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Time to keep playing through Shadow Hearts because it's so awesome. (Part 2!)
| Undeniable | Posted 5/6/2007 4:58:50 AM | message detail | #151 |
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HM has met Wugia! --- "Rule number one! Never interrupt THE CHAZZ during a long monologue - Chazz Princeton |
| meisnewbie | Posted 5/6/2007 5:06:46 AM | message detail | #152 |
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Wait, was she playing the most kickass instrument ever; the Er hu? Vertical, two strings with a honey comb pattern? --- Eh? Easy Mode? How Disgusting! Only Elementary School Kids play on Easy Mode. |
| jlh28532 | Posted 5/6/2007 12:24:10 PM | message detail | #153 |
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Still just a reminder, you have do a compllicated puzzle to get an item that allows yuo to get Amon --- Diamond WIFI code: 1203-5713-9413 Wi-Fi record: 3-1 |
| ZFS | Posted 5/6/2007 6:29:14 PM | message detail | #154 |
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Okay. I just finished the Asia Section, apparently. Wow, that was nuts. So Yuri fused with that god that Dehuai called down with the Reverse Demon Invocation? That was crazy. --- "Called 'Godslayer' by some; feared by most -- Yuri Hyuga." |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 5/6/2007 6:29:50 PM | message detail | #155 |
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Plus the best song ever plays during the cutscene. --- Sign up to nominate Gilgamesh for SC2k7! http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs9/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=34669782 |
| ZFS | Posted 5/6/2007 6:32:01 PM | message detail | #156 |
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It was a nice song, whatever it's called. And what the hell at Bacon talking about going back to London for tea... --- "Called 'Godslayer' by some; feared by most -- Yuri Hyuga." |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 5/6/2007 6:33:23 PM | message detail | #157 |
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It's called ALICE and you will listen to it until you learn to love it, heathen. http://media.putfile.com/ALICE-92-52 And Simon is awesome in SH1. --- Sign up to nominate Gilgamesh for SC2k7! http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs9/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=34669782 |
| ZFS | Posted 5/6/2007 6:34:05 PM | message detail | #158 |
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It's like I complimented and yet I still get called a heathen! --- "Called 'Godslayer' by some; feared by most -- Yuri Hyuga." |
| transience | Posted 5/6/2007 6:34:11 PM | message detail | #159 |
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best part of the game, right there. "d'oh!" --- xyzzy |
| transience | Posted 5/6/2007 6:34:58 PM | message detail | #160 |
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oh, and no complaints about the Temple Ruins! worst dungeon ever right there. --- xyzzy |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 5/6/2007 6:35:43 PM | message detail | #161 |
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Yeah, surprised he didn't mention that or the lame-ass fight with Wugia. --- Sign up to nominate Gilgamesh for SC2k7! http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs9/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=34669782 |
| ZFS | Posted 5/6/2007 6:35:48 PM | message detail | #162 |
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It was a bit dumb, but it wasn't too bad. I've endured far, far worse -- oh god stop it star ocean 3 --- "Called 'Godslayer' by some; feared by most -- Yuri Hyuga." |
| ZFS | Posted 5/6/2007 6:36:23 PM | message detail | #163 |
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Wugia is a chump. Every time I fight him, I kick his ass. --- "Called 'Godslayer' by some; feared by most -- Yuri Hyuga." |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 5/6/2007 6:36:28 PM | message detail | #164 |
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What dungeon was particularly bad in SO3? --- Sign up to nominate Gilgamesh for SC2k7! http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs9/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=34669782 |
| ZFS | Posted 5/6/2007 6:37:50 PM | message detail | #165 |
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The Kirlsa Training Facility, the whole sequence of riding the dumb
turtle things in that cave are the two areas that immediately spring to
mind. But that game as a whole had horrible, generic dungeons that are
the standard for tri-Ace. --- "Called 'Godslayer' by some; feared by most -- Yuri Hyuga." |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 5/6/2007 6:40:03 PM | message detail | #166 |
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yeah well ur dum --- Sign up to nominate Gilgamesh for SC2k7! http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs9/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=34669782 |
| ZFS | Posted 5/6/2007 6:42:59 PM | message detail | #167 |
