Let's play Sacrifice (Completed)

[Azira]

Tits are for fags.

 

[spekkio]

Tits are for fags.

 

[Reject_666_6]

James.

 

[DwarvenFood]

Charnel.

 

[Lumpy]

Charnel I dunno.

 

[SCO]

James

 

[Alfgart]

Charnel

 

[anus_pounder]

Earthworm James!

 

[spekkio]

18 votes?



Let's end this:

James: 8 votes
Charnel: 10 votes

Close call, but teh Hivemind has spoken:

In before slowpokes...

 

[anus_pounder]

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-

 

[Excommunicator]

I believe this is where we say The Tits Is Going Down

 

[Scream Phoenix]

Oh yes

 

[Conkrete Knight]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[Azira]

 

[spekkio]

 

[spekkio]

Let's go!

Idylliac <--- Link

There's a small plot hole here - it isn't explained how and when Stratos attacked Persephone.
It is explained in earlier missions of Persephone and Stratos, though.

This wicked course shall profit you nothing, for iniquity can shield you not from the divine justice of Our righteous fury.

It looks that we're against a single wizard...
Ed creates first manalith and a guardian

Teleports to a nearby island, kills two peasants (two more souls)

Creates a JabbeRocky and checks out the neighborhood. Yogo attacks, using a shitload of units:

It's not Yogo! ITZ:

Ed summons Manny Calavera Death:

Charlotte picks up her souls (Death cannot attack a wizard) and withdraws

One of her Taurocks tries to attack Ed, who casts Intestinal Vaporization

He creates another manalith and goes back to the enemy. The problem is, there is no enemy:

I forgot to mention, that this spell will gib enemies, which means not only kill them, but also make their souls blue (free to pick up) for anybody.
One of the best spells in the game, much more useful than Death IMO (Death will attack your own units as well).
Plus it has much faster recharge rate than Persephone's Charm AFAIR...
Ed creates another guardian:

And goes after withdrawing enemy units

He pwns one of enemy Boulderdashes using IV and goes back to the manalith - Charlotte is attacking. Our units (Boulderdash + Rocky) kill Charlotte's Rocky

Ed spams all possible spells

Charlotte simply isn't fast enough when it comes to multitasking (ordering units, casting spells and harvesting souls).
At least compared to someone who plays this game for the 3rd time. Like for example me...

Ed creates a bug

And more units

He leaves his units behind and does some reckon

It's time for a small bombardment

Charlotte shows up, but isn't able to pick up all souls

Ed attacks her Flummox using IV. Check out how it works:

Suddenly, a cutscene kicks in.
It's Charlotte near her altar. WTF is going on?

"I am sure you are right, but please, continue your story."

Alright, it's only this fag Yogo left!
Charlotte's altar is nearby. Too bad that Yogo shows up:

Ed casts Death, but it's not very effective - Yogo simply spams low level characters

He moves his better units in when Death is gone. An epic battle starts. Our two Rockies pwn over 9000 enemies: Ents, Mutants and even a frickin' Dragon!

Of course Ed's spells (and our Auto-Regen bug) were crucial to the victory.
Yogo withdraws at last!

Ed desecrates an abandoned Charlotte's altar

And repels another Yogo's attack

Intestinal Vaporization + Halo of Earth does wonders here. Still, at some point, Ed loses most of his units:

It means nothing, though - as long as he has some manahoars and manaliths under control:

Fight that, bitch
Ed rebuilds his army and kills remaining Yogo's units

He destroys another Yogo's manalith and builds a Temple

Yogo attacks again, using mostly low-level creatures this time

Nigga please!

He loses 1-2 souls with his every attack, sometimes more (when Ed uses IV).
We destroy another manalith

And pwn Yogo's shitty army once more

It goes like that for a while: he creates small army, loses all units, picks up all souls, withdraws, attacks again.

After a while we destroy another manalith

And attack Yogo's final manalith and ultimate altar

Two dragons may look dangerous, but Ed's Bombardment spell and big army wipe them out quickly

Our sac-doctors with their huge catch:

It's time to hit the Tits:

Yogo resists, but he cannot win

The End Days <--- Link

You told me none of this.

I never promised you the truth, but I am giving you the opportunity to fight Marduk. That is what you want, no?

With the apparent death of Stratos, this theory seems all the more likely.

The problem is, Stratos doesn't look dead to me.
Same thing cannot be said about Persephone, James and Pyro:

Our (almost) final mission awaits us. Once more, we don't have the choice of the employer:

Let's check out the "final" units before that.

Level 9: The final level of the spellbook contains a titan, the powerful five-souled creature.

Persephone

New creature:

Dragon

Dragon (5 Souls): Persephone's titan is the only one that attacks hand-to-hand. The dragon flies and does huge amounts of damage. The dragon has an innate ability that casts Grasping Vines on units it hits, which is very nice. "Breath of Life" is the dragon's special ability, which is identical to the Animate Dead spell, except for the animation.

James

New creature:

Rhinok

Rhinok (5 Souls): The rhinok is the only titan that doesn't fly. Rhinoks have a slightly weaker version of the "Halo of Earth" spell, since its attack can not hit flyers. To attack the rhinok jabs his tail or third leg into the ground and a bunch of spikes jabbing up through the ground go towards the target and then 'explode' into a ring of spikes shooting through the ground going outward to a large radius.

Stratos

New creature:

Silverback

Silverback (5 Souls): Silverbacks are giant silverback gorillas with wings. "Run Away" (see Frost Wolf and Flame Minion ) is the special ability of these flying apes, and they share the innate ability of the storm giant and yeti (see Storm Giant and Yeti). When attacking, silverbacks shoot out a stream of frosty air that damages and freezes the target (just like the Freeze spell). By attacking the same unit over and over, Silverbacks can keep that unit from doing anything until it dies.

