Serenes Forest's Teehee Thread

[Sidereal Wraith]

13 minutes ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Yes, well, cry me a river. I'll sail it to the seas at the edge of the world.

…It’d do you no good Rubenio, and I will not. You must fight against your lesser nature, else you’ll lose more of what you are in the process.

[Saint Rubenio]

You know, it's been a hot minute since I played Terraria.

No real reason I bring it up. I was just reminded of the game's existence. Apparently they've updated it even though they already released the last and final update. Again.

23 minutes ago, Dayni said:

And it's not enough to make the roster "balance" acceptable to me.

Apply generics to the wound.

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Or to convince me the music's that amazing.

Fates's soundtrack is generally great, not specific to Rev.

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Or the gimmick maps that piss me off 60% of the time.

Personal opinions do be like that. I'll give you the ice map. And the dumb map with the moving platforms and Sumeragi, too.

...honestly, the Sumeragi map annoys me more than anything, simply because it has Sumeragi instead of Young Garon. Like, seriously. All "Ruben loves Garon" memes aside, that was one hell of a missed opportunity. They could've shown a side of Garon you never, ever see otherwise and given the Nohrian idiots some time in the spotlight. Instead, we get to fight a guy nobody cares about, and the Nohrian morons just vanish from the story for like three chapters while the Hoshidans have the exact same "oh no my ghost parent is back and I have to beat them up" melodrama twice in a row! How do you fail that hard? It was so easy!

...Oh wait that's right, these are the same geniuses who wrote Garon in the first place. I almost forgot.

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Or that Anaankos doesn't just frustrate me as a villain with his everything.

Anankos frustrates me because he's not even half as funny as Garon, and yet he has a bunch of screentime that they could've given to Garon instead.

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Point being the sum of Rev is less than it's parts.

Well... True. You cannot top T-posing Garon. Even the sum of T-posing Garon plus other stuff is less than T-posing Garon alone. T-posing Garon is so amazing, it defies all logic. It also defies all logic period.

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Do I have to pull up the Berwick LP?

No, thanks. I'd rather forget what happened to my girl when I made a mistake and proceeded to panic massively. It still hurts. Even after I retconned it in the following LP.

...And I guess Larentia got an ouchie in that map, too. I still find it rather amazing that I fucked up so hard in the second-to-last map, and then proceeded to do the last one perfectly. Heck, I did chapter 13 perfectly too, didn't I? They're both so much harder than 14! Why does that always happen to me? But more than anything, I find it rather amazing that Axel survived. I was so afraid for his life the entire time, like you wouldn't believe.

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(It's a thing associated with otaku, It's joking, as was my post to begin with.)

I'm joking too. Not to worry, I'm just in one of my dumb moods. It'll pass.

22 minutes ago, Acacia Sgt said:

Okay, the pulse field is down, time to storm the occupied refinery!

And occupy it?

22 minutes ago, Acacia Sgt said:

If you have to excuse it away... it's clear you indeed are.

Maybe a little

21 minutes ago, Benice said:

Have we forgotten about Step_on_me.png so soon?

Benice, you didn't have to bring that up. You had multiple choices and you picked that one.

16 minutes ago, WraithReborn said:

…It’d do you no good Rubenio, and I will not. You must fight against your lesser nature, else you’ll lose more of what you are in the process.

Dude, just the other day I finished pouring 37 hours of my life into a highly intellectual, intelligent, intelligible, political game that's 90% text. Surely now you must be a little proud of me, old man?

Edited November 18, 2021 by Saint Rubenio

[Benice]

2 minutes ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Benice, you didn't have to bring that up. You had multiple choices and you picked that one.

You're right, there was another portrait that had a name like that...

[Acacia Sgt]

5 minutes ago, Saint Rubenio said:

And occupy it?

More like liberate it.

And done. Instead of fighting him, just Speech Check'ed General Jingwei to Seppuku... wait... Tsuifuku? Anyway, he's dead. And the simulation is finally over.

