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It's time for a Man Festival (HM just bought Shadow Hearts: Covenant!)
| jlh28532 | Posted 4/30/2007 12:34:55 PM | message detail | #101 |
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There are 6 soul gems in the game that allow you to upgrade your souls
to the max but they can't be obtained until you get a certian Plot
Fusion Aslo, search every nook and cranny for the 16 Ring Soul spirits. Good/Funny story AND you get a Hit area expansion --- Diamond WIFI code: 1203-5713-9413 Wi-Fi record: 2-1 |
| jlh28532 | Posted 4/30/2007 12:35:49 PM | message detail | #102 |
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I mean a +1 to your attack thingy in the judgement. --- Diamond WIFI code: 1203-5713-9413 Wi-Fi record: 2-1 |
| wavedash101 | Posted 4/30/2007 12:38:17 PM | message detail | #103 |
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SH is ok --- Our shields cannot withstand wavedashing of this magnitude! Annoying posters! I am the great wavedash! [no u cru] |
| jlh28532 | Posted 4/30/2007 4:40:30 PM | message detail | #104 |
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bump --- Diamond WIFI code: 1203-5713-9413 Wi-Fi record: 2-1 |
| Kyle Bowen | Posted 4/30/2007 5:49:08 PM | message detail | #105 |
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-- Made it through the mines without much trouble. I noticed one
area there seemed to be a guy standing on a level below me. I didn't
ever manage to find a way to him -- if there is a way to him -- but it
was pretty strange. This place wasn't too bad, either. Tranny was dead
on with every other post-subway not being anything really difficult. Yes, you can get to him and you will want to if you want to complete a sidie to get some good equipment. KB |
| Undeniable | Posted 4/30/2007 6:11:56 PM | message detail | #106 |
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This is really making me wanna play Covenant again.. I wish I knew where Disc 1 was.. --- "Rule number one! Never interrupt THE CHAZZ during a long monologue - Chazz Princeton |
| trannyscience | Posted 4/30/2007 7:00:23 PM | message detail | #107 |
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random stuff - if you haven't figured it out yet, hit the X button while moving around in towns and dungeons. you'll find all kinds of things scattered around. this goes double on anything that looks out of place that could be one of Joachim's weapons - he gets those for free, so you never need to buy him one. - did you fight Gama in Southampton? if you do, make sure you have a Leonardo's Bear equipped. that prevents Grand Slam from sending you to the moon. - have you checked out those "Mr." cards in your inventory? :) --- i do not violation any rules "I hate you for introducing "Man Festival" to my vocabulary." - Heroic Mario |
| ZFS | Posted 4/30/2007 8:15:04 PM | message detail | #108 |
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Just made it to the Neam Ruins. I've put in about 7 hours so far. -- I forgot to mention this before, but I ran into THE GREAT GAMA !! in that previous town. The most distubring sounding/looking/everything ever. And he goes around preaching the greatness of wrestling...or somesuch. I tried my luck with him in the ring -- THIS WAS NO MAN FESTIVAL, I SAY -- and got whipped. Didn't try it again. -- One of the things I'm really loving about this game is how much fun it is. Anyone who says "lol rpgs are boring cuz of turn-based battles" can go rot. I haven't gotten too far, but this may just be the most entertaining battle system I've found in an RPG. I love the whole Judgement Ring system, and being able to make it grow to get more hits per turn over time. I also like how nice the random encounter rate is. The battles aren't too frequent (you can make plenty of progress in between battles), but they're not too infrequent as to make you long for some battles. A really, really good balance. -- The scene were the old lady tells Karin that she can either find the flower or dress up in a see-through dress and dance was like "aww yeah," but then she's all like "lol no i cant do that" and Yuri gets the right idea and looks at her, imagining what that would look like. I love the humor this game throws in every now and then. -- The puzzles and dungeons in this game are second to none in design. Sure, they may not be particularly difficult -- although some of them can make you think a little -- I love how well implemented they are. Some examples, the Blood Type puzzles