smarming it up big time. This game needs more Faust. ...And less game.
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Honestly this was borderline the dullest thing so far.
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Mar 16, 2018 20:37
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Ratoslov posted:And he didn't even get an answer.
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Mar 16, 2018 21:15
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Let's make sure the villain mugs at the camera every chance he gets while wearing a fluffy boa constrictor that conceals his face at most angles. And make sure the hero sounds like he's tromping around in metal greaves during the cutscenes and clicking around in stilletto heels during actual gameplay. (I think the game means Faust has longevity and youth, though neither is eternal. Not really how the myth works but okay.)
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Mar 17, 2018 03:35
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I only noticed now, but somehow the characters have no textures in their mouths beyond their teeth.  Instead there's just a black void beyond their jaws.
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Mar 17, 2018 05:43
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That OHK spear is getting kind of ridiculous.
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Mar 17, 2018 09:08
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NGDBSS posted:Instead there's just a black void beyond their jaws. That's because this game, and it's characters, have no soul.
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Mar 17, 2018 16:43
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It's so satisfying to see a boss just get wrecked instantly.  Being able to kill bosses with a single hit seems to be this game's version of mercy to the player.
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Mar 17, 2018 20:01
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EagerSleeper posted:It's so satisfying to see a boss just get wrecked instantly. Especially when that boss was being a smug poo poo right before getting wrecked. "It seems as though I... underestimated you a bit" indeed.
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Mar 18, 2018 05:07
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My favourite part is his recoil animation.
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Mar 18, 2018 05:42
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So, the next level's footage is... uh... 50 minutes long, so it might take a while. But here's a sample of the game's gorgeous writing 
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Mar 18, 2018 11:34
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Is... is she saying he should have just killed her without remorse?
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Mar 20, 2018 03:40
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I think it would've been better if Gretchen just said that keeping someone around with good morals + doubts about Faust would've been useful some hundred years down the line by the time she resurrects, but this is more confusing so hence it makes the cut. Or maybe everyone in this game is an rear end in a top hat, including the witches. I could accept that too. For Heinrich's cardinal sin of wanting to do the right thing, his punishment is
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Mar 20, 2018 04:17
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I'm pretty sure Gretchen is an rear end in a top hat, but neither she or the writers think she is.
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Mar 20, 2018 05:06
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 Something about this level gets in my hair.  The Entangled Castle Try walking the way this guy does for an hour. 
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Mar 20, 2018 12:33
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That thunder phantom face reminds me of the Mouth of Sauron from Peter Jackson's Return of the King.
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Mar 20, 2018 17:54
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Clogged shower is now a video game level environment
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Mar 20, 2018 18:42
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Now there goes any sympathy I might have had for this game. No matter how fabulously colored, giant spiders are a sign of creative bankruptcy.
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Mar 20, 2018 21:12
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Yeah, I have to say, I had no clue why you ended up missing your entire torso twice in a row. Can't tell the explosion from you just killin' a man.
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Mar 21, 2018 03:12
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Glazius posted:Yeah, I have to say, I had no clue why you ended up missing your entire torso twice in a row. Can't tell the explosion from you just killin' a man. I really like how every so often Gretchen would yell out in concern when Heinrich gets hit by something. When he straight up explodes badly enough to have his goddamn body ripped in half and his limbs flying, she's completely nonplussed.
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Mar 21, 2018 05:48
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This game is going places. I don't know where those places are, and I'm not sure the game knows either, but drat it, the game is determined to go there.
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Mar 21, 2018 07:07
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The writing is rather sad, especially since you can't blame it on time constraint. A lot of the problems could have been solved by going for a "less is more" approach. Keep it simple and the story would have been better of and some time would have been saved which you can put into gameplay instead. God of War had a very simple story in the first game, it just set every character's motivation and the stakes of what was going on and it worked just fine. This game has a basic premise for a story that will do the trick with no problem. However, even if they wanted to go one step further with the writing, a decent writer could have easily pulled it off. All the story stupidity in Rapunzel's castle which we've seen so far was easily fixable and they can even pull of a decent plot twist as well. All this game needed was some self awareness. Story-wise that is, chance is the gameplay never had any chance to be good due to time constraints, even if the game developers were competent in that area as well.
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Mar 21, 2018 18:03
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"Once we're inside the castle, I'm sure we'll be safe from the stupid" Oh my sweet summer child ...
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Mar 21, 2018 19:25
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Ah, I thought that looked like mirrored text as I was watching it, and it turns out it is. However it's also German, or possibly fake German.
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Mar 21, 2018 22:31
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It really is German, but as far as i can decipher the low resolution it is just gibberish without plot relevance. I don't think the plot involves any coffee, peppermint or rasberries. Lorem ipsum.
