Kasuhitomi Wrote:...You just described the first 'disc' of Tales of Eternia (out of 3 discs) . . .
I was summarizing it.
I could go on;
ROUGE ASSASSIN REPEATEDLY TRIES TO KILL YOUR TEAM THEN LATER WILL JOIN
GUY JOINS YOUR TEAM IN SUPPORT OF YOU
GUY THEN BETRAYS YOU AND JOINS THE BAD SIDE FOR A BIT
INTERNAL STRUGGLE BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT
SOME BAD GUYS REALIZE THEY'RE DOING CRAP, BUT THEN THEY HAVE TO DIE
REALLY BAD ASSUMPTIONS BY THE MAIN CAST
A TRAP
THE HEROES ESCAPE FROM THE TRAP
YOU FIND THAT A MAJOR VILLAIN HAS CLOSE RELATIONS TO A HERO
THAT VILLAIN EITHER DIES OR JOINS YOU
LOTS OF SIDE QUESTS INVOLVING SEXUAL INNUENDOS
DRAMA BETWEEN HEROES
MORE ROW ROWING FIGHTING THE POWER
BUT AT THIS POINT YOUR HEROES DISCOVER A DEEP PLOT HOLE THAT CHANGES THE COURSE OF THE JOURNEY
YOUR HEROES ARE NOW INVOLVED IN THE STRUGGLE
YOUR MAIN HERO QUESTIONS HIS ABILITY AS A SWORDSMAN AND HIS ROLE IN THE JOURNEY AND THUS LOSES HIS CONFIDENCE TO HELP PEOPLE
A DARK HIDDEN TOWN WITH SECRETS
A PROPHETIC OLD MAN TALKS TO YOU
YOUR MAIN HERO IS NOW A HERO AGAIN
YOU FIND THAT FINAL BOSS HAS A CLOSE CONNECTION TO ONE OF YOUR PARTY MEMBERS
THEY MUST COLLECT X ITEM TO GO TO X PLACE
BUT DURING THE HUNT FOR ITEMS THE FINAL BOSS' MINIONS PURSUE YOU
ONE CRAFTY MINION F'UCKS AROUND WITH YOUR HEROES' MORALE
MAKES THEM QUESTION THE MEANING OF THIS JOURNEY
THEY DECIDE THAT THEY SHOULD STOP BEING PISSY AND BE A TEAM
THEY SUCCEED AT FINDING NEEDED PIECES TO GO TO FINAL BOSSLAND
BUT BEFORE THEY HEAD TO THE FINAL BOSSLAND, THEY ARE CONFRONTED BY THE MASTER MINION
AT THIS POINT THE GUY WHO BETRAYED YOU WILL SINGLEHANDEDLY DEFEAT THE MASTER MINION, ADMIT HIS ERRORS, AND JOIN YOU AGAIN
THEY FIND THE LAIR OF THE FINAL BOSS
YOU MUST FIGHT NUMEROUS MINI BOSSES
DRAMA BETWEEN HEROES AND FINAL BOSS
YOU TELL HIM TO STOP
HE SAYS NO WAI
YOU DO BATTLE
HE DIES AND RESPAWNS IN NUMEROUS NEW FORMS
YOU BEAT FINAL BOSS
YOUR PARTY IS SAD THAT THE FINAL BOSS WAS SUCH A CONFLICTED CHARACTER AND THEY COULD HAVE HELPED HIM
YOUR FINAL BOSS TELLS HEROES THAT FINAL BOSS HAS NO REGRETS AND PROCEEDS TO DIE
YOUR PARTY WEEPS
AND THEY MOVE ON JOYFUL FOR HAVING SAVED THE WORLD FROM THE STRUGGLES OF PEACE