where you have to find out who matches the AB blood type and the one where you have to take the Zodiac tiles and figure out the order with some hints from a poem. I thought they were really enjoyable, and not so stupid that I needed to go FAQ it. An example of a really cool "dungeon" design would be the HQ. Hitting switches, opening walls, reading books to get hints about the clock, etc. It's fantastic, I think. -- Despite all that clamor about how I should have played SH1 first, I think this game is doing a good job, so far, of not leaving me like "What the hell?!" when it clearly references the last game. If you played it, it's probably easier to understand and know exactly what they're talking about, but for those that didn't, they still do a good job of at least briefly going back over what they're talking about. I'm thinking about the Manuscript part here. -- The parts where Yuri recaps what happened in the last game with amazing artwork is made of win. -- I loved the scene where Yuri ends up tricking Lenny into telling him where Bacon is. I saw that coming a mile away. Right when he was like "You don't know, do you?" You just knew that Lenny was going to want to look like he was "in" with the plan, so he had to spill it to make himself look good. Funny stuff. -- Still no hard boss battles so far. I had a few more, but nothing really worth noting. -- I'm really liking the cast of this game. Yuri is far and away the best thing about it, but it's a nice cast with some good interaction -- when there is interaction. Yuri's personality, forgetting any sort of feats or going in-depth with his character, is probably my favorite part of him, which is nice because I haven't played SH1, so I'm missing out on his whole deal with Alice, which is unfortunate, but that's why I plan to play it after this. Smart, witty, and very cool. Yuri's the man. (Yuri > > Karin > Gepetto > Joachim > Blanca > Lucia) -- I realize I'm pretty much sucking Yuri's cock this update; bear with it for now. |
| ZFS | Posted 4/30/2007 8:15:12 PM | message detail | #109 |
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-- Right now. My party setup is Yuri, Karin, Joachim, and Lucia. I don't know why,
but Lucia's fan hits for some pretty crazy damage (50-ish). She's only
got one hit with it, though. Yuri has 5 hits with his JR, Karin has
three, and Joachim has three. I've gotten Yuri's Orexis fusion up to
Level 7. My whole party level is 14. -- OMG THE RING SOUL IS MARRIED WUT WUT WUT! --- "It bugs the crap out of me when someone talks more than I do." |
| ZFS | Posted 4/30/2007 8:20:50 PM | message detail | #110 |
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- if you haven't figured it out yet, hit the X button while moving
around in towns and dungeons. you'll find all kinds of things scattered
around. this goes double on anything that looks out of place that could
be one of Joachim's weapons - he gets those for free, so you never need
to buy him one. Yeah. I've found a bunch of random stuff by doing that -- lottery tickets, crests, items, etc. - did you fight Gama in Southampton? if you do, make sure you have a Leonardo's Bear equipped. that prevents Grand Slam from sending you to the moon. Yeah. But I ended up getting hit to the moon. I need to go back and fight him again sometime with Leonardo's Bear equipped on him, I suppose! - have you checked out those "Mr." cards in your inventory? :) I have. I got curious as to what these "Stud Cards" were. Curiosity kills the cat. --- "It bugs the crap out of me when someone talks more than I do." |
| meisnewbie | Posted 4/30/2007 8:21:18 PM | message detail | #111 |
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Your damage is higher if you only have one attack IIRC. (hehe Anastasia doing 70+ with two hits) WHY DO YOU HAVE LUCIA WHY HM. --- Eh? Easy Mode? How Disgusting! Only Elementary School Kids play on Easy Mode. |
| trannyscience | Posted 4/30/2007 8:21:53 PM | message detail | #112 |
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- it does so much damage because it's only one hit. the more hits you
have the more damage you do, but the amount of damage per hit goes
down. I could never use Lucia because she's so luck-based and the game
just isn't difficult enough to warrant using her special skills, but
