grandjackal Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Gameplay-wise AND story-wise, part 3 was just stupid. I'd gladly have taken the DB and CRK having more time and plot relevence, since it isn't like the GM needed to actually train to be better than them. Words cannot describe how much I hate the greil mercs in this game. They could have developed the dawn brigade characters, they could have done more with Michaiha as stated (I mean seriously, how amazing would it have been if it turns out she had been lying about her powers the whole time?). They could have made the CRK part relevant. Anyone else feel like there was no point in part 2? Could have never happened, nothing about the story would have been changed. Great part, but it seemed completely irrelevant. They could have joined forces to fight Begnion, with Greil Mercs helping Begnion because they're mercs who were hired (and we all know the reason). But NO, Greil mercs just HAVE to show up and be superheroes, not only basically saving the day without much cause, but making everyone else before them completely irrelevant. Without them in part 3 and part 3 split evenly for the CRK and DB, most of the DB could have been usable now and the CRK could have had a point in existing while the greil mercs still have killfaces. Not to mention all of part 4 was basically the equivelant of the end of a power rangers episode where the baddies get theirs in the end. *spoilers* Even Izuka. You'd figure he'd have more behind him than "I was working for Begnion all along, mwahahahahaha!". Then the whole dark god being not evil (effectively killing the tension of not just all of part 3, but of the entire PoR story) and saving the world from the goddess of the main church who turned out to be bad was cop-out. If there's any reason to weep for Sephiran, it would be of the raping of any chance of him being an interesting character. *end spoiler* Basically, the DB and new characters could have been more developed, but instead they just throw the power rangers greil mercs, who I think most wanted to move on from a long time ago, at us. As long winded as this is, I wish to be funny. So here is a summary of the story by part. OBVIOUS SPOILERS, if badly told. Part 1: What Could Have Been Great Build-Up Michaiah: Uh-oh, bandits! Eddie: I'm here to help! Leonardo: I am also here as well. Bandits: WARGH! *dies* Michaiah: That was close! Eddie and Leonardo: Yep. Jarod: CURSES! *stabs subordinate* Foiled again! Michaiah: When will Nolan and Sothe arrive? Eddie and Leonardo: Dunno. Nolan: I'm here. Michaiah: SOTHE! *spanks his ass* where've you been, bitch!? Nolan: -_-;; Sothe: *yipes at the sudden bad touch* Uh...just...scouting for another hideout... Michaiah: *tugs his leash to choke him* You get back when I say you get back! Goddess help you if you're late again... The other three: o0;; Michaiah: They found us! Everyone else: RUN! Michaiah: Wait, haven't shown off my hax jesus skills! *heals kid* Townsfolk: Like, whoa! Guards: Moldy onions! Laura: Hey, could you guys help me get medicine to my church? Sothe: But we're kinda on the run here, we really shouldn't be- Michaiah: WE'RE HELPING HER! *mind scrambling banshee screams* Sothe: GODS, fine, we'll help, just make it stop! T.T Nolan: I count my blessings every day that I have some hint of personality, still rock, and don't have to deal with that. Life is good. Jarod: Let them pass! Guards: They'll kill us! Jarod: I don't care because I'm bad! Now let them pass...*curls snidely whiplash mustache they might as well of given him* They're falling right into my trap, nyahahahahahah! DB: *pass through without trouble* Jarod: HAH! My trap has sprung! Now go to jail! Do not pass go! Do not collect $200! MWAHAHAHAHAHA! Michaiah: *goes to jail* Illyana: Hungry...for...script...that...doesn't make me comedy relief... Michaiah: They didn't have to bust me up before throwing me in a prison... Kurt: *passes blunt* This olivi grass will take your mind off it...