Hukos wrote:I hate Phantasy Star III with a passion.
However, I do think if a lot of things were fixed it could be a really good game.
As far as combat goes, you have to ask yourself: What makes combat interesting?
And I say meaningful choices. In vanilla PS3, you either attack or heal. Attack magic is too weak to be useful, and the buffs are too situational. I think the game could be more fun if attack magic was given a significant buff and enemies have elemental weaknesses (to the point where it's worth using) and the buffs/debuffs we were given were made useful.
I thought about weakening a lot Magic users' physical attacks, but make Magic much more powerful. Elemental weaknesses is a good idea. I thought too about preventing Orakian to use Magic, but give them offensive items instead. And robots would use special skills like PSIV. For the moment I just implement test features.
That would go a LONG way towards making PS3 into a playable state for me.
Other things:
Reduce the size of the dungeons/maps/towns. There's too much "dead space" in the game. Most of the time spent walking is done through areas that are aesthetically dull. Even though PS1/2 have slow walking speeds, the changing aesthetics of the areas you go through aren't dull and manage to keep you interested whereas PS3 has a default color - dull and earthy. That again is something that could stand to be fixed.
See below.
I intend to give each dome a unique look and feel (with new graphics) and make village different.
Oh and fix Divisia. Nothing makes me rage harder than that forsaken town.
I don't remember well
Is is that town you have to cross a castle to reach the other side ?If you want to hear more of what I think could use changing, I can ramble and rant on for quite some time
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Bragatyr wrote:On the point about the dungeons and trekking through a lot of nothing, though, I have to say I actually kind of liked the feeling of emptiness PS 3 had. Really fit with the sense of desolation and isolation in the story.
I actually agree. But I have doubled the speed, and I'll insert Layan shrines or Wren airport hre and there.
