ckmlb said:
How is Growlanser? Did you play Soul Nomad and the World Eaters? Which is better in your oppinion? On topic, all the time check my signature for reference. Rarely can I play just one thing these days for some reason. |
I didn't get a chance to play Soul Nomad and the World Eaters, but I have played a few others Nippon Ichi games like Disgaea and Rhapsody. Disgaea is a better game, but both Growlanser II and III (I am about 10 hours into this second one) have a great story and a very unique combat system. Not too much changed from II to III, besides the ability to run around in enviroments and some of the finer points of the combat system, but I have really enjoyed both games.
They have kind of a combination of real-time and strategy elements in the combat system. There is no grid, and if you don't pop up the menu things will just keep on taking care of themselves once you have given your characters their first commands and their target doesn't disappear, but you have to do a fair amount of detailed commands on the fly to survive usually. The characters are very individualized, which I like quite a bit.
The magic system is pretty different. Very different in fact. Magic attacks charge rather than have innate damage levels, with the more advanced attacks of course having better damage tables but higher charge times, and you can unleash the attacks at anytime during the charge, from level 1 to level 9. Each level you charge lets you cast another instance of that spell on any target, whether they all be on one character or spread out. You can charge to higher levels until your stats get better, and each magic attack requires different stats to get to use the higher charge levels. Stat buffs/debuffs are really important too, which I like.
Be warned! It is extremely frustrating to get the perfect ending in each, and even one slipup can cost you. I missed it in Growlanser II...
We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers…Also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls. The only thing that really worried me was the ether. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. –Raoul Duke
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