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The cutscene with Traziun killing Kalmar was originally set in the Inner Sanctum of the Blana Sera temple, but is now moved to the Inner Sanctum of the Black Fortress.
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The cutscene with Rhue confronting Gaius, and choosing whether to plunge with Strata, was originally going to be the end of the game. Traziun and Strata were involved, as well.
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Play BGM: WayEndoftheWay [Pan to RHUE catching up with GAIUS, who has his eyes closed.] Note: 6 steps. 7 steps from Gaius. RHUE: Look who it is, my run away tour guide. GAIUS: I never said I'd take you to the End of the Way. I said you could follow me if you could keep up. RHUE: Thanks, now I don't feel so hurt. RHUE: Now if you'll kindly tell me which way the End of the Way is so I can find Tetzel. GAIUS: The End of the Way used to be right here. RHUE: What? GAIUS: You're standing on what used to be the End of the Way. RHUE: I don't have time for this... Where is Tetzel? GAIUS: He fled from here before I arrived. Most likely he's somewhere on the other side of this tunnel. RHUE: Then I guess I'll be on my way. [RHUE starts to leave.] Change Switch: [0197:Others Show up]-ON Set GAIUS: Sorry, but that won't be possible. RHUE: Why is that? GAIUS: I've had to reconsider your existence on the Way. GAIUS: I'm afraid I've realized that you can't be allowed to continue in your current state. RHUE: Current state? What are you talking about?! GAIUS: Just drop your sword and back away. That's all you need to do. RHUE: What?! GAIUS: It's a Shadow Sword. It will destroy you. If you like, you can just hand it over to me. RHUE: ... RHUE: Why would you want it then?! GAIUS: I want to help you, Rhue. RHUE: I don't trust you... How could giving you my sword help anyone? GAIUS: Because I will destroy it. RHUE: Shadow swords can't be destoryed... GAIUS: Trust me Rhue. I'm your friend. Just look at what you did to Lyrra with that awful thing! RHUE: I was defending myself! How do you even know about that?! GAIUS: I sensed it.... I knew it had to be you. RHUE: You're one weird guy... GAIUS: If you mean that I'm not quite like most wanderers, then you're absolutely correct. GAIUS: But under that definition, you're quite weird as well. Please, give the sword to me. RHUE: What are you talking about?! GAIUS: Don't you know who you are? RHUE: I'm Rhue of Landorin! [STRATA enters behind RHUE.] STRATA: You murdered Lyrra! GAIUS: Listen to him Rhue, you're a murderer! Give me your sword and let me help you! RHUE: I'm a murderer? GAIUS: Don't you know? You're the Phantom Slasher! [TRAZIUN enters behind RHUE and above STRATA.] TRAZIUN: There you are... [RHUE and STRATA face TRAZIUN.] Show Picture: 5,ToBeContinued
EggsAisle" post="495731051 posted:
This is a very interesting LP of an interesting game I would have never heard about. Thanks for showing it off!
With that said, I'm throwing in the towel on trying to make sense of what's going on. I'm not sure if it's too many characters and factions, or the writing style leaning so heavily on being ~mysterious and cryptic~, or the character portraits looking kinda samey, or the fact that my brain has been fried from work lately. Or maybe some combination of the above. Whatever the reason, I'm lost.
So we have Rhue, whose motivations consist of finding a girl and... being an asshole for the hell of it, I guess? Alright, fine. There's much more to him, apparently, but he doesn't seem to care. So he just sort of barrels from plot point to plot point like some kind of sociopathic pinball. Alright then.
There's Trazuin, who seems pretty nice and is some kind of ultimate badass. And he has a father who he hates. What is he trying to accomplish? No idea. How does he tie in with the rest of the story? Beats the hell outta me, he just seems to kinda show up and do his thing and then abruptly disappears. Same with Gaius, except even more so, because with Gaius I don't know who he is, what he wants, or even what he's doing most of the time.
We had Slade for a while, who was fairly straightforward: he was a samurai type working for... actually, who was he working for? He was supposed to be some kind of bodyguard, but he was a.) unlucky, and b.) kind of a dick, so nobody liked him. Now he's dead, I think. Did he have a greater role in the story?
Kloe I can at least make sense of. Makes me think she should have been the main character. Lexus was kinda interesting, apparently had a masked vigilante thing going, but now she's dead so welp. Cetsa/Dancing Violet was a pretty unique character, I thought, plus she seemed like she knew something, but then she died too. Well shit. Throw in some stuff about "shadow swords", and nonsensical dream sequences, and this Phantom Slasher thing, and the crazy backstabby politics, and... yeah, I'm lost. I really like the game's setting, from what I understand of it, and I'm intrigued by what's going on; I just can't figure out the rhyme or reason behind any of it, which makes everything really jumbled and confusing. And I'm sure I've missed all sorts of stuff too, it's sort of an 'I don't know what I don't know' situation.