Let's Play: Heroes of Jin Yong! (Update VI: 5/12)

LET'S PLAY...


金庸群俠傳
Jin Yong Qunxia Zhuan

HEROS OF JIN YONG

Aka

LEGEND
Aka

Some Chinese Game You've Never Heard Of

First orders of business...

1) What/who is Jin Yong?

Jin Yong 金庸 (Cantonese: Gām Yùhng)is the penname of Louis Cha 查良镛 (born 6 February 1924), former Hong Kong newspaper editor and martial arts novelist who is now the best selling Chinese author. He has written 14 full-length martial arts novels (which you could think of as an action-packed sub-genre of historical fiction), and the influence that they have had on popular culture (Chinese or otherwise) is inestimable. According to such venerable sources of reliable online information as Wikipedia, more than 60 films and TV series based on his works, as well as "dozens" of video games.

2) Why this game, then?

Codexer HalflingBarbarian mentioned this game in this thread:

http://rpgcodex.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=41529

He said that this is one of few Chinese CRPGS that is not a JRPG in terms of gameplay and design. Although I have been reading Chinese for several years now, I've never played a Chinese RPG before, mainly because I just don't like JRPGs, and because what I had seen of them just didn't interest me. According to HB (who played this game many years ago as a youngster) this game is still spoken of nostalgically by a select group of elite old-skool Chinese gamers in much the same way that people on the Codex fetishize Fallout or Planescape Torment (there are also Chinese fans of these games out there who tend to hate JRPGs), so it seems to me like a Let's Play on the Codex is in order. That, and I am an attention whore who wants to show off.

This game was released by a Taiwanese company called SoftWorld in 1995... Apparently they made a few other CRPGS before this, but this one seems to have been a bit of a technological and design leap over the previous ones. I haven't had a long time to learn about the company or the game's significance in RPG history, so if someone else has some info offer on this, please be my guest and post it. I've got my hands full with the game itself right now.

Here is an informative page about the game on Mobygames...

http://www.mobygames.com/game/jinyong-qunxia-zhuan

3) Are you[/i] Chinese?[/i]

No, I'm American (For more information, see the name I chose for my character below). I spent a large chunk of my adult life learning to read and speak Chinese, however, which means that compared to most Chinese people I am able to speak and read the language like an autistic 10-year-old (you don't want to know how much I suck at writing Chinese by hand). Although I don't find it difficult to understand what is going on in the game or related documents, I would say I read Chinese at about 1/4 the speed that I read English, so it could take me a while to finish this. But hey, it's an RPG written for teenagers, not Heiddeger translated to Chinese or something.

But enough about me... let's get to the game!


i) Intro Film


[Banner in the background reads "Martial Way"]







Wooooooaaaaahh....Slap! Smack! Pop! Swishswishswish...


(Don't laugh, this was state of the art 3d Animation in the early 1990s)

And the title page:



Bad ass. I'm psyched already!


ii) Let's Roll Up A Character



Main menu:

Start a new Character
Load from a save point
Quit the game



Please enter your name:

(I had a choice of typing English, or Chinese using the Taiwanese Zhuyin phonetic notation to input Chinese. Since I learned Chinese in the PRC instead of the wicked rebel province, I don't know this phonetic system. And I don't know any non-phonetic input methods. So I typed in an English name. )



Rollin rollin rolling my stats...

WHITEY: Are you satisfied with these stats? (Y/N)

COLUMN 1 (from the left)
Internal Strength (Seems to be analogous to the "mana" stat in western RPGs. The manual tells me that you spend it in order to use kungfu powers; Interestingly enough, the manual also says your internal strength can be "Yin/soft" or "Yang/rigid". Could be an interesting gameplay dynamic
...)


Life (Hit points)

"Fist and palm" (=Unarmed combat skill)


Column 2

Martial Power (= Strength; melee attack strength presumably.)

Medical skill (According to the manual, this is your ability to heal others... so I can't use it to heal myself? Since this is a game about Chinese martial arts fiction, I won't be surprised if it figures into combat some way or another...)[/b]

Sword skill (= Skill with "jian", a class of Chinese double-edged swords)

Column 3

"Light Body Skill" (Includes acrobatic ability; all the crazy stuff you see in wire-fu films, such as people running on water, balancing on spear tips, running up sheer walls, jumping 20x their own height, etc. I wonder how this will work in the game.)

