Completed all 25 chapters. The game really leaves a lot of loose ends. Like Magnus. Even at the end of the game you know hardly anything about him, except that he's strong and knew Gaol. Or the Aurum, why the hell did they attack? Or the Chaos Kin, who seems like an evil genius at first but then turns out to be a bug. Also he has zero backstory, like Magnus and the Aurum.
Still, the weirdest part to me was that nobody ever brought up the fact that 3 fucking years passed after you defeat the Aurum (except Magnus once). Also nothing really major seems to have happened in those years, and for some reason no one came looking for Pit either.
He looks awesome... He's Pit, but wears black... Gosh, if it was THAT easy to look "awesome", I'd trade in my entire wardrobe and dye my hair black and hang out with all the other goth kids, preferably the emo goth kids who all talk about doom and gloom every day of their lives.
In all seriousness, I never really "got" the idea of who evil twins are so damn popular. Usually they're just evil copies of the main character, and in that regard, they're almost always shallow, hollow, and one-note, with no defining characteristics or personality other then then they're "bad". Ooo, aaa, look at him, he's such a bad boy! EVERYONE wants the BAD BOY, not those wimpy little goody-two-shoes!
Personally, if there IS an evil character, I'd like there to be a more interesting design or at least SOME defining characteristics other then he'd bad. Like Wario! Sure he started out just being an evil doppleganger, but there was a bit more to him then just his hatred for Mario. Like his greed! His ridiculous arm strength! And his various odd transformations. Plus, while he DOES look like Mario, he has more exaggerated traits, such as being really fat, even crazier mustache, and his colors are the inverse of Mario's.
I also like Waluigi, who IS pretty much a a one-note evil "twin", but he's still got that exaggerated traits like Wario, and unlike Dark Pit and other evil twins, he's most played for laughs and a sidekick to the more popular Wario.
Like I said, Dark Pit manages to be slightly more interesting in that he invokes a decent point about Pit's stance in his loyalty to Palutena. He's rather be free from any kind of control, and it's hard to argue with him, since, even though she's the Goddess of Light, we haven't really seem much of her "good" side. She usually just lies around in the sky, gives Pit the Power of Flight, and offers tips and quips. Some of these quips, like the "abuse power because I'm a God", become less funny in light (no pun intended) of Dark Pit's argument for wanting to kill the original Pit and why he hates him.
It's funny, because before this game, I always imagined Palutena as the sort of flawless Goddess, the pinnacle of perfection, knows the right things to say, and if she DOES do something questionable, it'll be in that Dumbledore, chess-master sort of mysterious way where you know everything is going to work out and that her heart is always in the right place... Maybe if we saw more of her, or know for certain if she's really being serious when she says things like that...
Then again, this IS just chapter 6 out of, what, 25 chapters I'm told? Who knows, maybe this will be further explored as we play the game.
BTW Mijselffan, if you've finished the game, please keep what you say in spoilers.
How does the multiplayer work again? I assume there are friend codes involved...
Also, chapter 7... It has awesome remixes of the Overworld and Fortress themes from the original game! Also, you know those snakes that attacked you while fighting Medusa in the original game? Yeah, well apparently he's actually the Lord/God of the Dead and now calls himself Thanatos (instead of Tanatos) and he's a shape-shifter. Biggest retcon I've seen yet in this game.
Also, Poseidon is in this game, that's cool. Still no Old Man Zues, though.
Something I found rather annoying is that Pit and Palutena are annoyed with Thanatos's talking, yet he brings up a good point, that they, or at least Pit, has been gabbing away a lot in this game, which is a good point. It's almost like Metroid: Other M, where now the main character can talk, and they talk full advantage of it by having them talk throughout the game. Although at LEAST Pit actually emotes when he speaks and he doesn't repeat the obvious... most of the time.
Another interesting point made in this chapter his Thanatos and his relationship with Medusa. Now, I kept getting hit and following into pits (ironic, no?), so I missed some of what he had to say, but the question was raised that
Since he's the God of the Dead, why does he serve under Medusa?
Of course, I accidentally spoiled myself a while back and found out Hades was the main/final villain in this game, but I know next to nothing about who he is, so I'm still ready for any kind of surprise this game throws at me.
I usually hate online multiplayer, because it's not that different from playing with the computer, only instead of the computer being a cheating bastard, the opponents you fight seem to purposefully act/play like dicks because they know they can get away with it without any kind of repercussions. With an actual friend, or even a total strange in the room, I can at least go "what the Hell?" to them or punch them in the face.
...Anyway, I beat chapters 8 & 9. The space pirates are surprisingly lame, but powerful, and
the final battle with Medusa was actually pretty epic... Then, batta-bing batta-boom, low and behold, Hades, the REAL ruler of the Underworld was behind things all along! Reviving Medusa through a bunch of "souls" and some past memories, just so he could keel enough people and collect their souls so he can use them to rule all!
Okay, first off, Palutena CLEARLY knew who he was, so why didn't she suspect that HE would be behind things? Why didn't Palutena tell Pit about him? How many other things is Palutena keeping from Pit? And Pit just goes along with it? I'm sorry, but Dark Pit has a point, he just blindly obeys anything Palutena says for him to do without question, and while that IS kind of a good thing, I can't help but feel this is kind of unfair and one-sided. Pit really needs to learn to think for himself, and I hope it comes to that later on...
I also have to wonder, if Hades is the REAL ruler of the Underworld, then what was up with Medusa claiming to be the ruler and controlling the underworld army? Not to mention, Thanatos, the God of the dead, was following her. Did he, Pandora, or anyone else know about Hades before then? Hopefully, this will be explained further, the more I play...
That said, the fake end credits at the end of chapter 9 WAS really funny, and a cute homage to the original!
It goes WAAAAAAY back to the first game. In Japan, the game is called Hikari Shinwa: Palutena no Kagami, or "Light Mythology: Palutena's Mirror". That would probably be too much of a mouthful for Western players, and... I guess Pit is pretty similar Icarus, a boy who had wings, which he lost by flying to close to the sun. I'll have to look into the exact origin of the name...
BTW, I just beat chapter 10.
Hades is an intriguing villain... I mean, I thought there was something beyond the "revive this child's parents" wish he made up, but to think he made up the entire Wish Seed story... I also thought it was weird that Palutena sent Pit to go get it, even though the Wish Seed apparently already HAS a guardian, so basically what Palutena's telling Pit to do is to go beat up this guardian protecting the MacGuffin... so that THEY can get the MacGuffin, because they're CLEARLY better at protecting it then the original guardian... Is that right? Seriously, I as much as they try to make Palutena a good guy, with each new chapter, I'm CONSTANTLY questioning her motives, actions, and words. Pit annoys me, not because of his voice or his incredibly painful quips and jokes, but because just goes along with all this without question! It's kind of unnerving how loyal he is to Palutena that he overlooks all of her shortcomings...
Also, Hades's motivation just seems to want as many people as possible to die just so he can collect their souls... Like being the God of the Underworld is some kind of flimsy justification to wan to see many people die. What's he going to do with all those souls anyway?
Not to mention, he tells everyone (the humans) that the Wish Seed has been taken and that they need to get it. Okay, first off, how is he telling the people this. Second, do the people KNOW it's Hades telling them this? Third, if they do, are they REALLY going to trust his word? Fourth, if they don't, WHY are they going to listen to some random voice they don't know?! Seriously, this story is so fucking confusing and I'm just praying that by the end it all makes sense!
