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Let's Play The Genius of Sappheiros [HIATUS]
Serela:
Yeah, the title puts a pretty negative mindset about the game to start off with for people who are unfamiliar :V
Forest of Magic goes fairly smoothly; the game is slow to introduce you to pain, but shows you it's there with Pu paralysis, Mr.Gensokyo lethal poison on the whole party that'll kill on turn 2, and Yuki-Onna's all-target attack being capable of rendering you too weak to finish the fight.
The trick (well, a notable one at least) to Alice's fight is actually that if you give Sanae an axe and a patk-focused POW build, her earth spellcard completely murders Doll Triangle and does hefty damage to Doll Wall. It's Sanae's one time in the spotlight before, other than pure buffs and heals, she's just relegated to having moderate damage for random fights... which even then generally requires forging a Snake and/or being a chaser party for elec chaser support.
Of course, her support is pretty critical, but it'd've been cool if she got more actual spellcards like the other buffer Byakuren does, considering that she's got better offense potential than Byaku does anyway.
CF7:
Oh, Alice. I think she's the first stumbling block for many, myself included. The game basically says the kids gloves are off and now almost every boss will murder you horribly.
Dolls' suicide explosion is just plain unfair if you don't know about it. I remember finally defeating Alice after hard and long battle and then dolls blowing up in my face with predictable results.
Having Mokou for the fight kinda helps. IIRC she can burn through one of formations pretty much by herself.
--- Quote ---Reimu: That's a good idea! We can't let such a useful item go without capturing it!
Dammit!
Yeah... even everyone in-universe don't have respect of her.
Nitori: A-An item, you say... (I kinda pity Satori now...)
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Reimu is such an asshat.
Also later she refers to Genji as "this is just the item for flying" and then he kinda flips out and wants to murder everyone.
Leon゠Helsing:
IIRC canon-wise Reimu was a bit of a jerk to begin with, but yeah, this is going a bit too far.
Validon98:
GoS!Reimu is a pretty big asshat, yeah. She's less of one in DoD and NoR for some odd reason (in DoD the worst she does is snark at things like Komachi "dying", and in NoR the worst comment she makes is basically "forcibly recruiting" the local youkai in order to help resolve the incident).
Canonically Reimu can be pretty jerk-ish but part of it is being blunt as all get out, she's not as bad as a lot of people make her out to be (the worst thing she's ever done I'd say would be beating the crap out of Tokiko).
Your Everyday NEET:
--- Quote from: Serela on June 29, 2016, 12:01:28 AM ---The trick (well, a notable one at least) to Alice's fight is actually that if you give Sanae an axe and a patk-focused POW build, her earth spellcard completely murders Doll Triangle and does hefty damage to Doll Wall. It's Sanae's one time in the spotlight before, other than pure buffs and heals, she's just relegated to having moderate damage for random fights... which even then generally requires forging a Snake and/or being a chaser party for elec chaser support.
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I mostly use Sanae for healing and her party RES buff.
--- Quote from: CF7 on June 29, 2016, 11:24:58 AM ---Oh, Alice. I think she's the first stumbling block for many, myself included. The game basically says the kids gloves are off and now almost every boss will murder you horribly.
Dolls' suicide explosion is just plain unfair if you don't know about it. I remember finally defeating Alice after hard and long battle and then dolls blowing up in my face with predictable results.
Reimu is such an asshat.
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While my friend do the smart thing and stop playing after getting hit by that brickwall, I still continue forward... for the second time.
But it does warrant a chuckle or two... if you're not the one playing.
Why do you think I have a low opinion on Reimu?
Nightmare of Rebellion is 4 GB large, and has DRM. It now costs around 2000 YEN or 20$. Shipping it overseas requires waiting for 2 months. I'll probably buy it later on.
Stage 4 - Former Hell of Blazing Fire
Probably the last stage I could finish in an afternoon.