Alphascape is AMAZING! (Spoilers!)

[Nariel]

So after clearing O12 I can add my review on it :

The music was OK, not memorable but good. A lot better than Omega O11 that was maybe the worst EVER.

The fight itself is really enjoyable, far more easy than expected but still enjoy it and he make a lot of sens. I mean Omega using our weapon against us was the best option they could choose.

The boss itself is... meh. Don't find him original at all. The human shape make totaly sens and we really don't have that much human size boss so it was kinda refreshing.
What disapoint me was more the design. The male one look like a cheap Sephiroth and I still can put myself to enjoy him, female one TOTALY look like Kaine from Nier so I can't help but love her but still its not that original plus yeah the "mechanical" duo male-female fighting together remind me of Adam and Eve (You don't say ?!) but from Nier Automata even in the color scheme black and white totaly feel a bit Nier in the core.
As much as I love Nier and automata and I god damn love them as true master piece it don't feel original and awesome to me.

Now the end of the story arc is... Bad. Just Bad. Was really mad after the staff cause it was insulting.

Annnnnnd I still can't stand Alpha, the cute animal side-kick cliché is overused and stall. Was about to sparta this little crap the second I seen him look in this damn hole.

[Reynhart]

The male one look like a cheap Sephiroth and I still can put myself to enjoy him

Someone pointed out that the male one looks exactly like the character on the box art from 1.0 Collector's Edition. And you can't really be Sephiroth without the overly long coat and overly long hair and the overly long sword.

[Nariel]

Someone pointed out that the male one looks exactly like the character on the box art from 1.0 Collector's Edition. And you can't really be Sephiroth without the overly long coat and overly long hair and the overly long sword.

After a quick check its totaly true, its him. Totaly change my mind, its a great choice of design for the male part. Even if the rest stand, its make it a little better.

[Reynhart]

After a quick check its totaly true, its him.

I have a really strange feeling from Alphascape, and in fact, this whole patch. With the design choices, the music reusing samples from past iterations (Torn From the Heavens, Maker's Ruin, etc...) I have a feeling that they're trying to tie several loose ends.

Could it be that they actually needed ARR, HW and SB to really sever their links to the past and that, maybe, 5.0 will be able to rise as a real fresh start ? This thought actually gives me more faith in the game that anything from the past two years. And, it's still guesses at that point, but from the event in the MSQ, there could be a clever way so that you won't have to do the MSQ up to 4.5 to start 5.0.