16th February 2004, 11:50 AM
(This post was last modified: 16th February 2004, 11:56 AM by A Black Falcon.)
Based on the GB game and so far in this one they really aren't together much at all... some at the beginning, a little bit here and there, the final battle in FFA (VERY appreciated since Heroine can heal you full with the Ask command...) but most of the time you're with others...
The AI doesn't bother me. The AI helper walks around at attacks things. That seems just fine for me... what is the problem? That they don't use magic? I remember in SD3 the two AI characters never used magic which was very annoying since you had to switch to the character(s) with attack spells to use it... but if you are controlling that character all you can hope for really is for the helper to be a meatshield, which they are. And you can control what they do somewhat with that grid... I don't see a big problem there really.
I just wish it was less linear (as I said, it'd be better more like FFA -- it'd be harder, since it would be less obvious exactly where you should be going, but it'd be a lot better...) and that it told you what levels you need for upgrading your character.
Oh, I was just reading the manual. OB1, you've complained a lot about the menu system. Did you know that, while in combat, when you go to the ring menu (Start) if you press L or R you will go straight into the Weapon and Magic screens? And once you choose a weapon or spirit it closes the ring menu. And then next time you press start you're on the same option you were before (not Weapon or Magic) -- making it easy to get into Item, where it usually is during battle. That makes your (and some reviews like IGNs I think) complaints about the ring system look pretty silly... see the kind of things you get when you read the manual? :)
IGN also complained that the seeds and metal and stuff isn't that common which I also don't get... it's not super common but enough that you always have some metal and fruits/veggies (not always both depending on what you got from your seeds) and not enough money for everything unless you get a lot just for that...
Oh, with Heroine I just reached Cascade Cave (on the route from Jadd to wheverever's next, after killing Davius...), and am probably like 10 hours in. The clock says 7:30, but I know it's higher because of all the times I've died...
The AI doesn't bother me. The AI helper walks around at attacks things. That seems just fine for me... what is the problem? That they don't use magic? I remember in SD3 the two AI characters never used magic which was very annoying since you had to switch to the character(s) with attack spells to use it... but if you are controlling that character all you can hope for really is for the helper to be a meatshield, which they are. And you can control what they do somewhat with that grid... I don't see a big problem there really.
I just wish it was less linear (as I said, it'd be better more like FFA -- it'd be harder, since it would be less obvious exactly where you should be going, but it'd be a lot better...) and that it told you what levels you need for upgrading your character.
Oh, I was just reading the manual. OB1, you've complained a lot about the menu system. Did you know that, while in combat, when you go to the ring menu (Start) if you press L or R you will go straight into the Weapon and Magic screens? And once you choose a weapon or spirit it closes the ring menu. And then next time you press start you're on the same option you were before (not Weapon or Magic) -- making it easy to get into Item, where it usually is during battle. That makes your (and some reviews like IGNs I think) complaints about the ring system look pretty silly... see the kind of things you get when you read the manual? :)
IGN also complained that the seeds and metal and stuff isn't that common which I also don't get... it's not super common but enough that you always have some metal and fruits/veggies (not always both depending on what you got from your seeds) and not enough money for everything unless you get a lot just for that...
Oh, with Heroine I just reached Cascade Cave (on the route from Jadd to wheverever's next, after killing Davius...), and am probably like 10 hours in. The clock says 7:30, but I know it's higher because of all the times I've died...
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