Ah, thank godness. I didn't know about that, sorry :-)
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I'm still waiting for Reda, the cornerstone of ARKS, to awaken and lead us to victory.
:EDIT: Woops someone explained it already. Reading everything helps.
While i admit Shiva isn't my favorite PSO2 Villain I don't think it's as bad as people say here. I mean yeah she seems invincible right now but we actually haven't tried that much and the recent plan would have even worked if Shiva didn't anticipate it and we did at least get one of them. Other people already said everything else so I leave it at that.
On a side note it seems Stratos actually explained this time what happened between her and Kyouka. Can anybody actually explain what she said and why Kyouka is semmingly so angry? I understand something happened with their other Friend but not what. Also I agree that it's probably the Caseal Trainer going by how Stratos shortened her name.
Dunno. Hela was hella boring of a villain and most of the movie was about Thor and Loki not interacting with her but instead going on a whacky adventure. I dont think EP6 would be better if Shiva was torturing arks while MC is on a whacky adventure with matoi, finding mother on the way who refuses to leave her Falz form while tagging up with Aika, a fallen valkyrie.
Plus it's really selling the story short by saying we're back to square one. Xiao's new form completely countered that sword guy in chapter 2 and in chapter 3 we managed to kill off shape shifter girl. We're just now introducing EP4 characters into the story which seem to have a advantage due to Ether which does fit the "turning the tides" title of this chapter. I understand that the time period between story updates kills the pacing but this is true for almost every episode thus far.
That's actually a very good point.
From what I understand we aren't atleast not fully at Square one. The end had the Squatters in our head actually seriously discuss the situation (after getting slapped around like cannon fodder) and even Shiva decided to stop being passive so I assume a lot of movement will happen now. The Episodes usually had a point where shit hit the Photon Fan so I guess we are close to that point now.
... on a side note I can't be the only one thinking that the Falz actually being able to properly manifest and fight is ... well technically a big deal?
Yeah ... and only Shiva knows that happened because everyone else was knocked out including our Mind Squatters.
Dan Backslide is way more intimidating then Shiva...
The story of "Next Generation" ARKS seems pretty moving.
I think that missing friend of Stratos and Kyokuya indeed was turned into the CAST and will be a trainer of Etoile class.
UPD: All these speculations about Light/Dark and Justice/Evil smells pretty chuunibyou to me >_<
Oh? So you can understand it?
... can you give me a brief summary what happened? I'm so goddamn curious but my Moonspeak is too weak :( I only know that whatever happened made Stratos go depressed, Kyouka going emo and chuuni while trying to help her (and us invalidating all his work by simply being awesome at the right time and place :p )
And a Vopal Shellhead voiced by Taika Waititi... Damn, why couldn't this be EP6?
None of that really changes the situation in any meaningful way and the villains are hardly bothered by it. Its just back to theorizing on what they can do rather than what they have done that's actually worked. Its setup and setups with no satisfying payoff as of yet.
I don't quite agree on that, while she didn't seem to act much different at first unlike all the other times Shiva went straight for the kill, no playing around, after Mithras death. Also while I don't fully understand it (Lack of JPN Knowledge) it seems Shiva is changing tactics. And while the Plan failed thanks to Mithras sacrifice we know it would have worked and can build on that.
They sure are doing an excellent job at keeping Risa and Harriet relevant to the story. /s
So what exactly pissed Kyo so much to the point of being ultra edgy chunni lol? Someone really needs to knock some sense into him lol. Not even Quna's questioning could put a dent to him. Maria probably would but...eh. Inb4 shes the one who trained him
i finally played the new chapter and man i have a lot of questions
1 did in this chapter finally explain how harukotan has been without any single kuronite , did they at least said the kuronites are darker clones ?
