Worst Levels Ever # 18 Redux
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Unfortunately, although there are lots of fantastic levels and stages in video games, there are also a fair few awful ones.
For the eighteen episode of Worst Levels Ever, I featured my least favourite chapter by far, the Near Future chapter featuring the hero Akira.
Well, the newremake recently arrived, I decided to do something unthinkable: I played through the new version of the chapter first! This was done to find out as soon as I could on whether the remake has changed it for the better, or possiblity made it even worse.
How does it stack up? Well, that's where this video comes in...
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You can skip the Dr. Tobei item creation cutscenes if you'd like! Despite it's flaws, I enjoyed this chapter a lot. I would say that the slow build up was worth the big finale with the Steel Titan.
Oh, you can? That's great! I think that was my biggest issue with the chapter, so I'm pretty happy. The radar is a great quality of life addition, too.
@@WhirlyBeepBoops Yeah. A thing to remember with skipping it is that if the item creation was successful, then it will give you text telling you what it is. If it fails, then it just says nothing. For a few tries I thought it wasn't working cause I was skipping.
this is similar to prehistoric crafting and the minigame too. Farming materials in prehistory is so much faster now as long as youre willing to toss a 50/50 coin. play the caveman minigame, skip scene, choose a direction, skip scene. If you win, it tells you and you get items. if you lose, nothing happens.
Definitely seems a case of "the improvements didn't fix the core issues, but it's still somewhat better than the original." If you didn't like the original much it makes sense that your opinion wouldn't have gone up drastically, but there are a few adjustments that at least made it modestly less annoying.
Glad that recent Pac-Man World remake isn't going that route for the bosses. Just keeping Anubis Rex and Krome Keeper the same, but with a new coat of paint, would still have not made them fun in the slightest to fight (they're unfun in completely different ways if you're wondering).
I'm surprised how much more I enjoyed the Near Future chapter in the remake - the added combat information plus the slight buff to Akira made me actually find it enjoyable instead of an utterly frustrating slog.
Honorable mention to Dr. Tobei's absolutely over-the-top voice acting that had me in stitches!
(And yes, the skip function does work with the Doc's crafting system, which definitely helped save my sanity)
The Near Future chapter is my least favorite, but I will be lying if Dr. Tobei did’s voice-acting did not keep me incredibly energized; his VA sounded as if he was having the time of his life.
From my experiences with the original, and the remake, a lot more things were fixed.
Akira has been massively buffed; and as a result, while he's not perfect. He fits alongside the rest of the cast very well. With some items that buff his Special Attack; Akira is actually super powerful, especially if the enemy is weak to Holy Smackdown or Judgement Day. But the key thing, is Judgement Day now throws every status effect in the book onto the enemy; against certain enemies; this is an instant kill, and against certain bosses; this basically means shutting down their offense, defense and ability to aim. Which can majorly give Akira a huge edge for healing his team... in general, his attacks have a ton of variety too, with him having almost every element, which makes him great for the final chapter; because Elemental weaknesses matter a lot more in the remake.
In addition; the ability to skip Dr. Tobei's item creation, and the fact that you are guided on where to go much more; makes this chapter a huge success in my eyes. You couldn't really change too much of the weirdness, because a lot of it was parodying anime; and anime often do have a ton of pointless padding in them. That's the joke.
Plus, the fact you now carry over the team's entire inventory, and not just what's equipped on the Main Character; makes Akira's chapter super useful, since you can grind out Robo Parts for Cube, and get buttloads of Potion No 9's for the final scenario. I don't mind the slower pace, because honestly, the game itself was just so endearing, I didn't mind that it had slightly reduced speed, I just wanted to enjoy it while it lasted.
As I understand it, consumables or Robotic Enhancements (Power Parts) CAN'T be brought to the final chapter. Probably so people can't cheese the last chapter by buffing Cube straight away or be stocked with super powerful healing items right out of the gate. It's only equipment items that are retained.
Also, not to be THAT guy, but I think you meant "Holy Smackdown" and "Judgement Day" for Akira's attacks.
@@VideoGaming4Dummies
They changed the final chapter in the remake. When you recruit a character, you get ALL the items they had in their inventory, added to yours. So if you grind out stuff in each chapter; you're set in that chapter. Which actually balances that Chapter out, because it means if you start as Sundown, you have some healing items, and won't just get OHKO'd by half the monsters in that chapter due to his abysmal defense until you recruit someone else. So I view this as nothing but an improvement. There maybe a limit to how many of an item you can bring, but I didn't see one, since I brought all the Frag Grenades and Throwing Knives I picked up from Akira's final dungeon with me, and still had all my Potion No 9s. It also means, if you forgot to equip stuff like the Rock of Rocks, and King Fang/Cola Bottle, or the Lacquered Medicine Box; you don't perma-lose them, unless you replay the chapter again.
