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Streibough immediately got himself on my “Most Hated Characters” list. Even if his opinion of Oersted was the truth (like I’d trust the word of traitor) absolutely nothing justifies what he did in the slightest. His actions not only got the king, Uranus, and princess killed, but also doomed the kingdom and gave birth to a threat that nearly wiped out all of humanity. And he shows no remorse for it! Even in the Trial of the Heart, he can’t bring himself to accept all of this is his fault and that he’s a worse monster than he claimed Oersted was. At least Oersted regretted everything and redeemed himself in the end (this is also why I don’t buy Streibough’s version of events. If Oersted was half as bad as he claimed, he never would have shown remorse for his actions).
For me, he is second before the princess. A peincess that cannot even defend herself, have her husband go throught all kind of shit for her, and THIS is how she repays him...
@@reijikogarashi1867 to further amplify your hatred: some interpret she was in on the whole thing and in love with Streibough the whole time and killed herself to spite Oersted since he wouldn’t be able to prove his innocence. She doesn’t outrank Streibough for me since it’s an interpretation that doesn’t entirely align with what we saw (maybe it was in the original) and she recognized her fault in Oersted’s fall in the Trial of the Heart and seemed genuinely remorseful for spiting him.
I think Streibough _did_ just realize that it was his fault when we read his thoughts in the Trial of Heart. "And so I led him to a throne of bone..." Doesn't excuse him - not even a bit - but still worth bringing up.
Let’s look at the characters. We have Captain Caveman, Sasuke, Kung-Fu movie protagonist, Butch Cassidy, Ken Masters, a New Type, R2D2, and reverse Cecil
My thought processes as you mentioned the main villains of each storyline: Ode Iou: Huh, odd name for Japanese. Odeo: Wait, that sounds a little like... O. Dio: Okay, this is a bit unusual. Ou Di Wan Lee: Somewhat similar but at least it's not entirely-- Odie O'Bright: THERE'S FREAKING NAMING CONVENTION WITH THESE BOSSES!? Odo and OD-10 were just salt on the wound at that point. Not even the reveal of Odio could've made things worse.
This was the first game that actually made me cry.The characters and story were so beautiful, I feel in love with all of them.Oersted’s sacrifice drove me to so much tears that I couldn’t even read the text, as such a heartbroken, bitter soul truly became selfless.Oersted and Cube hit me the hardest,almost changing me as a person.Though they done bad things,I want to thank Sqaure Enix for this masterpiece.
The Successor, The Feral Youth, The Wanderer, The Shinobi, The Rebel, The Strongest, The Machine, the Fallen Hero, and the Convergence of them all. How will they compare today?
I remember when QG talked about Egil in his early days. Also MAN did Dickson live up to his name. I imagine if QG did a worst video game dads list he would be in the dishonorable mentions AT LEAST (Don't think he will cause Green Scorpion did a two parter on that topic. But I digress)
Wasn’t Dickson Shulk’s adoptive father? You might not have remembered that Quarter Guy said he only wanted BIOLOGICAL fathers. NOT father figures. That also probably means the Gethis won’t be in that list.
Live A Live was a game I was aware of for years thanks to having friends who also like niche RPGs & knew it inspired Toby Fox, but I never knew what the story was fully like. So when that logo flashed on screen during the February Direct, I was excited. My reaction was "That's a name I never thought we'd see again", I pre-ordered it, & yeah. To go off of your final thoughts on the #1 pick, it INSTANTLY jumped to being one of my favorite final bosses in gaming. Also doesn't hurt that the game has an aspect that wasn't really needed to be mentioned in the video, YOU CAN NAME EVERY SINGLE CHAPTER PROTAG. In my case, I named three characters off of names I've gone by. Masaru was my real name because default was also a full name (didn't fully click for some reason that Masaru would be Japanese when I'm not until it was too late), I used my OC name Shadow Gale for the outlaw nickname (Shadow Gale Kid just sounds cool), & for the final character, Triforce. My go-to "insert name here" option when I don't feel like doing the canon names. So yeah. You can imagine the extra oomph that gave when I hit the twist.
Also for those wondering, I went for Yun because the "weakest base character becoming busted" aspect is something I felt just heighten the whole kung-fu movie vibes. Even took the idea of his story growth as the reason I picked him as the main protag for the finale.
Awesome video. I'm not the only one who played the remake of Live A Live blindly and found it a wonderful experience. I was also waiting for this video like how other players wanted to localize the game, and it was well worth the wait. Truly, a wonderful video for a wonderful game
((yells in Saint Alethea)) Fun fact : if you have the chinese character in your team and putting him in a corner, he can Heavenly Peak Descent Odio to death...and Odio couldn't use Saint Alethea on him
Oh yeah everyone gave it their A game on the voice booth. THE rant in the spoiler chapter gave me CHILLS (also that whole scene just left my jaw on the floor when the chapter credits hit. I legit couldn't speak for a bit from shock)
Glad I'm not the only one who thinks that this Dub is good! That's something I sadly don't hear a lot praising... or at least, what I've seen! Which, if you ask me, is pretty much unfortunate... Because not only do these Voice Actors do an amazing job... But... well, I ended up finding one of my more... unintentional favourite Voice Actors as of late! Eh he... Yeah. I can be nervous to admit that I haven't followed a whole lot on Anime, but I wasn't expecting that one of the included Voice Actors of this game, Stephen Fu, would end up being on my personal favourite Voice Actors list! And to be fair, I played the Demo first, and I was trying to guess who was voicing this Ninja... Man, I wasn't expecting that fun twist that Season 2 Naofumi (or as I like to call him... NaoFUmi! XD Yeah... I guess you could say that I like to make puns sometimes!)... and the fact that I discovered that he actually has quite the pedigree on Anime... namely shows like My Hero Academia and games like AI The Somnium Files nirvanA Initiative (which I highly recommend taking a look at, by the by!)... Even freaking HUGH FROM POKEMON MASTERS EX!! ONE OF MY FAVOURITE RIVALS FROM THE 2D POKEMON GAMES! THAT'S ONE OF THE LAST CASTING CHOICES I EXPECTED AND I LOVE IT!! Ah ha... Apologies if I rambled. Of course, I do think that the other Cast Members were fantastic, too! Plus, the way this was voiced shows to me two things I admire; Firstly is that they've made good use of some more lesser known Voice Actors (or at least, ones I didn't know about before I've discovered this game myself), but also the fact that there's quite a few repeating Cast members that they used pretty effectively- sometimes, even a somewhat comparatively small (I don't know what best to describe it as... Erm... focused, I guess?) cast can work wonders! Ah ha... Oh, and I DEFINITELY agree with ya- I mean, Dario Coates (I'm hoping that I've spelt it right...) literally NAILED Oersted! FUN FACT: In my own playthrough of the game, I actually nicknamed the main characters in my own way! I've actually nicknamed Oborumaru as Ryukimaru (as a fun nod to Ryuki from AI The Somnium Files nirvanA Initiative... which I definitely want to play at some point!) and I also nicknamed Oersted as Naofumi... Rising of The Shield Hero reference, I know! I actually like that Anime Series! Okay, gotta go! XD I hope that you didn't mind me rambling, you guys!
This game was so damn good. The Near Future has gotta be my favourite chapter (Akira stole my heart the moment he spoke okay), but I don't think there was a single one I didn't like. Also hey, another one who picked Lei as the successor! She's best girl, I love her. (Admittedly I put my choice to a Twitter poll because I got hopelessly attached to all three disciples...)
@@ChrisX_212 I also picked Lei because just like Yun and Hong, she undergoes a very strong character arc through the chapter. And it’s so good to see her usual energy tempered with the wisdom she inherited from the Shifu.
Lei is my favorite character of the game, the only true action girl and the one I chose as my main hero in the final chapter. Her chapter is also my second favorite chapter in the game, only surpassed by the Middle Ages. The Final Chapter I would rank as third. I just like the Kung Fu chapter that much.
