Azure Striker Gunvolt

I could buy that. Sumeragi (Both versions) seem to have a thing for using Adepts as weapons, despite being made up of Adepts themselves.

There may be a lot of Adepts who are all like Shoo fly, don't bother me about the entire thing, only to end up being used as weapons against their will like Joule and Rebellio.

Then they end up getting blamed for it, which likely resulted in groups like Eden.

Human Nature at it's finest.

Some bosses like Elise or Desna weren't aggressive normally.

Well, Desna is aggressive towards Gunvolt, but reluctantly towards Copen oddly enough.

After giving Kohaku's bio another look I would be more surprised if she isn't an adept. I mean first she is effectively the heart of the group, so her being an adept would have the most emotional payoff for the kids. Second she is salvaging all these machines but she doesn't have any training and is just going off of intuition. Third is the fact that her bio states that she is actually able to get them working successfully for purposes that are far different than their original purpose, plus the way they present it with the ellipse.

Yeah I'm calling it now Kohaku is an adept with a septima that affects machines.

...I'm so dumb.

I've been wondering why Copen is called iX in game....

...it's because he's using a Pseudonym to reduce the chances of Mytyl learning he's alive.

Logic.

In iX's unexplained setting, it's highly questionable if Mytyl is even a factor.

I would say it's because X is his personal symbol, and Inti Creates doesn't want to call him X, but the X isn't all that visible on his design in 2 and beyond.

Didn't one of the mangas have an evil clone of X called iX?

I believe so.

Another tidbit from a recent gameplay stream: Darkness Mode Lola will attack Copen if he doesn't target enemies quickly enough, although her damage won't kill him.

About time someone kicked his ass.

How does Lola get alternate mode anyway? (likely something story related)

No clue about Awakening Mode, but Darkness Mode is suspected to be related to Blade. His skill is Berserk Trigger, while dark mode is activated with "Darkness Trigger" on the EX Weapon list (although its icons are different from the others), and the site description says "a lightning septima" is utilized for the weapon/mode.

I think it's something unlocked in the second Blade fight rather than a proper EX Weapon earned by defeating him. In the intro stage encounter Copen loses because none of his weapons actually hurt Blade, so I assume Darkness Trigger's power boost is how he wins round 2.

So this game is out in 2 days:

Any news on more plot elements?

Is the theory of Kohaku being an Adept on the money?

Luminous Avenger is out. From what I hear from /v/, there's good news for everyone who hates Copen!

Copen's been made significantly more likable, but you're going to wind up hating a certain someone else WAAAAAY more than you ever did him.

Edited by Hobgoblin on Sep 25th 2019 at 7:17:32 AM

Good God, the edge is too much.

It's definitely darker than previous games, though the story seems a bit shorter than before.

Huh, so this game Takes place in the future of the Bad Ending where Asimov killed Gunvolt in 1. Interesting.

0_o

Well that explains the stuff about the Butterfly Effect.

Yeah, the game is pretty vague about what's going on, and then just dumps every single plot twist it has on you around the time of the final boss.

The first one is just what The Butterfly Effect is.

so its the 26th...games not unlocking on the switch..

Regarding some questions you might have in response to late-game reveals, I found two pictures that should explain it.

Here's what happened to a certain group of Adepts.◊

And as for the fate of a certain late-game character...◊

So any US region switch owners. is the game unlocking for you?

Pretty disappointed with how they never followed up on that secret ending from GV 2. Or rather how the game after GV 2 doesn't really do anything to continue the story.

Kinda agreed.

I also kinda wish Copen himself had been more involved with Gunvolt's death somehow. That way, he'd have to live with the fact that his actions directly resulted in the current world, his own immortality, and that of his sister. Though he seems to lose much of his hatred towards adepts after seeing what Sumeragi does to them, so maybe that's not really necessary.

I'm sure a Gunvolt 3 would continue on that line. Not sure what this game is intended to do for the narrative, though.

I was also pretty surprised that Copen not only spared Blade, but also got mad at Asimov for treating Adepts like tools. He even has an optional conversation with the kids where he says that he wishes humans and Adepts could get along.

Would at least provide some form of growth for Copen that doesn't border on Adaptational Heroism in showing what happens when you let your hate take you over.

Not that I actually played the game. But still, this sounds less like a continuation or addition to the franchise's story, and more like some dumbass fanfic writer DILP-ing Copen.

Speaking of which, what is Blade's deal? He's a GV clone or something?

Blade is Kohaku's sister, who was kidnapped by Sumeragi and forcibly implanted with a Lightning Septima in order to replace Gunvolt in Asimov's plans.