I've heard she's a good mage if you give her the right crests. - SH1 stuff comes later, right now there's a bit you're missing but nothing huge. it's mostly just empathizing with Yuri about Alice that you're missing right now, and Kato I guess. - Lenny is entertaining - personal opinion: SH2 has some good dungeons but some really mediocre ones as well, with a couple being flat-out bad ('sup, underground subway, and I don't like the Ronda Mines at all either). there's one on disc 2 that's tedious and annoying as well; I have a map when you get there if you want it, and you'll know when you get there, believe me. --- i do not violation any rules "I hate you for introducing "Man Festival" to my vocabulary." - Heroic Mario |
| ZFS | Posted 4/30/2007 8:25:23 PM | message detail | #113 |
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I was just testing her out to see if she was pretty good. The first
time I used one of her, uh, Tarot Cards, she ended up reducing my
entire party's max HP by 50%. Fun times, Lucia. I'll probably end up
putting Gepetto back in when I start again. And yeah, I guess that does make sense about the less is more damage. I've got Yuri doing ~110 damage with five perfect strikes, which is made even easier than usual thanks to reducing the speed by 50%. --- "It bugs the crap out of me when someone talks more than I do." |
| ZFS | Posted 4/30/2007 8:27:30 PM | message detail | #114 |
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The Underground Subway is about the only one that I really didn't like
too much. It's really been the last couple that have really stood out
to me. --- "It bugs the crap out of me when someone talks more than I do." |
| trannyscience | Posted 4/30/2007 8:27:37 PM | message detail | #115 |
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yeah, coral items are nice. I always have mine on Karin because I've
never adjusted to her ring without it. 50% is too slow for me though, I
only use them when the annoying trials come up. (you'll see) --- i do not violation any rules "I hate you for introducing "Man Festival" to my vocabulary." - Heroic Mario |
| meisnewbie | Posted 4/30/2007 8:29:06 PM | message detail | #116 |
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Save that last spot for Anastasia yo. Still the second best character that is royalty (YOU KNOW THE FIRST!!11) --- Eh? Easy Mode? How Disgusting! Only Elementary School Kids play on Easy Mode. |
| ZFS | Posted 4/30/2007 8:30:50 PM | message detail | #117 |
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Joachim's is the only one I can't seem to get down all the time. I hit
perfect with him more often than not, but his can annoying from time to
time. Karin's was pretty easy to time perfectly for me at normal speed
-- she's got Yuri's Coral item that reduced speed by 25% right now. --- "It bugs the crap out of me when someone talks more than I do." |
| trannyscience | Posted 4/30/2007 8:31:34 PM | message detail | #118 |
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Joachim's is pretty easy for me.. the last character you get is the one that messes me up. --- i do not violation any rules "I hate you for introducing "Man Festival" to my vocabulary." - Heroic Mario |
| ZFS | Posted 4/30/2007 8:51:51 PM | message detail | #119 |
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I see more of that nasty Anastasia hype! --- "It bugs the crap out of me when someone talks more than I do." |
| trannyscience | Posted 4/30/2007 8:54:18 PM | message detail | #120 |
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board 8 is loli-obsessed. don't mind them! that said, I do use Anastasia. she's not really that great but I like her camera. --- i do not violation any rules "I hate you for introducing "Man Festival" to my vocabulary." - Heroic Mario |
| meisnewbie | Posted 4/30/2007 9:02:20 PM | message detail | #121 |
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Oh Pssst, any character that uses a camera is awesome. Except for Frank West, I still need to pass judgment on him. Oh pffft, Anastasia is a bad loli from what I know of loli stuff majiggles. Besides, HM only likes women that can suffocate him through hugging. --- Eh? Easy Mode? How Disgusting! Only Elementary School Kids play on Easy Mode. |
| ZFS | Posted 4/30/2007 9:05:20 PM | message detail | #122 |
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You know it. --- "It bugs the crap out of me when someone talks more than I do." |
| trannyscience | Posted 4/30/2007 9:06:05 PM | message detail | #123 |
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well I don't think Anastasia has THE POWER OF LOVE, so I think we're safe. --- i do not violation any rules "I hate you for introducing "Man Festival" to my vocabulary." - Heroic Mario |
