Saturday, August 28, 2021

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner 2 - Soul Hackers | Extra Dungeon

*This should be played at high volume*
Pictured right-to-left: The hero, his demon possessed

 

"Tripping on #X, there is someone I'm missing.
Oh please, don't worry. Paradigm is aligned. They're all linking.
A victim of crime, and I don't realize.
You make me lie. You're leaking.
On palm-platform, I realize the devil playing with me."   

 "#X" - Performed by "Wink Wink"


 God I love this game. Soul Hackers is pretty much everything I'm looking for in a game. It's an Urban Fantasy game in a strictly contemporary setting that involves demons from various Myths and Religion. And this time, it does not have any post-apocalypse or samurai bullshit. People have referred to it as a "cyberpunk game with a supernatural twist," and that describes it perfectly. I suggest that you play it, although you should go in blind. For you to do that I ask that if you click on the links on the side, DON'T SCROLL DOWN PAST THE FIRST COUPLE OF SECTIONS!!! Those contain spoilers.

But i'm not here to gush about how great the game is, i'm here to talk about the ultimate challenge of the game: The Extra Dungeon. Once you have beaten the game you can load up the save to use in the Extra Dungeon. You have 6 puzzle rooms with a boss to beat on each room.

The Shadow of God


The first time I opened to this, which was right after I've beaten the game, I got my ass-clapped. I then did the Corridor of Time, which had it's own set of rooms and bosses, but that's not as interesting a story as this is. I managed to get the Hinokagutsuchi (arguably the best sword in the game) and beat Beelzebub (without using Judgement!!!) and unlocked the New Game + feature. However, I didn't do that since I wanted to beat the Extra Dungeon, so I trained enough to get both my character and Nemissa to be Level 80.

At level 80, I get strong enough to fuse Herald Metatron, attendant to the infinite! I needed him to trade him for Milky Frost, which is the last Ranger I needed to create the Frost Five. More on them later Level 80 also unlocks the skill Overlord for Nemissa, which turned out to be very useful.


EXTRA DUNGEON

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The puzzles were cool but like half of the bosses aren't very noteworthy. Imma just show the ones that were interesting.

Turns out he's not based
on any real legend

Hee Ho ^5

Inui - A skilled Imperial Japanese soldier who committed suicide. His puzzle is a one-way maze if that's what it's called. You just have to pick a path and not walk through any spot you've already walked on.

His battle is impossible unless you have a low HP demon who can reflect Physical damage and a fast enough protagonist/Nemissa to use a Physical Mirror.

I used the Frost Five since they repel everything except almighty and their health is only 55HP. This is needed because the goons Inui summons goes for the opponent with the lowest HP.



Can I get another Amen?

Sid Davis - The main villain of Devil Summoner 1, he wanted to summon a goddess to destroy the world or something.

His puzzle is another maze where you have to figure out how to get into Sid's room using one-way zip doors. You can figure it out if you have the map cheat on.

His battle has him summon your own demons (except for Zomas and Rangers.) He's not that tough if you are aware of your own weaknesses.






EXHIBIT HALL
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Ok, the final puzzle room has this gimmick where, to get to the boss, you have to get to the door while it's open. Every time you go through a door, the doors open and then shut the second time. This means that you have to figure out which path to go to, so you can find your way back and find that the boss door has been opened. My first few attempts at this boss, I eventually got it open through luck. The last time though, I used a walkthrough.
The man who surpassed the greatest
summoner in Japan

Devil Summoner Hero AKA "Kyouji Kuzunoha" - The man who was mysteriously absent throughout the main game. Once a normal college student with a girlfriend and parents, he and badass summoner detective Kyouji Kuzunoha were murdered, leading this guy to take control of Kyouji's body. Living up and surpassing the name of Kyouji, he saved the world from a vengeful spirit.

This dude is tough. He kicked my ass thoroughly even after getting to level 80. I had to go back and grind my demon's loyalty so I would have less trouble. The first time I came back, I forgot to summon the rest of my demons into the party, which lead to my annihilation. After trying again, I managed to win this very tough battle.






