Let's Play Final Fantasy VIII #037 - Royal Assassin, Part 1/5

[midknightbluez]

"No code, no riddle, no fancy little countdown..." - Simon (Die Hard 3)

[syppah]

I want a man with sarcasm and a looooong jacket.

So yeah, either Seifer or Irvine should work. :P

[ChromeMaquilover22]

Selphie is Kitty from Xmen. Double the ditzy!

[Ryouseiken]

1:18 Wtffff. o.O

[lollmao5]

1:19 The Case Of The Disappearing Selphie!

[Fbueller129]

My only complaint about their plan is that Irvine didn't have a personal sniper rifle to use. No self respecting sniper is going to use a rifle that they have not at least fired once and calibrated themselves before the op.

[wheelman1324]

Where is Agent 47 when you need him?

[dRevan64]

Zell is fucking stupid. I'm sorry.

[fate255]

I recall the music playing in the sublevel of Balamb where NORG resides. But this music plays after he's defeated and some Shumi somehow made it onboard.

[TriforceOfAwesomenes]

1:18 Selphie can run through walls? o.O

[bowenstrife]

@TriforceOfAwesomenes

She must be a ghost ._.

Selphie: "Ooooooooh im a ghost ooooooh"

Squall: . . . whatever

Me: *Facepalm*

[ShiroZerotheDragoon]

mine can't ether! the difference is that mine is old and fat!! so it's haliarius to wach the fat cat run after the lazer pointer like a fat guy after the last twinky!

[sasamichan]

That Send the Queen of Cards to any town you want her to go to trick is one I didn't know about. The hint book I got made it look like you HAD to send her to the far corners of the world. Also refining cards early in the game makes me remember how you got so super strong from Enimy skills in FFVII, you just do a thing that people don't think to do at a point you don't think to do it.

[ravid2323]

We all know that the best of the best are the guy's who do the Starbucks runs.

"We need some latte's!"

Cid: "I'm on it!"

[jmaheroux]

of course Squall's the leader, yeah he's a little on the moodly and unsympathetic side, also he talks to himself too much. But it's either him or

A. Selphie The , sunshine-high ditz with hair that defies the laws of physics

B. Zell- an over-dramatic over-emotional boy who walks like he has scoliosis

C. Quistis- Who was demoted from teaching job, and likes to 'talk about her problems too much

D. Rinoa- whose best weapon is her dog

E. Irvine. Cowboys shouldnt be leaders.

[aislingyngaio]

"We're certainly not here to knock UP the sorceress" Oh, HC, you just put a VERY bad mental image in my brain!!! *looks for bleach* XD

[EmperorXaozx]

@aislingyngaio I would hate to see the child then.A baby that could stop time.*cue "The Rev"* WHY!!!!!!!!!!

[Aldotiti]

i never played this game and im not trying to spoil any thing but does any one get the feeling that seifer is gonna get involed in the mission? or is gonna appear some where

[ater367]

7:49 Zell pulled a Leroy Jenkins

[XxDemon23xX]

Hey HC our dog really liked chasing laser pointers too but it sorta messed it up for life hahaha, everytime it seen a flash of light or a reflection or anything like a CD it would start acting stupid looking for the light and barking or w/e thinking it was the laser light got to be pretty annoying

[FireMark78]

Love how they are planning and assassination out in the open, running all over in the middle of the streets.

[speyeker]

You know, I get the feeling that he's named "Caraway" after caraway seeds...like "SeeD", I guess.

[diddykongrulz]

1:23 What, no Star Wars clip?

[spybloom]

I think they all looked at Squall to be the leader because they didn't want to be with Irvine. The women know what'll happen if they're alone with him and Zell just doesn't like him for some reason (as shown from the train ride to Deling City).

My two cents

[depaderico]

Jeez Carraway, think you could be a little more obvious?

[Vassaloftheflames]

Knock up the sorceress? Oh, HC Bailly.

[TheCrazyNekoGirl2123]

Hey HC how do you record your voice?

[Stroumbert]

What the heck happened to Selphie at 1:20? O_o;

[vorpalseraph]

Wouldn't it not be a good idea to drop the gates before shooting her? She'd be like "Hey, I'm under attack, I better put up some protection magic"

[piercewise1]

Rookie professionals - seriously! Squall's first mission is a nation's independence with 3 mercs and a handful of freedom fighters. His second? Oh, just assassinate a sorceress (in personal combat, if necessary) to prevent global domination. Sure, no problem!

[ShiniYokai]

I always found it kinda funny how they are just running around outside the gate talking openly about and assassination plan. You'd think they would be on the down low about the whole operation.

