HOLY CONCEPTION - Let's Play 「 BlueSkies 2 」 - 11
4BlueSkies 2
Developed by Starmage
Itch: https://starmage.itch.io/blueskies-2
Walkthrough/Playthrough/Let's Play
Description:
Long after the events of the first game, the world was ravaged by a war involving magic. This led to the formation of the Holy Order of Gemeid, which seeks to end the era of magic by killing all mages, regardless of innocence. As a result, Lyrelle is separated from her parents when they stay behind to hold off the Order, though she holds out hope that she'll be able to see them again one day. Unfortunately, the current leader of the Holy Order, Rhetz, seems to have his own agenda regarding the use of magic.
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0:00 Recap
0:21 Fortress of Light
Once you pass the first save point room, you can't leave the fortress. However, the chest enemies have a very high chance of dropping tents.
For the first section, you have to activate 6 crystals by completing puzzles or fighting mandatory encounters.
The enemies are all light elemental.
9:52 Halls of Light
15:06 Boss: Nibiru
16:03 Halls of Light
16:35 Artificial Paradise
20:38 Artificial Heaven
Your party members will be separated and forced into mandatory encounters, so if you neglected any party members, you are screwed. This is why I always make sure to set a minimum level of progress for everyone in the party, just in case of situations like these. It really sucks that we don't have shared EXP though.
24:18 Boss: Cesar vs Rhetz
Somehow, this is possible for Cesar to win despite Rhetz supposedly gaining divinity. It's possible the Holy Conception drained enough of Rhetz's power that he's brought back down to regular human level.
Maybe Rhetz becomes the Father Golem enemy in Heroes of the Seasons?
25:07 Artificial Heaven
This leaves you with just Lyrelle and River.
26:01 Boss: Ursula and Vendrak
They seem to be weaker versions of Enine and Ciceri.
26:50 Artificial Heaven
I'm surprised Rhetz didn't get any sendoff like Eryn did. I guess the difference is that Eryn is more self-aware of how he has been manipulated while Rhetz probably died never realizing the truth about Matria.
29:23 Matria's Womb
This is the part where the final dungeon stops pretending to be holy.
The next room has portals that will spawn enemies forever. After a few waves, the party decides that Lyrelle needs to pick three more members for the final battle while everyone else stays behind to hold off the infinite enemies.
32:55 Final Boss: Scion
Scion is a palette swap in this game and doesn't have the extra eyes that Berry's art givesthem in Heroes of the Seasons. Actually, is this even the same Scion? Maybe Matria made another Scion later?
35:02 Aborted
We won't be fighting Matria herself, since we're inside her womb. Somehow, this battle caused Matria to return to the Pits, though she'll later resurface for the War on Christmas. How did Gobi get her out of the Pits? My guess is that he secretly gave her access to Frinch and Aldwol's life force in preparation for their failure to defeat Utania's mercs.
35:34 Aftermath
We get some follow up cutscenes for all party members except for Ophelia, who may or may not be Vyena.
44:58 Credits
46:30 Wrapping Up
I feel like there are too many unanswered questions about Matria, Vyena, the Celestials, and demons. How far back did Matria's machinations go? If she can pretend to be Vyena, it would be easy for her to orchestrate the Magistra Wars and endorse the persecution of mages. Hell, she could even be responsible for Cael becoming a Celestial supremacist. She's basically a sexy shoulder devil.
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