I think it will be better once we reach the next page. Also it's using the steam CDN, so loading time might depend on where you are.
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Completed Let's Play Cthulhu Saves the World LP
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I think it will be better once we reach the next page. Also it's using the steam CDN, so loading time might depend on where you are.
Part XVIII: Alhazred
After spelunking in the ice cave, we'll finish exploring this area.
There's a village, but we'll go visit it later.
Further west is a volcano with a door here. On the other side of the mountains is the ranch where we were abductedand anal probbed by aliens
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We can even try to enter the volcano.
Those poor villagers are in danger.
We must save them!
Looks like it's up to Cthulhu to save the day yet again.
This dialogue occurs even if we visit the village beforehand, where the party can learn about the demon dragon.
But we'll first go back to the village for some shopping, since we're full of jewgold, and to refill our MP. The name of the town is another reference to the Cthulhu mythos from Lovecraft, in that case, it's the mad arab, author of the Necronomicon.
We go discuss with the inhabitants.
Yeah, yeah, the volcano is going to erupt, everyone's going to die. Sorry to hear about it. Better luck next time.
Actually, the volcano is inactive. No, the danger is the horrible demonic dragon that lives within the volcano.
Demon dragons? Now that's something I can deal with. Leave it to me!
Save a town? Yeah that sound like the sort of thing a true hero would do. Sure thing!
Yes, dear. The volcano will burn you all to crisp.
Waah!
Cthulhu!
I mean, don't worry! I shall travel to the volcano and put an end to its fiery threat!:cuck:
Sniff, sniff. Thank you, mister!
We also go to the local church/temple.
No, not really. I just like to go around towns and talk to everyone. Force of habit.
Hey man! Wake up!
I said don't disturb him!
Dude, I'm Cthulhu. I don't take orders from disembodied narrators.
Apparently, the people living here have a strange fascination with volcanos:
My passion is like lava, destroying everything in its path.
My passion is like lava, hiding inisde me and then exploding forth.
My passion is like lava, the fire not the soap.
The book goes on like this for page and page. You quickly give up reading it.
All things considered, I think we should check the volcano next, with all the hints in the village pointing to it. /sarcasm
We went to the local blacksmith and bought weapons and armor for nearly everybody. The only one who didn't get anything was Paws, which won't improve his usefullness in combat.
That guy at theexit entrance seems confused.
On our way to the dungeon, we kill some example of degenerate wildlife.
Paws, I don't know how to ask this, but...are you a, you know...
Spit it out.
Are you a boy alien or a girl alien?
Hahahahaha!
In my race, there are no boys or girls. Each individual has their own unique gender.
Intriguing.
Zuh? What should we call you, then?
'He' will be fine.
Okay! Paws is a boy kitty!
Why do I even bother?
We finally reach and enter the Volcano.
After spelunking in the ice cave, we'll finish exploring this area.
There's a village, but we'll go visit it later.
Further west is a volcano with a door here. On the other side of the mountains is the ranch where we were abducted
We can even try to enter the volcano.
This dialogue occurs even if we visit the village beforehand, where the party can learn about the demon dragon.
But we'll first go back to the village for some shopping, since we're full of jewgold, and to refill our MP. The name of the town is another reference to the Cthulhu mythos from Lovecraft, in that case, it's the mad arab, author of the Necronomicon.
We go discuss with the inhabitants.
We also go to the local church/temple.
Apparently, the people living here have a strange fascination with volcanos:
My passion is like lava, destroying everything in its path.
My passion is like lava, hiding inisde me and then exploding forth.
My passion is like lava, the fire not the soap.
All things considered, I think we should check the volcano next, with all the hints in the village pointing to it. /sarcasm
We went to the local blacksmith and bought weapons and armor for nearly everybody. The only one who didn't get anything was Paws, which won't improve his usefullness in combat.
That guy at the
On our way to the dungeon, we kill some example of degenerate wildlife.
We finally reach and enter the Volcano.
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Dayyālu
Arcane
I honestly forgot about the race of snowflake cats.
That's pretty clever, for the writing standards of this game.
That's pretty clever, for the writing standards of this game.
They namedroped a lot of thing from Lovecraft's works, like the author of the Necromicon in the last update, but it does not go beyond that. Still I think, for the game they were writing, that it was the right decision: going beyond namedropping Lovecraft's stuff would have gone with the intended tone of the game, which is not very serious.
