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Let's... Trigger the Chronos. (What if...)
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Brother None
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ITZ COME!
Awesome stuff, uhhh...as per usual, ghostdog
Awesome stuff, uhhh...as per usual, ghostdog
Cassidy
Arcane
ghostdog said:
Babymeat is too much for nipongo, considering there are no
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Daum ! Where are we ? What is this place ? what year is it ? Will we meet a post apocalyptic Fred Williamson ??
A glance at the world map doesn't ease our worries...
Grey clouds of dust cover the sun, black waters beckon us from the shore...
There's some kind of structure here, let's check it out.
Tran(ny) Dome ? I'm not sure I like the sound of this. Hey, there are people here !
Vendors, Vendors never change.
We buy the handgun for Lucca and the Iron suit and helm for everyone.
But we need answers ! Let's see if the rest of the people can help us get our bearings.
Damn, where are we ?! Oh well, first things first, after all that excitement we should get something to eat...
The box ?
Let's try it.
Great ! :D But...
So this is the fate of all these people... Sustained by a machine while experiencing eternal hunger...Well, we can't have this. We must find food !
We'll take our chances ! Next stop : #16 Ruins :
Hmm, I don't see any phantoms. The only things that seem to be living here are huge mutated rats. Let's see if we can use diplomacy with them...
Damn rats ! They steal our stuff ! Andhaira was right, we should avoid all contact with them.
Hey, it seems some vegetation exists in this place after all ! Let's see if it's edibl-
Squid-like creatures spun out of the plant and attack us. They basically try to attach onto our heads and suck out our brains.
Damn, this place is scary ! At least we find a good bow for Marle :
Further on we come upon a destroyed car. Something doesn't feel right here...
Phantoms ! If we hit them with normal attacks we'll always miss. We need to use techniques.
We must keep on moving... hey what's that thing ?
And what is it doing to Marle with that big,long,red thing ?!!
Die filthy perverted mutant !!
Phew, we're out of here in one piece. Is that another dome at the distance ?
More devastated wastelanders...
There sure are ! Let's ask about food...
Let's talk to the old man again...
Let's probe for more info.
We decide to use the box once more...
Dammit ! If there's food in the storage, to the storage we shall go !
and down to the basement we go !
...In our quest for yummy :
Will we find delicious food or horrific death ? That remains to be seen.
Yay!
Scary bastards!
Scary bastards!
GarfunkeL
Racism Expert
What a curious but oh-so-accurate analogue!Radisshu said:
Also,
to Ghostdog for his efforts. I love the chapter titles.
Radisshu
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ghostdog said:
The beginning doesn't grab you at all, but it really grows. It's full och clichés and doesn't try to be original at all, but it's just really well done pacing-wise and the dialouge (especially the snappy one liners) can be really good.
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It's a huge pile of tropes stringed together into a very entertaining whole. Biggest problem with trying to watch it now would be that all the classic lines have been overreferenced to death, which removes much of the fun of hearing them for the first time.ghostdog said:
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Here we are, ready to brave the treacherous underground facilities of Arris Dome...
We climb the stairs and find strange controls, thankfully Lucca figures them out :
The locked door must be the one on the right. Unfortunately, we don't know the password, so we decide to use the stairs at the left...
Huh ? what's this ? It looks like some sort of industrial maze. As we try to navigate through, we come upon something :
There's a memo on paper :
Great ! Let's head for the stock room !
:ALARM SETS OFF:
Oh crap.
What's that shadow ?!
What shad-
:CRASH:
Crono ! What happened ?!
Shit just hit the fan.
Marle, Crono ! Here we go !
The security system brought up two small drones. Apart from attacking on their own they also repair it, so we decide to attack them first.
In response the security system decides to amplify our asses.
We destroy the drones and we turn our attention to the main system. Things are looking good.
Huh?
The machine has started some kind of countdown !
Ignore it and hit it with everything you've got !
Gotcha !
The countdown stopped !
Oh shi-
AHHH !
UGNHH !
Hit back !
Look out, it's about to counter attack again !
FUUUUUUUUUU-
Yup, that was my first game over (
). I went at this battle very casually and got my sorry ass kicked. Let's try this again.
