Jet Helm Required! The Lufia 2 Let's Play

Kim · 08-22-2009, 02:18 PM

Some of you may have seen it. Some of you may have only heard of it in rumor. Either way, you cannot escape this Let's Play.

Lufia 2 is a turn-based RPG where the battles are initiated Earthbound style, at least in dungeons. The combat borrows from Dragon Quest, and there is a lot of puzzle solving ~~blatantly ripped off~~ inspired by Legend of Zelda. The plot is that you are a non-silent protagonist who finds out it is his destiny to... go around the world and fight monsters. Oh, and there are some super beings called Sinistrals, but I doubt they're important.

Chapter One - Mirai teaches NonCon the ropes. NonCon takes over silent protagonist duties for Maxim. (No Game Sound)

Part One

Part Two

Part Three

Part Four

Part Five

Part Six

Chapter Two - NonCon overcomes his muteness and converses with Mirai, but the poor audio quality gets in the way. (No Game Sound and Sound is Too Quiet)

Part Seven

Part Eight

Part Nine

Part Ten

Part Eleven

Part Twelve

Part Thirteen

Chapter Three - NonCon all alone. A short chapter that took no less than three attempts to get right. (Featuring Game Sound and Improved Audio/Video)

Part Fourteen

Part Fifteen

Part Sixteen

Chapter Four - NonCon runs on no sleep at six in the morning, conquering the least creatively named dungeon in history. (Featuring Game Sound and Improved Audio/Video)

Part Seventeen

Part Eighteen

Part Nineteen

Part Twenty

Part Twenty-One

Part Twenty-Two

Part Twenty-Three

Chapter Five - Fire dungeon is a bunch of bullshit.

Part Twenty-Four

Part Twenty-Five

Part Twenty-Six

Part Twenty-Seven

Chapter Six - Survival

Part Twenty-Eight

Part Twenty-Nine

Montage

Chapter Seven - Was the montage enough?

Part Thirty

Part Thirty-One

Chapter Seven - Mirai and NonCon Endurance Episode

Part Thirty-Two

Part Thirty-Three

Part Thirty-Four

Part Thirty-Five

Part Thirty-Six

Chapter Eight NonCon sucks at this game.

Chapter Nine - Professor NonCon and the Diabolical Boss

Chapter Ten - Entei digivolves into... Entei

Chapter Eleven - The worst puzzle

Also, if you encounter any problems with the links, let me know, and I'll try to fix them.

Mirai Gen · 08-22-2009, 02:25 PM

Aw man the collaborative LP needs my talents!

Julford Hajime · 08-22-2009, 02:51 PM

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Important Note: I have the Jet Helm. I guess it is required to beat Gades, some boss who you can lose to and the story goes on. I ain't losing to him, though.

Ha.

Haha.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Yeah, good luck with that. Next you'll be saying you want to beat the Ancient Dungeon before advancing the story [/Lufia2Reference]

But no seriously, forget beating that Gades. He's quite literally stronger than the final boss. All the Jet Helm is good for is getting to move before he does, and it doesn't help when he can kill half the party every turn (Unless you grind the hell out of your levels)

Kim · 08-22-2009, 02:55 PM

Now I want to pull it off out of spite. So is Jet Helm the only item with Sluggish or whatever? Do I even get anything cool for beating him?

Julford Hajime · 08-22-2009, 03:07 PM

Your reward for beating him besides rediculous exp and gold (The end bosses give 50000 of each, and I think Gades does here as well) is a sword that breaks the fuck out of the game.

It's slightly, slightly outclassed by endgame equipment, iirc, but I know it has an IP attack that hits an enemy 8 times. Basically, it's a one-hit kill on nearly every boss (I think only the optional bosses can survive) for the rest of the game, if a basic attack alone from the weapon-stronger-than-what-you-should-have-for-90%-of-the-game won't kill them.

And for realz, it's not worth the grinding. I've beaten that boss twice, once on a 4x Exp runthrough, and another on a glitch runthrough (There's a level 0 glitch that I used to give Tia rediculous stats and 999 HP. Makes the fight possible without grinding, but breaks the bejeezus out of the game. Enjoy ten minute loading screens at save points!). On the 4x run, I think I was hovering somewhere around mid-30s just to survive the fight.