Part XIX: Insert Cool Volcano Name here
So we're in an active volcano, no problems here.
This type of group was particularly annoying to deal with, I don't know why. Perhaps because they are so easily killed, but take a bit too much time to do so.
More ugly scrubs that we have to randomly fight.
A new sword for Cthulhu, but I think I'll continue using the insanity-inducing one, which is really useful for random fights. Perhaps I'll switch to this one for the boss, since dropping insanity on enemies is less useful when the battle last for more than 2 turns.
I bought this one in the previous village.
But we're so rich that's no much of a problem.
The green lights indicates the end of the current level.
New level means new enemy. The T-Rex are quite strong, they've caused a few knock-out while fighting them. But since everyone is back up at full health at the end of the combat, it's not too bad.
For this monsters, it's the first occasion in a long time that I'm using Umi's sleep spell, which limits the danger posed by those enemies, by preventing them to act for one turn.
New rags for Cthulhu.
We've got a point to reload our MP, it's the first time so far it's in the middle of the dungeon and not just before the boss.
New book for October, which increase her fireball damage, which might be her most frequently cast spell. So it's cool.
We have more than 300 000 gold, so 15 000 is just pocket change at this point; maybe the dev forgot to check how much money a player would have at this point.
We reach the stairs of the fourth floor. It must be the biggest dungeon so far.
Pettry cool.
This weapon is for Paws, maybe it will make him marginally less useless. Or not.
We've reached the end of the dungeon.
We just take the time to do a few more fight so that everyone get a new level.
We're on the outside of the volcano.
The top of the volcano.
Woah!
He looks so small!
We should probably help him.
Let's go!
Help the big fire-breathing lizard who wants bbq us? Sharpe is really stupid.
Let's fight the dragon!
I changed the party before the fight, replacing Umi by Dacre, in order to have access to his buffs and healing spells.
The fight wasn't hard, Cthulhu got knocked out, but Dacre was able to revive him. Sharpe did the most damage this time, since his latest level-up has improved one of his spell, doubling his damage to 4000 HP and since the boss only had 25000 HP, it wasn't too hard.
Wimp
Cthulhu triumphs again!
Cthulhu has saved the villagers from the demon dragon, Ember! Cthulhu has gained 150 hero points! Cthulhu is almost a true hero!
Almost? Didn't you see how I schooled that dragon? 
I thought you were awesome!
Thanks!
Dragon, I will only spre you on one condition! That you become my loyal follower!
Eh, beats death. I accept.
He seems so happy to join us! /s
The demon dragon, Ember, has joined your party!
Let's get out of here.
Just press the LeftControl key at any moment on the world map to fly up into the air! Press the Enter key or the LeftControl key to land.
Now that we can fly anywhere we want, I recommend we travel to Innsmouth. It's a dark town full of cultists - there's bound to be some heroic deeds to be done there!
Good old Innsmouth. Home of many of my most loyal followers.
Innsmouth is on a small islande between Miskatonia and Dunwitch.
Updated my journal.
To Innsmouth!
We try the dragon fly mode. But we won't go further this time.
So we're in an active volcano, no problems here.
This type of group was particularly annoying to deal with, I don't know why. Perhaps because they are so easily killed, but take a bit too much time to do so.
More ugly scrubs that we have to randomly fight.
A new sword for Cthulhu, but I think I'll continue using the insanity-inducing one, which is really useful for random fights. Perhaps I'll switch to this one for the boss, since dropping insanity on enemies is less useful when the battle last for more than 2 turns.
I bought this one in the previous village.
The green lights indicates the end of the current level.
New level means new enemy. The T-Rex are quite strong, they've caused a few knock-out while fighting them. But since everyone is back up at full health at the end of the combat, it's not too bad.
For this monsters, it's the first occasion in a long time that I'm using Umi's sleep spell, which limits the danger posed by those enemies, by preventing them to act for one turn.
New rags for Cthulhu.
We've got a point to reload our MP, it's the first time so far it's in the middle of the dungeon and not just before the boss.
New book for October, which increase her fireball damage, which might be her most frequently cast spell. So it's cool.
We have more than 300 000 gold, so 15 000 is just pocket change at this point; maybe the dev forgot to check how much money a player would have at this point.