Despite not getting this game yet, I consider it to be my second game of 2022 for me as I love its stories and add on it has, Xenoblade 3 being my number 1 game for 2022
I truly love this game as a new fan, making it my GOTY besides Xenoblade 3 and really glad Square gave it the 2D-HD treatment, really hope something like Xenogears has this especially if they can add in the cut content after seeing how they added a new part for the finale of Live A Live
When i saw this game was getting a remake i wanted to scream with joy. Live A live was one of the first translated ROMs i ever played on a SNES emulator. While not perfect, something about LAL spoke to me and became one of my favorite Multiple Story RPGs. I would love to do a video about this game on my own channel and what it means to me but i'm still thankful this game not only is a nominee for RPG of this year but it's being enjoyed by so many people.
This game would make a pretty good crossover with Kingdom Hearts. The world would play out a little like Timeless River in a way. Sora and the crew would play out the time eras in chronology order except the Medevil Ages. At the end of each era the crew would encounter a magical crystal that would show them bits of the story of Oersted, until they get the full story. Sora, his friends, and all the heroes from the other eras then travel to the Dominion of Hate to put a stop to Oersted. I think that would be awesome.
Great list as always. I’m with you on the “STOP IT WITH THE NFTS SQUARE!” Now. If only Square would give Dungeon Siege another chance instead of relegating it to an nft scheme after they killed the series by making a sequel that was a complete departure mechanically having nothing to do with the first two games. A remake of the second game would be the only way, the first game hasn’t aged well, lacking fast travel, properly refined mechanics, a cohesive story, skill trees etc. but that’s probably never happening.
Chrono Trigger’s graphics don’t need improvement…but I’d like to see an actual sequel because Chrono Cross felt like it was going to be its own game halfway through development
This was a great countdown QG! I like that you didn't rely on comedy and memes for the entries nor drag out the entries with loads of explanation, and just simply did you and talked about the entries in a fun way. Definitely gonna pick this game up even tho i already spoiled it 😂
Gonna have to agree with the Edo chapter at least when it comes to progression. Had to use a guide to get that lacquer box item but it certainly was a saving grace against Odio.
Final Boss List: Twilight of Edo: Ode Iou The Near Future: Odeo The Wild West: O. Dio Imperial China: Ou Di Wan Li Present Day: Odie O. Bright Prehistory: Odo The Distant Future: OD-10 The Middle Ages: Odio All of the bosses from the previous chapters before the middle ages are actually reincarnations of the Demon Lord Odio and if you're really paying attention, the bosses are actually Odio just spelled differently to match the time
I'm with you on Twilight of edo Japan being in last place, however one more positive I can say about the chapter is that it is obscure alternate ending. The chapter actually has quite a few endings, including one you can get right at the start. Instead of infiltrating the castle you can just turn around and leave. This results in an ending where Oboromaru is branded as a traitor and struck down by his allies.
Little known detail about the Modern Day chapter: If you end up losing to Odie O’Bright, not only do you hear him give a victory line, but you’ll get a chance to “continue”, and start the boss fight over! Choose not to help Masaru out, and…you fill in the blanks.
I find it interesting that you recommend starting with the stone age chapter since that's one of the three in the demo on the Swtch Eshop. Also was hoping for Snow Brothers next month given the Switch eshop rerelease. But I'm fine with what you chose (Won't spoil it for those who haven't seen the end of the video though)
Awesome video as always Quarter Guy! It does sting me that Edo Japan and Near Future are at the bottom given they're my favorites of the 7 original. But I do agree the 2 final chapters to unlock are at the very top. And while I love all chapters, Prehistory is probably my least favorite overall. While it is funny how it references Flintstones, there is too much crude humor in the powers and abilities to my liking. But beyond those two at the bottom I'd squeeze up and place them as numbers 4 and 3 respectively and Prehistory being slid to the bottom. The rest of the list looks pretty agreeable to me.
I actually made up a couple of fan chapters for this game. First is based on Imagination being made real(though that MAY tread too much on Akira's turf, now that I think on it...), and the other is based on the golden age of piracy. Anyone else got any ideas for fanmade chapters, btw?
(Super late but still) A French Revolution/Napoleonic Wars chapter? Maybe Odio's incarnation is part of Robespierre's Reign of Terror or an ally of King Louis or Napoleon.
Imperial China,Wild West & Near Future are my favorites. yes I agree Square Enix needs to ditch NFTs & dead hindrances focus on other remakes & remasters Like Xenogears
Uh, no? There's no blood involved, at least in the remake, it's just fighting POW WHAM BASH effect. And I think in the English version, he stops right after Watanabe yelled "LEAVE MY DAD ALONE!", and I think that's his cue of "OK, OK, I'm a heel asshole, but even traumatizing a kid by killing his dad is too low for me. Back to the fight, back to the fight..." So all Watanabe's left for is probably just the hospital bills, not funeral.
Since I just finished the game, I guess I’ll give my two cents on the topic. #9: Edo Japan. Going for either pacifist or bloodthirsty is too much of a chore with little payoff. Especially since the trial of keys can be done right away and give him a better weapon on the outset. #8: Near Future. Can be confusing at times, didn’t like the protagonist, the crafting was more miss than hit, at least the combat was fine… But the Robot Enhancements NOT going into the last chapter was not cool! #7: Distant Future. Gonna be honest, the only reason it’s this low is because I hate horror games and this reminded me too much of that. Great otherwise! #6: Wild West. Time management is fine, but I kinda wish you could do more while waiting. Instead of waiting around like an idiot. At least Sundown Kid was a blast. #5: Present Day. Everything felt like a chess match, with each move there to bait the opponent. However, if the opponent doesn’t do what you want, you’re gonna have to restart that fight, which can be VERY annoying. #4: Prehistory. The best chapter to start with bar none! Simple yet fun story! Introduced a lot of the game’s mechanics to the player! And a super boss you need to grind to level 13 to beat wait WHAT?! #3: Imperial China. My favourite chapter of the main seven, I love the sense of progression within. Teaching your pupils so they can learn everything you have to teach them only to see two of them being murdered in your absence? Yeah I was hooked! Add to that training only one means getting the strongest pupil possible, but also choosing who dies! Weights on you! And the gameplay was really fun! Only downside would be having to play a new game entirely if you want to have the other disciples in the final chapter (or do this chapter last have have a save file before the end). #2: Middle Ages. The story seems simple at first and the gameplay is standard fantasy JRPG, but then the twist in the king’s chamber and everything that follows makes this a remarkable chapter! Also, Streibough is hateable as all hell and Alethea… The way I saw it, she was either in on it from the start and knew what she was doing or was thoughtless in everything and still caused everything to lead to Oersted becoming Odio. #1: Dominion of Hate. Yes. Just yes. Everything about this is amazing! Recruiting everyone from the other stories and fighting alongside them, all the super bosses, the trials to obtain everyone’s ultimate weapon, the final battle, the chapter boss rematches, and that FINALE where OERSTED REDEEMS HIMSELF! All of it made this game one I am glad I played and would 1000% recommend others to play!
