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I do like that they are trying to tie this better to the over all lore of XCOM. So having more content after the big fight makes sense. This "demon" feels like it is out of nowhere, but also explains a lot. Weird.

The bosses were built for Shovel Knight to face, so having someone with range, and rolling angle on their attacks, as well as the ability to hit multiple times in a row, just mells them down hard. The jump challenges are nasty but worse yet is that this isn't the knight with the worst jump challenges...

At least not yet. ^_~

It is! They did a lot of work on it, and it doesn't feel like there are many, if any, weak points to the building of the game.

The alien mini gun feels way better than the burn gun, but I agree they are both cool. ^^

Thank you for the inspiring words. I don't like hating things, but I'll give anything a try once... okay, not anything. Can't do the whole death thing more than once after all. XD Still, thank you, again, for taking the time to let me know. Yeah, I am a bit delusional. People are a hazard and the more of them there is in an area the more dangerous that area becomes. Violence is just what we name it.

Maaybe. XD

I'd like actual sequels... not like X-2 which was fanservice that just ignored the characters and rules of their world. But, barring that? Man, I was so happy to see them working on something new... even if it was just a boy band with a supped up car you had to fuel on repeat... I played Ultima 7 before I played Final Fantasy! It was through my friend who got me into PCs and the like that I learned about the game. (not too proud of the fact that I got my parents to buy me the Ultima Online game, but never actually installed it)

I'll remember that in the next time, if there is one, where I have all three of those mages in a party again. ^^ Oh! Right... the Power Word: (here) spells. Yeah, I feel the whole 300 hp cap should have been either scaled or readjusted for the NG+ I don't think I'll combo the whole Knight classic and the no promo runs. They are too limiting by themselves. Though, thank you for helping me come to this choice as... well, that doesn't sound fun to play or watch. One highlight of having only one character will be Shine has TONS of carry space. XD That's going to be fun to try to remember, but I'll devote some mindspace to doing so. The floater has got to be a first task, but man getting that far is going to be slow.

Yeah, it doesn't sound like it'll be getting any better any time soon. So, thank you for the concern. ^^

@@fadepanther6224 many positive vibes sent. Stay safe

I don't know why I never dawned on it until this episode but thank you for the kind words on the Jolly Green. XD Oh and the bodies joke. XD

While I do like the game. I cannot, nor will, fault that view point. It is highly linear...

Ditto... I get why it is like it, but maybe for PAGES would be so much better?

Maybe I should have ZAP!ed the out? Can't get into a time loop if you're exiled to the 4th dimension. XD

@@fadepanther6224 That could work too. Better than my thing of just floating past them.

I felt so dumb for running into the door, not having it open, then getting the prompt to need that damn key. XD

Agreed. ^^

Yeah, I foresaw the issues of needing a constant loop with something that honestly can back up SO easily. It is a thing that feels like a roguelike difficulty spike out of nowhere. The random landscape... in the course of the Miasma... isn't fun. It almost makes you want to hack just to see if the seed has a good layout for that as everything else is, "Meh, it isn't perfect but it works" where as the miasma is... well if it isn't perfect you lose so much when you aren't being a micromanging boss... which isn't fun. Was the rock on the Teron permanently gone or just knocked them above ground? Because if the rock is gone, then Choppy sparks would do the job as the Teron couldn't duck into the earth to stun them anymore. I'm not far enough in to see the mega slots, but honestly I don't see them being as useful as they show them to be. After all, a stack of 400 sounds fine... until you realize that it is only in that one slot and thus you still need to make other things to build up the deliveries. : / But it is better to have then not have. I'd not worry about efficiency with that as, unlike the Miasma, the rest of the game isn't about that, it's about getting the job done. And having a slot that can store all that extra wood that just builds up is pretty useful to keep your inventory clear.

@@fadepanther6224 The Teron does not lose its shell permanently. It'll still dig underground to replenish it. The Big Slot will shine best when we have to collect tons of coral. Now I just have 1 for Logs and 1 for Stone. Like I said I don't think I'm using them efficiently. I had the hardest time getting Squillicans for the Alchemy lab. I was trying to make Puffy Sparks work, and in the process I lost way more Choppies than I want to admit. I'm almost afraid to get the Slashy Sparks now. LOL

Thank you! I'm glad I eeked by that one. He was a little out of nowhere. Just shows you how little of this game I actually remember. XD

Hahaha. Yup!