[blackswan707]

After shooting the sorceress, Irvine will be arrested and then shot by a nightclub owner when being transferred to prison. Someone has to be the fall guy for all this..Squall needs to learn this as a mercenary.

[SomeDumbYankee]

Do you tap to destroy tapped creatures?

(Sorry, geek question!)

[CrazyUberix]

commentary is hilarious :D awesome !

[ReloadPsi]

Again, French version:

Squall: "We're Seeds."

Caraway: (Yes. From Balamb.)

Caraway's probably afraid of their accent or skin tone giving them away :P

[ReloadPsi]

French version: "Edea? Our Edea?"

I'm not saying any more.

[FinalSave]

I noticed Selphie pulled a Houdini at about 1:20. Gotta love emulators.

[gregdrako]

what happend to selphie at 1:16 ?

3:20 "Sniper Team" thats nothing wierd.

Sniper need to focus on target, rest of the team

makes sure that no one will interfere

4:35 running like that is "not" suspicious...

[jamminjago]

love hcbailly videos no matter how many times i've wanted to hit him over his pronunciation of names. Although this game has more than any other lets play i've watched before it that drive me bananas.

[CelesChere694]

Don't worry! We're self proclaimed professionals!!

[TsuKing]

Wait a second, Rinoa needed to go to that minotaur cave to get into her own house?

[KeyToThePlanet]

Eh-day-ah? i've never thought of that hahah! i say edea ee-duh.

[TrueSoreThumb]

"Have a great day"

I think I'm gonna have a great day with this awesome 5-ep parter! :D

[ShadowTheHedgehog423]

Actually, the music that plays around 1:00, called The Truth does play at another place in the game.

[Brockcold]

@Marioyoshiguy64 selphie glitched out must of been the emulator

[auron570]

just out of curiosity, do you record the commentary after you record the gameplay, or else how did you know it would take 5 parts to do the mission?

[HCBailly]

@auron570 I record my commentary as I go. However, I did a quick test run that went a little over 40 minutes. Given some pauses added for commentary and breaks at the appropriate moments, I figured I would have to make it five parts.

[twistedkatana1]

@HCBailly so roughly how long does it take from when then video and audio is recorded to get to the final product? i'm a big pusher of live commentary during videos and the only way i can get it done that way it to use off-screen camera footage. i would make a bigger effort for direct capture if it ment easy processing and little downtime from recording to uploading to youtube.

[mejercit]

What could go wrong with the assassination?

[Valis77]

@mejercit if the target misses

[mejercit]

@Valis77

That could cause a few small problems.

[marcusotero]

I always thought Caraway running around in circles outside the gate was hillarious!

[drunyon214]

Loving the MTG Reference in the title. They actually still reprint Royal Assassin in the new sets these days, but it's not nearly as good as it used to be.

[SirPercivalGallant]

I love how the general doesn't seem to mind Irvine sitting, legs up, right at his desk and then vaulting over it! XD

[Grothmanus]

ah, i think they play it when a certain someone is back at a certain orphanage in disc three. this person has their own card.

[cofingp]

At least Squall willingly accepts the leader role.

[LegendofFantasy]

Rinoa's family reminds me of another family, where the father is a Sith Lord and a high ranking person in the Galactic Empire, the son is training to be a Jedi Knight, and the daughter is a high-ranking peron in the Rebel Alliance. Anyone know who I'm talking about?

[RequemX]

1:17 Selphie?!

[kolton777]

ahhh! theirs nothing like waking up on my B-Day watching sum HC BAILY! vidz!

[amaronith]

Of course Squall is the leader - Look at all that leather!

[amaronith]

@amaronith Also, belts.

[OrderofMertuary]

I reset my game, completely once thinking the game glitched on me.

... Then I got to this part and I noticed the hatch.. I was like 'OMFG! WTF!' I was soooo pissed...

[OrderofMertuary]

@OrderofMertuary About the hatch anyways. XD

[ColonelHakha]

I assume that by "go home" you mean "go back to working on helping Timber achieve independence" HCBailel.

[gamemasterb4u]

Also plays the music at the lighthouse with Cid and that "Other" character.

[Shihon42]

Not sure why you would want to ACT OUT THE TOP SECRET HIGH PROFILE ASSASSINATION IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET WHERE EVERYONE CAN SEE YOU. Seriouly, just use a map.

[ShiroZerotheDragoon]

@Shihon42 hahahahahahahahah..... shit!

[NintendoCapriSun]

Aw darnit, that's what I get for commenting before the video is over. I like how Squall refers to Quistis as "Instructor Trepe" at the end there. In some way, it's kind of like he's acknowledging the other night when she "lost" her job, and saying "Well, you're still an instructor to me, I still think you're good enough."

