I DID THE SWINDLER LAST NIGHT YEAH
I knew something was gonna happen but I didn't know what
You can actually see him just
while you're dueling the other guy
I did not expect "fucking ditches me mid-duel to grab the money and run"
I hope he enjoys that money for as long as he lives, which, to be clear
That he left enough money to pay for his own bounty was just
Honestly I hope he escapes
Gets on a boat to the mainland
There's NO way we aren't gonna run into him again later, I have to assume
The way Atsu just gives a "oh you fucking did it now you stupid son of a bitch" tone when she sees he took the money
Honestly I love the sheer variety of sidequests
I found one where I killed some oni raiders around a burning house and then the house's owner ran in screaming
And I followed her in to find her weeping over her dead brother
and she's like "He was the only family I had left, so I choose to stay here and burn to death"
God I haven't seen that one yet, I assume that's probably in the Tokichi Range
I did see uhhh blue-face whatshername
a similar The End No Moral quest
Did you meet the guy who gave you the Dragonfly armor?
I haven't yet! Where's that?
I just got to the area north of the Tokichi Range, the uhhh, I forget the name, but I'm at the Ainu village
I don't remember where exactly
I know I get an armor from that but idk where
I think it was just somewhere at random out on the plains
A guy is getting threatened and he's like "PLEASE I WILL HAVE THE MONEY SOON"
Bother him it's hysterical
yeah basically I've completely scrubbed the Ishikari Plains and Yotei Grasslands at this point, I've done a little bit of the Tokichi Range but not a lot, and I just stopped for the night having entered the Nayoro Wilds
put the triangle and circle buttons diagetically on the scroll
I SAW THAT AND I BARKED LAUGHING
that I'm gonna get a triangle+circle move for every weapon
since single sword already has one
Yeah I assume that little branch at the top of every skill tree is your Triangle + Circle move
Have you figured out wtf to do at the Reliquaries of Strength?
oh wait I can rotate these little things
yeah the reliquaries are all "rotate the faces" puzzles
Read the hint, rotate the nearby faces to solve the puzzle
Don't tell me Goro is ACTUALLY a priest now
He sure thinks he might be one
The family that slays together
We will renew our bond as siblings by killing the Oni dead
It's the funniest fucking thing when you see a rope trap across the road
And then just kind of look around and see a bunch of ronin hiding in the tall grass
I actually haven't seen a rope trap yet though I saw the cutscene
scorch bombs in this game are SO good
They're nasty if they catch you off guard but pretty funny if you see them in advance
Important lessons about fortcraft this game has taught me:
- Don't let tall grass or other obstacles someone can hide in grow near your fort
- Make sure there are no holes in your walls
That second one, especially, feels like the obvious one, but Saito's raiders fail it SO many times
clearing foliage and illegal constructions away from fort walls was a pretty common 'uh oh a war started near us' activity back in the day
so yeah, it was important but also yeah, people did tend to get lazy about it if they didn't think they were in any imminent danger
Saito's raiders and Clan Matsumae are actively attacking each other
they really should get their shit together
I got to that point where I'm not tilted out of anger so much as just mental overload
I was no longer parsing what was happening on the screen
Also, if you're reading this and you haven't gotten to the Oni yet and you plan to play this game
When you DO get to the Oni
Be sure to go wearing a mask
there's a little bit of extra content if you do
I don't think I was wearing a mask for this part but thats fine
i like to give myself a new themed fit for every story moment
so i had a kill the oni fit
If you have a mask on then when he throws ypu out the window it comes off and lands on the ground between you
And then after he takes his mask off Atsu very deliberately steps on hers
Which I can’t imagine would have happened if I wasn’t wearing one
oh there is a different version of that without the mask
which is that he throws his mask to the ground and atsu steps on his
I wonder if I just lost that mask
That would be kinda funny