Lucca, let's concentrate on the drones !
Ok !
Marle, be sure to heal us constantly !
No problem !
It revives the drones and counter-attacks but we make sure to fully heal the party...
And eventually :
At last ! Let's see what's in that room ahead :
It's the storage, but what's going on ? Lucca checks out the food supplies...
And who's that over there ?
Looks like he's not breathing anymore...
He must be that kid's father that came down looking for food...
He's clutching something. What could this be... ?
Looks like some kind of seeds.
Seeds ? I wonder if they'll grow in a place like this ?
Hmm, maybe this trip down here wasn't worthless after all...
There's something else on him :
Hah, I knew there was something fishy about that rat !
Shh ! It might run away.
No time for subtlety, let's catch it !
It's a fast little bugger...
...But eventually we catch it.
Spill your guts filthy rodent !
I'll confess :chuu:
(Hmm, rat diplomacy works after all...)
We got the password ! Let's open the door.
We face rogue robots...
...and mutated bugs...
...and phantoms...
We force our way through and reach a certain door :
All right !
This computer is still alive ! If I search for spacial distortions, maybe I'll find out where there's a Gate !
Give it a try !
... ... ... Here it is !
Way to go, Lucca ! You could find out anything with this machine.
Ohohoho, pretty much.
So, what will we find out if we push this ?
The computer starts a recording...
"Day of Lavos" ??
W-What ??!!
CLEVOS ?!! -nah it must be my imagination...
...The video ends abruptly.
L, Lavos... ? This is what made the world like this ?!
Then, this really is our future ?
It... must be...
Awful ! It's awful ! It can't be !
...
How could this...
Is our future doomed by this Lavos creature ? Is 1999 the end of the line ?? Is the ITZ unstoppable ?!!
We climb the stairs and find strange controls, thankfully Lucca figures them out :
The locked door must be the one on the right. Unfortunately, we don't know the password, so we decide to use the stairs at the left...
Huh ? what's this ? It looks like some sort of industrial maze. As we try to navigate through, we come upon something :
MEMO said:
Great ! Let's head for the stock room !
:ALARM SETS OFF:
:CRASH:
The security system brought up two small drones. Apart from attacking on their own they also repair it, so we decide to attack them first.
In response the security system decides to amplify our asses.
We destroy the drones and we turn our attention to the main system. Things are looking good.
Huh?
The countdown stopped !
Yup, that was my first game over (
). I went at this battle very casually and got my sorry ass kicked. Let's try this again.
It revives the drones and counter-attacks but we make sure to fully heal the party...
And eventually :
At last ! Let's see what's in that room ahead :
It's the storage, but what's going on ? Lucca checks out the food supplies...
And who's that over there ?
Hmm, maybe this trip down here wasn't worthless after all...
There's something else on him :
MEMO said:
Hah, I knew there was something fishy about that rat !
It's a fast little bugger...
...But eventually we catch it.
We got the password ! Let's open the door.
We face rogue robots...
...and mutated bugs...
...and phantoms...
We force our way through and reach a certain door :
All right !
The computer starts a recording...
"Day of Lavos" ??
W-What ??!!
CLEVOS ?!! -nah it must be my imagination...
...The video ends abruptly.
Is our future doomed by this Lavos creature ? Is 1999 the end of the line ?? Is the ITZ unstoppable ?!!
Brother None
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Itz inevitable!
I really like the bits you write for Cronos, dawg. Maximum brofist.
I really like the bits you write for Cronos, dawg. Maximum brofist.
GarfunkeL
Racism Expert
And how much expression 16-bit sprites can have. Where did you find them? Or did you make them yourself out of the ROM or something?
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Clevos can't be stopped !Brother None said:
There's an great site with almost all CT's prites : http://www.videogamesprites.net/ChronoTrigger/GarfunkeL said:
Silellak
Cipher
Well, at least now we know what happens to the Codex after the apocalypse.
Please don't ever type that again.
ghostdog said:
RottingNaziSurfer
Scholar
:clap: +1 Great LP. Still have it in my DS library. Definitely a keeper. I've only run throught the game once.
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