Now just one final battle against Sibley and his turncoats, and I can help myself with the armory loot! And finally, Specialist Olin can repair stuff to 100% condition. I really needed that.

And that's it for Operation Anchorage. Will begin the next DLC, The Pitt... next time.

Edited November 18, 2021 by Acacia Sgt

[Punished Dayni]

2 minutes ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Apply generics to the wound.

They made Hana's stats worse than in BR. In the route where higher difficulties are all about high stats.

They did so many characters dirty.

Generics may not be sufficient.

3 minutes ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Fates's soundtrack is generally great, not specific to Rev.

This is still true, just not that into Rev's vibes that much.

5 minutes ago, Saint Rubenio said:

simply because it has Sumeragi instead of Young Garon.

I mean, they didn't even do the Hoshidan melodrama all that well, what failure would Garon's have been?

Maybe it's for the best his end's comedically anticlimactic.

6 minutes ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Well... True. You cannot top T-posing Garon. Even the sum of T-posing Garon plus other stuff is less than T-posing Garon alone. T-posing Garon is so amazing, it defies all logic. It also defies all logic period.

You think it would, considering he's shaped like a +.

Just now, Benice said:

You're right, there was another portrait that had a name like that...

[Interdimensional Observer]

And speaking of screenshots...

The translation went so far as to add subtitles for the song that blares on the title screen. If only other games translated this kind of stuff pre & post battle conversations, EF and Exceed.

I'll be nice, and the throw of the cascade of images of my return to a simpler, paradisal era in a spoiler box. That way nobody has to see it if they don't want to, and it won't clog up this forum page. Even though none of the contents is spoilers, given it's from just the first two fights.

I begin with Original Generation 1, might as well be chronological about it.

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First things first, set to the first tune I immediately recognize once more...

...I have to pick whose story this game is. The poses the two guys are in different from the GBA version. Ryusei is more eager, if slightly less amicable. The smile makes Kyosuke more welcoming, but I think I preferred GBA for him, he threw his Team ATX jacket over his left shoulder and struck a more badass -if possibly edgy- impression.

As Ryusei's version of events in the later part of the OG1 are the official canon to OG2 while Kyosuke's are not, I choose his route. Kyosuke I will get to later, and before OG2.

And now, the let the Super Robot Wars begin!

 

THIS WAS NOT IN GBA ORIGINAL GENERATION!

Inside the Neviim/White Star according to the prior 3D cutscene? And geez they aren't being subtle here.

You're Aleph? In all I've read, where was it stated that you're the rapidly-matured artificially created superhuman Messiah intended to bring forth the return of YHVH and usher in His Millennium Kingdom? 

You!

The guy with the needlessly long ultimate attack that bores me to tears!

Ya know, seeing you in hologram here makes me think you could blend in as a member of the Gazel Ministry. They're Biblical-Judaic too.

...Wait so was the Neviim actually empty of any humans before Mr. Silhouette here phased into this dimension? Why did Balmar send it out that way? Or did he exist, but he wasn't his one-and-only Time Diver self yet (and the same of LGM)? And what of Beth? Beth can't be on here unless Aleph is, so how did she get on board? Or is she really really young and was born an adult? But then when were the other three from Alpha 3 3D printed? After Aleph left? -I'm overthinking things.

So the roots of one of 2nd OG main antagonists were planted earlier, than 2nd. Nice to know.

"Inspectors" is a pretty clearcut word I would think. But I don't know exactly who the "fool emperor" is, the Alpha 3 Balmarian leadership, or maybe that Dark Brain fellow? The Shura King? Slightly odd that he would know about any of these though, given they didn't exist in Alpha. Has he already caught himself up on the happenings of this plane of existence?

 

And now for a change of scenery:

Captain Daitetsu! Now this is where the opening from the GBA version began.

Not the worse thing to see you again too Sean, though you are old and a little perverted, so yuck.

Yeah, I know this is before the Hiryu became Customized, and this is the first encounter with an alien menace, but c'mon, these are merely Megillots. The weakest of the weak. If there's an E Field installed that alone should mitigate all incoming damage. And you've the Giganscudo too, one Giga-Burst ought to blow them all up.

