Post by Stella on Nov 17, 2017 1:11:55 GMT -5
Nights Of Azure 2 Puts A Major Focus On Affection For Aluche
Just like Nights of Azure, Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon is a game that assigns a very high value to bonds between characters. After all, the motivating factor for the story is attempting to help Aluche and her friends find a way to keep Liliana from becoming a human sacrifice for the sake of the world. Something that is partially accomplished with the aid of a battle system where one other heroine joins her out in the field.
Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon’s story makes it clear that there is one canon love interest for Aluche, just as there was only one for Arnice. Everything is for the sake of that one heroine. But, the way the game is presented, it gives us a chance to work towards greater affection with the other Lilies that appear in the game. It includes moments in the story where not only Liliana is important to Aluche, but also Ruenheid, Camilla, Eleanor, and other members of the cast matter. We see how they interact and the feelings they have that impress the importance of these relationships on people.
Even the Lily system seems to play on this. The strongest attacks you can perform are the ones where Aluche works together with someone who matters to her. The Double Chase and Lily Bursts all require you to coordinate together. Attacking the same enemies helps you. Even getting hurt shows the connection between heroines, with an ally making use of a passive ability to sometimes heal or provide some sort of buff to Aluche. It creates the illusion that she is so important, the people who care about her are constantly watching over her.
The little things cement these romantic elements. There will be segments in levels where Aluche will need to help her companion across a tricky place cautiously. If it involves a zipline, Aluche will hold the other heroine around the waist as they speed across. Should there be a segment involving hopping across platforms to reach another side, Aluche will perform a bridal carry. It reinforces her role as the protector and star of the game, while also conveying affection and a sense of devotion to the person she is helping.
Of course, no force is so powerful than the actual growing of affection. There is an affinity gauge for Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon’s Lilies. As you work together, you grow closer. This unlocks quests that tells you more about their background, life, and ambitions. Should you get exceedingly close, something that is impossible to do with all other heroines on a single playthrough, you can unlock an epilogue for that woman. These will then appear if you end up getting the good ending in the game, providing some closure.
Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon wants people to see how connected Aluche is to various people in the world. Bonds are constantly growing as you play. There are even gameplay mechanics designed to show affection and closeness between her and the other heroines. And, even though the story focuses on a particular relationship, just like the original, you still get to see special moments with other heroines.
Nights Of Azure 2’s Endings Show The Influence One Person Can Have On Others’ Lives
Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon is a game where relationships matter a great deal. The Lily system gives people a chance to have Aluche bond with the other heroines she’s working with. There are romantic overtones littered throughout the adventure, indicating the affection that grows between people. But there’s another important point that comes from this game. While there are two endings that can be earned, depending on your performance, the epilogues do a fantastic job of showing the sort of influence people can have on each others’ lives.
Editor’s note: there will be spoilers for Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon ahead.
source:siliconera
Just like Nights of Azure, Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon is a game that assigns a very high value to bonds between characters. After all, the motivating factor for the story is attempting to help Aluche and her friends find a way to keep Liliana from becoming a human sacrifice for the sake of the world. Something that is partially accomplished with the aid of a battle system where one other heroine joins her out in the field.
Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon’s story makes it clear that there is one canon love interest for Aluche, just as there was only one for Arnice. Everything is for the sake of that one heroine. But, the way the game is presented, it gives us a chance to work towards greater affection with the other Lilies that appear in the game. It includes moments in the story where not only Liliana is important to Aluche, but also Ruenheid, Camilla, Eleanor, and other members of the cast matter. We see how they interact and the feelings they have that impress the importance of these relationships on people.
Even the Lily system seems to play on this. The strongest attacks you can perform are the ones where Aluche works together with someone who matters to her. The Double Chase and Lily Bursts all require you to coordinate together. Attacking the same enemies helps you. Even getting hurt shows the connection between heroines, with an ally making use of a passive ability to sometimes heal or provide some sort of buff to Aluche. It creates the illusion that she is so important, the people who care about her are constantly watching over her.
The little things cement these romantic elements. There will be segments in levels where Aluche will need to help her companion across a tricky place cautiously. If it involves a zipline, Aluche will hold the other heroine around the waist as they speed across. Should there be a segment involving hopping across platforms to reach another side, Aluche will perform a bridal carry. It reinforces her role as the protector and star of the game, while also conveying affection and a sense of devotion to the person she is helping.
Of course, no force is so powerful than the actual growing of affection. There is an affinity gauge for Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon’s Lilies. As you work together, you grow closer. This unlocks quests that tells you more about their background, life, and ambitions. Should you get exceedingly close, something that is impossible to do with all other heroines on a single playthrough, you can unlock an epilogue for that woman. These will then appear if you end up getting the good ending in the game, providing some closure.
Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon wants people to see how connected Aluche is to various people in the world. Bonds are constantly growing as you play. There are even gameplay mechanics designed to show affection and closeness between her and the other heroines. And, even though the story focuses on a particular relationship, just like the original, you still get to see special moments with other heroines.
Nights Of Azure 2’s Endings Show The Influence One Person Can Have On Others’ Lives
Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon is a game where relationships matter a great deal. The Lily system gives people a chance to have Aluche bond with the other heroines she’s working with. There are romantic overtones littered throughout the adventure, indicating the affection that grows between people. But there’s another important point that comes from this game. While there are two endings that can be earned, depending on your performance, the epilogues do a fantastic job of showing the sort of influence people can have on each others’ lives.
Editor’s note: there will be spoilers for Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon ahead.