| jlh28532 | Posted 4/30/2007 9:25:59 PM | message detail | #124 |
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My main SH2 Crew: Yuri Karin Joachim Blanca/Kenshin Hirmua --- Diamond WIFI code: 1203-5713-9413 Wi-Fi record: 3-1 |
| Undeniable | Posted 4/30/2007 9:37:28 PM | message detail | #125 |
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The only time I ever used Kenshin was in his and Anastasia's special
side dungeon (lol beating super monster because it ruined the love) and
his sidequest for ultimate sword and *SPOILERS* --- "Rule number one! Never interrupt THE CHAZZ during a long monologue - Chazz Princeton |
| Undeniable | Posted 4/30/2007 11:20:08 PM | message detail | #126 |
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*SPOILERS IN POST! HM DO NOT READ* I found the scene where SH:C begins to go down hill (Well, no, I really like the stuff with Alice after it, but besides that) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO3X1sdbItU Nicholai really should of been main villain, or, as originally planned, protagonist. --- "Rule number one! Never interrupt THE CHAZZ during a long monologue - Chazz Princeton |
| trannyscience | Posted 4/30/2007 11:23:40 PM | message detail | #127 |
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yeah, let's keep spoilers out of this topic until he's there. no need to spoil the guy who's enjoying the game muchly. --- i do not violation any rules "I hate you for introducing "Man Festival" to my vocabulary." - Heroic Mario |
| Undeniable | Posted 4/30/2007 11:33:07 PM | message detail | #128 |
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I suppose, but just so much of the better stuff comes later on. --- "Rule number one! Never interrupt THE CHAZZ during a long monologue - Chazz Princeton |
| Dorobou | Posted 5/1/2007 12:38:08 AM | message detail | #129 |
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Pfft. It figures that a lamer like Unde would consider that scene a bad thing. --- "Your picture of Stalin riding a Year3 Limited Edition Starflower inside a German concentration camp was both upsetting and historically inaccurate." |
| Undeniable | Posted 5/1/2007 12:39:12 AM | message detail | #130 |
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THAT scene wsn't TOO bad, it was the scene AFTER that made me so confused and awe struck my brain hurt. --- "Rule number one! Never interrupt THE CHAZZ during a long monologue - Chazz Princeton |
| Dorobou | Posted 5/1/2007 12:46:06 AM | message detail | #131 |
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Whatever. Hyping Nicholai and anti-hyping the final villain still makes you some kind of uber-lamer. --- "Your picture of Stalin riding a Year3 Limited Edition Starflower inside a German concentration camp was both upsetting and historically inaccurate." |
| Undeniable | Posted 5/1/2007 12:51:29 AM | message detail | #132 |
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Because HE MADE NO SENSE! SHC rapes everything I liked, like changing Simon's motives to a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THING ENTIRELY! --- "Rule number one! Never interrupt THE CHAZZ during a long monologue - Chazz Princeton |
| transience | Posted 5/1/2007 12:52:01 AM | message detail | #133 |
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um guys --- xyzzy |
| ZFS | Posted 5/1/2007 1:07:55 AM | message detail | #134 |
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........... So, tranny, while I try to filter out that nonsense, I saw you mention something about a Yuri SCC earlier, complete with "NG+." Covenant has a New Game+? --- "It bugs the crap out of me when someone talks more than I do." |
| Undeniable | Posted 5/1/2007 1:09:42 AM | message detail | #135 |
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Ok, I'll instead give Hm a reason to play FtNW... Ricardo. http://youtube.com/watch?v=woDSJB0stxY Amazed? See him in battle! http://youtube.com/watch?v=O2cWBqy7Anc http://youtube.com/watch?v=PmC7WjwvMpY http://youtube.com/watch?v=8aL38KJ5TjE http://youtube.com/watch?v=1_p8iuN1hOY Keep in mind, Ricardo is only one of the amazing party members in FtNW, also have Mao, drunken fist master cat and Frank, a master in the art of hiding. --- "Rule number one! Never interrupt THE CHAZZ during a long monologue - Chazz Princeton |
| transience | Posted 5/1/2007 1:11:32 AM | message detail | #136 |
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all SH games have a NG+. you keep your fusions and some other goodies.