Poison use (The ability to use poison and studied knowledge of poison)

Sabre skill (Skill with single-edged swords such as sabres, scimitars, and those big ass Chinese falchions called "da dao" etc.)

Column 4

Defense (The ability to defend oneself in combat... I guess this refers to dodging and parrying?)

Poison curing skill (The ability to cure others of poison... not myself? Damn it!)

Hidden/Suprise Weapons (Lit. "dark weapons"; From what I know about martial arts fiction, this refers to all kinds of "unconventional" weapons, such as throwing knives and darts, weird spring-loaded things that shoot needles at people, maybe even bombs or suchlike. The manual says that the higher this skill is, the further and more accurately they "shoot", so I assume these are all ranged weapons.)

The maximum starting life stat is 50; maximum starting inner strength stat is 40; maximum starting stat for other skills is 30. So WHITEY is maxed for HP, Medical Skill, Poison Use, Poison Curing and Defense. He's almost maxed in surprise weapons and light body skills. He does not stand out in any of his melee skills, though; hope that does not turn out to be a handicap. Anyway, the various skills can be maxed to 100 through training (and beyond with special equipment) so maybe it won't be too significant in the long run.

Anyway, time to get started...

I - Entering teh Matrix

[The entire opening dialog that follows is a direct page by page translation.]



WHITEY: Argh! My head hurts! I guess I'm a bit groggy from studying so much these days.

... Oh, I remember, I was in the middle of playing "Heroes of Jin Yong!" Why did I suddenly fall asleep?

Well, never mind. I'd better wake up and get to playing; I've waited more than half a year to play this game and I've just got the be the first one to beat it.

Eh? Where's my computer?

That's odd, I don't remember changing clothes. Whoa! And they're archaic clothes?

This is just weird... this isn't my house... Is it possible I have been kidnapped?

Or maybe I've been playing too many RPGs these days and have started to hallucinate?




SoftWorld Mascot: Congratulations!

[WTF? I thought that thing was some kind of table lamp!]

WHITEY: It's the Softworld Mascot!

SoftWorld Mascot: Congratulations, you are the luckiest purchaser of this product.

After many years of painstaking research, SoftWorld has finally developed a totally VR video game.

[Fuckin 1990s and it's fascination with Virtual Reality. What the hell were we all thinking back then? Well, at least it all ended with the Matrix.]

You will be playing in person the protagonist of this game and adventure in the game world that we have designed for you.

WHITEY: What are you talking about? I must be dreaming. "A genuine VR video game?" No way! You're telling me that you're already able to design a video game to be as "realistic" as the scenes in a film or comic book? To let a gamer truly "exist" in the game world, rather than merely type at their keyboard and stare at a computer screen?

[WHITEY seems to have chosen an odd standard for "realism", but nevermind...]

SoftWorld Mascot: You got it. This is "the most realistic video game"!

Moreover, you should know that you are the luckiest of all of our customers, because, based on cost considerations, the unit you purchased is the only "VR version" of all of the units we've produced.

WHITEY: Whooaaaah! Looks like I hit the jackpot!

SoftWorld Mascot: That's right. And only those cosumers who respect intellectual property rights are this well-loved!

[:blush:]

Alright, you're on your own from now on. Good luck! Because only by finishing this game will you be able to leave the "Game world" and return to the real world.

WHITEY: Hold on, hold on... aren't you going to give some tips?


SoftWorld Mascot: Don't tell me you didn't read the manual?

WHITEY: Sorry! I'm not in the habit of reading manuals.

SoftWorld Mascot: You people think you're hot stuff, but you don't even read the manual!

WHITEY: Fine, fine, next time I'll be sure to read the manual. But could you please give me a few clues? For instance, what is the goal of the game?

SoftWorld Mascot: I can't tell you that right now. I'll leave it to you to go into the game and find that out. However...

[That's right, no quest compass for you, you little bitch. Figure it out! -=**HARDCORE FUCK YEAH**=-]

WHITEY: However...

SoftWorld Mascot: However, I can give you a little bit of help.

There is a very important person in the game, and you must find him first. This person understands a great many things, and once you find him you will get a good general picture of the game and it's goal.

Moreover, only after you have found him will most of the settings in the game be activated and allow you to access them.

If I told you everything, would the game still be fun?

WHITEY: Well...

