Thanks, here's what I am getting:
Everyone has their own "chapter 1" where their respective chapter ends when the he/she joins the team. The 8 characters' story then merge into one.
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Thanks, here's what I am getting:
Everyone has their own "chapter 1" where their respective chapter ends when the he/she joins the team. The 8 characters' story then merge into one.
Thinking about my team comp I have Cyrus,Tressa and Olberic. Only weapon types I am missing as Axe,Dagger and Dark (prob light but not sure of Cyrus learns it). Thinking my fourth is either Therion or Primrose. I like Therion's steal action but honestly I may subclass Tressa there (she can use Daggers then right?)
Well, I started with H'aanit, who's pretty cool. The faux old timey dialogue doesn't bother me. I like that different chars may have different ways of speaking! It reinforces that they're from different parts of the world. I haven't found any more Moss Creepers or whatever the swine animals that perform a heal are. I used up 2 during the boss. When it came time to venture out, I headed opposite the path to Stonesgate or whatever so I could go pick up Ophilia and have a healer.
This would be weird, cause they all have their own motivations for their quests. I'd assume they all have their own chapters 1-4 or so and then they merge.
Also: Does Linde scale with something on H'annit? Cause he seems OP as shit atm. A fully charged Linde does 800~ while every other option, even if they're weak to it, does 600~
So far the characters with skills to fight the townspeople seem like the worst field option by far. Other than beating on NPCs for funsies a few times, it seems like a waste.
Anyone manage to tank their reputation? Does it just increase shop prices and stuff?
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Played most of my time. Started with Ophilia (gotta have that healer), and then went for Tressa.
I gotta say, the structure of this game is pretty unique; I don't know if I've played anything like it before. It's a lot more open than I expected, like you can go around and get the characters in any order. I think I want to go collect all the party members first. That or I could make a beeline for Ophilia's chapter 2, but in that case I'd be underleveled. It's cool that they give you that choice though.
I gotta say, the structure of this game is pretty unique; I don't know if I've played anything like it before. It's a lot more open than I expected, like you can go around and get the characters in any order. I think I want to go collect all the party members first. That or I could make a beeline for Ophilia's chapter 2, but in that case I'd be underleveled. It's cool that they give you that choice though.
I really like this game but I have this weird feeling that 60€ is a bit too much for it.
I equipped him with every possible +Evasion item and he dodges almost every attack :D
So H'aanit is pretty fun, but I want to strangle whoever at square wrote her dialogue, i dont mind her and her village having a old style dialect but theres a way to do it wrong and they found it. At one point I thought they were going for parody, I cant believe other people read her lines and said it was ok, I'm pretty sure atleast some of these words are made up
Just finished the demo! I decided to start out with Tressa for it and go up as far as I could while not rushing anything, though I only managed to get as far as finishing Cyrus' chapter. It was pretty fun, and I'm definitely super in love with this game and can't wait for the full release next month. It's really tempting to delete the save and try out the other characters but I don't want to get too greedy lol.
When I play the game for real I think I'll start out with Therion, although I'm not sure if I'll work my way around in H'annit or Alfyn's direction :thinking:
When I play the game for real I think I'll start out with Therion, although I'm not sure if I'll work my way around in H'annit or Alfyn's direction :thinking:
So will this game be something like Dragon Age Origins, where you can pick multiple different openings, but then it all goes through that character as the world comes together?
Not something like Dragon Quest 4 where you play as each party member separately before they join?
Not something like Dragon Quest 4 where you play as each party member separately before they join?
Avoid it. I played it and now I want mooore but the game only comes out in a month.
Primrose has a very interesting backstory and start, and Ophilia, too, has an interesting backstory and budding quest. Cyrus' quest to me sounds very exciting, too, so I'd recommend either of those three. Olberic's was pretty nice, too, though not at the level of those 3. Haven't played the other 4.
I'm glad there's a skill that reduces the rate of random encounters. That is the one thing from old-school JRPGs that I don't miss. With the skill activated the encounter rate doesn't bother me at all, as someone who hates random battles.
There is one thing I would have added, though: character portraits with different emotions like this:
It would give them more personality. But that's just a small nitpick, the game seems like a great homage to traditional JRPGs. And it simply looks beautiful.
There is one thing I would have added, though: character portraits with different emotions like this:
It would give them more personality. But that's just a small nitpick, the game seems like a great homage to traditional JRPGs. And it simply looks beautiful.
