by xellos667 » Fri Jul 16, '10, 3:00 pm
Phantasy Star Generation 1...pretty hard only by yourself, since there's a lot of things to do now to advance in the story. Including talking to everyone, everywhere, everytime (like I said previously), by sometimes having specific items. You even need to use consult command to trigger some things, And have to search at some random place to find important items. Plus every dungeon now have a special key which you need to also find to even enter. Overall, you'll get through by using some of the guide on the net, but without them, even with tons of trial and error, I think you'll be stuck at one point, turning in circle figuring out what to do. That's too bad, because when you're not stuck, it's a blast to play. The last stretch starting starting at Dezolis up to Dark Falz battle, I was able to play from memory (except for how to learn the "Open" spell for Lutz), and I was having so much fun
The second one though, it's pretty much the very same thing as the original. Except for the process on how getting the Jet-Scooter, you can play it with your memory of the original. And even for the Jet-Scooter, I was able to get it without using any guide. Just be sure to talk to everyone in every town, and you're good to go normally. Problem is, while the first remake is really an easier game (only the language barrier makes it hard), the second remake, while easier to play by memory is as hard, if not harder, than the original (even some of the dungeons got bigger and more confusing). If you can handle the difficulty of the original, than this remake is for you.
And by near the end of the second one, I must say it's really a shame they were never translated, because it feels so good to play some new official Classic Phantasy Star game with great 2D graphics, even if these are just remake they still feel like new games with all the improvements.
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xellos667 on Fri Jul 16, '10, 3:08 pm, edited 1 time in total.