We reach the stairs of the fourth floor. It must be the biggest dungeon so far.
Pettry cool.
This weapon is for Paws, maybe it will make him marginally less useless. Or not.
We've reached the end of the dungeon.
We just take the time to do a few more fight so that everyone get a new level.
We're on the outside of the volcano.
The top of the volcano.
Help the big fire-breathing lizard who wants bbq us? Sharpe is really stupid.
Let's fight the dragon!
I changed the party before the fight, replacing Umi by Dacre, in order to have access to his buffs and healing spells.
The fight wasn't hard, Cthulhu got knocked out, but Dacre was able to revive him. Sharpe did the most damage this time, since his latest level-up has improved one of his spell, doubling his damage to 4000 HP and since the boss only had 25000 HP, it wasn't too hard.
Wimp
He seems so happy to join us! /s
Updated my journal.
We try the dragon fly mode. But we won't go further this time.
Part XX: DragonFlight
Now that we can explore the world uninterrupted, we can see how empty the world map look.
Apart from the the dungeons and cities there's nothing else, nothing to break the monotomy of the map.
I think that adding some other elements, interactive or not, could have helped a lot to improve the world map, even by reusing content from cities or dungeons.
Also all the random encounters on the world have been replaced by new level-appropriate enemies.
The dragon is not just a magic carpet, he's party member. He's also level 34, three levels above the rest of my party. Which could mean that I'm underleveled, but I'll see how the next dungeon goes.
Rember that place? When we left our first dungeon, we exited from the right door; let's see what's on the other side of the left one:
The cave of destiny
There's a pair of useless chest and stairs that go up.
It look like the end of that other game from the devs, Breath of death VII:
After looking for pictures of the ending, I realised that the dungeon we've just exited is copied from the first dungeon of Breath of Death VII, with the content of the chests being the same:
I'll let the reader judge how clever this allusion/easter egg is.
We approach the obelisk.
A legendary hero approach!
And now we face the hero from the last game. The "..." refers to the fact that he was a silent protagonist.
For his HP, as a point of reference, the latest boss had only 25000 HP. We're totaly not strong enough to beat him, since he hits like a brick, has a lot of HP...
... and four turn in, skip a turn...
... to drop the next turn an attack that kill everyone.
I've checked a guide, I can delay his killing move by five turns with Umi's sleep spell, but only once. But we still can't deal enough damage at the moment to kill him, so we'll have to come back to deal with him later.
Here's our current objective, Innsmouth. But we won't go there now, since I've found another optional dungeon, in the mountains in the middle of the map, accessible only with Ember:
The astral cave.
I'll do the dungeon next time.
Apart from the the dungeons and cities there's nothing else, nothing to break the monotomy of the map.
I think that adding some other elements, interactive or not, could have helped a lot to improve the world map, even by reusing content from cities or dungeons.
Also all the random encounters on the world have been replaced by new level-appropriate enemies.
The dragon is not just a magic carpet, he's party member. He's also level 34, three levels above the rest of my party. Which could mean that I'm underleveled, but I'll see how the next dungeon goes.
Rember that place? When we left our first dungeon, we exited from the right door; let's see what's on the other side of the left one:
The cave of destiny
There's a pair of useless chest and stairs that go up.
It look like the end of that other game from the devs, Breath of death VII:
After looking for pictures of the ending, I realised that the dungeon we've just exited is copied from the first dungeon of Breath of Death VII, with the content of the chests being the same:
I'll let the reader judge how clever this allusion/easter egg is.
We approach the obelisk.
And now we face the hero from the last game. The "..." refers to the fact that he was a silent protagonist.
For his HP, as a point of reference, the latest boss had only 25000 HP. We're totaly not strong enough to beat him, since he hits like a brick, has a lot of HP...
... and four turn in, skip a turn...
... to drop the next turn an attack that kill everyone.
I've checked a guide, I can delay his killing move by five turns with Umi's sleep spell, but only once. But we still can't deal enough damage at the moment to kill him, so we'll have to come back to deal with him later.
Here's our current objective, Innsmouth. But we won't go there now, since I've found another optional dungeon, in the mountains in the middle of the map, accessible only with Ember:
The astral cave.
I'll do the dungeon next time.
