/vr/ - Retro Games

They released it before it was done. If you play the GBC version, you can see where they were going with it.

That said, the combat is repetitive, the dialogue pretty meh, the scenario cookie cutter, and the level curve... well, you'd actually do better to go through most of the game totally ignoring the free level ups, then going back and collecting them all if you're going for max magic mastery. Not that you need it. Water and Rock and Stick will beat the entire game.

>>3561379
>well, you'd actually do better to go through most of the game totally ignoring the free level ups, then going back and collecting them all if you're going for max magic mastery. Not that you need it. Water and Rock and Stick will beat the entire game.
this is completely wrong the spirits you find have absolutely no effect on experience scaling for natural level ups

I don't know. One of my friends loves it but complains about bread. Never played it myself.

Can't hold a candle to Quest 63, but still slightly better than Quest 65.

>>3561396
Granted I'm only going by what I experienced rather than what is in the code (ie I didn't decompile it or anything) but it's my belief that the bubbly spirits act as a Rare Candy, leaving you at the same amount of experience towards the next level. Except that the next level needs more to get to. I went through the game grabbing every bubble that I could find and I was missing between 40 and 50 spirits to max out. I go through to Brannock grabbing none, go back and get all the bubbles and end up with one or two I can't collect because I'm already maxed out. Then again, this is all just my word.


Also, I'm saying nothing about the attack, defense etc. leveling. Because that's an entire different kettle of fish.

>>3561417
I find Quest 1-32 unplayable, terrible graphics. Quest 33 was where the series really started to shine, but then it was just phoned in for the rest of the franchise.

I just stopped caring after Quest 58.

>>3561425
>go back and get all the bubbles and end up with one or two I can't collect because I'm already maxed out.
Even if you get every spirit in the game you will still have about 10 or so levels that even fighting the highest level enemy rose knights or whatever will take something in the order of tens of thousands of fights to max out all your elements. so you are a gigantic loser or you are a cheater or you're full of shit.

no matter which way, leveling up and spirit collection are still treated independently, neither one has an effect on the other, the elemental levels from both are simply added together for what you can use.

>>3561428
I was so disappointed they never made it to Quest 69

>>3561431
I've never seen anyone take Quest 64 so seriously.

>>3561446
I take everything seriously

I even take not being serious pretty serious when I do it

>>3561431
The first. I really did take thousands of fights to max out the first time. Then I told myself "there has to be an easier way". Turns out that if you don't take the easy levels early, you can nab 70+ bubbles at the end and totally skip the hours upon hours of grinding.

Mind you you don't actually need to max out to beat the game, and in fact should not waste that much time on it. Except that this was the ONLY (non-pokemon) (non-Tactics Ogre) RPG on the system, and dammit, kid me thought he couldn't do any better.

I don't know I only played it once for a few seconds. I rented Super Mario 64 as a kid, but someone put this game in the rental box instead. Was not impressed.

>>3561437
Good. It started going to shit by Quest 66. Quest 64 was the start of a dark road.

>>3561447
are you serious

>>3561379
i thought it was a neat game, but never played more than like an hour of it. so i guess that means i didnt like it after all?

I had the GBC version as a kid and loved it, even if it took me a while to figure out how the game actually worked (why NPCs will/won't give items, how mix magic, etc.).

I played this one expecting it to be a kickass 3D version of the GBC game and was pretty disappointed. Cut content and just wasn't as polished. Of course at the time I didn't know this one came out first.

The GBC game really isn't bad, and it's a shame it got so overshadowed by its 3D predecessor.

>>3561461
>Turns out that if you don't take the easy levels early, you can nab 70+ bubbles at the end and totally skip the hours upon hours of grinding.
you can go and empirically measure it if you want, get to level 10 or whatever without getting any bubbles, see how much one particular enemy gives you toward your next level, then do the same thing while getting all the bubbles, your 10th experience level is still going to be the same scale for experience returns.

>>3561493
I'm more cereal than lucky charms friend

>>3561490
>implying the series wasn't shit long before 64

>>3561531
Hey, Quest 56 is my favorite entry. Fight me.

>>3561379
This game was really unpolished, all the way from the dialogue to the half-assed story. The battle system was a very good concept but poorly executed, combining elements was a pretty good idea but then again, it lacked refinement.

>>3561379
>dat cover

game's so unfinished even teh cover art was slapped together in a few minutes

>>3562260
I prefer Holy Magic Century

>>3561379
Fuckin piece of shit is what the deal is. Too many disorienting random battles. Bunch of useless magic. All the stuff everyone always complains about. I liked it a bit when I was a kid because the world is actually pretty cool and comfy. It was fun to explore. That hardly makes up for everything else though.

>>3561493
He's as serious as the both of you are autistic.

>>3562278
Disorienting?

You know when you win a battle Brian jumps up and faces the same way you were before entering the battle right?

>>3561379
its a pretty comfy game if you just want a little fightan and grindan in a charming world. would make a good intro rpg for a kid.

