MexicoTomorrow, June 3rd, NG2 turns 15 years old!! If you can believe that :’(. We should organize an event to celebrate!
Throughout the years, I always pushed buying the Flock of Swallows scroll from Muramasa to the late chapters of the game, believing it wasn't a very useful technique. Today, on a Master Ninja no Ninpo run, I had a lot of spare yellow essence (from not buying the different Ninpos), so I bought the FoS scroll earlier and tried it against Spirit Doku. It works WONDERFULLY, specially when he does his dash attack. Literally, four or five good connects of the FoS against Doku and he was down, on the first try. Not only is this relevant because Spirit Doku is one of the hardest bosses of the game, but also because that fight can last a good 3 minutes on harder difficulties, more so if one dies, and today I beat him in about 40 seconds. In a Speedrun, this technique would be extremely useful and faster than any other way of fighting him. FoS scroll is a must buy from now on.
Worsel: I regret that you’re suffering from the side effects of your meds and hope you recover soon.
Claryfing, as I am asolutely sure of this, since I’ve been running the game almost daily for the past two weeks: DEFAULT SETTINGS (ng+): Your unlocks carry over, so everything is available to you from the start, but you still have to buy everything.
BASE DATA (ng++): Your unlocks AND purchases carry over. Everything is available and purchase, so you’re a beast from the start.
TRUE NEW GAME: You can access it by creating a new user in your console. Everything is locked and unavailable to you at the start, unlocking at certain scarab counts and save points. You have to unlock and buy everything. My latest run, pasted below, corresponds to this category.
Regards!
Remember, Worsel, no mode is called "new game +" in-game, and there's a difference between choosing Default Settings at the start (which makes it ng+) and choosing Base Data (which makes it ng++). Be mindful of what you choose, wince those will be different categories in the near future.