I've started the next dungeon yesterday. Out of three fight, two ended up in a defeat. Perhaps I should have done Innsmouth first, but I'll give it another try
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Part XXI: Astral Cave
(it totally does not look like this
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(it totally does not look like this
baud, post: 5724930, member: 22873I've started the next dungeon yesterday. Out of three fight, two ended up in a defeat. Perhaps I should have done Innsmouth first, but I'll give it another try
So in the end, after sleeping, I was able to finish the dungeon. I was just unlucky with the first enemy groups and the spells they used, doing more damage than I was able to tank. I was able to defeat the groups that killed me, especially after leveling up a few more time: we ended up around level 34 at the end of the dungeon.
All the enemies of this dungeon. For the dragon, we used Umi's sleep spell to save one turn, which is enough to kill most of the other monsters.
In theory, it should have one-shotted the dragon on the right, which had ~5000 HP. But it did only 2000 HP of damage.
All of dungeon look like this, which is pretty boring. Couldn't they have made (or steal/borrow/buy) a pair of unique asset to decorate it a little?
In addition to looking dreadfully, the loot was equally bad, except the armor for SHarpe that we looted at the end of the dungeon.
Boss Room spotted!
As usual, I put back Dacre for healing and buffs for the boss fight.
You got a Master Hilt!
A Master Hilt for the Master Sword!
As your treasure out of the chest, the guardian of the astral cave appears - the dreaded Black Hole. Watch out!
The boss was not difficult, especially compared to the first few fight of this dungeon.
The team levelled up one more time after killing the boss. I've stopped showing them some time ago, but this time, two stand out.
Dacre has his first spell that can do damage, with a good damage value, so I might keep him for non-boss fights.
Cthulhu is better at killing his own kind.
We go back to Miskatonia (the first town) to buy a very expensive dress for Umi, which we couldn't afford until this point.
And then we go back to Innsmouth's island, back to the main quest.
So in the end, after sleeping, I was able to finish the dungeon. I was just unlucky with the first enemy groups and the spells they used, doing more damage than I was able to tank. I was able to defeat the groups that killed me, especially after leveling up a few more time: we ended up around level 34 at the end of the dungeon.
All the enemies of this dungeon. For the dragon, we used Umi's sleep spell to save one turn, which is enough to kill most of the other monsters.
In theory, it should have one-shotted the dragon on the right, which had ~5000 HP. But it did only 2000 HP of damage
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All of dungeon look like this, which is pretty boring. Couldn't they have made (or steal/borrow/buy) a pair of unique asset to decorate it a little?
In addition to looking dreadfully, the loot was equally bad, except the armor for SHarpe that we looted at the end of the dungeon.
Boss Room spotted!
As usual, I put back Dacre for healing and buffs for the boss fight.
The boss was not difficult, especially compared to the first few fight of this dungeon.
The team levelled up one more time after killing the boss. I've stopped showing them some time ago, but this time, two stand out.
Dacre has his first spell that can do damage, with a good damage value, so I might keep him for non-boss fights.
Cthulhu is better at killing his own kind.
We go back to Miskatonia (the first town) to buy a very expensive dress for Umi, which we couldn't afford until this point.
And then we go back to Innsmouth's island, back to the main quest.
Part XXII: Innsmouth
So last time we were standing in front of the dread city of Innsmouth.
Ah, Innsmouth. Home away from home. Where everyone is rude and surly all the time. It's good to be back.
Sound just like the codex!
It's getting late. We should find a place to stay.
Good thinking. No visit to Innsmouth would be complete without a stay at the Innsmouth Inn. To sleep!
This is Innsmouth. We don't take kindly to outsiders here. Finish your business quickly and leave.
We start to explore Innsmouth.
Chapter 1 - Early Warning Signs
Chapter 29 - Swimming among the other demons in R'lyeh
Well that escalated quickly.
We go to the shop and buy a big pack of new weapons and armors for Cthulhu, Umi, Dacre and Sharpe.
Then I take this team and go back to fight DEM, the skeleton which butt-fucked us two updates ago.
And between the new equipment, the bunch of level we've gained since last time, we successfully finish it before he dropped his instakill attack. Dacre was very useful, between his buff and healing, plus a good damage capability, which he acquired after leveling up in the last dungeon. Most of the team level-up two time with the boatload of XP DEM dropped.
You have proven yourself! Cthulhu's stats go up by 50!
Sweet!
DEM joins the team.
