RE: So I'm playing Dark Cloud
October 8, 2013 at 8:21 pm
(This post was last modified: October 8, 2013 at 9:05 pm by Violet.)
Main story is done now, we'll see about the demon shaft after the credits. 
I discovered something: stamina drinks are OP. I had only one ultimate weapon (Xiao's)... and I didn't even use it in the fight (phase one swapped from toan to ruby, just watched which of his hands was going under, swapped element, dodged attack, swung once, repeated until his hands 'died'. Then popped to Ruby for laser and sneeze (stamina + guard with ruby and I was taking 1 damage from it 
) and struck with stamina'd basic attack). Phase two took me a minute, damn near died to that laser twice (first didn't expect it, second got caught on one of his minions when it came down), so I swapped between osmond and toan. After the first sword strike, thought I'd try holy. Got results. Lift's head? No biggie, just pop to osmond and fly around aimlessly, shoot him once (not sure if needed), and his head'll come right back down.
Had some emotional investment come to some fruition there towards the end (both chain-of-memories and post-genie battle). Lots of almost tears.
After credits scene kind of weirds me out, though.
Demon shaft is pretty much everything I'd hoped it would be
I love seeing enemies that were later incorporated into dark cloud 2, just gonna make me want to play that game even more
I discovered something: stamina drinks are OP. I had only one ultimate weapon (Xiao's)... and I didn't even use it in the fight (phase one swapped from toan to ruby, just watched which of his hands was going under, swapped element, dodged attack, swung once, repeated until his hands 'died'. Then popped to Ruby for laser and sneeze (stamina + guard with ruby and I was taking 1 damage from it ) and struck with stamina'd basic attack). Phase two took me a minute, damn near died to that laser twice (first didn't expect it, second got caught on one of his minions when it came down), so I swapped between osmond and toan. After the first sword strike, thought I'd try holy. Got results. Lift's head? No biggie, just pop to osmond and fly around aimlessly, shoot him once (not sure if needed), and his head'll come right back down. Had some emotional investment come to some fruition there towards the end (both chain-of-memories and post-genie battle). Lots of almost tears.
After credits scene kind of weirds me out, though.
Demon shaft is pretty much everything I'd hoped it would be
I love seeing enemies that were later incorporated into dark cloud 2, just gonna make me want to play that game even more
Please give me a home where cloud buffalo roam
Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day
