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I'm stuck:
...May just joined my party (after I came back form Darill and the Princess having told me to "get past the guards.") I don't want to tell the chief guy that the Arch is in the lake. What do I do now. Am I supposed to find the Princess some other way? Or should I go explore the lake itself?
Woho.. The next planet went a lot easier, just finished it.
Yeah you need to explore the lake, there's a boss to defeat there and an item to find (at the same spot).Quote:
Originally Posted by QuickSciFi
Thanks. I shall get to it then.
more more more new retrogames please!!!!!! bring back the genny
I can't leave for the Radanian homeworld just yet. It seems I'm missing someone in my party. Help...
I had the same problem earlier, and The Coop clued me in. Fairly obscure, since it depends upon your performing a type of action that hadn't previously shown up in the game.
I see. Thanks. 'Went back and read the comments. Lol, I did exactly what you did with the onotonian, hehe.Quote:
Originally Posted by goldenband
P.S.> can anyone elaborate on the magic system? I can't seem to be able to do any combos. :?
Small question wants small answer: Is there something "special" about the final boss or do I need to grind a lot to beat him? My levels are 38, 34 and 31 and he seems impossible, so I think I either need to find/do something or grind a lot to kill him. Just a small hint answer please, don't spoil too much.
Your levels are decent, but you NEED to use the Excel potions to keep everyone alive while you attack the boss. So basically plan on having one character using them after the first couple of rounds with the boss, and use Toby's force to attack as well (his Phoenix spell does a good 215 hp of damage to the boss). You'll be there for something like 5-10 turns doing this, but you'll beat him eventually.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zebbe
Oh, and don't use the Excel potions until one of the characters is one hit away from dying. The boss does 600 hp of damage each time, so plan accordingly.
Thanks a lot! Will try tomorrow :).
Hey, The Coop, could you give me a hint about the dragon boss on Aury? Nothing I do is hurting him, and attempts at nonviolence have not succeeded so far. Plus the chick can't use magic anymore after the Crystal breaks. Is there a "trick" to it, or do I just need to level up more?
Try using the strongest force spell you have for a few rounds. If I recall, physical attacks do little, if anything.Quote:
Originally Posted by goldenband
I can't believe how fast some of you are beating this. I'm still on the second planet, but I haven't played for 3 days.
Finished the game!
Rick 40, Toby 41, Grim 40
The last boss was really cheap, (absorb for 600 every round) but i managed to beat it with a bit of luck (3 critical hits in two turns ftw, without that i would probably be had to level a bit more since my characters were not doing consistently over 600 damage each turn).
This is unreal, yet another game that it seems everyone will finish before mine even arrives in the mail.
I seem to be on the ship only after most people have finished the game list :(
Turned out that the key to this one was attacking with the Brain sword. Nothing else did any damage. Working on the final boss now, though I'll probably have to do some more grinding first as I'm not doing enough damage per round.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Coop
Did anyone else get the message that the first batch is gone? If you ordered between the 22nd and the 27th you should be good - if it were after that might have to wait until the second batch which is already in production. I ordered mine at around 1157 pm on the 27th... USA Pacific time... I think I am gonna have to wait a bit longer... :-(
Could you say me what I must to do after that?Quote:
Originally Posted by QuickSciFi
Edit : Forget about it, I finally found!!!
I beat the game. Needed to grind a lot at the final planet. The ending was so-so. Overall a good game, leaps ahead of Legend of Wukong, but a bit worse than Beggar Prince. I'll give all my thoughts in an upcoming Reader Roundtable. Thanks again for the help, The Coop.
I just lost all my saved games. :(
Last night I'd gotten to the boss, and was planning to do some grinding this morning so I could finish him off. I left my game in my Model 2 Genesis overnight, with the AC adapter and AV cables unplugged (which I always do -- there weren't any thunderstorms nearby or anything).
My game started up OK, but when I got into a battle, the name of the Onotonian character was corrupted -- there were graphic tiles and Japanese characters mixed in with, and surrounding, his namespace.
I reset the game, copied my savefile into an empty slot (from #1 to #2), and tried again from slot #1. Same problem with the Onotonian's name, and I saw that it was showing up in other dialogue boxes as well (not just battle mode).
I thought I'd try my copied slot next, and if that failed, I'd try my old savefile #3 (Level 27 vs. Level 32). But first, I powered off, pulled the game out, reinserted it, and powered back on.
And all my save files had been deleted -- all three slots were empty. 16-17 hours of work, gone.
There was literally nothing that could have happened to the game in the 10 hours between last night and this morning. It wasn't removed from the cartslot, the console was unplugged, and there are no little kids or pets around to mess with it. I'm not even using some sort of bizarro hardware setup -- just a plain, unmodified, US Genesis Model 2.
WTF, man? How does this happen?
I agree with this, but this game had the potential to be a lot better but was let down by the encounter rate, grind (at the end) and boring dungeons (last one was good though).Quote:
Originally Posted by Zebbe
Btw did anyone notice any graphic bugs on the last two planets? For me some enemies appeared invisible sometimes and showed some garbled graphics when defeated. Using an unmodified PAL MDII with MCDII and 32X (both PAL also).
