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you could get a lot done in 97 minutes.
Make an elaborate dinner.
Very cool, video game, thank you
Do those chores you’ve been putting off.
Fritter away another irreplaceable sliver of your lifespan in your PvP game of choice.
At the time I had no idea that Nocturne was about to indirectly pummel me once again.
Very cool, video game, thank you
The other is Persona 5, via Persona 5 Royal.
But a questline in Vengeance kept gnawing at me after the credits rolled.
And it is, I’d decided, not worth the time.
I wasbornin Nocturne, molded by it.
Iwasthe Demi-Fiend for 130 miserable, amazing hours.
Am I really gonna run from this?
Yes, I decided.
At least at first.
But then, eventually, the Demi-Fiend’s taunts from hell pulled me back in.
Very cool, video game, thank you
OK, that was a fun rake to step on.
Love the taste of my own blood.
Am Ireallygonna do this?
No, I decided.
At least at first.
But then, darn it all, I began to think.
I must’ve done something wrong a reasonable thing to think, I think.
There’s no way that grinding alone could overcome that kind of damage ceiling.
This giga-wipehasto be preventable.
OK, that’s actually kind of cool.
I can probably do that.
Surely the fight won’t get 20 times harder.
Vengeance
Reader, you’re not gonna believe this: it got 20 times harder.
The Demi-Fiend is what we in the business call some horseshit.
He summons infinite allies, for starters, albeit on a rotation that you’re able to exploit.
Once per fight, he heals himself to full when you get him down to half HP.
He has a spammable AoE attack that forces you to keep physical nullification in your party at all times.
He has 60,000 HP, hits harder than an overdraft fee, and resists all damage types.
Baal stayed on-field the entire fight, and I rotated Amanozako in to cleanse the party.
This is how fantasy football fans sound, people.
What was my main character doing?
My beautiful blue-haired son?
Finally, I could be on the kicking end of this butt-kicking.
My successful attempt was 97 minutes of uninterrupted, nail-biting, checkpoint-free, turn-based combat.
When I saw the Demi-Fiend’s health enter the red I thought my controller would crinkle in my grip.
If I had thrown this run, my skeleton would’ve exited my flesh in outrage.
But I did it!
Did I then take the newly recruited Demi-Fiend into the fight with the game’srealsuperboss, Satan?
I have no beef with Satan, frankly, and that, reader, ain’t worth the time.
OurMetaphor: ReFantazio reviewgives it high marks for stellar art, storytelling, exploration, and social elements.