In the original game, it was only what your Heroes had on.
Holy Smackdown/Holy Blow/Holy Beatdown, it gets the same message across no matter how you say lol But I fixed it regardless.
They don't let you bring the robot parts from Akira's Chapter. I had saved up 9 of them and when I got to the final chapter they were gone
@@siothio Did you get any dropped while fighting enemies in the last chapter? If that's the case, the 9 would've been added on top of the ones you already had. If not; then maybe they put a failsafe to stop Cube from being able to be massively improved; which would be balanced and fair; since you can grind them out anyway.
But I know they let you carry over basically everything else.
@@Kohchu I just got to medieval chapter, I’ll edit this if I happen to keep the nine robotic enhancements in my inventory
Edit: ok I started the chapter as sundown instead but despite not equipping the alternate gun you can get in his chapter, I had it on me when I started the finale the moment I got control back
Edit: ok so I just found akira and from the looks of it, only equipment on and off the character get transferred, no items or enhancements so it isn’t a total bummer
Fists of rage is probably closer to what it was in Japanese. A lot of fan translations back in the day would just pick random swear words when someone was speaking "impolitely" without regards for subtlety. That way they can say it's more "Adult".
It's also why Odie O'bright doesn't talk about how he mutilated his opponents - he never did in the original japanese text. I do believe the implication that he killed them was still there, just not "I killed and mutilated them and now I'll do it to you muahahaha"
See: the old fan translation of ff6 having kefka shout "bitchbitchbitchbitchbitchbitchbitch...."
Akira is still my favourite chapter. Honestly not sure why the pacifist ninja run was not considered a Worst Levels Ever, since you have to follow very obtuse and linear steps to get it, and can fail right before the end, forcing you to go back and do the entire damn thing over again - but to own their each and whatnot.
Because it's expected.
You understand pretty quickly it won't be that easy. Turns out it's even harder, but still.
Near Future has no true reason to be... like this, and it working more like a typical JRPG is a disservice because everything wrong become that more apparent here.
I don't even hate it that much, mind you.
I have to agree that through all 7 chapters, the pacifist Ninja was my least favorite. I had to consult a guide just to figure out what the hell I was supposed to do for it, though I did like how it wrapped up once I got the hang of it
Maybe because the pacifist ninja Is just an option you could do It but you can also beat It without being pacifist
11:07 I remembered watching your original video on this and remembered how said that part is tedious. You'll be pleased to know that the skip cutscene option feature most definitely works here.
Can’t wait for Creepy Bad Endings #46 Redux 😆😆😆
If it wasn't for you, I probably would not have ever known about this game to begin with, so this is as good a time as any to say thank you for that! When I saw the trailer for the remake several months ago on the Nintendo Direct, there were 2 things that went through my head. The first was sheer excitement that I would finally get to play it, and second was that I was looking forward to seeing your opinions about the various aspects of the remake in comparison to the original. Sounds weird, I know, but I am quite happy, nonetheless! So, again, thank you! ^_^
Recently bought this game. I’m super excited to try this game out. At least they improved some things from this chapter. Regardless I’m happy that we can finally experience this game
Funny enough this Akira is my favorite character and I love his chapter; although I see the glaring flaws. Your channel got me into Live a Live and I’ve been enjoying the remake.
Same here. Whoisthisgit got me interested in Live-A-Live with it's story symbolism & amazing soundtrack. I'm hoping to get this game on Nintendo Switch if it gets a physical cartridge release in the UK.
I think the addition of voice acting in combat really benefited Akira for example, when he uses Six Feet Under.
I just like him making edgy comments in the heat of battle.
I love all the edgy names for his attacks. He definitely named those himself.
''You SUCK!''
Akira’s chapter was… kinda bland for me. Neither great nor terrible. However, I did enjoy his combat scenarios. I liked that I couldn’t tank enemy attacks with him and that I had to actually analyze enemy formations to win.
But my most hated chapter BY FAR is Oersted’s. Yes, his story has one hell of a twist that I won’t spoil here. But why did they have to use random battles for his chapter? None of the other chapters have random battles and they make this chapter so much longer than it needs to be. There were so many instances where I just wanted to reach the marked waypoint to continue the story and nearly every time I had to slug through 4-6 battles to reach my destination. I hate that this chapter kinda forces you to grind because of random battles.
Once I found out a remake was released, I was just waiting for Git to make a remake of his LaL videos. Can't wait to see CBE #46 Redux.
