Kirozane
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I got the last bead last night.... As well as the string that comes with the complete set (Since this was my third time through I have the beat the game bead and thus spent some time in Kamui playing with it)
The string of beads is in fact god mode... Things the tundra beads had problems with before are a breeze with the string of beads... But what I had to do to get that last bead... it decided the order of my challenges....
I am doing my God Mode run first... Purely for the sake of revenge on my last bead task. What was it you ask? It legitimately scared me, and I felt insane as I kept doing it.... Just thinking about it makes my heart rate kick.... I know I shouldn't be this scared by my favorite game, but I just wonder why Clover believed this was COMPLETELY necessary. "Hell" doesn't even begin to describe what I went through there....
In certain areas, there are digging spots that will reveal a gaping hole belching out purple demon smoke. You jump in and get ot fight something similar to the spider queen boss, a Bandit Spider. (And since they are encountered after the queen they are thus stronger.) That's not the hell I speak of. No. They are pretty easy since it's the same drill as the queen, just one more vine is needed to open it. THAT is Clover's way to lull you into a false sense of security before.... the gauntlet... AT least that's what I call it. It is a series of demon gates you have to take on one after another to get the bead... And all of the enemies you encounter are superpowered versions of their former selves. The one in Ryoshima coast isn't that bad... The one in North Ryoshima can still hold the title of Hell... But the one in Kamui... it's too terrible for that title.
-This will sound like I'm trying to scare you, which I guess I might be, but this is literally what I did last night from 11:46 PM to 12:49 AM Mountain time. No lies.-
I ended up using my first Astral pouch thanks to that thing... And it was before the last three round where I was legitly scared. I lost track of my health.... After that I never stopped keeping track. But the last three rounds.... Oh god I wonder why Clover did this.
3rd to last round: I went in to see a small arena. I wasn't very worried at first... figured no big enemies meant it could be relatively easy. Oh gawd was I wrong. The two Wakas appeared and my gold dusted Tundra beads did NOTHING to them... (Solar Flare and Thunder Edge did about as much as a five hit combo with the beads, but that's only because they're slower and you don't have the safety of range the rosaries tend to give.) I somehow manage to kill them, thinking "I'm done with this round!" And two Raos pop up, troll facing behind their masks and secretly saying "lolnope" as again, I do next to nothing to them.I manage to make it through them alive as well. A Golden peach is the reward before the bead on beating the gauntlet... I didn't get it.
2nd to last/penultimate round: I stared at the demon gate thinking "Is this really worth it? ...But then, how can this one be worse?" The arena was a little bigger. And I was like "Oh god no. Please no. Please. For the luvva gawd no." A Rao and a Waka showed up. By this time my sanity was next to gone and I was laughing in a way that scared me more than this gauntlet did. (As of now my head still hurts) I killed the Waka, and another Rao appeared... I felt a tear leak from my eye. I was laughing just to comfort myself. I take down the weaker Rao, and another one took her place. Again, I questioned why Clover would do such a terrible thing in such a beautiful game... I took down again, the now weaker Rao and she gets replaced by another Waka... And I was thinking "Oh dear god no. Not another double Waka please no please no please no" I finally take out the last Rao... and she goes un-replaced. I breathed out a sigh of relief, now in a one on one, which isn't as bad because there is less to focus on. I felt more tears, and am pretty sure by that point I was shaking. I thought "This had to be it... I am done with this" my heart rising a little with hope. I never got the peach and my heart not only sank, but shattered upon impact with my diaphragm.
Final Round - I went right in. No trying to coax myself out of it. I had a feeling I was near the end, and was convinced that this round would be as bad as the last one, but not worse. Oh dear god was I wrong. I was greeted by not one, not two, but THREE overpowered Nagis. I cried a little, but steeled my emotions and went for it. The true fear didn't sink in until I saw them all standing in the same area of the arena, and they all summoned floating death swords at once. I brought up my parchment, hoping I could deflect at least 10 (two Nagis worth) of these blades. I managed 12, and somehow fleetfooted around the final three. That battle lasted longer than the others easily... and they all died around the same time. My breathing with difficult, and I wondered how much more I could take before I was mentally broken beyond repair. I got the peach, and I cried out of sheer relief. I exited the arena, and the chest for the bead appeared... I have never been so relieved in a video game in my life. This Gauntlet will meet the string of beads first hand. And it will not like it.
SO yeah... I played with the string a little and went to bed. Sleep seemed to do a lot to repair my nerves, but thinking about that gauntlet still frightens me a little. I'll get over it once I obtain revenge.