 

And now, another change of scenery to someone who still isn't Ryusei:

Elzam! Looking as good as ever, He Who Apes Gundam's Favorite Char-acter While Piloting A Knockoff Zaku. (The little things I've learned since so long ago. SRW OGs might not be the most original, but I still love 'em.😘)

This is a new feature. Terms that could be in green don't always appear in green, but that they do at all is appreciated in a game with so much jargon. You can even jump from term to term. I like it.

Triangle also lets you review the entire conversation up to that point. Little bells that add up.

"...remain the core of the military's fighting force", paraphrasing the end of that last sentence.

Government ineptitude, although TBF, we the people often criticize excessive defense spending.

And the aliens arrive again, time for the first battle.

YES! 

Trombe!🤩

Best first battle theme ever! Thank you for being here Elzam!

Five pure cannon fodder enemies vs. one elite pilot in a silver-tier mech that for the sake of testing, has been stripped of all its weapons. All the Gespenst Mk-II R has here is one basic attack, in the GBA version, it was a shoulder bash, here it's punches, devoid of the Plasma Stakes, so no Jet Magnum.

It's a pretty basic battle. Move Elzam forward, use Elzam's Accel to move in on turn one, attack every turn, and win. You can't truly lose.

...I admittedly got hit in very the first round of combat.🤣 Stripped the Gespy of about 1/3rd of its HP. Elzam, do better!

Fortunately he can apply Focus for +30% Hit & Evade for one turn, shoulda done that in the first place. It's cheap and he has enough SP for it to last the entire first fight.

I also noticed this battle received a new map theme, which I recognized as being a higher-quality version of a track that would later make it into Endless Frontier Exceed. Cool.

Pretty nice settings too, the BM feature not being locked to NG+ (and even then only OG2) is a good change, if not mattering for Elzam b/c no matter what he can only use Trombe! as his battle music.

Surprisingly difficult for the Skill Point/Battle Mastery (GBA version of the term) of the very first battle. Five enemies, four turns, and the enemies outrange you. The only reason I won it, was because Elzam landed a OHKO crit on one of them. I know I lost it several times as a kid.

A sixth appears and Elzam captures it. Also, "Guests" in capitalization, and the fan translators tweaked Bian Zoldark's name.

Intermission screen, with more nostalgic music. Nothing to do here though besides save in one of the five slots, as Elzy and the II R haven't actually joined yet. They won't, not for a looooong time.

And now, an introductory text scroll:

I'm inclined to think IRL won't need meteors to stop human societal advancement, our fundamental nature can that do that pretty well. But then again, we're still technologically progressing ATM, so maybe technological improvement at least won't halt.

I remember GBA OG1 not saying anything about Meteor 3 being outright artificial until after the heroes themselves at Aidoneus. Thats a good distance away from this point.

...But not the Personal Troopers are not very first humanoid Earth-made combat weapons. One mustn't forget the Masouki created in both the distant past and present inside the Earth. And the ancient Choukijins (sorry on the spelling), quite possibly Valzacard (3rd OG ought to have it), and probably some other things I'm presently forgetting/not entirely confident in setting a creation date to. How naive it would be to think a few Gespensts are anywhere near the pinnacle of what humanity has already achieved. 

 

And now for yet another change of scenery

Ryusei at last! Accompanied by his childhood friend who is seriously not ever his girlfriend.

I don't remember this scene being set in Akihabara, makes sense for being the electronics & otaku capital of Japan.

He proceeded to give a not-useful attempted breakdown of the difference between Real Robots and Super Robots, of course.

A video game that asks for your medical data, what could possibly go wrong? -Although in Ryusei's case, this kind of highly objectionable invasion of privacy that Big Tech will inevitably get away with, actually worked out for the better.

...This was not how it went in GBA!🧐

In GBA, Tenzan Nakajima never showed up for the tournament, presumably he had already been drafted by the military for his killer mecha instincts. Here in PS2, Tenzan enters the tournament and actually wins against Ryusei. Gloating about it afterwards in vulgar language.

