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Hardest game?

Postby Neithird » Wed Mar 28, '07, 2:41 pm

Which game do you think was the hardest Phantasy Star to complete? I think it was Phantasy Star 2. Those dungeons were rough! :o The later games were much easier compared to that.

PS3 was kind of hard to finish, too. Not because the game was hard, but it got boring to do through the same dungeons over and over in the four endings! :P
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Re: Hardest game?

Postby Thoul » Wed Mar 28, '07, 5:47 pm

I agree, PSII was definitely the most difficult. PSI was kind of hard too, if you don't have maps of the dungeons. It's easy to get lost in them.
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Postby Tsunami » Thu May 3, '07, 11:08 pm

PSI was the hardest for me. The dungeons were always the part that was really difficult, since you basically have to memorize the twists and turns.
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Postby The $ Avenger » Sat Jun 9, '07, 2:04 am

I've got to go with PSI. Even when I finally beat it, I still was running from all the battles to keep my strength up for Baya Malay. That one was rough!
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Postby LordShibas » Tue Nov 13, '07, 3:56 am

I found PS II to be the hardest. I played PS so many times that I had maps of Baya Malay drawn in depth. PS II was a little harder I thought.
III and IV were fairly easy IMO.
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Postby SparkyIII » Tue Nov 13, '07, 4:44 am

lol PS2 was the hardest, for sure. I have beat, both 4 and 3, but haven't even gotten past the 2nd cave in the 2nd. XDDD
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Postby Heikabuchi » Wed Nov 14, '07, 12:23 am

Personaly, PS1 was the hardest for me. You had no indication on where to go at any point in the game. You were met with enemies that were often stronger than you were in the first few minutes of starting a new game.

Second would most likely be PS2. I could never get past the first dungeon until I was 15. x_X
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Re: Hardest game?

Postby Lucas » Fri Aug 20, '10, 1:46 pm

Phantasy Star II was easily the hardest then maybe Phantasy Star 1. PSIII in my opinion was the easiest game of the classics.
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Re: Hardest game?

Postby Lyla2284 » Fri Aug 20, '10, 2:00 pm

PS2 without a doubt. Strangely enough, it wasn't the battles that were so hard ( I rarely got character deaths, even when Amy joined for the first time), but the dungeon designs. Those guys were sadists. :D I never really played PS1, because first-person dungeons just don't agree with me.

No comment on PS4 and 3's difficulty.
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Re: Hardest game?

Postby tilinelson2 » Fri Aug 20, '10, 3:23 pm

By far Phantasy Star II. The dungeons are insane, you lose too much time on them and you may get your party killed easily in the last Dezoris dungeons if you don't find the right path fast. Besides that, the game is too long because of the huge mazes. Not to count that, without the Visiphone trick, you just can't save outside towns.

Phantasy Star I has more or less the same problems with fewer mazes, particularly Baya Malay, Medusa Tower and the mazes where you find the Laconia Sword and Shield. Some random encounters with Marauders and Magicians spoil the attempts to reach the objectives in these mazes because of the Thunder magic.

Phantasy Star III is a lot easier than the others. The beginning is a bit hard, but once you pick up, you don't have further problems.

Phantasy Star IV is just navigate and press buttons to read the history. This is good for people who got hooked on the history, but took the challenge aspect of the game. The game could have made the combination attacks and skills a lot more interesting if it was harder, but you can usually beat it with your characters without knowing any combination attack, not using most of the skills and never needing to level up.
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