/vr/ - Retro Games

>>5633937
Why did you let the other thread die?

>NOA allowed this

wew lads

>>5633976
s-sorry

>>5634002
She found out the dude was gay, and had to burn him to save his soul.

>wanted to save all my herbs for the end
>had to eat most of them because of the key items and use two more for the boss rush
>now I barely have any for the final boss
>have to watch a longass cutscene every time I restart the game and if I don't restart it puts me at the beginning with half HP and none of the herbs I used given back to me

kind of bullshit frens

>>5634093
Was this boss hard? You can just melt into the ground and dodge.

>>5634096
OH SHIT WHAT

>>5634093
>>5634096
>>5634106
lmao

My dude.

What did Hashimoto mean by this?

>>5633937
I haven't played this since the 90's, when it came out. Quite a dreamy game. The memories...

Can I get a quick rundown on why this game is considered the worst of the Soulblazer series? I never played it, does it also have a weird twist?

>>5634713
That early cartography did their best but ultimately made kinda shitty, inaccurate maps.

>>5634876
>this game is considered the worst of the Soulblazer series?
Is it though? I've seen that opinion tossed towards Soulblazer itself the most.

>>5634886
Anon's point is that there's no Europe in the Jap map.

>>5634876
Eh, it's just because people like Soul Blazer and Terranigma more, so it's at the bottom of the 3 by default. It doesn't really mean it's a bad game though. For me, they complete the Quintet Triangle of action/hot jams, childhood adventure, and themes of life.

>>5634876
Its plot is hippie-dippy, it lacks the Sim City aspect, and some of the puzzles are truly asinine

>>5635810
Why isn't ActRaiser considered part of the "canon"?

>>5636302
Because act raiser is a side scroller sim game where you play as a god with no emphasis on story. The soul blazer trilogy is a top down action rpg with light puzzles and light plot. So they are completely different...

>>5636302
Quintet themselves consider the trilogy to be Actraiser, Soul Blazer and Gaia.

Fun fact, Illusion of Gaia had a secret so well hidden it took like 20 years for it to be found.

>>5636335
That's not so special considering it's relatively obscure. FFVII, by contrast, has hidden items that are only being found nowadays.

>>5636351
Really?

>>5636335
Which secret was that?

>>5636335
Huh?

>>5634106
Yeah its a joke of a final boss. The red jewel boss should have been the final boss.

>>5636438
>>5636582
In the big city where you can stand in a slow ass line, there's a secret house you can enter by pressing up at the right spot while walking through one of those alleys where you can't see Will. There's a guy inside that gives you a health powerup.

>>5636662
Here. Walk between these two buildings and press up at the right spot to enter a secret room where you'll get a strength powerup from a guy.

>>5636676

>>5636582
>First Soul Blazer boss being the final Illusion of Gaia boss

Would have been fun after the comet.

>>5636332
[citation needed]

>>5636676
>>5636680
So you were supposed to have 30 STR? Does it do any more damage to the Jewel Boss?

Re-translation when?

The story is fucking awesome but it sucks it's hidden behind a clusterfuck of a localization that makes BoF2's seem good.

>>5636892
Robotrek had even worse dialogue.

>>5636325
ActRaiser is a side-scrolling Soul Blazer, the MCs even make the same grunt sounds

>>5636762
I think Solid Arm takes 1 damage from everything regardless of STR.

Just spam the jumping attack endlessly.

>>5634876
It's not. Terranigma is.
>>5636332
That would make sense coz those are the ones directed by Masaya Hashimoto. Terranigma was not.

>>5638451
>Terranigma is
seething american

>>5637463
What does that make sky blazer? The sequel?

>>5633937
Are you high now home slice?

>>5638863
Different developers.

>>5638863
Sky Blazer is by Sony and completely unrelated.

>>5633937
Nibba put the tiles in the slots at the top of the pyramid lmao

I wish there was more art made for the US, the art used in the US manuel is really cute but only Will and Kara were fortunate enough to get illustrations.

Anyway, it's kind of sad to see the game is now remembered as "the worst game in the Gaia series", at least that's how it seems whenever I see it discussed.. I haven't played the other two games, or three or even four depending on who you ask, but it's sad to me to see it always seems like people ignore it despite being a still solid game.
>>5636335
Not at all, the gave was pretty heavily advertised even by Nintendo themselves and sold a solid 650,000 units. It was never a system seller but it was at worst still a cult classic.
>>5636892
In all honesty the story doesn't make much more sense even in the Japanese version. The US and PAL versions suffered from censorship but as far as plot elements go there was nothing seriously lost. No matter what language it's in the plot is still really abstract and sort goofy.

>>5639107
Pretending to be black by speaking like that doesn't make you funny retard, speak proper English.

>>5636423
He's fibbing.

>>5636302
Because people are retarded
Its 100% canon, and 2 as well

>>5634002
imagine releasing this in muzzieland

Really cool Illusion of Gaia speedrun competition.
I think speedrunning jrpgs is kinda dumb, but for action/puzzle rpgs that require precise execution and routing it makes a lot of sense.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AS0ggAc2QwQ

Specially if the runs are around 2 or 3 hours max.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AS0ggAc2QwQ

Watching a 9 hour turn-based rpg speedrun is dumb and goofy though