Completed World domination? Threads of Fate (aka Dewprism) MEGATHREAD!

Crooked Bee · Jun 11, 2011

We have a rival now!

You go, girl!

Yup, I'm sure we'll find a way of dealing with Rue :smug:

Let's teleport down to the underground ruins now

And here we are
This game's first "proper" dungeon

Fire lizards

Knocking us off our feet with their tails

Giant spiders!

They spit some thingies that hit us even when we're standing up there

Burn, spider beastie, burn!

Look who's here

Yup, this dungeon is more or less maze-like

I think there's a waterfall in here.

A waterfall, says you?

Indeed

A Night Stone. It can be sold for 500 gold.

A Moon Stone. 1000G.

And so we reach the next section of the dungeon

Here we must hop from crate to crate to avoid taking damage, with lizards breathing fire at us

Oops

Oh gosh, a spider thingie trying to make our life harder

Here's one of the symbols we must collect around here

Hopping again

These symbols will be needed a bit later, to access the next area of the dungeon

The lizards become more advanced as we go farther in, breathing two flame sheets at once

Mint's Vulcan magic is weak but it has one cool bonus effect: using it slowly raises our max MP
We need to get our MP to around 125, so we grind a bit on this respawning spider

What do we need the MP for?
Why, to put Burner to good use!

There are several ice blocks here that must be melted in one go

Which lets us get to the Rare Wine, an extremely useful bonus item

And a new magic effect, Super!
:incline:

We have new spells now: Napalm

And Icicle. Nice.

We've collected all the symbols now and can access the upper part of the dungeon

For that, we need to "activate" all the symbols in a row, right to left, by jumping on them

They start moving upwards

And here we are

Another hole to jump in! :salute:

Landing

Oh no not this guy again

There you are.

The passage below is blocked by a wall. So I've been stuck here for a while.

SUDDENLY

The boulder goes a-shaking

Run for your life!

Rue gets smashed by the boulder along the way :smug:

Some stones are falling from above, hindering our progress

Oops we've been smashed... Let's try again

Poor Rue

Phew we've made it!

And the boulder crashes into the wall

C?

Claire...?

We grab a Bronze Coin from underneath Rue

And now we're free to be exploring on!

Jaedar · Jun 11, 2011

Sleep tight indeed.

This game really is quite charming. How is the gameplay though?

lightbane · Jun 11, 2011

It seems that Rue failed so hard that... He's crushed with shame :yeah:

ghostdog · Jun 11, 2011

Excellent work ! Got your adversary smashed by a giant boulder and then stole his stuff.

:thumbsup:

Crooked Bee · Jun 12, 2011

Jaedar said:
How is the gameplay though?

I'd say it's more or less mindless fun, wacking monsters with hoops and magic left and right. And as with most Square Soft games, it's solid but nothing too challenging except for some boss battles.

spekkio · Jun 12, 2011

Butthurt detected.

:smug:

It looks to me like some dungeon keeper
Is doing good job here...

:yeah:

Crooked Bee · Jun 12, 2011

Now that Rue sleeps tight, Mint is free to continue hunting after treasure

Wow, an underground lake

Huge!

There is indeed something here

Moving symbol platforms!

First we use them to

get to the loot up above

A Legendary Sword, its purpose a mystery

And now we must hop from one blinking platform to another
The blinking isn't captured in the screenshot, but you get the idea

All that done, the platform starts descending underwater

And down we go

Arriving to the next part of the underground ruins

Jumping high!

The fuck is this shit

Scary

Totally

Shit it looks like we must fight this bastard

Fire, fire all around

Get that, monster!
:yeah:

Victorious, we move on to the next platform and descend

And this must be the atelier we've been looking for

Onwards, girl!

Yup

Indeed

Hmm let's see what's there
Mint inserts the key she received from Klaus

Shiny!

A platform starts descending from above

And up we go

Aargh too easy to get disoriented

Three doors, three rooms, simple

A Tiara, huh?
We also find some Bronze Coins along the way

Yay!

And the weird Cube is ours, good

An HP recovery device? Handy.

Kewl, a Gold Coin

Yup, I guess it's time

But the platform refuses to descend

Time to kick it hard!
:yeah:

Better now :smug:

Alright, now what?

Eh?

Belle!?

Meet Belle and Duke

What are you doing here, Belle?

What? You two met a year ago?

Yeah. I never told you about her, huh?

I'll never forget what happened a year ago.

Blackout!
But there is no flashback for some reason.

Milady, please calm down. I'll take care of her.

What? You guys are also after the relic?

Yeah.

You sure about that? :roll:

His... acts? :roll:

I'll shut him up in 5 seconds and beat you silly after that!

Oops I think you've just hit a particularly sensitive spot, sis

I think that was a mistake, Dude :smug:

Indeed

Radisshu · Jun 12, 2011

Edward_R_Murrow · Jun 12, 2011

"You two will be holding hands in hell in a flash!"

Totally EXTREME!

spekkio · Jun 13, 2011

Severe case of female butthurt detected.

:smug:

ghostdog · Jun 13, 2011

White hair = definitely evil.

Coboney · Jun 14, 2011

ghostdog said:
White hair = definitely evil.

Looks like.

Not that the protagonist is a sterling example of goodness.

lightbane · Jun 14, 2011

ghostdog said:
White hair = definitely evil.

Unless it's the protagonist, then it's very possible he's literally goodnes incarnate and EVERYONE will want to get into his pants, regardless of gender and age (alternatively, he may be a heartless jerk but everyone will still want to get him). Extra points if he also has eyes of unnatural color.