*coughs a lungful of smoke* Just don't exhale. Sothe: My name's Sothe, I'm here to rescue you!...Are you high? Michaiah: High as a kite. I think that chick there has the munchies. Aimee: Nah, she's always like that. Kurt: *giggling* I'm so fucking baked... Nolan: Brought the boys to help bust you out. Eddie and Leo: Hi. Laura: I'm here too! Michaiah: How the hell did all of you get this far without being caught by the guards? Guard: ! *alarm goes off, guards swarm in, radar gets jammed* Boss of the chapter: This wing sword is the greatest weapon in the world... *Sothe steals the discipline skill, Michaiah drops a nuke on him* Boss: *melts like he's seen the ark of the covenant* Laura: ARAN! *glomps* Aran: Hi. Sothe: That was easy. Michaiah: *reading the discipline manual* Yes it was. *thinking* Yeah, that looks fun...Sothe won't be walking right for weeks! Nolan: Where do we go now? Michaiah: The desert! Sothe: The desert!?! Are you insane!? It's called the desert of DEATH! No one has returned! EVER! It's suicide! Michaiah: *gives him a dark look* We don't...want...to bring back the duct tape again... Sothe: Ok, we go ;;>> Nolan: Such a bitch, the both of them...Fucking desert. Everyone else: *don't object at all* Caravan: *follows them into a place with no business prospects whatsoever* Eddie: Nolan, why do we suck? Leonardo: I would also like to know as well. Nolan: Well an apple a day keeps- Oh who am I kidding? Fuck you two, that's why. Eddie: I can be good! Just let me try! Nolan: No! It's too dangerous! Leonardo: I can also be good as well. Nolan: ....HAAAAAAhahahahahahaaaaa! Don't kid yourself. Leonardo: ... Nolan: Now you two do whatever it is when I make you not work because I do both your jobs better at the same time. Eddie and Leo: ...*start making out furiously* Sothe: Who the hell are you? Aran: Aran. Sothe: ...Ok. Michaiah: I hear something! Or someone... Sothe: They followed us?! Meg: Howdy! Michaiah: AHH!! Kill it with fire! Sothe: Michaiah, that's rude... Meg: I'm looking for someone, can I tag along with- Michaiah: *smacks her, steals her equipment and fortune* NO FATTIES! Meg: T.T Sothe: What the fuck Michaiah! We dont steal! Michaiah: Says the thief with a small dick... Sothe: *shuts the fuck up* Michaiah: Birdie hears noise! Sothe: We shouldn't be running off every which way, we're in a dangerous situation! Michaiah: We're following birdy. Sothe: Ok. Laguz bandits: WE'RE BADASS! ROAR! The bosses: *stereotypical music plays* We are Si-A-mee-eese, if you plee-eease- Michaiah: Everyone, be on defense! Sothe, Nolan and Aran: Ya think? Illyana: I'll fry 'em from a distance! *thinking* mmmm, fried tiger meat. *drools like homer simpson* Leonardo: I'll also attack form a distance as well. Eddie: I'll...help? Nolan: You two aren't doing shit! Eddie and Leo: *boihug and cry in self-pity* *steals treasure from thieves* Laguz bandits: WE'RE DEADZORS, ROAR! Michaiah: Birdy, where are you!? Sothe: I think it went off to find an actual friend, since you clearly aren't one... Michaiah: THEN GO BACK TO IKE AND HAVE HIS BABIES YOU BITCH! Sothe: T.T Maybe I will! Nailah: This thing your bird? Volug and Raphael: *passed out around her* Sothe: Who are you? Nailah: The only cool person in the entire part 1 besides him. *points at Volug* Volug: *passed out, but panting like a dog* Michaiah: We heard singing. Nailah: Yeah, Raphael never got double teamed before and it turns out he doesn't take it too well in the backside. Damn virgin. Volug: *grins in his sleep* Everyone: o0;; Nailah: Fucking prudes. Raphael: *wakes up* Don't mind me, I'm a plot device...*shivers* ohh goddess it's wonderful...*passes out* Nailah: See what I mean? *later* Volug: *licking at Nailah's feet, since she doesn't have boots* Sothe: ...Can you make him stop doing that? Nailah: Make me. Pfeh! That's funny, you making ME. You couldn't even make him stop yourself. Sothe: Do you have to talk down to me like that? Nailah: Bitches should be treated like such. *scritches behind Volug's ear* They're much happier when they know their place...