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Meh, so there's really no way to "Expand" the games in any meaningful way, except add dialogue and scripts? I.e. I can make X NPC give me a quest about say, 5 crystals for money \ XP but there's no way to add a big quest? Is it possible to script new enemies \ NPCs to appear in a zone? Like "talk to X. If A area is explored sufficiently, X has an option that gives a quest. A now holds a bunch of new enemies and there's an item in box K, that is the quest target."

Can you ADD zones perhaps? Say add an extra place to explore through a quest?

OK, you make a point that gradual abolition of slavery hurt the Roman empire. However, I remind you that the Romans were giving more and more rights to slaves (or serviles as they were calling them ) for 3 centuries before the Roman empire collapsed. After a point, a slave could not just be killed by his owner and the slaves were entitled to payment. Remember aaaaaaall those outsiders making sure Serviles are looked after in the games? Well, the Romans had those too by law. Anyway, while stone buildings were far fewer during the decline and collapse of the Roman empire, it was because we entered the dark ages not because of a lack of slaves. It's not that Lombards, Huns or Goths did not have slaves. It's that they didn't put any value on theatres and didn't know how to build aquadects. So, the drop is not really because the Romans decided to treat their slaves better.

Episode 35 and 36: There are large gaps in those. A pity... I listened to parts of the "Frozen" episodes but I couldn't get much of a hold of what was happening. And oh God, I remember the battle in 36. It was frustrating, it was hard and I had to load several times. And I had both golems (kept them with regeneration aura). In case you remember, was it easy with your tons of mechanics? To get away from the traps? I was caught trying to use both the handles and fight enemies. EDIT: You did it! Before the enemies even got in! Mechanics DID pay out in the end. I was getting facefulls of acid from roamers while running back and forth. As for the puzzle with the controls and all: it wasn't really a puzzle I think. You clicked one and then the other control, a few dozen times in my case, till the door opens. Episode 37: "Guardian Makar is here! He will help us in the fight!" You trust Shapers too much. They are not as crazy as Drakons, but they ARE crazy powermongers that refuse to be wrong. I have kinda expected he was a traitor the moment I saw him here. He had claimed he never went down, remember? Unfortunatelly, the fight with the golem was not fully watchable. I could listen to the missing parts though. I liked how you started with "Makar will help me fight the golem" and ended with the golem fighting Makar... I managed to take control of it near the very end of it's health and it had stuff on. It hit Makar once I think before tumbling. The roamers that you fight after the golem, they were coming by the dozen (so to speak) in that room I was trapped with the controls. I see you are full of items now. I repeat my suggestion to find a nice place (close to an anvil) and throw all your things in a chest there. Did you go to speak to Makar's girlfriend\secretary after killing him?

Temps at 100C? That will totally wreck your computer if not fixed soon! I would say that since we're not paying you, don't risk burning equipment worth 100s of $. Of course, I speak with the confidence of the person sitting on 30+ episodes to watch... which would take me likely through SUMMER. So...

Well, society didn't collapse when Roman Slaves were gradually granted more and more rights and more and more protection from the Roman empire... they did turn to serfs which is not that great an improvement, but still, society didn't collapse. It just adapted.

Meh, so it's not possible to simply recreate GF1 using GF5 engine by replacing everything?

Scripting-wise, Is it possible to replace zones with different ones?

The researchers that made something that could turn a SERVILE to a shaper, were thinking they could return to the island soon? That's waaaay to optimistic considering Shapers were being executed for far less from what I've seen in GF 3-5.

Too much evidence points this way to call it a theory. It's practically written on half the endings I've seen that Shapers pay for their arrogance. Why they kept it? Well, I really, REALLY doubt they anticipated it would lead to the rebellion.

