Story Patch Thread (Updated 3/31/2014)

[Chik'Tikka]

+^_^+ ty for new torrent+^_^+ and may i request that the link to the Arks-layer be placed in the OP?? some noobs to the forum may find this thread and not think to look at Kion's siggy+^_^+

EDIT: 4 MB/s DL speed..... i love torrents+^_^+

[Maronji]

Oh, god, Kion. lol

Anyway, confirmed that the Chapter 8 Act 2 black screen is fixed. However, you absolutely must start from a clean, unpatched folder before applying the patches. The black screen issue will persist if you simply patch over Story Patch v0.45. My brother learned this the hard way since he was too impatient to wait for me to make a new backup.

[Renvalt]

Spoiler!

Just finished watching this during my lunch break. But No! NOOOO! I REFUSE!!! I was wondering to see if the story would start to come full circle and NO! It fucking doesn't!!!?

Are you serious? Kuna is number 0 of the Council of Six?

Clarisa was retrieved and used to revive Falz Elder. Claris Claes III's current Clarisa is a dark one, implying that it's either corrupted or a phony. In which case the current Claris Claes has to answer for that blunder.

Also, the Casura in Ch9 and 10 may be a phony - Kuna doesn't seem to trust him. I wonder why - maybe he's a fake? A Darker Clone? Casura somehow MYSTERIOUSLY escaped from death when Falz broke out, which makes me think that the REAL Casura is dead. This leaves a vacant spot in the roster, and now Kuna is undergoing a trial to see if she qualifies.

Then why the fuck does she know sooo much less than Casra?

That's easy. The Council probably keeps things from her the same way they did us - even we were only getting tiny hints about the Naberius Hoax (and it took Casura until the last second to fill us in on the entire thing, and he didn't even do that right)

How does she know Hadred?

I'm guessing it mirrors the same way that Rico knew Flowen in PSO1 Episode 1 and 2 - that Flowen was once human, but became a monster through some twisted dimensional warping. Hadred could have been manipulated to a point where he was unrecognizable - hell, even Kuna seems to disagree with his actions, given how much she uses the word "uragiri" which means "traitor". I'm willing to bet that the Arks were doing something involving him that Kuna warned him against, but he went along with it anyways; hence his current form.

Why is the strongest of the council of Six a fucking idol when she's in the death squad?

Because the only one who knows about her other form is you (she even asks you to keep quiet about it). Everyone else is oblivious. It makes for a very good alias if you come off as something appealing to the public - especially if your associates have something to hide.

Why was she in the research facility?

See above. Hadred was involved in an experiment of sorts - it's how he got that form. She was there to try and stop the moron from going through with it, and only got there too late.

Why would Arks make someone they were experimenting on one of the council of Six?

I doubt she was directly affected. More like she received after-effect radiation, resulting in her mutational appearances. It would go hand in hand with why she'd need to keep a second identity as an idol.

If the council of Six doesn't know anything, then who the fuck is in charge?

Something tells me Xion has the answers here. She's been eerily silent, and desperately trying to gain our trust. Why, though, is the big question here.

As for the Council of Six, while the public thinks that they are the top, that could actually be a lie. Think DBZ with the Four Kais, the Grand Kai, and the Supreme Kai. The Grand Kai rules over the Four Kais, yet few people actually knew the Supreme Kai was higher in rank than the Grand Kai.

I imagine it's the same here - the Council of Six are actually a rank less than the TRUE superiors. But the only ones with a clue are yourself and two dead guys.

Why is Kuna friends with a dragon? Why was there a fucking dragon in Arks?

See above.

If Hadred is a dragon then why doesn't his name go inline with the rest of the dragonkin? If Hadred can't speak, then why the hell is Kuna his friend? Axe cop makes more sense than this!

Hadred has a limited sense of speech. The only way you'd know is if you took the top option during Chapter 10, which I believe is only possible if every Dragonkin is left alive during the initial climb.