In case you don't know. There's a demo on the Switch eshop. And the chapter QG recommends starting with is one of the three included (Unfortunately his least favorite is also in there. But I digress)
Personally for me it would be: 9 Twillight Edo (outside of the combat, there isn't too much story to the infiltration mission, so while I enjoyed it, it didn't bring too much in that department that other chapters bring). 8. Present Day (Learning the moves of other opponents while nice, can be somewhat tricky since starting against some opponents makes it way more difficult to learn them than against others. Because of that, I ended up on the Game Over screen a good 5 times or so before finding one that I could actually do reasonably, and then afterwards, it was somewhat easy to get the rest. I wish the game would auto save you to the fight screen selection so I didn't have to skip through the opening cutscenes until learning you could manually save on it, but still having to reset over and over was slightly infuriating, hence it dropped significantly on the list). 7. Imperial China (Last bit drags on a little too much, otherwise it is a good chapter. It is a shame I didn't realise dumping all the stat boosts into one character was the optimal solution, but oh well). 6. Wild West (it's short and sweet, and that's about it. If it had a bit more fights it might have gotten higher). 5. Distant Future (The story is good, but Stealth mechanics is NOT my cup of tea. It thankfully didn't stay for too long, but still I didn't enjoy those parts of the chapter). 4. Prehistoric Era (who doesn't love a good homage to flintstones cars and goofy body language to tell a story, especially loved the animation of the crafting dude who just pointed to two bubbles and then at you for whether you wanted to continue crafting or not). 3. Near Future. While a bit on the longer side, the battle music and the rather dark story definitly sold me on this chapter being good, as well as the characters in the setting being enjoyable to watch telling their lives of orphans/delinquents in a sci-fi setting. Also hearing the priest screaming Odeo is something I more or less can't get out of my mind. It also helps that the enemies was visible on the map, making random encounters much less frustrating to handle and avoid. 2. The Middle Ages. Orsted Really gets handed the L on this chapter, and while the area suffers from the same issues that the final chapter does, it isn't as long at least, and Difficult fight is definitly a favourite in terms of battle music, outside of Dancing with Matangos. A shame that some of the motivations of some characters was apparently cut from the remake, albeit my skepticism of said character's actions and voice direction led to me mostly guessing what was at work once the ending was ready to play. 1. Final Chapter. I think this one is pretty self explanatory, considering the vast amount of content it brings. My only sleight towards this chapter is that the game REALLY needed a way to deal with frequent random encounters, because moving around the map (especially once you have gotten up to a solid level 14-15 on average, with your main character easily hitting 18-20) is super frustrating, when you are taking 2- 8 encounters just walking from one screen to the next (especially those larger ones). The only reason I even ran into one specific super boss is because I had to run from so many encounters due to being overleveled (as well as randomly hitting Akira's Trial early on since I didn't know Teleport auto replaced the flee command, and that it wouldn't be gone until he left the party, not to mention enemies was kinda scary to deal with only having two party members), that by the time the prompts came up I had done almost everything in the game and explored a solid chunk of the map. It's the Reason Bravely Default/Second is one of my favourite games due to having such manipulation in, which makes exploration much less frustrating to deal with once you reach a certain threshold of levels on your team (and to choose when to grind your characters).
Ah ha! As always, this video is fantastic of yours, QG! Also... yeah, I'm Dragonite MGSX, though I'm not playing the RUclips game as of late... I'm happy just chilling in my own time on Discord nowadays... Eh he... But yeah! Thoughts time! Number 9: Ah! that's fair enough... Me? I did kinda enjoy it, and I wasn't exactly aiming for a Pacifist... just somewhat Neutral with an added flavour of taking down anyone either foolish enough to bar my way (or ones I accidentally crash into because of FUCKING Joycon Drift at the time! ARGH!), and I did choose to go against all the main Bosses... I wasn't confident to fight the massive Koi, though... XD Also, yeah... Oborumaru ended up being my main character pick for the Final Stage... and you kinda missed a joke opportunity because Oborumaru is played by the same bloke who plays Seiji Shishikura from My Hero Academia! XD But yeah, epic Ninja.. and I love Ninjas! "NOW COME THE FIREFLIES!!" Apologies... I kinda got that stuck in my head... As well as the other Oborumaru quotes... Number 8: I actually like this Chapter... especially since I'm a HUGE Anime fan myself... though, yeah... I do kinda agree that Dr Tobei's little inspiration aspect can be like a shot in the dark, but honestly, I found him enjoyable and hilarious... and Akira was pretty cool, too! And if you're wondering... I nicknamed him Tetsuo as a nod to one of the characters from the film AKIRA. Oh, and crushing battleships with the Steel Titan was ALSO a blast! Eh he... Oh, and I did read one of the comments here saying that maybe that part did cut off because this part took place in the past and he woke up before we got him to finish his monologue story... Personally, I definitely think that he survived after the final battle, which... is definitely good. Number 7: Hold on, I remember that voice somewhat from one of ProjectSNT's videos! And that one Edgar Allen Poe story... I don't remember the name very well, but I do know that it had "Cask" in the name... Lemme know in the comment section down below! Anyways... Yeah, that was a mighty fine crazy Chapter! And I do agree; the dialogue in this Chapter is almost hilariously BALLS-Y... much to the point where I laughed my ass off... Also, that end clip with that moment right there got me going! Fun fact... I actually struggled with getting the traps all sorted and had to fight a few of his minions... Managed to win the second time, but MAN... It was a NIGHTMARE! Number 6: Oooh, noice! That's undoubtedly one of my favourite Chapters of this game because of the choice... and I personally do enjoy Martial Arts films, mainly Kung Fu Panda! And yes, my choice was Lei Kugo... though, why does her voice remind me of Princess Myne AKA BITCH from Rising of The Shield Hero?! Yeah... I DESPISE that traitorous succubus! Not her Voice Actress, though... I'm aware that Voice Actors are a LOT different compared to their characters! XD MOSTLY! Also... Yup! I can still forever remember "Bested by this weakling...?!" as I just CRUSHED Odi Wan Lee! This is for killing the others, you monster! Number 5: Ah, yes! That jazzy battle music I do dig myself personally! And yes, this was a nice, short but sweet Chapter... especially since I chose to play them in historical order! I've chosen to play this Chapter after I completed Twilight of Edo Japan, and it was a nice little break from sneaking away from foes... And oh yeah, there's a fun little secret on The Great Aja which I've seen and replicated... This can be done if you're at a specific spot and Aja uses Bite. You'll know that you've done right when you hear Aja spit during the attack... And then hilarity (and PAIN) ensues with Wantanabe's Dad yelling out and calling him a cheater, and then things go CHAOTIC! Best to watch for yourself! And yeah... This Chapter reminds me a lot of Rocky, so I have named him Markus Baoboa! I thought that it fits well! Also... Odie O'Bright... He is an ABSOLUTE MADMAN!! And yeah, I was pretty much as furious as Masaru when he gleefully admitted his crime of murdering the other Fighters! God, I don't want to imagine something like THAT in, say... FREAKING POKEMON!!! HELL NO!!!! Number 4: Ah ha! Okay, that got me with the Opening to this segment! And of course, that was a pretty nice and fun story... especially since it was pretty darn HILARIOUS! Number 3: Oooh... Gotta say, this Chapter is almost shivery for me personally... It's creepy and effectively terrifying, to the point where I was playing a Video Game version of a Sci-Fi Horror story... And it also reminds me a bit of Corpse Party... Heck, I think this Chapter actually placed some groundwork for our more story-oriented non-combat RPGS... Also, try playing this Chapter in the dark with headphones. You're welcome. :) Oh, and THAT'S A BIT SUSSY!!! Number 2: Oh... my... God. I gotta say, I knew partially what this Chapter is going to be like before I got it on my own little Switch... But MAN, what INSANITY I witnessed as I've played through this Chapter... First witnessing the sudden betrayal, then Streighbough's cruel plan which made me want to murder him, then Alicia's suicide and finally that unsettling speech of rage with Oersted... or as I called him in my game, Naofumi... because I thought that it'd fit. Also, how fitting to quote the Joker during this segment... In Oersted's case... indeed, all it takes is one single bad day to ruin everything. And I especially love this build up to the Chapter, also... In some pretty clever, puzzle like hints, too... And yeah, the music is EPIC! Especially Heroic Struggle and the rocking GUITAR! And I do agree, especially since I'm a fan of Shakespeare myself! I've even studied some Shakespeare during my time in one of my schools and the Inclusion Project! Number 1: Ah, yes... This Chapter. Eerie and lifeless, and... ya know, this Chapter reminds me a lot of the Planet's Paralysis from Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Sky... And yeah. Armageddon is TERRIFYING! Oh, and my team was Oborumaru as my leader, Lei Kugo, Akira and Sundown, which was pretty much an awesome little team up! And I have to say, I also enjoyed some of their Trials and I personally enjoyed the Final Battle... I still recall the intensity I felt throughout the whole Chapter! Also, yeah... Oborumaru's speech to Oersted strangely resonated with me, given that it almost reminds me of what I believed... in mercy, not violence... And yup... You could say that speech cermented Stephen Fu as one of my favourite Anime Voice Actors! Ah ha! One more thing before I go; I love this music... and the battle where the other Heroed all work together to take down Odio and also freeing Oersted from the darkness within. And... Mmm-hmm... Best to keep in mind that warning... Evil can be a choice, not just something you're born with. Be careful of slipping down those slopes... Aight-o, Mystia out! Thanks for reading!