Yeah, knowing what is to come, as well as the other QoL things it could have, well it helps a lot to keep my mind off the annoying parts to come.

I try to use the info I'm given. Testing or otherwise.

@@fadepanther6224 I noticed that keep up the good work and testing out every Theory or something you come across also thank you for the shout out as well mentioning my name

@@fadepanther6224 when you build your Revelation up and make sure you get your specials for everybody that way when you get your aoe you can try the three special or four special attacks to kill everybody

No problem. I suck at pronouncing names, so I try to do it once or twice, but often end up just giving a nod once. Your name is very easy for me, so no issues there. My old job was about QA and bug finding, but the element of it I liked was just testing theories and things out. I'm going to try to balance out all the special attack gains. If I remember right it is the same item for everyone thus it is a little too easy to give it all to one person and leave the others high and dry.

Yeah, most of the dungeon is looting, and when you remove that... wow does it go fast. XD

That's fair, I'll give Lute the Mage staff for fire in his elemental attack cue. Oh right, the green mage spell list didn't really have a diverse selection did it? Just the three per level save for ones that could bleed over into the other white magic casters. Yeah, that's fair. To give the rest of the crew their level 8 spells. I do need funds. XD I just find it funny that the Lich didn't see it coming because he got double blinded. XD

His story line is pretty closely alined with Shovel Knight, the other two are... very much not.

Ditto! The puzzles are pretty fun and different.

Thank you, sorry it is being delayed.

@@fadepanther6224 no worries. I can wait.

I'm hoping as well. It is hard to know the quality of a game before playing it. I was thinking this one wasn't going to be all that good. But still.

@@fadepanther6224 I know. I didn't have much hope for it as XCOM and Gears of War aren't as big on the story elements. Basically giving you enough to explain what is happening in gameplay. This I would say is better than both of those so far

It didn't go away, but I am sorry for the delays behind posting it. I don't think any other bosses have secret rooms due to that one being his stage. The rest of the characters play VERY different than Shovel Knight and Plague Knight. Even down to how they impact the story.

@@fadepanther6224 No worries. That makes sense. Just kind of cool to see the secret area.

That's so weird, that if you're at Full HP you can't run unless you risk taking a hit. : / Right, it is hard to know if something is Undead or not. XD

Fixed! And sorry about that. Yeah, I messed up and used the wrong title, but it is fixed now. The puzzles are always new with each new area it seems, but not in a bad way. I loved how they made sure you used everything you had to get back one of the most powerful charms in the game. It really does feel like they didn't just slap forms in last minute but actually thought out how to use them.

OH WHAT?! Oh man, I never knew that. XD Thank you! I'll give that a go in the next episode. ^^

@@fadepanther6224 yeah i found it out years ago on the web and i think the hint is in the guide book as well ,it makes it super easy to defeat mimics and another trick i found out if you just use the specials that do area damage about 3 specials kills all enemies expect larger enemies you have to jump for and enemies that have a barrier and gives every weapon exp

Neat! So, left me see if I understand. AoE specials, about three finish all enemies save for the enemies you need to jump on or ones that have barriers. And doing this gives every weapon exp?

@@fadepanther6224 yes.. it gives everyone an equal amount vs if you did hand to hand with the hand to hand it gives exp to who fought and what weapon they used and if you do the 3 specials everyone gets the full amount ..its a faster way to get passed enemies faster and exp to everyone

@@CerealMilkDVD Awesome to know!

I sort of hate that, but at the same time it allows those towns to have more worth than just being the next rest stop. XD Same here honestly. I just file the names away with things they are most needed for. Sea Shine town, Elf village, sea port town, earth shrine town, ect.

Most spells yes. But, you raise a good point. I'll give that a try in the next episode. ^^

Honestly, yeah. The remaking of this game is done more for the newer feel of kid. And while I enjoy that point of view of it, it isn't like the OG one. But, I don't fully think that's totally bad. There are going to be a lot of holes in the story thanks to both paths leading to a "Why did he go here?" for the main character. So, it is a fun remake, and it helps the feel of the boy and his blob feel like a good story between the two, which the first one... sort of did?

