With 14 stages to go, I’m slowly approaching the final stretch of my Saisei playthrough. But suddenly a wild Original Generations 2 appears?! Here’s an update (possibly the final one) on the playthrough, as well as plans for OGs2.
Will you be doing a Let’s Play for Original Generations 2?
Of course! Though I probably won’t be doing arranged battles for it at this stage. I have a life I need to get back to, and given that the game will be running at 720P, my hard disk just isn’t big enough to deal with the size of the videos needed to record for it at the moment.
How is Original Generations 2 going to fit in?
I had almost totally forgotten that Original Generations 2 was coming out this year. It was actually a bit of a rude awakening, because it made me realize that I might actually not finish my Saisei playthrough by the time November/December rolls around. Anyway this changes some things. As you might’ve noticed, I skipped doing Arranged Battle Scenes for Stage 45/46, but the plan is to hopefully do one for each stage thereafter.
At one stage a week, I’m looking to finish this playthrough up just around when OGs2 drops on November 29th. This means that I won’t be able to go back and play the remaining route splits for Saisei just yet, but I promise I’ll finish it at one point.
What’s the plan for the Saisei Hen finales?
With the finales all coming up at once, now’s your last chance for any suggestions/requests to come through! If there’s cut-in from the anime, music, matchups or combo attack between between units you want to see, let me know now and I’ll see if I can work it into the video. Note I haven’t watched Gurren Lagann/Shin Getter Armageddon/Macross F, so if there’s that one piece of music that must be there, (eg like how Yuusou had to be there for Stoner Sunshine) please let me know in the comments.
For your information the upcoming stages are (IF/ZEXIS Route):
47 – Shin Mazinger Z finale
48 – Dancougar finale Will combine with 56
49 – Code Geass, Assault on Tokyo Settlement
50 – Code Geass, taking on Charles vi Brittannia
51 – OG stage, final fight against Aim
52 – Code Geass, Assault on the Damocles
53 – Wing Gundam finale
54 – Shin Getter Robo Armageddon finale
55/56 – Gurren Lagann/Godmars Finale
57/58 – Macross F/00 Gundam Finale
59 – OG stage, battle against Akasim and Insalaum
60 – Grand finale, vs Uther and Gaiou
Since some of the finales in the IF route have shared stages, I will probably split it up to become one video per series finale. So for example the 00 Finale would be one video by itself, and Macross F would be it’s own separate video. I’ll also be using some of the normal route stages to create the videos, since the enemy unit deployments may be more convenient in some cases.
The stage playthrough itself will still be using the IF/ZEXIS route.
That’s all for now! Stay tuned for the Mazinger finale…it’s going to be a Super Robot orgy of epic proportions!
YJ
Macross… Thanks for granting me the favor!
Since I am a avid Ranka fan, do not blame me for the music selection…
Battle between Alto and giant ranka… (Ai, oboete imasuka)
Alto and brera (triangler- fight on stage)
Macross vs Galaxy (Nyan Nyan service medly)
Vajra Queen vs durndal (Lion/Anata no oto)
What about I make the video and give it to you for the arranged battle? You might like to take a look at episode twenty four and twenty five of Macross Frontier… If you want to make it, cause mine will be extremely faithful to the anime.
@Owen
Actually, go ahead, sounds like you have an idea in mind 🙂
Gives me more time to work on the 00 finale.
Look forward to it man! Let me know if you need any tips.
Hehe… Will send it to you before the school holidays end
@Owen
Haha, there is no rush man. I probably won’t even be up to stage 58 until at least October, so you have 2 months to spend perfecting it 🙂
Well my main problem is still with the VF-171 but whatever, I thought of a way to circumvent using VF-171. It will be pure SMS though…
Gonna look toward your plans for Ribbons… Hahahahaha!
I think for the durandal scenes if/when you get it that you do sayonara no tsubasa for it since it is a movie unit. Also Muge appears during stage 56 on the if route so the dancougars has a final end that stage. Also sorairo days for the fight against the antispiral. For stage 51 if, a certain bushido appears with a regnant as a warm up before aim actually appears. Also requesting for Northern Cross for the Frontier vs Galaxy. Also for stage 50 the all hail brittania theme for the fight against Charles and World’s end for 49.
