Posted May 06, 2012
Considering I already put a spoiler alert please don't continue to read unless you at least have played the game once.
Now, to the matter of the game. While it didn't strike me as a surpise that The Transcendent One was The Nameless One's mortality (sort of? I assume Ravel's magic helped creating its independant mind) but it was a nice touch and a great conclusion to a wonderfully unique game.
That said, I there's a few things I wonder. First of all, the reason TNO seeked Ravel in the first place was to add more time to his life to make up for the horrible choices he had done in the Blood War (and I assume in other places as well)? Is there any indication there's something else..? To be honest, I had preferred if the reason was that he actually was hunted but only his original's mind knew who it was but hey, that's my opinion on it (and I actually hoped for this ever since you entered the tomb trap).
Second, his name...ahh, it's Lost all over again. You get to know a character that isn't only mysterious but interesting and well, probably has done things many people never have. While it is fitting to the story we didn't get to know the original TNO's name I really, really thought that it might be implied somewhere especially after the tomb trap. When you read one of them, Yemeth is named there along with the Dodecahedron. It said "misery bringer..Yemeth." When I read that the first time I had one of those crawling sensations TNO always had.. ;)
Is it possible that the original TNO was Yemeth, that legendary wizard who apparently sought immortality as well. I killed that Night Hag who had his legacy but unfortunately I never found an interaction in which it made any difference..Is that possible? I killed those two baatezu who said they're TNO's former allies after I had given it to them.
About the characters. I enjoyed them all, I loved that the game had such unique characters and so many, it was sometimes as I was one of those geeky aumented reality simulations some hope we will achieve one day. However, Morte probably striked me as the most interesting. I really liked his sarcastic humour and wit which made me believe that before he became that floating skull he was probably dabbling in forbidden magic and what not to be become that. Speaking of him, did one get to know anything about his prior life other than that he was sent to Pillar of Skulls because one of his lies led to someone's death? I had hoped for a specific quest that resolve at least some of it but I'm a sucker for mysterious so in the end it was great as well that it was left alone. I saw on the wiki and somewhere else that he had a longer name than Morte but I never found anything about that in the game. Please shed some light on that subject.
About the planes. While the game was quite large and had a burning focus on the main plot and TNO I had hoped one could have visited more places especially the Limbo plane where Dak'kon came, it would have been great to see that chaos world in actual sense.
If anything I've said or anything that comes to mind that is specific to this game please shed your opinions as well, I'm certainly not only after the facts of the game. ;)
I forgot about the Lady of Pain. I loved the idea that she was like a mystierious, neutral force, Power, deity, God or what have you that didn't really meddle in people's life unless it was absolutely necessary. I enjoyed that little bit she having a struggle with Aoskar, it would have been great if there were some way to see that. :)
Now, to the matter of the game. While it didn't strike me as a surpise that The Transcendent One was The Nameless One's mortality (sort of? I assume Ravel's magic helped creating its independant mind) but it was a nice touch and a great conclusion to a wonderfully unique game.
That said, I there's a few things I wonder. First of all, the reason TNO seeked Ravel in the first place was to add more time to his life to make up for the horrible choices he had done in the Blood War (and I assume in other places as well)? Is there any indication there's something else..? To be honest, I had preferred if the reason was that he actually was hunted but only his original's mind knew who it was but hey, that's my opinion on it (and I actually hoped for this ever since you entered the tomb trap).
Second, his name...ahh, it's Lost all over again. You get to know a character that isn't only mysterious but interesting and well, probably has done things many people never have. While it is fitting to the story we didn't get to know the original TNO's name I really, really thought that it might be implied somewhere especially after the tomb trap. When you read one of them, Yemeth is named there along with the Dodecahedron. It said "misery bringer..Yemeth." When I read that the first time I had one of those crawling sensations TNO always had.. ;)
Is it possible that the original TNO was Yemeth, that legendary wizard who apparently sought immortality as well. I killed that Night Hag who had his legacy but unfortunately I never found an interaction in which it made any difference..Is that possible? I killed those two baatezu who said they're TNO's former allies after I had given it to them.
About the characters. I enjoyed them all, I loved that the game had such unique characters and so many, it was sometimes as I was one of those geeky aumented reality simulations some hope we will achieve one day. However, Morte probably striked me as the most interesting. I really liked his sarcastic humour and wit which made me believe that before he became that floating skull he was probably dabbling in forbidden magic and what not to be become that. Speaking of him, did one get to know anything about his prior life other than that he was sent to Pillar of Skulls because one of his lies led to someone's death? I had hoped for a specific quest that resolve at least some of it but I'm a sucker for mysterious so in the end it was great as well that it was left alone. I saw on the wiki and somewhere else that he had a longer name than Morte but I never found anything about that in the game. Please shed some light on that subject.
About the planes. While the game was quite large and had a burning focus on the main plot and TNO I had hoped one could have visited more places especially the Limbo plane where Dak'kon came, it would have been great to see that chaos world in actual sense.
If anything I've said or anything that comes to mind that is specific to this game please shed your opinions as well, I'm certainly not only after the facts of the game. ;)
I forgot about the Lady of Pain. I loved the idea that she was like a mystierious, neutral force, Power, deity, God or what have you that didn't really meddle in people's life unless it was absolutely necessary. I enjoyed that little bit she having a struggle with Aoskar, it would have been great if there were some way to see that. :)
Post edited May 06, 2012 by Nirth_90