Oh good, I don't have to double-post, lol.
Last time, we made Batman kill thousands of people, and then we got shot down as a result.
Now we're going to enter a mysterious castle.
Giott, the Great King
Why are you so inconsistent with your spelling, game?
And you guys, this is one of the best BGMs in the game. Dont you forget it. Everyones so happy in Dwarf World, and you should be too. Thats why the accompanying music needs to be super-chill.
Theyre so happy and enthusiastic that they want us to meet their king. They dont want to take us as prisoners or anything! I want to be ruled by Giott because he seems like such a swell guy.
Yeah, were all sparkly and Twilight and shit. Oh, and we just stand there when bad stuff goes down. Thats just how Batman rolls.
They even have an awesome password. :3
People who say its rally-ho are
wrong. I dont care what you say. Youre
wrong.
And we dont have the authorization to pass certain areas. I guess we need to find the dwarf named Adam and ask for his authorization to go places. Well talk to Giott first, then to Adam.
Luca doesnt play much of a role in this game but she just happens to get her own sprite and everything. Shes more special than the kings.
Why do all of the dwarves have the black mage face with the darkness and the glowy eyes?
We only have access to this small place for now. We can get items and sleep at the inn here. But the inns way too expensive and we didnt do much fighting before we got here so its useless. They sell a ton of awesome stuff here, though, so we should buy some stuff.
Haddocks been drinking due to the dwarves encouragement, and then he decided to have some of those
strange items! Then he decided to take off all of his clothes! What a
party animal!
We cant convince him to put his clothes back on to meet the king, but the king doesnt seem to mind.
You know what, GAF? The dwarves are awwwwwwrrrrrriiiiiiight.
No apologizing for busting down our ship, but theyre even concerned for our well-being even though we just probably crashed into some of their castles crops or something. No wonder Haddock got so much beer that he got drunk.
I dont like where this is going.
Wait a darn minute!
Youre telling me that somehow when we opened up the mountain range, Golbez and the Red Wings swooped in really really fast, managed to start a battle with the dwarves, then stole two crystals beneath our noses before we even got to Giotts Castle?
Alternatively, Golbez could have just opened up the mountain range himself, closed it behind him and ended up stealing stuff anyway?
Guys, I get the feeling that Im on the wrong team.
At least
someone is getting something done around here.
I dont think he realizes that its busted. But Id love to fight on
his team! Hes the best king in the game. I bet hed even willingly let us sleep in his bed if we were given the chance.
He even wants to pay for our airship repairs! :3 Hes just treating us like were his buds or something. I bet hes like that towards everyone.
As for Haddock, mystic silver must be code for
duct tape. He leaves. We no longer have the power of Earthquakes on our side. Im sad now.
MORE ALE! Lets just take the crystal out and put it under the throne cushion for better safekeeping.
Karate can be cool, but sometimes Karate can lead us to only one place and its only gonna be bad.
waitaminute I have Karate Senses too, theres something there what is that
Dolls? Oh shit, its the kid. Shes behind all of this.
Dancing Calcobrena
This isnt creepy at all. These things dont have knives or pistols.
Im definitely on the wrong team. Golbez broke into the underground scene before we did, stole two crystals, decided to steal a little girls dolls, give them life, turn them evil, and make them begin fighting us.
We begin the fight against six dolls even though there were four dolls on the screen previously. We probably got ambushed from above too. Three of the dolls are male (Cal) and three of the dolls are female (Brena). Its best to cast Slow on them first, and Berserk Donnie. You could use Kick 2-3 times to get rid of all of the Brenas and have the other two guys focus on the Cals, but whatever.
Ive gone through this boss battle before where Ive taken all of the dolls out before they merged, but for entertainments sake
Persona 3 Portable Danger Zone
Even if you just have one left standing, youll have them all merge into Calbrena. Since you dont have the items which cast spells in this version of the game, all you can do is hit it hard (and this is why Berserk is a good thing). It can cast Charm on some party members. Whenever someones confused, even if you heal them, theyll still use the last thing they have selected while they were Charmed.
Anyway, there were a few times when I was younger where I didnt kill the Calbrena fast enough so it ended up splitting up into six dolls again. So, basically, the trick to this fight is get it done fast.
Thats because Golbez knows
everything. Speaking of Golbez
Golbez, Clad in Darkness
The Master of Blue himself!
No, Golbez. Youre committing a foul sin that almost every single supervillain commits.
You dont tell your enemies your master plan.
And this master plan is bullshit. Going to the
Moon? Why is everyone in this entire game fixated on the Moon? At the beginning of Final Fantasy IV, no one gave a shit about the Moon! I blame this entirely on Batmans Dream.
Well, at least hes going to kill us. Thats a good thing.
This is the final battle!
Well, why isnt Tommy on that screen? Sometimes hell get the first turn in battle if his agilitys high enough, so take that split second to select Jump and hell execute that command before Golbez does anything.
That way, when Golbez uses the Hold Gas, Tommy isnt affected. Which means that this is going to be a Green Ranger Vs. Lord Zedd battle. Get ready
!
Wait till you see the real terror!
Oh shit.
Sonic the Hedgehog 2006 All Hail Shadow (Crush 40 Mix)
Oh crap, Golbez has discovered something that I dont like at all. This means death.
