/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.4412323]

>equip "Gem of creation" on Lucian
>both melee have Reverie, which allows you to pretty much double the amount of hits you do
>get magic crystals from comboing a foe on the air
>one of Lucian's attacks hits 500 times but has shit range and is somewhat hard to time
>get +200% from a boss battle and 2+ levels on everyone but Valkyrie
>ironically enough get Tomes of Alchemy from the bosses
What the fuck. Are there other old games this easy to exploit?

[Anonymous No.4412334]

Arngrim and leneth are OP and you should use lucian to get purple gems on the later levels if you want to win against the secret bosses. Also on max level you still can get fucked.

[Anonymous No.4412336]

>>4412334
>you should use lucian to get purple gems
but muh A ending
Does he come back? I've never done the Seraphic Gate.

[Anonymous No.4412339]

>>4412323
I've always liked results screens in videogames for some reason.

[Anonymous No.4412340]

>>4412336

Ah ok, i meant on the Seraphic Gate. You also get Lezard again (is the best mage), but yeah that ending is about the only reason i would play that game again.

[Anonymous No.4412389]

>>4412339
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[Anonymous No.4413456]

>>4412389
damn...

[Anonymous No.4413459]

>refuse to use Lawfer because I hate his voice
>refuse to use Belenus because he's a fucking creep
>refuse to use Arngrim because he's "canon"

Who do I have left to choose from that's good?

[Anonymous No.4413823]

>>4413459
For the main game, Aelia is pretty good. For the Gate, Brahms and Freya are great.

[Anonymous No.4413937]

>>4413459
>>refuse to use Belenus because he's a fucking creep
How so? Jayle is an option, anyway, and I really like Amelia, even though timing her attacks can be kinda tricky

[Anonymous No.4414151]

Were Arngrim and Llewelyn actually in the past with Hrist or were they just recycling sprites

Also how did Bloodbane get in Surt's castle if Loki owned him

[Anonymous No.4414810]

>>4412323
By the time you get Lucian difficulty's out the window anyway

[Anonymous No.4414896]

I want to protect this smile.

[Anonymous No.4414931]

>>4414896
I sent her to Valhalla, but only because there was no option to transfer her to Nifelheim.

[Anonymous No.4415205]

>>4414151
>Were Arngrim and Llewelyn actually in the past with Hrist or were they just recycling sprites

They were with Hrist in the past. I'm guessing they were reincarnated in Lenneth's time. Some of the dialogue you get between Arngrim and Brahms implies this.

[Anonymous No.4415223]

What version is better psx or psp version?

[Anonymous No.4415225]

>>4414896
Her story is the most larger one, everybody should had larer too

[Anonymous No.4415226]

>>4415223
US PS1 version, by far.

The PSP release is a pretty lazy port, and doesn't include any of the fixes that were made in the US PS1 version. It's based off of the JP version, instead.

[Anonymous No.4415248]

>>4415226
So there are some glitches or errors? Is it ultra slow like the psp FFT?

[Anonymous No.4415252]

I really loved this game and really hated the sequell not gameplay wise but story wise they erase all that leneth did on this game

[Anonymous No.4415689]

>>4412336
Yeah, Lucian as a character in battle sucks for everything that lightning thing which is the best thing ever for getting crystals. And yeah, you get him in Seraphic gate, but you better send him up early if you want best ending.

Later on you get Badrach who sucks as well in combat, but he's your next bexst thing in getting crystals, especially from larger enemies once you knock them in the air.

[Anonymous No.4415704]

Started replaying this game recently but then I remembered the pain in the ass that is the A ending.

It's not honestly THAT bad but it did make me not want to play. I'll keep this one a fond memory instead of replaying it.

[Anonymous No.4415872]

>>4415704
>but it did make me not want to play.
Why? It's quite literally "visit these places in chapter 4 and send this unit to Valhalla in 6 or 5", don't understand how that's annoying

[Anonymous No.4416024]

>>4415248
Just a lot of minor inconveniences. You can't change characters' equipment when they're not in your party, Valkyrie's skills all get unequipped when you change her equipment, stuff like that

[Anonymous No.4416026]

>>4415704
Just do ending C, dude.

[Anonymous No.4416094]

>>4416024
Other differences and bugs:

PS1 versions have a bug that can cause oddities with voice clips. Some of them get cut short, or will be replayed for no reason. The PSP release actually fixes this, from what I've seen.

PS1 versions have a bug where the game sometimes hangs after finishing a battle in the Seraphic Gate, similar to how SO2 locks up in the Cave of Trials. This was also fixed on the PSP.

JP PS1 and both PSP versions have a bug that prevents many bosses from using their assigned great magic, making them a lot easier than they're supposed to be. This was only fixed in the US PS1 release.

The US PS1 release is the only one where you can sort your item list.

JP PS1 version had a bug that triggers after the final bonus boss enters its second phase; every song in the game will be double speed. Fixed in every other version of the game.

On the PS1 versions, if Mystina uses great magic in the battle against Hrist, the game will crash. I don't know if this was fixed on the PSP.

If you send Lyseria to Valhalla, you'll never get her back. This bug was never fixed in any version of the game.

Freya's PWS, Ether Strike, is poison-elemental. It's the only physical PWS in the game with an element (an element that makes no sense, at that), so I assume it's a bug. Present in all versions.

[Anonymous No.4416109]

>>4416094
>JP PS1 version had a bug that triggers after the final bonus boss enters its second phase; every song in the game will be double speed

That's kinda cool actually

[Anonymous No.4416569]

>dude let's make the coolest character the most useless lmao

for what purpose

[Anonymous No.4416602]

>>4416569
bicycle explosion was pretty cool

[Anonymous No.4416612]

>>4416094
>PS1 versions have a bug where the game sometimes hangs after finishing a battle in the Seraphic Gate, similar to how SO2 locks up in the Cave of Trials

Never encountered it in VP, but boy did I curse at SO2 everytime I managed to progress a couple levels deeper and have the game freeze on me. Crashes in my console game? That was a first.

[Anonymous No.4416627]

>>4416602
>bicycle explosion

huh?

[Anonymous No.4416640]

>>4416602
It was Bicycle Disaster, the weakest PWS in the game.

>>4416569
Did you know that, despite being a heavy knight, his stat growths are equal to a light swordsman?

[Anonymous No.4416716]

>>4412323
This is why Valkyrie Profile is one of the few JRPGs I love. Most are so boring in their item progression and offer the player so little choice that there's no replay value.

[Anonymous No.4416724]

>>4416094
Honestly the PS1 NA version has the best voice acting, even though it has that problem where some of the tracks whisper quiet.

[Anonymous No.4416734]

>>4416724
I felt that the JP and US voice tracks both had their ups and downs. Despite what a lot of people assume, some characters actually sound quite bad in the Japanese version. Overall, I enjoyed the JP voices more.

[Anonymous No.4416846]

>>4416569
>literally a walking suit of armour
>coolest character in the game

[Anonymous No.4416921]

>>4412323
99% of rpgs are easy to exploit and half of the ones that aren't is because the system is too limited.