Return of the Revenge of the Son of Drakule Part 2: First Blood
Story Description: The dark lord of darkness, Drakule, has been banished to his prison in the underworld, but a new and terrible threat has risen to destroy the mortal realm! (Contains EBs/Avs, designed for team play but solo is possible. Do not attempt at levels 1-4.)
Story Arc ID: 84543
Author’s Global Chat Handle: @LaserJesus
Length: Long (3 missions)
Alignment: Neutral
Designer Notes: Just as the first arc in this series, team is recommended. If you intend to solo it, bring along a character that is well capable of defeating Elite Bosses. If you bring enough teammates to force AVs, bring along a lot of damage or some debuffs, as the last AV is very tough when he does spawn as an AV.
The lowest level this has been completed at to my knowledge is 25, though I suggest caution at such low levels.
Sequel to Arc #51357: Rise of the Drakule.
Similar Missions:
- Rise of the Drakule
- Drakule vs. The Werewolf Bikers From Hell!
- Drakule Armageddon 5: This Time, It’s Personal!
- Plunder Enlightening: The Scroll of Wishes
- Cadence
Glazius
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Running on a high 30s ice/axe tank, diff 2 so bosses is bosses and everything else comes out normal.
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Man, Death is just Dracula’s best brosef for life. They hang out in his crazy chaos dimension and trade tips for turning into crazy abominations with obvious weak points.
But you know, okay. Let’s see what this temple looks like.
These are disturbingly conventional ruins. I suspect shenanigans.
Well, at least all the altars are close to each other. Dethe heard of feng shui but thought it was some kind of crazy dance.
He’s very upfront in his dealings. I like that in a personification of the inevitable destruction of the universe.
The fight gets a bit rough after I accidentally mow down some of his minions, giving EA less to draw on, but it’s a good fight. And I get some information.
So there’s an Elukard. I can see why he’s so angry. It sounds like he’s made of clay.
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…I was only joking, next mission’s accept text. But it was an obvious joke.
Man, does Ashton’s new look give him Aim or something? Maybe it’s just bad luck that he hits through my ice.
Anyway.
He may be a cyborg vampire, but is he a SPACE NAZI cyborg vampire? I guess that’s something for installment 3.
Ah, so that’s how Junior did it. Cybernetics! Go go modern technology! Try and crash a computer with a holy relic, can’t be done.
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Whoa. So this is the arachnoid labs. Excellent choice, sir.
So. Burst damage from like Total Focus does terrible things when it gets lucky. But I manage. The ambush helps with end refill/defense boost.
But… there’s something weird here. It feels a little empty. Drakule’s even less terrifying than he was the first time.
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Storyline - ****. In the second mission of the arc I kill the mastermind. In the third mission I kill his hardwired robot creation. It’s like, the actual thinking person behind this is gone. This is the mess he left behind. I AM A JANITOR. That doesn’t work for me. Why not swap the two?
Design - *****. Can’t fault this. First use of the arachnoid labs I’ve seen in MA and it’s pretty great.
Gameplay - *****. While I died a couple times to the bosses they were fair deaths and I made it through what remained just fine.
Detail - ****. Needs more cheesy killer cyborg movie references.
Overall - ****. A sequel which follows possibly a classic pattern. It branches out a bit from its original plot, but with the novelty gone the old scenery just seems empty.
Posted on June 16th, 2009 at 8:22 pm