This doesn't work out with the PC version changes for one specific reason: rare enemies scale massively with BR.
Damn. I started this once on Xbox and again on Steam but never got too far. Definitely going to grab the remaster sometime and really put more effort into getting deeper into it.
OST is amazing and also somewhat dynamic. Like, sometimes it changes depending on how the fight is going.
Send Blocter after the boss while you mop up his lackeys. Blocter will usually get KOd, but not before bringing the boss to low health. After that just whack him with Rush's union; he should go down that turn unless you get really unlucky.
Replayed this battle a couple of times with varying results (at BR3); from defeat on second turn to victory in 9 (with Omnistrike) to 22 turns (Emma as guest union).
Yeah, this game shares quite a bit of DNA (and staff!) with SaGa, with a little Ogre Battle 1 mixed in. I actually really like that there's no levels. Character and skill development is really organic in TLR; it's always great to watch units suddenly change their planned attack to an upgraded version they've just learned mid-battle.
I'm kind of amazed that this game got a re-release at all, really, given how relatively cult/niche it is. TLR is an unlikely new recruit into the "games planned for PS3 that ended up on PS4" club, alongside FFXV and The Last Guardian (and one or two others I'm likely forgetting). Glad some folks can finally play it!
Have you tried holding L1 to run faster? That's one of the few new features in this release. (It makes it a lot easier to get lots of enemies grouped together too)
It absolutely is. Breaking Deadlock is risky but sometimes necessary. Go for it if your deadlocked union is in good shape and can afford to take a possible Raidlock.
The only catch for using automatic Critical Triggers is that they have an 80% success rate. Of course, if you're doing worse than that, absolutely set them to on.
Eventually you'll have, ideally, a party that's nothing but leader-quality units, especially if you regularly complete sidequests. Until then, it's fine to fill out any spare remaining spots with the "regular" guild recruits.
Blocter is worth it for his comments in battle alone ("those ones look good! yum, yum!").
Agreed, knew he was in and always good to hear him.
Blocter is one of those characters that ends up being one of the better units by endgame simply because he's there from the very beginning (if you choose to keep him in), and thus has a whole game's worth of stat increases to his name. Same reason Baulson's on my endgame team too, as you get him extremely early on, and he adds some much-needed HP and attack to Rush's otherwise-squishy squad. Early-game, Blocter's mostly an idiot who gets killed a lot, but stick with him and he'll turn into a monster well before the finale. In my current playthrough on PC he's at nearly 3,800 HP and 200 Attack, armed with a Fellwyrm +3 and cutting open enemies left and right. Not as good as, say, the Duke of Ghor of course, but still a great unit in his own right.
I used them in my final party the last time I played, so I'm not sure I want to use them again. And even still, you need a party good squad to defeat them to begin with.
