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So the new patch got uploaded this morning.
Tested out a few new features.
Engine got optimized some more so it runs even faster now.
AUTO-TRIGGERING OF ABILITIES. Holy shit, I don't have to cycle through every unit and manually click all their abilities. They do it by themselves now.
I MUST PUKE RAINBOWS
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No necromancer/minion-type character = nothing from me.
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Righto...
Looks like we'll be starting off as the Saga then...I guess I should throw in a few screenies to get us in the mood.
Notice something weird about the screenshots?
Yeah, the Boshin War units are fighting their ancestors from the Sengoku Jidai and Genpei era. It's official in the multiplayer area of the game (which I happen to be doing decently in...I guess)
Release day patch is going to be fucking awesome.
Am looking forward to these new features:
40 unit vs. 40 unit battles
Orbital...I mean naval bombardments
Horrendous Engrish voiceacting because too many fans demanded that the units not speak Japanese because they couldn't understand it.
BLOOD PACK
Fortress towers can be ordered to fire at specific enemies.
GATLING GUNS
EXPLOSIVE ARTILLERY
This guy auto-training my armies
Sabers.
Revolvers.
Dual-wielding revolver cavalry.
The hats.
Ranged units shoot as soon as they finish climbing castle walls.
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Glowsticks man.
Or as a female friend once told me, forget the man. Just the glowstick is good enough in the dark.
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Hell yes generals.
INFANTRY LINE, FORWARD.
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Am I the only person to feel sympathy for the poor generic spearman who got axed on the floor? Nice helmets.
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Why do we answer such awkward questions
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Schlick schlick schlick schlick
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I lol'd so hard.
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DO people fap/schlick in the dark?
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What am I doing here.
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You are creative.
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Just passin' through
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I vote Saga.
So.
Saga 2
Satsuma 1
Aizu 1
Choshu 1
Video or screenshot LP?
Video will take a lot longer because lol youtube upload is shit, but is beautiful.
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Hello, hello, remember me?
I'm back. From fucking MCATs (Medical school test bullshit).
I'm starting a new LP with Fall of the Samurai, a standalone expansion to Shogun 2 Total War. For those of you who remember me (Rewjeo, Integrity, Furet,eclipse), you can imagine where this thread is going. For those of you who don't know what Total War is, keep reading.
Yes, I know I have a Fallout Tactics LP going also, but 3/23 is the release date for Fall of the Samurai and I got a new laptop. One that can run SHogun 2 and record it on full settings smoothly. Asus G74SX-DH71 is serious fucking business.
Link to Shogun 2 LP here: http://serenesforest...opic=25238&st=0
So what is Total War? (copy-pasta)
Total War series is probably one of the most involved strategy games ever. I'll give some basics, but you'll be learning as I go through the campaign and such.
The game is mainly divided into two segments: Turn-based and real-time.
In the turn-based segments you move your armies around, manage your cities, train troops, make diplomacy, assassinate enemy generals, spy on enemy cities and whatnot. This is probably the part that turns most casual gamers away, it gets very taxing keeping track of everything.
Real-time occurs when your armies clash with others on the world map. The game will do a pretty epic zoom-in onto the map (or just go straight to the battle on the much older 2D games). Your general (or captain if you didn't put one there) will give a speech that could be heroic or shitty (if he's insane or cowardly) and you can position your men. After that you can begin the battle and start making your moves. Unlike the previous total war games, ALL the speeches are done in Japanese.
Units are not single individuals, but are groups of soldiers, which can range from 80 (knights, elites) to 200 (peasants, low quality infantry) Growths are static, with every level up increasing attack and defence by 1, or something similar (it changed with Shogun 2 onwards). There are named characters who are part of your royal family, and they become generals if placed in an army. They also grow depending on the situations you put them in on the battlefield, which can lead to very awesome warriors or very....umm...insane people. This can boost or screw over your troops' stats.
The main goal of the game is to conquer your enemies, or if you're into roleplaying history, you can be merciful or just do nothing and watch what the other countries do.
