Taharial's New Writeupshttp://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=Taharial2004-07-23T10:32:31ZBreath of Fire 3 (thing)http://everything2.com/user/Taharial/writeups/Breath+of+Fire+3Taharialhttp://everything2.com/user/Taharial2004-07-23T10:32:31Z2004-07-23T10:32:31Z<strong>Title:</strong> <a href="/title/Breath+of+Fire">Breath of Fire</a> III<br />
<strong>Developer:</strong> Capcom <br />
<strong>Publisher:</strong> <a href="/title/Capcom">Capcom</a><br />
<strong>Date Published:</strong> 04/30/98 NA<br />
<strong>Platforms:</strong> Playstation<br />
<strong>ESRB Rating:</strong> Teen <small>(mild animated violence, suggestive themes)</small><br />
<p>Breath of Fire III is (obviously) the third in the Breath of Fire series. In this one, you play as <a href="/title/Ryu">Ryu</a>, a member of the <a href="/title/Brood">Brood</a>.</p>
<p>The plot of this game is at times amusingly simple. For the first half of the game (after a bit of aimless <a href="/title/wandering">wandering</a>), you're trying to get to a certain location, fairly far away. For the <a href="/title/second">second</a> half of the game, you're trying to get to a certain location, even further away. And, because <a href="/title/the+world+hates+you">the world hates you</a>, all the usual pathways are blocked, so you have to take the longer way around. This happens <a href="/title/a+lot">a lot</a>. Also, the main path usually gets cleared right after you go the horrifyingly-long dungeon route.</p>
<p>On a slightly<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…Magic Pengel: The Quest for Color (thing)http://everything2.com/user/Taharial/writeups/Magic+Pengel%253A+The+Quest+for+ColorTaharialhttp://everything2.com/user/Taharial2004-03-25T22:38:42Z2004-03-25T22:38:42Z<strong>Title:</strong> Magic Pengel: The Quest for Color<br />
<strong>Developer:</strong> <a href="/title/Taito">Taito</a> Corporation<br />
<strong>Publisher:</strong> <a href="/title/Agetec">Agetec</a> Inc.<br />
<strong>Date Published:</strong> 06/26/03 (NA)<br />
<strong>Platforms:</strong> Playstation 2<br />
<strong>ESRB Rating:</strong> <a href="/title/Everyone">Everyone</a> <small>(mild violence)</small><br />
<p>Magic Pengel is an... interesting game. It's like a <a href="/title/Monster+Rancher">monster raising game</a>, except without any of the raising part. It's like a <a href="/title/Jade+Cocoon">monster collecting game</a> except without any of the collecting. It's still a really good game. See, you start the game off with two part <a href="/title/palettes">palettes</a>, four <a href="/title/colors">colors</a>, a single <a href="/title/brush">brush</a>, and a small amount of <a href="/title/lines">lines</a>. Then, using the power of your <a href="/title/Pengel">Pengel</a> (they look like little angels), you get to draw <a href="/title/Doodles">Doodles</a>.</p>
<p>Yes, you get to draw them. It does get a bit tricky because you are drawing 2D shapes that then get 3D-ized in various ways, depending on how you align them and which brush you use. I'll<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>….hack//INFECTION (thing)http://everything2.com/user/Taharial/writeups/.hack%252F%252FINFECTIONTaharialhttp://everything2.com/user/Taharial2004-02-16T19:28:17Z2004-02-16T19:28:17Z<strong>Title:</strong> .hack//INFECTION<br />
<strong>Developer:</strong> <a href="/title/CyberConnect2">CyberConnect2</a> <br />
<strong>Publisher:</strong> <a href="/title/Bandai">Bandai</a><br />
<strong>Date Published:</strong> 02/10/03<br />
<strong>Platforms:</strong> Playstation 2<br />
<strong>ESRB Rating:</strong> <a href="/title/Teen">Teen</a><br />
<p>.hack//INFECTION is the first part of a four-part game series, from Bandai. In the game, you play as Kite, a character in the online game '<a href="/title/The+World">The World</a>'. Note that you do not actually play <a href="/title/online">online</a>.</p>
<p><strong>WARNING: <a href="/title/SPOILERS">SPOILERS</a> FOR STUFF THAT HAPPENS IN THE FIRST FIFTEEN MINUTES OF GAMEPLAY!</strong></p>
