Zanurah
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No, but you're missing out if you play the sequel first. It plays great homage to the original, + its soundtrack is better.must i play the first game to understand this one?
Aye, it's a fun story trope! Origin stories for monsters in general fascinate me to no end. =DWhen you say it like that so succinctly... It's terrifying to consider the possibility that despite all the experiments the cultists did to Ashley, there might have been a small part of them left that may still be consciously thinking like a human. I suppose it would be considered a mercy that Rabiane was able to put them down during her very enthusiastic walk across Kessaria. Even if some sample parts of Ashley were reused by the cultists to replace the head of an Executioner to create their new murder-death machine that may or may not be against the Great Seere's eldritch family plan for Rabiane.
Yeah... The more you read into what happened in the first game, the more glad one becomes that things in SiNiSistar 2 hadn't deteriorated to the point that an Ashley had been created at all in Arcezon. Though I can understand the arguments that perhaps some townsfolk do deserve to get Ashley'd...
Btw, you mentioned Arcezon? Is it confirmed Kessaria is in the same region or are they separate realms?
I mean, I'm not Nennai, and while I said the north-east village was a great place for it, I'd consider a DLC that adds a south-west section connected to the vampiric swamplands. There you could easily support a fishing hamlet that is half-sunken from abandonment and devoid of anything remotely human anymore, save for perhaps a few breeding pens for captives.Now that you mention it, I do wish there was a SiNiSistar equivalent to the Fishing Hamlet in Bloodborne. With all the Lovecraftian elements in the game, you'd think Nennai would've already added in a level where Lelia gets raped by a bunch of fishfolk.
That, and just me wanting something with a similar atmosphere. I just love the Fishing Hamlet's aesthetic, it feels like a Lovecraft novel brought to life. It's that one area in Bloodborne that I always look forward to revisiting, even I can't say the same about those shark monsters and the random Winter Lanterns (Why!?) scattered about.
That said, I'd try to make the latter different from the content we see in the demi-human village, otherwise it's more of the same with a different breed of monster. Not that I would be opposed. It would be neat if any misstep in the region could lead to her being captured, since the fish folk would be hiding in the waters, ready to drag her beneath the waves...
... also, it would be fun seeing some underwater game overs for a change of pace. The swamp ones don't count.