[ SECRET POST #2061 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2061 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

01.
[Xena: Warrior Princess]


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02.
[tales of symphonia]


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03.
[The Girl From Tomorrow]


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04.
[Spyro the Dragon]


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05.
[Lamento -Beyond the Void-]


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06.
[Aidan Gillen]


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07.
[Skyrim]


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08.
[Touhou Project]


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09.
[Total Recall]


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10.
[Castle]



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11.
[Spyro the Dragon]


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12. [SPOILERS for the Dark Knight Rises]



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13. [SPOILERS for Digimon 02]



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14. [SPOILERS for the Borgias]



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15. [SPOILERS for Tales of Symphonia]



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16. [SPOILERS for asoiaf/game of thrones]



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17. [SPOILERS for A Dance With Dragons]



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18. [WARNING for eating disorders]



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19. [WARNING for pedophilia, rape, child abuse]



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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 000 secrets from Secret Submission Post #294.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[writerserenyty]

Game trailers in general are kind of like that, which is disappointing. I was expecting more in the cinematic department when I played ToS for the first time, but it's ultimately one of my favorite games ever.

[othellia]

Pretty much this. I mean, while it would've been nice to have more full-on animated stuff, the game and game play itself was so amazing that in the end in didn't even matter.

(Plus now there's the animated series with a bunch of extra Kratos/Yuan/Martell/Yggdrasil backstory that fills my ToS heart with SO MUCH GLEE. It's like the writers were like, "Yeah you've probably played the game so we're going to do just enough of that to make sure new people understand the basics, but then we're going to focus on other stuff that wasn't able to be explored as much due to the game's first person narrative so that it's not just a skimped-out rehash."

[writerserenyty]

Ahh, I haven't seen the animated series yet but I really need to! Especially since I have such a soft spot for that backstory and I really like Yuan in particular.

...these secrets are making me want to replay ToS really badly..

[othellia]

From what I've seen so far it's really good and I'd definitely recommend it. I started watching it back in January so the last part wasn't finished/completely subbed yet, but basically there are three sub-series with four episodes each: Sylvarant, Tethe'alla, and United World. The animation is beautiful, pretty much straight out of the game cinematics. I pretty much love the Tethe'alla opening as much as the game's original intro, and although I'm not that big of a fan of the song the United World opening is pretty much all you can ask for as a fan of K/Y/M/Y including a brief, happy father!Kratos with baby!Lloyd scene. There's also a bunch of silly bonuses where all the characters know that they're part of an anime and are constantly fighting with each other over future plot drama and their rankings in the inevitable popularity polls.

The big thing that I keep wondering though is which direction they'll take regarding Zelos' fate; they've even had him freak out about it in the bonuses. And I don't know if the episode that contains that part of the story has come out yet so... yeah.

And best of luck regarding the urge to play it since if you do want the OVA it probably will only make you want to play it more. I ended up having to ask a coworker to borrow his Wii since my old gamecube is at my mom's house somewhere 5000 miles away... and I just went back there a couple weeks ago, goddammit, should've picked it up then. Anyways. Yeah. I've kind of wanted to play the sequel too, but I've always heard so many mixed reviews about it that it makes me wary. Plus I heard that Sheena loses her summons, and that's always a cheering prospect, having your favorite character get nerfed.

[writerserenyty]

I'll definitely have to see it, then! Ohhh, that'll be interesting to see, which direction they'll take with Zelos...

I've played part of the sequel but I just couldn't get into it the way I got into ToS. I didn't really like the main characters (the original's characters were a lot better) and there was the whole monster catching system that I just didn't like. I might try it again because I didn't get too far in it, but it was pretty disappointing considering it's the sequel to my favorite game..

[(Anonymous)]

You could always read the LP instead of playing it:

http://lparchive.org/Tales-of-Symphonia-Dawn-of-the-New-World/