Entry 1: Wake up, and smell the ashes (below)
Entry 2: The overly literal underground resistance and cyber elf cleanup #1
Entry 3: Waste management and you
Entry 4: Supply Demo + Cyber Elf Cleanup #2
Entry 5: ReResearch Center: Deja Vu Edition
Entry 6: Energy Crisis and NPC Dialogue Roundup
Entry 7: A Necromantic Comedy and FUCKING NEO ARCADIAN MILITARIES, HOW DO THEY WORK!?
Entry 8: I, Mechaniloid and "Daddy, What's a 'Shield Boomerang?'"
Entry 9: Stagg Party
Entry 10: A Guardian of Questionable Gender, Which Way to the Factory?, And Cyber Elf Cleanup #3
Entry 11: Is desertion a problem in the desert armies? And How Resistance's (don't) work
Entry 12: I Ain't 'fraid of No Phantoms
Entry 13: They're in our base, killing our dudes!
Entry 14: OPEN SESAME, Boss Recap, and Symbolism Everywhere!
Entry 15: Triple Threat, Base Dialogue Hoedown #2, And Cyber Elf Cleanup #4: Cleanup Harder
Entry 16: Spikeway to Heaven and NPC Dialogue Party #3
Entry 17: Talking Resistance Member Heads #4: I HUNGER FOR ROBOCOCK and How Zero Broke The Game By Eating Tiny Internet Elves.
Entry 18: The Fall of X
Final Entry: Z-Buster Only Golem and New Game Plus Hijinks
Yes, that's right. While I'm gradually getting around to wrapping up that other LP (it's coming, I swear!) I figured I'd start a little bit of the next one. So here goes:
Post level rating screen:
You're assigned "points" based on how well you met various criteria. For the best rankings, clear the level quickly while killing a lot of enemies and barely taking any damage. If you've ever played DMC, it's the same general ranking system. And they're about equal in terms of difficulty in getting A/S.
The biggest issue is the "elf" ranking. Why? Certain elves are used in a similar manner to heart tanks, sub tanks, upgrades and the like from earlier games. And if you use them to improve your stats, it counts as using an elf. Which drops your points. So if you're upgrading Zero, you aren't going to get good rankings. This is INCREDIBLY AGGRAVATING. But we'll cross this bridge once we come to it.
And now, onto the post mission textdump!
Welcome to our Resistance Base, Zero. This is a shelter for injured Reploids who are suspected of being Mavericks. We have fought so hard to survive....
*Reploid: Think "super advanced robot". Light more or less started things out, X was sort of the first true Reploid (advanced AI, free will. X was pretty much an upgrade of the original megaman.). At this point in technology, the line between "human" and "machine" is rather blurry.
*Maverick: Think "evil robot". Basically something that doesn't follow the asimov esque rules that all machines have built in. If you want to use the term loosely, any robot you fought in a prior game would be a "maverick". Although it's also frequently tied to the Maverick virus that caused machines to rebel against humans or go outright insane.
However, we know that the end is coming...
But that's why we have been looking for you. You are our last hope. Most of us think that Zero is nothing but a fantasy. However, a few still believed in your existence and have looked for you...
You ARE Zero, the legendary Reploid who fought with X to save the world 100 years ago.
(See: the entire X series. Although since they take place over an extremely long period of time, it's hard to tell just how far into the future this game takes place. )
X...? that name sounds familiar.
(Their bromance was legendary.)
X... That legendary Reploid is still alive and he's trying to retire all of us.
(He's also doing science. Yes, you're reading this correctly. X is the BAD GUY.)
X is trying to.... retire you... ?
(Sadly, "Retire" doesn't mean he's shipping them off to florida. To flex my geek muscles:
Retire. Dead. Retire. Dead. RETIRE. DEAD. NO RETIRE.)
His plans have already begun. Many innocent Reploids are being retired as we speak...
(Every time you pronunciate, X kills a reploid.)
We need your help. Our future depends on you... Please help us....
>Ok
>No Way
(I feel like being a dick)
>NO WAY
I understand... You need time to think about it. OKay then, we'll find a way to work it out by ourselves. Still, if you change your mind... please talk to me... Okay?
(Yeah, it's one of those choices. Damn you hobson!)
>OK
Thank you... It's like a dream comes true.
(I doubt her Ph.D is in english. Although it may be in engrish.)
Now.... With your help...
(What is with japan and elipses?)
(And thus begins the tale of Zero the resistance fighter. Slayer of robots. Master of laserswords. The great liberator. Collector of little magic dolls!)