ONE-CYCLED BONUS BOSS - Let's Play 「 Absented Age: Squarebound (International) 」 - 13
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Absented Age: Squarebound (International)
Developed by Terunon w/RPG Maker MV
Published by Gotcha Gotcha Games
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1615930/
Walkthrough/Playthrough/Let's Play
Description:
Satsuki/Karen finds herself in the mysterious Driftworld, a spiritual world where one can find Heart Fragments. Shen has no memories of she is and turns into a ghost when she tries to interact with the outside world, so she must team up with the spirit cat Tarte to find all her Heart Fragments and restore her humanity.
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0:00 Parking Lot Depths
This is an infinite dungeon with a few new items, but I really needed the older earth-resistant gear more because of the bonus boss's moveset.
At the 10F checkpoint, you'll meet Scale, a character from Craft the Mapcrafter: Gathering Magic Words by Kuro Game Studio. He'll give you his Summonstone. If you equip it, you can summon him in battle and gain a charged B attack with his lamp, though the latter is clunky.
20:39 Gap Hollow
You need to have all four Arc Monster gems in your inventory and go back to the final boss arena. You can't fight Karen Alias again, but you can open a portal to a new map.
Before going in, I recommend having falter resistance and a few sets of anti-earth gear. I also recommend bringing at least 10 Scores of Decadence, at least one Rapid Potion, at least one Sluggish Potion, and a Scanning Baton. And if you still have room, have some HP and MP potion on hand.
At the new boss arena, the duo will see the hooded figure from the tutorial dungeon talking to a floating crystal. They state that Karen isn't supposed to meet them yet and that this meeting could screw up the future, so they want to beat her up and erase her memory.
22:25 Boss: ???
For several turns, you'll be unable to open your menu, so you must survive the boss's laser attacks until then. After the initial laser volley, you'll have to look for opportunities to ram into the boss with Foxtrot. However, they can set up a Stone Barrier that both heals them and prevents damage to themselves or their shield for several points worth of damage.
Once you break the shield, the boss will likely find an opportunity to cast Stone Barrier again, which has a cooldown of 12 turns. If you want any hope of overcoming their healing and defense tactics, you'll need to throw a Sluggish Potion at them and have Karen drink a Rapid Potion. Then you need to avoid standing in-line with the boss to prevent counterattacks. Then you should spam Scores of Decadence, which does a lot of damage to the boss and their shield. If you don't want to farm Scores of Decadence, try to use the second-tier earth spell outside of their counterattack range.
Seriously, if you don't optimize your DPS, you'll never overcome the Stone Barrier. I really hope my strategy doesn't get patched out of the game like with Forever Home.
24:53 Victory
Afterwards, the hooded figure acknowledges Karen's strength and leaves behind an automatically refillable version of the Pauxtion and a powerful gun weapon. If you revisit this boss arena, you can pick up the Pauxtion and gun again if you lost them. You can also fight the boss again by talking to the blue Heart Fragment, but make sure you have the resources to reproduce your victory.
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