In battle, the main goal is to rout the enemy, basically break their will to fight. So, with clever positioning and even with lesser soldiers, you can defeat armies who are theoretically superior. Usually if people are getting chopped from the front, shot at in the sides, and charged in the back, it usually guarantees a rout. You can choose to let them run away and fight you on a better day, or you can chase and cut them down like the dogs they are.
There is some sort of weapon triangle...or perhaps unit triangle. Yari (spear) beats cavalry. Cavalry beats katana (sword). Katana beats yari. Archers can deal a crapton of damage, but will get screwed if caught in melee. At least, that's how it was in Shogun 2. Things are different in Fall of the Samurai....
This is my short introduction to the Total War series, it's not similar to Fire Emblem, but it's something I'd like to share with you guys.
SO, what's s important about Fall of the Samurai?
For one thing, it explores the Boshin War, a part of Japanese history that's rarely portrayed in video games and movies. (Sengoku period being infinitely more popular) The closest thing I can think of is the historically inaccurate (albeit still a good movie) The Last Samurai with Tom Cruise; I think most of you have watched it.
So what's the timeline? Let's backtrack a bit.
RIse of the Samurai - Gempei War - 1100s, emergence of the elite samurai as horse archers.
Me: Fukuhara Taira
Historical Winner: Minamoto Clan
Shogun 2 - Sengoku Jidai - 1500s-1600, adoption of guns from Portuguese and Dutch and rise of the ashigaru (professional soldiers beneath samurai) as a potent force in mass warfare.
Me: Shimazu
Historical Winner: Tokugawa
1600s and onwards
Tokugawa Shogunate adopts policy of isolationism, sealing Japan off from the outside world except on a select few islands where trade with foreigners continued.
This continued until Commodore Perry threatens to bomb the shit out of Japan unless they opened up.
Trade agreements were signed, and modern ideas enter Japan. Modern ideas....and modern weaponry.
Shogunate vs. Emperor
Emperor decides that foreigners should be kicked out. Surprising, right? The common view was Imperial (tech) vs. Shogunate (traditionalists). Not really, the Shogunate forces were initially more advanced with French support. The reason why the Imperials modernized faster was because they believed that to be able to kick foreigners out, they had to learn the military ideals of the West. Fall of the Samurai starts with these 2 warring supergroups, and the clan we pick will initially side with either the Shogunate or the Emperor. This can be changed later on, of course.
SO, what would I want you to do? Pick a clan for me.
I don't know the clan colors, but I'd like to get a few starting choices made for me before I begin. Saves time.
Satsuma (Imperial)
The Independents
Shimazu Tadayoshi, the daimyo of the Satsuma domain, is heir to 400 (and more) years of continuous lordship. The Shimazu are an old clan, and can claim the Minamoto Shoguns of old as blood relatives. They are also unusual in that they have had contacts with the world outside Japan for centuries; these dealings have been carefully controlled and limited but they have, nonetheless, profited from contacts with the outside. The Shimazu have long claimed tribute from the Ryukyu Kingdom, and have had trade with China for many generations. They are, therefore, a little more open to foreign ideas than many others in Japan and, thanks to their remoteness from the capital, a little more independent than many others. Their loyalties, for the most part, lie with the Emperor and his vision for the future.
Satsuma has two regions at the start of the campaign and, because of its Shimazu history, it is a rich domain with an effective and efficient administration. They also have an advantage when it comes to recruiting foreign veterans as agents.
Administration (-5% reduction to administration costs)
Westernisation (-10% to the cost of foreign veteran actions)
Leadership (15% increase to the general's radius of influence)
Dominion (Begins with two provinces)
Saga (Pre order bonus) - Red (Imperial)
The Modernisers
The Saga domain is ruled by Nabeshima Mochizuru, the latest in a line of daimyo who were given this territory after the Tokugawa won the vicious civil war of the Sengoku Jidai. The Nabeshima did well by being sensible enough to join the Tokugawa cause while there was still some doubt over the result. They did not wait until the Battle of Sekigahara to decide where their true loyalties lay. \n\nThe domain includes the port of Nagasaki, a valuable resource for any daimyo. It is here that Japan has its only official trade with the West, and it is here that interesting ideas arrive in the country. Perhaps this knowledge of the harshness of the outside world is what has convinced the Nabeshima to throw their weight behind the Imperial Court rather than the Shogun.
