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Japofran

Posted 31 January 2008 - 10:14 AM

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I think 28/7 was an important date, it's introduced in 5DAS and in 6DAS it's, like other things, given a new mystical meaning.

My guess is that "It hurts" is related to Chzo's being an "elemental of pain". But according to what I remember either it happens following the script, or totally at random regardless of the actions you try.

Yes apparently we are really supposed to believe that EVERYTHING that happens in the ENTIRE series, is simply leading up to Cabadath's replacement by Dacabe/DeFoe, otherwise I'm missing something too... Also the whole story looks completely deterministic and like DaCabe couldn't do a thing to resist Chzo's plans, which are accomplished exactly the whole time. However I myself don't like this instalment as much as the others.

Emerald

Posted 30 January 2008 - 10:37 PM

One thing nobody else seems to have mentioned...

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Anybody notice that over the course of 6DAS, DeCabe undergoes all 3 agonies. Obviously, his trip down the elevator shaft would be of Body. Getting Janine killed would be of Soul. And facing his fears inside the manor would be of Mind.

A few questions:

What's '287'? It features in both TN (written all over Siobhan's room) and 6DAS (in the corridor between the med-bay and security room)

What's the deal with the dungeon? And the random blood graffiti? Is there any reasonable explanation, or is it just for atmosphere?

What's with the constant repetition of the phrase "It hurts"? Crops up a lot in both TN and 6DAS when you try to do something or go somewhere Yahtzee doesn't want you to...

Are we really supposed to believe that EVERYTHING that happens in the ENTIRE series, is simply leading up to Cabadath's replacement by Dacabe/DeFoe? Or am I missing something?

Finally, Dacabe seems like a nice chap. Wouldn't it stand to reason that he would even SLIGHTLY attempt to resist becoming a servant to the Demi-god of Pain? Also, that foreign guy had some good points - I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss them just because his english isn't great.

Silver

Posted 29 October 2007 - 10:05 AM

Oh well, I didn't just play in 6 Days a Sacrifice, but after previous parts of series I know, of what to expect. Of remarkable twists, riddles thought over and the huge dose of fear. Saying briefly the Fully Ramblomatic company carried wonderful work out. Now I am playing in Trilby's Notes and I must say that I could see such a thought out scenario in no game of the type adventure.

Admittedly heavily I am being played without the walkthrough ( I live in Poland and not much I know English), but somehow I deal with :unsure:. How I will finish Trilby's Notes, without hesitation I will get down too 6 Days a Sacrifice.

chumloofah

Posted 23 October 2007 - 09:42 PM

Got to say, didn't really find the bridge thing to be particularly interesting.
Too bad, since I liked the rest of the series.
Too much trying to be clever, not enough sinister!

Japofran

Posted 09 October 2007 - 01:12 PM

Makes a lot of sense, thanks. ;)

ScytheKnight

Posted 08 October 2007 - 09:53 PM

WARNING! So many spoilers in this post it's not funny!! If you haven't played all four games don't even bother reading!!!

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OK, the Bridge.. it's a pretty deep concept so I will try to explain all the aspects I know about it.

When The Arrogant Man attempted to summon Chzo during the Roman invasion Technology hardly existed, indeed there was even still a small amount of magic left in the world and so the gap between the worlds was opened easily and thus he was turned into The Tall Man bound to The Tree.

As time progressed in our world Technology took off and the crossing of the two worlds became harder and harder until it was to all intensive purposes, impossible.

This then is where the concept of The Bridge began. A series of events of such unbelievable magnitude as to sunder the fabric of reality. This is where John DeFoe comes into the picture as The Bridgekeeper.

When John DeFoe was killed by his father with The Tall Man's soul container, the idol carved from the wood of The Tree, he fell under Chzo's dominion. His Soul, Mind and Body where separated from each other.

The Body was buried in the house, The Mind was ingrained into the house and thus the house became sentient, The Soul was placed in The Tall Man's idol and thus was turned into a Wraith under his command.

This resulted in a being of the world of Technology becoming a construct of pure Magic and left in the world of Technology. Now, this is where things get interesting because when someone dies the Mind and Soul leave the Body together, but now with everything separated and bound there can be no second death. Only complete and utter destruction, something unheard of for the world of Technology. Thus John DeFoe became The Bridgekeeper.

When John DeFoe's Body and Soul are destroyed in 5DaS & 7DaS the effects where something utterly foreign to the world of Technology because the events and consequences belonged only to the world of Magic. These two events spawned massive shock waves in the fabric of Reality, but because the gap had become so big nothing came of them. Except for the fact that they traveled both ways along the Timeline traveling through both Past and Future.

In 6DaS these two shock waves meet on the 6th day, straining the fabric of Reality almost to breaking point. The final destruction of The Mind of John DeFoe completed his role as The Bridgekeeper giving the shock waves the critical mass to breach the barrier between the worlds of Technology and Magic.

Hope that answers some of your questions about The Bridge. ;)

Foster

Posted 05 October 2007 - 01:14 PM

[quote name='taikara' date='Feb 4 2007, 09:38 AM' post='46662']

There was a lot of stuff I can't say I understood 100%... such as:

[quote=EXTREMELY Spoiley][color=white]-The Book's reference to the "Thief-Wife" - I'm guessing this was Janine, but labelling her as the "Thief-Wife" didn't make any sense to me, and there wasn't actually any character throughout the series I would comfortably identify as such.

[quote=Very Spoiley][color=white]-The destruction of the different aspects of the Body, Mind, and Soul of Defoe necessary to create the Bridge, and their connection to the past, present, and future. Subsequently, the "ripple effect" of past events colliding with future events in order for the Bridge to be created.


You need to play Countdown 1: the Body to understand the reference to the "thief-wife".

The original five in the Defoe house were called "the family of thieves", and Simone Taylor was called "the thief-wife" in the book of Chzo.
This is a clip from the text game:
"6. There was the Thief-Wife, who came to the house of the Bridgekeeper to corrupt the Bridgekeeper with her whorish ways and to travel the land of Technology spreading stories and lies of what she found."

DeathDude

Posted 23 August 2007 - 02:25 PM

Ya could do that, granted that is time draining, or ya could always go to Yahtzees forum and browse around, there is a lot of discussion on a bunch of the games and a lot of questions and scenarios are explained and whatnot, actually quite interesting. :P

Icewolf

Posted 23 August 2007 - 07:46 AM

I think the synonyms and allegories and methaphores go a bit far in this series.
I loved to play _ALL_ of them, but I did have some questions and these questions wouldn't be answered if you don't keep playing all four(!) parts over and over.  :P

Lachie Dazdarian

Posted 13 July 2007 - 08:25 PM

I got the impression that the game wanted to be intelligent and original.

Anyway, I'm only referring to people who praised the game for others things than the horror elements.

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