Thursday, October 29, 2009

RGR011 - Welcome to Gibea... and Sidon

As I left my hometown and began to wander about the countryside, I noticed a distinct lack of random battles. I'm not complaining, at least not yet; it's nice to not be repeatedly accosted by enemies as I'm trying to figure out the path to my next objective, but I'm a little worried about the dent this will put in my vial collection. I think I've found a place where I can repeatedly get into a fight with the same set of monsters and keep winning vials, so it might be okay.

After tossing some enemies aside and crossing a broken bridge over a river of flames, I reached the town of Gibea, where I had been told King Barr ruled. But the Black Light ruined everything here as well, and although most of the people seem to have survived, they're in bad shape, and it appears King Barr has had his power sealed away, much like Barone Jark in the first game. One of the ghouls in his palace suggested I seek a man named Samuel in the next town, Sidon, to figure out how to snap King Barr out of his stupor.

Yeah, wanna fight about it?
Yeah, wanna fight about it?
But... but what?
But... but what?

I'll bet you were always that ugly.
I'll bet you were always that ugly.
Yeah, we leave for five minutes, and it's chaos!
Yeah, we leave for five minutes, and it's chaos!

A barrier? What a cop-out!
A barrier? What a cop-out!
Do you can tell me the password?
Do you can tell me the password?

Jeez, you scared me.
Jeez, you scared me.
But at least you lived long enough to tell me.
But at least you lived long enough to tell me.

What, are you blaming ME?
What, are you blaming ME?
Hey, I'm pretty good at rivers of flames.
Hey, I'm pretty good at rivers of flames.

Um, you're drooling a little.
Um, you're drooling a little.
I love it when the vitality increases.
I love it when the vitality increases.

The section of the river leading to Sidon was tricky, consisting of a vast lava pit populated by several moving pillars, which serve both as invincible bullet-spitting enemies, and also as platforms. It took a few tries to get used to their patterns, but they're well-coordinated, so once I figured them out, crossing this part of the river became a simple task. The town of Sidon was very rural, with just a few small houses and a natural wall of trees surrounding it. Inside one of the houses, I found Samuel, who told me... here it comes... that I'd need to find the Gremlin Stick in order to break the seal on King Barr's power.

It smells like manure.
It smells like manure.
Really? A desert? So creative.
Really? A desert? So creative.

Are you making this up on the spot?
Are you making this up on the spot?
I bet I'll need the Night Drop first.
I bet I'll need the Night Drop first.

And that'd be my lead.
And that'd be my lead.
It is also said that I want both of those.
It is also said that I want both of those.

It seems like the staff on this game spent too much time coloring everything in, and waited until the last minute to work on the story.

And all they had time to do was change a few names.

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