Another thing that pisses me off is the LARGE amount of loading screens. God, it’s frustrating. They could have put some screens in the same place and just move the camera. But overall I’ve loved this game. I never played the original one (tho I watched many gameplays) and it’s been a great time for me. And I have to say that, in a way or another, I liked all the stories (my favorite is the one from the Far/Distant Future (dunno how its name is in English) hehe). Great video as always!
it wasn't as bad as it could've been and it's improved compared to the original, but this is definitely my least favorite chapter in the remake. also, the skip cutscene feature does work when tobei is making you things, so the whole process is less tedious if you decide to try to use it
The rng for robot gear on this dude was awful.
Ooh! Loved the graphics and soundtrack.
And I thoroughly enjoyed the voice acting!
Now I really want this game!
I wonder if you're gonna make a redux of the whole story, like, maybe there are different endings, or slight alterations? :)
As a mecha fan can’t believe they got hironobu to do the lyrics makes one of the best things in this chapter even better
Since lots of people in this comments section are discussing their least favorite chapters, I might as well give my two cents.
I did NOT care for the Prehistoric chapter. It just felt too tonally different from the rest of the game- and while sure, that might be a breath of fresh air for some, for me it just felt jarring. That, and just... Gori in general. I do NOT care for him in the slightest. I would like the chapter WAY more as a whole if Gori just wasn't there, replaced by some other character, or hell, replaced with Beru completely as your other party member.
And the GODDAMN MAMMOTHS are just ANNOYING. I didn't fight everything I came across early on, just enough to level a few times over the minimum, but god DAMN it just felt horrid every time I had to deal with one of the tanky bastards.
And EVERY FIGHT with Zaki is just the SAME THING, just with different stats depending on which fight it is. It just gets tiring repeating it three times- at least with the three fights with Mad Dog, you can completely skip at least one or two of them if I remember correctly, and Mad Dog feels more fleshed out as a rival to Sundown than Zaki did to Pogo.
Granted, these are probably more personal gripes rather than some of the more objective flaws with the Mecha chapter, like the item forging and the unnecessarily convoluted and long steps to activate the Steel Titan, but I just ended up enjoying the Prehistoric chapter less than the Mecha chapter as a whole.
And I DIRECTLY FOUGHT W-1 rather than going for the back, because I just didn't think to try that at the time. And it was horrible.
The remake even fucked up Pogo's dialogue at the end of the chapter. "LOVE" being the first word spoken by a human, while kinda cheesy, was brilliant thematically, what with the main antagonist being the god of all hatred. It was one of the chapter's few redeeming qualities, and it got ripped away.
I'll add that I absolutely hated the King Mammoth fight in the prehistoric chapter. It feels like 90% of the battle is you getting lucky with Pogo hitting for 300-500 damage with his final attack (which also lowers Pogo's stats) AND the mammoth not spamming its fire tile attacks. And yes, it's TOTALLY FAIR that it has absorb on the fire tiles AND the healing is additive depending on how many tiles he's standing on, meaning it can restore over 200HP per turn. Yes, there's Gori's poop throw with a chance of poison, but poison tiles deal almost no damage and he will just use his fire tile attacks to negate them again. Granted it's an optional fight, but the items it drops are too good to ignore.
I think it may be because Pogo only had a JP VA, just like all the other Prehistory characters. So they just stuck with "ai" (JP for "love").
Woah, holy shit! The thumbnail is now Lub Lub as Akira!
I prefere the original music honestly. Is not bad but the snes version got more charm (especially this chapter).
Well, I will say, you CAN skip the upgrade scenes when they play - that's what I did when I grinded out the best equipment this chapter.
Personally, I found Twilight of Edo more frustrating than this one, but that's because I went through the arduous task of following a guide so I wouldn't kill anyone, which...probably isn't how the makers of the game expected you to approach the chapter your first time.
I will say one huge gripe I have with this chapter that I don't think you mentioned in either video - namely, the world map. The linear streets and enemy patrols means that you're doomed to run into an enemy if you try to go directly from the orphanage to the antique store - and if you flee from the battle, that enemy is STILL THERE and you can't go through him. Worst comes to worst, you can become sandwiched between two of them. I don't know why they made it like that.
Before playing through this chapter, I never understood how the level was bad. After beating this chapter a few days ago…yeah it’s my least favorite.
Are you going to do a redux of Creepy Time Limits #10 (and all of your other videos that involve Live A Live) because of the remake? It'd be interesting to see more comparisons like this and how they differ from the original game in the remake. I think it would help your commentary out quite a bit.
Unlike the original, THIS makes for some good old school anime that I could see myself watching. And I hate most anime (especially if it's made nowadays, since most of it doesn't appeal to me in any sense!) to begin with, so that isn't exactly easy to admit to for me, honestly enough.