Kawaii Theurgist · Jun 15, 2011

Just posting on this thread to show Mint and the Beespider my support. You go, girls! :salute:

Fowyr · Jun 15, 2011

Kawaii Theurgist said:
Just posting on this thread to show Mint and the Beespider my support. You go, girls!

Ninja edit detected.

Kawaii Theurgist · Jun 15, 2011

Nin-Nin-Nin.

Crooked Bee · Jun 15, 2011

You probably meant Nya-Nya-Nya, Chefe-chan.

procrastinator · Jun 19, 2011

Needs more world domination.

lightbane · Jun 19, 2011

procrastinator said:
Needs more world domination.

This, the jrpg codex's crowd demands more updates.

Crooked Bee · Jun 19, 2011

Alright, a quick update, then.

A old evil bitch vs a young evil bitch

Which is better and why?

Is that even a question?

But you're still clumsy as ever.

Huh?

She stole the Tiara!

Catch her!

Oops.

...M-Milady?

Come on! We're outta here!

Yes, Milady.

And they both jump up on a platform.

Mint sure is slow...

Alright, now it's wild chase time

But just as Mint has almost caught up with Belle and Duke

The same bloody monster we fought last time reappears

This is however a fight with a trick to it
The monster is much stronger now, and you can't win

You can, however, run away from it :smug:

The problem is...

It follows you!

And it's another run Mint run sequence

This time with some huge stupid-looking bombs rushing at us

But finally we reach the top!

Oops, a dead end :decline:

The end is nigh!

WHEN SUDDENLY

RUE APPEARS AND SAVES THE PRINCESS

(Rue, moar like Mario, amirite?)

And the monster is sent a-flying down below

Kind-hearted boy, that Rue

Good thing the princess is safe and sound and can continue her world domination quest

Back in Carona, it's time to pay Klaus a visit

Have you talked to Rue yet?

My dad's waiting for you in his room.

Yeah, but it didn't go too well. I had some problems...

So this Belle and Duke took the tiara from you.

Now, now, calm down. I'm sure we can get it back somehow.

You know, you came back at just the right time. I just found something very important.

Well, you know those materials we brought back from the atelier?

I looked through them again while you were gone, and you're not gonna believe what I found.

Yes, there is no doubt. In fact, it's located very close to Carona.

The relic is at the lake ruins.

There's a lake not too far from here, with old ruins floating in the middle.

That's right! And...

DRAMATIC CLOSE-UP

We can break the seal with that cube, right? Well then, what are we waiting for?

Let's go to the lake ruins!

But is it?

Feeling down, sis? :roll:

spekkio · Jun 19, 2011

Fucking cliffhangers, how do they work?

:rpgcodex:

Crooked Bee · Jun 19, 2011

Big problem?

Something standing on our way to world domination!?

So what's the problem? We have the cube.

Oh.

Oh snap

Klaus walks up to the cube

There's no way to open it or do anything.

Without some kind of instructions, I have absolutely no idea how to use it.

RTFM!

Well... What now?

Come on, Klaus! Think of something!

Isn't there any way to find out how to use the cube?

Hmm...

Her?

Actually, I'd rather not deal with her.

Another rival!?

DRAMATIC PAUSE

Fancy... Mel? :roll:

She lives in an atelier beyond the forest.

Weird?

But... Mel would be able to tell us how to use the cube, right?

Then we have no choice but to see her.

You're right, but...

...Alright.

I'm making you do so much. Thank you, Mint.

(He isn't as naive as he might seem to be, or is he?)

Good luck, Mint.

...

I've been to Mel's atelier once.

I heard Mel is quite popular among kids.

Why's that, I wonder?

Doesn't age, you say?

...

Whatever.

I'm going to Mel's atelier. Have you been there?

Mel...?

A fancy witch? ~~Hmm, sounds familiar somehow...~~

Crazy witch...?

What do you mean by 'fun'?

Uh-oh, that doesn't bode well at all...

Fancy Mel lives in a very fun place.

I don't think my dad likes her too much. I wonder why...

Marco tells us about the lake

It has no fish, but it has ruins!
The boy has another thing to share, too

"Those hoodlums sneaked into a hotel room"

"I can't believe my eyes. Can I buy it off you?
I'll pay you 2,000G."

And Marcum wants to buy the rare wine we found earlier

Forget it!

This wouldn't be a wise investment, at all.
If you give the wine to Marcum, you're gonna miss out on an awesome discount...

...at Hobbs' shop!

"You wanna do an old man a favor and give it to me?"

"Thanks."

"You really made my day. You'll always be welcome at my store."

This discount is pretty awesome

It reduces the price of upgrades from 30,000 to only 5,000 gold!

Let's now revisit the Underground Ruins...

...to grab a new spell effect, [Power], off the beast's corpse!
:incline:

We now get three new spells: Piercing Shot

Flare

And Ripple!
:incline:

And we're in Chapter 3, "Fancy Mel", at the moment.
(Pay no notice to the time counter, as I frequently leave the emulator on.)

And to Mel's Atelier we go! :salute:

I wonder what frightening things await us ahead...

Huh?

I actually think Mel's place is a metaphor for the current state of the gaming industry. Soon you'll know why...

Coboney · Jun 19, 2011

... Don't leave us on a cliffhanger!

This should be interesting though. Those comments have me very curious about what awaits our future world ruler

Brother None · Jun 20, 2011

I'm beginning to suspect Klaus is an absolute pro troll.

lulz at the tacky level design there

And whoa that's one hell of a discount!!

I can't believe the game just cutscened the tiara away from her tho. CHEAP!

ghostdog · Jun 21, 2011

popamoland ?

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