Thought; Live A Live should get a sequel! Hear me out: ten chapters, all new characters and new time periods. Roman Empire - Gladiator: This would be kinda like the equivalent to Modern Day, with the difference being that there would be a bit of a management simulation aspect, and a bit of the option to go pacifist or genocide in either showing mercy or executing your defeated opponents. Aztec - The Arrival of The Crusaders. You'd play as a young member of an Aztec tribe during the arrival of the conquistadors, whom you absolutely don't trust. Pirate - A Pirate's dangerous quest to find a long rumored treasure. More open world. Noir - A hard boiled detective investigating a murder and uncovering an enormous conspiracy in the 1930's. Much less combat focused, much more focused on interrogations. Spy - A Cold War era spy on an undercover mission. Would play like the Obomaru part, but good. Superhero - The present day section. Be playing as a superhero who joins a league of super humans. Cyberpunk - Happening concurrently with far future in Live A Live 1, only back on earth, with this section being much more Phillip K Dick influenced, particularly Blade Runner, perhaps with a mission to kill certain targets. Post Apocalyptic - The Last Days of Man - Very Mad Max influenced. In a world of warring tribes, one person seeks out an ancient power that could prevent the inevitable fall of humankind. This would be the first hidden chapter. Final Chapter - This would essentially be the same thing as the Dominion Of Hate in terms of it being the uniting of all the heroes of their times to take down the evil that was introduced in the Post Apocalyptic chapter. Not Odio, and not the Dominion of Hate, something new, with a new theme, but I'm not being paid to write for SquareEnix, so I'll leave it to comments underneath. You may notice that I have only listed nine. That's because I want to hear some of YOUR ideas in the comments underneath this, and some of what you do and don't like in this, and how you'd handle the scenarios if you wrote them.
Present Day C Oersted's Final B Twilight of Edo Japan A Prehistory A Wild West A Near Future S Distant Future S Medieval S+ Imperial China S+ That's my ranking! Still haven't finished the final chapter lol 😂
I don't think figuring out the Pacifist route in the Twilight Edo Japan isn't TOO tough to figure out. I think a lot of players on their first run attempt Pacifist runs, so they are bogged down by what to do instead of just going for the goal. There's an instance of bad design in that route, (aside from the free exp which ruins most of the incentives to kill aside from getting Genocide) though, so it isn't perfect. Genocide route, though... yeah, I agree wholeheartedly.
I accidentally "softlocked" myself by grabbing the Mammet while only having 3 Koban... the only way out from there (if you don't have a fourth Koban) is to fall and break it, therefore ruining the pacifist run. Maybe if they put objective flags in those locations as well, it would be less likely to softlock? I still get lost sometimes, and I've beaten it a good few times over...
Oersted was right. Anyone can be the Demon King. No matter who you are; even if you have the good will of a saint, just know that with enough hate, misery and self indulgence can turn all of that around
In Castlevania, mainly the Netflix one I'd have to brush up on game lore to know just how much of that actually matches, Dracula's rampage starts when, in his mind, humans prove themselves utter pieces of shit by killing his wife for witchcraft when she was just using science for medicine then HELD A CELEBRATION ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THAT because they thought his rage filled "you will all die in a year" threat was a farce.
Dracula believes all of humanity is scum that deserves to be purged from their miserable existence. Basically, the people who hate the Near Future chapter believe (possibly jokingly) that it was so bad it proves humanity deserves to go _extinct._
@@TheQuarterGuy It was pretty cool. Basically, the schpeal you gave preceding the last two chapters was similar to the guy presenting the game to the audience and the teen actors involved. Although, the key difference was that his speech was designed solely for the people who just wanted to be a player character to stop watching the tape and for the DM to continue watching so that they get important tips and advice on how to be a scrupulous DM. Of course, I only saw the tape once and I could be misremembering, but minus the lack of face on a black background, the presentation was nostalgically dead on.
Ah ok @@TheQuarterGuy. Interesting. Even though there hasn't been anything new or regarding if the series could ever return but that's besides the point.
I'm enjoying Tactics Ogre Reborn myself, and looking forward to yet another HD-Remake of one of their classics, Front Mission 2. (I simply don't have memories for the first) And maybe the third in the future. So, yeah, I'm probably one of those who can just simply ignore the existence of NFT. If it doesn't interest me, IDGAF, seriously. Oh, and one thing you missed out and the best in Dominion of Hate. You think you're done with just finishing with one hero? Replay that again with a different hero and why Oersted fails. Each hero has their own message against Oersted, all unique and representing how they overcome their flaws. Even each Earthen Heart successors have their OWN lines (So... yeah, good luck re-picking your students...) Finding out each messages without a guide will be a blast for those non-guide seekers. I guarantee. I know you record your own gameplay. So I know you finish up with Masaru. Now do it again with Pogo. His remake 'final message' change is the most significant change.
I'm sure you knew already, but I want to mention something about Masaru Takahara's japanese VA, which is Tomokazu Seki. Why is this important, you might ask? Easy: I recently got into Gundam, mainly through Wing and G Gundam. And Tomokazu Seki ALSO voiced somebody involved in a tournament... Except with Gundams involved, Hot-bloodedness and martial arts with said Gundams. His name? It's obvious... DOMON KASSHU.
Personally, I really liked Akira's story, especially in learning the truth about Matsu, and how Akira was able to forgive his father's killer. Plus, Akira's psychic powers are awesome, and Judgment Day, while taking a bit to charge, can be really nasty with the amount status ailments and debuffs it can potentially cause. Oh yeah, QG, will you possibly do a tribute to the passing of Jason David Frank?
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I understand why Cube is so beloved. He’s pretty much just if Kirby was a robot.
Streibough immediately got himself on my “Most Hated Characters” list. Even if his opinion of Oersted was the truth (like I’d trust the word of traitor) absolutely nothing justifies what he did in the slightest. His actions not only got the king, Uranus, and princess killed, but also doomed the kingdom and gave birth to a threat that nearly wiped out all of humanity. And he shows no remorse for it! Even in the Trial of the Heart, he can’t bring himself to accept all of this is his fault and that he’s a worse monster than he claimed Oersted was. At least Oersted regretted everything and redeemed himself in the end (this is also why I don’t buy Streibough’s version of events. If Oersted was half as bad as he claimed, he never would have shown remorse for his actions).
Kind of what Palpatine did to Anikin/Darth Vader, except Palpatine probably wasn’t a friend of Anikin’s from the beginning.
For me, he is second before the princess. A peincess that cannot even defend herself, have her husband go throught all kind of shit for her, and THIS is how she repays him...
@@reijikogarashi1867 to further amplify your hatred: some interpret she was in on the whole thing and in love with Streibough the whole time and killed herself to spite Oersted since he wouldn’t be able to prove his innocence. She doesn’t outrank Streibough for me since it’s an interpretation that doesn’t entirely align with what we saw (maybe it was in the original) and she recognized her fault in Oersted’s fall in the Trial of the Heart and seemed genuinely remorseful for spiting him.
I think Streibough _did_ just realize that it was his fault when we read his thoughts in the Trial of Heart. "And so I led him to a throne of bone..."
Doesn't excuse him - not even a bit - but still worth bringing up.
That chapter gave me the impression that being at the demon tower (or whatever you call it) effects the emotions on the humans there
Oboromaru about to do the most important mission of his life: Alright, time to Undertale this sht.
Let’s look at the characters. We have Captain Caveman, Sasuke, Kung-Fu movie protagonist, Butch Cassidy, Ken Masters, a New Type, R2D2, and reverse Cecil
I mean, you're not wrong.
You wanna know who sounds like Cecil (in JP)? Streibough, that's who.
lol thats a perfect explanation XD
To be fair R2 did sometimes go WOAH!
I'd say he's more of a Ryu than a Ken.
My thought processes as you mentioned the main villains of each storyline:
Ode Iou: Huh, odd name for Japanese.
Odeo: Wait, that sounds a little like...
O. Dio: Okay, this is a bit unusual.
Ou Di Wan Lee: Somewhat similar but at least it's not entirely--
Odie O'Bright: THERE'S FREAKING NAMING CONVENTION WITH THESE BOSSES!?
Odo and OD-10 were just salt on the wound at that point. Not even the reveal of Odio could've made things worse.