I thought I had taken a screenshot of Tenzan, but PCSX2 gives not indication of if a picture has been taken. So maybe I missed it. It doesn't matter, Tenzan is your typical rude incel gamer, you can get the gist of what he said online three seconds if you're half-awake juggling three flaming bowling pins and have a smartphone at your feet. Just know that Tenzan might be an ass, but I know he will die, twice. And I will savor every moment of it. 😈

Of course it's an Alpha Pulse.😛 Can't be a beta, or a gamma or a delta or an omega.

Hmm...😆

As that blue thing over the word "What" indicates, aliens attacked. And government fighter planes failed to stop one target from crashing into a big event dome.

And now Ingram is a nice enough guy to tell the government planes to leave, and plops an empty mecha in front of the teenage gamer boy who he just referred to as an object of scientific observation. Time for the second battle, and the first with our Young & Relatable Hero.

Ryusei's theme is definitely more enjoyable set to some actual combat.

I've 2 turns to kill everything for the Skill Point. This is actually easier than last time, since there is are only four enemies, and I 2HKO them like last time, but now I can counter their ring lasers thanks to the actual weapons on the TT.

No T-Link Rippers weapon the TT for this mission. Not sure why they left them out, maybe Ryusei hasn't connected his brain to the T-Link System yet. But Ingram knows the boy has Nendou/Telekinesis/Is A Psychodriver.

Ryusei isn't as dodgy as Elzam though, and the Mk-II TT is less dodgy than the Mk-II R. The result is that with Focus applied, Ryusei is only as dodgy as Elzam without it.

...And he got hit twice during this battle, down to about 1/3rd of his HP.😧

Bad luck I guess on these early stages. Fortunately on turn 2 I move Ryusei onto the sporting arena for +25% evasion. The battle is won...

...But this is new. Skill Points didn't give any bonuses in GBA, all they did was unlock the secret final battles and mildly raise the difficulty. 

Post-battle chatter:

Friendly, aren't we.😇

Silly silly Ryusei, you're IN one! Kinda. Video games are and aren't anime, it's complicated. You're sometimes as ironic as Marche from FFTA in OG1, except nobody IRL takes your contradictions seriously.

-Do NOT get the mistaken impression from the screenshot, this is out-of-character as cluck for Ryusei. He is throughly Mechasexual. Ryusei should be interpreted no differently from how the same line would be if a gay guy were the one saying it. (Although a gay Ryusei would get in the way of certain ladies' dreams in a more blatant way that a mechasexual one doesn't.)

Hai Rai!

...Did your family even really exist prior to OG? Yes Elzam was supposedly alluded to in Alpha 1, but this edgy quip of yours is possibly more likely because you were created in Shin SRW without a family, I suspect without evidence.

Gotta get the last word in, 'gram?😛

They tweaked his last name to Plissken this time, not Prissken like GBA IIRC. The age-old L/R transliteration issue/choice. Not sure if "P*issken" is a real name/word, so I don't know if there was correct choice here.

Back to the intermission. No point in trying to teach Ryusei any Pilot Skills, he's nowhere near the Pilot Points needed for SP Regenerate yet (I understand why they got rid of it and Attacker from the skill shop in 2nd OG and MD, those skills were too overpowering for everyone to be able to learn, to the exclusion of other skills).

Ryusei loses his Gespenst Mk-II Type TT not too far into the future, but its replacement is a good silver medal mech that I'll probably field until the game is over. Said replacement leans on dodging, so I spend my early money making the TT more mobile. Ryusei will appreciate it now, and later somebody else will take over and love it instead. It's not like Ryusei's Route gives you many good long-term mechs until the Hagane is deployed, and even they only trickle in, so I'm going to be hoarding much of my cash for later.

I don't intend to be doing anything this copious ever again, I'm not making an LP. I'm only doing it now b/c it's the first taste, the initial steps back in time. The river of my soul is flowing vigorously with the sun's midday light reflecting upon its crystal clear surface, fish jumping from its depths with fecundity.