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Oh, and holy crap at Suketani's death. That was unexpected. --- "Called 'Godslayer' by some; feared by most -- Yuri Hyuga." |
| ZFS | Posted 5/6/2007 7:13:56 PM | message detail | #168 |
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Update time. Just saved the game right outside of Prague. I'm looking
forward to Europe after all the time in Asia -- Europe > Asia. -- I hated that I had to go through those trials in the Temple Ruins. When Zhuzhen told the kid to take us directly to Master Xifa, I was like "oh yes," but then the cat turned human had to go and be like "lol no u gotta do trials aww yeah." Needless to say... -- The Temple Ruins weren't too bad, though. I had no idea what in the world I was doing, so I was just running around warping into different colored portals and eventually finding myself at the very end. The suckiest part was when Yuri had his Fusions stripped from him. He's still a physical monster without them, but that's just no fun. Surprisingly, I thought Alice and Margarete were the easiest of the trials. They seemed shorter with less severe enemies. -- Once through the Ruins, the group has a talk with Master Xifa, then Dehuai takes control of the little kid, causes some explosion, then steals Alice. oh no u didnt old man -- After that, Master Xifa uses the last of his strength warp the group out of the collapsing ruins. Yuri wakes back up in Shanghai, and then goes to see Kawashima. The two have a pretty heated argument, and Yuri says he's tried of being used by people when it's convenient, and that planning out every little detail of life just isn't how he rolls. aww yeah yuri -- Somewhere in between all this, I end up fighting Wugia twice. Wugia sucks. He isn't hard, but he's just a little pissant that pops up seemingly at random from time to time to get beat down. I mean, he's been getting his ass kicked for a good 15 years now. You'd figure he'd give up... -- The next scene was with Lieutenant Suketani in his room, or wherever it was, saying he finally hid some object away. That's when Major Kusurgi (I think that's his name; it's something with a K) comes in with two Japanese soldiers and says he's currently under question for lying about the location of Kawashima. He doesn't tell where she's at, then the Major leaves and you can hear the gunfire from the Japanese soldiers that stayed behind. Crazy stuff. This game is all business all the time. And I love it. -- After getting the Ywanga Gate Key and saving Kawashima from some guards, Yuri and co. head out to face Dehuai. That tower was pretty simple, although it did have some pretty hard hitting enemies. Matching up all the pieces in their correct spots didn't take long. Soon enough, I made it up to Dehuai, who had just finished sucking all of Alice's life energy out of here. There's a quick boss battle here, but between Yuri's Inferno Fusion (holy crap that thing rocks with Fighting Spirit [18%+ boost to physical attack = win]), Margarete's Snipe, and Zhuzhen's Life Sucker, he went down without too much problem. -- He runs away saying it's too late to stop it, then Yuri ends up freeing Alice, who seems incapable to fight any further. Then -- behold -- the mysterious voice appears and says some cryptic stuff, shines a bring light, and voila! Alice is healed! You rock, Mysterious Voice !! -- The fight with Dehuai on top of his tower was...argh. That was the hardest boss battle in the game so far. Crimson Flame can go die. I'm pretty sure Zhuzhen and Alice were both constantly healing there while Yuri pounded away. I think the battle ended up taking something like 15 minutes because of all the healing I had to do. The worst was when he started skipping my characters' turns and getting in successive Crimson Flames. That just sucked. There was a time there when I thought I was going to end up dying -- and this was toward the end of the fight, which would have been terrible. |
| ZFS | Posted 5/6/2007 7:14:06 PM | message detail | #169 |
| -- After getting beaten down, Dehuai tries to make
his little Invocation happen with the last of his strength, but ends up
failing to do so. But, of course, that's not the end of it, because old
Roger Bacon (lol albert simon) comes to join in the festivities and
makes sure to give it the little nudge it needs to get going. That's
when Yuri starts charging forth, ignoring the cries of Alice to not
fuse with the god, but he ends up taking control of it, or at least I
think he got it under control there at the end. During all this, Bacon
is talking to himself in a little bubble at tea time in London.
Shanghai is getting blown to pieces and he's just like "Hm. Most
Impressive!" Crazy old Englishmen. Apparently, Yuri just went off somewhere, too, because I don't have him in my party right outside Prague. Just Alice and Zhuzhen. But yeah, that's the update. This game is so damn awesome. --- "Called 'Godslayer' by some; feared by most -- Yuri Hyuga." |
| ZFS | Posted 5/6/2007 7:22:57 PM | message detail | #170 |
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And now for questions: this is about the halfway point in the game,
right? Just trying to gauge about how much more I have with it.
