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Artix
Apr 26, 2010

He's finally back,
to kick some tail!
And this time,
he's goin' to jail!
:siren: Part 34: Komo Mai, City of Flowers :siren:

Despite everything, we find our way to Komo Mai and complete our mission, even if Corellia won't help us. Time to go home before anything else stupid happens...right?

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Zyxyz
Mar 30, 2010
Buglord
iirc it's mentioned across various NPC dialogue/flavor text that Corellia is rumored to have some sort of ~secret~ method for eternal youth (possibly involving Celestial Flower Seeds), yeah

C-Euro
Mar 20, 2010

:science:
Soiled Meat
So if we're recruiting people to move to Sedna.....where is Sedna anyway?

Also I like that they sort of re-used the Komo Mai theme from the last game here. Not that they haven't done something similar for a few other locations, but I like this remix in particular.

Artix
Apr 26, 2010

He's finally back,
to kick some tail!
And this time,
he's goin' to jail!

C-Euro posted:

So if we're recruiting people to move to Sedna.....where is Sedna anyway?

Also I like that they sort of re-used the Komo Mai theme from the last game here. Not that they haven't done something similar for a few other locations, but I like this remix in particular.

I think the first time we went there it was mentioned that it's in Mira, because of course it is.

:siren: Part 35: The School of Magic :siren:

You thought we weren't going to have to engage with this election nonsense? Truly, you are a fool.

Prowler
May 24, 2004

I was intrigued enough by this LP to stop, go back and watch the entirety of your LP of the first game, and then catch back up.

In a sense, I'm sad I missed out on this series, although I probably would have been put off by the card aspect.

But... this last update: what in the actual gently caress were they thinking? Adding tedious padding to your tedious padding is certainly some game design.

Artix
Apr 26, 2010

He's finally back,
to kick some tail!
And this time,
he's goin' to jail!
Would you believe that we have not one, not two, but *three* more pointless back-and-forths across Anuenue before we are finally free of this part of the game?

E: The full sequence is Jungle -> Corellia -> School of Magic -> Jungle -> Corellia -> School of Magic -> Port -> School of Magic -> Jungle -> Opu -> Celestial Tree -> Corellia -> Celestial Tree -> Dream World -> Celestial Tree -> Corellia -> Celestial Tree -> Opu -> Jungle -> Alfard

Artix fucked around with this message at 04:51 on Mar 23, 2023

Cooked Auto
Aug 4, 2007

If you will not serve in combat, you will serve on the firing line!




That's bullshit, but I can believe it.

biosterous
Feb 23, 2013




Cooked Auto posted:

That's bullshit, but I can believe it.

:emptyquote:

Artix
Apr 26, 2010

He's finally back,
to kick some tail!
And this time,
he's goin' to jail!
:siren: Part 36: Opu, the Waterfall Village :siren:

We've escaped from the jungle and finally made it to Opu. Finally, we can advance the plot and...er...go back to Komo Mai.

Polsy
Mar 23, 2007

I'll get wood ha ha was thoughtfully added in localisation, there's just not a joke there at all in Japanese. You can just imagine the guy typing out 'I'll go get wood from the celestrial tree' and then thinking 'wait a minute...'

Looking forward to another highly successful battle against the forces of promachination.

Artix
Apr 26, 2010

He's finally back,
to kick some tail!
And this time,
he's goin' to jail!
:siren: Part 37: The Celestial Tree :siren:

I definitely meant to schedule this for tomorrow but I guess it's out there now so gently caress it, have an early update. Our attempts to stop promachination in Anuenue...go exactly as you'd expect them to. Thanks Valara!

SIGSEGV
Nov 4, 2010


Oh hey, this episode feature the goon made high energy zipline collider:

https://twitter.com/FoldableHuman/status/1018965087074177024

Artix
Apr 26, 2010

He's finally back,
to kick some tail!
And this time,
he's goin' to jail!
:siren: Part 38: The Dark Bretheren :siren:

We pick up where we left off in Zaurak Keep, going with our friends to *checks notes* sell our souls to dark gods for power.