The Nabeshima clan can rely on a few advantages in the coming struggle: they have Western connections and trade that is far ahead of any other domain. In turn, this learning allows them to be artillery experts, and have good shipbuilding and industrial facilities. The modern world has much to offer to those who would embrace it. Interestingly, the historical Nabeshima Mochizuru eventually resigned his position and left Japan to study in England.``
Gunnery (+5 to the accuracy of all artillery pieces)
Industry (+5 to growth from industrial buildings)
Engineering (-15% reduction to the recruitment and upkeep costs of ships)
Rangaku (Trade with the Western Powers has been established)
Tosa (Imperial)
The Mediators
The Yamauchi clan owe their lordship in Tosa to their support for Oda Nobunaga and then, after that great warlord's death, their support of Tokugawa Ieyasu at the battle of Sekigahara in 1600. Those families who supported the newly victorious Shogun did rather well in the centuries that followed. The Tosa domain, however, was predominantly loyal to the Emperor's party by the time of the Boshin War: predominantly, but not entirely. Yamauchi Toyoshige urged the Shogun to return authority to the Emperor, avoid open warfare and so prevent Choshu and Satsuma from becoming even more powerful. When this became impossible, Tosa sided with the Emperor's forces.
However, this gives the Yamauchi and their domain some advantages. They are skilled in diplomacy, and have a good deal of naval expertise which is reflected in their ships' experience and in their ability to bombard shore targets.
Tact (+10 to diplomatic relations)
Barrage (+2 to naval bombardment range)
Respect (-1 reduction to resistance to occupation across all provinces)
Seafaring (+2 to experience for all ship crews)
Choshu (Imperial)
The Emperor's Fury
The Mori clan, rulers of Choshu, have nurtured resentment against the Shogunate for 250 years, and with what to them seems like good reason. They supported Toyotomi Hideyoshi in his struggle against the Tokugawa clan, but they also agreed with the Tokugawa to keep their forces out of the Battle of Sekigahara and they gave up Osaka Castle without a fight. Their reward for this extremely useful neutrality was not preferment. They were stripped of their possessions, and given the Choshu domain, hardly something that could be counted a prize. As a result, the Mori spent decades in resentment, plotting and near treason. Eventually, they found a cause and rose against the Shogunate when Japan was opened up to foreigners: they were among those wanting to "expel the barbarians" at sword point. Naval bombardments convinced the Mori that getting rid of the barbarians was a good thing, but that using Western, barbarian weapons to do it was going to be useful.
The Mori, then, are supporters of the Emperor because he is not the Shogun, and modernisers so that they can have the best weaponry for their armies. Any ishin shishi agents recruited by them will be of high quality, and their armies are well trained and motivated, with a good charge bonus.
Zeal (-10% to the cost of ishin shishi actions)
Marauding (+25% to income from looting)
Adaptability (-10% to the costs of modern military buildings and units)
Impetus (+3 to the charge bonus of all units)
Nagaoka (Shogunate)
The Tycoons
Under the leadership of Makino Tadayuki, the Makino clan and the Nagaoka domain are loyal to the Shogun rather than the Emperor. As a family they owe their position to their successes as administrators rather than warriors and claim descent from Takenouchi no Sukune, legendary statesman and advisor to five great Emperors of old. Nagaoka domain benefits from its rulers' love of modern ideas, and links to foreign arms dealers. The domain has better business skills (and economic bonuses); can produce modern-pattern units at lower cost than others; and Nagaoka troops can reload on the battlefield quicker than others' soldiers.
The various branches of the Makino clan eventually did rather well out of the struggles of the Boshin War: the heads of three separate branches of the family, including the ruler of Nagaoka, were all ennobled as "viscounts" during the following Meiji period. Incidentally, the Nagaoka crater, and its smaller satellite craters, on the far side of the Moon are not named after the domain; they commemorate Nagaoka Hantaro, a noted Japanese physicist of the early 20th Century who put forward an early model for an atom's structure in 1904. This was only 50 years after Japan had opened up, and vividly shows the tremendous efforts made by the country to modernise rapidly.
