As a fuel source, burning orphans yields a far cleaner, efficient energy to power doomsday devices. I was sad to see them go to waste here.JoJo said:Burning orphans? What a waste, you could put them to good work in your lair!
I'm totally fine with that as long as Erin doesn't have to play the second half of the game over and over again until its evil intentions are revealed. No wait, I'm fine with Erin going all loopy, I just don't want to see it unless it's an entertaining kind of loopy.EyeReaper said:plot twist. The Corn elemental crystal will be the secret big good guy, and the tutorial crystal is trying to get the heroes to destroy it so it can take over the world.
Or do what real dictatorships do: kidnap them at a young age, bring them up with military training and brainwashing and eventually they will have no humanity, morality or regard for their own lives with exceptional combat skills. these are actual North-Korean tactics. there is an entire segment of the army made of orphan killing machines. A South-Korean intelligence report showed that injured SOF (special operations forces) some times voulenteer to be put down as not to slow down the missionJoJo said:Burning orphans? What a waste, you could put them to good work in your lair!
Not as impressive when you consider the alternative is living in North Korea. ;DCyanCat47 said:...injured SOF (special operations forces) some times voulenteer to be put down...
Just going to point this out because it bugs me when people complain about this. "Playing the game over and over again" was completely optional in bravely default... you could have skipped that entire chapter if you had ever tried to overcharge one of the crystals by just not stopping when you were told to.NPC009 said:I'm totally fine with that as long as Erin doesn't have to play the second half of the game over and over again until its evil intentions are revealed. No wait, I'm fine with Erin going all loopy, I just don't want to see it unless it's an entertaining kind of loopy.EyeReaper said:plot twist. The Corn elemental crystal will be the secret big good guy, and the tutorial crystal is trying to get the heroes to destroy it so it can take over the world.
True, but you know how most players are: missing out on a piece of the game, even if it's basically a rerun, is a scary thought! Explore every little detail before the point of no return, or risk regret!zaion said:Just going to point this out because it bugs me when people complain about this. "Playing the game over and over again" was completely optional in bravely default... you could have skipped that entire chapter if you had ever tried to overcharge one of the crystals by just not stopping when you were told to.NPC009 said:I'm totally fine with that as long as Erin doesn't have to play the second half of the game over and over again until its evil intentions are revealed. No wait, I'm fine with Erin going all loopy, I just don't want to see it unless it's an entertaining kind of loopy.EyeReaper said:plot twist. The Corn elemental crystal will be the secret big good guy, and the tutorial crystal is trying to get the heroes to destroy it so it can take over the world.
It's a standard trope of some of the older games. "Evil Empire/Kingdom/Nation is Evil because being Evil is Evil."Darth_Payn said:Also, is this arc making fun of a single storyline from a Final Fantasy game, or a lot of them put together? I'm a little afraid of just going straight to the JRPG pages of TVTropes.
Exactly. They fit easily into most complex machines, they eat less, they have no rights and nobody cares what happens to them.JoJo said:Burning orphans? What a waste, you could put them to good work in your lair!
Well, they do seem to be hitting the Grand List of Console RPG cliches pretty hard so far. http://project-apollo.net/text/rpg.htmlDarth_Payn said:Burning orphans. Really? Did they run out of puppies to kick, or did they check that off the "Ham-fistingly obviously evil" checklist?
Also, is this arc making fun of a single storyline from a Final Fantasy game, or a lot of them put together? I'm a little afraid of just going straight to the JRPG pages of TVTropes.
Hah, wow it's been a while since I've seen that list!Dalisclock said:Well, they do seem to be hitting the Grand List of Console RPG cliches pretty hard so far. http://project-apollo.net/text/rpg.html