DEM is like an improved version of Sharpe, concentrated on physical damage on a single target, plus a party-wide buff which improve all stats by 25%. He's also level 40, above everyone else, which are around level 36.
We go back to Innsmouth to continue exploring the town, even if there's not much else to see.
We'll go to the inn last.
The people here are sure friendly.
This is a good reward for exploration, but I don't think there was enough of them throughout the game.
The rest of the houses are locked like this one.
That's totaly not suspicious.
At the inn.
Unfortunately, the note was written by one of the professors at the Miskatonic University so the handwriting is so poor you can't make anything out other than HELP and THEY'RE GOING TO EAT ME!
It's a call-back to the first town of the game.
With nothing else to do, we go talk to the innkeeper.
Thank you
Cthulhu is gallant enough to leave the bed to the girls.
Idiots! I was having a dream about taking over the world!
How dare you break into my room! You're only supposed to do that with outsiders!
My apologies, Lord Cthulhu, but Lord Dagon told us to attack everyone who came to Innsmouth, even your lordship!
Dagon is trying to take over my cult? The nerve! I'd better pay old Dagon a little visit. To the Marsh gold foundry!
To the foundry!
Um... where's that?
Lord Dagon can be found in the deepest part of the factory in the east part of town. I'll tell the guards to get out of your way.
It remains to be seen if the guards will listen and get out of our way.
We're back in business!
At least we didn't had to pay.
We then go to the east part of the town and enter the Marsh Foundry
So last time we were standing in front of the dread city of Innsmouth.
Sound just like the codex!
We start to explore Innsmouth.
Well that escalated quickly.
We go to the shop and buy a big pack of new weapons and armors for Cthulhu, Umi, Dacre and Sharpe.
Then I take this team and go back to fight DEM, the skeleton which butt-fucked us two updates ago.
And between the new equipment, the bunch of level we've gained since last time, we successfully finish it before he dropped his instakill attack. Dacre was very useful, between his buff and healing, plus a good damage capability, which he acquired after leveling up in the last dungeon. Most of the team level-up two time with the boatload of XP DEM dropped.
Sweet!
DEM joins the team.
DEM is like an improved version of Sharpe, concentrated on physical damage on a single target, plus a party-wide buff which improve all stats by 25%. He's also level 40, above everyone else, which are around level 36.
We go back to Innsmouth to continue exploring the town, even if there's not much else to see.
We'll go to the inn last.
The people here are sure friendly.
This is a good reward for exploration, but I don't think there was enough of them throughout the game.
The rest of the houses are locked like this one.
That's totaly not suspicious.
At the inn.
It's a call-back to the first town of the game.
With nothing else to do, we go talk to the innkeeper.
Cthulhu is gallant enough to leave the bed to the girls.
It remains to be seen if the guards will listen and get out of our way.
We're back in business!
At least we didn't had to pay.
We then go to the east part of the town and enter the Marsh Foundry
Part XXIII: Gold Marsh Foundry
So we start our exploration of the Gold Marsh Foundry, to fight Dagon.
Big machinerie, it just doesn't look like a foundry to me, more like the stuff in a dam to produce electricity, but it seems the devs don't give a damn.
The loot has been disappointing so far: we got weapons for October, Sharpe and Cthulhu that we had already.
Don't see the point of that switch. I had no problem with the conveyor belts of that floor. Or perhaps I missed a chest containing the best weapon of the game.
Not all the loot is bad, though, just most of it. This new weapon is good, for example.
They continue to name drop a lot of Lovecraft-related terms. Even if he's stronger than most of the other random enemies, he still fails to pose a threat. In that particular instance, I stunned him with Umi to first remove the other enemies, then concentrated all my attacks on him.
More gold. But I don't think we'll need more of it, since I think there's just another dungeon after this one.
This switch was usefull, since it allowed to get a new armor for Dacre. Too bad he won't use it, since it's not very good, compared to what he already has.
At last a new (and usefull) weapon for Paws, which will be marginally more usefull with this, even if we will still ditch when facing the boss.
Death spell for October, which should be usefull for the stronger trash mob, if I think of using it. I guess the boss will be immune, just a hunch.
We get some more party banter
You can tell a lot about a person based on their blood type. For example, I have B Positive blood, so I'm a really energetic person! What kind of blood do you have, Cthulhu?