When Lufia 2 wants to throw a broken-ass boss at you, it knows what it's doing.

EDIT: At that point, I beleive Jet Helm is the only stat reducer you have for enemies.

SOMETHING YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT STAT UP/DOWN SPELLS: I watched through Chapter 3 so far, and you were confused about how Sluggish worked. Any time a spell increases or decreases a stat, it's by a set percentage (Either 50% or 25%, I can't remember which). Every time that spell is used on that target again, it cuts the gain by half (So a 50% boost/drop the first time would become a 25% boost/drop the second time, 12.5% the third, and so on).

Kim · 08-22-2009, 03:11 PM

I have to say... I don't want that sword. If I had it I'd use it, and I don't want to use it. I mean, I'm not afraid to grind to get a really good weapon that lasts a while, but if it OHKOs the bosses, then fuck it. I want at least some challenge.

Julford Hajime · 08-22-2009, 03:16 PM

You can obtain the weapon normally through the course of the game if you try the bonus dungeon (It's 100 floors of randomly generated hell, don't do it!), but even then your chances of finding it are slim-to-none on account of the random generating-ness. Also, it might be a treasure you can't even take out of the dungeon, I can't recall (I just remember using it on the boss at the bottom).

*Psst* Look at edit above. I'm too lazy to copy/paste >.>

Kim · 08-22-2009, 03:24 PM

Also, feel free to share your thoughts on the LP itself. Good? Bad? Average? Is there anything you'd change or do differently?

Julford Hajime · 08-22-2009, 03:53 PM

It's been okay so far. Chapter 3, as you've said yourself in the videos, comes off really dry and uninteresting more or less because you've already had to do the run a bunch of times and lost it from technical problems.

Chapters 1 and 2 were great, though. Lufia 2's a favorite of mine, though, so I have a hard time not liking anything related to it. My bias makes me a non-trustable judge >.>

Krylo · 08-22-2009, 04:11 PM

It's been a long time since I've played that game, but I'm like 90% sure that rows work the same as in every other JRPG ever.

Which is to say, why is your squishy on the front lines and your strongest melee attack/def in the back?

08-22-2009, 02:18 PM	#1
Kim adorable Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 12,950	Jet Helm Required! The Lufia 2 Let's Play Some of you may have seen it. Some of you may have only heard of it in rumor. Either way, you cannot escape this Let's Play. Lufia 2 is a turn-based RPG where the battles are initiated Earthbound style, at least in dungeons. The combat borrows from Dragon Quest, and there is a lot of puzzle solving ~~blatantly ripped off~~ inspired by Legend of Zelda. The plot is that you are a non-silent protagonist who finds out it is his destiny to... go around the world and fight monsters. Oh, and there are some super beings called Sinistrals, but I doubt they're important. Chapter One - Mirai teaches NonCon the ropes. NonCon takes over silent protagonist duties for Maxim. (No Game Sound) Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five Part Six Chapter Two - NonCon overcomes his muteness and converses with Mirai, but the poor audio quality gets in the way. (No Game Sound and Sound is Too Quiet) Part Seven Part Eight Part Nine Part Ten Part Eleven Part Twelve Part Thirteen Chapter Three - NonCon all alone. A short chapter that took no less than three attempts to get right. (Featuring Game Sound and Improved Audio/Video) Part Fourteen Part Fifteen Part Sixteen Chapter Four - NonCon runs on no sleep at six in the morning, conquering the least creatively named dungeon in history. (Featuring Game Sound and Improved Audio/Video) Part Seventeen Part Eighteen Part Nineteen Part Twenty Part Twenty-One Part Twenty-Two Part Twenty-Three Chapter Five - Fire dungeon is a bunch of bullshit. Part Twenty-Four Part Twenty-Five Part Twenty-Six Part Twenty-Seven Chapter Six - Survival Part Twenty-Eight Part Twenty-Nine Montage Chapter Seven - Was the montage enough? Part Thirty Part Thirty-One Chapter Seven - Mirai and NonCon Endurance Episode Part Thirty-Two Part Thirty-Three Part Thirty-Four Part Thirty-Five Part Thirty-Six Chapter Eight NonCon sucks at this game. Chapter Nine - Professor NonCon and the Diabolical Boss Chapter Ten - Entei digivolves into... Entei Chapter Eleven - The worst puzzle Also, if you encounter any problems with the links, let me know, and I'll try to fix them. __________________ this post is about how to successfully H the Kimmy Last edited by Kim; 10-13-2009 at 02:29 AM.

