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>Bought this game
>What am i for?

>> No.2269907

Enjoy watching your party members constantly getting stuck.

>> No.2269917

>>2269903

shit gameplay. charging takes forever and its fucking grind heavy with shit magic grinding

>> No.2269956

Grinding and backtracking and Santa Claus.

Learn to chain magic for a better time.

>> No.2269958

a fun romp through a beautiful story book type world with terribly sad and poignant moments abound. a bunch of it involves beating up a lot of monster pinatas, and getting used to the weird (at the time) experimental play mechanics. It's fun and you don't really need to grind unless you feel like using all the different spells and weapons on all the characters, which is absolutely not ever necessary.

It is entirely possible to prevent your party members from ever getting caught on the scenery if you exercise even the slightest amount of patience and caution, understanding that the path-finding and AI isn't meant to account for you to deliberately be a jackass fighting against it the whole way and deliberately looking for ways that it will fuck up so you can complain on the internet.

>> No.2269994
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A good multiplayer RPG with a memorable world, catchy soundtrack, a few intimidating areas, and decent diversity in weapons and spells. Spells level up with use and eventually change appearance. Hold on to your faerie walnuts for bosses, which can generally be spammed to death with magic.

>> No.2270094

>>2269903
It's a fun game, but the sequel (which can be emulated) has better gameplay.

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>>2269903
>What am i for?

>> No.2270123

>>2269903
a disappointing experience, due to the emotionless dialog

>> No.2270142

It's great with a buddy (even better with 3 players), because the NPC will get stuck all the time.

Magic is broken as hell but it's still fun, one of it kind so worth a playthrough absolutely. God tier music too!

>> No.2270146

>>2269903
the most overrated rpg on the snes

>> No.2270203

>>2270146
This. Every other RPG on the SNES is better. Every.

>> No.2270212

>>2270203
>Secret of the Stars

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I'd Dryad

>> No.2271452

I'll probably play this next, hope its better than Illusion of Gaia, that game was shit. Had like 4 songs repeated ad-nauseam and the combat was so boring and simplistic.

>> No.2271462

>>2270146
>>2270203

Thirding this, i never liked it when it came out and i don't like it now. Everyone else seemed to love it, though.

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>>2269903
>What am i for?

I ask myself that question every day anon... Every day.

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>>2269903
>What am i for?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JODshFyKHuA

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>>2269903
>What am i for?
That really is the question...

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>>2270203
Every post on 4chan is better than this post. Every.

>> No.2271484

>>2271479
Holy shit. That's an old picture.

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Best. Art. Ever.

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>>2271479
Wow. I thought the internet consumed this picture and it was never to be seen again. It's from circa 2007, isn't it?

>> No.2272870

>>2271483
Your post could've been good. Try to post something substantial next time.

>> No.2272878

>>2271479

This takes me back

to before the world crushed my spirit

>> No.2275603

a cross between zelda and chrono trigger that isn't quite as much fun and doesn't have quite as much charm as either.

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>>2270212

>> No.2276708 [SPOILER] 
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It's a pretty standard top-down SNES JRPG from the golden era, but in order to really enjoy this game and its sequel and experience what makes it special you need a friend.

>> No.2276740

>>2276708
>standard jrpg

Even dismissing that normally jrpgs were turn-based, would you mind giving an example of a SNES game that was like SoM? Not a turn-based one, obviously.

>> No.2276762

>>2276740
LttP minus puzzle-solving, Illusion of Gaia, Secret of Evermore.

>> No.2276828

>>2269903

So much complaints, I guess most who replied didn't play this when it came out.

Ignore the game system, it may be outdated (was innovative back then), enjoy the scenery and the story.

Use one weapon for each character and stay with it, leveling all of them is no point.

Thing I remember most was how expensive stuff was in the shops in this game. In the zombie dungeon I needed max number of MP potions to beat the boss and it cost me 3/4 of all my saved gold.

About the grinding, I don't remember any of this, it's ok to just play it as long as you don't run from enemies. Maybe you can stay and harvest some when you first get to Gaia's Navel but after that you'll be fine.

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>>2271584
Sequel artwork is balls to the wall beautiful.

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>>2276903
D'aaawww.

>> No.2276915

>>2271479
>potatos
Oh man, that was fuckin funny.

>> No.2276929

>>2271479
Can someone explain the joke?

>> No.2276964

>>2276929
>Can someone explain the joke?

He's refering to the first village "Potos" as Potatos

You can actually buy a power wrist in most places, which are closer.

The dude is actually right, the negligble damage up from the power wrist is definitely offset by the greatly superior defense of other items since power wrist is a very early item.

In SoM you are basically locked to the same screen as your partner. And since the dude is determined to go back to Potos village, his partner is forced to go with him.

>> No.2276976

>>2269903

Stunlock.

And

>"TIPTIPTIPTIPTIPTIPTIPTIPTIP"

Oh and music cutting out for everything, because SoM can't have back ground music and sound effects at the same time.

It's a turd. Don't get me wrong, it's probably one of, if not the best Mana game. But it needed some sequels that really polished up the formula.

That being said, you may enjoy it. I do enjoy playing it from time to time. It has a pretty good OST. The weapon variety is really cool. It's a big adventure. You can travel by shooting yourself out of a cannon. And the graphics are kinda pretty. Sprites could have been done better.

>> No.2276980

>>2276929
Back in 2007, some guy on /v/ was netplaying SoM. He sold the other player's power wrist while he was AFK, and the dude was super pissed.

Power wrist increases strength by one point.
>We're going back to Potatos
>Asshole

>> No.2277049

>>2269903

One of the best games on the SNES imvho.

Not without its flaws though. Gameplay bugs, smushed content do to a late dev cycle change from SNES-CD to cart and to really enjoy it best you need a multi-tap and two friends.

