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Topic	Exdeath Plays Every Game in the GotD 2020 Contest Part 2 (ft FO:NV, Ghost Trick)
Evillordexdeath 03/15/21 2:55:40 PM #210:	Okay, played a little further, probably to the point where I'm closing in on the end-game now. The shards you start gathering after Zulf leaves let you upgrade the various facilities on the Bastion. I started with the forge, which lets you upgrade weapons five times instead of the previous cap of three, and then I did the lost and found and the distillery, and finally the memorial. I still need to get two shards to upgrade the other two buildings. The first level I did when I started playing again has the Kid wander into the jungle, get high off some poison spores, and fall into a nightmare, which I thought was a cool sequence. It reminds me of the Tanetane Island sequence in Mother 3, which is one of my favorite parts of that game. The rest of the jungle levels are more traditional, just with a new set of enemies and hazards, including a couple little boss fights against a giant flower and an alligator that lurks in tall grass, possibly a rejected design for fifth generation Pokemon. I found a few new weapons like the spear that you can use for longer melee range or just chuck at people and the carbine which is functionally pretty similar to the bow, but overall I think I still prefer running the hammer and bow. I like the musket too, but it combines better with the machete or the spear. I also did the level where you run through Zia's backstory. My overall feeling is still that I'm digging the story but I'm not as enthusiastic about the gameplay. It's alright, but not fantastic. One complaint I do have is with the checkpoint and retrying system. You have a few lives to get through each level with and if they run out you have to start the whole thing over, which can mean losing quite a bit of progress and is kind of frustrating. I think a more ordinary system where there were just multiple checkpoints within each level probably would've been preferable. I was running all the available idols for higher difficulty and rewards, but I lost one level right at the very end, got tilted, and turned them all off, so I'll probably keep use of those to a minimum from now on, since the extra rewards don't seem that important anyway. --- I'm playing every game from GotD 2020! Games Completed: 18/129 Currently Playing: Bastion <cite>Evillordexdeath posted [p:951736901] in Exdeath Pl... [t:79138705]...</cite> <quote>Okay, played a little further, probably to the point where I'm closing in on the end-game now. The shards you start gathering after Zulf leaves let you upgrade the various facilities on the Bastion. I started with the forge, which lets you upgrade weapons five times instead of the previous cap of three, and then I did the lost and found and the distillery, and finally the memorial. I still need to get two shards to upgrade the other two buildings. The first level I did when I started playing again has the Kid wander into the jungle, get high off some poison spores, and fall into a nightmare, which I thought was a cool sequence. It reminds me of the Tanetane Island sequence in Mother 3, which is one of my favorite parts of that game. The rest of the jungle levels are more traditional, just with a new set of enemies and hazards, including a couple little boss fights against a giant flower and an alligator that lurks in tall grass, possibly a rejected design for fifth generation Pokemon. I found a few new weapons like the spear that you can use for longer melee range or just chuck at people and the carbine which is functionally pretty similar to the bow, but overall I think I still prefer running the hammer and bow. I like the musket too, but it combines better with the machete or the spear. I also did the level where you run through Zia's backstory. My overall feeling is still that I'm digging the story but I'm not as enthusiastic about the gameplay. It's alright, but not fantastic. One complaint I do have is with the checkpoint and retrying system. You have a few lives to get through each level with and if they run out you have to start the whole thing over, which can mean losing quite a bit of progress and is kind of frustrating. I think a more ordinary system where there were just multiple checkpoints within each level probably would've been preferable. I was running all the available idols for higher difficulty and rewards, but I lost one level right at the very end, got tilted, and turned them all off, so I'll probably keep use of those to a minimum from now on, since the extra rewards don't seem that important anyway. --- I'm playing every game from GotD 2020! Games Completed: 18/129 Currently Playing: Bastion</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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