I know I'll sound strange, but Watanabe is adorable, and so is Taroimo
I’m actually trying to think of a chapter I didn’t like that much. I think the distant future maybe because it’s only gameplay mechanics are walking around and talking. It still has a great narrative though. The near future one reminds me of Earthbound a bit, with the Psychic powers and enemies in the street of the town. Narratively it’s probably the weakest, but it’s not terrible. The other chapters contained stories are just that good.
* *Lub Lub Noise* *
Just so you know, you are the reason I bought this game. Thank you for covering this masterpiece. Love your Creepy Bad Endings series.
So, does this mean we'll get reduxes for the other Live A Live episodes?
I like the near future as a story in the original, game play has improved but still pretty wonky, would've loved to have a summon attack for Akira in the last chapter
They made the extra effort to make a better anime opening but they didn't put the romaji so I could sing along to it, what a rip
As much as I love the remake, I think the original has more charm in its presentation. Both are still great and I love both equally, but the og still has merit in my opinion.
I love the remake simply for the enhanced story telling. Especially for the Medieval chapter. Makes certain motivations make a lot more sense.
@@mcihay246 I agree. Maybe software limitations were the reason why they couldn't expand on the story in the original.
@@mcihay246 Yeah, the Middle Ages chapter was given the Shakespeare treatment (Which is quite fitting if you think about it), which I love to death.
this game looks a lot like super robot wars IV
One thing you didn't mention: Some of Akira's attacks that had charge times in the original (ex. Sleet Image/Behind You and Hell Image/Six Feet Under) can be used instantly in the remake.
Yeah whois basically said thats why casters don't make good MCs. It takes awhile for him to get started.
I believe Behind You has charge time, but it's minimal and it'll rarely matter, although that might be a different attack.
Side note: I kinda love the new names for Akira’s “image” moves. They really get across the idea of the specific illusions he’s hitting his enemies with using his psychic powers.
I've been waiting for this video the moment they announced this remake! Finally we get to compare notes
Fun fact, I too decided to make the Near Future my first chapter. Even if it was just to hear that badass Steel Titan theme in glorious HD-2D
Edit: Just finished my playthrough... DAMN. I think we can expect a follow-up video at the very least, folks
A bonus point should be added for keeping glorious Kageyama's voice for the English version of the theme.
I believe so to. God those last few hours where THE BEST! I'll be really surprised if they didn't do a follow-up.
Stating for the record that we did get another video redoing the summary of the whole game, but it got taken down because SQUARE ENIX
The cutscene skip does work when Dr. Tobei makes stuff for you
And as a bonus, if he fails to refine an item, the cursor will start at the item that failed instead of the first item in the list. Kind of makes the process a lot easier
Ironically, part of the reason I was able to have fun in Akira's chapter was your original video. Thanks to it, I knew in advance that fighting the increasingly stronger Crusaders in town and giving items to Tobei (which became much less annoying after I tried skipping and it worked) was worth it so I could deal with the Commanders later. Knowing the machine at the end was a puzzle boss was also a huge help.
By contrast, the only chapter I didn't enjoy was Oboromaru's. To make a long story short, the radar doesn't care if you're going for a pacifist run and will insist you fight the Jailer and then release the wrong prisoner. My personal experience is that fighting the Jailer as your first encounter is really frustrating and even when I won I saw that it counted as a life taken so I tried resetting to try going for a different solution. In the process I got so lost that I triggered Genmai's fight before rescuing the prisoner. After that I gave up my pacifist run and curbstomped Gamahebi. This gave me one last slap in the face when I reached Oersted's final chapter and Gamahebi was still balanced around a pacifist run, making Oboromaru the most frustrating of the fights.
Oh, fuck that Chapter.
IIRC, you also need to defeat that Genmai in a specific way, so that he drops an item you NEED for the Pacifist reward. And even if you do get it, you're still not in the clear due to gimmicks involving what you get out of his item...
I assume the Radar is still simply a guideline? (I don't even have a Nintendo Switch to play LAL Switch.) Because if it is, it means you don't have to follow its orders without question, thereby fitting a theme of the chapter.
@@MasterKnightDH still, it does end up being foreshadowing for how it also doesn't help you when you'd really want it in the final chapter. Want to chase down Sundown? Too bad, because you still need to find him manually!
If you’re going for the pacifist run, you’re not supposed to rescue the prisoner. The chapter is one of my favorites, right behind Present Day.
That chapter was almost my favorite chapter, the stealth gamplay was fun and I was able to beat Hanya with level 2 Oboro. Although what killed the chapter was that I had to restart several times because being underleveled and some fights being unescapable just curbstomped me. Also I had to use a guide because I cant find a way to not kill the last 8 guards, fuck the game for not saying that I need to NOT rescue the prisoner while also pointing the radar towards him, had to restart the whole chapter because of this.