SoftWorld Mascot: Don't worry, the game has just started, it won't be too hard. In a moment, after you've left this place, you'll find some information at the inn just across the way. Until you do this, the only places you'll be able to go to are the inn, his home, and this place. So you'd better hurry up and find him. However, don't you forget that this game is set in ancient times, so pay attention to how you speak and act.

Oh! I almost forgot to tell you, this game has implemented a "mortality" feature, so... may the good lord be with you!

["The good lord be with you?" WTF, that's got to be the wrong translation. Whatever, I don't have all day to figure this shit out...]

WHITEY: That's just what I was afraid of! You guys designed a game with "permadeath" in this day and age? Are you archaists or something?

["Sudden death"? !!!Spotty translation alert!!! - OK, changed it to "permadeath", thanks Treave!]

SoftWorld Mascot: Don't be afraid, I've prepared some basic supplies for you in this house, and placed them in various chests/cabinets. These include medicine lozenges, for you to use when your life is in danger. In addition, there are some things on your person that you brought here from modern times, and you can make use of them also.

Also, according to your files, it looks like you know a bit about boxing, so no worry.

WHITEY: Boxing!? The only boxing I know is "Wild Ball fist" "baseball fist"!

["Wild Ball Fist?" That can't be right. Gotta look this up... *returns from Google search 20 seconds later* Right, the Taiwanese use the Japanese word for baseball, which looks like "Wild Ball Fist" in standard written Chinese unless you know better. Whew.]

SoftWorld Mascot: OK, I can't say anything else, the designers of the game told me over and over again that I shouldn't say too much, or I'll ruin the game. As the saying goes "A good game rarely speaks".

[I think the saying is "A good mouth is one that rarely speaks", but this works too. If only *insert newshit game dev* could take this to heart...]

BYE BYE!

***

It occurs to me that if I do learn a lot of kungfu and survive this ordeal, I'm heading down to SoftWorld's headquarters to kick some serious vengeful ass on these bastards.

Pecking the keys a bit reveals that I can move in four cardinal directions, and use the space bar or enter to interact with things, including talk to people. Despite saying "BYE BYE!", in English no less, the little bastard doesn't go anywhere. Talking to him gives me three or four further hints, nothing worth mentioning here really.

OK, time the loot the @#$@% out of this place...




Sweet, the place is stocked with medicine and herbs of all kinds. Starting to look like a quintessentially Chinese game already!



Balla! Got some cash too... silver ingots.



Do I want to sleep? I'm inside the world's first VR game so I can experience sleep in VR? NO thanks.



The dude has a 29 in "light body skill", but he can't walk on rough grass? Weak, man, weak.



Ah, the stats screen. Annoyingly enough, some of the names of skills/attributes are a little different now, but I know what's what. Also, there is also an endurance state and another skill called "miscellaneous weapons". According to one online strategy guide, the PC can't actually train this. I guess it's just there for NPCs to use when they fight with their bizarre kungfu weapons.

Also, it shows that I am level 1, and need 50 EXP to advance to level 2.


Status screen two; It shows that I know "wild ball..." er, I mean "baseball fist". I have nothing equipped, and no items to help me study kungfu.



HOLY CRAP I'M HUGE! Oh, wait, It's just the world map. Well, let's see what's in that place off to the right. It should be the inn that that punk ass little clown was talking about.

***

OK, that was a slow introduction, but hopefully some crazy Kungfu shiz will happen soon. I promise I won't translate and write out every single dialogue word for word after this. Just stay with me until next time...

TO BE CONTINUED!

Neko Ninja approve!

Holy crap this brings back memories.

Lv10 Baseball Fist is pretty much the most damaging technique in the game. Upwards of 500 damage per hit IIRC.

edit: I believe the sudden death feature is referring to that this is actually "Ironman" mode for the protagonist - e.g. storywise if he dies, he dies in the real world, no respawning. Can't be too sure without the actual dialogue to work from though.

Yeah, I know what it means more or less, it just seemed to be referring to a idiomatic phrase of some kind. I guess "sudden death" (the phrase as used in sports, etc) might be the equivalent, but I don't know because it's not easily found in dictionaries or other references.

The protag uses the phrase siwang zhi 死亡制.

Ah, I believe that term, in the Chinese gaming community, does refer to perma-death. So basically protag is a consolefag bitching about enforced ironman.

edit: 死亡制, enforced death. i.e. you get hit with rules and penalties upon death of the PC, which can range from perma-death to stat reductions to a period of several hours before respawning (MMOs).

...Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeird. Very weird. Having said which, jians are my favourite weapon bar none, so get training with the sword miladdio.

Interesting how many people have heard of this already.

I haven't, of course.

Chiaboo on!

I want to make babies with you!

THIS IS AWESOME.

Btw the Te Shu Bing Qi (Exotic Weapons) is indeed inaccessible by the PC... but when you get the NPCs that use them, you'd wish to hell you could. Hint: One of them trains crocodiles and uses a giant pair of scissors as his primary weapon.

The screenshots makes the game looks so nice...

Oh yea, you should also decide (or make the codex vote) which 'alignment' path you should go down... it affects the NPC followers you can recruit, and also the endgame MAJOR WHUPASS BATTLE.

For the record I vote BE EVIL because... there is an evil NPC that specialises in Chuang Shang Gong (Skills on the Bed) and he actually uses it against opponents in a fight. WTFAMIRITE. He is a rapist in one of the novels!

Some miscellaneous art associated with the game:

Box Art


Character Portraits


Jin Yong (Louis Cha) is PLEASED

Damn, the game looks great. I wish this game had a translation patch.

Do continue misterstone.

Never played this, won the sequel a couple of times though. I even mentioned giving it a run for the Codex, which reminds me about my LP...

What a weird opening.

Good stuff. Keep it coming.

THanks for the translation correction Treave, I fixed that in the first post.

Yes, I think my character will need to take the "crooked" path- after all he's good at poison and sneak attack weapons, so it seems like a good match.

I'm still right at the very beginning of the game; just found the "Worthy of the South" and need to get the game started in earnest. Will try to find more time to play today, maybe have a real LP post this weekend after I've had a chance to smack down some people.

The game looks pretty cool so far- it's not Ultima VII in terms of interactivity (nor should it be) but it does definitely deserve the classification of "hard core RPG"!

I love this game but my own shoddy command of the language is a serious obstacle. Theres a walkthrough/faq here but its in traditional chinese. http://www.par.com.tw/pcgame/ttbox/cheng.htm

What would really be nice is if someone has a written script of all the dialogues; then I wouldn't have to take screen shots of every dialog screen in order to translate or remember what was said. Does anyone know where I can find that, or perhaps extract it from the game files?

Adding my two cents to the issue and saying 'GO EVIL'. Evil endings tend to be more fun anyway.

MisterStone said:

What would really be nice is if someone has a written script of all the dialogues; then I wouldn't have to take screen shots of every dialog screen in order to translate or remember what was said. Does anyone know where I can find that, or perhaps extract it from the game files?

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This must be quite miffy for you I can imagine. Too bad I have no idea where to get such a file or to extract the dialog. I can help with translations but it's a moot point since screenshotting everything is the problem anyways.

Evil path? Then recruit only the known rapists and perverts to your team. There's quite a number, I seem to recall you could get enough rapists to form a full party.

edit: Looking at the portraits posted by halflingbarbarian, apparently not. There's (I think) three known rapists on there, but that's not enough. My childhood memories were just a tad more perverted and exaggerated than what really was, I guess.

Also, I'd like to draw attention to the portrait of the man on the sixth row of the sixth column. That's a tranny, Codex.

What the hell? So this old chinese rpg is more mature and grimdark than DA? What a surprise.

treave said:

Evil path? Then recruit only the known rapists and perverts to your team. There's quite a number, I seem to recall you could get enough rapists to form a full party.

edit: Looking at the portraits posted by halflingbarbarian, apparently not. There's (I think) three known rapists on there, but that's not enough. My childhood memories were just a tad more perverted and exaggerated than what really was, I guess.

Also, I'd like to draw attention to the portrait of the man on the sixth row of the sixth column. That's a tranny, Codex.

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Yup, Dong Fang Bu Bai (Undefeated in the East). In the novels he obtained a manual of indescribable power from the lands of the far east (relative to China, aka Japan, where ancient Chinese emperors sent convoys to source for the secret of immortality). The trade-off of this style of martial art was that the practitioner must be irrevocably aligned with the Yin (Yin/Yang, where Yin is the feminine aspect of Nature). Dong Fang Bu Bai gradually became feminised, while still keeping his original concubine/mistress, and in the tragic tale came to love a man, who betrayed his/her/its affections and resulted in his/her/its demise.