Shadow the Hedgehog, as you may guess, is pretty fast. He takes his stats from Sonic Battle, you see. That means hes one of the fastest characters and hes the strongest. He uses Shadow Run, Shadow Jump (meaning that he does the same thing that Tommy does), Shadow Teleport (where he hides for a while like Bolton), Shadow Heal (which does some shitty healing), Shadow Kick / Shadow Back Kick (where he channels Donnie and kicks everyone), Chaos Nightmare (which deals 500 damage to each person), Chaos Burst (can possibly Swoon someone), and he has a random gun attack.
Just kidding, he summons a dragon. The dragon uses this move called
Demolish. Not Death or anything, but Demolish.
Demolish instantly Swoons a party member. Well, at least this is a nice way to end Batmans Dying Dream?
Wait, I thought I killed you. Oh God, were getting help from
ghosts.
That mist blew my Shadow Dragon away
?!
Batmans decided to deus ex machina this shit. To prolong this game
and my suffering.
But who is that?
holy shit i thought leviatan chewed you up days ago what the hell are you doing here and why do you have different clothes
Batman, I deserve an explanation.
Well, this
is the final battle, so
Persona 4 Ill Face Myself (Battle)
Now were getting deep into it. From this point on, you need to win. Golbez is slow. Cast Slow on him and hell be even slower. Revive everyone just so that you can let everyone get precious XP. Beer can keep healing (and in other versions, Id have her cast Shell, but alas, we dont have that spell in this version). Keep in mind that when you revive people, theyll be in critical, and Batman cant use Cover on people who are going to be hit with a spell. Golbez will hit people with Lit-3, Fire-2, and Virus.
The trick to this fight is to abuse Clairs new spells. You all know my favourite one: Virus. You can also use her newly-acquired summons. Shes a much better black mage than Abe ever was because her stats back her spells up. It usually takes about 2-3 casts of her spells to get Golbez down.
By the way, I think this was the first time a character ever joined your party mid-battle. Beforehand, we used to have things where people would introduce themselves one-by-one in a long introductory scene.
I was rooting for Golbez, btw. Well, lets sit back and enjoy the ending to this game.
Rydia
What, no. You cant live in a creatures stomach that long. Youd die. Stomach acid. Enzymes. Digestion. Absorption. No one sees a problem with this, I guess?
So he swallowed her and she was defecated out into the Land of Summons. Gross.
And Batman, this is where the King of Baron was telling you to go. Time to get some info out of Clair.
I believe that Clairs character data in this game is the same. Where DKnight Batman and Paladin Batman are two separate characters in terms of data, Clairs data is the same. Her command list is altered. She also learns Cure2, apparently, but since her White Magic command is no longer there, we cant use it.
Its never really explained why she cant use White Magic in terms of lore anymore outside of I put all of my focus in my Black Magic, but she cant just forget all of her White Magic spells, right? It doesnt really make sense. I guess they wanted to specify her character so that she wouldnt take up Beers space on the roster. But I think Beer sucks anyway.
Okay, I dont like this. I never really liked it, to be honest with you. Real talk here, but Rydia was probably stuck in the Land of Summons for days or weeks (not sure about the chronology), and shes aged, like, 10-12 years in that span of time because
time flows differently there. I think this was just Squares way of adding another woman to the roster in terms of what they wear and selling the character based on appearance.
But I like Child Rydia a lot better. The design is better, anyway. There have been times where you could say that the children in the party are much stronger than the adults (ex: the twins, Rydia when shes with Tellah), and the game shows that theyre just as much capable of saving the world as the teenagers and adults are. Rydia is different from a lot of RPG children in that she isnt annoying to a lot of people and generally gets shit done. The only problem with her is that she barely spoke a word, but maybe some people would like that? I dont know.
Basically, I just kinda wish that they didnt SORAS (Soap Opera Rapidly Aging Syndrome) her for the sake of appearances, dressing her in certain clothing, and possibly hooking her up with someone.
I love how Tommys been relegated to being the fifth wheel because clearly no one fucking wants him to be there. I want him to be there because I like him more than Batman, but this is Batmans story.
I also love that Batmans still guilt-tripping over Clairs mother. She doesnt care anymore, dude. Or she might still hate him but shes just putting it in the back of her mind until the journeys over
and then she could kill Batman with a Meteo or Titan.
Yay. Its just too bad that the games over now. Like, we just had the final battle. And like a jackass, Batman turns around and tries to leave while
Golbezs bodys still there. What if someone like one of his lackeys tries to pick him up?
Batmans just prolonging this game for me. Hes prolonging this game to make me suffer.
Somewhere in the World
Oh no, Golbez is now an icky severed hand. Hey Batman, take our sword and squash him, that would be great. Hes just a hand, you see.
No, you idiot, dont back away. What the hell kind of Paladin are you?
Hit it, dammit.
Hes going after the crystal, fucking stop him you idiot.
Tell Tommy to jump or Clair to hit it with Virus. Come on, be a leader!
And whose fucking fault is that?! Why did you just stand there and watch, and not do anything? What the hell is the matter with you? If I were Giott, Id throw you in prison myself!
This isnt like Zot where he got blasted across the room, and this isnt like Fabul where he got jumped on over and over. Its like hes afraid of a severed hand where he needs to stand there and watch what it does even though Batman could take on gross zombies and slimes.
Even when Golbez dies, he wins.
Next Time: We get to meet Prototype Hojo.