Should I deactivate the corner shadows? I think it looks way better without. Looks kinda horrible in handheld mode.
Seems like you answered your own question!
(I think the game looks best with vignette disabled and brightness minimized.)
Made some progress with the speed run. Have gotten 5 characters with around 1:30 on the clock. I did also steal a bunch of 3% weapons, so my party is kitted out really well. The most time it took me was coz I started as Therion and then went all the way to Rippletide to recruit Tressa. After that, stuff has been relatively quick with fast travel and strong moves to beat bosses.
Won't have time to play until next weekend, so will continue this then. Having a gem of a time with this game.
Won't have time to play until next weekend, so will continue this then. Having a gem of a time with this game.
Thanks, tried it, it's better but I'm still not really happy with it. The lighting in this game looks awful. Even with brightness completely down. D:
Starting with Cyrus seems to be the way to go for the easiest route to 8 characters. Reduced encounter rate and being able to hit four elements is clutch.
Only played five so far but:
Cyrus > Primrose = Tressa > Olberic >>>>> Ophilia >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> H'annit.
H'annit has cool abilities but I can't get over their idiotic "I'm pretty sure this is what old english sounds like" dialogue.
Are characters going to have any interactions with each other at all?
I think ive spent over 5 hours on it.
Very mixed impressions overall. Some tracks are great , others arent. The visuals i feel like should have come together a lot better than they did... somethings just really off that makes the game very dated looking half the time instead of charming. The intensity of the lighting sfx seems toned down as well and theyve added the hideous vignettes, without which the game just looks washed out.
The combat too is starting to become a rut more or less because of how linear the flow has become. There seems to be pretty much 1 strategy to everything.
The real winner is how the gameplay mechanisms of every character come into play outside of the combat. But the characters not interacting with each other puts a damper on that too.
Oh and the combat animations certainly havent improved since the last demo. They look more needlessly archaic than nostalgic
I think ill hold out for reviews.
I think ive spent over 5 hours on it.
Very mixed impressions overall. Some tracks are great , others arent. The visuals i feel like should have come together a lot better than they did... somethings just really off that makes the game very dated looking half the time instead of charming. The intensity of the lighting sfx seems toned down as well and theyve added the hideous vignettes, without which the game just looks washed out.
The combat too is starting to become a rut more or less because of how linear the flow has become. There seems to be pretty much 1 strategy to everything.
The real winner is how the gameplay mechanisms of every character come into play outside of the combat. But the characters not interacting with each other puts a damper on that too.
Oh and the combat animations certainly havent improved since the last demo. They look more needlessly archaic than nostalgic
I think ill hold out for reviews.
Jeez, I understand the concerns, but I kinda wish the points constantly brought up in the thread can have their answers pinned to the OP.
if nobody else does it, I'll try to later.
essentially, yes, interpersonal stuff happens in the main game, and the mechanics and flow are greatly improved as you get a full party.
if nobody else does it, I'll try to later.
essentially, yes, interpersonal stuff happens in the main game, and the mechanics and flow are greatly improved as you get a full party.
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I started off with Ophilia, and proceeded to get bodied at the first mini boss. I grinded to level five, and still got bodied.
Only then did I remember she can force people to follow her! Am I right in assuming I need to draft some poor soul into my quest so I can have two party members instead of just soloing as a weak cleric?
Only then did I remember she can force people to follow her! Am I right in assuming I need to draft some poor soul into my quest so I can have two party members instead of just soloing as a weak cleric?
Has anyone managed to get a decent amount into Chapter 2 with anyone? The only possible way I see is getting lucky with Cait kills or the xp x 100 with Primrose.
Also, anyone know Cait's weakness? Cait is the bag enemy that runs and gives 1000 xp if you kill it.
Also, anyone know Cait's weakness? Cait is the bag enemy that runs and gives 1000 xp if you kill it.
You can Guide someone, but they won't exactly be a second party member, just a summon. What's killing you?
You should be able to one shot the add with a fully boosted Light attack (I forget the name). Whittle down the boss' shields and do the same to him a couple times. Nothing should really be able to out damage her occasional heals.
I don't believe you can access anyone's Chapter 2 areas, even if you leveled enough via Cait.
I mean, they're all different, but keep in mind these are literally the expository prologue segments, not the meat of the story.
Primrose's path has the strongest, most mature writing.
