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1:40:59
The true beauty of this chapter is that everything is intentionally left vague for the background of the story being presented. There is nothing that truly indicates whether Oersted was as greedy as Streibough accuses him of being, or if Alethea and Streibough were really in love in spite of Oersted. All that is shown is only meant to be seen and interpreted by the player, to wonder what was actually going on. But ultimately, it doesn't matter. It's merely window dressing for the greater conflict.
And the chapter itself? It runs as the opposite of what we're presented in the other chapters. People from various backgrounds, filled with regrets and flaws, running in the face of a greater evil of their age, and stepping up to the challenge, transcending their unknown life to that of a hero of their own right, battling against the odds and coming out on top stronger and wiser. But here? We see a man who has achieved that, and subsequently has that ripped from him piece by piece, fueled by jealousy and hatred. It's the story of a man high up who fell hard from grace and, in the depths of despair, embraced the hatred piled upon him. And perhaps, one wonders, in that moment, if it were any of the others seen in the seven chapters, faced with abject failure and devoid of trust and belief from others, if they too would succumb to the hatred and madness as Oersted did.
Of course, this is also presented… but we'll get to that eventually in the story.
Hold on, the princess killed herself because the magician figured out where she was at, got to her first (which happened because the magician tricked Orstred into leaving), giving time for them to chat, and learned the magician loved her a lot as well (who wasn't her husband to be) was the rescuer instead of the person she hoped would rescue her, so she started to love the magician because he "got there first" and said he loved her and then killed herself because her new love was dead?
Ok I need to talk about this chapter, because the subtle storytelling in this chapter absolutely makes me go feral (in a good way)
When Oersted gets japed by Strei (after he's the new Lord of Dark), the fight with the Shadow in the throne room is already creepy cuz it never attacks you. In fact of you move around the field, it actively runs from you. (cuz it's actually the king obv)
And after Oerstead's kicked out, you're given radar pointers. no sense of direction (If you don't have chat anyways). You're completely alienated and on your own and left to wander, seeking purpose. After being held on a pedestal and then having everything from him, you get the sense of isolation, especially when you keep encountering waves and waves of soldiers.
An optional thing when you're wandering around after your initial ejection from the castle is to go back to specific locations and /see more flashbacks/ (if you couldn't get enough of them in total.), and see more of Oerstead's thought process as he's ruminating on Uranus and Hasshe's words.
And the whole time when you're fighting the soldiers who chase you down constantly, when your enemies survive your initial attacks, they're afflicted with the Terror status condition. Even though none of Oerstead's attacks have that ability. The guards aren't scared of his attacks, they're scared of HIM.
And when you go back to Archon's Roost, the new enemies start appearing that weren't there before, all named after phobias.
Oerstead is suddenly confronted with these fears now because he's alone. When he had a purpose and his comrades, he wasn't bothered by these fears. But now he's shaken, alone, insecure, and they're creeping in.
Which is especially telling when remembering the famous pathway of Fear Leads to Hate.
It harkens back to Hasshe's reservations about The Common Man, and shows that in reality, it could've been anyone. Anyone has that capacity to succumb to hate and fear, even a tried and true hero like Oerstead.
This chapter deconstructs so many of the classic JRPG tropes and shows that maybe being The Hero isn't all it's cracked up to be. And that even The Hero can be flawed, just like anyone else.
It's so damn good, it makes me lose my shit each time.
This chapter's twist was done well: the dialogue was providing countless, yet subtle hints, the presentation was a red herring, and everything was riding to 'be as generic as possible', including the "silent" protagonist. At the time of the original game's release, I remember how much it broke the norm and shocked anyone playing through at this point.
SPOILER FOR THE CHAPTER IF YOU HAVEN'T FINISHED WATCHING IT:
There is an incredible amount of foreshadowing with the ending of this chapter:
– Every previous chapter was named with "The [Noun]", with most of the chapter's names being applicable to their protagonist: The First (to talk), The Successor (which is the "actual" protagonist), The Infiltrator/Mechanical Heart (Only applicable to Oboromaru/Cube)… etc.