Enterprise (+10% to income from business chain buildings)
Entertainment (+5% to the chances of successful geisha actions)
Foreign Trade (-15% to the recruitment costs of modern units)
Alacrity (+15% to the reloading skill of rifle units)
Jozai (Shogunate)
The Hidden Warriors
The Jozai domain is the fief of the Hayashi Clan, commanded by Hayashi Tadakata. They are another one of the great families that owes their position entirely to the Tokugawa Shogunate, and they have repaid this with unstinting loyalty. Previous, the Hiyashi had been retainers to the Matsudaira, who rule in Aizu. Jozai is not a particularly large domain, nor extremely rich, and the Hayashi clan only just have enough income to style themselves as daimyo; this has made no difference to their loyalty to the Shogunate. In this, as in much else, they are traditionalists at heart and true to the old ways of Japan.
Their lack of wealth has, however, made them think unconventionally about warfare. Lack of money has meant no lack of inventiveness, and the Hayashi clan have become specialists in guerrilla warfare in all its forms. The units they can raise and the bonuses to their agents reflect this in many ways. Open battle is not always the best way to win a war; sometimes it can be more useful to defeat an enemy with his own strength.
Conditioning (+2% to the movement speed of all units)
Guerrilla Warfare (+6 to the possible number of yugekitai units)
Subversion (+10% to casualties when using sabotage and harassment actions)
Resourcefulness (Armies can replenish in enemy territory, winter months excepted)
Aizu (Shogunate)
The Traditionalists
Aizu is ruled by the Matsudaira clan, under their leader Matsudaira Katamori. The domain and its ruling clan can be comfortably counted among the bakufu, the supporters of the Shogun. The Aizu-Matsudaira family owes its position, and even the family name, entirely to its long-standing connections to the Tokugawa, the family of the Shoguns. The Matsudaira also had a clear instruction from the family founder to always support the Shogunate, a wise policy that meant that the family prospered and gained preferment. As a result, by history and by inclination, Aizu is the principal domain of the Shogunate at the start of the Boshin War. It has a proud martial tradition, its troops are well-trained, considered loyal, and are well placed to defend Kyoto, the Shogunate's capital city, against threats from the Choshu and Satsuma domains.
As might be expected of such staunch Shogunate loyalists, the Matsudaira also have a strong traditional streak within their makeup. This has made them sponsors of the shinsengumi movement, the "newly chosen men", former ronin who are also extremely loyal to the Shogunate and the idea of a traditional Japan. This gives the Aizu domain some of its bonuses in the game: shinsengumi agents and units have an experience bonus, and traditional military units are cheaper to recruit.
Defence (-10% to the cost of constructing castles)
Discipline (-10% to the cost of shinsengumi actions)
Bushido (-10% to the recruitment costs of traditional units)
Tradition (+1 to the experience of traditional units)
Would you like me to do video/screenshot or both?
If I can import over Shogun 2 and ROTS units to FOTS, should I?
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I'm more of a guard fan, but seriously fuck Ultramarines. Other chapters need to show off too.
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Pidgin. Combines my MSN, FB CHat, and AIM friends into one convenient list.
Also customizable with plugins so I can set my status message to the name of the song I'm listening to.
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Empire Total War.
Just kidding. Someone leaked a pic.
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-MOMENTS OF HEALING WITH WHATEVER'S LEFT OF OUR STUFF-
Integrity: Well, I hear someone next door.
Ciaran: TIME TO CLEAR A ROOM
Kefka: Hold on, the sta-
Beastlord: YYAAARGGGh
Skitarii: Fuck your ambush.
Integrity: HUNTING RIFLE TIME
Kefka gets a spear stuffed into his body.
He lives.
Kefka: You poked my dead spot.
Beastlord: BUT HOW? -dies-
Integrity: Well, FUCK. I gotta patch all of you up again.
Skitarii: We'll hold here and take care of anyone running down the stairs. Kefka, Integ, and Strider, go check out the stairs. Actually, Ciaran, you go too.
Ciaran's miracle shotgun really does a number even at midrange.
Also, Integrity kept dying at this portion of the level because the asshole on the bottom could 1-shot him for some reason.
Ciaran: BOOM HEADSHOT
Integrity: What are you doing? Wait..are you using psycho!?