2 why Xiera was spying on Hagito (AKA the military nerd/fool)
3 the shironians will act like a resistanse now ? also do they live in a city ship now ?(i skipped the sub stories)
4 where is our next destination Earth or Omega ? i didnt understood that point
my observations:
1 Magatsu turn out to be a half of Sukuna , or its still a separate entity , one way or another she its gonna lose the control
2 in the cinematic after the fight Shiva was like : are you using my children against me ?
3 im sure Phaleg didnt fight Shiva because : Phaleg: its she a force of nature , then nope n_n
4 Persona said Shiva won because PD its the perfect copy of Xion, so she can predict anything just like her
In side story, Luther talks how "world without photons" is the only way to defeat Shiva. Is this a hint to Phantasy Star Nova and Machia?
I doubt it, I think he was just expressing how dire the situation was. I don't even know if they want to even acknowledge the existence of Nova in PSO2. That would be an interesting solution though.
Photons still work and exist on earth though, it's just that their technology is based on Ether instead. We're still probably going to earth though.
Machia is already purified of Gran after Nova's demise I believe so there really isnt any point in making it relevant.
Don't forget Ether is what caused PD to escape the timeloop and almost seconds away in wiping out everything in an instant if Alma didnt bother to show up.
I was just pointing out that Earth isn't "a world without photons". I thought the problems with PD and Omega had more to do with the aftermath of trying to use Ether to separate PD from Persona it causing the ether to attempt to manifest an entire universe, rather than PD getting "free".
i hate to say this maybe earth might be a nice place to fight Shiva/PD because if you remember deus esca , didnt had power against MC because it was from another universe .
so applying this logic upside down , if Shiva is outside of the oracleverse she might get weak greatly
PD from PSIV was sealed by three planet so we have Xiao/RoKami,Mother,Sukuna in pso2 maybe they're going to do something like that
I'd really be disappointed if PSO2 being a prequel to the classics tbh.
I wouldn't be surprised if they end up going for something similar to the 3 planet concept from the classic games, but I doubt it'll be an outright prequel.
Why the disappointment? (Although that's unlikely but then again it's modern Sega so it's wouldn't be surprising.)
My hate for PSO2 Earth is intensified, the latest chapter is such a complete waste of time and there wasn't any other point of it other than "HEY REMEMBER ANIMATION!??!, HEY REMEMBER EPISODE EARTH!?!?!" Mother wasnt even relevant.
That was....bad, they sacrified an entire chapter to showcase characters globally hated, literally nothing happened, hyped over omega next though.
like dewey memes would say : i wasnt expecting anything and still disapoint me
i mean , they had 1 job , 1 job and was redemm Mother and/or Aru dammit , make them the targets of the invasion instead of a silly revenge on Phaleg,
also where was the phantoms or the pirate darkers (reminding Aru) to help against the invasion?
and why they still bother with elements that the team itself are ashame ? i have no clue U_U
A whole chapter just to show that Earth doesn't need our help.
Kind of a wasted chapter imo.
Also isn't Shiva kind of overreacting ? "You took my preys away from me ? Okay I'm getting rid of your planet then."
The story has been spinning its wheels since Xiao returned. There was no progress, only "people try different things but then Shiva wrecks them".
Except this time it's Shiva's forces that get wrecked instead. I laughed in glee when the Yamato appeared, and when Phaleg started mowing down fools left and right. Unlike ep 3 which was trampled over and disrespected, ep 4 shows that Mary Sue villains have no place on Earth.
Lol. Only the western fanbase hates ep 4, but then the western fanbase also thinks its tastes are shared by the whole world.
The salt in this thread nourishes me.
You missed the point that they could done something more meaningful with Earth like reviving Mother, but they completely wasted it with just showing off these characters. This entire chapter is so tunnel visioned towards those characters its stupid on a whole new level, you have a fleet of alien ships invading Earth and they made it look like a mini skirmish on Tokyo, no pedestrian scream, no chaos, no panic, as if other humans dont even exist. Dont give me that quantum stealth bullshit,, they can't do that on something already happening worldwide without a massive panic.