Yeah, that checks out.

Kibayasu
Mar 28, 2010

Ignoring that they don't seem to be participating I still desperately crave an answer to how the flashback characters are perceiving Sagi and company's fights.

C-Euro
Mar 20, 2010

:science:
Soiled Meat
Hopefully the Dark Brethren gave Ven some wings that are actually worth a drat.

Artix
Apr 26, 2010

He's finally back,
to kick some tail!
And this time,
he's goin' to jail!
:siren: Part 39: Malpercio :siren:

The big secret of the hated, evil god is...that's five dudes named after a hill. Who saw that one coming?

C-Euro
Mar 20, 2010

:science:
Soiled Meat
I like the running theme throughout these games of people misinterpreting myths and legends to great detriment. Getting a myth wrong is definitely well-worn ground for RPGs, but something about the way BK handles it appeals to me for whatever reason. Maybe because in the original BK at least, multiple villains get owned by not understanding what they're toying with :v:

Artix
Apr 26, 2010

He's finally back,
to kick some tail!
And this time,
he's goin' to jail!
:siren: Part 40: The Celestial Fell-branches :siren:

Despite the best efforts of all involved parties, we have somehow made it to the end of Anuenue. May we never return to this god-forsaken island.

C-Euro
Mar 20, 2010

:science:
Soiled Meat
Gotta be honest, I thought Lolo was going to turn out to be the afterling. No I don't remember if she is in BK proper or not.

Also got a good laugh out of the (I assume unintentional) 10-15 seconds of dead air at the end of this ep, leaving that final conversation and Fedule's comment to twist in the wind.

C-Euro fucked around with this message at 03:37 on Apr 8, 2023

Artix
Apr 26, 2010

He's finally back,
to kick some tail!
And this time,
he's goin' to jail!
There is uh, definitely not supposed to be 30 seconds of black at the end of that video but whatever, it's easy to fix on YT's end without having to re-encode and reupload. God, even the LP is now like "are you suuuuure you don't want to spend a little more time here?"

Artix
Apr 26, 2010

He's finally back,
to kick some tail!
And this time,
he's goin' to jail!
:siren: Part 41: The Election Rally :siren:

Having finally escaped from the bullshit singularity on Anuenue, we make it home only to find that the election has been conveniently moved up. Better make sure we don't miss the final rally!

Pungry
Feb 26, 2011

JUST PICK ONE. ANY ONE.
I can't believe Fedule managed to talk over the in-game mail asking people to apply to tri-Crescendo and Sagi saying he's already gainfully employed. That seemed like a perfect thing to set off a rant, and would've answered some questions that he ended up asking about Sagi's employment.

C-Euro
Mar 20, 2010

:science:
Soiled Meat
Geldoblame is the guy in my biochem class who gave his midterm presentation right before someone plugged in an infected flash drive that made a bunch of porn pop up on the projector. It doesn't matter how good of a job he did, ain't nobody going to remember that poo poo after what followed.

fatsleepycat
Oct 2, 2021
Quadrangle is an architectural term, not a mathematical one, per Wikipedia.

Whether Guillo is serious about loving Sagi or is simply trolling Milly is another question.

Are we providing Sagi with sagacity? He doesn't seem to be listening if so.

Kibayasu
Mar 28, 2010

Artix posted:

:siren: Part 40: The Celestial Fell-branches :siren:

Despite the best efforts of all involved parties, we have somehow made it to the end of Anuenue. May we never return to this god-forsaken island.

Valera is at least as dumb as our party in letting their nemesis' live when they really shouldn't.

Pungry posted:

I can't believe Fedule managed to talk over the in-game mail asking people to apply to tri-Crescendo and Sagi saying he's already gainfully employed. That seemed like a perfect thing to set off a rant, and would've answered some questions that he ended up asking about Sagi's employment.