Ink.
Ink because he look like an octopus or ink because he first existed in as book character, as in the ink used to print the book is what makes him alive, like blood?
Ink? I'm not sure what personality ink goes with.
Uranium blood here.
Acid.
Is there anyone here with normal blood?
I forgot!
Pain. What I feel when I bleed in the dark recess in my soul. I linger for the light but yearn for the darkness.
Agh!
I'll stop here, since it's been too long since the last update and this dungeon is big enough to be split in two.
Big machinerie, it just doesn't look like a foundry to me, more like the stuff in a dam to produce electricity, but it seems the devs don't give a damn.
The loot has been disappointing so far: we got weapons for October, Sharpe and Cthulhu that we had already.
Don't see the point of that switch. I had no problem with the conveyor belts of that floor. Or perhaps I missed a chest containing the best weapon of the game.
Not all the loot is bad, though, just most of it. This new weapon is good, for example.
They continue to name drop a lot of Lovecraft-related terms. Even if he's stronger than most of the other random enemies, he still fails to pose a threat. In that particular instance, I stunned him with Umi to first remove the other enemies, then concentrated all my attacks on him.
More gold. But I don't think we'll need more of it, since I think there's just another dungeon after this one.
This switch was usefull, since it allowed to get a new armor for Dacre. Too bad he won't use it, since it's not very good, compared to what he already has.
At last a new (and usefull) weapon for Paws, which will be marginally more usefull with this, even if we will still ditch when facing the boss.
Death spell for October, which should be usefull for the stronger trash mob, if I think of using it. I guess the boss will be immune, just a hunch.
We get some more party banter
Ink because he look like an octopus or ink because he first existed in as book character, as in the ink used to print the book is what makes him alive, like blood?
I'll stop here, since it's been too long since the last update and this dungeon is big enough to be split in two.
Part XXIV: The End?
Tonight, we dine in hell finish exploring the Foundry!
This lever was just to get to a chest.
More useless gold.
Last level of the foundry.
Mandatory rest point before the dungeon boss. I switch the party to boss mode: Dacre for heal and buffs and DEM and Sharpe for damage.
You used to be one of the great old ones! Now, you're nothing but the lapdog of the humans! Steal your cultists? You don't deserve cultists!
That's not true! That's impossible! I deserve cultists! Tell him, Umi! 
Well, you are a pretty swell guy! Do swell guy get cultists? 
Poor, poor Cthulhu. Let me put you out of your misery!
Very easy boss fight. Dagon went down in four-five turns, especially since when he's wasting his time summoning his little friends, instead of attacking us; since we can easily one-shot his mooks with two of our characters, it leave the other two free to act.
We got a pile of level-up from this fight too.
According to the in-game achievement screen, I'm supposed to beat Dagon before DEM, so it's not surprising that it was very easy.
Dagon has been destroyed.
Cthulhu gains 500 hero points!
Cthulhu has become a true hero! Cthulhu's stats increase by 50!
Is Cthulhu going to devour the world now?
All that work for naught.
I like cheesecake.
No!
Everyone is now insane!
This lever was just to get to a chest.
More useless gold.
Last level of the foundry.
Mandatory rest point before the dungeon boss. I switch the party to boss mode: Dacre for heal and buffs and DEM and Sharpe for damage.
Very easy boss fight. Dagon went down in four-five turns, especially since when he's wasting his time summoning his little friends, instead of attacking us; since we can easily one-shot his mooks with two of our characters, it leave the other two free to act.
We got a pile of level-up from this fight too.
According to the in-game achievement screen, I'm supposed to beat Dagon before DEM, so it's not surprising that it was very easy.
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Dayyālu
Arcane
Honestly, that made me chuckle the first time I've read it.
Would have made for a good true ending.
Would have made for a good true ending.
Yes.
Instead we got this :
Part XXV: Zeboyd retcons the Mythos
Wait, what? You don't want Cthulhu to destroy the world? Don't be ridiculous! That's what Cthulhu does! He brings insanity to the world and eats his followers! Haven't you read the books?
I'm rather happy of my choice of Lovecraft as narrator, as I'm pretty sure he would have a similar reaction to this one.
Fine. Have it your way. I'll rewind and give you the super happy ending. Goodbye artistic integrity. Goodbye any last vestige of adhering to the source material.