Them showing Earth having EDF level of defense by using ether powered weaponary wouldve made things a lot better.
I don't care if you like EP4 crap but being completely bias as if its better than other EP story stuff and then diss others for hating it is just being absolutely delusional.
Oh and im asian who lives in asia so your argument about western fanbase hating it fell flat.
Western fanbase is less about your physical location and more the circlejerks you're in. Such as pso-w. And reviving Mom? Please, if that happened this forum would be complaining how the story is unrealistic because there are no stakes and characters can't even stay dead.
Also, there are no crowds because everyone is under quarantine.
We pretty much killed Xion's consciousness through Luther, how Luther even survived that I have no idea. Due to her connection with Clarissa rod some of her remnants did survived in it, quietly until Persona called her out.
I'm assuming Mother only went to deep slumber.
Mother was effectively bleeding out after the battle with Deus thanks to his sword beam that hit her (the moon)
And...the moon went back to normal after the battle lol
This new story chapter was the definition of meaningless. I don't really hate Episode 4 that much, it was a bit bland for me but I could do with it. But this story chapter offered absolutely nothing. You would think there would be mention of Mother or even ether and how it connects with Photons and Shiva commenting on it or something. Or even trying to see how effective it could be against Mother ( even if it is a branch of photons). Instead it was just a case of " Remember these characters guys!" It's even more pointless considering none of them will probably be relevant to the ending plot making this chapter even more redundant.
This could have been a sub story, there was no reason to make it a main story chapter.
The concept of "the planet consciousness" separated from the planet as "a living organism" is what makes it more confusing to me, I guess, and Sukunahime/Magatsu being the same doesn't make it clearer, they seem closer to the concept of a Phantom, "imagined" by all living things in the planet, instead of the planet forming a whole life.
i still wonder if they even tried redeem those characters .
Aru and Mother could be the objectives:
Mother because any copy of Xion its a potential threat to Shiva .
Aru because he is a Dark Falz and could have this drama with Shiva .
Shiva: look at my boy what this band of useless have done to you , dont worry i know what you need , ( then she kiss Aru in the front ) .
and boom we could have a Hunar boss there and maybe a new dark blast form . as for his boss concept he could be shadow labrys from Persona arena , by using shadow versions of the other falz hunars as his assist ; i have spoken 8B
video for example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moyjNuXRdJw
just watch how the shadow works and tell me its not a bad idea :O
Well of course all makes sense if we put divinity and magic in the formula, but I like to look at Phantasy Star with the scy-fi eye :wacko:
Episode is a disappointing venture.
Stop trying to make Star Gazer a thing. Its never gonna be a thing.
Also, I may be indifferent to the EP4 characters but it is nice to hear that Risa Taneda recovered and can work again.
EDIT: Yes, I'm well aware she recovered 3 years ago but I don't watch that many anime or invested enough to follow any VAs.
So whenever we get back to Omega is the key going to finally be them acknowledging Magic in PSO2's canon since it was only vaguely mentioned by Alma. Or at least explaining where it came from since that's definitely not Photon based at all.
Predictably, Varuna bites the dust. Got him on first try, though not S rank (yet). Without flunkies left to kill, it's Shiva's time next. Whenever next is.
Also Maru-san is great as usual. Second best ep 5 character, and the most entertaining.
I guess we all can agree Maru is one of the best EP5 character lmao.
Unlike Mitra I kinda felt sad when Varuna bit the dust. Looking forward to the final chapter though. Just hoping it matches EP5's final one.
She's the best EP5 character because she's basically the Huey of Omega if he was voiced by Aya Hirano. A loud-mouthed moron with a hot-blooded personality meant to mask their deep insecurities over having no real friends because of said personality.
Seeing Varuna be defeated with only a two-man ARKS team (after a 5-man ARKS team couldn't do it) was anti-climactic.