This was the first game that actually made me cry.The characters and story were so beautiful, I feel in love with all of them.Oersted’s sacrifice drove me to so much tears that I couldn’t even read the text, as such a heartbroken, bitter soul truly became selfless.Oersted and Cube hit me the hardest,almost changing me as a person.Though they done bad things,I want to thank Sqaure Enix for this masterpiece.
The Successor, The Feral Youth, The Wanderer, The Shinobi, The Rebel, The Strongest, The Machine, the Fallen Hero, and the Convergence of them all.
How will they compare today?
Glad that I heeded your warning and experienced the final two chapters for myself before coming back here.
10:31 best part of Sundown. He doesn't hold back on insults to anyone that deserves them
Unsurprising considering his sharp shooting.
I don’t know who’s more of a tragic villain, Egil from Xenoblade Chronicles or Oersted. Not even Primal Dialga has that much emotional pain.
I remember when QG talked about Egil in his early days.
Also MAN did Dickson live up to his name. I imagine if QG did a worst video game dads list he would be in the dishonorable mentions AT LEAST (Don't think he will cause Green Scorpion did a two parter on that topic. But I digress)
Wasn’t Dickson Shulk’s adoptive father? You might not have remembered that Quarter Guy said he only wanted BIOLOGICAL fathers. NOT father figures. That also probably means the Gethis won’t be in that list.
@@loritaylor1602 Oops. I forgot. Mostly cause Oscar was fine with adoptive ones on his list.
Live A Live was a game I was aware of for years thanks to having friends who also like niche RPGs & knew it inspired Toby Fox, but I never knew what the story was fully like. So when that logo flashed on screen during the February Direct, I was excited. My reaction was "That's a name I never thought we'd see again", I pre-ordered it, & yeah. To go off of your final thoughts on the #1 pick, it INSTANTLY jumped to being one of my favorite final bosses in gaming. Also doesn't hurt that the game has an aspect that wasn't really needed to be mentioned in the video, YOU CAN NAME EVERY SINGLE CHAPTER PROTAG. In my case, I named three characters off of names I've gone by. Masaru was my real name because default was also a full name (didn't fully click for some reason that Masaru would be Japanese when I'm not until it was too late), I used my OC name Shadow Gale for the outlaw nickname (Shadow Gale Kid just sounds cool), & for the final character, Triforce. My go-to "insert name here" option when I don't feel like doing the canon names. So yeah. You can imagine the extra oomph that gave when I hit the twist.
Also for those wondering, I went for Yun because the "weakest base character becoming busted" aspect is something I felt just heighten the whole kung-fu movie vibes. Even took the idea of his story growth as the reason I picked him as the main protag for the finale.
Oersteds fall into darkness is just like Anakin becoming Darth Vader and heck. Maybe even Aruto becoming Ark-One and Horobi becoming Ark Scorpion
The fact that your spoiler warning was in _iambic pentameter?_ I love it omg
Awesome video. I'm not the only one who played the remake of Live A Live blindly and found it a wonderful experience. I was also waiting for this video like how other players wanted to localize the game, and it was well worth the wait. Truly, a wonderful video for a wonderful game
Games are really the only medium where remakes truly work, since the advancement of technology is so quick.
((yells in Saint Alethea))
Fun fact : if you have the chinese character in your team and putting him in a corner, he can Heavenly Peak Descent Odio to death...and Odio couldn't use Saint Alethea on him
Can we talk about how good the dub is? There were multiple times i forgot it was a dub, and that ain't something thrown around often.
Oh yeah everyone gave it their A game on the voice booth. THE rant in the spoiler chapter gave me CHILLS (also that whole scene just left my jaw on the floor when the chapter credits hit. I legit couldn't speak for a bit from shock)
Glad I'm not the only one who thinks that this Dub is good! That's something I sadly don't hear a lot praising... or at least, what I've seen! Which, if you ask me, is pretty much unfortunate... Because not only do these Voice Actors do an amazing job... But... well, I ended up finding one of my more... unintentional favourite Voice Actors as of late! Eh he... Yeah. I can be nervous to admit that I haven't followed a whole lot on Anime, but I wasn't expecting that one of the included Voice Actors of this game, Stephen Fu, would end up being on my personal favourite Voice Actors list! And to be fair, I played the Demo first, and I was trying to guess who was voicing this Ninja...
Man, I wasn't expecting that fun twist that Season 2 Naofumi (or as I like to call him... NaoFUmi! XD Yeah... I guess you could say that I like to make puns sometimes!)... and the fact that I discovered that he actually has quite the pedigree on Anime... namely shows like My Hero Academia and games like AI The Somnium Files nirvanA Initiative (which I highly recommend taking a look at, by the by!)... Even freaking HUGH FROM POKEMON MASTERS EX!! ONE OF MY FAVOURITE RIVALS FROM THE 2D POKEMON GAMES! THAT'S ONE OF THE LAST CASTING CHOICES I EXPECTED AND I LOVE IT!!
Ah ha... Apologies if I rambled. Of course, I do think that the other Cast Members were fantastic, too! Plus, the way this was voiced shows to me two things I admire; Firstly is that they've made good use of some more lesser known Voice Actors (or at least, ones I didn't know about before I've discovered this game myself), but also the fact that there's quite a few repeating Cast members that they used pretty effectively- sometimes, even a somewhat comparatively small (I don't know what best to describe it as... Erm... focused, I guess?) cast can work wonders! Ah ha...
Oh, and I DEFINITELY agree with ya- I mean, Dario Coates (I'm hoping that I've spelt it right...) literally NAILED Oersted!
FUN FACT: In my own playthrough of the game, I actually nicknamed the main characters in my own way! I've actually nicknamed Oborumaru as Ryukimaru (as a fun nod to Ryuki from AI The Somnium Files nirvanA Initiative... which I definitely want to play at some point!) and I also nicknamed Oersted as Naofumi... Rising of The Shield Hero reference, I know! I actually like that Anime Series!
Okay, gotta go! XD I hope that you didn't mind me rambling, you guys!
This game was so damn good. The Near Future has gotta be my favourite chapter (Akira stole my heart the moment he spoke okay), but I don't think there was a single one I didn't like.
Also hey, another one who picked Lei as the successor! She's best girl, I love her. (Admittedly I put my choice to a Twitter poll because I got hopelessly attached to all three disciples...)
Rosie! Long time no see! Yeah, I like Akira's chapter as well. And I also picked Lei to succeed the Shifu.
@@AdamEspersona Huh. Quite the coincidence.
Welp, one factor is because Lei is the only thing that can prevent the Dominion of Hate from being a sausage-fest.
That being said, I also picked Lei.
@@ChrisX_212 I also picked Lei because just like Yun and Hong, she undergoes a very strong character arc through the chapter. And it’s so good to see her usual energy tempered with the wisdom she inherited from the Shifu.
Lei is my favorite character of the game, the only true action girl and the one I chose as my main hero in the final chapter. Her chapter is also my second favorite chapter in the game, only surpassed by the Middle Ages. The Final Chapter I would rank as third. I just like the Kung Fu chapter that much.
Despite not getting this game yet, I consider it to be my second game of 2022 for me as I love its stories and add on it has, Xenoblade 3 being my number 1 game for 2022
I truly love this game as a new fan, making it my GOTY besides Xenoblade 3 and really glad Square gave it the 2D-HD treatment, really hope something like Xenogears has this especially if they can add in the cut content after seeing how they added a new part for the finale of Live A Live
When i saw this game was getting a remake i wanted to scream with joy. Live A live was one of the first translated ROMs i ever played on a SNES emulator. While not perfect, something about LAL spoke to me and became one of my favorite Multiple Story RPGs. I would love to do a video about this game on my own channel and what it means to me but i'm still thankful this game not only is a nominee for RPG of this year but it's being enjoyed by so many people.
This game would make a pretty good crossover with Kingdom Hearts. The world would play out a little like Timeless River in a way. Sora and the crew would play out the time eras in chronology order except the Medevil Ages. At the end of each era the crew would encounter a magical crystal that would show them bits of the story of Oersted, until they get the full story. Sora, his friends, and all the heroes from the other eras then travel to the Dominion of Hate to put a stop to Oersted. I think that would be awesome.
Top 3 favorites
3.Middle Ages
2. Imperial china
1. Dominion of hate (my team for this chapter sundown,earthen heart master (Lei), pogo, akira)
Great list as always.
