Ah... Mistwalker.
That's about the price I bought it for on Steam way back when, and I ended up getting over 270 hours out of it. So uh, yeah probably :P
I... actually don't think I want to spend 270 hours on one game ^_^;
Oh you definitely can. The actual story is about 20-30 hours; there's just a TON of side content, guild tasks, optional plotlines, etc. to go through if you want.
The former gave you better advice. Early game, if you try to take on four enemy unions with just Rush and two buddies, that's going to end badly. Pick small fights during the first couple storyline missions. You'll get the ability to have more people in your party very soon, and then you can risk picking bigger/tougher fights.
It does help with offense, but keep in mind you're obviously sacrificing defense too. Shields can sometimes be the difference between a close call and a party wipe.
Do you have Turbo mode turned on in battle? Keep in mind that if it says "Turbo Mode Off" onscreen, that's a prompt *to* turn it off, not an actual declaration that it is currently off.
Very soon, yes. You're only that limited for a tiny stretch of the early game; pretty soon you'll be able to make 3 unions of 9 people total and things will become easier. For now, play it safe and invest in some basic restorative items so Rush and your healer (McCready, I think his name is?) can give quick aid to anyone who gets hurt.
Yeah, the union interface is kinda clunky. You basically have to confirm what you want in each union, space by space, including all the empty spots.
No problem! Just doing what I can to help.
Good question, as this is one of the things the game doesn't explain at all. Basically, once you buy or mine items that party members want, go fight some battles, and they'll eventually "clone" those items from your inventory (i.e., you'll still have the same number of said items afterwards). For this reason I recommend digging at as many dig spots as you can to get a wide range of different materials. As long as you have 2 or 3 of everything, your party members should upgrade their stuff at a steady pace.
Pretty much, yeah. Sometimes you also have to reach a certain Battle Rank in order for party members to learn certain skill types as well. The TLR wiki has a ton of info if you want to really get into what everyone can do. (Be sure to look under sections labeled "PC" rather than "Xbox", as TLR Remastered is based on the PC version.)
Characters act in roughly (there is randomness involved, of course) the order of their Speed ("SPD") stat. It is generally a good idea to put physical attackers in the front of a formation and healers/mages in back, though this also leaves them more vulnerable if you're attacked by surprise ("Interception") or side-attacked/flanked, so be careful which union you send where in battle. Many formations also have special rules on top of that; Arrow of Athlum, for instance, gives the flanks a little more defense and the leader more cover.
Do you have a hard save before the Six Bases? The fights there are tough, and Snievan's one of the more difficult ones. If you can, try to shore up your physical defense as much as you can, cause Lugh's Revenge hurts a lot. Also try to keep your Morale up as much as possible; if anyone knows any Psionics that effect the morale bar, use those whenever they come up. Ditto whenever there's an opportunity to heal yourself or another union without breaking deadlock.
If by original you mean the 2008 Xbox 360 version, then no, absolutely not. The game was substantially overhauled and improved for the 2009 Steam release, which is what Remastered is based on. A strategy guide written for the old Steam version will work perfectly fine here.
Yeah, and it's doubly frustrating for two reasons: it's been happening with a lot of games recently, and it's typically very easy to fix in the game's PC version if one exists. Take Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD on Switch: same language-audio lock, but a modder quickly found a way to enable users to mix and match whatever they liked. So it's really not much more than just a matter of Square caring enough to put that option in people's hands.