Anything I need to know of importance around here? Any awful dungeons
rearing their ugly heads? --- "Called 'Godslayer' by some; feared by most -- Yuri Hyuga." |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 5/6/2007 7:24:16 PM | message detail | #171 |
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Yeah, once you hit Europe you're about halfway through. Europe is actually a bit longer than Japan, I think. None of the dungeons here on out are too bad until the final one which is kinda annoying. --- If you're seeing this sig, I'm not on my computer! |
| ZFS | Posted 5/6/2007 7:31:45 PM | message detail | #172 |
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The dungeons have been low on annoyance so far -- none of them really great, either -- so that's good to hear. The only other couple of things I want to make sure I get here are Amon, whenever that becomes possible, and then the bad ending (if there's something like Covenant where you have to choose or whatever, you guys can just tell me which option when I get near to it if that's how it is). --- "Called 'Godslayer' by some; feared by most -- Yuri Hyuga." |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 5/6/2007 7:33:53 PM | message detail | #173 |
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I wouldn't worry about the endings here. The bad ending is default, and unlike Covenant, you actually need to try in order to get the good ending. Requires some side-quest stuff. --- If you're seeing this sig, I'm not on my computer! |
| ZFS | Posted 5/6/2007 7:35:21 PM | message detail | #174 |
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Oh, really? Good deal. --- "Called 'Godslayer' by some; feared by most -- Yuri Hyuga." |
| Undeniable | Posted 5/6/2007 8:02:32 PM | message detail | #175 |
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Oh, and yes, battles take forever in SH1. Unless you don't know, Yuri
tried to fuse with Seraphic Radiance, failed and it took over him. They
don't know where he is.. well, you do once you meet your next party
member, Keith >> Joachim > Hilda, but all suck. --- "Rule number one! Never interrupt THE CHAZZ during a long monologue - Chazz Princeton |
| ZFS | Posted 5/6/2007 8:03:56 PM | message detail | #176 |
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Unless you don't know, Yuri tried to fuse with Seraphic Radiance, failed and it took over him. So that's what happened. argh --- "Called 'Godslayer' by some; feared by most -- Yuri Hyuga." |
| Undeniable | Posted 5/6/2007 8:04:50 PM | message detail | #177 |
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Oh, you'll be ARGHing over it when you have to do a battle that took me
about 20 minutes... Pretty soon too, then its the beginning of the end
for old Alice. --- "Rule number one! Never interrupt THE CHAZZ during a long monologue - Chazz Princeton |
| Undeniable | Posted 5/6/2007 8:06:54 PM | message detail | #178 |
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h, and are you seeing how hilarious it is that Kato ended up being SH2's villain? --- "Rule number one! Never interrupt THE CHAZZ during a long monologue - Chazz Princeton |
| ZFS | Posted 5/6/2007 8:07:49 PM | message detail | #179 |
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Poor Alice. :( And yeah, I'm pretty sure that Kato in SH1 and Kato in SH2 are, like, two totally different characters. It's crazy how different they are. --- "Called 'Godslayer' by some; feared by most -- Yuri Hyuga." |
| ZFS | Posted 5/6/2007 11:54:18 PM | message detail | #180 |
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Next stop -- Rouen! The scene inside of Yuri's soul where he confronts Fox Face was awesome. --- "Called 'Godslayer' by some; feared by most -- Yuri Hyuga." |
| transience | Posted 5/7/2007 12:15:17 AM | message detail | #181 |
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ahh, good stuff. - did you like the penis dudes in Kuihai Tower? best bad guys ever, am I right? - I'm convinced your translation is either different than mine or that every one of you misspell words. it's Wugui in mine, not Wugia. eh, not a big deal. it's also the Yuwang key or something like that. - did you get the erotic book in Kuihai Tower? if not, no big.. well, unless you plan on 100%ing the game. - fights go a lot faster once you hit Europe and you get l2 fusions. all attacks = battle over. great way to level, too. - yay europe -- love some of SH1's dungeons, they're simple and to the point, and they have fights that are simple to clear. really love a couple that are coming up. Blue Castle is a cool dungeon excepting the huge stairwell to Yuri. --- xyzzy |
| ZFS | Posted 5/7/2007 12:18:52 AM | message detail | #182 |
