Okay, time for the Who Will Die Review hour!
I'll be doing this mission by mission, comparing Hero/Villain.
Mission One:
This is a modified Midnighter's map, and interestingly, its split along the red/blue lines. Heroes help defend it from the new villain group (And save Percy, *again*), Villain take a side route and do a bit of ransacking. Whatever you do, it ends up that the Rulu Shin (A new villain group dedicated to bringing Rularuu back to the Primal universe, thus destroying it. Geez, some people just don't think ahead, do they?) stole the skull of Tommy Arcanus, Numina's dad. Time to get him back for Justice/Profit!
Mission Two:
This one takes place in the graveyard in south Sharkhead. First, you have to find a gathering of Rulu Shin among all the zombies walking around. Then you have to find a 'cave'. I'll admit, I took a good ten minutes of searching to realize that the 'cave' entrance was the door to one of the mausoleums near the Rulu Shin grouping. With no pointers to help, they really could have made that better. Moving on, you are directed into a cave with lots of Rulu Shin and strange clouds of red and purple lightning. Before you cringe and cry out in pain, the Elementals are just for decoration. In the cave you are directed to find three 'clues', and then proceed to a Wisp to answer three questions that he poses. The answers are from the clues, and the only one I had trouble with was the 'Monster' question. Answer three correctly, and move on to the last part where you need to beat up a boss to complete the mission and find out that the Midnighter artifacts and Tommy's Skull are being held by a broker in Sharkhead.
Mission Three:
Start this mission by walking into the broker's store, look around, maybe even talk to him. He prevaricates as to any stolen goods, saying all his artifacts are 'Legal', and if you push to hard, he calls in his Rent-a-Cops. Heroes can stealth the first part of this mission, just by not going where they tell you to not go, finding a file cabinet, and moving on. Villians are required to break into the vault and find out that they might not like what's waiting for them. From there, both sides follow the Rulu Shin through several Hortha Vines until you find yourself on an amazing vista, and have to go beat up the Elite Boss holding on to the Skull. After that, Hero's get Numina's thanks, and a fade to black, while Villains can taunt her a bit and get a temporary power.
As with the first one, we're shown a short scene with the two mysterious plotters, and let known that Manticore and Statesman have something coming to them...
Again, Rewards are pretty favorable:
A Hero/Villain Merit
An Astral Merit
4 Incarnate Threads
20 Merits
Pick one, and your done!
I'll be doing this mission by mission, comparing Hero/Villain.
Mission One:
This is a modified Midnighter's map, and interestingly, its split along the red/blue lines. Heroes help defend it from the new villain group (And save Percy, *again*), Villain take a side route and do a bit of ransacking. Whatever you do, it ends up that the Rulu Shin (A new villain group dedicated to bringing Rularuu back to the Primal universe, thus destroying it. Geez, some people just don't think ahead, do they?) stole the skull of Tommy Arcanus, Numina's dad. Time to get him back for Justice/Profit!
Mission Two:
This one takes place in the graveyard in south Sharkhead. First, you have to find a gathering of Rulu Shin among all the zombies walking around. Then you have to find a 'cave'. I'll admit, I took a good ten minutes of searching to realize that the 'cave' entrance was the door to one of the mausoleums near the Rulu Shin grouping. With no pointers to help, they really could have made that better. Moving on, you are directed into a cave with lots of Rulu Shin and strange clouds of red and purple lightning. Before you cringe and cry out in pain, the Elementals are just for decoration. In the cave you are directed to find three 'clues', and then proceed to a Wisp to answer three questions that he poses. The answers are from the clues, and the only one I had trouble with was the 'Monster' question. Answer three correctly, and move on to the last part where you need to beat up a boss to complete the mission and find out that the Midnighter artifacts and Tommy's Skull are being held by a broker in Sharkhead.
Mission Three:
Start this mission by walking into the broker's store, look around, maybe even talk to him. He prevaricates as to any stolen goods, saying all his artifacts are 'Legal', and if you push to hard, he calls in his Rent-a-Cops. Heroes can stealth the first part of this mission, just by not going where they tell you to not go, finding a file cabinet, and moving on. Villians are required to break into the vault and find out that they might not like what's waiting for them. From there, both sides follow the Rulu Shin through several Hortha Vines until you find yourself on an amazing vista, and have to go beat up the Elite Boss holding on to the Skull. After that, Hero's get Numina's thanks, and a fade to black, while Villains can taunt her a bit and get a temporary power.
As with the first one, we're shown a short scene with the two mysterious plotters, and let known that Manticore and Statesman have something coming to them...
Again, Rewards are pretty favorable:
A Hero/Villain Merit
An Astral Merit
4 Incarnate Threads
20 Merits
Pick one, and your done!