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54 minutes ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Except me. I am not an otaku.

yo same

[Saint Rubenio]

3 minutes ago, Benice said:

You're right, there was another portrait that had a name like that...

B E N I C E !

Just now, Acacia Sgt said:

More like liberate it.

And done. Instead of fighting him, just Speech Check'ed General Jingwei to Seppuku... wait... Tsuifuku? Anyway, he's dead. And the simulation is finally over.

Aahhhh, Fallout. Where you can talk people into jumping off a bridge, provided your speech is high enough. Omg does that mean Corrin is a Fallout protagonist Reminds me of how my character from New Vegas was so absurdly weak (my friend who got me into New Vegas did warn me that giving myself 1 strength was stupid) that she stood zero chance against the final boss, but I just happened to invest heavily in speech, so I talked to him and everything was okay. I appreciated that the game let me do that.

Just now, Dayni said:

They made Hana's stats worse than in BR. In the route where higher difficulties are all about high stats.

They did so many characters dirty.

Generics may not be sufficient.

Wait... Hana's stats are worse? I didn't realize... I thought she was just like, generally crap. Then again, I suppose I did use her in my Birthright run and she was fine there...

Just now, Dayni said:

This is still true, just not that into Rev's vibes that much.

I will give you that the Valla theme does not work as a lategame theme. Especially when they drop both Alight and Nohrian Alight Whose Name I Keep Forgetting oh wait I think I just got it A Dark Fall for the Hans and Iago maps. Those two maps really were the highest point of Rev, weren't they...

Just now, Dayni said:

I mean, they didn't even do the Hoshidan melodrama all that well, what failure would Garon's have been?

A positively fantastic failure that I would've been all for.

Just now, Dayni said:

Maybe it's for the best his end's comedically anticlimactic.

It's a really appropriate ending for Garon. Perfect end for his character arc. His character arc of... being badly written lol.

Just now, Dayni said:

You think it would, considering he's shaped like a +.

Hwahahahahahahahahahah

Okay but look. He's shaped like a plus, and he alone is a plus for the game. Two pluses makes... plus, but Garon defies logic, so he becomes a minus.

I do not know where I was going with this, but Garon is still the greatest character in Fates.

Just now, Dayni said:

Okay this is amazing. I love this so much.

Just now, twilitfalchion said:

yo same

No, you have an anime profile picture. That automatically disqualifies you from being not an otaku. Unlike me. I have a kinda anime but not really profile picture, you see.

[Punished Dayni]

15 minutes ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Wait... Hana's stats are worse? I didn't realize... I thought she was just like, generally crap. Then again, I suppose I did use her in my Birthright run and she was fine there...

Not massively so, but to see a unit have their stats reduced at all with a route like Rev is so stupid to me.

Like, they went into it, changed some stats and plopped them it. It wasn't a unit having their stats rounded up across a certain amount of levels. It wasn't the imbalance of Hard Mode bonuses. It wasn't even the plonking of units into chapters where they're hilariously useless.

Just, it's so dumb. Rev is so dumb.

[Shrimpica]

 

1 hour ago, Saint Rubenio said:

...Except me. I am not an otaku.

 

38 minutes ago, twilitfalchion said:

yo same

lol

[Sidereal Wraith]

40 minutes ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Dude, just the other day I finished pouring 37 hours of my life into a highly intellectual, intelligent, intelligible, political game that's 90% text. Surely now you must be a little proud of me, old man?

 

[Acacia Sgt]

38 minutes ago, Interdimensional Observer said:

"Inspectors" is a pretty clearcut word I would think. But I don't know exactly who the "fool emperor" is, the Alpha 3 Balmarian leadership, or maybe that Dark Brain fellow? The Shura King? Slightly odd that he would know about any of these though, given they didn't exist in Alpha. Has he already caught himself up on the happenings of this plane of existence?

The Inspectors (and Zuvorg for that matter) do exist in the Alphaverse.

