Tecmo’s Deception: Invitation to Darkness Playthrough (No Commentary)
24Deception Series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPO56tlewLYQStux_4OFj3SBHrrMPiMh5
They go in. They don’t come out.
Please note that this is segmented and edited.
Notes
The game has 6 endings. Which one you get is based on how quickly you clear chapter 8 and dialogue choices in chapters 26 & 27. In a single playthrough, it’s possible to see all but two of these endings. I show the 4 possible endings I can get in this run. It’s up to the viewer to search for the other two endings as I’m not willing to play through the game again.
Capture traps work on percentage chance and trying to catch an enemy in an animation or weakening them doesn’t improve the chance for the trap to hit. Early on, I experiment with this given the lack of information about this game and kept it for the video so that you can see it doesn’t matter and because I'm lazy.
You do not gain more experience for capturing, it allows you to remove souls for MP gains which really shouldn’t be necessary or after chapter 6, collect the corpse for monster creation. The gold reward isn’t increased for capturing but capturing is the easiest way to collect gold from the final enemy in each level.
You have the option of adding rooms and hallways to the castle but you can’t change the default shape and given that enemies spawn in fixed positions, I just didn’t see any good reason to mess with it. Masks are similarly useless.
I only bother making the werewolf monster because he’s the best one in terms of cost, power, size and speed. Size mattering here, because if there isn’t enough space for it around you, you can’t summon the monster. I considered making Lami for magic damage but the tough enemies tend to have equal resistance to physical and magic, making it pointless.
Lastly, I only lure additional enemies to collect material for the werewolf and then to fuel the summoning of that werewolf.
00:00 Intro
07:06 Chapter 1 - The Master
18:26 Chapter 2 - The Trial
41:32 Chapter 3 - Souls Essence
52:52 Chapter 4 - An Unholy Offering
1:04:07 Chapter 5 - Messenger
1:12:35 Chapter 6 - Old Magician
1:24:38 Chapter 7 - Fiana
1:35:08 Chapter 8 - Resurrection
1:49:29 Chapter 9 - A Friend
2:05:39 Chapter 10 - Final Showdown
2:15:47 Chapter 11 - Spies
2:23:06 Chapter 12 - Ghost
2:32:50 Chapter 13 - Cavalry
2:56:55 Chapter 14 - Against All Hope
3:07:06 Chapter 15 - The Awakening
3:13:58 Chapter 16 - Necklace
3:22:43 Chapter 17 - The Oppressed
3:28:17 Chapter 18 - Ultimate Sacrifice
3:35:39 Chapter 19 - Crisis
3:46:37 Chapter 20 - Ambition
4:01:46 Chapter 21 - Confusion
4:09:31 Chapter 22 - Evil Decision
4:21:21 Chapter 23 - Eternal Darkness
4:29:21 Chapter 24 - Uncertainty
4:36:28 Chapter 25 - Twilight of the Gods
4:44:06 Chapter 26 - The Final Key (Lock Up)
4:47:47 Chapter 27 - Apocalypse (Lock In)
4:51:38 Ending 1
4:53:46 Chapter 27 - Apocalypse (Resurrect)
4:59:58 Ending 2
5:01:23 Chapter 26 - The Final Key (Resurrect)
5:08:11 Chapter 27 - Apocalypse (Resurrect)
5:11:08 Ending 3
5:13:29 Chapter 27 - Apocalypse (Lock In)
5:15:52 Ending 4
5:19:10 Credits