Secret of Evermore - Self-Imposed Challenge Run Part 30: The Checkmate of Sorrow

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Published on June 21, 2020 8:07:01 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hdd0YOEY5Lo

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Secret of Evermore (1995)

Duration: 1:04:51

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Rules so far:
-No switching to the Dog in an active combat area unless absolutely necessary
-Dog must not be dropped to 0 HPs
-Pixie Dust, Wings, and Call Beads are not allowed
-Alchemy restrictions to be determined
-Bone Crusher banned after Thraxx; all other Swords banned
-Horn Spear only allowed for a case of Verminator or for demonstration purposes; all other Spears banned other than Bronze Spear for throwing puzzle switches
-Bazooka is banned
-All Collars other than Leather Collar banned
-Jade Disc, Moxa Stick, and Chocobo Egg banned for Antiqua and Gothica
-Armor Polish banned for Antiqua until Oglin Caves
-Most rules disabled for convenience in non-threatening areas

28:44 has the fight with Mungola The Pigface and his puppets Mephista The Beamjerk and Old Zenenick. Also, 37:10 and 38:25 have sounds of fireworks involved late into the evening of June 20, 2020 that I'll be displaying to local law officials who have been concerned about fireworks issues in the community as of late. I'll be using this as evidence, of course.


So we have a simple mission to assassinate White Queen Sigrid and oh hey, she tries to stop us from doing this with her puppet show.

Mephista The Beamjerk and Old Zenenick simply involve spastic movement where they have immediate hitting when attacking upon getting close. They infinitely respawn each time having their HP increased by 20% of their base, but after you kill them twice, you expose your target Mungola The Pigface, who...is stationary and just occasionally slings alchemy spells your way. The puppet duo still do what they can to block you off from Mungola The Pigface, which has the obvious answer using ranged attacks, but obviously I'm not rolling that way; instead, what I end up doing is look for openings to slip through with my charged attacks. It's also worth noting that Mephista The Beamjerk will heal Mungola The Pigface on occasion, though not for a whole lot. (For reference, Old Zenenick just has 100 Physical DEF as opposed to Mephista The Beamjerk's 0.) There isn't a whole lot else to say about this puppet show.

After that, White Queen Sigrid makes one last, failed, and fatal desperate attempt to stop us, and we get the most automated and slow-moving escape sequence ever, after which we can see why Gothica is my favorite region: because its story arc is not afraid to involve a Bittersweet Ending, so that any hope that still remains is hope put through scrutiny as things should have been from the start. It's also worth noting that the player has no need to visit either of the castle towns ever again once Mungola The Pigface is defeated, so whether they would want to forgive the castle town residents in general for their following White Queen Sigrid's hollow promises is up to them. The player can just continue with the story and in effect refuse to care any further to punish the residents for a lack of proper faith, and they wouldn't be missing out on much gameplay wise. It does add to why Gothica has been my favorite region even way back when.

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