@BQR
I don’t think I can use World’s End, it looks like the rights are heavily guarded and YouTube won’t allow it. I’ll see what I can do about the rest.
@BQR
Also are you certain Muge appears on 56 (IF Route)? If so I might skip stage 48.
First of all, love your videos!
For the Dancouga finale, perhaps of “Ai no Faraway” or “Love is Miracle” for an 80’s vibe, definitely corporate that combo attack somewhere.
Gundam Wing finale, “White Reflection” or “Last Impression.”
For the final chapter, I say go on out with that one with a Jam Project song, just for the hot-blood epicness XD . “Hagane no Resistance” or “Noah?”
I don’t if you’ve used the Invincible Combination yet, but somewhere in the videos or even in the finale.
Looking forward seeing the Mazinger video! 😀
@JP
I find Love is Miracle a bit too…”bright and happy”? Only way I can describe it. Will definitely use Ai no Faraway though.
Oh and btw the arranged battle will also seal the deal on alto x ranka so do not blame me…
“sorry, I hate sheryl to hell and back”
@YJ
How do you record your sound for the gameplay? Male/Male audio jack, or with a plugin? Cause I doubt I have the Male/Male audio jack, so the audio will be only BGM if I were to record…
Any way to circumvent the issue?
@Owen
I use a Male/Male audio cable into my PC’s Line-in. You kinda need one, since RemoteJoy lite video doesn’t do audio 🙁
They’re not that expensive though, any $10 should be fine.
Ok…?
Well, it is either that or to find a quiet room, then record using microphone…
Ok thanks for your help.
$10 yes? Can it be found commonly in electronic shops?
@Owen
Yep electronics or Hi-Fi shops should have them. And they should be quite cheap.
Lemme know if you need anything else.
Thanks a lot!
@YJ
I just double checked the wiki as well as a japanese wiki and it confirms that Muge appears on 56 if. The only thing that happens on 48 is the combo attack for the two dancougars and Roze becoming a sub for the cosmo crusher.
@Owen
Do not be putting too much hate on Sheryl just because in the movies she won the triangle. (BTW I just do not like bashing on characters.)
@YJ
Too bad on not being allowed to use World’s End but hopefully you will be allowed the All Hail Britannia theme at least because fighting Emperor Charles without that in the background would be like a crime to humanity. Also when you do stage 52 if, have Gino be downed by Kira with a beam saber for the lol factor.
Hey, hey, I do not hate sheryl for winning. Besides, the ending was so rushed that sheryl was more of Bad End then anything. Seriously, backstabbing Ranka all the time, that Sheryl. And Ranka was the clear winner of the love triangle in the tv cannon this I do not mind if Kawamori did give Sheryl a win, to satisfy sheryl fans (Yep, I think it should be fair)
However my hate for her arrogant and emasculating character… If I were alto I would hate. So would alto.
Ranka, however, is forever there for alto, and try as you might to argue with me over episode 21. They deserve each other.
Sorry, BQR, I really cannot set aside that hate… Added, Sheryl has songs that are horribad.
YJ, may I know the optimal framerate to record the game with? Is it the natural framerate of the eyes (60 fps) thank you!
@Owen
Record at 30, the game only runs at 30fps so any more is waste.
I think I am around 10% complete, audio of first half of the stage recorded, battle scenes recorded. Spent 2 hours just to let Brera kill Alto (Prevail Level 6 really sucks when you are trying to film something).
Then, to extract scenes from the anime…
Oh, and I tried to re-enact the scene where Brera shot down Alto with the Heavy Particle Cannon, but apparently, when I used the code to switch units (the enemy version of Brera’s VF-27 has no transformation) and change it to VF-27 battroid mode, the sprite changed but the moment I scrolled away from it or changed interface (i.e. go into weapons menu) the newly changed unit disappears. Is there a way to make the changing successful? BTW, my code requires me to go into the unit’s status page, press triangle, press cross, then select+left then start+right. Are you using a different code? If so, can you PM me by email?
Also, I surfed the whole of the internet, including China Websites but there are no codes that can allow the enemy enhancements (i.e. 100 percent hit chance, stats buff), and I was wondering how the enemy units could still hit you even with low percentage chance. Do you have a specific method, or do you keep trying until they hit?