Kefka: Aaaah....I have never felt this in a long, long time. Yeeeees. I hunger for blood.
Integrity: Oh, SHIT.
Victim 1: Are all of you --- BLAM
Strider: No way, only I am the true killing machine!
Kefka: OUT OF MY WAY!
WHIIIRRRR
Prisoner/Food item 1: Can you help me?
Kefka: SHUT UP, VOICES IN MY HEAD ARE SPEAKING.
THAT WAS SO FUCKED UP
OMG I SO SCARED
Kefka: ............
GET ME OUT OF HERE.
Kefka: IS THE DOOR OPEN OR AM I FUCKED UP? HUH?
Skitarii: Kefka, you don't look so good.
Kefka: I CRAVE BLOOD
Integrity: He took psycho.
Skitarii, That explains everything.
Skitarii: Anyways, Squad, let's get the hell out of here. MOVE MOVE MOVE
Civilians: OH GOD THEY'RE KILLING US
Kefka: THAT IS WHY YOU SHOULD HAVE LET US GO FIRST YOU WASTE OF SEMEN
Integrity: Taking fire from all fucking directions, HEADS DOWN
Kefka: STAND UP. STAND UP SO I CAN SHOOT YOU.
The squad take care of the beastlords, bid the civilians good fucking bye, and run their asses south to the green zone. Except...there were a few obstacles.
Vaultboy levels up, all points go into small guns.
Strider: NYAH NYAH
Beastlord: AYAH! NABATULUK
Skitarii: AYAH! SHUT THE FUCK UP
They were no match for a bunch of angry soldiers standing behind barrels.
Strider: Dammit, no chance to get close...
Fleeing Beastlord: LALALALA I AM BACKING UP LALALALALA
Strider: YOU CANNOT RUN FROM-A ME!
Strider manages to get stabbed by a poisonous spear, but that's fine because watching him saw people in half with intestines flying out is too damn awesome.
Skitarii: GO. GO. GO. GET TO THE DROPZONE
Ciaran: I can't wait to start driving again.
MISSION FINALLY TRULY COMPLETE
Gen. Barnaby: GOOD JOB GUYS WE FOUND OUT THAT THE BEASTLORDS ARE PSYCHICS DUE TO RADIATION EXPOSURE BUT FUCK THAT SHIT TECHNOLOGY >>>>>> SCIENCE
AND I STILL DISAPPROVE OF THE DEATHCLAWS
Integrity: Ugh..I feel kind of...
If Kefka took Psycho, why is Integrity addicted to something? The fuck?
BUNKER SWEET BUNKER
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Fuck, how long did I disappear? Fucking MCATs and college.
Anyways, I'm back.
Previously, we had to find out while Beastlords have access to deathclaws and whatnot. Anyhoo, we got into the basement and we're busy killing things left and right.
This mission was hard in that some enemies manage to 1-shot our characters, we ran out of rifle ammo, and we're low on medical supplies also. Well. Let's see why it was so.
Strider: On the ground, I don't see anything yet...wait...what's that sound?
baby Deathclaw: -growl-
Strider: You guys in position?
Skitarii: Do it.
Strider: Does ANYONE know how to say "COME AT ME YOU SMELLY FURBAG OF HELL" in Deathclaw?
Deathclaw: RAWR
Strider proceeds to run around in circles, pissing off the babies.
Skitarii: EAT LEAD FURRIES
BLAM
Strider: Okay, which asshole shot me by accident?
Skitarii: Quit complaining, eat a pie or something.
Strider: What about Stimpacks?
Integrity: We're low.
Strider: Shit.
Strider: Okay ladies, it's safe to come down now.
Skitarii: We need a girl in the party.
Strider: Hmm...a guard....
Skitarii: Ciaran, you're the one with that insane shotgun. Move up.
Ciaran: OPEN UP AND SAY AAAH YOU HUMANITARIAN FUCK
BOOM
Ciaran: they're charging us!
Skitarii: All guns, OPEN FIRE!
Beastlord 42334: YOUR MAGIC CANNOT KIL HNNNNNGH
Skitarii: What's in that door?
Strider: Let's open it.
A raging deathclaw baby runs out.
