Standard goddamn story each time. An previous crush comes calling saying it’s been some time, we must always get lunch, catch up. Additionally, by the way in which, I do know we haven’t been shut in an actual very long time however it’s been a tough couple of months, will you homicide a number of dozen folks in honor of my lifeless brother the warlord? I’m often not like this. I simply don’t have anybody else to show to. Story as previous as time.
Fortunate for Woman Oichi, although, a kind of a number of dozen folks is likely one of the mask-wearing assholes who’s presently ruining Japan for everyone. No time for love, Dr. Yasuke. Time for revenge.
1. Preparation
2. The mission: ‘The Wheel Unmasked’
3. There’s a twist (Spoilers)
Preparation
Yasuke’s gonna be doing the heavy lifting for this one. Get him armed to the enamel as greatest you’ll be able to at your present degree. The Naginata you bought from…er, nicely, the Naginata is available in actual useful right here; it might break guards in a rush, and has a few of the sickest kill animations within the sport. Run with that, and a superb teppo, and also you’re good to go.
The mission: ‘The Wheel Unmasked’
So, you would possibly’ve observed your goal Onryo known as the Wheel in-game, however within the goal menu, they’re known as the Mourner, which is slightly bizarre. However extra on that later.
First issues first: You’ll must do some fast recon in your goal. You’ve got a selection between Naoe and Yasuke for this. Whereas Yasuke’s portion includes sort of an unsightly battle down on the docks, Naoe’s obtained a a lot simpler stealth mission eavesdropping on a excessive rating soldier. Let’s run with that as a substitute.
While you get management of Naoe, parkour your strategy to the rooftops forward. While you get to the inn the place your goal’s tying one on, stroll slightly additional down the block, and climb as much as the roof from the aspect of the constructing. Use Eagle Imaginative and prescient to keep watch over Onryo as he stumbles out the entrance door. As soon as he’s far sufficient out of the entrance door to see him with out Eagle Imaginative and prescient, it’s closing time, air assassinate him, take the guard out on the proper as nicely. Sure, that sentence hits the precise rhythm of the Semisonic track; no, I swear on God it wasn’t intentional.
As soon as that’s executed, climb again on the roof and leg it again to your place to begin on prime of the hill. Watch out wandering the streets, there’s ronin strolling round that will love nothing greater than to begin some shit with you on the worst doable time.
When you’re again in the beginning, work together with the goalpoint on the ledge. After a short cutscene, you’ll get the selection to change characters. The subsequent bit’s undoubtedly extra Yasuke’s pace. While you’re prepared, ship him in to mop the ground with a truckload of troopers. Except for one large boy with a kasubo down on the docks the place you begin, and some dudes with teppos who like to cover in doorways, this subsequent bit is basically a glorified beat-’em-up the place you’re eliminating everybody in your path with excessive prejudice. So long as your gear is true as much as the extent cap, it’s a cakewalk.
Anyway, your purpose is the large pagoda on the very prime of the steps. You’re gonna need to take a minor detour to the proper as you make your means up simply to filter out the marginally smaller pagoda earlier than you proceed. When all of the troopers in there are lifeless, exit by the aspect door, assassinate the 2 guys proper outdoors, and cross over the trail with the steps to the opposite aspect of the world. From right here, you’re gonna truly make your means up utilizing the rocks right here, so you’ll be able to circle across the again of the primary pagoda, and get a excessive vantage.
Tag all of the enemies right here simply to maintain your head on a swivel. You’ll additionally discover, when you’ve been doing Kuma’s sidequest to kill all of the corrupt Daikan, a kind of dudes–the Hoarder–is hanging out with this group, and he’s the one you need to kill first, since he’s obtained essentially the most life out of all these guys. For Yasuke, although, that includes ready on a detailed ledge until he turns his again, leaping off to the bottom, and doing a Brutal Assassination whereas his again’s turned. With that dude out of the equation, it’s only a matter of mopping the ground with the opposite half-dozen jabronis on this courtyard. As soon as the coast is evident, it’s time for a showdown, however wait there’s a twist..
The unmasking: Spare or Assault?
Open the door, and oh snap, it’s Woman Oichi, Austin. It was Woman Oichi all alongside. Because it seems, she has some fairly compelling causes for doing what she did. And in lieu of a correct boss battle, in the course of the cutscene, you’ll have a option to make: Choice A: Yasuke can select to spare her, and she or he will get off with a slap on the wrist. Choice B: Naoe can select violence.
Clearly, it’s your life. You do you. However the Spare possibility retains the door open for Yasuke to slip up within the sixteenth century equal of Oichi’s DMs. Then again, letting Naoe go stabby means poor Kuma finally ends up catching a stray making an attempt to guard his mistress. Each finish the identical means, you find yourself with Nobunaga’s katana as a reward, however the Naoe possibility simply feels shittier. Courting Oichi culminates in a very candy go to to the cat island of Okishima, in case that sweetens the deal.
But additionally, now that that’s executed, can we speak about how “the Mourner” principally offers away the twist immediately, which it wouldn’t if she was merely known as the Wheel the entire time? It appears like they couldn’t resolve which strategy to go? Ugh. No less than her masks is dope. Anyway, right here’s Wonderwall.
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