it's a really great NG+, though with SH2 it completely nerfs the game
even more. --- xyzzy |
| Dorobou | Posted 5/1/2007 1:11:50 AM | message detail | #137 |
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Simon's motives in SH1 are up there with your average Tales series villain's motives. --- AND THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY SPOILER ISSUES IN THIS TOPIC IF YOU STARTED SH1! I KNOW YOU WANT TO SEE THE MANSEX, HM, BUT COULDN'T YOU HAVE WAITED?! |
| ZFS | Posted 5/1/2007 1:12:42 AM | message detail | #138 |
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... XD Did I just see a flamethrower come out of that guitar? Because I think I just did. --- "It bugs the crap out of me when someone talks more than I do." |
| Wiikku | Posted 5/1/2007 1:12:47 AM | message detail | #139 |
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FtNW's NG+ nerfed its difficulty considerably. lol giving me 5300 malice for Shania from the getgo --- nyoro~n |
| transience | Posted 5/1/2007 1:13:12 AM | message detail | #140 |
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no, you guys would still be talking about disc 2 stuff when he's clearly on disc 1. --- xyzzy |
| transience | Posted 5/1/2007 1:14:41 AM | message detail | #141 |
| SH3's NG+ is good -- no, great. all the great
abilities take a ton of MP, which you just don't have. SH1's is also
good because of the minimum SP needed to fuse. SH2's is the only one I
don't like. --- xyzzy |
| Wiikku | Posted 5/1/2007 1:14:57 AM | message detail | #142 |
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Yeah, Ricky's pretty freaking awesome. So are Frank and Hilda. Too bad the rest of the cast blows. --- nyoro~n |
| Wiikku | Posted 5/1/2007 1:16:01 AM | message detail | #143 |
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It's just Shania's fusions were capable of killing everything I came
across so quickly. But I guess that's what's to be expected from NG+s I had to just stop playing, so I went to Vagrant Story instead. --- nyoro~n |
| ZFS | Posted 5/1/2007 1:16:43 AM | message detail | #144 |
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Hey, guys, guess how much Shadow Hearts I've played? Seven hours. Now
here's where it gets tricky. What you guys are talking about, you know,
the whole villain of the game and things about Shadow Hearts 1. How
much time do you need to put in to get to that? Because, and this may
just be me talking crazy, if it's more than seven hours, I think what's
going down in here is some spoilers. Guess who doesn't want to see
spoilers? I won't answer this one. --- "It bugs the crap out of me when someone talks more than I do." |
| Wiikku | Posted 5/1/2007 1:18:11 AM | message detail | #145 |
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Uhh...Jimmy Carter? --- nyoro~n |
| ZFS | Posted 5/1/2007 1:19:09 AM | message detail | #146 |
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I'm almost willing to accept Carter as an answer. Almost. --- "It bugs the crap out of me when someone talks more than I do." |
| Undeniable | Posted 5/1/2007 1:19:17 AM | message detail | #147 |
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Fine, fine. the only characters that I didn't care for in FtNW were
Shania, Natan and Hilda. Honestly, Natan was boring, Shania I didn't
care for (Good fanservice though) and Hilda.. I've never liked the
Valentine's. And yes, Ricardo has a flame thrower, missle's and hidden
guns in his guitars. --- "Rule number one! Never interrupt THE CHAZZ during a long monologue - Chazz Princeton |
| transience | Posted 5/1/2007 1:19:21 AM | message detail | #148 |
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Jimmy Carter knows SH1 > SH2. --- xyzzy |
| Wiikku | Posted 5/1/2007 1:20:02 AM | message detail | #149 |
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Well, then I'd say Jimmy Carter has bad taste! --- nyoro~n |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 5/1/2007 1:20:07 AM | message detail | #150 |
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Jimmy Carter is a crazy old man. --- Sign up to nominate Gilgamesh for SC2k7! http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs9/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=34669782 |
