The Second Arm.

[TheAudacity]

Is it prefable to keep my second arm so and get rid of all my stuff? I don't think their will be any long term consequences will there?

[gsilver]

You get an achievement based on how many arms you have left.

For me, I got tons of items in the last segment of the game, so losing my stuff wasn't too big of deal.
You keep all weapons/armor, equipped or not. anyway.

To make things a little easier, I sold all my stuff and bought every last piece of armor that I could afford... sneaky, but it works to have a bit of immediate cash after that scene.

[TheAudacity]

Originally posted by gsilver:

You get an achievement based on how many arms you have left.

For me, I got tons of items in the last segment of the game, so losing my stuff wasn't too big of deal.
You keep all weapons/armor, equipped or not. anyway.

To make things a little easier, I sold all my stuff and bought every last piece of armor that I could afford... sneaky, but it works to have a bit of immediate cash after that scene.

Also there was saving the EWC till after the scene so you could get some mags back.

[Ayman]

Brad is still a beast with no arms, you just can't do the armstrong style anymore and the withdrawal effects become longer and happens more often

[Sassafras]

You guys killed all the fun. Make your own decisions dude, it makes the game so much more fun.

[TheAudacity]

Originally posted by GenNyan:

You guys killed all the fun. Make your own decisions dude, it makes the game so much more fun.

I do make most of my desicsions. It's this one I just had a tad bit of difficulty with....

[aceldamia]

Originally posted by GenNyan:

You guys killed all the fun. Make your own decisions dude, it makes the game so much more fun.

I know this is going to sound contradictory, considering I deliberately came here and searched for this particular scenario, but I definitely agree with you, but to a bit of a lesser extent (it definitely does not kill the fun, nor make the game a lot less fun) though after the fact. I have made my decision already So, it was more of a "well, let's see if I just screwed up the whole game, before I save over a pre arm-losing point in the game." While most games that are made right don't stick you with an "Unwinnable by Design" situation, I have had it happen too many times in the past for me to be sure it won't again.

All of that being said, when it came time to decide, I sold absolutely every item I had, bought like 50 dandy hats, lost my items and went and sold all the dandy hats back. Only got 50% back on them, of course, and the loss of all the items, but better than losing 100% of your mags and 100% of your items.

[wcc]

The game is not THAT hard, especially not the late game. You can play it without minmaxing or circumventing the punishments. Approaching it this way destroys the experience, and that's what the game is there for.

[errantstar]

Ask Buzzo for answers instead :^)

[Ajogamer]

Originally posted by aceldamia:

All of that being said, when it came time to decide, I sold absolutely every item I had, bought like 50 dandy hats, lost my items and went and sold all the dandy hats back. Only got 50% back on them, of course, and the loss of all the items, but better than losing 100% of your mags and 100% of your items.

Yup, that's the main way to cheese that decision. Another way to make that decision less painful (that I think seems a bit more intended by design) is to lose all your items and mags, then go to Russian Roulette for more cash, which is actually another thing you could cheese through reloading if you want, but even if you don't, there's a good chance you'll have enough party members that far in that you can afford to lose a couple.

On the other end, losing an arm isn't really that crippling if its the first one you're losing, so if that is the case, I usually see that as a better choice than losing all my items. Losing a second arm is a lot worse (since you lose combos completely, along with the ability to equip a weapon), though you're still far from screwed, Since Brad can still make himself useful, and your other 3 party members can often carry the weight more.

But yeah, Lisa's not really a game you need to worry about being screwed in, generally. Only way I could maybe see it would be losing all party members and having Brad missing both his arms, but even then, it may be possible to win with a bit of luck due to how strong Joy is. Either way, it'd be extremely tough to get in that situation without going out of your way to kill a lot of party members, and that's actually not too easy to do. I remember trying to kill off everyone through Russian Roulette once, and it was tedious enough that I gave up before I finished.

[Marshmallow Figs]

Originally posted by GenNyan:

You guys killed all the fun. Make your own decisions dude, it makes the game so much more fun.

I mean, if we're talking about if he already ran thru the game and is looking for our advice and discuss it, that's all cool.

But if this is your first time and you want advice for ♥♥♥♥, no. Make your own decisions. And live with them.

And my two cents is that it comes down to a choice between Brad's arm and party members. Assuming you did the armor trick and he doesn't take your excess of hats, you'll still not be at full mags. And that's another thing I love about this game. The best way to make mags is Russian Roulette. You play Roulette, you keep that arm and lose only a random amount of party members. Your choice.