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Mar 22, 2018 00:12
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 I've found the one thing that can instantly kill Heinrich while Gretchen's OK. Furious Lightning Our host tonight is...  She never got better after that trip to Willy Wonka's.
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Mar 24, 2018 02:09
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Witch of hair
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Mar 25, 2018 02:09
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Having hair just everywhere was kind of creepy at the start. Giant sized bosses really are just an excuse to give the animators some more work, huh?
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Mar 25, 2018 02:44
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HardDiskD posted:Witch of hair She's like a low-budget Millia Rage. With no personality.
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Mar 25, 2018 03:15
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 This obnoxious castle'd better end on a high note. To the Unforeseen Future What's the first thing that comes into your mind when you think about Rapunzel?  It's this now.
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Mar 25, 2018 07:37
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That fight is incredibly boring, especially given that it's against a hair-themed prognosticating ghost giant spider witch. You'd think they could have come up with something interesting in that mess of adjectives.
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Mar 25, 2018 08:18
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Honestly I'm surprised that they didn't go further in aping Yunalesca. Maybe throw in a phase change or more connection to the plot beyond Heroic Sacrifice [Type 6]?
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Mar 25, 2018 08:39
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It seems nobody here appreciated the hair theme, so I wonder why the game developers thought it would be a good idea. The worst is, a lot of the stupidity could have been avoided if they dialed back on the hair theme a little. Make Rapunzel a witch of threads instead of hair. Threads is already strongly associated with fate and destiny in various literature. If she is a witch of not just physical threads, but also supernatural threads like threads of fate and such, her future telling ability would have been easier to swallow. As for her name, if she is a witch of threads, it makes sense that she would also be very fond of long hair. So make Rapunzel a nickname she got that eventually became her main name. Anyway, the twist that Rapunzel killed herself to shield Gretchen is a good enough twist on it's own. It's just hard to appreciate it among all this mangling of the story. They had a death scene that could have been sad if it wasn't for the horrible execution. Actually, they had a second twist that was completely missed because the writers did not even realize they had a twist. All the other witches turned against the humans while Gretchen did not. Why is that, is it because she is a better person? The death scene with Rapunzel made it clear that if Gretchen hadn't been warned, she would also have become a monster hellbent on destroying humanity. So, let the player think that the idea is that Gretchen is just a very good person, but then reveal that she just got lucky. However, the writers don't seem to fully grasp this. When Gretchen sees the other witches committing atrocities, she is looking at a mirror. This is what she would have been if it wasn't for dumb luck. The dialog she has with the other witches don't follow trough on that however.
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Crystalgate posted:The worst is, a lot of the stupidity could have been avoided if they dialed back on the hair theme a little. Make Rapunzel a witch of threads instead of hair. Threads is already strongly associated with fate and destiny in various literature. If she is a witch of not just physical threads, but also supernatural threads like threads of fate and such, her future telling ability would have been easier to swallow. As for her name, if she is a witch of threads, it makes sense that she would also be very fond of long hair. So make Rapunzel a nickname she got that eventually became her main name. That's a really clever idea. I'm sure the designers would never approve though, piles of hair are creepy and piles of thread are not.
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The hair theme could have worked if the had actually utilized it, but all we got was decor and one attack where she strung up Heinrich. A more Bayonetta approach where the hair became weapons or a puppeteer style with enemies being controlled by the hair would have been more visually interesting. As it was she looked as threatening as my cat, spitting hair balls and swiping when being loved.
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You can get the hair to work. You could both have the hair gimmick and unstupify Rapunzel's power even. However, you should know your limits. Are you able to actually pull off the hair theme and make it look creepy as opposed to a mess, both visually and in terms of story? If not, then don't even try. The writers of this game did not know their limits.
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Mar 25, 2018 15:00
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One decent, if stupid, way to deal with the lack of bosses to carry the rest of the game would be for Verderende to have her own sub-boss squad. But I think we're gonna get 7 levels of filler.
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Mar 25, 2018 15:13
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Ratoslov posted:One decent, if stupid, way to deal with the lack of bosses to carry the rest of the game would be for Verderende to have her own sub-boss squad. But I think we're gonna get 7 levels of filler. I'm expecting: -2 stage levels -1 boss fight level against the last witch -2 more stage levels -1 boss fight level against Faust's old man lackey -1 more stage level -2 boss fight levels against Faust
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Mar 25, 2018 15:18
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HardDiskD posted:Witch of hair If the game was more competent, they could have made their own amusing system, instead of the classic eastern elemental circle. There is even a interesting creppy boss design hidden in there. Witch of Hair Witch of Bones Witch of Eyes Witch of Teeth Witch of Hands Verderinde is obviously the Titty Witch. ...  Eh, still more enjoyable than that pile of poo poo Dementia. 
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I'm kind of rooting for Faust to get backstabbed at this point, honestly. It'd certainly let there be more stages chasing after whatever it was that dropped him.
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