Nothing happened, as usual. Disappointing.
lets just say it was 3 factors , 1 MC knows how to fight him since the first encounter in ambducia , 2 the constant training in the divide quest and 3 we have this time deus machina Harriet with us :P
if i understood everything well : lumingmechs were in omega because of Varuna ; also he is the same character from EP5 just like Harriet back in EP3(well sort of) and 5 .
while fighting the demons and lummingmechs at the same time i couldnt resist on think in this song from spongebob XD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST2bbvLQp6Y
and a theory for finish : what if Mitra and Varuna were the last seals all to contain PD , what if they were protecting us from her all along , ok no but could it be?
Nobody's realized it apparently. We just had one of the biggest clues about Not Episode 7 drop.
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachmen...00/unknown.png
Now I'm actually curious. The freaky Eye thing they showed so far in the preview looks like the thing we saw in the PSO2 Oracle Anime but her shadow looks like the classic Profound Darkness. Maybe the Classic one is her Hunar Form while the Big Anime one is the Raid?
Or the big raid has multiple forms. The original PS4 Profound Darkness had multiple forms after all.
http://www.pscave.com/ps4/enemies/im...ddarkness1.gif
http://www.pscave.com/ps4/enemies/im...ddarkness2.gif
http://www.pscave.com/ps4/enemies/im...ddarkness3.gif
Yup, the bigger implication being that PSO2 is a prequel to Algol. ARKS will not win this fight, they can only seal Shiva away. Not Episode 7 may even take place on the newly formed Algol, long before the classic series took place.
Oh shit, clearly this is the first time Omega stuff made a reference to classic Phantasy Star series! Time to weave huge baseless theories over a bit of fanservice.
Earth is in a different universe, and the Alisa III reached Earth after going through a "blackhole", we don't really know where "eartmen" that invaded Algol came from, or from how far away. The Photoners dropped Mother into subspace, how long ago? I doubt we are talking 4.5 billion years in ARKS perspective, clearly Earth Universe and ARKS Universe are running at different speed unless they somehow open a path between each other (like the "PSO2 game" that's basically always connected to ARKS from Earth). (edit: that or subspace doesn't really care where in time things come and leave its domain)
The problem is that it isn't just one reference. Sega's been hinting at this for a while. This was another of the pieces of evidence of what was happening.
The Akashic Record is a record of not just only the past but also the future and Omega was a dream where certain facts may have been confused. It also operates at a different time scale than the ORACLE universe when Alma isn't doing her thing.
The presence of Lashiec and the fact that they died on Omega leaves the door open that whenever Shiva gets sealed that could start his resurrection process. Since Mitra died outside Omega that would explain them not showing up on Algol. Also Alis and Lutz are present yet no one mentions any sort of history related to them in ORACLE. Even Orakio was supposed to show up at one point in Es-Ars as proven by dataminers but that was scrapped for the rebalance.
The Dark Falz "Aru" entity that attacked early on in Episode 4 used an attack that was eerily similar to the Black Wave.
The Vita opening highlighted a Musk Cat for the 25th anniversary, not a Rappy which had since become the mascot of the series. Vita support ends whenever "Not Episode 7" starts.
Nyau may be a great grandchild of Myau that ascended to an interdimensional being. Phantasy Star End of the Millenium provides evidence of Musk Cat evolution as one of Myau's litter was able to open a bottle whereas Myau couldn't. Nyau carries a bottle of Ashline around their neck.
We know Gurhal is NOT part of the Oracle universe as per a sub-story that took place when Emelia and Vivienne arrived via a trip through subspace.
The Etoile class is unique in that players using that class and damage balancer are unable to heal via self heals from weapons, regeneration or techniques, and instead can only heal via the Etoile's abilities and mates. This is very similar to how Androids in Algol operate in that they can't be hit by techniques for healing and instead have to rely on Repair Kits or a recovery ability. (For the sake of gameplay Sega probably made a decision to allow healing via mates by all charactesr rather than requiring repair kits be used by casts.)