*looks Sothe, head to toe, grinning* course, ya gotta break them in first... Volug: *tail wags* X3 Sothe: o0;; Nailah: Anyways, gonna let him be with you. I got other things to do. Found some mad tail back in town. Sothe: ...Thanks? Volug: *whimpers, clinging to Nailah: Nailah: Awww, poor boy...*pets* I'll be back. Be a good boy for them and I'll use the clamps next time. Volug: *tail wags strongly* OuO Sothe: ...I'm gonna be sick. *cash gets thrown at them* Sothe: Hey, aren't those Zihark, Jill and Tauroneo? Michaiah: Who? Tauroneo: YAAAH! Babies! You are all BABIES! Jill: Maggots! Zihark: BONK! Sothe: Nice to see you again! Zihark: We're protecting the prince of Daien! Sothe: Prince!?! Finally, someone we can get behind! Michaiah: He's unimportant, let's just continue without him. Sothe: FUCK you! We're meeting him. Pelleas: Hi. Izuka: Prince! There are people here! You do nothing, I'll talk to them. Amelda: My baby boy, finally, I see you again, mweheheheh! *giggling ina clearly psychotic fashion* Michaiah: Told you. Sothe: Right, let's go. Come on guys. Tauroneo: Daaaahh, dah dah dah dah dah, come sing with me! Eddie, Leo, Illyana, Aran: Finally, we get to stick it to Begnion! Zihark, Tauroneo and Jill: Hi, we're your replacements. Eddie, Leo, Illyana, Aran: ...T.T Zihark: Aran, you're cool. Come on. Aran: ^^ Tauroneo: We make good team! Fiona: Knights! Continue on! I'll fight them off! Knights: Are you retarded? We're better than you and we have people rescued! Fiona: Oh right. Ok. Michaiah: Who are you? Fiona: Fiona. Sothe: ...*takes equipment and skills* You're bad and you should feel bad. Zihark, Nolan, Tauroneo and Volug: *proceed to slaughter everyone* Sothe: Sweet! Paragon! Zihark: *takes it from him* HA! You wish. Sothe: T.T... Izuka: Let's rescue the prisoners! Poison the water supply! Sothe: Yeah, let's kill puppies and skin them while we're at it. Then, we can tie helpless women to railroad tracks. Jackass. Izuka: No one listens to me! Kefka: BECAUSE YOU'RE A SUCKIER VERSION OF ME YOU HASBIN! Sothe: Let's save the prisoners! Tormod: Hai guys, what's going on in here? Muarim: Wtfpwn! Vika: *smoking olivi grass* Don't mind me, I'm on my way to page 10, hur hur hur. *prisoners rescued quest completed* Sothe: We got news they're executing prisoners in a swamp! Izuka: Fuck 'em! Sothe: for once I agree, this is an obvious trap. Michaiah: Let's go save them! Tra la la! *skips off* Sothe: *slits wrists* Michaiah: We'll rescue you prisoners! Rafael: It's a trap! *soldiers appear* Sothe: WHAT did I tell you!?! Muarim: Lol, noobs. Nailah: Oh for fucks sakes, you people are PITIFUL! Come on Volug, let's show these bitches how it's done. Volug: *humps leg* Nailah: No no, fighting! We're fighting! ...We'll take care of that later. Raphael: *licks* Volug: *licks* Michaiah: There's so much she can teach us... Sothe: No there isn't! *prisoners rescued, gain 10 points* Pelleas: You guys are the greatest! *everyone ignoring him, the meal more important* Uh...Hello? Michaiah: Everyone's asleep. I wonder why, as I look up at the NIGHT sky. Jarod: We drugged them! Now prepare to die! Black Knight: *appears with plot device powder* Any smart villain would have just poisoned them and be done with it. Jarod: Dammit! Why didn't I think of that!? Black Knight: Because you fail. *Eclipse'd* Jarod: ...I'm alive? Jarod's anonymous friend: FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU- Senator Hitler looking guy: Quell the rebellion now, or the people who don't already like us in begnion will not like us in begnion! Jarod: Yeah, why didn't I think of that? You're a fucking genius senator. *grumbles* Michaiah: We're here to stop you! Jarod: Stop me? Why? NO ONE LIKES YOU OR YOUR BITCH PRINCE! Michaiah: We're the hope of the people- Jarod: WHO DON'T LIKE YOU! I'm two steps away from being a dudley do-right villain and I have 3 authority stars! I am somehow more liked than you will EVER be! Michaiah: *shuts the fuck up* Black Knight: I will go and- Nailah: Too late. Jarod: HOW DID YOU- Nailah: *Savage rape* Jarod: FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU- Michaiah: We saved Daien! Pelleas: And I am finally king! Everyone in Daien: WHATEVER! *continues living anyways* End part 1. Soon to come... 