Finished the demo. I started with H'aanit and just managed to recruit Therion and finish his story before the time was up. I'm loving it so far but the character interaction is disappointing and doesn't really make any sense. For instance,
I hope this is only the case for the beginning chapters and that there is a more overarching story later on where the characters actually interact, otherwise story wise this will be pretty disappointing.
when I met therion with H'aanit, I could play Therion's prologue chapter until he decides to enter that manor, at which point H'aanit joins his party. This by itself already doesn't make any sense since just before that Therion refused the help from 2 other thiefs, but just casually decides to join up with H'aanit who he doesn't even know. Then when entering the manor, in all the cutscenes H'aanit was nowhere to be found, which was pretty jarring.
yeah that's my main complaint with the game... apparently it's only for the chapter 1 of everyone, but even knowing that, it's still really bad... it wasn't hard to include a bit of dialogues, games like seiken densetsu 3 did it 20 years ago, and some still do it today
I genuinely didn't think a demo would be turn me off a game so much. I was convinced I would like this and have it pre ordered.
Will see if the reviews mention if it gets any better but not buying at the moment.
Will see if the reviews mention if it gets any better but not buying at the moment.
Got all 8 characters. The Threat Level only gets up to 11 in the tutorial areas, so the 6th, 7th, 8th bosses get a bit easier. My highest level was 17, having killed Chester at a low level. The exp and job gains get pretty steep, so killing the cheetah doesn't matter all that much in the long run.
There are 7 towns marked on the map for Chapter 2 areas, and probably room for even more. So there's like, 20-30 towns? That's a lot more than most RPGs of the era that it mimics, including the SaGa series. There's also a lot of caves etc. blocked off for now, so this genuinely seems like a very big game.
I'm curious whether the end game is more SaGa Frontier, Romancing SaGa 1/3, or Legend of Mana. Also, are there multiple endings, depending on path actions, or how far you progress different quest chains?
There are 7 towns marked on the map for Chapter 2 areas, and probably room for even more. So there's like, 20-30 towns? That's a lot more than most RPGs of the era that it mimics, including the SaGa series. There's also a lot of caves etc. blocked off for now, so this genuinely seems like a very big game.
I'm curious whether the end game is more SaGa Frontier, Romancing SaGa 1/3, or Legend of Mana. Also, are there multiple endings, depending on path actions, or how far you progress different quest chains?
This music man. So good. Loving the art style as well, but that was a given since its looked amazing since the initial reveal.
Between Mario Tennis, Ocotopath, then Monster Hunter, it looks like most of the games i'm buying this summer are Switch exclusives.
Between Mario Tennis, Ocotopath, then Monster Hunter, it looks like most of the games i'm buying this summer are Switch exclusives.
So is there an overarching plot to this game? When people say that there is "no more plot" for a character past his or her introduction, do they mean it's like Seiken Densetsu 3 where the game's proper story starts? I'd like to have more details on this, thanks.
There will be more interaction down the line, it's just that these are all the prologue's to these character's stories, and as such are built to all be starting point stories, they Will become more interesting, and character have been confirmed by devs to interact with each other in good ways.
Let's put an FAQ thread or section to this thread to keep the conversation going forward, we continue to have these answers buried!
Good to know. But is there an overarching plot in this game? Like a proper JRPG?
No, the characters' stories continue as their own things after Chapter 1; you can see on the world map after beating each character's first chapter that their second chapters are scattered all over the place.
Have you ever played Wild Arms or Suikoden III?
Consider each character Chapter 1 their own personal introduction, much like in Wild Arms 1 Jack, Rudy, and Cecilia also had their own personal introduction story.
Suikoden III did the same thing with Gedoe, Hugo, and Chris.
At a point all characters will meet up and everything converges. Each character has their own personal motivations but they group up for a common goal.
The problem with people making an issue with a lack of character interaction seems superficial because I think the actual main plot needs to pick up and everyone's motives all align to a single enemy or motivation and considering the producer behind this project did something similar with the case in Bravely Default (Tiz, Ages, Edea, and Ringabel all had their own personal goals but they worked together as a means to fulfill them)
I have played Suikoden III and I fucking loved how it narrated its story.
I'm so in.
(great, now I want to play Suikoden III again)
The game's structure is that you're following each of the eight protagonists' individual stories as they help each other out. If there's a greater overarching plot beyond that, we don't know, because we know next to nothing about the story beyond Chapter 1.