In Alpha 1, the Balmarians' plan with humanity was to weaken them through vassal proxies like the Campellians (from Combattler V) and Boazans (from Voltes V), so then the Balmarians offer vassalage to humanity in exchange of protection from threats like the STMC (from Gunbuster), the Zentraedi and Meltraedi (from Macross), and the Zuvorg.

However, that's all the extent of the Zuvorg's role in Alphaverse. They never actually appear. Only get name-dropped by Laodeccia and Euzzeth.

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36 minutes ago, Saint Rubenio said:

No, you have an anime profile picture. That automatically disqualifies you from being not an otaku. Unlike me. I have a kinda anime but not really profile picture, you see.

Anime just means animation. You also have an animated profile picture.

Checkmate. I win. Hahahahahaha...

6 minutes ago, Shrimp γ said:

lol

[Interdimensional Observer]

2 minutes ago, Acacia Sgt said:

The Inspectors (and Zuvorg for that matter) do exist in the Alphaverse.

In Alpha 1, the Balmarians' plan with humanity was to weaken them through vassal proxies like the Campellians (from Combattler V) and Boazans (from Voltes V), so then the Balmarians offer vassalage to humanity in exchange of protection from threats like the STMC (from Gunbuster), the Zentraedi and Meltraedi (from Macross), and the Zuvorg.

However, that's all the extent of the Zuvorg's role in Alphaverse. They never actually appear. Only get name-dropped by Laodeccia and Euzzeth.

That does sound pretty feudal-imperialistic in a sense, in contrast to the more 19-20th century Mission Civilisatrice imperialistic ambitions of Zuvorg in OG. I like it, it befits the Balmarian Empire, which already has a kind of oldness to it with the Judaic naming conventions IMO. 

[Sidereal Wraith]

16 minutes ago, Shrimp γ said:

 

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[Acacia Sgt]

57 minutes ago, Interdimensional Observer said:

-Stuff-

Some other trivia.

OG1's intro is taken straight from Alpha 1's. Where it's the Excellion battleship encountering the STMC (all from Gunbuster). The usage of Megillots reflects the usage of infant STMC, thus the weakest Gunbuster mooks are replaced with the weakest Ze Balmary mooks. While Elzam's portion is separate, in Alpha it was one combined scenario, as the Buster Machines sortie from Excellion and you had to destroy a couple STMC before the stage ended when the Balmarian arrives as well on the map.

Should be pointed that while in OG this is the first sign of confirmed actual extra-terrestrial life, in Alpha this was a long accepted fact. Between Second Impact (from Evangelion) and the crash landing of the SDF-1 on Earth (from Macross), which forced the One Year War (from UC Gundam) to end since the battleship actually tore through both sides' forces as it barreled into Earth, Bian Zoldark was quickly believed, thus the Divine Crusaders never took a military stance against the Earth Federation and stayed with EOTI research and the building of Bian's contingency plans like the Cradles and the Dynamic Guardian Generals.

On a separate note, Ryusei went through a personality overhaul from Shin to Alpha. His original personality? Tenzan's. Tenzan is basically a Shin SRW Ryusei reference. Shin Ryuse is still not as bad since he was still a hero, but it is what Tenzan was based on.

Edited November 18, 2021 by Acacia Sgt

[Benice]

57 minutes ago, Saint Rubenio said:

B E N I C E !

In fact, I bet Rope from Arknights is your waifu!

...I spent half an hour trying to find the gif of Rope, but I couldn't find it. F.

It's ok, you know what it looks like, so just pretend that I posted it.

Edited November 18, 2021 by Benice

[Acacia Sgt]

I'm pretty sure I mentioned this before, but just as a refresher. The United Colony Corps and their role is taken from SRW Classicverse, specifically from SRW 2, where the Principality of Zeon joined forces with Bian Zoldark. Partly to secure their independence from the Earth Federation, partly since they knew that they'd be the first to be attacked if aliens came knocking and the Earth Federation ignoring Bian's warning made it clear they had little interest in the space colonies. Thus the perfect opportunity to rebel.

