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Watching it made me feel I should seek religion.

The closest I had ever gotten to Super Robot Wars was Project X Zone.

There's also the fact that Shu watched an Event Horizon from a Black Hole thanks to that thing IIRC.

Shu is crazy and so is his mech.

pretty much my dick right now

Originally Posted by LeopardBear

Henry Cavil is way hotter than Christian Bale so me.

Nah man. It's all about that Clooney.

Originally Posted by hero

And who likes superman over batman?

Henry Cavil is way hotter than Christian Bale so me.

Melty occurs after Kagetsu Tohya, so you may want to play KT first.

That's a really well put response on the difference between the two. I do agree with it, hero and Jormungandr.

I actually finished with Kohaku with Ciel's before it. The order I felt didn't detract from the story; I was willing to wait a route before ending with Kohaku and Eclipse. I wasn't disappointed at all with Ciel's route; I now include it and Shiki's character with the complaint of Fate route as untrue.

And now, I plan on going through what's left of Tsukihime. Plus Period, then Melty Blood story and Kagetsu Tohya.

So, was I right? Did you regret your unorthodox order?

I think part of what makes Kohaku route great is the Hitsui route you played beforehand. You want to help that quiet maid find some love and then you get to the end and the twist destroys your heart (maybe), and then makes you immediately go for Kohaku next run. In Fate there is no prelude to the Sakura route and the route order forces you to play Fate and UBW first (unless you have a save), and Sakura's situation is only explored on her own route. Nobody cared about her when they were Caliburning Berserker in the Einzbern Woods, and nobody cared about her when they UBWing the King of Heroes. By the time you get to HF, Sakura's situation is underwhelming. It's also presented in a rather over the top way, and it makes you want to focus on the battles that take place more than anything else. It has some pretty good dramatic scenes, but in the end it falls short.

Also Sakura is often moved by external forces to act, be it jealousy or power or both. Without AM, she's completely powerless to do anything (even though she's a magus). It seems like she does most of what she does on a whim, or because AM needs her to do it. On the other hand, Kohaku knows what she's doing. She's batman. And who likes superman over batman?

Play Kagetsu Tohya next. I almost prefer it over Tsukihime

I think that what makes a lot people like Kohaku over Sakura has to do with a lot of factors. Kohaku is way easy to relate to, and to pity due to how overt her damage is. Furthermore, her situation is way less over the top, and it is presented in a much better way than Sakura's was. Then there are those who find her a more entertaining character, and what she did in revenge actually makes her more interesting.

There seems to be a somewhat generalized opinion of Sakura's own side-plot in HF being basically an altered version of Kohaku's, with many changes being for the worse, which I guess is the simpler way to explain this.

Originally Posted by Dark Pulse

Still waiting for Ciel being the inevitable letdown after the far superior Far-Side.

Agree with this, even though it's always been between Arc and Akiha for me, Far Side is clearly just a way better story that the Near Side routes.

Still waiting for Ciel being the inevitable letdown after the far superior Far-Side.

On the plus side, a more favorable opinion of Akiha is good brownie points for me.

Skip every routes.

Originally Posted by Ratman

Nothing ever goes well with fedoras except Harrison Ford's face, but the thing is, Harrison Ford's face goes with virutally anything imaginable.

Not so much with rainbow vibrators I heard.

nah, he's good as long as he steers clear of the Ciel Good End

Originally Posted by LJ3

I think I'm okay with doing this kind of order since I did the same thing with F/SN (Fate, Heaven's Feel, Unlimited Blade Works).

It's... kind of impossible to do it in that order. The game explicitly sets flags that FORCES it to be Fate -> UBW -> HF, unless you started from an all-clear savestate.

You're not forced to go to that level here (Must do a Near-Side before any Far-Sides unlock, must do Hisui's before you can do Kohaku's), but for the reasons Ratman mentioned, as well as the fact that it's very similar to the Arc path until after halfway or so, it's going to feel rather hollow if you put Ciel last, even if you like her.

Ratman made the perfect case for why the standart order is best. Even if Arc and Ciel basically have the same route.

That's a really good argument for the recommended order. I'll still go through the Far Side sequentially but I think I can handle potential dissatisfaction on ending on Ciel's.

I think I'm okay with doing this kind of order since I did the same thing with F/SN (Fate, Heaven's Feel, Unlimited Blade Works). It probably is because when spoiling myself some time ago on Ciel's True End, I was really touched by it. Even with viewing the others, that really struck me more for some reason.

But you give me high hopes for being really satisfied by the Far Side routes then.

Nothing ever goes well with fedoras except Harrison Ford's face, but the thing is, Harrison Ford's face goes with virutally anything imaginable.

Pistols go better with the fedoras.