Topic: Sure Is tri-Ace In Here (Read 5705 times)

Doom · « **Reply #40 on:** June 10, 2009, 11:11:31 AM »

I enjoyed a revolving door on the other two party members + letting Lenneth snipe if I didn't have Archer/Mage enough and my end-game party NEVER changes so.

[spoiler]BADRACH AND THAT BITCH VOICED BY JESSIE HELL YEAH[/spoiler]

François · « **Reply #41 on:** June 10, 2009, 11:25:06 AM »

I've always found it more than a little unfair that Arngrim has to stay with Lenneth and learn a thing or two about being a true hero, while [spoiler]Badrach pretty much gets a free pass on account of a flower despite how he's basically the Todd T. Squirrel of Midgard[/spoiler]. That's the gods for ya I suppose.

Doom · « **Reply #42 on:** June 10, 2009, 11:35:27 AM »

[spoiler]That's Freya being a cunt for ya I suppose.[/spoiler]

Walker · « **Reply #43 on:** June 10, 2009, 04:58:29 PM »

Quote from: ZedPower on June 09, 2009, 01:10:43 PM

The game is extremely episodic in nature; there are a few threads that come together but even then you're rarely given a full picture. It's the style, you know. Love it or hate it and all that. I took the storytelling as a series of beautiful, tragic, sometimes bittersweet vignettes, which is essentially what it is, and enjoyed it deeply on that level. It's a sad fairy tale about the fate of a broken world in its death throes, and you have to dig that sort of atmosphere.

I notice that more and more the further I go. Unfortunately, it's making for a very depressing experience and I'm finding that with 80% of the game's story having absolutely no relevance to the plot whatsoever, I actually feel like it's a huge waste of time when I have to go sit through another goddamn drawn out eulogy to recruit another throwaway character that's going to be sent up to Valhalla in a chapter or two anyway.

Alex · « **Reply #44 on:** June 10, 2009, 05:24:25 PM »

TADA! Ladies and gentlemen, my roommate Walker.

No sarcasm here, no sir.

Brentai · « **Reply #45 on:** June 10, 2009, 05:37:25 PM »

Uh, am I missing some Super Secret Stupid or something?

Alex · « **Reply #46 on:** June 10, 2009, 06:18:46 PM »

The secret is that this is pretty much how it's likely to go anytime I give him a new game to play.

Walker · « **Reply #47 on:** June 10, 2009, 10:34:32 PM »

You have a habit of trying to make me play RPGs, a genre I have a well-known history of not liking, and then act surprised when--lo and behold--I don't like them.

The exceptions occur when I find the story interesting enough to brute-force my way through the game to see the entirety of it. That is sadly not the case with Valkyrie Profile thus far, though I'm still going to play through it just because I don't mind the combat system.

Alex · « **Reply #48 on:** June 10, 2009, 11:26:18 PM »

Yeah, but liking Star Ocean 3 totally invalidates your argument.

Brentai · « **Reply #49 on:** June 11, 2009, 12:01:06 AM »

Walker · « **Reply #50 on:** June 11, 2009, 12:13:58 AM »

McDohl · « **Reply #51 on:** June 11, 2009, 07:57:27 AM »

Yeah, I recently played through VP again, but I want to save some of my commentary about it for the next WPE. I will say that, if you're playing Hard mode, try to level as little as possible. There's a Harpy boss that, if you can get her to drop it, gives you a bracelet of Zoe (+300 DME per level up). You can get a second one by getting a manticore sometime in Chapter 3 I think, and if you stagger your levels, you'll be rolling in the DME. You can also transmute the Golden Eggs that the Golden Fowl (an artifact) creates every chapter in to Bracelets of Zoe.

With two on a character each time you level up, around the mid-70s or so, everyone will hit the DME cap at 90000 DME. The only exception to this is Lezard Valeth, who starts at level 30 in the Seraphic Gate with an abysmally low DME count. The solution? Feed him some Ambrosia (+6000 DME).

Doom · « **Reply #52 on:** June 11, 2009, 08:35:46 AM »

HOW THE FUCK DO I SATISFY MY PERFECTION OCD IF I SKIMP ON THE ARTIFACTS AT ALL

FUCK YOU

DOG

Brentai · « **Reply #53 on:** June 11, 2009, 10:37:30 AM »

I haven't even gotten to the part yet where they even tell you what happens if your rating goes down. It's a little unfair.

"YOU FOUND A FREYA BLOW UP DOLL! SEND IT TO ODIN OR YOUR RATING GOES DOWN!"
"What... uh... what happens if I, er, decide to keep it?"
"ODIN EATS YOU"
"..."

Farewell my pet.

McDohl · « **Reply #54 on:** June 11, 2009, 10:40:33 AM »

As long as you send up one quality einherjar that meets all the requirements each chapter, you won't even have to worry.

Walker · « **Reply #55 on:** June 11, 2009, 10:42:45 AM »

@ Brentai

Well, that'd certainly be an interesting artifact to pick up! Must be one hell of a morale booster for the Einherjar.

François · « **Reply #56 on:** June 11, 2009, 10:59:54 AM »

The two important numbers are evaluation and seal value. High evaluation earns you more reward loot and cash at chapter end, and if it stays very low for a long time [spoiler]you basically get fired[/spoiler]*, but otherwise it's not that important to keep up. Seal value ties in directly to the ending you can get but if I say anything more it gets spoilery. [spoiler]It represents how strong the seal on Lenneth's memory of her time as a human being is. It's lowered mainly by interacting with people she knew, visiting places she's been to, and finding clues that make her realize Odin is a world-class asshole.[/spoiler]

*: I'm marking this as a spoiler just in case but it's really quite obvious what happens.

Doom · « **Reply #57 on:** June 11, 2009, 11:13:13 AM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBkwaG7_YKI&feature=PlayList&p=EE5FBA29740793B8&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=9

well my depression just got a few tiers worse

if you watch this then yeah hearty spoilers ahoy even for the best ending

Brentai · « **Reply #58 on:** June 11, 2009, 11:17:30 AM »

Maybe I ought to exit the first dungeon and play a little bit more before I read this topic.

Doom · « **Reply #59 on:** June 11, 2009, 11:19:49 AM »

The game is not so difficult or so easy that you need to be OCD with the Artifacts at all.

You have to be a phenomenal or intentional fuck-up to approach a Bad Ending.

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