<p>The game takes place in the future, where over <a href="/title/twenty+million">twenty million</a> people play 'The World'. Kite's friend <a href="/title/Yasuhiko">Yasuhiko</a> invites him to play, and so Kite logs on and creates a character. Once logged on to 'The World', Kite is greeted by Yasuhiko's alter-ego: <a href="/title/Orca">Orca</a> of the Azure Sea, a famous warrior. Orca takes you on a short tour of a low-level area, so you know what to do. While in the dungeon, you see a strange<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…Dudbears (idea)http://everything2.com/user/Taharial/writeups/DudbearsTaharialhttp://everything2.com/user/Taharial2004-02-03T16:59:59Z2004-02-03T16:59:59Z<p>Dudbears are a race of creatures from the Playstation game <a href="/title/Legend+of+Mana">Legend of Mana</a>. They live mostly in Lumina and the <a href="/title/Ulkan+Mines">Ulkan Mines</a>. They are important in a few quests, mostly the ones involving Roger's <a href="/title/cult">cult</a> (<a href="/title/The+Diggers">The Diggers</a>) or <a href="/title/Lumina">Lumina</a> (everyone who has played the game remembers the <a href="/title/lamp-selling+quest">lamp-selling quest</a>).</p>
<p>Dudbears make up the majority of the Diggers. In fact, they make up all of the members, with the exception of Roger himself (and Roger's pet dog, Putty).</p>
<p>Dudbears who are not members of the Diggers live in Lumina, and...do stuff there. It's not really <a href="/title/explained">explained</a>. They like lamps, though!</p>
<p>As mentioned above, there is a lamp-selling quest, where you have to sell lamps to Dudbears. Below is a listing of all the words you learn (<a href="/title/Basic+Dudbear">Basic Dudbear</a>), while on that quest.</p>
<pre>
Dub: Hello, Yes
Dud: Good-bye, No
Bub?: Huh?
<a href="/title/Gak">Gak</a>: Displeasure (as in "I'm displeased with you!")
Duba: You
Duda: Me
Dubba: Friends
Bubu: Dudbear
<a href="/title/Gugu">Gugu</a>: Non-Dudbears
Da: Light and/<!-- close unclosed tag --></pre>…Jade Cocoon (thing)http://everything2.com/user/Taharial/writeups/Jade+CocoonTaharialhttp://everything2.com/user/Taharial2004-02-02T16:35:08Z2004-02-02T16:35:08Z<strong>Title:</strong> Jade Cocoon: Story of the <a href="/title/Tamamayu">Tamamayu</a><br />
<strong>Developer:</strong> Genki<br />
<strong>Publisher:</strong> <a href="/title/Genki">Genki</a><br />
<strong>Date Published:</strong> 11/30/98<br />
<strong>Platforms:</strong> Playstation<br />
<strong>ESRB Rating:</strong> <a href="/title/Teen">Teen</a><br />
<p>I have often described Jade Cocoon to people as '<a href="/title/Pok%25C3%25A9mon">Pokémon</a>, except it doesn't have a <a href="/title/terrible+anime">terrible anime</a> to go with it'. There are <a href="/title/161">161</a> <a href="/title/cardinal">cardinal</a> minions you can capture. From those 161, you can merge them together to get <a href="/title/hybrid+monsters">hybrid monsters</a>. For example, if you merge a wasp-type monster with a snake-type, you'll get an elongated wasp-type with the snakes's skin on it. This gets complicated when you then merge your wasp/snake hybrid with, say, a spider/bat hybrid. From there, of course, you could merge that wasp/snake/spider/bat with yet <a href="/title/another">another</a> type of minion... That's the main point to this game, just getting lots of monsters and then merging them together to get one that looks cool and <a href="/title/kills+things">kills things</a>.</p>
<p>How<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…The 27 True Runes (thing)http://everything2.com/user/Taharial/writeups/The+27+True+RunesTaharialhttp://everything2.com/user/Taharial2004-02-01T20:33:24Z2004-02-01T20:33:24Z<h2>The following writeup includes severe spoilers for the first three Suikoden games. If you intend to play them or are currently playing them, you might not want to read this.</h2> And even a small spoiler for <a href="/title/Suikoden+IV">Suikoden IV</a>.<small>(Or you could just try and avoid the 'Rune History' parts, those are where most of the spoilers are.)</small>
<p>The 27 <a href="/title/True+Runes">True Runes</a> are a part of the <a href="/title/Suikoden">Suikoden</a> world. It should be mentioned that all the True Runes give the bearer immortal life, even if the Rune itself slowly kills the bearer.</p>
<p>At the beginning of the world, there was only <a href="/title/Darkness">Darkness</a>. Over time, Darkness grew lonely. This loneliness became a heavy sorrow, and Darkness eventually cried one tear. From the tear two brothers were formed: Sword and Shield.</p>
<p>Sword said it could cut all that exists, Shield replied nothing could scratch it. Thay fell into war at lasted <a href="/title/seven+days+and+seven+nights">seven days and seven nights</a>. In the end, Sword <a href="/title/breached">breached</a> Shield and Shield <a href="/title/broke">broke</a> Sword.</p>
<p>Pieces of Sword rained down<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…