The string of beads is in fact god mode... Things the tundra beads had problems with before are a breeze with the string of beads... But what I had to do to get that last bead... it decided the order of my challenges....
I am doing my God Mode run first... Purely for the sake of revenge on my last bead task. What was it you ask? It legitimately scared me, and I felt insane as I kept doing it.... Just thinking about it makes my heart rate kick.... I know I shouldn't be this scared by my favorite game, but I just wonder why Clover believed this was COMPLETELY necessary. "Hell" doesn't even begin to describe what I went through there....
In certain areas, there are digging spots that will reveal a gaping hole belching out purple demon smoke. You jump in and get ot fight something similar to the spider queen boss, a Bandit Spider. (And since they are encountered after the queen they are thus stronger.) That's not the hell I speak of. No. They are pretty easy since it's the same drill as the queen, just one more vine is needed to open it. THAT is Clover's way to lull you into a false sense of security before.... the gauntlet... AT least that's what I call it. It is a series of demon gates you have to take on one after another to get the bead... And all of the enemies you encounter are superpowered versions of their former selves. The one in Ryoshima coast isn't that bad... The one in North Ryoshima can still hold the title of Hell... But the one in Kamui... it's too terrible for that title.
-This will sound like I'm trying to scare you, which I guess I might be, but this is literally what I did last night from 11:46 PM to 12:49 AM Mountain time. No lies.-
I ended up using my first Astral pouch thanks to that thing... And it was before the last three round where I was legitly scared. I lost track of my health.... After that I never stopped keeping track. But the last three rounds.... Oh god I wonder why Clover did this.
3rd to last round: I went in to see a small arena. I wasn't very worried at first... figured no big enemies meant it could be relatively easy. Oh gawd was I wrong. The two Wakas appeared and my gold dusted Tundra beads did NOTHING to them... (Solar Flare and Thunder Edge did about as much as a five hit combo with the beads, but that's only because they're slower and you don't have the safety of range the rosaries tend to give.) I somehow manage to kill them, thinking "I'm done with this round!" And two Raos pop up, troll facing behind their masks and secretly saying "lolnope" as again, I do next to nothing to them.I manage to make it through them alive as well. A Golden peach is the reward before the bead on beating the gauntlet... I didn't get it.
2nd to last/penultimate round: I stared at the demon gate thinking "Is this really worth it? ...But then, how can this one be worse?" The arena was a little bigger. And I was like "Oh god no. Please no. Please. For the luvva gawd no." A Rao and a Waka showed up. By this time my sanity was next to gone and I was laughing in a way that scared me more than this gauntlet did. (As of now my head still hurts) I killed the Waka, and another Rao appeared... I felt a tear leak from my eye. I was laughing just to comfort myself. I take down the weaker Rao, and another one took her place. Again, I questioned why Clover would do such a terrible thing in such a beautiful game... I took down again, the now weaker Rao and she gets replaced by another Waka... And I was thinking "Oh dear god no. Not another double Waka please no please no please no" I finally take out the last Rao... and she goes un-replaced. I breathed out a sigh of relief, now in a one on one, which isn't as bad because there is less to focus on. I felt more tears, and am pretty sure by that point I was shaking. I thought "This had to be it... I am done with this" my heart rising a little with hope. I never got the peach and my heart not only sank, but shattered upon impact with my diaphragm.
Final Round - I went right in. No trying to coax myself out of it. I had a feeling I was near the end, and was convinced that this round would be as bad as the last one, but not worse. Oh dear god was I wrong. I was greeted by not one, not two, but THREE overpowered Nagis. I cried a little, but steeled my emotions and went for it. The true fear didn't sink in until I saw them all standing in the same area of the arena, and they all summoned floating death swords at once. I brought up my parchment, hoping I could deflect at least 10 (two Nagis worth) of these blades. I managed 12, and somehow fleetfooted around the final three. That battle lasted longer than the others easily... and they all died around the same time. My breathing with difficult, and I wondered how much more I could take before I was mentally broken beyond repair. I got the peach, and I cried out of sheer relief. I exited the arena, and the chest for the bead appeared... I have never been so relieved in a video game in my life. This Gauntlet will meet the string of beads first hand. And it will not like it.
SO yeah... I played with the string a little and went to bed. Sleep seemed to do a lot to repair my nerves, but thinking about that gauntlet still frightens me a little. I'll get over it once I obtain revenge.