I’m with you on the “STOP IT WITH THE NFTS SQUARE!”
Now.
If only Square would give Dungeon Siege another chance instead of relegating it to an nft scheme after they killed the series by making a sequel that was a complete departure mechanically having nothing to do with the first two games. A remake of the second game would be the only way, the first game hasn’t aged well, lacking fast travel, properly refined mechanics, a cohesive story, skill trees etc. but that’s probably never happening.
If the success of this game can bring a proper remake of Chrono Trigger, bring it.
Chrono Trigger’s graphics don’t need improvement…but I’d like to see an actual sequel because Chrono Cross felt like it was going to be its own game halfway through development
This was a great countdown QG! I like that you didn't rely on comedy and memes for the entries nor drag out the entries with loads of explanation, and just simply did you and talked about the entries in a fun way. Definitely gonna pick this game up even tho i already spoiled it 😂
Gonna have to agree with the Edo chapter at least when it comes to progression. Had to use a guide to get that lacquer box item but it certainly was a saving grace against Odio.
Oh this is gonna be good. I loved this game and I wanna see how your choices stack against mine!
Final Boss List:
Twilight of Edo: Ode Iou
The Near Future: Odeo
The Wild West: O. Dio
Imperial China: Ou Di Wan Li
Present Day: Odie O. Bright
Prehistory: Odo
The Distant Future: OD-10
The Middle Ages: Odio
All of the bosses from the previous chapters before the middle ages are actually reincarnations of the Demon Lord Odio and if you're really paying attention, the bosses are actually Odio just spelled differently to match the time
Very happy to see distant future, my favorite chapter of the game, rank so high.
I'm with you on Twilight of edo Japan being in last place, however one more positive I can say about the chapter is that it is obscure alternate ending. The chapter actually has quite a few endings, including one you can get right at the start. Instead of infiltrating the castle you can just turn around and leave. This results in an ending where Oboromaru is branded as a traitor and struck down by his allies.
Little known detail about the Modern Day chapter:
If you end up losing to Odie O’Bright, not only do you hear him give a victory line, but you’ll get a chance to “continue”, and start the boss fight over! Choose not to help Masaru out, and…you fill in the blanks.
I find it interesting that you recommend starting with the stone age chapter since that's one of the three in the demo on the Swtch Eshop. Also was hoping for Snow Brothers next month given the Switch eshop rerelease. But I'm fine with what you chose (Won't spoil it for those who haven't seen the end of the video though)
I really like the demo of this game and someday I wish to have the full experience
I'm looking forward to this Live a evil is among favorite games it's up there with psychonauts which I consider to be my favorite game I've played
Who is Odie O' Bright, and why is he Sagat?
This game put me through many emotions and I loved it all the way through we need more games like this and we need more hd 2d games
4:58 This chapter's protag and the giant robot were just announced for Super Robot Wars DD!
Awesome video as always Quarter Guy!
It does sting me that Edo Japan and Near Future are at the bottom given they're my favorites of the 7 original. But I do agree the 2 final chapters to unlock are at the very top. And while I love all chapters, Prehistory is probably my least favorite overall. While it is funny how it references Flintstones, there is too much crude humor in the powers and abilities to my liking. But beyond those two at the bottom I'd squeeze up and place them as numbers 4 and 3 respectively and Prehistory being slid to the bottom. The rest of the list looks pretty agreeable to me.
I actually made up a couple of fan chapters for this game. First is based on Imagination being made real(though that MAY tread too much on Akira's turf, now that I think on it...), and the other is based on the golden age of piracy.
Anyone else got any ideas for fanmade chapters, btw?
(Super late but still)
A French Revolution/Napoleonic Wars chapter? Maybe Odio's incarnation is part of Robespierre's Reign of Terror or an ally of King Louis or Napoleon.
I've been waiting for this the whole week, let's gooo
At some point, I'd like to see a list on your favorite women in gaming.
Maybe in March for women's month. I don't know.
Seeing Pogo reminded me that we have NEW Joe and Mac: Caveman Ninja out now.
10:26 - Sundown Kid: Fastest Roast in the West.
Oh my God the Twilight of Edo story... that drove me to Odio levels of hatred.
Wonder who Quarter Guy chose as his Successor (between Lei, Yun or Hong) in the Imperial China chapter?
I chose Lei.
@@AdamEspersona Same here.
@@93SuperSonic only girl option. Had to take it
I chose Yun
I chose Lei Kugo. So did QG.
Imperial China,Wild West & Near Future are my favorites. yes I agree Square Enix needs to ditch NFTs & dead hindrances focus on other remakes & remasters Like Xenogears
10:33
Can we get a link to that epic mashup of The Livesy walk and Odio’s theme?
Sorry...I only did that bit myself. There's no link to Live A Livesey.
@@TheQuarterGuy
Darn. Well, now you have a nice little idea for a shitpost or meme or whatever. 😁
"Aja was a heel, but he wasn't a cold-blooded killer!"
Uh... didn't he kill Watanabe's father after the idiot threw a cola can at him?
I wouldn't say killed, but rather put in the Hospital.
Uh, no? There's no blood involved, at least in the remake, it's just fighting POW WHAM BASH effect. And I think in the English version, he stops right after Watanabe yelled "LEAVE MY DAD ALONE!", and I think that's his cue of "OK, OK, I'm a heel asshole, but even traumatizing a kid by killing his dad is too low for me. Back to the fight, back to the fight..."
So all Watanabe's left for is probably just the hospital bills, not funeral.
Since I just finished the game, I guess I’ll give my two cents on the topic.
#9: Edo Japan. Going for either pacifist or bloodthirsty is too much of a chore with little payoff. Especially since the trial of keys can be done right away and give him a better weapon on the outset.
#8: Near Future. Can be confusing at times, didn’t like the protagonist, the crafting was more miss than hit, at least the combat was fine… But the Robot Enhancements NOT going into the last chapter was not cool!
#7: Distant Future. Gonna be honest, the only reason it’s this low is because I hate horror games and this reminded me too much of that. Great otherwise!
#6: Wild West. Time management is fine, but I kinda wish you could do more while waiting. Instead of waiting around like an idiot. At least Sundown Kid was a blast.
#5: Present Day. Everything felt like a chess match, with each move there to bait the opponent. However, if the opponent doesn’t do what you want, you’re gonna have to restart that fight, which can be VERY annoying.
#4: Prehistory. The best chapter to start with bar none! Simple yet fun story! Introduced a lot of the game’s mechanics to the player! And a super boss you need to grind to level 13 to beat wait WHAT?!
#3: Imperial China. My favourite chapter of the main seven, I love the sense of progression within. Teaching your pupils so they can learn everything you have to teach them only to see two of them being murdered in your absence? Yeah I was hooked! Add to that training only one means getting the strongest pupil possible, but also choosing who dies! Weights on you! And the gameplay was really fun! Only downside would be having to play a new game entirely if you want to have the other disciples in the final chapter (or do this chapter last have have a save file before the end).
#2: Middle Ages. The story seems simple at first and the gameplay is standard fantasy JRPG, but then the twist in the king’s chamber and everything that follows makes this a remarkable chapter! Also, Streibough is hateable as all hell and Alethea… The way I saw it, she was either in on it from the start and knew what she was doing or was thoughtless in everything and still caused everything to lead to Oersted becoming Odio.
#1: Dominion of Hate. Yes. Just yes. Everything about this is amazing! Recruiting everyone from the other stories and fighting alongside them, all the super bosses, the trials to obtain everyone’s ultimate weapon, the final battle, the chapter boss rematches, and that FINALE where OERSTED REDEEMS HIMSELF! All of it made this game one I am glad I played and would 1000% recommend others to play!
Really need to check out this game sometime
In case you don't know. There's a demo on the Switch eshop. And the chapter QG recommends starting with is one of the three included (Unfortunately his least favorite is also in there. But I digress)
Loved the video!! My favorite is Imperial China and my least favorite is Present day... So interesting to see different takes!
Once again, about next time...
Thor voice: YESSSSSSSS!!!
Okay that sounded completely appropriate right there.
Story about time?
Time huh? Thanks for the tip.
Also great vid QG
WOOOOO! MAH-VEL TIME NEXT MONTH!