You're correct about the Alisa III. There's a time loop once Phantasy Star III takes place which splits the timeline, sometimes with the Alisa III ending up near Earth, possibly after the ARKS arrive. (We'll never know this for certain, the Earth adventure was supposed to span 3 episodes but because Hitsugi's VO had to leave that was put on hold. Regardless this triggers the "Earthmen" portion of the timeline) In other cases it arrives near Ragol and the seal of Mutt Ditz Poumn is placed to contain the Dark Falz within. (The ruins are actually inside of a space ship as seen if you noclip through the area with a map viewer.) Somehow both scenarios are able to exist at the same time. However Ragol doesn't translate directly to PSO2 because it wasn't Pioneer 2 that found Xion. There's a chance it was a ship from Coral that found Xion due to the shape of the ships of the Oracle fleet. We also have the name of that ship, Pioneer 3. Pagini name dropped that as one of his random statements after a trade in PSO Episode II. Pioneer 3 never arrived at Ragol.
Characters like Re Faze may be Phantom Class ARKS that held a technique a bit too long and got stuck like that.
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Of course this could just simply head in another direction like Vandool. Idola Phantasy Star Saga features the presence of several prominent PSO2 figures such as Seraphy, Quna, Luther, and Matoi. However given what we've seen from this form, I have my doubts that's going to happen. Sure, even this shadow isn't necessarily proof. But hey, if you look way back to the start of the thread, you'll see I correctly called Xiao getting incapacitated. I've at least got some cred about correctly predicting some of Sega's movements in the past. And I'm also willing to admit I was wrong about other things like Mitra's ears, that sure still leaves me scratching my head about their headdress.
Photoners can't be Coralians because Photoners only discovered Photons after meeting Xion, they were a non photon civilisation before that. Coral discovered Photons before the Pioneer project.
earth and ether drama was planned to long last 3 EPs ? i highly doubt it mostly because they didnt even knew how to handle their argumental resources , if what you are saying its true then Ardem was gonna be the main villain of EP5 but too bad the team realize how the phantoms were a lost cause from the beginning.
about EP5 i still say its a shame we couldnt see more classic characters in that season , but after how Alisa and Lutz were handle and the lack of a main villain (i already mention Elmir gave the vibe to be a hechmen back on its days) it was obvious they didnt even knew what they were doing with their original plan .
https://youtu.be/05ufuQvp3Pk?t=931
my general opinion to summarize other points on EP5 , remember active subtitles
If possible, can I see the proof? I'm curious.
I'm skeptical about that spaceship ruins in PSO1 belonging to the civilization of Palma, Motavia, and Dezoris.
If we consider the twin dagger "Heart of Naberius" in PSO2, and "Heart of Poumn" in PSO1/PSU version, then the spaceship may not belong to Algol civilization. Despite that Sega had planned to implement Searren (Wren) as NPC in PSO1 (but it never happened due to lack of time), there is no explanation why they are called Poumn/Muut/Ditts and not Palma/Motavia/Dezoris. However, it could be altered Algol, rebranded Algol planets, or Algol descendants from a different star system?
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Speaking of Heart of Naberius, you guys forgot about Alis (not Alisa) located in the shopping lobby.
https://image.swiki.jp/img1/?host=ps...E3%82%B901.jpg
She's a spy from another planet/civilization that ARKS haven't discovered yet, along with her colleagues: Kein (Rhys), Lina (Lena), and Marina (Maia). She was sent to Oracle by a client from Orakio Kingdom due to their space research team have accidentally discovered Oracle while researching the outer space.
Source: PSO2 Swiki
So maybe this relationship between Orakio and Oracle may be tackled in Not Episode 7.
Also, I'm guessing those 3 of her colleagues were probably disguised as the predecessor characters:
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As always, correct me if I'm mistaken something.