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-- Six months passed since Yuri tried to fuse with the Seraphic
Radiance. Alice and Zhuzhen have been making ends by doing exorcisms
for people. A guy from Bistritz comes into the town looking for them
saying that his town has been getting attacked by monsters. Alice and
Zhuzhen, of course, accept the job and head out. When the guy leaves,
he ends up getting killed by some old hag -- this ended up being a lot
sadder than it might seem, too. -- When they arrive at the town, they go to the shop his family ran and break the news to his wife and daughter that he got killed. The sketchy Mayor named Kevin and dressed in red (omg xenosaga argh get out of here shion's lover) comes in and tries to console them when he hears the news. -- Heading off the Blue Castle, I got a new character to join the crew -- Keith Valentine. He is much cooler than his brother. Love his attacks in battle, too. -- It turns out Kevin -- that name is forever tainted after this encounter, too -- was using OMG BLACK MAGIC HAX to summon the monsters to the town. It was all for his research on vampires, and Terry, the father of the family, was helping him up until the point with the monsters. So Kevin steals Nina's mother (the kid) and says to bring the GOLD DUST if she wants her back. -- One scrubby fight against a dog demon later, he's killed and the monsters are gone. But, now Keith wants to get Alice and Zhuzhen's help to exorcise a demon living at the top of the Blue Castle. He says he has the appearance of human, but can transform into strange monsters. Sounds like Yuri to me! -- The fight against Yuri was pretty easy, mostly because his attacks were confined to one character, although he hit like crazy (one hit was almost enough to take out any character). With Alice always healing, and then using Bat Dance and Corpse Arm, he went down after many turns. -- The following scene with Alice heading into Yuri's soul was probably has been my favorite in the game. She talks to those masks, who each embody a certain aspect of his soul. They tell her that he doesn't want to go on living, and he wants to join with his mother and father in death, and escape the suffering. She isn't having that, and essentially says that she loves him. They open the "Gate to Self" and let her go through. -- Inside, Yuri is digging his grave. Alice yells at him to stop, then the Fox Face appears. He says that he's the manifestation of Yuri's weakness, everything he's afraid of and such. She tries to stand up to him, but he punches her in the face, which about makes Yuri snap. He gets punched around, then stands up again to fight him. As long as he's alive, he can keep going, no matter how much punishment he takes. Really easy fight against Fox Face occurs after that. That about covers the most important bits. Once I got back to Prague, someone says that Margarete left a message about being in Rouen, most likely going after Roger Bacon (lol albert simon). Then there's some strange sequence in the bathroom with Alice where she fights against the old lady from before. Curing and then using Blessed Light took care of that. The next stop is off to Rouen. --- "Called 'Godslayer' by some; feared by most -- Yuri Hyuga." |
| transience | Posted 5/7/2007 12:21:39 AM | message detail | #183 |
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oh man, I love that scene with Olga in the bathroom. the first time
Olga showed up in the mirror it freaked me out for some reason. Rouen is also awesome atmospherically. man, I really love Europe. --- xyzzy |
| ZFS | Posted 5/7/2007 12:23:56 AM | message detail | #184 |
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- did you like the penis dudes in Kuihai Tower? best bad guys ever, am I right? They are, by far, the strangest things I've faced in a game in a long time. - I'm convinced your translation is either different than mine or that every one of you misspell words. it's Wugui in mine, not Wugia. eh, not a big deal. it's also the Yuwang key or something like that. I'm not sure. I thought it was Wugui, but a FAQ says it's "Wugai," which seems closer to yours. - did you get the erotic book in Kuihai Tower? if not, no big.. well, unless you plan on 100%ing the game. Yeah. I remember getting it thinking it was some weapon for Alice. --- "Called 'Godslayer' by some; feared by most -- Yuri Hyuga." |
| transience | Posted 5/7/2007 12:24:43 AM | message detail | #185 |
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hahaha. oh god, I wish. --- xyzzy |
| ZFS | Posted 5/7/2007 12:25:16 AM | message detail | #186 |
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Haha. It's pretty creepy. I kept expecting the door to slowly open
behind Alice whenever she looked in the mirror, but then you go into