What were the first 2 Disney references?
Mine is : 9. Japan, 8. China, 7. FarWest, 6. Present, 5. Prehistory, 4. Near Future, 3. Medieval, 2. Distant Future, 1. Finale
Personally for me it would be:
9 Twillight Edo (outside of the combat, there isn't too much story to the infiltration mission, so while I enjoyed it, it didn't bring too much in that department that other chapters bring).
8. Present Day (Learning the moves of other opponents while nice, can be somewhat tricky since starting against some opponents makes it way more difficult to learn them than against others. Because of that, I ended up on the Game Over screen a good 5 times or so before finding one that I could actually do reasonably, and then afterwards, it was somewhat easy to get the rest. I wish the game would auto save you to the fight screen selection so I didn't have to skip through the opening cutscenes until learning you could manually save on it, but still having to reset over and over was slightly infuriating, hence it dropped significantly on the list).
7. Imperial China (Last bit drags on a little too much, otherwise it is a good chapter. It is a shame I didn't realise dumping all the stat boosts into one character was the optimal solution, but oh well).
6. Wild West (it's short and sweet, and that's about it. If it had a bit more fights it might have gotten higher).
5. Distant Future (The story is good, but Stealth mechanics is NOT my cup of tea. It thankfully didn't stay for too long, but still I didn't enjoy those parts of the chapter).
4. Prehistoric Era (who doesn't love a good homage to flintstones cars and goofy body language to tell a story, especially loved the animation of the crafting dude who just pointed to two bubbles and then at you for whether you wanted to continue crafting or not).
3. Near Future. While a bit on the longer side, the battle music and the rather dark story definitly sold me on this chapter being good, as well as the characters in the setting being enjoyable to watch telling their lives of orphans/delinquents in a sci-fi setting. Also hearing the priest screaming Odeo is something I more or less can't get out of my mind. It also helps that the enemies was visible on the map, making random encounters much less frustrating to handle and avoid.
2. The Middle Ages. Orsted Really gets handed the L on this chapter, and while the area suffers from the same issues that the final chapter does, it isn't as long at least, and Difficult fight is definitly a favourite in terms of battle music, outside of Dancing with Matangos. A shame that some of the motivations of some characters was apparently cut from the remake, albeit my skepticism of said character's actions and voice direction led to me mostly guessing what was at work once the ending was ready to play.
1. Final Chapter. I think this one is pretty self explanatory, considering the vast amount of content it brings. My only sleight towards this chapter is that the game REALLY needed a way to deal with frequent random encounters, because moving around the map (especially once you have gotten up to a solid level 14-15 on average, with your main character easily hitting 18-20) is super frustrating, when you are taking 2- 8 encounters just walking from one screen to the next (especially those larger ones). The only reason I even ran into one specific super boss is because I had to run from so many encounters due to being overleveled (as well as randomly hitting Akira's Trial early on since I didn't know Teleport auto replaced the flee command, and that it wouldn't be gone until he left the party, not to mention enemies was kinda scary to deal with only having two party members), that by the time the prompts came up I had done almost everything in the game and explored a solid chunk of the map. It's the Reason Bravely Default/Second is one of my favourite games due to having such manipulation in, which makes exploration much less frustrating to deal with once you reach a certain threshold of levels on your team (and to choose when to grind your characters).
@@rpglover5955 more or less my thoughts as well
Ah ha! As always, this video is fantastic of yours, QG! Also... yeah, I'm Dragonite MGSX, though I'm not playing the RUclips game as of late... I'm happy just chilling in my own time on Discord nowadays... Eh he... But yeah! Thoughts time!
Number 9: Ah! that's fair enough... Me? I did kinda enjoy it, and I wasn't exactly aiming for a Pacifist... just somewhat Neutral with an added flavour of taking down anyone either foolish enough to bar my way (or ones I accidentally crash into because of FUCKING Joycon Drift at the time! ARGH!), and I did choose to go against all the main Bosses... I wasn't confident to fight the massive Koi, though... XD Also, yeah... Oborumaru ended up being my main character pick for the Final Stage... and you kinda missed a joke opportunity because Oborumaru is played by the same bloke who plays Seiji Shishikura from My Hero Academia! XD But yeah, epic Ninja.. and I love Ninjas! "NOW COME THE FIREFLIES!!"
Apologies... I kinda got that stuck in my head... As well as the other Oborumaru quotes...
Number 8: I actually like this Chapter... especially since I'm a HUGE Anime fan myself... though, yeah... I do kinda agree that Dr Tobei's little inspiration aspect can be like a shot in the dark, but honestly, I found him enjoyable and hilarious... and Akira was pretty cool, too! And if you're wondering... I nicknamed him Tetsuo as a nod to one of the characters from the film AKIRA. Oh, and crushing battleships with the Steel Titan was ALSO a blast! Eh he... Oh, and I did read one of the comments here saying that maybe that part did cut off because this part took place in the past and he woke up before we got him to finish his monologue story... Personally, I definitely think that he survived after the final battle, which... is definitely good.
Number 7: Hold on, I remember that voice somewhat from one of ProjectSNT's videos! And that one Edgar Allen Poe story... I don't remember the name very well, but I do know that it had "Cask" in the name... Lemme know in the comment section down below! Anyways... Yeah, that was a mighty fine crazy Chapter! And I do agree; the dialogue in this Chapter is almost hilariously BALLS-Y... much to the point where I laughed my ass off... Also, that end clip with that moment right there got me going! Fun fact... I actually struggled with getting the traps all sorted and had to fight a few of his minions... Managed to win the second time, but MAN... It was a NIGHTMARE!
Number 6: Oooh, noice! That's undoubtedly one of my favourite Chapters of this game because of the choice... and I personally do enjoy Martial Arts films, mainly Kung Fu Panda! And yes, my choice was Lei Kugo... though, why does her voice remind me of Princess Myne AKA BITCH from Rising of The Shield Hero?! Yeah... I DESPISE that traitorous succubus! Not her Voice Actress, though... I'm aware that Voice Actors are a LOT different compared to their characters! XD MOSTLY!
Also... Yup! I can still forever remember "Bested by this weakling...?!" as I just CRUSHED Odi Wan Lee! This is for killing the others, you monster!
Number 5: Ah, yes! That jazzy battle music I do dig myself personally! And yes, this was a nice, short but sweet Chapter... especially since I chose to play them in historical order! I've chosen to play this Chapter after I completed Twilight of Edo Japan, and it was a nice little break from sneaking away from foes... And oh yeah, there's a fun little secret on The Great Aja which I've seen and replicated... This can be done if you're at a specific spot and Aja uses Bite. You'll know that you've done right when you hear Aja spit during the attack... And then hilarity (and PAIN) ensues with Wantanabe's Dad yelling out and calling him a cheater, and then things go CHAOTIC! Best to watch for yourself! And yeah... This Chapter reminds me a lot of Rocky, so I have named him Markus Baoboa! I thought that it fits well! Also... Odie O'Bright...
He is an ABSOLUTE MADMAN!! And yeah, I was pretty much as furious as Masaru when he gleefully admitted his crime of murdering the other Fighters! God, I don't want to imagine something like THAT in, say... FREAKING POKEMON!!! HELL NO!!!!
Number 4: Ah ha! Okay, that got me with the Opening to this segment! And of course, that was a pretty nice and fun story... especially since it was pretty darn HILARIOUS!
Number 3: Oooh... Gotta say, this Chapter is almost shivery for me personally... It's creepy and effectively terrifying, to the point where I was playing a Video Game version of a Sci-Fi Horror story... And it also reminds me a bit of Corpse Party... Heck, I think this Chapter actually placed some groundwork for our more story-oriented non-combat RPGS...
Also, try playing this Chapter in the dark with headphones. You're welcome. :)
Oh, and THAT'S A BIT SUSSY!!!
Number 2: Oh... my... God. I gotta say, I knew partially what this Chapter is going to be like before I got it on my own little Switch... But MAN, what INSANITY I witnessed as I've played through this Chapter... First witnessing the sudden betrayal, then Streighbough's cruel plan which made me want to murder him, then Alicia's suicide and finally that unsettling speech of rage with Oersted... or as I called him in my game, Naofumi... because I thought that it'd fit.