Thank you very much in advance, and I hate to trouble you, but I am new to the “arranged battle” thing… much harder than I thought it would be…
However, I hope my ambitious storyboard would interest you into watching Macross Frontier XD
@Owen
I just do NOT tolerate bashing of a character at all is my stance. You can hate or like a character as much as you want, just keep it private that is all.
@Owen
Just sent you an email.
And yea, just started watching Macross F yesterday actually haha 🙂
Nice work! i will wait for your OG2’s vid! and i may not be able to doing them because of i doesn’t have a ps3 video recorder
For the final attack in the macross frontier stage, try no combine Alto’s and Brera’s both final attacks.
Also, the attack with all the missiles (alto), the time when he does that awsome thing, just before the final combination attack along with brera.
try to combine*
the time when he does that awsome thing with his eyes like “locking on” the targets
@KingPJ
I am sorry, but I am using the durandal. After all the final attack of the durandal is much more satisfying 😀
YJ, hagane no resistance is a must for stage 60 IMO. After all, it is like the opening theme for the SRW originals.
Besides, the choruses.are all epic enough, and it actually is hot blooded enough to be a anime opening theme.
Can make stage 59 and 60 into an arranged battle (merge)
The prelude of hagane no resistance fits the background that Uther’s seiohki has when he uses and hits with his Sacred crown attack.
@Owen
Good idea, I’ll probably use a mix of Crest of Z, NOAH and Hagane for the finale.
Oh yeah another suggestion I remembered for the Macross Finale is to use Kira, Shinn, and Lunamaria in the arrange. Also for the Dancougar Finale to make a Final Obari Special between the two Dancougars and the two Gravions.
I am VERY.sorry, but I have a personal hate for supers, and they just do not fit in into the macross finale. Plus, I am using the normal route as the base of the macross finale as it is more complete. I am using strictly SMS crew as it is THEIR finale. And just to avoid your “no bashing” stance, I am going to just clarify with you that I am not bashing. Just personal preferences.
My bad I mistook what you said, sorry, I think SEED wouldn’t fit. Er, YJ, you might like to make a separate one for mega-crossover fans. (Sorry, I am dedicating my version that I am passing to YJ for his walkthrough is solely macross.
@Owen
Hmm maybe in the future. If I did a Macross finale it would be mainly SMS as well, with a few others thrown in. I’d also use some older tunes like Dogfight from Macross Plus etc.
@Owen
That’s allright. I just put that suggestion down because Kira gets a special quote if he encounters Brera. He also gets a special quote against Gino too, and Gino has a special quote for when he faces Kira. It’s the same if you do Alto vs Bushido and Bushido vs Toudoh or Amuro vs Ribbons. Ribbons also responds by name if Kira, Shinn, Quattro, Kamille or Heero encounters him in battle.
Oh, I get it now.
Cause both of them are voiced by Hoshi, right?
Yeah but then again, thanks for the suggestion.
Then again, wth brera only gets “Let’s fight, skull 4!” Or something along the lines against alto…
@BQR
Does Ribbons have lines against Garrod and Athrun as well?
I’d like to include as many as I can in my video but it could be quite challenging while keeping the pace up.
Garrod; yes
Arthrun; maybe not
If I am not wrong he has a special quite with all the gundam big shots
*quote
And I mean all the protagonists. It is probably a given.
@YJ
He has special lines for the DX and Turn A on being world destroyers and Athrun gets a shared quote with Kira and Shinn about Freedom, Justice, Destiny and how he controls all. Also Brera gets a special line when he faces Gundams. Ribbons only quotes specifically by name of the character to Amuro, Quattro, Kamille, Heero, Kira, and Shinn. The irony is that Zero gets a special line about the power of Song during Stage 57. Also Gino gets special lines when he faces AT’s, Valkyries, Orange, Kallen, Suzaku, Gundams, and Kira. Bismark gets special lines about Gundams.
Oh yeah special request for when you do the regnant to have Kallen, Zero, and Heero battle her because she has special lines for the three of them when she faces them.(She refers to Kallen and Heero by name and blames Zero for what happened in Area 11.)