one of the stalls and come out an old woman. Crazy. And yeah, Europe is great. I haven't seen much in SH1, admittedly, but SH2's Europe was fantastic. --- "Called 'Godslayer' by some; feared by most -- Yuri Hyuga." |
| transience | Posted 5/7/2007 12:27:02 AM | message detail | #187 |
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opinion time! SH1 Europe > SH2 Japan > SH1 Asia > SH2 Europe SH1 Europe and SH2 Japan are really close though. I really love cd2 of SH2. I kinda think of SH1 as two cds as well -- it even has the little Shadow Hearts logo after the whole Seraphic Radiance / tea scene, and when it's over you're on a different continent. so congrats, you're on cd2! --- xyzzy |
| ZFS | Posted 5/7/2007 12:28:24 AM | message detail | #188 |
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If it was originally a PS1 game, I bet it was two discs, which is why
that logo is there, and then they put it on the PS2 with its much
larger disc space and just never took it out. :P --- "Called 'Godslayer' by some; feared by most -- Yuri Hyuga." |
| ZFS | Posted 5/7/2007 12:29:20 AM | message detail | #189 |
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And what is this about SH1 Asia > SH2 Europe? Not buying that one !! --- "Called 'Godslayer' by some; feared by most -- Yuri Hyuga." |
| transience | Posted 5/7/2007 12:33:14 AM | message detail | #190 |
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SH2 Europe kind of drags! SH2 Russia > SH1 Asia perhaps, but not the other places you wander about. --- xyzzy |
| ZFS | Posted 5/7/2007 12:47:19 AM | message detail | #191 |
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Save for the Underground Subways, I loved areas you visited in SH2
Europe. I'm thinking that SH1 Europe might top it, because so far it's
been great, as has most of the game's locales, but yeah. La Harve and
Cannes bias, baby! Russia was really badass, though. There's so much that goes on there -- aww yeah yuri punching rasputin --- "Called 'Godslayer' by some; feared by most -- Yuri Hyuga." |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 5/7/2007 12:49:27 AM | message detail | #192 |
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tranny more like what the hell are you smoking SH2 Europe > SH2 Japan > SH1 Europe > SH1 Japan Facts and such. --- Sign up to nominate Gilgamesh for SC2k7! http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs9/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=34669782 |
| transience | Posted 5/7/2007 12:50:33 AM | message detail | #193 |
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I don't like either of those very much.. I mean, they're not bad or
anything, just not memorable. well, I guess Le Havre is memorable
because of the stupid Joachim scenes, but other than that I just hit
the trigger points as fast as I can get and get out of there. I do like a few areas more than that -- that Italian SG weird dungeon comes to mind -- but none really make me say 'man, I really love that part.' --- xyzzy |
| transience | Posted 5/7/2007 12:51:03 AM | message detail | #194 |
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kleenex more like brain is broken --- xyzzy |
| ZFS | Posted 5/7/2007 12:51:39 AM | message detail | #195 |
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SH2 Europe > SH2 Japan wut wut wut --- "Called 'Godslayer' by some; feared by most -- Yuri Hyuga." |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 5/7/2007 12:52:06 AM | message detail | #196 |
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Yeah, you heard it right. --- Sign up to nominate Gilgamesh for SC2k7! http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs9/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=34669782 |
| ZFS | Posted 5/7/2007 12:53:14 AM | message detail | #197 |
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Well, there wasn't too much that really happened in those places, but I just loved how they were designed. --- "Called 'Godslayer' by some; feared by most -- Yuri Hyuga." |
| ZFS | Posted 5/7/2007 12:53:43 AM | message detail | #198 |
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Yeah, you heard it right. I heard it -- but oh my god is it wrong !! --- "Called 'Godslayer' by some; feared by most -- Yuri Hyuga." |
| transience | Posted 5/7/2007 12:55:03 AM | message detail | #199 |
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..anyway, instead of having an opinion battle, what do you think of SH1
so far? how's in compare to 2? what do you like and dislike about it? --- xyzzy |
| transience | Posted 5/7/2007 12:56:30 AM | message detail | #200 |
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oh, and having played some of it thus far, do you regret playing 2 first? --- xyzzy |