BLAM BLAM BLAM
Skitarii: NOT worth it.
Strider: Did I ever say how much I despise stairs? Always a nasty surprise lurking around them.
Skitarii: Just...go up there.
ignore the numbers from FRAPS
Skitarii: Wait, I shall go up. I have a gun after all and I'm LUCKY.
-footstepfootstepfootstep-
Beastlord: OUTWORLDER
Skitarii: BASEMENT DWELLER
RATATATATA
As Skitarii approaches what appears to be a huge cage, a giant Deathclaw could be seen. It/he/she sees the human, and bellows....
The Matriarch: FREE ME AND I WILL KILL EVERY LAST FUCKING BEASTLORD FOR YOU
Skitarii: Offer accepted.
Skitarii: Clear out this level!
Crazy Beastlord: I LIVE FOREVER IN BATTLE, HONOR YOU---ERRG
Ciaran: The only glorious thing is driving, I say.
Ciaran: This fucker is carrying a Sten SMG! -eyes light up-
Ciaran: A walther! These guys are packing heat!
Kefka: Hm, out of rifle ammo. Give me the Walther.
Kefka: No need for key, these cannibals know not the workings of a lock.
KACHING
Skitarii: Before I talk to him/it/her, I smell something rotten upstairs. Let's check it out.
Strider: What...the...fuck...? -stifles vomit-
Cannibal 1: YUM, A SPLEEN
Cannibal 2: BRAAAAAAAAAAIIIINNNSSS
Integrity: KILL THIS HERESY
POW POW POW POW
Skitarii: Those are...those are barrels stuffed with...meat!
Skitarii: You're free.
The matriarch (in male voice): I WILL SUCK THE MARROWS OF DAR
Emperor Dar: You trust a deathclaw!? YOU HAVE DOOMED US ALL
Skitarii: As long as it's you, not me.
The beastlords are consequently raped and shredded, leaving the Squad to do mopping up and looting.
Skitarii: Whoa whoa, single fire guys, we don't want to hit the deathclaws by accident.
MISSION COMPLETE
Gen. Barnaby: ALRIGHT GUYS YOU DID YOUR MISSION AND I DISAPPROVE THAT YOU'RE LETTING THESE CLAWS LIVE BUT FIND YOUR WAY BACK.
Skitarii: Well...we need to find a way back....we can get back out the way we came from...or we can kill the rest of these fuckers.
Integrity: KILL EM ALL.
Strider: OW. Fucking beetle poison.
Matriarch: YOU FIGHT LIKE US, AND WE SHALL JOIN YOU.
Skitarii: Like a boss.
Skitarii: THIS CHEST HAS RUPEEES
Integrity: Sweet, M1 Garand ammo. For Kefka!
Strider: What be this? A trap!?
Ciaran: Lemme....disarm it....
Strider: You actually snuck!
Ciaran: I can learn something watching you.
Skitarii: Brotherhood, CHARGE!
BLAM BLAM BLAM
Skitarii: AAAAGGGGHH
Integrity: Oh SHIT!
Strider: Guys...get out of my way so I can....nevermind.
Female Beastlord: I HEAR SOMETHING...........HMM MUST BE MY IMAGINATION.
Skitarii: Squad, take up positions at the table. Kefka, get their attention.
Kefka: Easy.
BLAM
Kefka scores headshots all around.
Skitarii: move up move up!
Note that Integ and Skitarii aren't shooting in the screenshot. Thing is....they actually don't have a direct line of sight to the prone beastlord, and it's hard for me to tell because I have shitty depth perception.
Skitarii: We'll cover this hallway. Strider, check the rooms and do your work.
Wary Beastlord: ANCESTOR GUIDE MY WEAPON ARM
Strider: EAT CHAINSWORD YOU FUCK
BLAM.
Strider: Like that'll stop me, HAHAHAHA RAGE MODE
Vault Boy: Golly jee, drawing fire here!
Skitarii: That's our cue, move up!
RATATATATA
Strider: THIS PAIN MAKES ME FEEL SO ALIVE
WHIIIRRRRRRRRRR
Skitarii: Ciaran, cover me!
BLAM
Skitarii: OW FUCK
Ciaran: BOOMSTICK
BOOM
Integrity: This area is huge....