He says something to the effect of "Let me hear you sing once more" - which also ties all of it together: Hadred was once human, but became what he is now by meddling with something he shouldn't. The only thing keeping what little of his soul he had left was Kuna's voice - specifically, her song. It's why she's singing that particular melody in every cutscene.

My replies in italics. This is based on carefully analyzing not just words, but actions as well. Also, I tend to go with more than just one way of reading a story - helps me understand things that other people may not notice.

[Maronji]

Uh, Renvalt? All quoted text is in italics.

Might I suggest you change it to bold?

Never mind, looks like you got it as soon as I posted.

Though now, I might suggest that you put it in a spoiler-box, but... *shrugs* Up to you.

[Renvalt]

Uh, Renvalt? All quoted text is in italics.

Might I suggest you change it to bold?

Never mind, looks like you got it as soon as I posted.

Though now, I might suggest that you put it in a spoiler-box, but... *shrugs* Up to you.

Done to preserve the mystique for those who desire it so. Kion's DEFINITELY gonna love this one though.

[SociableTyrannosaur]

Spoiler!

Just finished watching this during my lunch break. But No! NOOOO! I REFUSE!!! I was wondering to see if the story would start to come full circle and NO! It fucking doesn't!!!? Are you serious? Kuna is number 0 of the Council of Six? The why the fuck does she know sooo much less than Casra? How does she know Hadred? Why is the strongest of the council of Six a fucking idol when she's in the death squad? Why was she in the research facility? Why would Arks make someone they were experimenting on one of the council of Six? If the council of Six doesn't know anything, then who the fuck is in charge? Why is Kuna friends with a dragon? Why was there a fucking dragon in Arks? If Hadred is a dragon then why doesn't his name go inline with the rest of the dragonkin? If Hadred can't speak, then why the hell is Kuna his friend? Axe cop makes more sense than this!

Hadred is a girl's name, btw

[Rien]

Hadred is a girl's name, btw

Hadred's voice (whatever little we heard of it) sounds like a woman to me, too. Just saying '-'

[Kilich]

So, the site has nothing but the download now? Can you put the text story version back? I'd like to read on mb9 and 10 events I did without the patch.

[Gama]

i will keep seeding this. thanks, now ill be able to understand ingame what the hell is happening

[Kion]

Done to preserve the mystique for those who desire it so. Kion's DEFINITELY gonna love this one though.

Yeah, I tend to bitch and rant a lot. Probably because I want too much Spoony.

Spoiler!

I'm surprised there are actually valid points in there. My main problem isn't the actual story in itself it's the haphazard way they go about it. Arks is a civilization that has mastered inter-galactic travel and they do't have a life form scanner for the Lilipans? Fourie has to get out on foot? And so far Gettemhult is the only character that actually has any back story motivations or development. For me it's not the story it's mostly how it's told.

I mean it would be a lot cooler if you could visit the broken down lab and infer what happened for yourself. Or if consumed by anger Kuna vows vengeance against the Arks for betraying her friend. Or if Afin determined to track down his sister finds his way to a darker den and get's possessed by darkers himself. There are so many possibilities, and so much they could do and yet they seem to always find the most bland way to get through the game using nothing but character dialog. Like Ulc being dead? Didn't know about that? Yeah, Theodore mentions it offhand in a blue tablet scene.

I realize that actually going as far as making environment like a lab or something would probably cost quite a bit and they're using what resources they have. But still they could be using them a lot more effectively if they did small things like developing characters more or gave them motivations, feeling and personalities rather than just flat character traits.

As for Xion and the plot as a whole. This image is from the guidebook. Around the year 500 and Arks ship disappears while investigating a black hole. About 100 years after that darkers start appearing where ever Arks goes, and Arks becomes an organization devoted to wiping out Darkers. In the post side chapter where Afin meets Apprentice she mentions offhand that we're only your enemy, because you're ours. Also the stupid D-Arkers translation from the english version kind of gives that whole plot away. Xion i think is likely someone from the original science vessel. She keeps saying, "I and we", so the "we" might refer to her colleges?.