@@fadepanther6224 It is funny because the original was at a time when the story was pretty much hidden in the manual and the ending but they captured the idea of having no clue what is going on really well. I'm looking forward to the rest of it.

Oh how I know that... and the funny part is, that I never cared too much about the story of games at that time of my life... I didn't until other people started trying to push their stories of things onto me. (had a few kids who "had that uncle who worked for nintendo" and those who were really into comics.)

​@@fadepanther6224 So many uncles worked at Nintendo. I thought I had getting a job there in the bag seeing as I was an uncle almost all of my life. Sadly I don't think it is a resume booster any more. Yeah. For me Story impact became more of a thing around the end of the NES/start of the SNES so I didn't really get into them until the SNES days. A golden era where more complex stories could be told but still needed to be concise.

Heh, I had a "friend" who said he was working for nintendo and I made up a resume to have him hand to said company... nothing came of it, but much later I found out he is a glory hound and could have been lying through his teeth. Though, thanks to him I ran into another bad friend who led me to the job I worked at for 14 years. (I worked there much longer than the friend who didn't have good work skills, and this coming from someone who has next to no work skills...) Yeah, as game makers started to realize that they could form story lines within their games it started to extend the amount of work they wanted/needed to do. But also turned the game's space from, "Just like a [lewd show] the story is just to get you between the action bits" to a book people can interact with.

So right around 39:30 after the second Spunny, it looked like you grabbed a shard and then the Stumpies gave you 3.

For the dup thing. It is hard to tell, given that the spunny is able to drop lots of sparks and you can grab one before the full stack is formed. BUT, it so very much looks like it. And, I might have to do some tests to see. I... have an idea of how to test it. 30 per large vial? That... doesn't feel as worth all the work as the makers might think it is. Possibly losing lots of sparks and having things clog up because the miasma leaks is... fully able to set you back quite a bit. And, if I'm honest, the fact that it happens so late in the game, any set backs feels so much worse when you look at the rest of the game before hand. Outside of clearly hostile monsters, you don't have much that actually sets you back. Sure re-orgizing your areas is a bit tricky but that's not losing anything. That miasma will kill your sparks, and there's no solid way to safe guard against it. The issue is you can't have the Puffy sparks put away while their holding Miasma. So, they're a live bomb running around beside you. Safer than TNT, sure, but still I can see that going bad fast. That said, that is something I wish the game had hinted at better honestly. That frowl feels so stupidly powerful thanks to the suck attack. So having a counter to it sounds great, but without risking sparks to get the miasma in the first place, you'd never figure that out.

@@fadepanther6224 I know you're against it anyway, but the Boomy Sparks are useless in battle. Their best use is for clearing out those dense clusters of coral and stone. Though I wonder they have any use for the Terons or whatever those things that have a boulder on them are called.

@@darkjjak3804 I'll have to try that out, because if the boomy sparks can blast off the rock backs of the Teron things, that would make it easier to beat them.

Vastly different setting, but I feel it has the sort of feel that I was hoping for from the original one. An adventure with a boy and his blob. Then again, NES days that game you had to just guess the story... or was it in the manual? Either way, the game itself was VERY hard for some of the treasure, and it didn't really help you get to the end mentally. It was just a thing to score your progress. And the better you did the easier the last fight was going to be. (Mind you that's from a rental memory. XD)

@@fadepanther6224 As I recall the story was relegated to the manual and the ending. The game was actually super easy if you knew what was needed and just got the minimum. The treasure, aside from being a high score tracker, was money for the upgraded beans. I think you only needed two of them to beat the game but I could be wrong. The others just gave you more tools, making it easier. Story was super simple, Blob's kingdom was taken over by an evil king. Blob fled the planet and crashed near Boy's house. Boy decided to help Blob overthrow the evil king. The boy and his blob go hunting for treasure to buy over priced candy that will turn Blob into a bunch of tools that Boy can use to take down the king. Very simple and no plot holes. Just blob holes.

