Let's Play Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals!

[Fynn]

Hello and welcome to my first ever Let's Play! For this particular Let's Play, it was you - yes, you, you wonderful posters! - who've decided what I should play. I wanted this to be a game I had not experienced before, so the choices were narrowed down to Lufia and Tales of Phantasia, so I made a poll and... it was a tie But still, when I read the posts in that thread, people were way more passionate about me playing Lufia, so there you go Also, Wolf Kanno recommended it, and I would trust that magnificent man with my life, and Skyblade seemed to really want to see me play it, so I humored him.

Alright, let's get this over with! Say hello to your host, Fynn! I am wearing glasses throughout this playthrough because I am an academic.

ACADEMIA!

So this game has got an interesting title. I don't know if you knew this, but the Old English word "lufian" (pronounced /ˈluviɑn/, or "loovian" if you can't read IPA) means "to love". I have no idea if this was the intention behind the title. But that's what it is. The more you know

So, we start with this marvelous screen:

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Yeah, I already disagree with this game. Natsume was not a seriously fun anime. It wasn't even just fun. It was a serious bore.

If you don't click a button by accident (which usually happens to me), you get graced with a very atmospheric scene of a castle being hit by balls of light.

Then it sends off some balls of its own.

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But seriously, this scene is really beautiful with some creepy music to further enhance this foreboding atmosphere. But I digress. Who could be the denizen of this obsidian fortress?

Okay, so it's apparently some lady and her master. He seems pretty nice. I mean, he's her boss, but the way he speaks to her is super polite, even respectful, almost as if he cares about her. I kinda already like this Arek fellow.

That face looks really trustworthy.

Ah, but he asks some difficult questions. Turns out these two aren't humans but something they call "Sinistrals". Your guess is as good as mine. Erim is pretty sure that Sinistrals are the clearly superior race, but is puzzled why her boss would ask her something like that. Turns out a legendary artifact called the "Dual Blade" is supposed to decide the fate of this planet. The fated time of judgment is to come, a time where it shall be once and for all settled if it's humans or the Sinistrals that should stay. You know, it's kinda like the nineties, when you were either camp Backstreet Boys or N'Sync. Though, sadly, I think there's substantially less fangirling involved here.

So Arek asks Erim to... go? I dunno, I guess she's supposed to get the Dual Blade or something?

Hey look! The balls of light are actually people! So she flies around the Mode-7 worldmap a bit and up comes the title screen.

Totally not a triforce.

Now, if you don't press anything for a longer period of time here, you will get another nice cinematic showcasing the many characters I presume will join the party later on in the game. None stand out at this moment, though, apart from one character who speaks like a Southern gentleman, yessuh!

Anyway, moving on straight to the game, this is our hero, Maxim.

I wish they served jellies where I work. Oh wait, I don't have a job.

Here he is with his not-girlfriend, Tia. Apparently, he hunts monster and sells her the loot, as she runs a shop. The rate for jellies is really low as the town is really struggling financially lately, what with so many monsters about, so she pays him 120 instead of 180. Love is in the air. He's an insensitive dick, she's a complete ditz! These two are made for each other.

"Um... My job is the only job I can think of..." "Yeah, well, your job is stupid."


You tell'im, gurl!

She gets angry and goes to the back of the shop. Don't worry, she'll still sell you items. Even though she shouldn't. Dick.



Anyway, hope you liked this one as a start. I'll try to post something up tomorrow, as I've still got quite a bit of gameplay captured. So tune in as we take a tour of the beautiful town of Elcid and perhaps even venture out of it as we follow Maxim in his pursuit of more Jellies.