08-22-2009, 02:25 PM	#2
Mirai Gen We are Geth. Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 14,032	Aw man the collaborative LP needs my talents! __________________

08-22-2009, 02:55 PM	#4
Kim adorable Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 12,950	Now I want to pull it off out of spite. So is Jet Helm the only item with Sluggish or whatever? Do I even get anything cool for beating him? __________________ this post is about how to successfully H the Kimmy

08-22-2009, 03:07 PM	#5
Julford Hajime Monty Mole Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 744	Your reward for beating him besides rediculous exp and gold (The end bosses give 50000 of each, and I think Gades does here as well) is a sword that breaks the fuck out of the game. It's slightly, slightly outclassed by endgame equipment, iirc, but I know it has an IP attack that hits an enemy 8 times. Basically, it's a one-hit kill on nearly every boss (I think only the optional bosses can survive) for the rest of the game, if a basic attack alone from the weapon-stronger-than-what-you-should-have-for-90%-of-the-game won't kill them. And for realz, it's not worth the grinding. I've beaten that boss twice, once on a 4x Exp runthrough, and another on a glitch runthrough (There's a level 0 glitch that I used to give Tia rediculous stats and 999 HP. Makes the fight possible without grinding, but breaks the bejeezus out of the game. Enjoy ten minute loading screens at save points!). On the 4x run, I think I was hovering somewhere around mid-30s just to survive the fight. When Lufia 2 wants to throw a broken-ass boss at you, it knows what it's doing. EDIT: At that point, I beleive Jet Helm is the only stat reducer you have for enemies. SOMETHING YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT STAT UP/DOWN SPELLS: I watched through Chapter 3 so far, and you were confused about how Sluggish worked. Any time a spell increases or decreases a stat, it's by a set percentage (Either 50% or 25%, I can't remember which). Every time that spell is used on that target again, it cuts the gain by half (So a 50% boost/drop the first time would become a 25% boost/drop the second time, 12.5% the third, and so on). Last edited by Julford Hajime; 08-22-2009 at 03:11 PM.

08-22-2009, 03:11 PM	#6
Kim adorable Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 12,950	I have to say... I don't want that sword. If I had it I'd use it, and I don't want to use it. I mean, I'm not afraid to grind to get a really good weapon that lasts a while, but if it OHKOs the bosses, then fuck it. I want at least some challenge. __________________ this post is about how to successfully H the Kimmy Last edited by Kim; 08-22-2009 at 07:28 PM.

08-22-2009, 03:16 PM	#7
Julford Hajime Monty Mole Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 744	You can obtain the weapon normally through the course of the game if you try the bonus dungeon (It's 100 floors of randomly generated hell, don't do it!), but even then your chances of finding it are slim-to-none on account of the random generating-ness. Also, it might be a treasure you can't even take out of the dungeon, I can't recall (I just remember using it on the boss at the bottom). Psst Look at edit above. I'm too lazy to copy/paste >.>

08-22-2009, 03:24 PM	#8
Kim adorable Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 12,950	Also, feel free to share your thoughts on the LP itself. Good? Bad? Average? Is there anything you'd change or do differently? __________________ this post is about how to successfully H the Kimmy

08-22-2009, 03:53 PM	#9
Julford Hajime Monty Mole Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 744	It's been okay so far. Chapter 3, as you've said yourself in the videos, comes off really dry and uninteresting more or less because you've already had to do the run a bunch of times and lost it from technical problems. Chapters 1 and 2 were great, though. Lufia 2's a favorite of mine, though, so I have a hard time not liking anything related to it. My bias makes me a non-trustable judge >.>

08-22-2009, 04:11 PM	#10
Krylo The Straightest Shota Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: It's a secret to everybody. Posts: 17,789	It's been a long time since I've played that game, but I'm like 90% sure that rows work the same as in every other JRPG ever. Which is to say, why is your squishy on the front lines and your strongest melee attack/def in the back? __________________ I am very tired.