Avoiding the Fourside Blackout

Very interesting. Well, it makes sense. It would look kinda weird if the Mook came and kidnapped Paula while running through the plants.

I think I might have done that before.

I did actually do this thing by accident in one of my many playthroughs a while ago, and I thought I had done something very wrong with the game, but I went inside the building again and then tried to walk out – and it was back to normal. Phew! 😉

I thought everybody knew about this? Hahaha I do it every playthrough to buy defensive gear so I don’t get my butt handed to me in there

yeah that’s right I’ve been playing this game since its release and I still worry about those department store buttholes

Actually that’s not true, I recently realized that the present-type enemies can only charge in one direction at a time and then pause briefly before tracking you down again, so with careful planning you can make it through hordes of the things without getting into a single fight.

wow disregard that first comment i haven’t slept, i forgot that the event doesn’t trigger until you’re on the way out

you can go ahead and just delete the three of these

or leave them to forever shame me……….

Not sure if this is happening to anyone else, but on the front page, every video is the same one. When I go on the actual page for the story, the video is fine.

@blanonymous Well, that is unless they’re waiting for you at the end of an escalator. Which they often do. =(

i dunno, with a bit of practice i usually find there’s just barely enough wiggle room to maneuver around them

maybe i just get really lucky each time i’m in there though

“Newcomers?” Haha god I ALWAYS hate this part

Yeah, that’s one of the few parts in the game that, even though I know the game inside and out, enemies can still kick my butt if I’m not careful.

I agree. If you don’t pay attention closely in the Dept. Store you can really get stomped out of nowhere. The challenge makes that part fun, though.

Level grinding with all the good Fourside equipment might make the kidnapping easier. I’m curious.

I’ve actually done this on my second play through over a decade ago. I somehow figured I’d skip the blackout by getting out of the way of the Dept. Store Spook by walking at the bottom of the screen, and to my surprise, it worked.