HISTAMINE (Gadigal) with PERSECUTOR, SHOVE, SIN TAX & COMBAT ROCK

Bell City Takeaway, Friday, July 10 at 08:00 PM GMT+10

BIG RIFF BONANZA, EVERYTHING MUST GO!

HISTAMINE (Gadigal) return for one show only alongside a lineup of local heayweights ready to bring the ringing to your ears.

HISTAMINE: Bold beats from the backside of big bad (B)Sydney

https://lastriderecords.bandcamp.com/album/quality-of-life

PERSECUTOR: Powerviolence to punish the puny colony

https://persecutorpunx.bandcamp.com/album/lateral-violence

SHOVE: Lebenden Toten on a stolen Harley with Chitose

https://shovemc.bandcamp.com/album/agency

SIN TAX: The G-Anx of graff-core

https://miraclecortexrecords.bandcamp.com/album/abnegation-ep-2

COMBAT ROCK: Rival Mob-esque riffs for rockers

https://the-omission.bandcamp.com/album/demo

$20 OTD, R100+

https://melbourne.askapunk.net/event/histamine-gadigal-with-persecutor-shove-sin-tax-and-combat-rock

Utah’s Proposal To Tax Online Pornography Is A Civil Liberties Disaster Waiting To Happen

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Kissland with Vasta Ruina (NSW), Sin Tax, MKNaomi & 900 Sick @ SPIT

Spit Footscary, Saturday, March 28 at 07:00 PM GMT+11

ALL AGES HARDCORE PUNK THRASH ATTACK.

kissland + spit proudly presents some of rock and rolls greatest acts. A lineup to end all lineups in the beating heart of the west. A night of accelerated music, quiet luxury and glistening aura.

VASTA RUINA.(nsw) maniacal laughter while transfixed on imminent armagedom!

https://vastaruina.bandcamp.com/album/guerra-ao-pobre

SINTAX. Surgical and relentless pursuit of debauchery.

https://miraclecortexrecords.bandcamp.com/album/abnegation-ep-2
KISSLAND. Gems, jets, silhouettes and champagne in the sky.

https://kissland.bandcamp.com/
MK NAOMI. Foreplay free gravel chewing, bring gloves.

https://mknaomi2.bandcamp.com/
900 Sick. Unquenchable thirst for slay. Endowment personified.

7pm. 20 bux on the door. All ages!

https://melbourne.askapunk.net/event/kissland-with-vasta-ruina-nsw-sin-tax-mknaomi-and-900-sick

Conservative Lawmakers Want Porn Taxes. Critics Say They’re Unconstitutional

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Oh! I got distracted and forgot to post the ending.

Yep. That's it. You beat the boss, get 0 EXP, 0 gold, 0 items, and then the screen fades to black before giving you an end screen. No dialogue, no return to the kingdom, 0 use for any gold you find deep inside the last area of the game. Absolute cinema.

Sarcasm aside, it wasn't *that* bad of a game. It just felt like the difficulty of enemies scales up faster than it really should have and the EXP they give you didn't scale alongside that. And if that turns you off from wanting to play this game, that's completely understandable.

This is made me want to go back and try out another Tian Cai Xiao Zi RPG in the hopes that maybe, it'll be more like Final Fantasy: Unlimited Saga and less like Qing Huang Ba Ye (秦皇霸業).

And remember, stay funky fresh. 5/10.

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Finally, we've reached the final boss (which was actually tough unlike other plot related bosses). Lots of HP and could one-shot party members. It made me wish I grinded more, but the high HP of random enemies at this point combined with the minuscule EXP they provided just wasn't worth it. Instead, I employed the same strategy as with the weapon mini-bosses. I repeatedly revived whoever had died the previous turn cycle over and over again.

At first, I was confused when the final boss died and I got 0 EXP and gold. I don't care if it's the end, give me that EXP.

Instead, it transforms into a second form. It was more of the same really, just stall with reviving until it died and gave 0 EXP and gold *again*.

It then revealed a third form, which was the exact same with the same drops. At this point I was expecting a fourth form, but nope, I defeated it!

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Well, here we are. The final area of the game. It has the same aesthetic as the place we were trapped in when we exposed the controlled king.

It's got two new enemies I haven't seen elsewhere too. A head with tail thing, and a red demon in a speedo. I had to go back and check if the demon had been a previous boss turned regular enemy but I've never seen it before.

Unfortunately, much like the aforementioned area there is *another* warp maze. I hate mazes in RPGs, not the same thing as exploration. Thankfully though there are only two parts to it and I got the first part done in a single guess. Unthankfully I tried every option but one before I got the right teleporter in the second part. It also doesn't help that the second part involved long winding paths for no reason other than to fill your life with random encounters.

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Ah, the second to last boss (I think), the person who revives the great evil big bad. They had little health compared to the previous four mini-bosses which really does continue the trend of story relevant bosses being weak for whatever reason.

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The second part of the ruins contains two swords which are probably the ultimate weapons for the warrior and rogue.

They are similarly guarded though I was sort of expecting one yellow dragon instead of two red ones.

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