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FailureBiWinning's Mean :bean_blu: Machine (daphailwhale@shitposter.world)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jul-2024 05:47:09 JST 
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The first boss: A slow and sturdy Stone Golem lethargically lumbers into the hallway, blocking your path while throwing the most predictable and swiftly sidesteppable punches the world has (probably) ever known (and seen coming from a mile away).
The boss music: Very fast-paced and urgent-sounding, somewhat gives the vibe that your opponent is highly unpredictable, can sprint across the battlefield like a marathon-runner and combo you into the dirt like a scrapped concept character from an otherwise-nondescript Capcom (or SNK?) fighter. -
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FailureBiWinning's Mean :bean_blu: Machine (daphailwhale@shitposter.world)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jul-2024 05:47:08 JST
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We got Sylph taken care of back at the card shop... and now we find ourselves exploring this Dwarven Town (LALI-HO!) for clues on where to go next, like what this barkeep just told us about the Lost Woo-- I mean, Forest.
...also, this "Dwarven" Town is strange - I've only met ONE person here who even remotely looks like a dwarf back at the house I woke up in. Everyone else around here is suspiciously beardless, not wearing horned helmets, and there are absolutely no pick-axes or other such digging tools in the area. -
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Chapter 1 ends with Teefa beating our hero within an inch of his life and leaving him to die in the maze... except someone steps in to save the day at the last possible second.
Chapter 2 starts with Rooks fully healed, though poor Sylph as seen better days... but we do get another cute party member who rather suspiciously resembles the one who just backstabbed us in the previous chapter - probably a coincidence that totally won't become important later on down the road, I'm sure. -
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Wondering why I'm not getting my ass hopelessly lost in the forest? ...yeah, about that...
To get to the Lost Forest, one must cut through the Dwarven Pass - not exactly the hardest maze in the world to navigate, and we met a new friend along the way. -
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Well, time to go make terrible life decisions and get our asses hopelessly lost in the forest - you know, as one does! -
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Okay, the game initially called it "Lost Forest," but now they're not even trying to be legally-distinct about it anymore... I think this patch could use a once-over for some text consistency, but everything else is solid. -
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Long before Silent Hill utilized it to mask its rather short draw distances (you know... PS1 limitations and all that), Arcana employed a dense fog to mark the transition point between two mazes, and if I remember this upcoming maze right...
...things are about to go poorly. -
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FailureBiWinning's Mean :bean_blu: Machine (daphailwhale@shitposter.world)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jul-2024 05:47:05 JST
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I think I'll leave this here for now... maybe jump back into the game later on (or just leave it hanging like I've done so many others for one reason or another).
I'm playing this with a hack applied, and it's actually a pretty decent one (text inconsistency aside), thus... Obligatory: https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/4505/ -
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Accidentally stumbled into a battle with a Cyclops - he lasted long enough for the boss music to loop twice (almost thrice), but we poked his eye out and left him to rot in the bushes...
...also, new party member! (WHERE THE FUCK WERE YOU DURING THAT BOSS FIGHT, DAMMIT.) -
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Mostly just taking the opportunity to fill in gaps on the map... makes for a decent grinding session.
Darwin's actually putting in some work - his physical attacks are a bit weaker than I was anticipating, but he's got some good crowd control magic at his disposal. -
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Finally time to pick this back up and hope for the best... I get the feeling someone's gonna get killed before we reach the end of this dungeon. -
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...were you expecting it to be over that quickly? Hell naw - Chapter 2 puts you through THREE labyrinths back-to-back. -
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We've finally reached the end of the woods... there's that dense fog again. -
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Crimson Valley is a twisting, winding mess - kinda makes the Lost Woods/Forest look tame by comparison at some points. -
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FailureBiWinning's Mean :bean_blu: Machine (daphailwhale@shitposter.world)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jul-2024 05:15:26 JST
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Brazil getting the (FPGA recreation of a) Sega Neptune... well, that's two things that weren't on my bingo card for this year. -
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FailureBiWinning's Mean :bean_blu: Machine (daphailwhale@shitposter.world)'s status on Thursday, 27-Jun-2024 10:04:46 JST
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A palette hack I've really been looking forward to just dropped - the screenshots over on the forum thread were rock solid.
https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/8700/ -
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FailureBiWinning's Mean :bean_blu: Machine (daphailwhale@shitposter.world)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Jun-2024 02:03:00 JST
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I actually ended up restarting the game to check if I missed anything on the first level, which I apparently did. -
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FailureBiWinning's Mean :bean_blu: Machine (daphailwhale@shitposter.world)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Jun-2024 02:03:00 JST
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Yesterday, I took a dive into Bokan Desu Yo... which turned out to be the SECOND of two Time Bokan shmups on PS1, so I've basically played the games out of order... oops... anyway...
"Time Bokan Series: Bokan to Ippatsu! Doronbo"
You can definitely tell this is the first game - the spritework certainly isn't quite as pretty, and there's surprisingly few FMVs (and a few things that had voice acting in the sequel are conveyed entirely through text here). Gameplay-wise, it's largely the same... though, taking a hit puts you on a longer stun-timer in this one. -
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FailureBiWinning's Mean :bean_blu: Machine (daphailwhale@shitposter.world)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Jun-2024 02:02:59 JST
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Third level... we're not in the Yatterman stages anymore - this is Zenderman territory!
You can actually fall off the cliffs in the early part of the level (even the machines that can supposedly fly will fall into them instead of... you know, flying over them), but there's a bit after the mini-boss where you safely descend to the desert below.
Beating the level is apparently the unlock condition for THREE extra machines... so now we have a full set of 9 vehicles like in the sequel (maybe the 10th one is also here? Hmm). -
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FailureBiWinning's Mean :bean_blu: Machine (daphailwhale@shitposter.world)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Jun-2024 02:02:59 JST
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Second level - the obligatory water stage, minus having to deal with water physics because this isn't a platformer.
A lot of blue in this one's palette... though, that changes once you finally go back above ground.
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