Lia
@liareplaysbk
· 09:46 PM · Dec 22, 2020
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It is time! Let’s go step into that teleporter and see what awaits upstairs in Cor Hydrae.
Lia
@liareplaysbk
· 10:22 PM · Dec 22, 2020
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Upstairs looks a lot like downstairs but with more eyeballs on the pillars. The interior designer is fired. After dodging a bunch of monsters, we get to the throne room, where Melodia is still Being A JRPG Villain.
Lia
@liareplaysbk
· 10:25 PM · Dec 22, 2020
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She goads Kalas a bunch. Goats tend to be stubborn jerks so this is not an inaccurate assessment AHEM. In case anyone thought she would, somehow, relent nicely: absolutely not, villainous laugh included.
Lia
@liareplaysbk
· 10:28 PM · Dec 22, 2020
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I mean, you’ve spared us twice for no reason at this point, a third wouldn’t be that big a stretch. The next bit almost feels like meta-commentary on how dang long this dungeon can take. The pet god gets up...
Lia
@liareplaysbk
· 10:30 PM · Dec 22, 2020
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... jumps down, Kalas gets a short Protagonist Monologue, and it’s boss time.
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@liareplaysbk
· 10:32 PM · Dec 22, 2020
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You may notice me being a TWINGE snarky about Kalas’ dialog. I found it boring then, I find it boring now: compared to the really solid character banter earlier in the game, it feels generic, weak and uninteresting to me.
Lia
@liareplaysbk
· 10:36 PM · Dec 22, 2020
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How could we possibly win this 3-on-1-with-single-attack fight with a combat system that’s purposefully exploitable? Impossible! More people come in with great timing...
Lia
@liareplaysbk
· 10:41 PM · Dec 22, 2020
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Look, I’m all for getting rid of unelected monarchs and reforming the political systems, but MAYBE all the leaders showing up BEFORE we’re actually done cleaning up isn’t the best idea. Also the “weak” god still slaughtered a ton of the Children of the Earth so...?
Lia
@liareplaysbk
· 10:45 PM · Dec 22, 2020
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Hey you know what was missing? LATE PERSPECTIVE-SHIFTING REVEALS. (The last bit has so many of those)
Lia
@liareplaysbk
· 10:50 PM · Dec 22, 2020
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We get a mini-flashback of (I assume) a doctor walking away from Melodia in her sickbed, and Calbren using the Mira End Magnus to save her. Oh no. (Sponsored by “I guess this skirt has no physics and oh my is that an unfortunate camera angle”)
Lia
@liareplaysbk
· 10:53 PM · Dec 22, 2020
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This makes her crack a bit, going from Unhinged Cultist to Desperate Cultist. That is obviously not good.
Lia
@liareplaysbk
· 10:56 PM · Dec 22, 2020
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It’s another strand of the End Magnus / Malpercio pulling the strings and manipulating people. But - and this I like A LOT - it’s not used to absolve people of guilt. Calbren still messed up.
Lia
@liareplaysbk
· 11:03 PM · Dec 22, 2020
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Okay, cross that, desperate AND still unhinged. Good thing those kind of final battles never come with a second phase, right...?
Lia
@liareplaysbk
· 11:05 PM · Dec 22, 2020
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She throws some incredibly cruel words at Calbren, and runs off towards her pet god.
Lia
@liareplaysbk
· 11:11 PM · Dec 22, 2020
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Once what remains of the Sibling Gods gets merged in, we get a much sturdier looking Malpercio, which starts zapping everything. Until the ghost of Fee shows up to protect us. File under I GUESS.
Lia
@liareplaysbk
· 11:13 PM · Dec 22, 2020
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Malpercio yet again runs off through the ceiling. We get a rollcall of Motivational Blandness (with the cringe award going to Lyude as is tradition with those), and enter the fresh corridor that opened into the wall.
Lia
@liareplaysbk
· 11:15 PM · Dec 22, 2020
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And here’s the last chest, containing the last Magnus. Gathering: complete. Combos: complete. 100% completion reached!
Lia
@liareplaysbk
· 11:18 PM · Dec 22, 2020
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The last save point is one screen down, so that’s where I stopped for today, because next is a mildly tricky fight ish, then AN ABSOLUTE TRUCKLOAD OF TEXT. Next time: that, and opinions aplenty.