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There are two possible endings in Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon, so let’s start there. Because even here, we get examples of the impact one person can have on another. The Moon Queen Malvasia is the game’s villain, attempting to bring the endless night. But her tale is quite tragic, as her human lover Alstromeria and her were persecuted for their interracial relationship. In a murder-suicide gone wrong, Alstromeria attempted to kill her, was mistakenly hailed as a hero by the humans for killing the demon, and killed herself. Malvasia came back and became what everyone thought she was. Aluche is a dead ringer for her and Malvasia absorbs her before being defeated in the bad ending. In the good ending, we find out the Liliana with Aluche was a dream of the real one. The two combine their powers, remaining in limbo to roll back the Endless Night and save the world.
It is the second, good ending that allows the epilogues to shine through. While these two heroines sacrifice themselves, the others go on to live their lives and show how Aluche convinced them to live their lives after the events of the game. Everyone one of these other heroines does something to spread the good that they’ve seen. It is the concept of paying it forward in motion. Some of these actions are huge. Ruenheid is the clearest example. She had the most to lose, after all. She grew up with both Aluche and Liliana. She founds a Lourdes Order, a new line of knights, to protect the two women she loves and take back the world. Camilla stays with the Curia, even through their corruption, because she knows the end justifies the means. She knows she can change them, and use their power to change the world. She maintains Hotel Eterna so the Aluche and Liliana will have someplace to come home to.
Of course, some are fluffier too. Eleanor is just trying to make some chocolates that Aluche would enjoy. She wants to bring joy to the world and her lost friend. And it certainly seems like she is coming close to that goal. Christophorus and Arnice just miss the two of them and are waiting for her chance to see them again. Which they know they will, due to their extended lifespans. This offers a nice sense of levity. Because while there are definitely characters in Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon who still have big and important work to do, some of them have already had their moment or have different destinies ahead of them. This too is more realistic, because not everyone can immediately go on after such an adventure to perform even more world-altering actions.
I felt like the fact that you couldn’t make out everyone and were forced to pick and choose in each playthrough of Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon made the epilogue you received even more meaningful. It rings true. Yes, we all touch so many people every day in our lives. But there will always be one or two people who are most impacted by our actions. By structuring the game and its epilogues the way Gust did, it is acknowledging how important the influence can be on a single person. Lives can change because you knew one person and had them in your life, and we see that here. It makes the endings more believable.
It is a touch that rings true. After all, it isn’t like Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon has dating sim elements. There is absolutely romance here. But there is an established couple. So any kind of flirting could never really go anywhere. Aluche is with Liliana. But, that doesn’t make the feelings the other heroines have for her any less valid. By giving them epilogues showing how they move on with their lives after her influence, we get a realistic look at how relationships impact one another. It is quite a pleasant thing.
There are two possible endings in Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon, so let’s start there. Because even here, we get examples of the impact one person can have on another. The Moon Queen Malvasia is the game’s villain, attempting to bring the endless night. But her tale is quite tragic, as her human lover Alstromeria and her were persecuted for their interracial relationship. In a murder-suicide gone wrong, Alstromeria attempted to kill her, was mistakenly hailed as a hero by the humans for killing the demon, and killed herself. Malvasia came back and became what everyone thought she was. Aluche is a dead ringer for her and Malvasia absorbs her before being defeated in the bad ending. In the good ending, we find out the Liliana with Aluche was a dream of the real one. The two combine their powers, remaining in limbo to roll back the Endless Night and save the world.
It is the second, good ending that allows the epilogues to shine through. While these two heroines sacrifice themselves, the others go on to live their lives and show how Aluche convinced them to live their lives after the events of the game. Everyone one of these other heroines does something to spread the good that they’ve seen. It is the concept of paying it forward in motion. Some of these actions are huge. Ruenheid is the clearest example. She had the most to lose, after all. She grew up with both Aluche and Liliana. She founds a Lourdes Order, a new line of knights, to protect the two women she loves and take back the world. Camilla stays with the Curia, even through their corruption, because she knows the end justifies the means. She knows she can change them, and use their power to change the world. She maintains Hotel Eterna so the Aluche and Liliana will have someplace to come home to.
Of course, some are fluffier too. Eleanor is just trying to make some chocolates that Aluche would enjoy. She wants to bring joy to the world and her lost friend. And it certainly seems like she is coming close to that goal. Christophorus and Arnice just miss the two of them and are waiting for her chance to see them again. Which they know they will, due to their extended lifespans. This offers a nice sense of levity. Because while there are definitely characters in Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon who still have big and important work to do, some of them have already had their moment or have different destinies ahead of them. This too is more realistic, because not everyone can immediately go on after such an adventure to perform even more world-altering actions.
I felt like the fact that you couldn’t make out everyone and were forced to pick and choose in each playthrough of Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon made the epilogue you received even more meaningful. It rings true. Yes, we all touch so many people every day in our lives. But there will always be one or two people who are most impacted by our actions. By structuring the game and its epilogues the way Gust did, it is acknowledging how important the influence can be on a single person. Lives can change because you knew one person and had them in your life, and we see that here. It makes the endings more believable.
It is a touch that rings true. After all, it isn’t like Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon has dating sim elements. There is absolutely romance here. But there is an established couple. So any kind of flirting could never really go anywhere. Aluche is with Liliana. But, that doesn’t make the feelings the other heroines have for her any less valid. By giving them epilogues showing how they move on with their lives after her influence, we get a realistic look at how relationships impact one another. It is quite a pleasant thing.
source:siliconera