Skitarii: We seriously need to spread out.
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The Laguz-thing looks like it's the same thing as this baddie on the bottom-right:
Especially what with that drool in his mouth. Either ferals are coming back or demon possesion of some sort... What's to say they're not normally demons? And that the one in the trailer that seemed recruitable/a recruit is a rarity.
The name of the baddie is "zombie." Or more directly translated, "corpse soldier"
Time to bring out our shotguns, SF.
Let's Play: Fall of the Samurai
in General Gaming
Posted
POSTING TIME.
The new main menu shows a moving background, switching over from castles to trees. New main menu theme also!
Okay, fuck you photbucket for giving me extremely small photos. How the hell am I going to do a good LP then?
NEW CAMPAIGN TIME
So we're somewhere near the coast. That's good enough.
Okay, we'll get missions from time to time in game. Completing them will give us clan bonuses for some duration.
Example here: Inspired Endeavours.
What is Clan Development? In FOTS, each clan has a modernization level. As I research technologies and build up my infrastructure, the degree of modernization in my clan increases. This eventually allows me to recruit high tech units and build awesome buildings, but at the same time pisses off the populace who would really prefer that Japan stays unchanged. THEY WILL BE MADE TO UNDERSTAND.
We own a single province. NAGASAKI.
Before, it was the castle level that determined how many construction slots a province had and also the amount of recruitment slots (number of units a province can train per turn).
Now it's separate. The town level determines the construction slots. The castle level determines the recruitment slots.
So let's just read a bit about towns.
A large town would be the next upgrade after town.
The stronghold is the basic castle level. It seems to be a leftover from the Sengoki Jidai period almost 300 years ago.
Castle-type buildings ensure public order and resist naval bombardment. What's naval bombardment? Well, since we're in the modern period now, if an enemy navy sails close to your province, they can unleash hell on it in the form of heavy artillery.
The Traditional Dojo trains traditional melee units as well as outdated musket units. Yup, where the rest of the world was using high-powered breechloading rifles, Japan has muskets. And they're not even 1700s flintlocks, they're fucking 1500s matchlocks. Isolation works wonders on you.
Each province has a level of farming. These produce money for you.
Tenant Fields are the next upgrade to Subsistence Farming. Exactly what happened between the Sengoku Jidai and now?
Trade Ports give even more money, allow for recruitment of naval units, and eventually allow me to establish relations with Western countries, giving me access extremely powerful Western units. And I mean Western as in WHITE PEEPUR
The upgrades to Trade Ports are Country-specific Trading Districts. Which Western faction should I side with anyways?
Nagasaki happens to have smuggling operations, and I can upgrade that too!
I can sponsor Criminals to give me some cash...hehhe.
The Monomi/Ninja from before exists, now called a Shinobi. His job is to assassinate, sabotage, etc Same skills, different time frame.
What can I recruit?
MATCHLOCK KACHI.
Incredibly shitty unit, but it's your starting gunpowder unit. Outgunned and outnumbered, I'm not sure what I can use these guys for. They are samurai, alright...
Levy Infantry
Damn, these stats are horrible. At least they're using slightly more modern weaponry....125 range.
Spear Levy
Basic melee unit. And I do mean extremely basic. They don't even have spear wall ability for fuck's sake. JAPAN, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ASHIGARU? Their melee defense is kinda high though.
Yari Kachi
Descendants of the yari samurai of the past, looks slightly wimpier but at least they have Rapid Advance, which gives them a quick boost of speed.
Yari Ki
Yari cavalry with better stats, I mean that's some huge attack power for lancer cavalry...
This is a Foreign Veteran. I don't know all of his abilities, but for now I'll make him train up my pitiful, backwater army. Check out that Victorian haircut.
I move over to check out what units I currently have.
Holy shit Saga, you truly are modern.
Parrott guns ftw!
And time to research technologies to improve unit performance or to improve clan bonuses or improve income...etc.
I like how the developers made the last technologies to research from Shogun 2 the first technologies to research in Fall of the Samurai.
Shih unlocks matchlocks. Why do I feel this is funny?
Gregory Last, I hereby command you to train my troops.