#surviving lucem

[lunaefall]

I really love the symbolism in Liv's Empyrea outfit with her resembling an angel sent to help humanity and provide a sense of hope.

They even put the imagery with her descending from the skies towards a church, with the setting shrouded in darkness while Liv is the embodiment of the light shining in the skies, and it looks like she's radiating it to provide a sense of hope and salvation.

But then you look into her eyes, and their pink colour is gone. And they match the white of the rest of the outfit, but in contrast, they look lifeless and like a far cry from the sense of hope the rest of the outfit brings, pretty much reflecting the hidden struggles and the consequences of Liv using this frame at her own expense.

In many traditions, eyes are said to be windows to the soul. And in Liv's soul, there's just pain, sadness and torment now.

[bigkickguy]

i just think lee and noan should hold hands !!

[snowlilly]

Top five games you would like to live in!

Rune Factory 4: Although the games are all in the same world 4 is my favorite. Adventuring AND chilling on a farm. Make three dragon gods water your crops and bribe another with pancakes. The Horse. Life is good

Pokémon: Once again I'm getting baited by "you can pet god". If I had to pick a region I'd say Alola because I LOVE Ultrabeasts even though I would probably have sunburns for life. Wouldn't wanna go to Galar because the gyms are noisy

Dragalia Lost: There's a lot of cool creatures and magic. If I saw Marishiten nobody would be able to stop me

Arknights: I don't care if there's a rock cancer pandemic and a race war going on Oni and lizard people are real

Xenoblade Chronicles X: gorgeous environment and your own personal Gundam but there's so much shit that will instantly murder you if you take two steps in the wrong direction on your daily walk

Honorable mentions:

CrossCode: I really love the setting but I know I hate MMOs in real life.

Punishing: Gray Raven: I don't care if there's a machine rabies pandemic and a class war going on androids are real- wait a second

Etrian Odyssey: the FUTUREEE isn't that much different actually. Magic is real but Oni and lizard people are not, so that's an L. But more importantly I don't wanna be near the superbosses or the dragons because it's on sight for them

[shin-to-buri]

how i sleep after going through what is quite likely the most beautiful, poignant and haunting deliberation on life and death ive read

[sinsofsinister]

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[aetherose]

It's time.

[toastthewolfie]

me with PGR:

When I first started playing: awww, this is a really cute game with a great concept! I think I’ll keep playing :33333

Me after finishing chapters 13-17: *sobbing* WHAT THE FUCK MAN-

[fenrhi]

[murasakinokuukyo]

Surviving Lucem made me cry so many times. Everyone's so desperate to survive and keep on fighting. They were all reaching their limit, Liv most of all. Yet, in the face of despair, she chooses to step up and make a sacrifice. Liv: Empyrea, an angel descending from the heavens, removing everyone's pain by taking it into herself, all because she loves them. The frame is completely white, lacking the pink her previous frames had, since it is an empty vessel meant to take in the virus. Liv, in her MIND, getting impaled by the punishing virus and still having enough strength to aid Lucia. I love those girls so much. Liv's empathy and all-loving nature is why she will forever be my favourite character.

[narzissenkreuz-ordo]

playing thru the surviving lucem like

[lunaefall]

I'm just thinking about how much Liv's colour palette contrasts against so much of PGR's setting being so dark and gloomy. She basically embodies the light she tries to bring into the world, with her pink and white colours standing out like a beacon in the dark night.

Then there's this artwork of her vision of earth, which for once is in lighter colours, but Liv herself is in shadows. This reflects her vision of a better world even if it comes at the cost of losing herself, whether in terms of her M.I.N.D breaking or even her death.

I'll never be able to express just how much I love Liv and Surviving Lucem, goddamn it.

[icewitcher]

Surviving Lucem... Surviving Lucem... why do you have to hurt us and Liv so much, Kuro ?

[muraenide]

First impression of WuWa after being 1 hour in, spoiler-free:

Cons:

Mid-tier storyline. There are a lot of issues with their story-writing, such as MC halo being too strong, no wow elements, and info-dumping too early in the game.

Janky controls. I'm playing on mobile but as a PGR (kuro's other game) player, I think PGR and WuWa are so far in comparison it's difficult to believe knowing that they were created by the same company. Sometimes the buttons don't respond even though I've tapped them. Phone (12GB RAM) also heats up really fast. I think they might put optimization on low priority until later.

This is more of a personal preference but I don't really like games who shove a random female character in my face where she is instantly suspicious or doesn't like me for no particular reason (especially when we/the Rover) hasn't done anything yet. Unfortunately, this character is also the look-alike of one of my PGR wifeys so I'm sooo sad. Silently praying that she has more character development eventually.

WuWa gives me the feeling of another game with a dense female cast. An hour in and every single character I meet are girls? I have no preference of characters but when a game has an imbalance of males and females it's always the start of a slope.

I hate to be that person but I think they took too much from gen.shin. I do love Kuro as a company and I hope their game succeeds, but it's also my honest opinion that they needed more time to create their own brand and branch away from the "gen/shin clone" accusation.

Pros:

OST is amazing.

I always love Kuro's muted colours scheme. It's very good for my eyes.

Characters and animations are all really beautiful. I could visualize the theme of the game.

This has always been my opinion of Kuro ever since I started PGR 1.5 years ago. Kuro's strongest asset/brand has always been its battle mechanics. The gameplay/fighting mechanics are amazing for people who look for a challenge in these games. I feel gens/hin's fighting mechanics are overly simplistic and the easiest way to get strong characters is to c6 everyone. In PGR it's very easy to score high even as a F2P player if you have the skills. WuWa's battle mechanics are a bit complicated/confusing at first but it allows a lot of combination and the moves are also very satisfying and cool to watch. It has a lot of flexibility to pull off a series of moves that makes fighting really fun. But I can also see how it won't work for certain people.

I like how the world seems to be more futuristic rather than the overused medieval fantasy theme.

Conclusion:

It's a bit mundane/boring for now. However, PGR's early storyline is also very slow in the beginning but after I got to the back, I think braving through the front was very worth it. Especially since WuWa is partially written by the same writer who wrote the Surviving Lucem (the very first arc in PGR that really turned the tide for the game), I would still give WuWa a chance. For now, I'm not sure how well it'll do in the future but I genuinely wish for Kuro's success.

[strikehawkatyourservice]

*SPOILERS OF SURVIVING LUCEM* DO NOT READ IT IF YOU DIDNT PASS THIS CHAPTER!!!!!

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I cried SO HARD WHEN I READ THIS CHAPTER ;;-;;

Specially for this.

You know? It's good that they dedicated all a chapter for Liv's development. BUT IT WAS SO HARD ;;-;; All the way I was crying and wanted to hug her and tell her "it's okay" (like if that's gonna work....) But when THIS happened I couldn't hold myself. I know they wouldn't die here but it stills hurt. I had to make a huge stop to recompose.....

[cleansingreflections]

everybody in the pgr tag crying over surviving lucem vs me still on chapter 6 because im slow as hell w the story. literally going lalalala i have no idea whats going onnn

[dead-mistral-bot]

kept thinking that the lines sounded familiar . ...after all, he's already said them once in survival lucem