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So, thinking back on @Looking Glass' idea for Anna as EMM-chan, I can't help but think it'd be a sort of three-phase game.
The first phase would be "Man gives innumerable prayers to Heaven for salvation." - in this phase, you get to do initial base-building, resource gathering, picking your starting loadout of civilian equipment (like that car battery), etc.
The second phase would be "Heaven replies with nothing but death to recompense man." - in this phase, you fight off a wave of AGs, plain and simple.
The two phases alternate, with the first phase getting shorter, and the second phase getting longer, with more waves each stage.
Personally, I think there should be a name for each stage, along with a "Goal" that's onscreen giving guidance during the phase. Maybe:
This pattern repeats until the first phase dwindles into nothing and the waves just keep coming.
...but if you can keep going, and make it through an incredibly long sequence of waves - maybe even as high as "2y play time" - you get to phase three.
Phase 3: "Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill."
Title: "Salting the Earth, Boiling the Seas"
Goal: "End the waves. Destroy the source. Kill them all."
And after defeating an (unnamed in-game) Type-0 and shattering the hive, it fades to black as you fly back home... preventing the player from being spoiled on what Anna found. Now that should be a proper gut-punch for EMM-chan theorists - what, you thought she won?
The idea here is that, instead of "strictly" Endless Battle Mode, there's a gradual switchover from preparation to a seemingly Endless Battle Mode... which isn't actually endless, if you can survive an absurd amount of time, for the Hidden Secret Boss Fight.
EDIT: Oooooh, further idea - once you're in the "Endless" portion, have the Goal get simpler and simpler. "Destroy all enemy units without damage to the base", "Destroy all enemy units", "Destroy the enemy", "Kill the enemy", "Kill them", "Kill", "Kill", "Kill"...
The first phase would be "Man gives innumerable prayers to Heaven for salvation." - in this phase, you get to do initial base-building, resource gathering, picking your starting loadout of civilian equipment (like that car battery), etc.
The second phase would be "Heaven replies with nothing but death to recompense man." - in this phase, you fight off a wave of AGs, plain and simple.
The two phases alternate, with the first phase getting shorter, and the second phase getting longer, with more waves each stage.
Personally, I think there should be a name for each stage, along with a "Goal" that's onscreen giving guidance during the phase. Maybe:
- S1P1: "A Child Building Castles..." Goal: "Use your newfound powers to improve your hometown"
- S1P2: "...Too Close to the Shore" Goal: "Save as many as you can"
- S2P1: "Away from the Waves..." Goal: "Relocate to a more defensible location"
- S2P2: "...And Onto the Rocks" Goal: "Hold off the enemy while the villagers get inside"
This pattern repeats until the first phase dwindles into nothing and the waves just keep coming.
...but if you can keep going, and make it through an incredibly long sequence of waves - maybe even as high as "2y play time" - you get to phase three.
Phase 3: "Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill."
Title: "Salting the Earth, Boiling the Seas"
Goal: "End the waves. Destroy the source. Kill them all."
And after defeating an (unnamed in-game) Type-0 and shattering the hive, it fades to black as you fly back home... preventing the player from being spoiled on what Anna found. Now that should be a proper gut-punch for EMM-chan theorists - what, you thought she won?
The idea here is that, instead of "strictly" Endless Battle Mode, there's a gradual switchover from preparation to a seemingly Endless Battle Mode... which isn't actually endless, if you can survive an absurd amount of time, for the Hidden Secret Boss Fight.
EDIT: Oooooh, further idea - once you're in the "Endless" portion, have the Goal get simpler and simpler. "Destroy all enemy units without damage to the base", "Destroy all enemy units", "Destroy the enemy", "Kill the enemy", "Kill them", "Kill", "Kill", "Kill"...
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