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Vandor may also have been influenced by Earth people because they use both latin alphabet and ARKS writing system.
There is another writing system I don't recognize, you can see it from their Law and Chaos symbol.
Can't wait for big titty Profound Darkness!
Sega hasn't been hinting at anything dude, it's all just fanservice. You're seeing things where there's nothing.
That is completely false, I've datamined this game for years and NEVER has any of that been true. The only "Orakio" in PSO2 is the series of costumes from way back in Episode 2.Quote:
Even Orakio was supposed to show up at one point in Es-Ars as proven by dataminers but that was scrapped for the rebalance.
Again, just seeing a connection where you WANT to see one, when there's literally none.Quote:
The Vita opening highlighted a Musk Cat for the 25th anniversary, not a Rappy which had since become the mascot of the series. Vita support ends whenever "Not Episode 7" starts.
It's just a gameplay mechanic, dude. Seriously.Quote:
The Etoile class is unique in that players using that class and damage balancer are unable to heal via self heals from weapons, regeneration or techniques, and instead can only heal via the Etoile's abilities and mates. This is very similar to how Androids in Algol operate in that they can't be hit by techniques for healing and instead have to rely on Repair Kits or a recovery ability. (For the sake of gameplay Sega probably made a decision to allow healing via mates by all charactesr rather than requiring repair kits be used by casts.)
This in particular, is utter bullshit. I own the Episode 4 and Episode 5 materials book, they do not state any of that anywhere in it and you especially do not scrap a whole set of episodes because one voice actor got sick for a certain amount of time.Quote:
(We'll never know this for certain, the Earth adventure was supposed to span 3 episodes but because Hitsugi's VO had to leave that was put on hold. Regardless this triggers the "Earthmen" portion of the timeline)
Do you even know what the materials book say about Alis, Lutz and Varuna (Lashiec)? That they're named after the characters from the classic series just in reference for the series anniversary, and the book EXPLICITELY STATES that there is 0 (ZERO) connection to the original games. Stop being delusional about this game's story, I've seen you parrot this crap in a bunch of places and I'm tired of that misinformation going around.
PSO2 being a prequel to the classic series would honestly be an insult to the original games, I don't know why anyone would want that.
Not only the costumes. Upon completing all Alis' COs, she lets you choose 1 question:
"Who are you, Alis?" & "Who is your client for the surveys?" If you choose the second question, she'll mention about Orakio Kingdom (scroll down to spoiler tab for full dialogue).
For me, I don't think it's an insult. The classic series had a lot of gaps and open-ended endings, there are rooms to know and connect things.
Since this is sci-fi and Akashic Records was known, interference between worlds can be expected.
The only thing I want is for them to elaborate on this "Vessel of the World" crap. It keeps getting mentioned in passing but it's obviously a super important thing since it relates to Shiva and probably Xion.
Overmind voice:awaken my child , so you , a Dark falz must obey my will
Just finished the Final Chapter. Way better than the previous ones at absolutely all levels (but it's only personal opinion of course).
The only thing that saddens me is that, as some people had forseen it, this is really the true end of the game (or at least of the story). One question though : Did the player become the Akashic Record ?
And by the way, let's all hail the Primordial Darkness - Sodam :
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Congratulations, SEGA. You managed to make me cry. Oh, and FINALLY :
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After trying to beat Shiva on Hard for the last two hours, how in the world does one dodge the time stop one shot move?
I can't for the life of me get past it, the rest of the mechanics i can deal with.
Like NightmareDust said, don't attack her while the barrier is up. You'll know she's going to do it because her weapons will buzz around her with red trails beforehand, so you have plenty of time to notice and stop.
EDIT: Also, I think I know what the divide quest update is going to involve.
Gee i wonder what those mysterious threats from NGS could be
That final fight was really cool though and cant wait for the raid boss
So, im guessing theres another condition to trigger the other ending?
I've beaten Shiva on hard, but it went to normal end again.
