DAPPER BETA - Let's Play 「 Soma Union (Hard) 」 - 4
5Soma Union
Developed by Torch60/Sgt M w/RPG Maker VX Ace
Link: https://torch60.itch.io/soma-union
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Description:
Despite the events of Soma Spirits, the world of Soma is eventually destroyed by the sudden appearance of a giant eye. The crew of Starship Virtue take it upon themselves to look for the scattered fragments of Soma in the hopes of piecing it back together. Join Zero, Reca, and Lumen as they do reconnaissance on the remains of Soma and figure out their purpose in life.
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0:00 Big Top
The only seats available are on the upper level, but it's a trap so that Larry can push us off a plank. Fortunately, Lumen is able to get the party to land safely in the water.
7:50 Boss: Lampy Larry
Occasionally, he'll make you keep track of a card he shuffles. If you guess wrong, you probably take damage. If you guess right, you get some minor healing. If you clear the last one, he thinks you may be cheating, but he has no way to prove it.
17:56 Access to the Lift
Larry concedes and allows us to use the lift to further explore this place, but he makes sure to remind Lumen that the latter's freedom means the former has to suffer.
21:21 Fractured Factory
On the elevator, the party runs into a gentleman with a top hat, Beta. Although he seems to give Lumen some useful advice at first, he's revealed to be in the same organization as Alpha and destroys the bridge leading to the Soma orb.
At some point, you'll enter a room of employees, but Beta disguises himself as the foreman and orders everyone to apprehend the party. Only one person bothers listening to this order, but he cannot be beaten because of his barrier minions and revival mechanic. You'll need to continue further to the bottom of the factory.
Note that the Prince Oozie enemy runs away if you inspect it. That's really cruel!
42:41 Boss: Funky Fire
Unlike me, you'll want to equip fire resistance.
48:07 AOE Skills
The boss will teach the party how to use physical attacks that hit multiple targets. However, we don't get any spells like that.
49:41 Boss: Guard Lock
You have to take out all the minions simultaneously and in one turn. To do this, you must use an element enhanced physical attack, and only Zero and Lumen can initiate such an attack after being buffed by a conjuration.
53:56 Auxiliary Bridge
With the guard out of the way, you can activate the bridge and continue pursuing Beta.
58:00 Fractured Factory P2
At the end of the dungeon, Beta brainwashes the strongest guard.
1:02:18 Boss: Dread Driller
The batteries cannot be permanently killed, but knocking them out temporarily weakens the boss. Also, you'll want earth resist.
1:13:59 Another Vessel?
Dread Driller regains their mind and attacks Beta, angering the latter enough to temporarily enter his Absolution mode. He states that Professor M gave him this power and he intends to "awaken" Zero too.
1:16:40 Boss: Beta
He has electric attacks and a counter stance.
1:27:12 Orb of Freedom
In the back room, we learn that Lumen's father had him rebuilt as a robot with Professor M's help. Lumen thought his father was disappointed in his physical weakness, but in reality, he was mortally wounded in a factory accident and his father wanted to save him.
Here, Destiny means Lumen follows his father's path. Freedom means continuing to help people in his own way.
Of course I had to get the freedom orb for the sake of balance. I just hope that the game doesn't try to pull a fast one on me and punish me for taking the balanced path.
Unfortunately, Beta shows up again and has the shadow creatures infect Zero with more of Absolution's power. Maybe we should finish off the bosses from now on?
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