[Interdimensional Observer]

25 minutes ago, Acacia Sgt said:

OG1's intro is taken straight from Alpha 1's. Where it's the Excellion battleship encountering the STMC (all from Gunbuster). The usage of Megillots reflects the usage of infant STMC, thus the weakest Gunbuster mooks are replaced with the weakest Ze Balmary mooks. While Elzam's portion is separate, in Alpha it was one combined scenario, as the Buster Machines sortie from Excellion and you had to destroy a couple STMC before the stage ended when the Balmarian arrives as well on the map.

Ah, so that's why it feels a little disjointed.

25 minutes ago, Acacia Sgt said:

Should be pointed that while in OG this is the first sign of confirmed actual extra-terrestrial life, in Alpha this was a long accepted fact. Between Second Impact (from Evangelion) and the crash landing of the SDF-1 on Earth (from Macross), which forced the One Year War (from UC Gundam) to end since the battleship actually tore through both sides' forces as it barreled into Earth, Bian Zoldark was quickly believed, thus the Divine Crusaders never took a military stance against the Earth Federation and stayed with EOTI research and the building of Bian's contingency plans like the Cradles and the Dynamic Guardian Generals.

Quite the different course of events. Must throw you into the heat of things faster. (And on paper, this mishmash of anime franchises sounds excitingly cohesive in a sense, I'll give it more credit there than I might've thought then.)

Now if only Alpha 1's fan translation was actually finished. It has got me interested.

25 minutes ago, Acacia Sgt said:

On a separate note, Ryusei went through a personality overhaul from Shin to Alpha. His original personality? Tenzan's. Tenzan is basically a Shin SRW Ryusei reference. Maybe not as bad since Ryusei was still a hero, but it is closer to how Ryusei used to be.

🤢

And here I thought Almer was the only one who underwent a personality lobotomy. (I know, Silly/Amnesiac/Hero Axel and Serious/Villain Axel have always both existed.)

Still, neato! It's not merely Good Gamer vs. Evil Gamer, it's more more Ryusei vs. Dark Ryusei. And it does ground Tenzan a little more, not to say the entirely OG plot aspects of OG are lacking (The School -probably inspired by another mecha anime I know nothing about- was a fairly enjoyable plotline). Weaving a nod to Shin in, in a game where Alpha overwhelms Ryusei's character, was a good idea.

One little question- Super Hero Operations. No indication Mr. Hologram remembers SHO has been given, but I know he was the final boss there, and I saw he does have a pre-battle chat with the blue-haired protagonist, and dies due to a little radiation from the original HTB. What was Mask & Blue's exact relationship back then? -If you know that, that is.

Edited November 18, 2021 by Interdimensional Observer

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official chill collection of songs

very nice, Bamco

[Acacia Sgt]

6 minutes ago, Interdimensional Observer said:

Ah, so that's why it feels a little disjointed.

Quite the different of course of events. Must throw you into the heat of things faster. (And on paper, this mishmash of anime franchises sounds excitingly cohesive in a sense, I'll give it more credit there than I might've thought then.)

Now if only Alpha 1's fan translation was actually finished. It's got me interested.

And that's the beauty of SRW. It can take a lot of pre-existing stories and blend them in such a way, it's. *chef's kiss* Sure, not everything will be perfect, but overall they do a great job in general.

I know, I know... well, I ended up playing it all in Japanese from my PS3, but yeah, actually having a script is better than only knowing the jist of things.

8 minutes ago, Interdimensional Observer said:

 

🤢

And here I thought Almer was the only one who underwent a personality lobotomy. (I know, Silly/Amnesiac/Hero Axel and Serious/Villain Axel have always both existed.)

Still, neato! It's not merely Good Gamer vs. Evil Gamer, it's more more Ryusei vs. Dark Ryusei. And it does ground Tenzan a little more, not to say the entirely OG plot aspects of OG are lacking (The School -probably inspired by another mecha anime I know nothing about- is a fairly nice plotline). Weaving another nod to Shin in a game when Alpha overwhelms Ryusei's character.

