Forum - View topicShangri-La Frontier (TV).
|
Goto page Previous |
| Author | Message | ||
|---|---|---|---|
|
smurky turkey
Posts: 2918 |
|
||
|
I think it refers to just enjoying the game and not worrying about keeping certain information regarding quests and unique encounters exclusive/hidden? Sunraku is now back to just having fun instead of wondering what not to say or who not to involve.
It was an interesting and well put together episode. I for one am thankful that the fight against the wyvern was skipped and made into a gag. We had like 3 or 4 episodes of back to back fighting and another boss straight after that would have been too much for me. Stats wise Sunraku kind of got an upgrade. Both his Arcanum and improved mark have demerits but given his build I think they add more than take away. That goes particularly for the Fool and its reduced cooldowns. Given the ending of the episode it seem cthulhu adventure time is approaching. |
|||
|
|||
Edjwald
 Posts: 1837 |
|
||
|
I'm glad they skipped the second boss fight too. I've mentioned this before, but Emul may well be the only cute, talking animal sidekick that I consistently find funny and likable. I don't know if it's the animation or the voice acting or the lines or if all three just blend right. In any case, I enjoyed the magical hangover scenario where Emul woke up from a blackout and kept finding out about the crazy things she did in bits and pieces that never quite added up.
|
|||
|
|||
|
Edjwald
Posts: 1837 |
|
||
|
Welp, I enjoyed that episode. I get the biggest kick out of Pencil-Gon and Katzo and Sunraku being together, but I was glad the show touched base with the rest of Clan Wolfgang.
I'm a little curious about how Pencil-Gon's designs on that castle are going to play out. We know from that endless battle trash game where she took over the kingdom that she doesn't respect normal game boundaries, and in a way, her emotional connection with an NPC in SLF shows that same tendency. And she again mentioned the name of Schwarz Wulf's clan leader as if they're friends, or at least frenemies. Anyway, I get a kick out of her scamming and scheming. And I'd always kind of wondered if Katzo's professional gaming career would wind up slipping given the amount of time Katzo spends in SLF. The idea that Katzo is at least partially using the game as professional prep answered that to some extent. I was also surprised to see that another game was going to come out using SLF's game engine. And I have no idea how to reconcile all the hints that there's some mystical otherworldly element to SLF with the clown trio who seem to be the game's primary developers, or Katzo's claim that they're starting another game next Fall. I'd love it if the trio were actually gods, squabbling and being stupid and human the way gods from mythology often are, but that seems a bit of a stretch. |
|||
|
|||
Hiroki not Takuya
 Posts: 2733 |
|
||
I'd say you are stretching several different ways. They don't say Utopia Games is making Galaxia Heroes or that Utopia made the game engine for SLF and the show makes fairly clear that SLF is made by an IRL company and the lead development team are actual people. Even if Galaxia Heroes is made by Utopia, it isn't a given that the same dev team would do both SLF and that (that big building means there are lots of people working on games)... And what "otherworldly" hints? The SLF setting and story might have some basis in those elements but there is no indication that extends IRL. Unlike Infinite Dendrogram where Mr. Franklin states the game seems too sophisticated to be made by humans and might be a test by extraterrestrials... |
|||
|
|||
|
smurky turkey
Posts: 2918 |
|
||
|
A very welcome episode since Sunraku is going on a sea faring adventure soon and it seems like Pencil-Gon and Katzo will likely not be part of that. The show is about Sunraku most of the time but it would be a shame to lose track of his buddies for months on end.
Katzo is a competitive professional gamer and in that regard Sunraku and also (though to a lesser extent) Pencil-Gon have kind of outshone him thus far. That is not to say he was useless but his feats are somewhat lacking compared to the other two. Meanwhile Pencil-Gon was lacking in direction since Setsuna's quest was finished. She still seems to be lost in what she wants to do but has not given up on the game (though it did seem like she came close). As for the devs... I hope that they are just silly humans, we already have way too many anime about VR games were there is such an element or were people get killed for real. |
|||
|
|||
 |
All times are GMT - 5 Hours |
|
|
|
Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group