My questions revolve around what exactly checking them out "online" means in this world.



Anyways does anyone else find it pretty weird that you actually can just... pull the wings out? Seems like this is something that would happen a lot just by accident.

Artix
Apr 26, 2010

He's finally back,
to kick some tail!
And this time,
he's goin' to jail!
:siren: Part 42: Heart to Heart :siren:

It turns out that selling your soul to dark gods for power has consequences? That's not fair, surely that cannot be right.

Required listening, as once again Sakuraba shows that he can both roll his face over the synth keyboard *and* make really goddamn excellent musical pieces.

Artix fucked around with this message at 22:09 on Apr 14, 2023

SIGSEGV
Nov 4, 2010


Actually in coup de grāce, the grāce is pronounced like grass.

This was all the comments I had to make.

C-Euro
Mar 20, 2010

:science:
Soiled Meat

And we can build this deck together
Playing cards forever
Nothing's gonna stop us now


Would have been nice to have one of those murder robots when fighting Malpercio in the first game, oh well.

Artix
Apr 26, 2010

He's finally back,
to kick some tail!
And this time,
he's goin' to jail!
:siren: Part 43: Vega Building Site :siren:

Alright kids, that was a little too exciting last time, so let's get a nice filler dungeon in there before you accidentally see too much plot at once.

Obligatum VII
May 5, 2014

Haunting you until no 8 arrives.
Weren't they basically using the afterlings as fuel for the arma? I kind of expected beating them to be resolved by basically draining the afterling out of their fuel tank to power up further and leave them running on fumes. It would make sense as a comeuppance for their choice of power source.

C-Euro
Mar 20, 2010

:science:
Soiled Meat
RIP Shanath, you were an rear end in a top hat and then you died. A very effective rear end in a top hat though, I'll grant you that.

Artix
Apr 26, 2010

He's finally back,
to kick some tail!
And this time,
he's goin' to jail!
:siren: Part 44: The List :siren:

In which the game just gives up and says "okay here is everything that's left before we send you to the final dungeon"

Artix
Apr 26, 2010

He's finally back,
to kick some tail!
And this time,
he's goin' to jail!
:siren: Part 45: The Matar Highlands :siren:

We begin the sidequest tour by heading for the Matar Highlands in search of an herb for Gina. What we find is one of the worst dungeons in the game.

Artix
Apr 26, 2010

He's finally back,
to kick some tail!
And this time,
he's goin' to jail!
I mean I guess this is technically true but I don't think you get to claim this years after the fact, game.


Final video will be Part 55? 56? Depends on if I want to cut the ending off into its own thing.

Artix fucked around with this message at 02:31 on Apr 26, 2023

Polsy
Mar 23, 2007

I have to imagine it literally said this on the game box somewhere so it's hard to believe anyone needing to be told this either way.

Artix
Apr 26, 2010

He's finally back,
to kick some tail!
And this time,
he's goin' to jail!
:siren: Part 46: The Nekkar Quietlands :siren:

Well it took us a lot longer than it probably should have, but we're going to take Milly up on her offer to explain uh...anything, really. But not before a weird dungeon that probably didn't need to exist.

Kibayasu
Mar 28, 2010

Just :lmao: at the statue resetting because to you left the area like a Resident Evil puzzle. That could not be worse design to have for a (theoretically) party bonding moment.

Artix
Apr 26, 2010

He's finally back,
to kick some tail!
And this time,
he's goin' to jail!
:siren: Part 47: Seginus, the Eldritch Puppet :siren:

Hot off the heels of Milly's grand reveal, we turn our attention to the Children of the Earth to try and learn some things about Guillo. It goes...better, at least.

AweStriker
Oct 6, 2014

Is... is that Liam O'Brien as Krumly?

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C-Euro
Mar 20, 2010

:science:
Soiled Meat
Glad to see Kamroh's chair is still around. Do people in the time of BK1 know that there's people actually living under the Taintclouds, or was that a retcon for this game?

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