How many key characters are going to die in Episode 6?

[BlueWarrior]

that was my idea, heh. Traziun should burn in the pits.

Heh... and we'll have another Darth Vader - now in The Way...

[Sephiroth555]

I don't know if any of you have noticed, but the end of each episode ends usually in some sort of climax. For example, Gaius proclaming that Rhue = Phantom Slasher in Episode 5. Now wait a minute, in the beginning of each episode, there is also an "anti-climax" so to speak. For example, at the end of Episode 4, the climatic battle of Rhue and Strata in Estrana. However, in the start of Episode 5, you are hit hard with the reality that you are going to beat no matter what. You lose, no big flashies, no Rhue evolution or anything like that. And I don't care if you got some error because you beat Strata in that match, you still lose.

So therefore, I'm pretty confident that we shouldn't get too excited about the beginning of Episode 6. It'll be subtle and calm for the time being, not a continuation of the climax.

[voodooKobra]

Yeah, I've noticed that as well... the drama builds up, then (no matter what) you lose... it really sucks.

[ericfantasy17]

Does anyonne know when episode 6 will be available.

[Burning_Flame]

The beta testing is on way 5 out of 9 but there has been talk of cutting waves if they becoume unneeded. If it goes to 9 waves and everything goes smooth id say maybe a month and a half - 2 months. But thats only if he keeps all the waves

[Lancifer]

I really like Culix's idea for a beginning, it sounds like the kind of thing he puts in the series... but... Assuming that in Lide, episode 2, Gaius was talking about Traziun's mother when he said how they killed that "person".
Wouldn't Traziun go after Rhue? Gaius said "It was mostly Him that gets the credit." and NOOONE lies when they are talking to themselves. Could Rhue beat Traiun? Would Traziun even want to fight Rhue.

BUT WAIT!!! If like I said in my last post is true, Rhue has an Illuminati and Traziun has a shaow sword, that could be a heck of a battle. In fact, I would bet a pretty penny that they WILL end up fighting... just not at the beggining, unless you are supposed to lose. (maybe get knocked into the river like Serena did, that'd be perfect.) I don't think Rhue is ready to beat Traziun by a long shot. (Unless you got all the powerups, which most of us don't.)

[Cyberian]

I said this before, Traziun has to go. With his whoop 20 Blood Lyn at once dealy in E5, he's much to powerful to ever have as an ally again and I'll be damned if he doesn't end up fighting Rhue for real within the next two episodes.

[Lancifer]

Ya'know how Culix said That his idea might be too dramatic for the first scene? (I don't know how to do those quote things...)

You can't be TOO dramatic on the first scene!

You only get one first scene, you have to make it pull you right into the game! Just like Episode five, that was amazing! Holy cow.

In fact, many of the games I've been making start out in the climax of the story and then flashback to the beginning, and work its way back up. It makes it exciting for the player.

Either way, by episode six, we deserve a dramatic beginning.[/quote]

[Jabbo]

Resurrection of dead topics.

And it'd be breaking tradition to not have an anticlimactic opening. Let's review:

Episode 1: Oh no Rhue is being assaulted by the shadowy guy!!!!!!
Result: Shadow guy walks away.

Episode 2: Oh no Rhue is in jail!!!!!!
Result: Rhue gets unceremonially broken out of jail.

Episode 3: Oh no Kloe is about to die!!!!!!!
Result: All of her attackers turn to another target.

Episode 4: Oh no Rhue is about to plunge Strata!!!!!!
Result: Rhue gets utterly decimated (unless you get lucky, then he only loses honorably).

So they're all anti-climactic. I wouldn't be surprised if some of the others arrive in on the scene and cause a chain of events that prevents Rhue from learning anything at all from Gaius, or any of the others. Like, say, Kloe arrives, and Gaius runs away or something.

[Flibbo]

what happened to episode 5?

[Sage Of The Wise]

what happened to episode 5?

Seeing how he hasn't played EP6 yet he can't really put EP5 on the list yet can he?

Also, I think that we've been wating for EP6 for so long now that no matter what the beggining is, it will feel anticlimactic since we've hyped it up in or minds so much over the passed year. (Or is that just me?)

[RentACop]

My guess is that before Gaius can explain anything Traziun comes flying out of nowhere and knocks him into the water. Symmetry and all. At least, I think that's my guess, someone else probably said it before and I forgot. Actually I'm just posting this to try and lock up a potential "told-ya so" before ep 6 goes live in the coming weeks\months. Unrelated: I haven't slept in 24 hours.

[Fitz Tayo]

Unrelated: I haven't slept in 24 hours.

That's pathetic, if you had been on mIRC you'd have realised that I have somehow managed to be on there all through the night whilst going of to do my own thing in the day! Answer- I'm a cyborg.

P.S. - 10,000th Estrana Post. Hah.

[Matt Hakor]

Yeah, something like that.

[Inderos]

I've kind of had an interesting idea for Episode VI's beginning. I'm not sure if I've mentioned it before, but, basically.

In the first scene, Rhue will, understandably, want to know what the flaming fires Gaius is talking about. Gaius will begin to explain/lie his way out of that situation, but before he gets very far, Traziun shows up (Traziun did appear in the unused Ep. V ending, so I think it's a possibility). He tells Gaius that he knows who killed his mother and fingers the blue-haired one as the culprit. Gaius then turns to Rhue and tells him he knows the truth of Serena's fate and gives him a sadistic choice: help kill the man who's basically been his mentor and best friend, or watch the only man who may be able to help him find his beloved die right before his eyes.

Something tells me that's a tad too dramatic for the game's first scene, but it would be rather interesting to set the game down either the 'Gaius Lives' path or the 'Traziun Lives' path right from the start.

Perhaps this is the completion of Rhues' circle around the way? If Gaius and Rhue kill Traziun wouldn't it be a parrallel to the man they killed before? Maybe Serena was a man(Haha, Cocoa.) or the facts got confused and they originally killed a woman?