Just wondering why i'm unable to get it.
Did you get a S-Rank? According to other's that's part of the requirement. Also did you fail any of the Emergency Codes?
:EDIT: okay I checked the Japanese Wiki. It seems Casual or Hardcore don't matter but you need S-Rank in the Mission before and need to have finished several other missions, if you did everything so far the last bit should be fine. If you did everything right there should be two choices.
「それで世界が救われるなら……」
「…それでも、未来へ歩みたかった」
Pick the lower one.
Also if I read right your first run will always be normal end.
What is next? Darkest Darkness? Original Darkness? Blackest Darkness? Shining Darkness (from some alternate universe) ?
I wasn't getting true ending, but all the problem was getting S rank on hardcore, had all maxibus History cleaned (main/subs) but still some missions need a hard clear.
Hardcore is definitely not needed, I only got a C on Hardcore, then went through again on Casual and got S. Had the Choice, it was even marked with a (!). I didn't even get a single Title for this ... greedy game :(
Here is the Google translated Block from the SWIKI
Casual or hardcore
Oracle Chapter [EP3] Clear Chapter 4 " Absolutely Sliding Absolute Defense " (or Matterboard EP3-08 Clear? Request Information )
Earth Hen [EP4] Chapter 8, " the world's demise embodied Clear"
Photoner edition [EP6] Chapter 6 " hope you bring " S rank clear
Damage amount (800p), trial success rate: NPC does not make anyone incompetent in a joint battle (100p), non-stop clear (100p)
That was a really satisfying ending. I didn't S-rank on my first try (had to run the second time) so I had to put in some extra work, but it was totally worth it.
Also Afin holy shit. That's my aibo.
Yeah, the ending definitely was great, final fight was really cool too though maybe I should have tried evading at least ... got a C. Now I wonder though if we ever get a Episode 7 since ... well we kinda finished of the True threat if I got that right.
That was a really wonderful way to end off a long journey. I loved how essentially everyone came together to finally save you and then we all saved ourselves. Also... The nab rappy dance party in the credits was adorable.
no big titty Profound Darkness i really expected for Shiva big titty monster D:
I wish I understood Japanese because shiva said something about us repeating this over and over again. I also wonder what xion like did and what the orb of light was. I have so many questions and i just want answers QuQ
Not gonna lie, I got really emotional.
Eight years and thousands of hours all come to this point.
The cycle may be better understood by the answer given for the "Normal" end.
「それで世界が救われるなら……」"As long as it saves the world..."
You disappear with all that pervasive dark energy and take it into the light. A fate not to dissimilar to Shiva's origin story.
I interpret the light as the physical manifestation of the Akashic Record. In time, all things are relegated to its memory.
Who knows... given the Phantasy Star series pattern for catastrophic darkness events, something might happen a thousand years from now...
*hint hint wink wink*
after Shiva dead all Photon Shiva have came to us include PD because we are Shiva like( i think ) then we are overflow with dark enegy about to become PD so we choose to warp to the place that nothing can be harm that was before the universe has born yeah we time travel back and go boom then universe was born by this action we have become Akashic record still the cycle repeated
True end Matoi and gangs kick PD butt by the power of The Great Light( everyone wish ) while we are in time tunnel
i guess the orb of light that Xion gave to us is Akashic record
This is mostly me being a goober, but even though the lyrics are kinda messy and cheesy, I REALLY like "Light to Dark" thematically. The lyrics have this neat thematic symmetry.
gg. been playing this game for ~8k hours, that was a good run. need to run everything twice in hardcore because failed to dodge shiva's one hit, and in the final battle i can't see the map that if you in red dot you'll get one shot
i guess we get more pic for matoi get kicked in stomach
She freezes you the instant you hit her while it's active, you wouldn't have time to PB. You're just supposed to just not attack, the shield just has a lot of lead up so you probably just happened to start using your PB as soon as you noticed it without hitting her.