>> No.2277052

>>2271584

Pretty, but the colors are all muddy...

>> No.2277061

>>2276976
>pretty good OST
It is the only video game I know of to date that has used examples of either gamelan or kecak in its OST.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamelan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjV9XvI1doI

Sounds a whole lot like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctwOp6I6TRA

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kecak

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WHx2ITKtUg#t=1m40

Sounds a whole lot like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCUdhcRQMC4
especially that "TSAPTSAPTSAP!" part at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCUdhcRQMC4#t=1m30

Forgive me my music nerdiness.
I'll be over in the corner now. :-(

>> No.2277071

>>2277061
I've been listening to this and other soundtracks at work and never really realized where the influences came from or what made them unique. Thanks for this bit of insight.

>> No.2277240

>>2277061

Not to /pol/, but man talk about a civilization crash those people underwent.

And that's a really cool find.

>> No.2277275

>>2276762
It's nothing like the first two. I only played SoE for a such a small while that I really don't remember anything about that after these years.

>> No.2277573
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2277573

Better than Earthbound imo. I remember renting SoM at blockbuster.

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>>2271584
The art wasn't actually made for SoM. They made the guy add the characters later.

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>>2269903
>>What am i for?
Prepare to lose everything that you love.

>> No.2277896 [DELETED] 

>>2277061
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyk6wEA4AEw

>> No.2277914

>>2277885
You. I like you.

>> No.2277920

>>2277061
I fucking love the Dark Lich theme.

>> No.2277935

>>2270146
>>2270203
>>2271462
>if i don't like it, it must be shit

You can leave that autism back in /v/.

>> No.2277938

>>2277935
Calm down sperglord, your game isn't all that to begin with

>> No.2278019

>>2276909
Is that some hot lesbian love going on right there?

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>>2278019
Nope. Sorry to disappoint.

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>>2271584
who the fuck fucked up the colors?!

>> No.2278197

>>2277935

Don't respond to /v/ posters.

>> No.2278402

>>2278131
This the best copy?

Just asking before I order a poster.

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>>2278402

This one is a bit bigger...

But...

No sir, I do not like it.

>> No.2278425

>>2269917
You don't need to grind at all, but you do need to start buying equipment regularly later on. Early on it isn't that bad.

>> No.2278427

>>2270214
Cute, I wish they gave her regular magic. Poison Bubble and Leaf Saber would have been cool.

>> No.2278430

>>2277938
They did cut a lot of content =(

>> No.2278684

>>2269903
I could never get into this game. I tried dozens of times. It's shit.

>> No.2278852

>tfw Rise of Mana is turning out great
>all those playable cameos early Mana games

Not retro, but it might be fun.

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>>2278423
that's one shitty vector

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>>2279039

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>> No.2279196

>>2277935
Sorry anon, but the game is shit.. The translation is emotionless, the gameplay is boring and repetitive with little to no technique or variation, the assthetics are bland and unoriginal, the soundtrack (aside from a couple really amazing tracks) is actually pretty horrible imo, the narrative is confused and overly complicated in its attempt to be "epic", the character design is flat and uninteresting and the composition is a complete clusterfuck

>> No.2279373

>>2279196
You seems a little upset sir. Go back to /v/ please.

>> No.2279381

>>2269903
I remember renting this over and over from Blockbuster because the cover just grabbed me and made me think of these small characters on a grand adventure. Plus I was just starting to associate companies with games (besides Nintendo) and remembered loving Squaresoft games.

I have never actually beaten it. I get around halfway through and lose motivation and interest every single time. But I still have pretty fond memories of it except that really terrible menu system.

>> No.2279389

>>2279373
I just read >>2279196 and then your post and, wow, trolling has really fallen to an all-time low here.

>> No.2279393

>>2279196
Soundtrack is great, get you're ears checked

>> No.2279421

Even slower than the average "non-action" RPG. Seriously, what were they thinking?

>> No.2279450 [DELETED] 

>>2279389
I know please stop it and go back to /v/

>> No.2279545

>>2277920
Super fucking creepy.

Dat boss music, though. Seriously one of the best battle themes in video gaming history.

>> No.2279609

>>2269903
I liked the game enough to not give a shit about what others think. However it's not a perfect game
nor is it 10/10 game must play.

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>>2269958

>> No.2281107

>>2279545

It's based off of a tribal dance from South Asia.

>> No.2281109

>>2279373
>>2279389
>>2279393
>stating reasons why the game is shit
>wow must be troll, not gonna respond to pertinent observations, lol back to /v/

Please enlighten me as to why this game is considered a masterpiece, because I truly don't see it.

And really, this game has some sublime songs in it, but it's punctuated by shit like this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-sv-0jhanw

Consistency in style is a big fuckin deal, and SoM drops the ball all the time, creating an unappealing and jarring composition.

>> No.2281215

>>2270146
fack you

>> No.2281504

>>2281107
>indonesianflag.png
WE SOUTH ASIA NOW!
No. Indonesia is Southeast Asia now as it has always been. Not South Asia. South Asia is west of the Himalayas, Anon. Southeast Asia is, well, southeast of there (which is exactly where Indonesia is, actually).
Secondly, you're really rather late to the party. I already mentioned that it's derived from kecak in >>2277061

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>> No.2282991

>>2277573
I started a game, got to Ice area, returned to blockbuster, rented it again a week later

My save game was deleted and replaced by an idiot named 'Hershel' and was at Neko's closest to Potos. Fuck you Hershel, wherever you are.

>> No.2282995

>>2281109
The Dwarf Village is whimsical. It kept it light.

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>>2281859
>secret inside every box
Sometimes it's herpes

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>>2282998
>one out of four boxes contain hsv or hpv