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geebsWith me picking up SW2:XL last Wednesday, I'm back to my SW2 addiction. Actually played all of Toshiie and Sasaki's story modes, including their dream stages. Sasaki's dream stage is cool, he teams up with Musashi, happening upon a skirmish between Katsuie and Hideyoshi for Oda's amusent. So basically you kick both sides' asses, then Oda comes and you beat him down, then you turn on Musashi and take him out. My favorite kind of stage, nothing fancy to worry about, no one to worry about protecting, just you versus everybody and all you have to do is kill everything in your path. If only all the stages were that simple.
Toshiie's dream stage is pretty cool though too. Oda sets up a test for him at Edo castle. You start outside, and your objective is to take it. But the castle is also surrounded by other warlords, the Hojos, the Moris, Motochika, Yoshimoto, Kenshin, and Takeda. So you beat them all up to make them join your army before attacking the castle (and if you do it quick enough, you also get his fifth), and once you do that, you lay siege to the castle. After defeating all the officers outside, you can get into the keep where you face challenges on every floor- first you face the Mino Three, then 5 of the 7 Spears of Shizugatake, then Keiji, then Hideyoshi, then Shibata.
So got Toshiie's 5th from that, and have his and Kojiro's fourths also. Anyways, back to their story modes. Like I said, I liked Kojiro's story following his rivalry with Musashi, but while Toshiie looks bad ass, boy did they make him a whiny little bitch! Sanada's got nothing on him! The whole game he's all "Katsuie is so great, but he's a relic! On my path to greatness, Katsuie is doomed to extinction!" Its called growing up, loser! Even Katsuie says he's not long for this time and wants Toshiie to join up with Hideyoshi and make his name, even if it means Katsuie's death!
In a bit of cool coincidence, I had maxed out the best sumo and fire ninja bodyguards, so I switched to the next highest bodyguard I had selected (I had a lot of crappy level bodyguards at level 1 because I'm insane and was trying to max them all out also) which was a lady samurai at level 16. And it wasn't until near the end of Toshiie's story mode that it was his wife Matsu! Ha, I guess she's not a playable character, but I did not realize she was one of the bodyguards.
The Goonies is on as I typed this. Or rather the end. Things that bug me about the end that I've no doubt complained about before:
1) Chunk all, "You're coming home with me Sloth!" Yeah, right! Like his family wants to take in some giant, freakish looking retard! I mean, they're already a bunch of fatties, and now they need to spend more money feeding some huge-ass ogre!?
2) The dad ripping up the contract just because they have a marble bag full of jewels. Is he even sure that's enough to actually stop Troy's dad from buying up the Goondocks?
Toshiie's dream stage is pretty cool though too. Oda sets up a test for him at Edo castle. You start outside, and your objective is to take it. But the castle is also surrounded by other warlords, the Hojos, the Moris, Motochika, Yoshimoto, Kenshin, and Takeda. So you beat them all up to make them join your army before attacking the castle (and if you do it quick enough, you also get his fifth), and once you do that, you lay siege to the castle. After defeating all the officers outside, you can get into the keep where you face challenges on every floor- first you face the Mino Three, then 5 of the 7 Spears of Shizugatake, then Keiji, then Hideyoshi, then Shibata.
So got Toshiie's 5th from that, and have his and Kojiro's fourths also. Anyways, back to their story modes. Like I said, I liked Kojiro's story following his rivalry with Musashi, but while Toshiie looks bad ass, boy did they make him a whiny little bitch! Sanada's got nothing on him! The whole game he's all "Katsuie is so great, but he's a relic! On my path to greatness, Katsuie is doomed to extinction!" Its called growing up, loser! Even Katsuie says he's not long for this time and wants Toshiie to join up with Hideyoshi and make his name, even if it means Katsuie's death!
In a bit of cool coincidence, I had maxed out the best sumo and fire ninja bodyguards, so I switched to the next highest bodyguard I had selected (I had a lot of crappy level bodyguards at level 1 because I'm insane and was trying to max them all out also) which was a lady samurai at level 16. And it wasn't until near the end of Toshiie's story mode that it was his wife Matsu! Ha, I guess she's not a playable character, but I did not realize she was one of the bodyguards.
The Goonies is on as I typed this. Or rather the end. Things that bug me about the end that I've no doubt complained about before:
1) Chunk all, "You're coming home with me Sloth!" Yeah, right! Like his family wants to take in some giant, freakish looking retard! I mean, they're already a bunch of fatties, and now they need to spend more money feeding some huge-ass ogre!?
2) The dad ripping up the contract just because they have a marble bag full of jewels. Is he even sure that's enough to actually stop Troy's dad from buying up the Goondocks?
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Date: 2008-03-24 02:16 pm (UTC)So Matsu is one of the Lady Samurai bodyguards? Do you not trigger any events with her and Toshiie unless you randomly choose to equip her?