Episode 33: Battle Alpha eh? Didn't make one in the whole GF5 game. Went straight for WTrall and had my trusty, leveled up clawbugs in the meantim. I actually don't think it's even worth the extra essense; the bugs were terrific. EDIT: I see you came to the very same conclusion like 2 mins later. If I may, without wanting to dispirit you, give a slight criticism: The fight in the beginning of the episode with spawner was kinda... not too much fun to watch. Lengthy battle that was not that important to the story. Spawners are, after all, a fongus that spews mindless bugs. Nothing that could be done about it though. It was actually needlessly tiring for me when playing the game too. I'm not blaming YOU for the big fight. It's not like you could have avoided it. Spellcraft increase (you probably don't remember since it's two months, but you got spellcraft increase) was... an interesting choice. I didn't raise spellcraft at all I think during the game. ooohhh... North Citadel pass! I haven't actually BEEN there till nearly the end of the game. Found it hillariously easy but you're in for big trouble at that level. Episode 34: This one is probably gonna be a good episode... At the beginning you start the episode very close to several enemies. If I may be so bold and ask... why didn't you cast blessing magic? Aaaah... the first battle with an unbound. It hasn't been a disappointment. As I think I've already mentioned, for me the most deep routed memory of GF5 is not the endings. It's that feeling you get when you're with 2nd tier creations and an Unbound walks in... That mad dash to escape, living piecemeal creations for the mad creation to waste its time on. After that episode, you probably understand what I mean. And no, by the time I was 40+ lvl and met that very Unbound, that had 20% chance to hit my creations, I still got pangs of urgency and mounting tension beyond any reasonable explanation. Like you've probably figured already, I've been conditioned by the first half of the game to be absolutely terrified of the Unbound. No offense but I found it terribly funny, how you left those poor soldiers to fend for themselves and made a run for it. Till Mera Tev. I could mentally picture your poor lifecrafter running aaaaaaaaaall the way to Mera Tev and collapsing only after the gates closed behind him. I see that Bormac MADE IT through the purge... he's gained 6 levels by now. I hope he stays put for the long run (no spoilers please). question: Have you returned there? Cause if you haven't I won't spoil it for you. But if you did... I have something to share about the whole thing. Special Cannister: I ... have missed that. Mechanics-only probably. Must be the best cannister in the whole series. I don't remember any other giving +2. I didn't know it was even possible. As a note, if you remember your first meeting with Guardian Makar. He told you that you've been partaking heavily on cannisters. He told me something different I think. Something like that I can still be at control but will lose it sooner or later. PS. I'm pretty sure that Semini, the docile secretary of Guardian Makar had a HUGE crush on him.

Personally, since he's a loyal shaper (i.e pro-slavery, pro concentrating power to few hands and denying the rest, pro-genocide), although I admire his patriotism and his willingness to break a few eggs to make an omelette... I find his a good, loyal supporter of an evil regime. Astoria on the other hand allows people (Serviles) the right to self-rule and knows when enough is enough.

Actually, I would say starting with GF4, that I hate the shapers. The Rebels have a lot of blood in their hands, there's tons of warcrimes being commited from both sides, but the Rebels fight dirty against a Tyrannical empire that keeps species enslaved just because it's convenient and wants to wipe out different forms of sentient species just because they consider them dangerous. Yes, the Drakons are very, very dangerous. But the Rebellion is MORE than the Drakons as you've probably seen with GF5. As such, while both sides fight dirty (Rebels fight dirtier), the rebels at least fight dirty to liberate slaves and topple a tyrannical, genocidal magical order while the Shapers fight in order to keep absolute control including control over creatures created subservient.

I'm not talking about loading, I mean casting regeneration aura more liberaly. This about the Unbound is important for the game. You throw a couple least-valuable creations to slow it and run like hell. That's GF5 for me. Running from the Unbound wondering if I'll have to sacrifice ANOTHER high-level treasured creation.

I had the same problem as you in GF4 and GF5. And ended the games with stacks of over 30 consumables. What I mean is that you're (at Oklavano) about a level where you could keep 1-2 creations for a loooong time and leveling them up while the rest perish. I think I changed all of my creations for more powerful versions later on so it's not a biggy, but at the time I absorbed my final cryora at level ~30, she was so high level, that unbound had 20% to hit her.

Episode 32: Oklavano sea cave. If I may suggest, when you get in a place that you expect to be hostile in low essence it would IMO be prudent to use some of those essence pods and replace a couple of lost creations. That way, you can afford to use speed or bless (like that battle with the artilas). I hope you revisit Oklavano later. I don't think I visited it. Doesn't remind me much and I certainly don't have the energy and time to load up and play it.