Edit: Guess my memory is totally auto-romanticised. Haha here's the actual bio of this character! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dong_Fang_Bu_Bai

Yeah, if anyone saw Ashes of Time then the strange person who seems to be a guy one moment and a woman in the next scene is DFBB.

***


OK, time for an update!

LET'S PLAY: JIN YONG QUN XIA ZHUAN


II) LET'S PARTY!!


Just across the way I the inn that little bitch of a clown told me about... the Heluo Inn.



Got a signboard here.. cool.
"Welcome to the Heluo Inn! Our inn has excellent ale and food as well as the most accurate news from the byways. Rooms: 20"



Who's this guy?

Wei Xiaobao: “Step right up! Step right up! See if there's something here you need, I've got everything! Have a look and see if there's anything you need bro, Xiao Bao's prices are absolutely reasonable!"

It's Wei Xiaobao, the protagonist of Jin Yong's Novel The Deer and The Cauldron! Wei Xiaobao is the son of a whore who grew up in a brothel; he is a thief who has no honor, and the only kung fu he knows is the kind that helps him run away as quickly as possible. That's probably why he's a wandering vendor in this game instead of a joinable NPC. He tells me that he appears randomly at various inns throughout the game, and I might find him at any given one if I am lucky enough.


Whitey acts all fanboyish about being in a real inn, "just like in the martial arts novels"! He decides he needs to find the inn's "number two" (the inn attendant/manager- a very old stereotypical role in Chinese literature).



The various people at the tables are from different martial arts factions, and are chatting about stuff related to different factions fighting, famous people, etc. I get to listen in, but not talk to them.

Whitey is a bit chagrinned to be called "honored guest" (just like in the martial arts novels! Dur!" by the inn's number two...

WHITEY: "You must have some clue to tell me, right? Well, hurry up and tell me! I'm an expert at RPGs, as soon as I find someone like you everything is set in place!"



Inn Attendant: "Where did this crazy person come from? If you're not going to order something to eat, go somewhere else. Don't hang around here talking your crazy talk, you're affecting my business!"



A bit of cash fixes his attitude, though. By facing him while selecting my silver from my inventory I give him a tip.

Inn Attendant: "Well now young master, what is this for then? If you have some urgent business just tell me what to do, I am assuredly at your service!"

So anyway, the inn attendant tells me that there are two important in the game world: The Southern Worthy (Nan Xian) and Northern Clown. The Southern Worthy is a venerable old man who lives on a mountain to the southwest. The Northern Clown is a crazy guy who lives in the far norths. He is said to be a powerful martial artist and former actor. He still wears opera face paint and talks in an enigmatic nonsensical fashion that some people think is nonsense, but others find to be full of wisdom.

WHITEY decides that he needs to see the Southern Worthy first, and the inn attendant tells him how to find where he lives.



Here we are!



[Chinese Jesus? Is that you!?]


Southern Worthy: Young man! Finally you've arrived! This oldtimer has been waiting for you for the longest time.
WHITEY: You knew I was coming? So this is a pre-determined game.

[Ho snap, WHITEY takes a jab at JRPGS?]
Southern Worthy: Game? A person's life is like a series of games is it not? However, this is not a pre-determined game; I just knew, because it seems someone knew you'd be coming, that's all.
WHITEY: Someone knew I was coming? Who? Who knew I was coming?

The Southern Worthy explains that thirty years ago a young man of strange mannerisms suddenly appeared in martial arts society. This person told everyone that he was from another world, the "future". However, he is no longer around; he just vanished into thin air one day saying that he was returning.

He goes on the tell how the young man's kung fu was mediocre at first, like me, but he eventually became an adept who defeated all of the various masters to become a legend among martial arts society. In addition, he also wrote extensively about his experiences, completing 14 works in total. The writings were entrusted to the current head of the confederation of all martial arts factions. However some scoundrels go together and stole them, thinking that they were martial arts manuals. After changing hands many times, no one is sure where these works are now. People only remember a poetic couplet which seems to concern them:

Shooting a white deer, snow flutters around the skies;
Smiling, [one] writes about the divine chivalrous one, leaning against bluish lovebirds (or lover)

(ripped from Wikipedia, seems like a dubious translation, but I don’t think it matters that much)

This is a couplet made from the first character of the titles of Louis Cha’s 14 books, so it should be pretty obvious that the “young man from the future” the old man is telling me about is Louis Cha himself!

