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[Drakengard Series Discussion] Death from above, insanity from below.

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    Darth_MogsDarth_Mogs Registered User regular
    Speaking of DLC, I believe the last bit of it showed up today, including the Pre-Order stuff, like the Caim costume, Kainé's Costume and all that.

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    cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    I've heard it's fascinating, but absurdly short.

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    KainyKainy Pimpin' and righteous Registered User regular
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    I'd wait.

    Oh absolutely. As much as I love the series, I don't really want to end up paying $120 for the game, and right now I can't afford to anyways

    Man, the final survival is very, very hard. I've only made it half way, so far. I wish it'd let you keep what you earned even if you got killed, so that just doing survival 3 over and over wasn't a better choice for money.

    IcyLiquid wrote: »
    There's anti-fuckery code in there now :) Sorry :)
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    cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    Blitzed endings B and C. yeeeeesh. Speculation is the D1 connection is this,and I'm inclined to agree after seeing ending C:
    The true final boss of D1 is Zero. She needs a dragon to kill her...and it destroys the world.

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    vagrant_windsvagrant_winds Overworked Mysterious Eldritch Horror Hunter XX Registered User regular
    And entire month and a half late, Digital River finally got my Limited Edition to me. Gotta say, I like the book.

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    cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    Got every weapon. The gate's open.

    Let's do this.

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    Darth_MogsDarth_Mogs Registered User regular
    Heh.

    Heh.

    Good luck.

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    cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    The cooking argument in Lost Verse 1 is amazing.

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    Shenl742Shenl742 Registered User regular
    Godspeed CJ!!

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    KainyKainy Pimpin' and righteous Registered User regular
    A lot of the lost verse camp scenes are great, in large part because you get to have the entire cast there for all of them.

    Cent is just a delicious spice to any conversation

    IcyLiquid wrote: »
    There's anti-fuckery code in there now :) Sorry :)
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    vagrant_windsvagrant_winds Overworked Mysterious Eldritch Horror Hunter XX Registered User regular
    Defeated two sisters so far, early impressions:

    1. This game is absolutely hilarious.
    2. Zero is kinda a bitch. Maybe. Kinda. Sorta.
    3. Boss themes require turning the TV volume way way up and jamming out while you kill them.

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    cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    Path D is a lot longer than I expected.

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    cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    This is some Grade A scary ish.

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    cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited July 2014
    Done. Bite me, Taro.
    I had to use the timing guide, but hey. Eff that eight note string.

    Sync it for the win.

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    Shenl742Shenl742 Registered User regular
    Congrats! May want to spoiler that video though.
    The 8-note strings were tough for me for awhile too, but then I just counted 1234, 1234 when doing them instead of 12345678, they became manageable. The REAL last gate for me was the 123456 (beat) 7 at the end. That really broke me

    Thematically I think the last boss is actually pretty damn amazing. Mechanically though? Gaaaaahhh

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    cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    Agreed. The spectacle is amazing. If only they had made it a little less evil. Either add checkpoints or less sadistic charts.

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    LD50LD50 Registered User regular
    I know this isn't exactly drakengard, but I ordered Nier off the interwebs, and I just finished it to the point of ending A. This game is much better than I expected (and I didn't expect it to be bad, I just didn't expect to cry so much).

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    PrjctD_CaptainPrjctD_Captain iFizzRegistered User regular
    LD50 wrote: »
    I know this isn't exactly drakengard, but I ordered Nier off the interwebs, and I just finished it to the point of ending A. This game is much better than I expected (and I didn't expect it to be bad, I just didn't expect to cry so much).

    Keep going.

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    LD50LD50 Registered User regular
    I'm actually pretty astounded at how good the acting is. It's also really refreshing having likable main characters in a jrpg for a change.

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    ReynoldsReynolds Gone Fishin'Registered User regular
    Yeah, the localization is pretty great.

    You're going to need a box of tissues for the rest of the endings, if it's already getting you misty on path A...

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    cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    LD50 wrote: »
    I'm actually pretty astounded at how good the acting is. It's also really refreshing having likable main characters in a jrpg for a change.

    Heh. D3 doesn't have the likable characters(well, in that they're not anything approaching nice), but the localization is just as great.

    And yeah, you have to at least see Ending B. The sidequests are worth doing as well.

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    LD50LD50 Registered User regular
    I've 100%'ed the side quests in the first playthrough, unless there are more of them later.