Well if I'm going to be honest, in my opinion I think the ninja chapter is a bit more painful than the Mecha chapter, because like the Mecha chapter it's also easy to get lost in the ninja chapter if you're looking for the best equipment in the chapter doing this with minimal kills and if you don't know what you're doing. That AND oboro is almost as weak as Akira, but at least oboro has better attacks than Akira. (I'm only referring to the original version though)
Personally, I like the ninja chapter largely because of how weird its structure is. Being able to explore the castle and find a bunch of weird optional paths and items appeals to me. Particularly since the chapter basically allows you to try just about anything.
The only thing that frustrates me about Oboro's chapter is just how easily the Mimic Puppet dies in the overworld, and how most first time players wouldnt know how to avoid most of these issues and have to restart the chapter.
Also, while oboro starts out weak, you are free to grind against the non human enemies (such as lost souls in the storehouse) to get your exp so you dont have to rely on mimic mannet later
I still can't believe this remake is actually a thing.
It looked like such a niche game for them to bring outside of Japan, but here we are!
I do hope when you get a chance, you will revisit the creepy bad endings of this game, I even remember the first time you showed us this game I was wondering how good can it be, and after seeing the story for each character and playing it, I really do love the fact they remade it in the 2d hd graphics and added in voice acting just to give it more flare that it deserve
There's some nice additions in the CBE stuff as well. Definitely look forward to as much.
his video on that is gone square is..
The reason this chapter makes you do a lot of BS is because they wanted to replicate that "Anime" feel, and while I can see it, It's ultimately did not transfer to good gameplay. The long stairs is suppose to represent that the Steel Titan is deep underground, but it's not fun to walk Up/Down stairs.
They should double down on it and call it the "Pissed Fists OF RAGE"
The skip cutscene option works with Dr. Toei's item crafting.
Now that this game is in english, they should make an anime of it. People would pay good money for that
First it needs to sell Well
The original release of live a live did poorly
@@isauldron4337 fair point
I'll be honest, I've been taking this remake nice and slow, to the point where I won't run unless I think the character I'm playing would run. So I don't particularly mind the slower movement. Some of the cutscenes are a bit slow, perhaps, but the addition of the skip feature would no doubt help to offset that. I would also say that Fists of Rage is probably a more reasonable translation, but the fan translation is better for the rhyme. The only real gripe I have with this version is the line that Matsu starts the first fight with ("I'm the taiyaki guy!" vs "I'm a local businessman!"; the former implies he has a reputation, the latter just sounds silly, they could have fixed it by instead making the line before "I'm a local businessman..." and then follow it up with "...in the business of kicking your sorry behinds!" or something like that). Also, the censorship of the items Watanabe steals for you is honestly a positive change to me, even if pocket money somehow providing defense makes little sense (the implications of the uncensored version were honestly just gross).
To be fair, I'm pretty sure it was intended to be a silly thing. some sort of "I'm cool, I have sunglasses, You don't know me!? I'm A NOBODY!". I don't know if you have seen Big hero 6 but one character use that kind of sillyness at a point "The Day, I'm the college's Mascot, but the night! I'm also the college Mascot". It's intended to create some expectations (Matsu would be some rockstar? A war hero?) to just break it without warning.
One thing I'll say is that the goldfish and chick cannons you can equip to Taro are absolutely overpowered in the remake. They were kind of meh and not really worth getting in the original, but now? They nearly one-shot anything you aim them at.
Despite all its flaws, the story in this chapter stays in my heart after all these years. I sing Buriki Daioh's theme song with all my heart out loud, sometimes... when I"m swimming in the ocean far from others lol.
It is disappointing the useless failure chance of crafting was not removed, but thank goodness for the almighty skip button. (Still gets annoying after a while though…) Found Akira interesting to use in his chapter, though I found myself more heavily leaning on Taro when leader enemies started having incredibly high special defense to the point Akira could barely dent them with his elemental attacks… Haven’t quite made it to the finale yet (currently about a third through Oerstead’s chapter), so not sure how he performs there quite yet.
Does this mean that creepy bad endings #46 will be remade then? (Please dont block me or something, im asking on good will)
Well, Square Enix decided to block Whoisthisgit's new Live-A-Live Bad Endings video, now I can't watch it. 😑
Still prefer Buriki Daioh than Steel Titan
Odio has a move that can seal your legs, so you may have to use other moves if he does. The fight is still in your favor though.
You might want to use the crafting system if you expect to survive combat. The old list from GameFAQs still holds up and I
got my Steel-Toed shoes and 5 biker belts, some Potion NO. 9s, and waited until I got Taro the Turtle before doing any real
combat.
