Moving forward in our loop, this time we manage to find Saki and do a bit of exploring with her to try to refresh Haruto's memories. However, the outcome to this goes in a different direction than Haruto expected... ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxgGFxwxB14
In the last video, I looted this place, which saves us some time now. The villagers try to take refuge in the shrine only for the defenses to be sabotaged, leaving it overrun. We need to travel the entire thing and talk to people to try to figure out what happened. After speaking to the last person, a prompt will appear where you have to figure out there is a traitor (the mini-boss is an indicator of this...) and then you can go all the way in.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHaQzY3l4vE
This video encompasses pretty much everything past the beginning of the Hanako case, which is why it has the duration it does. We locate all of the souls and perform the exorcism correctly, so I will be continuing from this file moving forward.
Otherwise, we get the details about what happened between Naomi and Hanako and have to put the pieces together to bring her to rest. Truth be told, now that I know where to find the souls, I can complete this chapter quite a bit more quickly than you see here.
I also have to note that the clicking is pretty bad here and I will be using a different headset moving forward. To see what I am referring to, check the failure video where I am using it. It is on loan, so I will be changing over to a new one after the following chapter.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmTP_t5EBkQ
Get the Jupiter Bell. If there is one thing to take away from this video, it is that you are going to need that Jupiter Bell. If you are reading this before doing this part yourself, bring petrify protection to make it easier to acquire. There are 3 fights coming up in the next few videos that give rewards for winning or winning within a time frame, and you can turn Elie into a monster mage if she has Jupiter Bell.
Otherwise, we track Randy over in Mainz and have to go through another section of the mine from the first chapter. This will take us past an extremely important monster chest, so you will want to grab Jupiter Bell as you make your way through. Upon exiting the mine, we run into Shirley with some of her goons. If you can win the fight quickly enough, you get bonus DP. You will need to scan some enemies as you do this, as Shirley herself is missable here. Then once everything is said and done, Randy rejoins the group, but everything is not as it seems as we are going to lose a different member now...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwFJQSV_Kwc
Neat fact: this is the 100th video of the series. I wasn't really planning on doing anything special, but at the end of the video we do come across something important. The good news is that you will get to see it in action in the next video.
As for this one, Blastoise has been nerfed and Pikachu buffed, so we give both a spin. For Blastoise, I don't find it to be that punishing while the numbers seem to really make a difference for Pikachu.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57dHbVyD0yA
Chekhov's gun finally fires, with the Red Constellation attacking Crossbell as most people expected them to do after their intro. The parts of Crossbell we can access are limited, and we have to go against another nasty boss fight after the one we just went through. To make things worse, you are forced to use Randy for this one, and he has fallen behind in levels after sitting out a dungeon.
For the fight against Sigmund, you have an actual time limit instead of a turn limit. You can skip move and spell animations to save more if you need it. Change Tio's S-Craft to her defensive one to block his S-Craft, but be aware you will only be able to get away with it once. Hopefully you've beaten one of the monster chests with the higher level enemies up to this, as we will need one of the Bells in order to eliminate the turn penalty for using some of the stronger magic. In the previous video, I got the Wind Bell, which synergizes naturally with Elie, allowing her to do the heavy lifting here. Sadly, this is also one of the last times in the game Noel is helpful as you can use her strength debuff to weaken Sigmund or remove his strength buff to make survival a little easier.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUfT9NvKlkg
This is the 2nd of the bad endings, which is when you actually decide to snuff the snoop rather than cut her down with logic. I think we can all agree: she had it coming.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26QgU2X0u4I
The Kelpie has put a hit out on the Girimekhala that we need to collect on. Having played previous games, I knew that physical attacks were not going to work on him, and steered clear of that. Like the Hecatoncheires, he is weak to wind, so you can use the very same spells from the previous quest and bring the elephant down to size. He was much scarier in Nocturne than here, and as a result, I make even shorter work of him.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGeJkv9Wu7A
As much of the gang as could be put together is here, and Haruto uses the opportunity to re-unite with Riku. With some knowledge of things to come, surely things will play out differently this time, won't they?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08cke4SaEEU
Sometimes hunts just get derailed...
Anyway, I need Zinogre parts to make pieces of his set for my final Pierce set. Namely, you want to get Weakness Exploit from these, especially since this was recorded before the decorations came out (yes, this is 1 month old). Now that the decorations are out, you can be a lot more flexible, but even now I am still using the chest piece when I Pierce.
If you need the parts, stick to it, otherwise just move onto the next monster to wrap up your end game set.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeaDVAEjOsg