Next playthrough.

Whee. Finished TLR! In about a week. The ONE thing I wanted to see were Bow techs. Seriously, I wanted Bow techs after playing Romancing SaGa. And maybe even flashier Arcanas. Oh, and the lack of Overdrive for the player's side made me a little sad. Now, to play through it again, not missing any side-quests (like I stupidly did the first time around because of the Base fights), using only generics (for fun) and trying to turn Rush into a Ninja (exclusive to the PC!). The 3rd time through would probably be a low BR run with uniques, and again, not missing side-quests. The 4th, and probably final, run will be on Hard Mode, getting all side-quests and generally disregarding the BR unless necessary. Hopefully. Oh, and changing the voices every now and then. Both casts are pretty good, so I don't mind either one.

Someone also needs to smack Rush on the head REALLY HARD. His slang is embarrassingly out of date by at least 20 years (... he's only "18"). Or at least he should stop talking to people while miming their speech patterns (see Khrynia's quest chain). And people seem to drop dead around David. First his mom, then his dad (from the Gae Bolg no less), a girl that he met at Fornstrand, Emma (mother-figure), who knows how many civilians and soldiers, and Rush (unless he's really not dead). Not to mention how much pressure he felt when he became Marquis at his age (19 at game start). It's kinda funny how he isn't completely/outwardly suicidal or depressed by the end of the game.

The game also falls into a lot of Wild Mass Guessing. So... the Conqueror is the Warden and Rush is the Activator? What's that supposed to mean? AND WHY ISN'T THERE AN ULTIMANIA TO EXPLAIN IT?! Maybe that official guide can help out... but only the Japanese one. 990 pages > 200~300 pages from here, so it's bound to contain more info, and it's sanctioned by Square-Enix... And if all the Remnants were activated, then they would go OM-NOM-NOM on everyone on the planet. Huh. That sounds... ew. And the page is pretty much on the spot about Rush's behaviour towards Irina. It's practically psychotic, kinda like Nero and Kyrie (only not quite as bad...). At least Irina can hold her own on the field, whether she has a polearm or the Nightbloom equipped.