What do you mean? You had to play the same episode... 6 times? That's dedication...

I was thinking something else though. supposedly at least, it's possible to finish the game without fights. It SHOULD be do-able without a combat-powerful character. Frankly, I didn't have problems since I had a ton of creations (and playing on normal).

Well, you're the artist. I just watch the show! Don't let me dictate how you pursue your hobby or passion.

Drop it to normal then! And yes, you can beat them. At least I did with a Shaper. Didn't go there immediately though; I did a lot of quests before heading there.

Unless you progressed far from where I have watched, you should probably be... before the half-point. If the game takes you 50-60 hours, you would need 140+ 25min episodes. And it took me 70+hours (but I was playing slower)

Blazing gauntlets? They are good... but not the best IMO. You could have gone for this: +5 Battle Magic, +5 Mental Magic, +5 Blessing Magic, +2 Strength of creations, +2 Dexterity of creations, +2 Endurance of creations I actually made the lifecrafter gauntlets (like smoking+4 to creation stats) NOTE: I just skimmed to see the artifact. I didn't even see where you are to keep it cool. Thanks buddy.

I plan to play them... once they become available in a new GF5-type format, which will hopefully happen in a few years or, barring that, when someone makes them as a total conversion mod for GF5. That's what I was planning to do with GF3 too, but it was too good series of games to just stop at GF4.

Thinking more about it, I suggest you put up that image on your channel. Then, you can "correct it" as you move forward and put people you meet there. Personally, I would suggest putting in Shapers of GF1-3 (one dot), Shapers of GF4-5 (one dot). Then "Rebels" of GF1, rebels of GF 3-4 (one dot), Drakons in GF5 and "moderates" in GF5. Put Trakovites of GF1-4 (one dot) and Trakovites of GF5. Then, put smaller dots for important people; like Rawal, Astoria, Litalia and others that I won't talk to you about, and add it as a small link in the comments of your channel. In the horizontal axis, you could put "pro-shaper" or "pro-rebel" to show where they stand in the civil war aside of their opinion on shaping; for example the guardian that betrayed Astoria and sent assassins is... very pro-shaper, moderately pro-shaping. Attention: If you follow my idea, leave space on the extremely pro-shaper and extremely pro-rebel. You haven't seen how extreme are the extremes. This is mine, with things from GF4 and what I've seen so far from yours (i.e. no spoilers; I won't tell you where I think Astoria or GF5 Litalia stand): And here's an empty one if you want to fill it. http://postimg.org/image/grxm94qe5/

I like that image. Truth be told... Shapers and rebels reaction to shaping can be changed by the player (if you join the Trakovites). As far as it goes... I kinda disagree with the Shapers being more pro-shapey in GF5 than GF4. Wait till you hit further ahead before putting the dot. You have just seen Astoria and Rawal and Astoria is less pro-shaping than Rawal (that had a Geneforge on his basement, so I actually not consider him a Shaper and there are more deviances from his side to be proven). Rebels in GF5 are IMO below GF4 and in both GF4 and GF5 they are much above Shapers since they ... shape themselves totally. However a lot of rebels are too put off by... I won't say more. Let's just say that Rebels are not just the Drakons and there are things for you to discover on that front even on the last battle. So I would put both Shapers and Rebels less pro-Shaping in GF5 than in GF4. As for not able to align yourself: Every faction choice I found was more or less bad. As with every war, this one brought out the worse in people. The good are few, the brave have already been killed, the idealists disillusioned. It's a very realistic representation of a long war IMO. Both sides have turned to extremities, there is literally not a good side and common people suffer. Oh, and Trakovites in GF5 are not as antishaping as in GF4. You know that now Their base is full of shaped creations. They consider now that a Trakovite shaper\lifecrafter could create life in defense of the Trakovites. Remember that dude in Monarch's basement in GF4? That was waiting for you? He didn't shape anything. He left the place armed with magic, not creations. When you meet him again, he's in a cave, thinking; not a cave full of creations, thinking. The depth of GF series was very surprising to me. Oh, and Litalia is my favorite GF character (and the 3rd best for my sister; she loved Moseh from GF4)