Wolf Kanno
is a Level 99 Chocobo
Memento Mori
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I can see that and I’m happy with most of the changes. Raidou runs faster both in and out of battle, you can access the Gouma-Den from any save point now, and the healing spring is much cheaper (not that it makes a difference to me since importing my save file has awarded me some very expensive vendor trash and I got to start the game with around 40k yen.

Ok so it’s pretty cool so far, the battles are more dynamic but also more chaotic as a result, so I need to pay more attention. One thing that’s a bit iffy for me right now is that, while the original game struck a great balance between explaining things and leaving stuff for you to infer, Raidou 2 really doesn’t want you to lose track of what’s going on. The prologue looks pretty much the same as in the first game but this time you get a super detailed description of what being a Kuzunoha means, who Gouto is - despite the fact that I already knew all this from the first game, and that game didn’t feel the need to bombard me with essays on those things. And now in the story proper it looks like every little bit of an exchanges is later summarized to you by Gouto - so that you don’t miss the detail that Narumi just got a pile of butter on his pants.

But I hope it’s just an early game thing and the game will soon start treating me with the respect I deserve. Lucifer shows up pretty much right away, so that’s cool stuff. He looks very handsome in his ‘20s getup and is being very cryptic and mysterious

I heard it’s interesting because alignment isn’t a world-changing thing in this game, rather you just get to decide Raidou’s personal workdview

I’ve heard conflicting things about the story. Some say it isn’t as crazy as the first one, but then some people say it’s darker with a stronger presence of mainline elements. Also, alignments! Yay!

Here’s hoping Raidou 2 is at least as good in that regard. I hear people praising the battle system a lot.

Well we’ll see how it goes. Anything for my fledgling spawn.

Btw, beat Raidou 1 yesterday. The final dungeon was kinda dumb, mostly since it made you replay pretty much every boss battle in the game (including the insanely annoying Mishaguji), and the final boss was no slouch either, but I made it. Overall, great game, very unique even by SMT standards

Of course not. This is all probably a good thing since right now I should end up making more money, whether I stay at my current job or thanks the new one. But change is always stressful

Well looks like my focus is about to be broken as well because I got a call back from a job interview and I’m gonna need to seriously consider my options. Change is coming

It’s teally not a long game. I’m at about the 25-hour mark, and I don’t feel underleveled or anything, since I never escape from battles. I’ve also done some optional stuff but I think I’m gonna move on to 2 instead of sticking around for Beelzebub.

I mean, I guess when you have limited time to put into games and you want to finish some long-overdue entries, you’re gonna go fast

Almost done with Raidou 1. I’m at the final dungeon so I should be done today. Overall it’s been really good and I haven’t grown tired of the battle system st all. It’s good to hear that the sequel has even better gameplay, but I feel people really exaggerate how bad this one is.