This whole thing is reminding me yet
again of a post I've been meaning to write if I haven't already.
I remember having at least said that I
was going to write a piece about the drop-rate formulas in older
versus newer adventure- and RPG-type video games I've played over the
course of the twenty-some odd years I've been gaming. But that's for
another post, either written or potentially video. I've got a
different tangent I should probably go on if I'm going to go on one
here.
Anyway, the game. After a half hour or
forty-five minutes of running around in the Tower of Leires, which is
where I was last time, and not getting anywhere, I decided it might
be smart to look at that strategy guide I've been looking at from
time to time. A perusal of that suggested that a good idea at this
point would be to make a tactical retreat from the tower and come at
it again from the entrance.
So, what I did was I backed on out as
quickly as I could and went to Domina to sell off some of the
treasure I'd gotten from all the battles I'd been in. Seems like I
had about fifty-three of everything the monsters dropped in there,
and I know I'm probably not going to need all of that even if I get
the workshop at the avatar's house going. Then I saved the game and
got some rest, with the plan being that I'd get back at it when I
wasn't quite so wiped out from all the other stuff I need to do
during the day.
One thing I did between sessions here
was print out a copy of the directions to get through this dungeon.
Yeah, I kind of suck at mazes like this. It wasn't hard, in
particular. I just have trouble figuring things like this out
sometimes.
Anyway, once I finally got on the right
path to this thing and got to the top of the tower, Pearl says
something about going to face her past and tells me to run away if
things get too weird. Meaning that there's gonna be some ass to kick
and I'm the one who's gonna have to do all the kicking. It's nothing
to worry about, really. Just an Iron Giant with really high defense.
Good thing I've got a decent attack by now, I guess, even if I'd
given up on the whole two-handed He-Man sword in favor of my more
preferred one-handed unit when I retreated to Domina.
And then, with the Iron Giant out of
the way, our good buddy Elazul finally decides to show the hell up.
Like the gentleman he is, he tries to make Pearl leave with him, but
somehow she talks her way out of that, saying some shit about wanting
to keep looking for her destiny with me. Not that I blame her or
anything, considering that the dude who was supposed to be protecting
her wasn't, really. Elazul threatens to murder me if something
happens to Pearl on the way down. Guess this is one of the things
that Haddaway is famous for
singing about.
Fortunately, getting back down is
comparatively easy. The bad news, however, is that Sandra the Jewel
Thief shows up and tries to rip Pearl's core out with a summoned
monster called the Jewel Beast II. The thing looks like something
from a crappy sci-fi movie I saw reviewed on Radio
Dead Air one time. I wanna say it was by Diamanda
Hagan or Derek
the Bard, but it's been awhile now and I've forgotten who exactly
it was doing the review or even what the movie was called.
But anyway, once that boss fight is
over, Pearl thanks us for the help and says she's gotta go catch up
with Elazul before he really gets all pissy with her over this.
Before she goes, though, she gives us an AF called the Frozen Heart,
I believe, and says that she thinks Elazul may be leaving her.
Elazul may be an asshole to her, but after this, I've kinda gotta
take his side for a change. Pearl has proven to be something of a
space cast before, and now I see that she's useless in a fight to the
point of Edward from Final Fantasy 4 look halfway decent.
Now that the mission's over, it's back
to tell Lil' Cactus about this. His journal says he's getting
confused and is starting to lose enthusiasm with it. I understand
and am kind of there myself. I could just go beat the game now, but
at this point, I think I'd at least like to finish this Jumi Arc
thing I've got started. I guess I'll try for that and see how I feel
about the game then. From what I understand, it's not mandatory to
finish all three story arcs to actually beat the game, but we'll see
how it all plays out as we go along, I guess.
So, until next time, stay safe, have
fun, keep gaming, and DFTBA!
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