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[DQ11] Been playing this marathon-like and just [Act 2 spoilers]
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god, Sylvando's smile parade is the most wholesome thing
Neo Quinn
Sylvando is unexpectedly extremely good
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yeah, I love Sylvando
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though jesus the Catusoltol is my first game over
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did not expect that thing to hit so damn hard
Neo Quinn
Sylvando and Veronica both so easily could have been insufferable
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but they're both amazing
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yeah, they both really could've been in the wrong hands
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like Sylvando could've been a very obnoxious stereotype, but he's just so genuine
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and Veronica is just a fucking landmine of bad choices waiting to happen but instead she's just "short people are dangerous because they're closer to hell"
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yeeep
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and she's never actively super dickish towards people unless they either seem to be idiots or they pissed her off, so she escaped the other writing pratfall
Triad Orion
What I've seen of the game from what my girlfriend has showed me? Sylvando is actually charming??
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yep.. and Sylvando is absolutely charming af
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you can see why everyone adores him as a performer
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the campiness he has feels like a natural part of his character instead of an affection used for cheap jokes as you tend to see
Triad Orion
Sylvando entirely owns who he is and is just incredibly confident in everything he does, and yeah, he's not used for cheap, easy jokes
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I got some guesses what his deal is, as DQ loves their cliches, but they tend to do those cliches quite well
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And I loved Veronica for the same reasons y'all mentioned: she doesn't really hammer home the snark unless you've earned it
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and she's generally justified about the times she's peeved
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And I appreciate that they used that to sometimes subvert obvious cliches of game design too
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and the other ugh pratfall Quinn mentions has been 100% averted
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yep
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and I also appreciate even with a lot of reoccurring elements, it's not
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a horny series
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(the fanbase on the other hand eeeesh)
Triad Orion
Fanbases will make just about anything horny
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And yeah, any horniess DQ has is usually pretty tongue-in-cheek
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yeah, I found out about DB's "Puff puff" thing, and just 'oh I think I see where DQ got it and been constantly poking fun at it"
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I appreciate Rab's literature is like a very brief gag and not
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all his character, as Horny Old Men Who Get Away With It is perhaps my absolute least favorite anime/game joke
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and just 'yeah, Rab occasionally reads a dirty magazine, but he's not being weird or creepy about it'
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ikr? I snickered at that
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(funny thing is playboy had top-notch journalists, so yeah you could genuinely claim you read it for the articles)
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(so little double joke there)
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good lord that outfit
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ended Sylvando's and just started jade's
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boogy-woogy-woobags gag
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Healijah is adorable
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what are you Healijah?
ADELEDJI’D
god i need to get back to this game, it rules
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okay, also had two liquid metal slimes run form Erik, fuckers
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yeah, I have Erik get boomerangs, so he manages to get some damage on them but they didn't stay
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well
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he's huge
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'help I'm a fish'
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also a bit hard to take the gloominess of the scene when the hero's a doofy-looking fish
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also, two falcon swords, and dual wielding skill here
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two falcon swords I just made into +3 versions
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given I got a pretty high crit rate going on now
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I think the extra chance to crit is worth it
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got the crit up node on,
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so I'm critting about every 2-3 hits
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!!! Sandy!
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yep
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cackles
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"Lord Robert's achievements live in history"
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of being the worst disciple
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yepp
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and Hendrik never did meet Sylvando before, I just realized
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Cackles
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oh my, Protag-kun's actually dancing
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and the clown suits
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I'm dying
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yeah
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god, Hendrik is just
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so unsure about all this but is trying since it makes the luminary happy
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he... just literally gave the boss shit