Killing all the enemies first BEFORE you kill the leader will get you Robot Parts (+10 HP, and +1 Acc/Eva for Taro), as well
as Napalm Grenades you can turn into badass weapon skills if Taro equips them. Laquaur/Goldfish/Chick Shot do some nice damage.
My last playthrough of the SNES game I got Pogo to level 18-20 and took on the King Mammoth and Basic Rock and my Akira STILL
tanked a Pogo's 16 Ultimate to the face and defeated Pogo in hand to hand combat via Low Kick/Elbow. (Haven't gotten that
far in the renake yet, and my Pogo there is 14 but with King Mammoth under his belt).
You MUST do the crafting in chapters that have it and it sucks if you don't have a guide. But once you know what to make it's
fairly strightforward. If you do not craft anything or do the minimum in Pogo's chapter, Zaki will kick your ass.
I do feel like having to break all the machines FIRST instead of the leader to get parts is annoying, and being stuck without
knowing what to do is annoying, and Akira's skills are kind of annoying to use because the encounters don't really play to his skill
set. Pogo is just bursting with varied skills that are fun and helpful to use, Oboro is standard ninja stuff but still cool,
Masaru's not so much, but the still work pretty well in his chapter. I notice Akira's skills work a lot better in the final chapter
than his own.
To me the Ninja Chapter was the most convuluted one, I still liked it because it had ninjas in it.
You surprisingly don't need to break the machines anymore. overpowering enemies will still give the same odds when it comes from drops which i was very surprised about. then again it could just be me being lucky or unlucky. but from my experience thats what i got.
I can confirm that skip scene works on the item upgrades.
Ah, yes, my favorite Live-A-Live character, IKEA, who has the superpower of privacy invasion, and forces horrifying mental images of being hopelessly lost in the furniture section upon local gangsters merely attempting to drive their RC cars.
We've become Near Future Us.
I actually really liked playing as Akira, so much so that I picked him for the final chapter. Up until the end i loved it, he covers so many damage types and can wipe screens of enemies at once. He just wasn't good at all for the final boss due to its high special defense and counter move.
Just wanted to say that your CBE video and original WLE video on this game got me interested in this game, and now that the remaster has arrived, I'm about to try out the demo to see if I'd like to purchase it.
I know it's probably gonna be the same thing as it was in the original, but can you also revisit the final chapter if you choose Oersted? I love that chapter.
He gets his own special chapter for the finale.
It's...different.
I really enjoyed Near Future both here and in the original, but that is probably because of my bias for its themes of Mecha stuff and Akira (the anime) being stuff I absolutely love. That, and I really vibe with Akira (the character), both gameplay wise and character wise. He may not be really really strong damage wise like Sundown or Pogo, but his debuffs are fun to mess around with and his range is great. Made him the Protag of my finale run, even.
I do understand all of the problems you have with the chapter, tho. there is just a lot of back n forth, but I was immersed in the world to the point that I think I didnt mind it too much.
final stretch of the chapter is the hypest thing ever tho
Akira went full Super Saiyan haha
This is actually my favorite of the chapters, but I understand the complaints people had with it. I feel like the radar, being able to skip cutscenes, and Akira’s buffs make it a lot less of a pain in the remake. Akira’s buffs are probably the biggest, as a lot of his charge times on attacks were completely removed. Its also much easier to dodge the enemy encounters in the building. Overall, the chapter is still kinda “carried” by the music and aesthetics, but it just hits the right buttons for me. That’s why Live-a-Live is great, everyone’s least favorite chapter is someone else’s favorite.
Another thing the remake does is changing the original script in its English translation.
Many of the lines changed, therefore also altering the personalities of many characters.
The biggest change has to be Matsu's "OTOKO NO ROMAN" lines which boils down to manly pride and the duty of seeing things through as a man, telling Taeko often to outright shut up (which Akira also does too), how a woman shouldn't interfere with a man's determination, etc. Also all those "..." lines changed into added dialogues in the English version.
It could be that the English localization did those changes to be less abrasive in today's society, which I can understand.
For those who want to the original Japanese script, there is always the option to play in with Japanese voices and/or Japanese texts, which are the same as the original SNES version.
The skip cutscene actually work with doc refining items, which is great, because it meant a lot of skipping whenever he failed to refine something for the 200th time!
For me, Cube is the worst one. Cube is a cute character and the story during his segment is cool, but I REALLY wanted to get that shit over with in the remake because of all the backtracking and horrible pacing. It was the third scenario I played after Masaru and Pogo. The lack of combat doesn't really help either. The waypoints made it only slightly more tolerable than the SNES game.
I knew the easiest way through Masaru's story and it was by far the shortest so I did that one first.
I think this time I'll do Oboro's story last. I just beat Shifu's and am playing Sundown's story. Next will be Akira and then Oboromaru.
That tends to be the issue with Cube's section. It's not bad, but it's definitely a coffee sort of thing. "You acknowledge and understand that coffee is well loved. But no matter if the coffee is the best in the world, if you don't like coffee, it won't make you suddenly like it."
I personally love Cube's section. Reminds me of those flash horror games where the player character is just absolutely helpless against basically everything, however they're really resourceful.
@@mcihay246 I used to wait until very late in the original LAL to play Cube's chapter but this time I just wanted to get it over with. Cube is such a cutie though
Aside from the slow start at the beginning, how the pacing in cubes chapter bad? I think the chapter does a great job at keeping your interests peaked as the story starts to get more and more chaotic. The flag marker always lets you know where to go except for one instance near the end.
Idk maybe im bias cuz I really like the story of this chapter and cube, and I found that the voice acting added to this remake added more impact, and the extra added scenes showing the ship in different angles was godlike, but I didn’t find this chapter boring or slow for me.
@@Yellowlax. all the walking back and forth to different rooms over and over to get that next story bit just slowed it way down. Sometimes as well the story marker will stay in the same place but then it goes all the way to an entirely different location, which is annoying as hell. Least in Akira's section there's quite a bit of combat.
@@Yellowlax. it's also one of those stories where it simultaneously takes too long and not long enough to get through it. It's the longest scenario in the game until Oersted's.
2:39 'Put on the 3D shades!'
Huge visual improvements, but as you demonstrated that comes with a cost for this slog of a chapter.
9:09 Yeah, I'll admit DQ7 has fun ideas but struggles heavily in terms of story. Even with the 3DS version you still need a guide to figure out what you're meant to do at times.
I think someone made a thread on twitter about how some lines were changed, I think one line about telling a girl not to get mad cause it makes her get ugly in the... kung fu chapter? got removed
It's such a shame but I had a feeling stuff like that would end up happening. Square Enix has an "ethics department" so they can't get away with lines like that nowadays.
@@mc_sea lol "Ethics department".
@@mc_sea lol but they made the line better in the remake
I wonder if you’ll do Reduxes for the other Live A Live content you’ve made…
Thanks for the video on this! I hadn't seen any footage on the remake before now and it really looks awesome. I think I could tolerate this chapter's general meh-ness just thanks to being able to listen to these swank remixes of the music. That was one thing Near Future did at least always do right, the music, and these remixes are arguably even better.
Ended up playing this chapter second just to rip the bandage off, and I didn't hate it as much as I thought I would! Akira isn't really my favorite party member, but the layout of the chapter wasn't too frustrating, and neither was killing enemies.
Oboromaru… I think we need an update video for his chapter to be the Worst Level Ever… yeesh.
Especially if you’re going for zero kills…
And also, correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t enemies level up with Akira in the OG? Seems like that’s not the case anymore, as the enemies were still “easy as hell”, as he would say.
I'm really damn exited this remake
Don't exit please.
Are you going to do a revisit of all your old Live-A-Live videos using the remake?
'Megalomania could make a prolonged fly swatting session epic'
I'm now tempted to make a 'Megalomania goes with everything' video...
I knew you were going to play this again once the remake got out. 😂
Man, they really got Hironobu Kageyama of all people to do the lyrics on the opening; they REALLY wanted to make it an anime opening :)
Every time Akira says “Who’s a bad ass” I’m on the other side of the screen trying not to cringe like “it’s not you clearly if you’re asking that question”
Edit: And about the orange flag, I really felt like Distant Future was the least enjoyable for me since I was so lost on where to go for almost 2 hours because the flag was not there.
The question CAN be Awesome Ego, but Akira does NOT qualify for Awesome Ego in the first place, just Adaptational Jerkass.
Hopefully this means more Live A Live videos, since I do really enjoy them from this channel.
Having picked up the remake, not having played the original, this was one of my first chapters and...yeah it's not great. Though I found it more dull than truly awful; the back-and-forth structure and slow story was putting me to sleep by the end. I actually missed the taiyaki minigame because I didn't know it was there (why do the hints take twice as long to read as the loading screens they were included on?)
I think Akira is serviceable in combat (though he has a hard time on his own), and I like the flair he gives to the item descriptions and as a protag in general, but his chapter definitely isn't one I'd jump at the chance to replay. It's what made me keenly aware that I was playing a 30-year-old JRPG with the design of a 30-year-old JRPG
"why do the hints take twice as long to read as the loading screens they were included on?"
