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Anyone played this? I love 16 bit rpgs and really wanted to like this, but it might be the most painful video game I've ever played.

>> No.5571552

>>5571542
Painful how?

>> No.5571562

>>5571552
Pretty high difficulty, too much repetition in the random enemies you come across, and just not a lot of "fun."

The way the starting characters continue to interact and fight / team up throughout the game was kind of cool, if I can say one nice thing about it.

>> No.5571563

>>5571562
So a JRPG? Got it.

>> No.5571564

>>5571562
Play a rom hack that makes the game bearable

>> No.5571569

The radar encounter system should've been ripped off by more games

>> No.5571580

>>5571542
It's a very interesting game. The setting is weird, the world has the super "dead and empty" feel, and the gameplay kinda sucks. It doesn't help that if you don't have the instruction manual, there's no way to magically know that guarding one turn and then attacking the next makes that attack do way more damage, which is a strategy that makes the early game a lot easier. It ALSO doesn't help that they fucked up the difficulty in the western release.
Try Mystic Ark if you haven't yet, it's the "sequel" and improves on the game in a lot of ways.

>> No.5572024

>>5571562
>difficulty

The translators thought the game was too easy, so they gimped your stat growths. Because of this it's more or less impossible to finish, because once you get halfway through the game you're too weak to survive random encounters. Meanwhile, enemy apprentice bosses have levels that scale to yours but WITHOUT your gimped growths.

>> No.5572026

>>5571562
>make game in genre difficult
>it sucks
JRPGs everyone

>> No.5572029

So are there Game Genie codes that level out this game?

>> No.5572082
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5572082

>>5571563
>>5572026
brainlets

>> No.5572110

>>5571542
Could never get into 7th Saga. But it's sequel Mystic Ark got an english translation and it's pretty damn good, play that instead.

>> No.5572124

>>5572029
Again, that won't help because the enemies gain exponentially more points per level than you do. If you want to make it "fair" you'll have to download the patch for the original Elnar stat growths.

>> No.5572174

>>5572082
>plays turn-based RPGs as an adult
>thinks he's intelligent

>> No.5572215

>>5572174
I understand games and can discuss them on a board for discussing games. You can't, because you're stupid.

>> No.5572225
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5572225

THAT IS A NICE RUNE YOU HAVE THERE
IT WOULD BE A SHAME IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN TO IT

>> No.5572230

>>5572225
>CLANK CLANK CLANK CLANK CLANK

>> No.5572238

>>5571542
I enjoyed it. The increased difficulty makes the Western release a lot more fun than the original Japanese one, though it does still have some significant flaws.

>> No.5572239

>>5571552
Very repetitive

>> No.5572295

>>5572225
Isn't it impossible for Lux to be the traitor?

>> No.5572316

>>5572295
It is but he can decide to fight you for other reasons.

>> No.5572329

>>5572295
He can't be evil but he'll try to take your runes if he doesn't think you're worthy.
If he has laser3 you're probably fucked to the point of needing to restart since that will one-shot anyone even through buffs.

>> No.5572342

>>5572024
Damn, I always wondered why those motherfuckers were so strong compared to me. I do love this game though.

>> No.5573587
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5573587

>>5572225
Wololo, motherfucker.

>> No.5573592

>>5572174
>plays video games period
>gets into genre wars
>thinks he's intelligent

>> No.5573597

>>5572174
7th saga is pretty exceptional because of how well you need to run your fights. You're on the edge of losing the whole time, and if you level up too much, then the npc heros fuck you

>> No.5575281

>>5571542
They butchered the US version. Apply the romhack that reverts it back to its original difficulty.

>> No.5575321

>>5571569
Absolutely. It's a fucking genius system. Reminds me a lot of Zelda 2's overworld encounters.

7th Saga is a game I couldn't bring myself to play much of, but there are definitely some really cool ideas in the rough.

>> No.5575334

>>5575281
The only reason anyone knows about 7th Saga is because it's hard as balls, why would you want to take that away?

>> No.5575340

>>5571542
8bit rgbs are much better. they dont shit themselves due to scope.

>> No.5575343

>>5575321
>Zelda 2's overworld encounters.
this was a good one as well, I like systems that let you influence whether you get into a fight or not

>> No.5575348

>>5571542
>16 bit rpgs
NOW BE BORED WITH TWICE THE BITS!
EXCITING WAITING AROUND IN DAZZLING 16(COUNT THEM) BITS!
DON'T BE A CHUMP AND STAND AROUND TAKING MANDATORY HITS IN CRUDDY 8-BIT, YOU WORM!

>> No.5575486

>>5575334
Because people want to enjoy the game like a normal person and are not obsessed with stupid memes.

>> No.5575591

>>5573587
This is the only guy I was able to finish the game with. Dude was op as fuck.

>> No.5578390

>>5575486
That's not true.