Ah! That's all awesome to know! So, then in a lot of regards this is a... more adventure focused story of that OG Boy and his Blob story. Where that first one was more "Hey help me", "Oh okay! Let's get cash in the underground area." this one is them slowly building up to get to the last boss. It allows you to build a connection with the characters. Buuuut it lacks the freeroam feel that the OG one had. So, tit for tat. It takes some elements and improves them while cutting other elements aside.

@@fadepanther6224 Yeah. I feel like this is more in line of where they would have gone if the hardware was capable at the time.

Agreed, heck, look at how Pitfall had upgraded. Sometimes, things are just meant to be the way they're made, and other times, they were hoping to make something bigger, but the tech/time/budget didn't allow for it.

Well, if you want me to keep going on the Shovel Knight one, I do not mind. It was just at the time I recorded this FFR episode I was getting my mind to focus on something and replaying something without feed back was hurtin' my brain. Knowing it is being watched helps and I'll be sure to keep going. ^^

@@fadepanther6224 If you don't mind, I would at least like to see you finishing the current run. I think the problem was that UA-cam notifications only give me the latest thing posted. I noticed this with another UA-camr I watch who does Pokemon news. He would post multiple video and stream and I would get Stream notifications and recorded video notifications but only one of each. If he posted a new one I would lose the old one. I think that is why I had to play catch up on this series.

That's fair. I think UA-cam is struggling to keep up with the inset of videos it has. And as such, they are doing things to make sure those who subbed to a channel gets something from that channel. Not sure, as I don't work there, nor will I now these days. But, I hope the latest SK was easy to find, I'll be getting back into it. ^^

@@fadepanther6224 It wasn't on my list of notifications but I did at least get it on the recommendations. Still trying to figure that system out. UA-cam is a strange system and I doubt they would select for anything that wasn't mind breaking monkey in front of monitor level.

@@Xhalo1183 Yeah, I doubt most of those working on UA-cam even know how the system really works.

Hahah, and then some. But I always feel that way anyways. XD

Very nice! I looked over the latest video you had posted on your TTRPG. So, I'll say that I'm happy this hack, even though I did not make it, has inspired you to do some work with the blue mages and summoners. Step up classes could be a good way to have those two classes work. Aka, start as a mage, then as you get to a certain stage or level, you get the option to shift into those elements. Yeah, having the options to get your summons, and blue magics, in a semi-controlled space has a bit better feel than in other games I've seen with those classes in them. But, it should be noted, this is more of a DM's choice thing than a system thing you'd find in a JRPG like this. So, just bare that in mind. ^^

@fadepanther6224 currently the requirement for blue mage is Black Magick 1 + White Magick 1. These can be gained either from job classes that grant them (both Paladin and White Mage learn White Magick) or through the License Board. The Blue Mage Soul sphere (a combination of the crystal shards from FF3&5, the Dress Spheres from X-2, and the Crowns from 4 heroes of light) is an artifact that lets you learn Blue Mage abilities while another class. Being from SeeD or Thamasa, or being a Ronso or Qu, allows you to start as a Blue Mage.

Summoner is similar, but being more powerful has higher requirements, one of the following 3 Discipline combos must be met: Time Magick 2 (Time Mage) Or Elemental Skill 2 (Geomancer) + White Magick 2 Or Perform 8 (Superstar) + Sagacity 8 (Sage) Typically the easiest is the Time Mage route (which just requires Black Magick 2) but some races either can't start as mages (like Bangaa) or can get to Superstar, which requires 8 ranks in any 2 of Sing (Bard), Dance (Dancer) and Stunts (Jester). The Deja Tribe from DQ7 are one such race. Learning all the Jester abilities allows Sage (Jester includes DQ3 goof-off, which allows a level 20+ Goof-Off to become a Sage) As you can see, unlike in D&D, if you want to be something dumb (like a Hypello Battlemaster or a Moogle Necromancer) you have to earn it, not start off silly.

Mhm, bad Auto Saves made me hate autosaves for a while. But, nowadays, they've been placed either well, or at the right timings. Either way, I do like an autosave, but do miss this forced manual save. As... a lot of the autosave types also just have things pick right back up after you die without any real reason why. XD Luck is both a boon and bane, as it doesn't come up often, so if you only get past a boss because of it, are unable to save, and die, well now you have to cross your fingers that the luck strikes again.