Pyro

New creature:

Phoenix

Phoenix (5 Souls): A gigantic, hovering, insect-like unit that never lands is Pyro's titan unit. The phoenix fires a beam similar to that of the tickferno that does a lot of damage and drains mana very quickly at medium range. The phoenix also has an innate fire shield ability (just like the Fireform spell) that activates when something tries to attack it in melee.

Charnel

New creature:

Hellmouth

Hellmouth (5 Souls): Hellmouths are huge winged demons that fire what look like lost souls at their victims. These souls orbit their victim for a while, if the hellmouth doesn't miss (most of the time they hit) dealing damage and draining mana. Hellmouths also have the "Devour" special ability (see Netherfiend), but gain a proportionately bigger bonus than the netherfiend.

Alrighty, let's check out what is going on in Stratos' land:

 

[SCO]

Is it my impression or the mouth of the cave looks ... happier

 

[Jaedar]

It's pretty cool how stuff happens in Sacrifice even if the player isn't there to do it. You pretty much have to play the game five times to know everything

 

[spekkio]

Thryhring <--- Link

Famous "last centaur" shows up at last:

Jadugarr.

Promises, promises.

We're outnumbered. Ed summons Death:

Too bad that he goes after our units eventually

Ed rebuilds his army

Goes after Jadugarr, but meets some familiar female Brainiac

She joins Ed's army. Ed leaves his manahoars behind and attacks a heavily guarded manalith on his own

His target - one of the guardians. He pwns enemy Hellmouth using IV:

Dies, but having 5 new souls

He goes back to his altar and summons his 1st Hellmouth

Enemy army moves closer, but keeps a distance - Jadugarr is converting some free red souls

Ed tries some different tactics:

1) Bombardment

Did jack shit.

2) Intestinal Vaporization

Too many enemies, Ed pwnd.

3) Mugging enemy sac-doctors

Quite successful, at least until Jadugarr decides to visit our manalith.
Ed has only one ace up his sleeve... Too bad that Death kills not only all Jadugarr's units, but most of Ed's creatures as well

This spell sucks ass...
Of course it's a perfect moment for Hachimen to attack:

Bastards cast Volcano:

And rape poor Ed shortly after that



Quickload time!

This time Ed stays close to his manalith and makes ALL his units guardians

Jadugarr shows up and casts Tornado:

Thank Charnel that it's not as destructive as Volcano. Most of Ed's guardians survive and pwn Jadugarr's Flurrys. Converting time!

Jadugarr and Hachimen act super-retarded for a change. They attack using 2-3 units without wizard's support. That means - more souls for Ed.
Either by converting:

Or pumping up:

Ed expands his army

Kills some marauders that showed up in the area where free red souls were

He invests into moar Hellmouths

And starts his march for map's domination.
With 3 Hellmouths it's quite easy actually - enemy wizards simply cannot protect themselves or their units effectively

More souls = more Hellmouths

Some enemy wizard casts tornado

But Ed simply teleports away

Ed attacks Hachimen's altar

And desecrates it

Jadugarr tries to help Hachimen

But he can do shit

One of Marduk's idols is nearby

It's time to wipe out the centaur race for good. Jadugarr's Silverbacks can do shit actually, especially when Ed pumps them up using IV:

Using Squalls as guardians is not a good idea as well

Ed desecrates Jadugarr's altar

That's all, folks!

"I do not know how to find him, how to force a battle with him, but I have hope"

"Truly?"

"Now that I have found you, I have hope that we will discern a means to bring abut his downfall"

With 9th Mission's end, we're back to the "present" for good.

The entire "recollecting" stuff happens: Ed finds Mithras, tells him his story, they travel through the post-apoc wasteland, etc, etc.

tl;dr:

No more mindfucks, guys. Only the good old present tense!

The final mission awaits us:

Finale - The Crucible <--- Link

Not the same as the ones in Jhera?

No.

So all this time Marduk was epically trolling Ed using an alt?

Err, I mean:

 

[lightbane]

Marduk's reveal was a great "Oh fuck!" moment back when I played the game. Unfortunately, the next mission is the final one...

 

[Jaedar]

Actually... no, I'm not sure if this will be revealed to you in time or if it is C&C dependent.

Anyway, good luck on the final mission(assuming you haven't played it yet ), it can be a bitch, because Marduk is a frikkin cheater.

 

[Erebus]

From what Sara Bella says, I take it Stratos was actually working with Marduk ? I suppose you learn more about that part of the story if you do his missions.

 

[spekkio]

Anyway, good luck on the final mission (assuming you haven't played it yet ), it can be a bitch, because Marduk is a frikkin cheater.

He's just fast and has many manaliths under his control (quick mana recovery). Except of that, he's just a normal wizard...

I'm playing this mission for the 3rd time, but with the shitties spellbook possible - no "final" spells useful against wizards.

From what Sara Bella says, I take it Stratos was actually working with Marduk?

You suppose right... He was the one who summoned Marduk to the game's world.
He was simply too clever and cunning for his own good.

 

[Excommunicator]

Doesn't he also get to have way more spells than a normal wizard?

 

[spekkio]

He has a random spellbook (same way as Ed), that's for sure.
But it was the same with Jadugarr and Hachimen - Volcano was Pyro's "final" spell, not Stratos'.

Marduk uses mostly Death and some other spell: "pink ring of death" - I', not sure what it is... Is it his own spell or is it Charnel's Plague?