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Topic | SaveEstelle & LeonhartFour in New Houses: Next-Gen Edition [SELF] |
Mac Arrowny 12/05/20 9:52:46 AM #334: | Okay, some thoughts on some CS4 stuff. Interlude: Finale: Final dungeon: I like the layout with the Garden as the resting point in the middle. This is the gameplay variety I crave. Made it feel less like a long slog. The confrontation with Lechter and Claire sucked - you beat them and they become good. This could've and should've happened a long time ago, and just feels way overdue here. Cedric and Shirley were done much better. You actually feel some emotional impact with Cedric, though Shirley feeling totally different from how she was in Crossbell is still weird. Cedric joining Ouroboros is painful, especially his weird motivation: "I won't be fully punished if I stay here, so I'm going to go on a fun journey enjoying the world and doing more evil things" - like what? Mariabell and Campanella - learned some interesting things here. Kinda makes it seem like they'll go for a DDLC or Star Ocean 3 twist at some point. I think their should've been something more personal with Campanella though, after the way Juna got to him in Crossbell. Rufus and Alberich - people acting like Rufus is strong is dumb. I mean, we beat freaking Lianne, Rufus is nothing. It was nice that he at least got arrested for his crimes, even if all the Ironbloods should've. Random comment: there was a line like "They're not the Ironbloods anymore. They're the knights of blood and iron now. There's no going back for them anymore." - I really hope this sounded less dumb in Japanese, because it's just hilarious in English. McBurn - made McBurn a lot more interesting than before! Was nice to see him finally not feel like a joke. I think he should've shared more of the truth with us, but eh. The fight was annoying, because I crushed him, but he killed Rean with his S-Craft and I wasn't sure what to do after that the first time. Osborne - this was all good, but it should've been better. The game needed more Osborne. They wrote the final conflict real well, I just think it should've been built-up harder. I also don't really see a point in the whole "Dreichels reborn" thing. Normal Ending - shorter than it could've been, but had some great emotional impact! True ending - shame about the lack of emotional impact. Reviving Millium and Crow was fucking garbage, especially since they let Alisa's dad die even though he was more alive than they were. Giving us a long explanation of everything that happened in the world was cool and much appreciated compared to the Sky 2/Azure endings. The wedding part with all the pictures was fantastic, and the best part of the ending, IMO. Epilogue - why do you have to watch the true ending twice to see this? Very stupid. Was good though! Lots of reveals without giving us the whole story, which is fine. Was cool to see the Grandmaster for real, who looks exactly like Demiurgos from Azure. Explains why Mariabell was so happy to follow her. Fun that Nielsen and 1st Anguis have the same VA. Overall: pretty good, but could've been better. There were some silly decisions, like making it take place in far too short a period of time. Like, even from Act 1 CS ranking: 1 > 3 > 4 > 2. The CS games don't do high stakes well, IMO. 1 has low stakes, and it's totally believable. I didn't believe any of the stakes in 4 or 2 were real. Would be better if they focused more on emotional development and such. I really didn't care about anything to do with the (early spoilers) --- All the stars in the sky are waiting for you. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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