One little question- Super Hero Operations. No indication Mr. Hologram remembers SHO has been given, but I know he was the final boss there, and I saw he does have a pre-battle chat with the blue-haired protagonist, and dies due to a little radiation from the original HTB. What was Mask & Blue's exact relationship back then? -If you know that, that is.

Haha, like I said, not as bad. Tenzan is still Shin Ryusei cranked up, but yeah, Ryusei had a different demeanor while still being a mecha otaku. Making it an interesting change that they felt to tweak it after Shin.

[DragonFlames]

[Punished Dayni]

Hoshidan military strategy: They'll never be able to break through the impenetrable wall! It's not Na Sing Sae for a reason.

Nohrian military strategy:

That took so many tries. But I did it, I captured the three units I was going for, I got the chests, I got revenge on Takumi and 100% on him this time to really make sure, the wall has been overcome.

Barring Takumi all the errors were either me having underlevelled capture units and thus their not quite being powerful enough or poor optimisation of strategy (I got them some levels, but I must confess to Xander being pivotal as a result, a problem I plan on fixing if I ever go Lunatic). I do somewhat regret blocking reinforcements as more experience would have been nice, but I have gotten over the wall, now to continue to lay siege to a faction who could probably do better if they handled being besieged better than a provoked bull

(Hinoka's going to break me isn't she?)

Edit: Takumi drops a Goddess Icon. That is annoyingly hilarious.

2 minutes ago, DragonFlames said:

Ao, please don't listen to the seductive voices.

Edited November 18, 2021 by Dayni

[Shrimpica]

4 minutes ago, DragonFlames said:

A Woman of Culture

[Saint Rubenio]

1 hour ago, Dayni said:

Not massively so, but to see a unit have their stats reduced at all with a route like Rev is so stupid to me.

Like, they went into it, changed some stats and plopped them it. It wasn't a unit having their stats rounded up across a certain amount of levels. It wasn't the imbalance of Hard Mode bonuses. It wasn't even the plonking of units into chapters where they're hilariously useless.

Just, it's so dumb. Rev is so dumb.

Yeeeessss but Garon T-posing. Your argument is invalid.

1 hour ago, Shrimp γ said:

So are we going to talk about the fact that this is what you get up to?

1 hour ago, Shrimp γ said:

 

lol

There is nothing lolworthy about that.

42 minutes ago, Benice said:

In fact, I bet Rope from Arknights is your waifu!

Wha... Who?

Dude, I know I got my LP thread spammed with Arknights shit, but that doesn't mean I remember any of those characters.

42 minutes ago, Benice said:

...I spent half an hour trying to find the gif of Rope, but I couldn't find it. F.

It's ok, you know what it looks like, so just pretend that I posted it.

No I don't! All of those characters looked the same! I hated them, their game and the guy posting about it all! Who are you talking about?

11 minutes ago, Dayni said:

Hoshidan military strategy: They'll never be able to break through the impenetrable wall! It's not Na Sing Sae for a reason.

Nohrian military strategy:

There is no war in Hoshido

Garon: grin

11 minutes ago, Dayni said:

That took so many tries. But I did it, I captured the three units I was going for, I got the chests, I got revenge on Takumi and 100% on him this time to really make sure, the wall has been overcome.

Barring Takumi all the errors were either me having underlevelled capture units and thus their not quite being powerful enough or poor optimisation of strategy (I got them some levels, but I must confess to Xander being pivotal as a result, a problem I plan on fixing if I ever go Lunatic). I do somewhat regret blocking reinforcements as more experience would have been nice, but I have gotten over the wall, now to continue to lay siege to a faction who could probably do better if they handled being besieged better than a provoked bull

Congratulations. Since you're not on lunatic, you've beaten the hardest map in the game.

11 minutes ago, Dayni said:

(Hinoka's going to break me isn't she?)

Naaaah Hinoka is very reasonable.

11 minutes ago, Dayni said:

Edit: Takumi drops a Goddess Icon. That is annoyingly hilarious.

I have no recollection of him dropping anything. Three runs and every time I just sort of blank out by the time I make it to Takumi.