As if there was any "adhering to the source material" in this game. Apart from name-dropping, there was little of the Cthulhu Mythos in this game. I mean removing the name-dropping would not change much to the game.
I could reclain my forbidden power and destroy the world but I choose not to. My adventures have taught me the power of love, friendship and heroism.
Gack.
I love you, Cthulhu!
I love you, too!
Bleh.
Enough of this! There will be no super happy ending!
"Foolish Cthulhu! You have betrayed your destiny in vain! Arise great R'lyeh!"
"Before long, the inhabitants of R'lyeh will swarm over this land, bringing death and insanity to all!"
Not if I get them first!
"Yes, by all means. Come to R'lyeh. Be a hero. Die a hero."
The fight will be difficult, but together we will succeed.
I've always wanted to visit R'lyeh!
Finally, a real challenge!
It all comes down to this.
Lead the way!
We can do it! I know we can!
It's Cthulhu time!
Come to R'lyeh, if you dare!"
And then the game dump us there, on the coast just in front of R'lyeh, which has conveniently appeared just off the coast.
I think this part is baddly done, beyond its (lack of) literary qualities. The player is not given any choice and still the burden of choice is on the player ("You don't want Cthulhu to destroy the world? "), but without any input! It's combining the worst of both world: meaningless choice and no player input.
The devs could have Cthulhu just decide on his own, so that the choice is driven by character progression and not an ass-pull of the devs. Or give a choice to the player, even if just choosing "end of the world" means you're dumped back to the main menu. Or once at the game over screen, offer a 'go back to previous choice' option, so that there's no lost progress. I mean how hard is it to add a simple choice with no consequences?
I'm rather happy of my choice of Lovecraft as narrator, as I'm pretty sure he would have a similar reaction to this one.
As if there was any "adhering to the source material" in this game. Apart from name-dropping, there was little of the Cthulhu Mythos in this game. I mean removing the name-dropping would not change much to the game.
And then the game dump us there, on the coast just in front of R'lyeh, which has conveniently appeared just off the coast.
I think this part is baddly done, beyond its (lack of) literary qualities. The player is not given any choice and still the burden of choice is on the player ("You don't want Cthulhu to destroy the world? "), but without any input! It's combining the worst of both world: meaningless choice and no player input.
The devs could have Cthulhu just decide on his own, so that the choice is driven by character progression and not an ass-pull of the devs. Or give a choice to the player, even if just choosing "end of the world" means you're dumped back to the main menu. Or once at the game over screen, offer a 'go back to previous choice' option, so that there's no lost progress. I mean how hard is it to add a simple choice with no consequences?
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Perhaps it's just that my taste is different or just that I find their attempt at humor so bad it becomes funny in its own way (in a so bad it's good kind of way). Also I'm not taking seriously and I hope the dev was not taking it seriously either.
Part XXVI: R'lyeh, phase One
Finally, it's time to explore R'lyeh!
The cliffs here look strangely familiar. Ho ho ho!
We reach R'lyeh by air dragon.
Then we enter the colossal gates of the city.
I found that the visual design was better than most of the other dungeons. Which is weird since the completion rate of RPG is low, so it would mean to spend time and money on an area that most player won't see. On the other hand, I'm not complaining to see somethinggoodbetter-looking for once.
We find a sword that's pretty broken, with stat bonus two time better than the sword we had previously. It's for Cthulhu, but I don't think I needed to tel you that.
We find the exit of that level, but we go back for a chest we could see earlier on that level.
Another completely broken piece of loot for Cthulhu. Perhaps the game finish with a solo fight with just Cthulhu and the devs wanted to make sure Cthulhu was powerfull enough? It would be a shame since combat with only one character would be pretty boring.
I think that's a joke, but it's missing the punchline.
With this done, we can leave that level.
At least for that dungeon, we can say that the dev succefully managed to convey the impression of a massive scale, but I don't know how apparent it is from those pictures.
The next level is more of the same, but it seemed to me it was more linear.
Except the loot is shit. The blade for Sharpe is worse than the one we currently have and we already had that claw for Paws.
We then reach a bridge, with the now customary mid-dungeon magic point refiller.
Just after we face the same group of heroes we've fight in the first dugeon.
Stop right there, fiend!
We have gathered the seven holy crystals...
And have the power to stop you.
Raising R'lyeh to the surface. How predictable. Your evil stop here!