    The part in ending a that made me sad was the stuff with Emile. I don't expect anything to get any happier though, I know this is Cavia we're dealing with.

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    mxmarksmxmarks Registered User regular
    I really want to re-play NieR but feel like I should do it on the PS3 (since now I have one and i dont wanna hook up my 360 again), and jeez it is impossible for me to find a copy anywhere.

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    LD50LD50 Registered User regular
    I got mine on Amazon new for cheap.

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    ReynoldsReynolds Gone Fishin'Registered User regular
    LD50 wrote: »
    I've 100%'ed the side quests in the first playthrough, unless there are more of them later.

    The part in ending a that made me sad was the stuff with Emile. I don't expect anything to get any happier though, I know this is Cavia we're dealing with.

    It's way too late to stop.
    No one stops.

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    KrathoonKrathoon Registered User regular

    LD50 wrote: »
    I know this isn't exactly drakengard, but I ordered Nier off the interwebs, and I just finished it to the point of ending A. This game is much better than I expected (and I didn't expect it to be bad, I just didn't expect to cry so much).

    Keep going.

    I will finish Neir someday. It apparently has some mind blowing ending that everyone keeps hush hush.

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    LD50LD50 Registered User regular
    Have you gotten any of the endings at all?

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    cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    Finally procured a copy of Drakengard 2 off Ebay.

    Yeah, I know.

    I'll judge for myself.

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    shoeboxjeddyshoeboxjeddy Registered User regular
    Krathoon wrote: »
    LD50 wrote: »
    I know this isn't exactly drakengard, but I ordered Nier off the interwebs, and I just finished it to the point of ending A. This game is much better than I expected (and I didn't expect it to be bad, I just didn't expect to cry so much).

    Keep going.

    I will finish Neir someday. It apparently has some mind blowing ending that everyone keeps hush hush.
    PINK flowers!

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    KrathoonKrathoon Registered User regular
    I am not looking at that spoiler.

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    chiasaur11chiasaur11 Never doubt a raccoon. Do you think it's trademarked?Registered User regular
    Reynolds wrote: »
    LD50 wrote: »
    I've 100%'ed the side quests in the first playthrough, unless there are more of them later.

    The part in ending a that made me sad was the stuff with Emile. I don't expect anything to get any happier though, I know this is Cavia we're dealing with.

    It's way too late to stop.
    No one stops.
    Oddly, Emile is the one thing that DOESN'T get more depressing. Just the opposite!

    ...Well, there was also going to be the secret ending, but they didn't manage to fit that one into the final game, so yeah. Emile is the one bit that gets happier.

    Good thing, because Cavia has not yet begun to punch you in the gut.

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    LoveIsUnityLoveIsUnity Registered User regular
    Nier's ending D is a masterpiece. That's all I'm going to say.

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    LD50LD50 Registered User regular
    I wonder if the "book about the big tree" that's referenced in some of Yonah's diary entries is The Giving Tree. It seems unlikely, since the game is Japanese, but it seems to fit her descriptions and I wouldn't be surprised if Shel Silverstein's work has been brought to Japan.

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    shoeboxjeddyshoeboxjeddy Registered User regular
    Krathoon wrote: »
    I am not looking at that spoiler.

    It was a joke based on achievement completion, no worries.

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    vagrant_windsvagrant_winds Overworked Mysterious Eldritch Horror Hunter XX Registered User regular
    edited September 2014
    Nier's ending D is one f the best endings I've experienced in gaming.

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    cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
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    I'll have thoughts by this evening.

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    cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    These are definitely the two most sane protagonists I've ever seen. Even Nowe's dragon appears, gasp, normal.

    Like Michael prior to becoming Mikhail.

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    ReynoldsReynolds Gone Fishin'Registered User regular
    Yeah, but for Drakengard, sane=boring.

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    Darth_MogsDarth_Mogs Registered User regular
    Also, that doesn't last.

    I'm sure saying as much isn't too bad of a spoiler given, you know.

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    KainyKainy Pimpin' and righteous Registered User regular
    Honestly my biggest gripe with Drakengard 2 is that getting all the endings is the biggest pain in the ass in it out of any of the games in the series.

    Surviving on the highest difficulties (the completion of which yields the further endings) becomes an incredibly unfun game of grinding.

    Nowe's no Caim and all that, but I didn't hate it as much as most seem to.

    IcyLiquid wrote: »
    There's anti-fuckery code in there now :) Sorry :)
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