To get to the point, he tells me a few more important facts:

1) There was a special shrine where these books were kept; only the head of the confederation of martial arts factions can know where this is.
2) The head of the confederation is chosen every year at a big get together called “The Sword Conference on Mt. Hua” where various high-ranking martial artists compete for the honor.
3) Only true badass martial artists get invited to this conference.

So it sounds like I need to go around kicking lots of ass and learning kung fu so I can get invited to this conference, then kick everyone’s ass at the conference, and then something will happen to let me get back to the real world.



The old geezer tells me that he can give me more clues if I feed him some “knowledge fruits” which can be found throughout the game. So that’s what those 5 knowledge fruits I found in the starting area are for!

Also, I learn that Jin Yong left me a gift, to be found in a cabinet to the old man’s right here. I get it…



Cool! A compass! When I look at it in my inventory it tells me my coordinates on the world map. So apparently if you find a place and want to be sure you can find it again, you need to write down the coordinates. Console tards need not apply!!! :-+=***HARDCORE***=+-:



The mirror next to the old man tells me what my “morality score” is… right now it is 50 which is right in the middle, neither “upright” nor “crooked”. Got to do something about that!
(I guess these terms are the same as “good” or “evil", but I really need to see more of the game to get an idea. I imagine that “evil” is more like Bioware evil.)

After feeding the old codger one of his knowledge fruits to jog his memory, he remembers that there is a guy living on a mountain in the far northeast who goes by the name “flying fox”; it seems his name is reminiscent of one of the titles of a Jin Yong novel. I’m being prodded towards that direction?

Well, I’ve got more fruit to feed to old man, but I figure I’d better be off; this is starting to get tedious.



Just a little ways to the NE I come across a small residence: The residence of Tian Boguang.




Cool, chests. Time to get my loot on!
I find this odd sabre which I cannot equip, and also some “divine black blood needles”, a surprise weapon I can use in combat. Also, a kung fu manual! Sweeet! Oh wait, I can’t read it yet. Stats must be too low.


Heading up to the house, I am greeted with a strange sight. Can you see this clearly? That’s right, this guy has weights tied to his nuts by a string! Now THAT’s what I call TRAINING!

Whitey asks the man if this doesn’t hurt a bit…

Tian Boguang: I’m practicing the “Temple Gate Guard Discipline”! Even though it hurts I have to bear it, you know, because once I finish practicing this I will become “the strongest and most fierce” person in martial arts society!

WHITEY: Oh, I see. Well then, why do you have such a large bed in your house?

Tian Boguang: It’s easy to do things on a large bed.

WHITEY: Do things? Do what things?

[:facepalm:]

Tian Boguang: I need a bed this big in order to be able to do five or six chicks at the same time. Feels great! In a little while I’m going to go out grab a few chicks; do you want to have a good time together with us?

[ :shock: DAYUM. I though this game was rated PG. Guess the Taiwanese didn’t manage to kick the Dutch off their island soon enough. Anyway, this guy is p. cool alright.]


[Do I want to ask this person to join my party? DAMN STRAIGHT. I just met this guy and he’s already my hero!]

Tian Boguang: Great! You’re not the least bit dishonest, bro. Unlike some of those guys with their phony decency, who only know how to pretend to be all moral. You know, “that business” is something that all people desire instinctively; why try to hide it? I like you,

[er…]

… let’s wander about and have fun out in the world of mankind!



Cool! Tian is now a party member. Looking at his stats, it is apparent he could kill me by accidentally sneezing in the wrong direction, so of course I feel pretty good about this. He is an expert in light body skill, surprise weapons and sabres. Supposedly letting this kind of person join my party makes me more “evil”. Though, to be honest, all the guy did was ask me if I wanted to go "family style" on some chicks with him… so does that really make him evil? I DON’T THINK SO.

NEXT INSTALLMENT: Actual combat! That’s right, less yapping and more kicking ass. I promise, this time. :shock:

Another Chinese RPG I recommend Mister Stone is Prince of Qin, tried to give it a go but the Engrish was too much, maybe you could LP that in Chinese if this LP doesn't beat you down.

Looking forward to the next installment anyways!

So, your first member has balls of steel ! Beware of surprise buttseks though.

A serious question for a moment; during your stay in China were you ever referred to as 'The Great White Devil?'