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LISA: Vegaful in Hopeful

3 years ago

I'm actually pretty proud of this one. A few of the ideas I've implemented for this (including this update's name!) have been my plans for months now. Glad to see it all come together.

Hope you enjoy experiencing this as much as I've enjoyed creating it.


A FEW IMPORTANT NOTES:

 

- The route is activated the same way it is in Hopeful, showing your boss the toolbox, but it’s no longer Pain/Lunatic Mode exclusive. Can’t fight the hardest rider on normal mode though.

 

- You can do part of the mountain segment of the normal route once you get there, up to the first house in the lab/bunker area. THIS IS NECCESARY IF YOU WANT TO GET ALL THE SPECIAL MOVES OR -ASS ITEMS.

 

- Due to changes in area pacing, Aussie’s recruitment method and the way you find Raging Rapid Cuts is different, though VERY similar, on the new route.

 

- The joyed ending is meant to be somewhat of a war of attrition. To compensate, only Jerry using Joy will activate it (though there are still consequences for using joy on other characters).

 

-  Turns out that one of the things that was keeping me busy wasn’t scheduled properly so I could have released this like a week ago. Whoops.

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