Ramblings and memes.
Goddamn, I take that back. No new games my ass. I just found one gem.
Yeah, the game in question is Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume. It's good. It's real good. I've only had it for a few hours, but the storyline is a masterpiece. It evoked emotion inside me in just a few minutes. Can you believe that? Well, you'd better, because you're playing as the bad guy.
The protagonist, Wylfred, is somewhat like Light Yagami. He's a tragic figure, having lost his father to the Goddess of Death, Valkyrie, leading his sister to die of malnutrition and his mother to go insane from the grief. So what does he do after that? He leaves alone to join the mercenaries to get some cash and also to get stronger to exact his revenge on the Valkyrie, blaming her for all the misfortune in life. His best friend tags along, and five minutes later, you die.
Yes, you're killed protecting your best friend from a monster you supposedly killed almost moments ago. Your best friend is powerful, certainly much stronger than you are, but all he does is watch in horror as you stand in front of him and take the killing blow for him. What happens next? You enter hell, and make a pact with the devil to come back to the world of the living. For revenge, he'll do anything. Living and survival is the first priority for this revenge driven guy.
So what does he do next? Well, the devil sent a cute maid to be beside him, but the maid can only be seen and heard by Wylfred himself. Reminds you of Ryuk, doesn't it? After that, the devil urges him to keep his covenant with him. He has to do something if he wants to get stronger and not be killed by the devil's beast. Yes, satisfy the plume given to him by the Valkyrie, turned into a dark, satanic artifact by the devil himself. So what do you have to do? Chant a few words and kill your best friend for good.
The dying scene is heartbreaking, as you watch your friend grow invulnerable and slaughter the demons after both of you. He collapses after that, and he refuses to die. He wants to continue living, to meet his girlfriend once again. The worst thing is that he wants you to tell his girlfriend to live happily without him, and understandably, Wylfred is more than a little shocked. He goes bonkers and tells the merc captain that he wasn't the killer.
...It makes you feel like smacking him. He's a tragic hero, different from all those usual protagonists. The worst thing is that if you don't fulfill the sin criteria, which is done by either killing off your friends or scoring critical hits in battle, you're dead. You're gonna be eaten by a beast like Cerberus, because the devil ain't happy.
So what do you do? You run away from the merc gang and meet up with a lady. She's really pretty, but it turns out that she was being tracked down by assassins. Our lovely protagonist has no choice but to defend himself, but the first thought in his mind was whether he could kill her, since they are technically allies. Yes, I'm playing as a cold-hearted murderer. Thankfully, the maid tells him that he needs to form an unbreakable bond with her first, before he can use her life to satisfy the plume.
The lady was actually an assassin of the kingdom, and the scenes she had with her workaholic father who was doing everything he can to protect her were heartbreaking, even for Wylfred. He swears to avenge his father, turning away from them. The fact that I can choose to betray and kill them anytime is... disturbing. The lady treats Wylfred as a friend, and all he does is think to himself whether a friendship with her is "useful" or not. As a civil war breaks out, you are given the choice to join the rebels or help the struggling kingdom against the rebellion.
After you choose to fight the rebellion, you fight against the rebels. After defeating them, you see two mercenaries, merely children, who kill for fun. They tell you that killing is fun, and that people who don't admit that are hypocrites. They are sociopaths, but Wylfred teams up with them. Heh, I wouldn't mind killing those people though. They would probably cause more harm to others, and what they say about killing and hypocrisy really make me sick.
That's all in the first chapter. The soundtrack is haunting, and the gameplay is a mix between strategy and Role playing, with a twist. I... just found my ideal game. Square-Enix, you might actually be a good developer for once.
This is the opening theme to the game, and... oh my god.
Click to viewI think I just found a game worthy of my time. Wylfred might be a son of a bitch, but he's awfully sympathetic. He's willing to do anything, simply for revenge. It's sad, really. Will we all become like him, provided the situation is right? He's definitely one of my most favorite protagonists judging from thus far, simply because he's so interesting.
Memes. First one, from atrypical
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moeruzepikachu gave me a meme~
Give me a boy/girl from a fandom and I will give you my:
☀ OTP for them.
☀ Runner-up pairing.
☀ Honorable mention(s).
☀ Crack pairing(s).
☀ Ship everyone else seems to like, but I don't.
Another one from moeruzepikachu
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