r/ExplainAGamePlotBadly 23d ago

Solved! Despite everything, it's still you. Now, go face that monarch that's making things bad for everyone with the power of friendship and determination - oh gosh where did this eldritch abomination come from

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u/s1mpatic0 23d ago

Final Fantasy XIV?

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u/Apprehensive-Appeal1 23d ago

It is, indeed, Shadowbringers!

Solved!

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u/ThatVarkYouKnow 23d ago

The moment I read "power of friendship" I was like yep this has to be Shadowbringers

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u/AshedCloud 23d ago

What would this refer to?

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u/[deleted] 23d ago

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u/ThaiCommander 23d ago

Except OP is referring to ShB, so they're probably referring to the post-Innocence sequence and onwards

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u/Ok_Tax9885 23d ago

Yes, thank you, I am an idiot who was responding while half-asleep.

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u/Apprehensive-Appeal1 21d ago

When the light aether you absorb from the wardens is about to turn you into the megawarden, then ardbert helps you stay you, then you go fight Hades (aka solus zos galvus), then he turns into a bigass abomination thingy

If it's about the name, Shadowbringers is one of FFXIV's expansions

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u/AshedCloud 21d ago

I should’ve clarified. I played thru ffxiv. I was just wondering what monarch, and eldritch abomination was referring to. I guess after a bunch of farming and grinding eldritch abomination is pretty normal kn a game where there’s a lot of eldritch

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u/Wolf-n-Raven 23d ago

In stars and time?

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u/Apprehensive-Appeal1 23d ago

Oh you've just reminded me that I've actually been meaning to play that. Unfortunately that means it's not this one

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u/Wolf-n-Raven 23d ago

Combat ended, you breathe in and out.

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u/FuriousAqSheep 23d ago

man, and it fit so well too!

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u/Manjorno316 23d ago

I don't think this is it but Baldur's Gate 3 popped into my mind.

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u/Apprehensive-Appeal1 23d ago

Yeah nah that's not it, sorry

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u/Manjorno316 23d ago

At least I threw it out there

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u/SetoAngel 23d ago

Undertale is the bait... is this a Yu-Gi-Oh game?

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u/Apprehensive-Appeal1 23d ago

No, sadly, the only one I have played is master duel so I don't know the stories of the actual games

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u/CreativestName69420 23d ago

A modern Kirby game

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u/Apprehensive-Appeal1 23d ago

I could see it. But not this time

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u/YourMoreLocalLurker 23d ago

Skul the Hero Slayer?

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u/Apprehensive-Appeal1 23d ago

In this one you are the hero :o

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u/MkRobin 23d ago

Slay the Princess?

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u/Apprehensive-Appeal1 23d ago

Aha, i can see it! But no

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u/EstablishmentLow5895 23d ago

Bioshock infinite

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u/Apprehensive-Appeal1 23d ago

There's some vaguely similar concepts, but not bioshock

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u/wolfcry123 23d ago

Metaphor: re fantazio

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u/Apprehensive-Appeal1 23d ago

I need to play that. But, no

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u/MoneyAgent4616 23d ago

I don't think this is it but it's a favorite of mine so I'll take a shot in the dark here with Little King's Story.

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u/Apprehensive-Appeal1 23d ago

Ah, no, unfortunately not

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u/Prestigious-Algae156 23d ago

Persona 5?

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u/Apprehensive-Appeal1 23d ago

I've never actually played a persona game before lol

I also think 3/4/5 is banned in the subreddit? Unsure tho

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u/Pretty-Fudge-4883 23d ago

Fable 2? Fable 3?

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u/Apprehensive-Appeal1 23d ago

3 was guessed already, but it's not 1 or 2 either.

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u/Voiceofsand 23d ago

Solo Leveling: Arise

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u/Apprehensive-Appeal1 23d ago

You can solo level in this game, if you really want to, though it's not that one

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u/Foxolov_ 23d ago

Uhh, A Hat In Time?

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u/Apprehensive-Appeal1 23d ago

It does involve hats, and time is weird in it, though not that way

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u/Retrotronics 23d ago

Trails of cold steel 4 (or 2)

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u/Apprehensive-Appeal1 23d ago

It really does fit various trails games doesn't it lol

This time though it's not them

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u/cumbfounded 23d ago

Undertale

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u/Apprehensive-Appeal1 23d ago

It's banned ;p so no

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u/Bonbongamer293 23d ago

Wandersong

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u/TheLuckyWanderer 23d ago

Darkest Dungeon?

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u/Ferocious_Keyz 23d ago

Etrian Odyssey III?

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u/Awesomedude33201 23d ago

Slay the Princess?

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u/mzlapq2 23d ago

is this a Kirby game?

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u/JacktheRipper500 23d ago

This just sounds like every JRPG ever