#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.

[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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[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-

[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

[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

[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.

[dead-mistral-bot]

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

[toastthewolfie]

Cradle parade mentally wrecked me (same deal as surviving lucem tbh) so i redrew my skk oc aries (he’s not very in line with canon skk but who cares)

[murasakinokuukyo]

I wanna give the Unidentified Twins some attention. Lore-wise, I love them. Their introduction was a turning point in the story of how far the punishing virus would evolve to destroy humanity. After reading Evernight Beat's hidden story, the first things the twins say upon being born get creepier in hindsight. They were huge menaces during Surviving Lucem, though you do get a reminder of how childlike they still are when they comfort each other after sustaining damage from the omega prototype. Their boss fight is very fun in that it even incorporated their lore of them constantly learning and adapting. I swear, when they used the matrix mechanic against me, I panicked but also thought it was awesome. They're still one of my favourite boss fights, up there with Lamia and Primal Projection, because I'm always on my toes getting the timing right.

Design-wise, they are super cool. As a product of the virus, the twins look uncannily beautiful with certain features that just emphasis their inhuman nature. The male's black sclerae and larger, more muscular right arm. The organic bow on the female's left arm, the blades on her calves, and whatever is going on with her hair - it's like a manta ray(?) which fits considering a previous evolution of the virus was the Red Tide. Hetero-Humanoid: Chiko has similar hair. You can also notice a subtle development in their characters. Their initial portraits in Evernight Beat had them look very emotionless and detached; afterwards, the male twin has a smirk on his face, like his pre-fight intro, and the female twin has livelier eyes.

[dawn-of-tomorrow]

Survival Lucem in about/less than 2 weeks~

[muraenide]

Name/Alias: Joan/Light/Dust Bunny Bonus Fun fact: I used Light for a really long time since 2019, but at that time there was another Light mun who was from the KnB (?) fandom and who was quite popular. I got a horde of people following me and mistaking me for that other mun until I had to change my alias to Joan.

Age group: 25+

Pronouns: She/her

Favorite color: wine red, deep purple/velvet, silky black.

Favorite food: Bread. Cheese. Zucchini. Mushrooms.

Tattoos/piercings?: Two earlobe piercings and one helix.

Current song stuck in your head?: The Survival Lucem No one will understand why I'm crying over this song except for one person.

Pets?: One hamster!

Favorite book?: The Silmarillion forever. The Guardians of Ga'Hoole where most of my random knowledge of birds, especially owls, came from. About to read Good Omens soon.

Do you have a 'prized possession'?: This might be a bit odd, but my late grandma's birth certificate. She's a citizen of Old Thailand, Siam. It's something I don't usually tell anyone since I don't know how to read or speak Thai, but I appreciate my mom for preserving the bit of family history and passing it to me for safekeeping.

Dream job: Honestly I have no preference for jobs as long as it pays the bills, I can/will do anything.

Tea or coffee?: Both!

Hobbies: Working. Uh... working on it. Writing. Crying about blorbos. Watching tv series and movies. I enjoy camping and swimming and diving, but those hobbies are less flexible.

How long have you been role-playing?: Since I was 18, so around 8 years by now? If you don't count the time I wasn't on Tumblr, maybe 4 or 5.

Who is your most active muse: Jade.

Significance behind your url?: It's the scientific name for moray eel because I am lame. u_u

[devourersofgods]

To Lee: 💭 + Real Feelings on The Commandant Being Sent On Missions W/O Gray Raven

𝓗𝓮𝓪𝓭𝓬𝓪𝓷𝓸𝓷𝓼 — send 💭 + a topic to receive a headcanon about said topic.

In short? He hates it. It’s one of the few things that gives him anxiety, the not knowing and not being there to ensure that his Commandant is alright. Having to place his trust in other teams is difficult for him to do as he would much rather be there himself. 

The situation with Kurono getting their hands on the Commandant was the hardest (currently) he had felt that way. There was nothing he could do but wait.

In a way it also harms his pride and he does get jealous, not that he would admit to those emotions, not easily anyway. He feels as though he himself, and an extension the rest of Gray Raven are the only ones capable of protecting the Commandant. The events of ‘The Surviving Lucem’ made it clear that, yes, he can’t do it all alone and that he does have to rely on others to help ensure the safety of the Commandant.

To help ease the anxiety of not knowing what is happening during times like this he does have a tendency to hack into comms and reports to find out.

All in all he is unsure how to feel about how strongly he cares for the Commandant, he never would have done this for any of his previous ones. Lee never expected to care this much.