Great job with the "localization"

>>3561383
When I was a young'un, I got Brian's Quest (Quest 64 on the GBC, basically) from a bargain bin.

It's actually an alright game, or at least I had fun with it as a kid.

I remember getting the N64 one soon after and being kind of let down. You know when you're young and you don't really understand that something is really bad but on a deep level you understand that it's really bad regardless?

N64 had the best fog

Quest64 always gave me a very eerie lonely feeling.

maybe because it was originally going to have multiple characters.

QT

>>3562549
>(You)
>shorter than Nina

>>3562559
not only is he a manlet. Brian is also a Wizard.

>>3562549
>preview build with more features than in the public release

why was this ever allowed in the first motherfucking place is beyond me

>>3562576
deadlines are a bitch. also I think the character would have had individual spirits/spells instead of Brian having all the spirits.

spooooky

>>3562598
also there was going to be a sequel but it died rip.

It would be much better if areas were smaller, therefore relatively less empty.

>>3562567
>Negativ!
>Linearer Storyaufbau, triste Geländegrafik
That made me laugh.

>>3562408
I know that now, but I was a dumbass when I was ten years old. I'm sure I continued to press the stick in the direction I was going before the battle started or something without paying attention to the compass. I can't count how many times I ended up going the wrong way down that one cave tunnel.

this game's so fucking underrated

>>3562845
Well It helps that the environments are so fucking empty you cant tell which way is backwards or forwards. I also never payed attention to the compass. Maybe they should have made more landmarks.

>>3562959
also the random encounter rate was way too damn high.

Just a reminder, the japanese version actually had an ending. Crazy, I know.

>>3562384
why so serious

>>3562267
Okay, whatever you say, pal.

>>3562486
>Eltale Monsters

Were they trying to cash in on the Japanese Pokemon craze by tricking people into thinking they're buying a Pokemon-like monster collector game or something?

>>3562523
I've heard that the best way to play it is by using a gameshark to remove all of the enemies and up stats to easily beat the bosses and then just approach it like a weird Yume Nikki-type game. Apparently the emptiness and uncanny rendering along with cut content that just feels weird (e.g. a church that was supposed to have things in it but wound up just kind of being there) makes for a decent spooky walking sim

>>3563414
bump for interest

>>3561461
Well there was Paper Mario and Hybrid Heaven. Not excusing the complete lack of RPG's on the N64 though.

You guys are making me want to play this again and I just beat it a couple of months ago. It's kind of eerie when you play this game because of how barren the towns and world map can be, but I find that interesting in it's own cryptic way. Does anyone know if there was an official guide for this game? I believe I have the Nintendo Power guides somewhere, but from memory I don't think it's a complete guide unless I'm missing issues.

Does anyone else dig the OST, though?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IDOo7nztHA

>>3566010
i like the beta music. its even more creepy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1ZXVRHXgm4&index=43&list=PLUlHX64efYpTNgIHZfIRdoMm8MbAQBAnb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlONLtEDKaM&list=PLUlHX64efYpTNgIHZfIRdoMm8MbAQBAnb&index=42
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck4k3Uw8cM4&index=37&list=PLUlHX64efYpTNgIHZfIRdoMm8MbAQBAnb

>>3566010
>link to orchestrated version of Quest 64 songs in related videos
>its actually pretty good

Sometimes the internet still surprises me with how niche shit like this can still happen.

>>3566030
DURRRR IM RETARDED

Here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2FG2A_H6p8

>>3566029
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjqCFCtDwCg&index=36&list=PLUlHX64efYpTNgIHZfIRdoMm8MbAQBAnb

there was a surprising amount of advertisement for this shitty game. maybe they should have used the money to make the game better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8Rt3bf5s6U

>>3566039
lol i just found a alternate version where it says they spent 2 MILLION on marketing

>>3566029
Beta 3 is fucking insanely creepy and it's bliss.Thanks for sharing, anon.

>>3566030
Never noticed, I'll have to check it out.

>>3566039
>>3566043
that trailer was fucking sweet. the game sold decently well, right?

>>3566010
yes there is a prima guide

>>3566048
Do you know where I could find it?

>>3566045
>the game sold decently well, right?
nope sold like shit and got terrible reviews at release. thats why they cancelled quest 2. rip thq.

dont know how credible this is
http://www.vgchartz.com/game/1823/quest-64/
Global 0.47m

>>3566050
at a Toys"R"Us near you

>>3566053
actually .47mil is pretty good for an n64 title. most third party games sold under that.

>>3561428
>missing quest 60
Anon come on, you're missing out.

>>3566053
Does anyone know the name of the artist for the game?

>>3561428
I really enjoyed the pissing scene in quest 37

>>3566053
>,47m
If that's the correct sales it seems pretty decent for a third party n64 title. however, I'm still bummed out that they canceled the sequel. They really could have improved on the formula. and mechanics of the first game.

>>3566058
heh, I wish. I'll just keep checking online; being a Canadian is truly suffering when it comes to finding old things.