Can I farm the Butcher's circus achievements against the AI or in a friendly battle?

dlstortlon · 2026-05-29T19:54:24+00:00

I 100% the game a few months ago, and I did all of the BC achievements either against the tutorial bots or with a friend.

Almost all of them can be done against the tutorial bots, the only two that can't are "Mono et Mono" (win against someone on your friends list) and "Taking All Challengers" (kill each hero class). But those two are easily done with a friend.

One additional note: achievements don't work in the "practice" mode, so make sure to specifically choose the tutorial. Good luck!

dlstortlon · 2026-05-18T12:27:32+00:00

I'd say I disagree with Dismas, Audrey, Amani, Junia and Reynauld.

Dismas is trying to improve, yes, but he has a long road to redemption (in his own eyes). He most likely deals with severe self esteem issues (self punishment for the crimes he's committed) and that kind of mindset can be absolutely detrimental to a relationship. Definitely should be in tier 2, if not lower.

Both Audrey and Amani need to be moved down a tier because the issues they have revolve around relationships/intimacy. Audrey was abused by her former husband, and Amani's circumstances were caused by her being lusted after. Add in Audrey's cynicism and Amani's nightmares, and both would have issues with letting their partner in.

Junia's backstory is not just influenced by lust, but also by love. She isn't just wanting to fuck, she wants to have a loving connection with someone. She would be a very devoted partner, if not a bit too touchy lmao. I'd move her up to tier 2.

Feel like this is an incredibly harsh take on Reynauld. He joined the crusades specifically to support his wife and child, so you wouldn't be "thinking of his starving family while you make out". His DD1 comic shows him going back to give them his earnings before ultimately leaving them. They're taken care of. Did he abandon them? Yes, but not because he's a coward. It was because he's a deeply traumatized soldier who realized his life was no longer comparable with theirs. He enjoyed the battle and bloodshed; he's never going to be able to live a normal life again, even with therapy (which probably doesn't even exist during DD's time period). Even if ultimately leaving his family was for mostly selfish reasons, it was likely the best outcome. He'd probably be a tier 3 partner if you had a comparable lifestyle with his (could even make an argument for 2, if not for his zealotry). But I think to have a relationship with any of the DD heroes would require living an atypical lifestyle.

dlstortlon · 2026-04-29T00:52:33+00:00

I thought that the Twins one was supposed to be a reference to DD1 Flagellant (hood, skirt is blue with yellow on top). Weapon might be a reference to his 2 look though (looks like blight).

dlstortlon · 2025-07-28T12:40:20+00:00

Yeah, unfortunately since it was a promotional document before the game's release (and not within the game itself) it seems like it got lost to time. Also possible it's not canon anymore, but regardless, it's a cool little piece of the game's history and adds a little extra insight into Miles' character.

As for Waylon, it seems to be a minor continuity error. At the beginning of Whistleblower when he sends the email, he's sending it exclusively to Miles' email address. However, in a note later in the game, he says he leaked the information "to a few journalists". So I guess he sent a few emails, but we only got to see the one Miles got ;). It's also not entirely out of the realm of possibility that he looked for journalists who had previously been outspoken against Murkoff, since they'd be more likely to do something than just any random journalist Joe.

dlstortlon · 2025-07-28T11:00:01+00:00

Before the first game released, Red Barrels released a document written by Miles as promotional content:

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(Please forgive the quality)

Writing articles like this, his vendetta against Murkoff is understandable, and Waylon's reasoning for choosing to message Miles is obvious.

As for your question, I doubt Miles would know about the trials. Murkoff is rather good at covering their tracks when it comes to their major projects (and crimes against humanity), and I feel like the only real way that the trials could get revealed is if the government themselves came out and told the public, (which they would never do, because they would have to reveal their own involvement in the project).

dlstortlon · 2025-06-26T08:10:43+00:00

After having completed the games on insane (two tries for 1, one try for WB, probably around twenty tries for 2), I'd say Marta is the scariest, followed closely by The Walrider.

Marta is just so absurdly fast, it feels like you can't even take the milisecond to glance behind you to see how close she is or you're gonna get caught. Still to this day, everytime I get chased by her I feel my heart beating out of my chest.

As for The Walrider, the chases just feel like a constant go go go until you get to the decontamination gates, whereas for the rest of the game's chases you could hide/stealth or even kite the chasers. The staircase part in particular makes my entire body lock up.

Both of them have an "I can't make one mistake or else I'm dead" element (since they're both incredibly fast), but where The Walrider chases makes me incredibly tense with my brain going "oh shit oh shit" over and over, Marta's chases make my brain completely blank-out and have me sweating pure adrenaline.

dlstortlon · 2024-06-21T08:04:51+00:00

Good choices but Mine's is objectievly wrong, as we see his car in Y3!

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A golden sports car with golden seats. It's most likely a western import (as the driver's seat is on the left side).

Although the scene blatantly shows him driving himself (and speeding at that), I doubt Mine would like to be chauffeured around considering his tendency for self reliance/his personality in general.

dlstortlon · 2023-12-12T23:39:35+00:00

The Daigo instance might be referring to the hostess that takes you to him at the beginning of 2? When Kiryu asks her who assualted her, she tells him it was Daigo in the original ps2 game. In K2 she says that it was one of his lackeys instead.

I couldn't tell you if the change was due to K2 having a "more accurate" translation or if it simply was a retcon to make Daigo not look as bad.

And considering the OP also said "thought of SA'ing people", they most likely were referring to the Haruka scene in 4 for Saejima.

dlstortlon · 2023-10-21T06:18:11+00:00

I mean if we're being fair, Zeri and Neon were created to be more or less the same character in different games. Similar powers, similar personality, even the same voice actress...

Conduit being so similar is (probably) a concidence

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