Also, how fitting to quote the Joker during this segment... In Oersted's case... indeed, all it takes is one single bad day to ruin everything. And I especially love this build up to the Chapter, also... In some pretty clever, puzzle like hints, too...
And yeah, the music is EPIC! Especially Heroic Struggle and the rocking GUITAR! And I do agree, especially since I'm a fan of Shakespeare myself! I've even studied some Shakespeare during my time in one of my schools and the Inclusion Project!
Number 1: Ah, yes... This Chapter.
Eerie and lifeless, and... ya know, this Chapter reminds me a lot of the Planet's Paralysis from Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Sky... And yeah. Armageddon is TERRIFYING!
Oh, and my team was Oborumaru as my leader, Lei Kugo, Akira and Sundown, which was pretty much an awesome little team up! And I have to say, I also enjoyed some of their Trials and I personally enjoyed the Final Battle... I still recall the intensity I felt throughout the whole Chapter!
Also, yeah... Oborumaru's speech to Oersted strangely resonated with me, given that it almost reminds me of what I believed... in mercy, not violence... And yup... You could say that speech cermented Stephen Fu as one of my favourite Anime Voice Actors! Ah ha!
One more thing before I go; I love this music... and the battle where the other Heroed all work together to take down Odio and also freeing Oersted from the darkness within.
And... Mmm-hmm... Best to keep in mind that warning... Evil can be a choice, not just something you're born with. Be careful of slipping down those slopes... Aight-o, Mystia out! Thanks for reading!
Did you hear that the megaman battle network collection in coming out soon i would love to see you make a series ranking video of all the game
Next Time: IT'S MAHVEL BABY!
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Thought; Live A Live should get a sequel! Hear me out: ten chapters, all new characters and new time periods.
Roman Empire - Gladiator: This would be kinda like the equivalent to Modern Day, with the difference being that there would be a bit of a management simulation aspect, and a bit of the option to go pacifist or genocide in either showing mercy or executing your defeated opponents.
Aztec - The Arrival of The Crusaders. You'd play as a young member of an Aztec tribe during the arrival of the conquistadors, whom you absolutely don't trust.
Pirate - A Pirate's dangerous quest to find a long rumored treasure. More open world.
Noir - A hard boiled detective investigating a murder and uncovering an enormous conspiracy in the 1930's. Much less combat focused, much more focused on interrogations.
Spy - A Cold War era spy on an undercover mission. Would play like the Obomaru part, but good.
Superhero - The present day section. Be playing as a superhero who joins a league of super humans.
Cyberpunk - Happening concurrently with far future in Live A Live 1, only back on earth, with this section being much more Phillip K Dick influenced, particularly Blade Runner, perhaps with a mission to kill certain targets.
Post Apocalyptic - The Last Days of Man - Very Mad Max influenced. In a world of warring tribes, one person seeks out an ancient power that could prevent the inevitable fall of humankind. This would be the first hidden chapter.
Final Chapter - This would essentially be the same thing as the Dominion Of Hate in terms of it being the uniting of all the heroes of their times to take down the evil that was introduced in the Post Apocalyptic chapter. Not Odio, and not the Dominion of Hate, something new, with a new theme, but I'm not being paid to write for SquareEnix, so I'll leave it to comments underneath.
You may notice that I have only listed nine. That's because I want to hear some of YOUR ideas in the comments underneath this, and some of what you do and don't like in this, and how you'd handle the scenarios if you wrote them.
2:50 and The Main Character(Oboro)'s Seiyuu is Underrated Shit......
5:12 Whoisthisgit: Oh Hi QG
Present Day C
Oersted's Final B
Twilight of Edo Japan A
Prehistory A
Wild West A
Near Future S
Distant Future S
Medieval S+
Imperial China S+
That's my ranking! Still haven't finished the final chapter lol 😂
Ancient China is my favorite by a lot, great game.
I would love u see a disgaea series video bet you would have fun with that series
I don't think figuring out the Pacifist route in the Twilight Edo Japan isn't TOO tough to figure out. I think a lot of players on their first run attempt Pacifist runs, so they are bogged down by what to do instead of just going for the goal. There's an instance of bad design in that route, (aside from the free exp which ruins most of the incentives to kill aside from getting Genocide) though, so it isn't perfect.
Genocide route, though... yeah, I agree wholeheartedly.
I accidentally "softlocked" myself by grabbing the Mammet while only having 3 Koban... the only way out from there (if you don't have a fourth Koban) is to fall and break it, therefore ruining the pacifist run.
Maybe if they put objective flags in those locations as well, it would be less likely to softlock? I still get lost sometimes, and I've beaten it a good few times over...
Oersted was right.
Anyone can be the Demon King.
No matter who you are; even if you have the good will of a saint, just know that with enough hate, misery and self indulgence can turn all of that around
Ah, it's about time
Would you make top 10 most evil video game characters
You have to do a video on Octopath now soon
Personally, I would love to see Final Fantasy 6 remade in this artstyle
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You sound like a Banjo Kazooie character here haha
5:16 “proof that Dracula was completely justified.”
…I don’t understand what he means by that.
In Castlevania, mainly the Netflix one I'd have to brush up on game lore to know just how much of that actually matches, Dracula's rampage starts when, in his mind, humans prove themselves utter pieces of shit by killing his wife for witchcraft when she was just using science for medicine then HELD A CELEBRATION ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THAT because they thought his rage filled "you will all die in a year" threat was a farce.
@@Triforce_of_Doombut how does QG connects that to the story and themes presented in the near future chapter?
Dracula believes all of humanity is scum that deserves to be purged from their miserable existence.
Basically, the people who hate the Near Future chapter believe (possibly jokingly) that it was so bad it proves humanity deserves to go _extinct._
Nice DnD tutorial VHS reference.
Um...I...never saw that video.
@@TheQuarterGuy It was pretty cool. Basically, the schpeal you gave preceding the last two chapters was similar to the guy presenting the game to the audience and the teen actors involved. Although, the key difference was that his speech was designed solely for the people who just wanted to be a player character to stop watching the tape and for the DM to continue watching so that they get important tips and advice on how to be a scrupulous DM. Of course, I only saw the tape once and I could be misremembering, but minus the lack of face on a black background, the presentation was nostalgically dead on.
34:30 it's marble baby and
I always rename Sundown to Dawnrise, knowing his backstory
34:25 You gotta be kidding me. Why of all games you choose this for Christmas?
It's a Patreon request!
Ah ok @@TheQuarterGuy. Interesting. Even though there hasn't been anything new or regarding if the series could ever return but that's besides the point.
I'm enjoying Tactics Ogre Reborn myself, and looking forward to yet another HD-Remake of one of their classics, Front Mission 2. (I simply don't have memories for the first) And maybe the third in the future.
So, yeah, I'm probably one of those who can just simply ignore the existence of NFT. If it doesn't interest me, IDGAF, seriously.
Oh, and one thing you missed out and the best in Dominion of Hate. You think you're done with just finishing with one hero? Replay that again with a different hero and why Oersted fails. Each hero has their own message against Oersted, all unique and representing how they overcome their flaws. Even each Earthen Heart successors have their OWN lines (So... yeah, good luck re-picking your students...) Finding out each messages without a guide will be a blast for those non-guide seekers. I guarantee.
I know you record your own gameplay. So I know you finish up with Masaru. Now do it again with Pogo. His remake 'final message' change is the most significant change.
I'm sure you knew already, but I want to mention something about Masaru Takahara's japanese VA, which is Tomokazu Seki. Why is this important, you might ask? Easy: I recently got into Gundam, mainly through Wing and G Gundam. And Tomokazu Seki ALSO voiced somebody involved in a tournament... Except with Gundams involved, Hot-bloodedness and martial arts with said Gundams. His name? It's obvious... DOMON KASSHU.
LIVE A EVIL
More worst than hate... the dominion of dumb.
Personally, I really liked Akira's story, especially in learning the truth about Matsu, and how Akira was able to forgive his father's killer. Plus, Akira's psychic powers are awesome, and Judgment Day, while taking a bit to charge, can be really nasty with the amount status ailments and debuffs it can potentially cause.
Oh yeah, QG, will you possibly do a tribute to the passing of Jason David Frank?