You know. There's a game called Battalion Wars 2 that had loading screen tips at the start of each Mission that relate to the Mission. And wouldn't you know it, the startup loading screen waited for you to press the A Button when it finished the loading. More games should take a cue from that.
I finished this chapter today, and it was the only chapter I hadn't played in the SNES version (along with the final one), and I also tried to spoil myself the least amount of things possible about it, and I honestly enjoyed it alot!
I was playing without radar nor tutorials (so I didn't find about crafting until the end, oops!), and I didn't get stuck too much, just one time near the end.
Besides, I find Akira really fun with the whole "long range status sniper" moveset, it just feels nice to send 12 cars to sleep and proceed to destroy them with Matsu.
As for the Steel Titan section, jeez it was extremely fun! I think the voice acting and new graphics really add to the remake, since it makes battles a lot more entertaining with the constant voicelines, also Odeo is the first boss to almost kill me in the remake, funny enough (mainly because I like using moves randomly to make it more entertaining, and I didn't try Babylonian Kick until halfway through, those 700dmg saved my run lol).
The only real flaws I had are that it's kind of slow at the beggining, also, you probably know this already, but you can skip the crafting cutscene, I began skipping it after the first time.
Always loved the Tetsujin 28 influence and nod
Gotta say out of all the chapters I played so far, I love Cube’s the most. Maybe because it’s a combination of Alien and 2001 a Space Odyssey but I love the atmosphere in that chapter. And the final battle where Cube kicks OD-10’s ass.
Well at least my comment about seeing akira being useless in 3D still applies…. Even if he is a bit better.
They renamed Buriki Daioh (best name) to Steel Titan (accurate but boring) which is nearly unforgivable, but the rest of the chapter got a bit of an upgrade at least
Steel Titan, Buriki Daioh!
Steel Titan? That's a very meh name for a goddamn giant robot. Imma still call him Buriki Dai-Oh, thank you very much. But did Square/Enix enlist Masaki Endoh for his theme song?
Just finished Live A Live and, like Clock Tower, I have discovered this game thanks to your videos. Thank you !
My opinion, yeah I can see why people find this chapter annoying but I don't know why but I find Akira and some bits of the chapter, which make it good for me. Maybe I like the punk kid look or something.
Still went into the game with my main party in the end being Sundown, Akira, Masaru and Cube.
Akira came in clutch tbh
Honestly I think this story is just a huge parody of mecha shonen anime/manga. It was so over the top, lighting fast without buildups, badass main protagonist that transforms into super saiyan, daddy issues, tragic childhood... Even the ending is really anime-like.
3:51
Hopefully it didn't spoil what the remake involves with THE spoiler. Yeah, okay, I'll wait for the inevitable Redux on that.
....so the remake is happy to use the F word in freaking combat lines, but it renamed "Pissed Fist" to "Fists of Rage"? Wh- CONSISTENCY, PLEASE!
Also, solid point about speed issues getting involved in game design nowadays. It is even showing up in the music's tempo too. Not everything has to be fast, fast, fast or we'd just be intimidating players out there, but we make the Mighty Glaciers fun by giving THEM options and everything, not slowing everything else down.
Well, I’d argue it was never really “renamed” since the original translation was a fan translation and not official.
i don't need to watch this video to know that having early-chapter enemies that fucking explode and kill you instantly is generally a bad idea
I like how in the remake the descriptions for items and skills vary depending on the chapter. (i.e. in the Prehistory chapter descriptions use broken English/ the Near Future chapter descriptions are told through Akira's POV) It gives it a lot of charm.
will this mean creepy time limits 10 will get a remake? I consider the sparkles to have downgraded that chapter a bit..
I didn't remembered the original video and played LAL for the first time with the remake, so I was pretty surprised when you said that you wanted to avoid playing Akira at all cost and such.... the dude is partly why I really liked the fights in that chapter and when I found him in the final chapter it felt like a no brainer to me to include him on the team
I did *not* expect this game to have any voice acting in it. A pleasant surprise, I love the little comments Akira makes when using his moves. I always thought he was pretty cute in the original but now, hearing his voice for the first time, he's cuter than ever!
Played this chapter as my first ever because my first experience was the remake so that my expectations would be as low as possible so that when the games good it's even better.
I think the worst story is the present day
In my opinion this is the best story
I was going to buy this remake, but then I heard pissed fist was changed to "fists of rage." What a complete travesty...
If anything, someone out there might be able to mod the fan name back into it.
I was literally playing that part of the game when the notification appeared
I think the most jarring thing to me here is the doctor guy; for some reason, I thought he looked like a kid with a turtle shell on his head based on his SNES sprites. I wasn’t expecting a lightbulb Mr. Pringles old man. Was anyone else surprised by that change?
I always thought he was a kid as well, actually.