[vegita625]

@NintendoCapriSun, don't read too deeply into the dialogue of this game. If you never played the game, then just trust me on that. It's more like he's just used to it, not like he's being nice to her or something. He probably called her "Instructor" for at least a year.

[NintendoCapriSun]

HAHA, yeah I think the sorceress has been knocked... you know what, never mind.

[jeremymuccllar]

don't make fun of ZELL!!!!!

[yevonator88]

The Galbadian General is running around like a maniac in the streets with 5 kids...any sane man would smell something fishy.

[thinkmurphy]

5 episodes in one day? i'm going to have a HC overdose!

[speyeker]

@thinkmurphy 2 days--He said "this weekend", so that includes tomorrow (Sunday) as well. =P

[thinkmurphy]

@speyeker i missed that :P

[MythicLlama]

Yay! More 'Secret Passage'!

[Eener1000]

Squall is the leader by default because: Selphi is an airhead who is permanently under the influence of happy gas. Zell has the mental development of a 12 year old and an IQ close that doesnt reach double digits. Rhinoa who is a complete bumbling bimbo. The onlyone who could somewhat compete is Quistis, but she acts like some love smitten teenie and doesn't really add much. And Irvine...he dresses like Walker Texas ranger ..sheesh.. He got his clothes at Stereotypes R us?

[SilentWeaponsIII]

@Eener1000 LOL, you must have seen Spoony's review of this game. Getting the cast of "Saved By The Bell" to attempt an assassination on a sorceress. They should have hired Solid Snake or 'The End' from MGS3.

[dRevan64]

@Eener1000 I think it's hilarious that they didn't make Seifer a SeeD. I know he disobeyed orders, but he just seems infinitely more competent than the rest of the group. A squad of Seifer, Quistis and Squall would probably have some fantastic results.

[Joorum]

(Might be a spoiler, not really though)

That music is called Truth and it also plays at Edea's house.

[SchlossRitter]

Ooh, the biggest multi-part upload yet for HC, I think.

General Caraway is her father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate, of course.

Does anyone else see the flaw in the plan in trying to ambush someone who can STOP TIME?

[Freezye]

Yeah, I got stuck there for an hour or so on my first play through, stupid little hatch...

[kasanuatori65]

zell: maybe i can impress him with my mad dancing skills!!

[WiiRikeToPray]

These next couple of episodes are going to be fun and interesting. Man this makes me want to play FF8 again. I think I'll play along.

[PhoenixFonta]

I always thought that they could have made this assassination a bit more exciting...I mean like time limits or something because it's pretty straightforward IMO. Great FMV at the end, though.

[88blair88]

I've always thought it would be much easier, if the gateway team attacked the sorceress if the sniper failed... oh well we get a cool FMV anyway so I'm happy

[ddgafd]

1:18 Huh, I guess Selphie used Teleport Beta. Kudos if you get the reference.

[Shihon42]

@ddgafd Would have been funny if she tried to use Alpha and hit the wall

[Aki20090909]

1:18 lol Selphie completely disappeared

[puwexil608]

How convenient that there are no guards at the presidential residence to notice people acting out their assassination plans right in front of it.

[derangedband]

hahha!!! i use a lazer light on my dog all the time!! in the end hes almost as knackered as if id just take him out on a huge walk XD

[EpicMist]

I think the music plays during some scene in the orphanage iirc.

[EpicMist]

@EpicMist or I could learn to read earlier comments if anyone has already pointed out this little fact.

[Muler369]

The suite he is wearing during the mission breif reminds me of the suites that they wear in the school that that is in the anime Full Metal Achyst ( spelled wrong)

[Ocson]

I forget the location of that hatch almost everytime I play the game. :(

[SizeableThug]

House!!!! Roadhouse!!!!, lol kidding

[Triple10X]

I love how Caraway tells you the plan to assassinate the leader while walking around in public.

[paladinwarrior19]

The music when u on about (when talking to Caraway in the mansion) is played a few more times in the game. Mainly on Disc 3 though!

[paladinwarrior19]

@paladinwarrior19 my grammar sucks! LOL

[darkdevil399]

I love your cats' personalities!!

[tjmax31fd]

watch selpie at 1:16

she gliches out or something

[Morphogenesis13]

@tjmax31fd You know what, I had my chance to say FIRST for the first time and you RUINED IT!! =( lol..

[tjmax31fd]

@Morphogenesis13 sorry i didnt know

[SchlossRitter]

@Morphogenesis13

They just saved you from getting banned then.

[Morphogenesis13]

@SchlossRitter Oh lord.