'Just beat this baby. It was awesome. I loved the colors and, once you learn it, the gameplay as well. I found it extremely satisfying. 'Very lengthy, very Japanese, but most importantly, excellent story.
and, btw, the key in the gameplay was accepting that, sometimes, you do have to sacrifice your characters in order to go further. This was evident throughout the starting stages of each planet, and even more so during the final boss. It was a unique element that I believe was very much programmed intentionnally (and mathematically) into the game (There's a reason why you get a shit-load of reviving potions as you approach the final boss, after all). I disagree with anyone who would say this game is in any way broken because of this. Even as a seasoned RPG player, it gave me a new insight that I hadn't marked before. Overall, once again, the story, gameplay, music AND graphics were extremely satisfying.
Those aren't bugs. Force magic exists to become invisible during combat (refer to the instruction manual for details), and when invisible enemies are defeated, their shadow is the only thing that disappears.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lutz
Hm, I did not let any characters die except that temporary one on the Aury planet (did not feel like wasting time leveling her up), don't see any benefit of doing it with other characters.Quote:
Originally Posted by QuickSciFi
With the final boss it was kind of useful though (to keep him from healing too much) but if I understand correctly the Excel potions did not have the effect of reviving in the original game.
I see, my bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by CMA Death Adder
I beat it with Toby (41), Quam (36) and Grim (40).
Thank you Brandon I really enjoyed that!
so frustrating hearing some people have actually beat it by now yet there's no sign of the game arriving at mine
I'm playing Sword of Vermilion in lieu of Star Odyssey.
Then you'll be good and used to the random encounter frequency :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by CRV
They're more or less the same age... and graphic level, yes? :PQuote:
Originally Posted by CRV
At least the battles in Vermilion are real-time, which I actually like. And if you don't want to fight, you can just walk away.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Coop
Kind of/sort of. Sword of Vermilion is light years ahead in the music department. I think Vermilion is older than Star Odyssey as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by synapse
It's funny you guys make mention of Sword of Vermilion. I actually had been wanting to play anoter stand-alone RPG from the early repertoire of the Genny for quite some time since I beat Sword of Vermilion. Star Odyssey was very much a treat in that sense. I have much love for Sword of Vermilion and it's soundtrack. In fact, it is one of my favorite Genesis games and one of my favorite RPGs overall. But let's not forget that where Sword of Vermilion lacks in writing (and by 'lacks' I mean there's very little of it to ammount to a profound story, not that the story itself or the writing is bad), Star Odyssey proved to have one of the most profound stories of any console game up to the 16-bit era. It was very well written (and edited). And, also, I do agree that Sword of Vermilion has a superb (Grade A) soundtrack as well as very colorful graphics, but Star Odyssey doesn't exactly lag too far behind. Maybe it's true, you may have to see it in motion as Melf stated in his review, or perhaps one simply needs to play it through various levels to grasp just how awesome the graphics actually are.
I'm going to give CRV's comment on Sword of Vermilion the benefit of the doubt and hope it is not a trolling attempt, as it would actually suck to have to get into another versus topic between an established cult classic and a new game that has greatly proven it's worth (imo).
Star Odyssey has some good writing and a good story so far, but the mundane (re: dreadfully boring) and unemotional music ruins any attachment I would otherwise have to the story. Just imagine how much worse your favorite movie would be if the music was completely inappropriate for the scene.
Come on, Joe. It's not that mood-breaking. I actually found each planet to have quite a good accompaniment. I can see where you're coming from, though. I personally find the soundtracks for, both, Sword of Vermilion and Phantasy Star II to be the most memorable in my personal trek through 16-bit RPGs. But to each his own, I suppose. Like I said, Star Odyssey's soundtrack may be no Sword of Vermilion soundtrack (it's hard to beat, actually), but it's still a good soundtrack.
When you are used to the usual high-quality of games that came out for the Genesis, yes it is. It's as if a random NPC is talking, no different whatsoever. No importance is given and I get bored reading it. Starfish was truly a third-rate developer.Quote:
Come on, Joe. It's not that mood-breaking.
Speaking of that, I just rescued myself from B-Prison on Planet 2. Some old guy was going on and on and I was a bit disinterested in what the text had to say (lots of made-up words in there made it harder to retain any clues). Anyway, he said I needed a Lenovo or something like that before I could fly my ship away. Where is it?
It's one of at least two bugs that Super Fighter Team completely missed or ignored because they couldn't figure out how to fix 'em. Fortunately your bug seems pretty rare.Quote:
Originally Posted by goldenband
Not trolling. Just saying.Quote:
Originally Posted by QuickSciFi
I agree with the part about the non-referenced text. This is the first RPG I've played that doesn't have either a picture or a name to go with what is being said. It's self-explanatory for the most part, though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe Redifer
I believe he said Longeva (the drug). You must go up to Malaba (make sure you have a passport with you), right back through customs and into one of the warehouses (I think it was the first one of three on the right, I may be mistaken). Then you'll have to go back to Al city and take the Longeva to Rick's wife, who is inside the hospital. She'll take the meds to Beatrix city for their daughter, so you may want to go down there just for kicks, but you don't have to (it's the first house on the left at Beatrix). I believe you can take it from there. Let me know.
I have actually been doing the same thing. :ok:Quote:
Originally Posted by CRV
So what's the consensus on length for this game? Just placed my order, wondering how long it will take to get through.
About 13-15 hours for me.