Tale of Two Raidous -

Prepare for trouble
And then, suddenly, Raido Kuzunoha XIV shows up. He summons Gashadokuro, Yoshitsune, and Mishaguji. They weren't much of a problem so I took them down with ease. After that, Raidou Kuzunoha XIV, the protagonist of the next 2 Devil Summoner games, shows up after Raido. After some bickering, they take you on together.
And make it double
These guys know how to Devil Summon so they took me a while to beat. They have this annoying move that puts your center demons back into the COMP, which leads to me having to resummon them. Things got hellish but I managed to take them down.









THE ULTIMATE BOSS
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Oh but they didn't have enough. They went ahead and summoned a giant mech. The Soulless God Oumagatsu!

This is it. The ultimate opponent. Nearly maxed out stats and can hit twice per turn.

It has this move that inflicts this status ailment called "Bomb." What it does, is that when inflicted, you become a bomb. Getting hit with fire damage  detonates it, which leads to the bombed ally's death and splash damage to the whole party. I never had to worry about it in the main game but I can imagine how annoying and unfair it can be, especially when the protagonist gets detonated. Thankfully, I didn't have to worry because the strongest armor in the game, the Masakados Armor set, nulls fire. This means I don't have to worry about a bomb and fire combo ruining my run. Frost Five kept the defense buffs going and Hachiman    turned out to be a good healer, having Medirahan to keep us going. I also had Cybele use her defense debuffs and attack buffs.
The great mother.

His design resembles Ezekiel's
vision of YHVH in the
Old Testament
It took a while but I managed to win on the first try, finishing it off with Susano-o's basic attack. This lead to an accidently hilarious bit where Oumagatsu just flies off screaming like a cartoon.

Y'know, that YouTuber Marsh seems like a cool enough guy, but I dunno maybe he was bad at the game but this wasn't as testicle-grabbing as he made it out to be. I was able to beat this onslaught of bosses in one go without needing Mitama fusion. Maybe i'm just feeling cocky, I dunno.

Anyways, this was me talking about this. Hope this was a good read. I love this game a lot. Probably one of my favorites, up there with Persona 3 and SMT If...
DS1's design was easier
to see, but this one looks cooler

The setting, the atmosphere, the characters, the merge of Urban, Sci-fi, 90s Cyberpunk, and demonic fantasy. The cyberpunk reminds me a bit of Serial Experiments Lain, so that's always cool. I also love the artwork in this game. It came out when people realized they could use computers to make their art look newer and cooler, so the demons have this shiny and detailed with soft brushes and textures and glow effects. Very "Turn-Of-The-Century."


This is just a really cool game.






Sunday, August 15, 2021

Osaka Fart Game

 This guy I knew keeps running away from me after we called him the Raspberry Rapist


So I made a video on a shitty fart fetish flash game based with Osaka from the anime Azumanga Daioh.


Yeah...

It was mainly a test drive for the RebelTaxi-type video format. I had fun making it, and I had fun taking shots at JelloApocalypse and AnimatedJames.

Here it is for those interested.





And here are the renders I used for the thumbnail


Friday, June 25, 2021

Wallpapers

 I made some wallpapers so enjoy them

MAC & TODD


Here is one for a project i'm working on. Read more about it in here.

This is the layout version. I still really like it.

And here is a blue version..


SHIN MEGAMI TENSEI: PERSONA 3 FES

This one was made for this video. Too bad not many people will see it.


Here's a logo and no logo version.

SCHOOL CARTOON MIXDOWN
This was for this video. I like the little transitioning background.

AZUMANGA DAIOH
I edited a key art of Azumanga Daioh a while back to test the color editing stuff in Photoshop.

Okay, that is it for the night. Gnight.







Saturday, January 30, 2021

Holy crap

Holy crap I forget about this blog a lot.

So before I forget about it again, i'm gonna give my thoughts on Persona 4 as a whole.

It's a pretty good game, though 3 and 5, I prefer.
Looking back, I was too hard on Chie. She's a neat character but the other characters are better.
I liked the bosses, the dungeon crawling is addicting and, as I predicted, Kanji was my favorite.

Right now i'm playing Devil Survivor and it's pretty fun.

I don't know how to close these things.