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Not Changed by VASM :( Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 (edited) Dude...that was AWESOME! Move to WW? Edited February 9, 2009 by Not Changed by VASM :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandjackal Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Dude...that was AWESOME!Move to WW? Shall I continue to part 2? It is your topic, I'm not about to hijack it without permission. What the fuck is WW? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Shall I continue to part 2? It is your topic, I'm not about to hijack it without permission.What the fuck is WW? Written Works. If you don't mind it being literally torn to shreds by Shuuda, that is. he hates script format. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandjackal Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Written Works.If you don't mind it being literally torn to shreds by Shuuda, that is. he hates script format. Ahhh, ok. Maybe, maybe not. And if that's the case, probably not then. I'm not about to do this in paragraph book style like "quote" jarod shouted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bohemund Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 I like the whole idea with three armies, but it is a shame DB doesn't get much time to actually develop into powerful characters. They always need to get bonus exp dumped into them to stay at par, even on levels were the characters are introduced (mainly Meg and Fiona). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandjackal Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 So...anyone want a part 2? I'll post it in the WW if I have to, but if you don't mind it here, I'll do it here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penitent Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 I recommend putting it in Written Works. well, perhaps i was a bit too harsh with Micaiah and may not be a full-fledged Mary Sue, but you have to admit that she is quite an unattractive character personality-wise. i also really hated the way that she and Sothe were prioritized at the expense of the Dawn Brigade. TELL me about it. DX I really hate her portrait - it's so stiff, so unemotional. Doesn't give any semblance of humanity at all (the Light Mage portrait is kinda alright thanks to the arm, but it only gets worse from then on). Though my opinion of her changed dramatically when I heard someone else's view on her via a surprisingly decent fanfiction. She had emotion yet was perfectly in character. It made me wonder if anyone in IS had ever heard of narrative. ...dear god did I just say decent fanfiction SOMEBODY KILL ME NOW and going back to the topic in question, split paths could actually work if fewer units were available. 70 playable units=/=good game, since we end up not knowing anything about the majority of the units assuming we didn't play through PoR, that is. So the moral of the story is that slow and steady fits the budget. Though I would have preferred it if it were mostly between two armies, the Dawn Brigade and the Mercenaries, only making the war a bit bigger on the Daein front once they became involved.The support conversations would be tricky, though. you can't have support conversations with every single character as the FE10 system would require, and if the FE9 system would be applied, it might make the support bonuses void in Part 4 when the army splits. the only way i can see that support conversations be available in a multiple-part game is if the teams are predetermined, meaning no customization for part 4 assuming they would still do the split army part I'm just wondering why they didn't give a character a few support conversations with a few characters, then give the new, generic reply system to everyone else. Surely it couldn't have been too difficult to program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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