05-10-2017, 10:22 PM
Okay, after chewing over this idea for a week or so, I think I'm going to add it into my hack. (Man, my hack keeps growing by the day.)
A couple of key changes to make it work:
1. Sabin/Edgar will be taking the Doma/Ghost Train path. After chewing through how to do the 2 brothers' story, I realized putting the two of them in the military camp together seemed to give them the most opportunity for development. The scenario starts with a black screen dialogue about how they're about to go over a waterfall (Think the Pacha/Kuzco waterfall scene from The Emperor's New Groove), immediately transitioning to the Barren Falls battle. It spits them out near the base camp. When they get in, Sabin wants to rush in, but Edgar chides him for using "Every muscle in his body except the one between his ears," and has him watch and listen. In the place of the line of "So that's General Leo...", Edgar will talk about how he walked the line between the Empire and Returners because of men like Leo. He wanted to see if the Soul of the Empire would sway towards Leo or Kefka. When they overhear Kefka's poisoning plan, Edgar tells Sabin, "Okay, time to do things your way," and they fight.
Edgar, of course, recognizes Cyan from his dealings with Doma. I'm hoping to add in a short scene, maybe after the Ghost Train on the platform, about how Edgar had always thought if he had a retainer like Cyan by his side, he could take the Empire head on. He hints that he has one in Sabin, to which Sabin laughs, stating that he doesn't want to be a retainer, since all the bowing would make his knees hurt. They finish by heading to the ferry in Kohlingen.
2. Banon and Terra get knocked off course by the Ultros fight, and end up floating all of the way to the Veldt. This fixes the character motivation problem. If I just had Sabin go to the Veldt, there was no rush to get him back to Narshe. With Banon and Terra, there is urgency, since both are desperately needed in Narshe. Note: I'm NOT looking forward to hacking the Gau recruitment scene.
3. Locke/Celes/Shadow remains mostly the same, with Shadow optionally joining in South Figaro and staying until after Tunnel Armor. (This is great, because in my hack, Celes has Jump, not Runic, making that fight a little more intense.) The only difference is that Locke and Celes are turned away at the gates instead of Terra because Celes is recognized.
A couple of key changes to make it work:
1. Sabin/Edgar will be taking the Doma/Ghost Train path. After chewing through how to do the 2 brothers' story, I realized putting the two of them in the military camp together seemed to give them the most opportunity for development. The scenario starts with a black screen dialogue about how they're about to go over a waterfall (Think the Pacha/Kuzco waterfall scene from The Emperor's New Groove), immediately transitioning to the Barren Falls battle. It spits them out near the base camp. When they get in, Sabin wants to rush in, but Edgar chides him for using "Every muscle in his body except the one between his ears," and has him watch and listen. In the place of the line of "So that's General Leo...", Edgar will talk about how he walked the line between the Empire and Returners because of men like Leo. He wanted to see if the Soul of the Empire would sway towards Leo or Kefka. When they overhear Kefka's poisoning plan, Edgar tells Sabin, "Okay, time to do things your way," and they fight.
Edgar, of course, recognizes Cyan from his dealings with Doma. I'm hoping to add in a short scene, maybe after the Ghost Train on the platform, about how Edgar had always thought if he had a retainer like Cyan by his side, he could take the Empire head on. He hints that he has one in Sabin, to which Sabin laughs, stating that he doesn't want to be a retainer, since all the bowing would make his knees hurt. They finish by heading to the ferry in Kohlingen.
2. Banon and Terra get knocked off course by the Ultros fight, and end up floating all of the way to the Veldt. This fixes the character motivation problem. If I just had Sabin go to the Veldt, there was no rush to get him back to Narshe. With Banon and Terra, there is urgency, since both are desperately needed in Narshe. Note: I'm NOT looking forward to hacking the Gau recruitment scene.
3. Locke/Celes/Shadow remains mostly the same, with Shadow optionally joining in South Figaro and staying until after Tunnel Armor. (This is great, because in my hack, Celes has Jump, not Runic, making that fight a little more intense.) The only difference is that Locke and Celes are turned away at the gates instead of Terra because Celes is recognized.