Well, guess the name of this chapter. (14:50).
– Every chapter in the remake has it's own menu color (ie, Prehistory has orange, and this chapter has red menu glows). The fun part of the red menu in this chapter is that, if you've payed attention, the FINAL chapter bosses (including Streibough), and only them, have a special death animation where they explode in a big cloud of crimson smoke (which can also be seen in the cutscene after they're defeated in every case).
Oersted's menu color has the same color as that crimson cloud each boss makes (which is probably Odio).
– Lastly, Oersted's name is the closest to Odio's out of every character in this chapter (it's literally the only one that starts with O).
I did not notice this chapter's dialogue is mostly in decasyllables.
Surely there is a meaning related with some mystery present in the game.
This guy is essentially being thrown down the stairs of a skyscraper the game. All it takes is one very bad day.
Kino
Based final boss music OvO
If it's not too late, I'd suggest doing Oersted's version of the final chapter first, get it out of the way. Then start with one of the other heroes.
Holy fuck this chapter.
Brilliant writing on this one. There' balance issue but this game is classic (And sometimes makes me root for odio_
"For a lower budget Square game, I think they did a really good job with it."
That right there is what you'd call an understatement.
3:07:12
See, all those issues with streaming and streaming services are BIG parts of the reason why I still prefer physical media. A Blu Ray or 4K disc that I purchased can NOT be taken away from me (like streaming or digital content can, at any moment), and the discs provide FAR better quality than streaming/digital, which is extremely import for me (as a huge cinephile lol)
Couple of fun things:
–Your ultimate armor in this chapter has nothing to do with divinity, instead evil cursed armor and pieces of demons.
–Your ultimate sword, Brion, is named after an Irish king of myth (Brión mac Echach Muigmedóin) who has an especially bloody history where many people in his family and outside of his family were killed and poisoned during his succession to become King, because of people around him and not his own doing.
–Your attack items are various demon's blood and the bone of a dead occultist.
–The Joshua Tree Seed (Joshua as in one of the translated names of Jesus) is a sub-optimal healing item and the ultimate healing item of the chapter is the Alice Biscuit, a simple baked cookie that was made by peasants using sweet seeds, something that also represents human kindness and hospitality in symbolism.
–You get your better weapons and armor before the entry to the Dark Lord's castle area by essentially stealing them.
–The Dark Lord is specifically resistant to light magic, where he'd normally be expected to be weak to, which has weird implications. You may have killed a former holy man like Uranus who found the cave.
–Armstrong shows up multiple times in the snow area in the random encounter list, while Watt of Nabe, Striehbough's opponent, was explicitly killed by him, hinting at his true nature.
Not Vinny saying “this isn’t a typical fantasy story” when one of the NPCs literally says “the hero’s fall” out loud
Honestly, this story makes no sense
(MASSIVE SPOILS)
Wait, okay, i think i get it now! I could be wrong but this is how i see it! (I am by no means the best story analyser ever, but this is just how i see it) This entire chapter was basically showing us what happens every time Odeo, or Odio or however it is spelt, comes back in different forms. What it seems like to me is, the dark lord keeps managing to find unlucky saps to tear down and drive to their breaking point, causing them all to become demon kings and dawn the identity of Odeo, Odio, or whatever they end up calling themselves in that time period, as well as how they keep gaining followers. A dinosaur in caveman times? Maybe it stumbled into the dark lord's domain thousands of years ago and became immortal and ever-hungry, eventually becoming stuck in a cave deep underground and requiring sacrifices to stay alive. The leader of the crazy bunch became a horse because of this (Which was obvious but i figured i would add that anyways so i had more of these examples than just the dinosaur) and perhaps could explain why the AI in the distant future went beserk like it had. This is just my theory is all, there is still one chapter left for me to be proven wrong, but these are my thoughts coming away from this chapter. We just got to witness one in a long, long line of stories of how certain people fell from grace and became either the big bad of each chapter, or at the very least, the big bad's underlings, like in the near future chapter which i forgot to mention before where Odio takes the form of a God.. Statue… Mech… Thing.