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Old 17-02-2019, 04:49 PM #1
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How many playthroughs did you do?

Not done that yet, TS
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It's a pain in the arse to unlock the superboss (and thus the end of his story) because the mission is only available after you get and fully upgrade every weapon in the game... And there's one that's a ****ing RNG nightmare. Ironically enough, it's one that can only be bought from Emil, and only in a certain place on the map, AND he only has it sometimes (seemingly random), so you basically just have to keep reloading your save and retrying if he doesn't have it . You also have to farm a lot of materials for the upgrades but I actually found that quite fun.
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I did all 3 of them so that’s all of them afaik?

I think the one that ****ed with my head most/i REALLY struggled to understand was the A2 one
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I think the one that ****ed with my head most/i REALLY struggled to understand was the A2 one
It's about existentialism, it's about embracing yet challenging nihilism at the same time, it's about the balance between individualism and collectivism and how the two can coexist similtaneously, and ending E is (in large part) about hope, finding hope and optimism in the desolate, and the synergy and companionship that can be found in something like gaming even when the game itself is a solitary experience.

I could honestly write a dissertation on it I think. I truly think it's something special, not just for gaming, but in any artistic or philosophical medium.
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It's about existentialism, it's about embracing yet challenging nihilism at the same time, it's about the balance between individualism and collectivism and how the two can coexist similtaneously, and ending E is (in large part) about hope, finding hope and optimism in the desolate, and the synergy and companionship that can be found in something like gaming even when the game itself is a solitary experience.

I could honestly write a dissertation on it I think. I truly think it's something special, not just for gaming, but in any artistic or philosophical medium.
I like to think the reason why you had to have multiple playthroughs was the idea that, no, actually, this outcome isn't acceptable, and you keep playing til you get it right, kind of like how an AI would run out scenarios until it found the perfect one.
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I like to think the reason why you had to have multiple playthroughs was the idea that, no, actually, this outcome isn't acceptable, and you keep playing til you get it right, kind of like how an AI would run out scenarios until it found the perfect one.
Well it's sort of a parallel of what's been happening to 9S and 2B, they've been constantly repeating the same scenario for countless generations, but during the course of the game things change that means the cycle is eventually broken.
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