Wait! He's a good guy! We're the heroes!
We are better murderhobos than you!
Don't bother. The only thing these guy will listen is a swift kick to the head.
The idiots haven't leveled once since last time. So we just kill them all in a single attack.
It's disapointing since in the last game, we had a fight at the end against a mirror party and it was one of the best, since you had to make a few more decision than just "Which attack do you want to use?", even if in the end it was just "kill the healer first". Also group have always been more interesting to fight than single enemies, since it offers more possibilities during combat.
That was surprinsingly easy.
Easy indeed. We can't afford to be distracted. We must press on!
When I started the LP, I thought that the cleric from the opposing group, Elonalina, would join our party, since she has a full set of portrait with different moods in the game files, like the main characters. Well now I think that won't be the case. Perhaps she's for one of the bonus game modes or a left-over from cut content. Instead, as a healer, we got the old cranky Dacre.
Also there's a missed opportunity there: having a competing party would have enhanced the story, with a rivalry which could have helped explained some of the travels we've done: "the other group is trying to solve that crisis, let's solve it first"! Or stumbling (and fighting) on them in one or two of the dungeons and meeting them in the cities for insult exchanges and bar fights. And to avoid samey fights, they could have changed the roster a few time, adding and removing some characters. Also it could have been a story how the two groups came together at the end to win against a BBEG.
We also face Death on the bridge, but he's a pushover
. I honestly had more difficulty with some of the mobs in the previous floor, mostly those with beetles, since they have lot of HP, only Cthulhu can one-shot them and have a spell that hits all the party and can remove half of the HP from my spellcasters; I think I got one party wipe against such group, because I had bungled the prioritization of the enemy to kill first (or I forgot to use special attacks).
And next floor. I'll stop here to avoid an update that's too big (and because I want to see if I can go beyond four pages).
We reach R'lyeh by air dragon.
Then we enter the colossal gates of the city.
I found that the visual design was better than most of the other dungeons. Which is weird since the completion rate of RPG is low, so it would mean to spend time and money on an area that most player won't see. On the other hand, I'm not complaining to see something
We find a sword that's pretty broken, with stat bonus two time better than the sword we had previously. It's for Cthulhu, but I don't think I needed to tel you that.
We find the exit of that level, but we go back for a chest we could see earlier on that level.
Another completely broken piece of loot for Cthulhu. Perhaps the game finish with a solo fight with just Cthulhu and the devs wanted to make sure Cthulhu was powerfull enough? It would be a shame since combat with only one character would be pretty boring.
I think that's a joke, but it's missing the punchline.
With this done, we can leave that level.
At least for that dungeon, we can say that the dev succefully managed to convey the impression of a massive scale, but I don't know how apparent it is from those pictures.
The next level is more of the same, but it seemed to me it was more linear.
Except the loot is shit. The blade for Sharpe is worse than the one we currently have and we already had that claw for Paws.
We then reach a bridge, with the now customary mid-dungeon magic point refiller.
Just after we face the same group of heroes we've fight in the first dugeon.
We are better murderhobos than you!
The idiots haven't leveled once since last time. So we just kill them all in a single attack.
It's disapointing since in the last game, we had a fight at the end against a mirror party and it was one of the best, since you had to make a few more decision than just "Which attack do you want to use?", even if in the end it was just "kill the healer first". Also group have always been more interesting to fight than single enemies, since it offers more possibilities during combat.
When I started the LP, I thought that the cleric from the opposing group, Elonalina, would join our party, since she has a full set of portrait with different moods in the game files, like the main characters. Well now I think that won't be the case. Perhaps she's for one of the bonus game modes or a left-over from cut content. Instead, as a healer, we got the old cranky Dacre.
Also there's a missed opportunity there: having a competing party would have enhanced the story, with a rivalry which could have helped explained some of the travels we've done: "the other group is trying to solve that crisis, let's solve it first"! Or stumbling (and fighting) on them in one or two of the dungeons and meeting them in the cities for insult exchanges and bar fights. And to avoid samey fights, they could have changed the roster a few time, adding and removing some characters. Also it could have been a story how the two groups came together at the end to win against a BBEG.
We also face Death on the bridge, but he's a pushover
And next floor. I'll stop here to avoid an update that's too big (and because I want to see if I can go beyond four pages).
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