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saved outside final boss door

had to use bloody armor for one boss battle. felt kinda dirty

then equipped an avoidance ring, scout look for enemies, and bodyguard. gained like 20 levels just by passively going through the 2nd half of the final dungeon. felt kinda fucking vile

I died to what I assume is the second-to-last boss last night, then went to bed, so if you cheesed that one, I support it

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I died to what I assume is the second-to-last boss last night, then went to bed, so if you cheesed that one, I support it

its the michael and haniel fight. i remember that being the hardest fight my first time through but first universe playthrough went a lot easier. the one here though is a fuck :/

and anyway hit the credits! had trouble surviving the final boss so i got another 20 levels, crafted a few things, hit the races, and did some arenas. i want those bunny shoes but rng be what it do. probably gonna hit up the bonus dungeon but thats gonna need some equipment remaking for factors

rena route beated! expected the paired endings to be a little more substantial? but its okay. also expected the destruction of the calnus to be a fake-out but i guess it wasnt, RIP space dad

now doing clod route on universe. not with new game plus, since apparently that carries over levels and stuff. if theres an extra instrument in kurik, i could not find it. but having the sprite bracelet thing is dope for early pet food + lv5 familiar = writing

so i forgot equipping rainbow diamonds raised IC levels by 1 :/ . at least its mentioned in the item description now!

finished my universe mode claude playthrough last night and this is probably my goty just because it's a really really high quality remake of one of my favorite games of all time

and as im doing this part now
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if theres an extra instrument in kurik, i could not find it. but having the sprite bracelet thing is dope for early pet food + lv5 familiar = writing

theres a harmonica in the store and a lyre in a chest in the mansion. the last instrument is at the bottom of the bonus dungeon

this is a masterpiece

i started over the clod route because i missed that instrument and messed up on the ultimate weapon again (if you make a metalcrusher, youve done it wrong)

just skipping cutscenes and making separate saves at various party member decision points

i just conquered all the fields with love being last. only level 86 for claude but the enemies are laughably easy on galaxy right now. i am ready for the cave of trials after the final dungeon though, it should get crucial there

finished up claude run. beat it at lvl 180ish because bodyguard is just great. just the 3 super bosses, the special group battle, 2 more endings, and the cooking battle achievements

alsoi hadnt seen that PA in hilton with claude and that kid. seems like the c in claude c kenny stands for christian cage

and done. 77.7 hours according to steam

used bloody armor on the MoT boss. normal mode, max level, best equipment, and the spin to win was wiping the party. i 'probably' didnt need it considering super boss #2 went down easily. granted that one is shut down by a simple silver charm so eh. #3 was mostly just moving equipment around till i found something that worked. which i did! the ring of the deep from catching 60 fish came in handy. and then the special arena battle was basically just super boss 3 again.

doubt i try to finish up universe mode but hey maybe one day

started working on maze of tribulations on my universe mode rena game. going fairly smoothly so far, mostly by virtue of spamming the hell out of dias' air slash. god that move is good.

figured i'd follow up with one last update: cleared MoT and all the superbosses on universe

verdict: game kicks ass