tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946916641850178817.post7864453290845289801..comments2024-01-29T18:11:40.469-08:00Comments on The RPG Consoler: Game 11: Phantasy Star II (Genesis) - As if Millions of Voices Suddenly Cried OutZenic Reveriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16441583549326102945noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946916641850178817.post-70242230263093441112012-09-28T08:39:19.090-07:002012-09-28T08:39:19.090-07:00It's been a busy week still, but I've put ...It's been a busy week still, but I've put in about another 6 hours. I'm guessing it's another 4 - 5 until the end depending on the dungeons, which have been taking about 2 - 3 hours each.<br /><br />I should post the maps I'm drawing. Do you think that'd be interesting to anyone?Zenic Reveriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16441583549326102945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946916641850178817.post-77566138671944708142012-09-19T15:31:23.845-07:002012-09-19T15:31:23.845-07:00Where are you, O'Zenic Revrobie? You are our o...Where are you, O'Zenic Revrobie? You are our only hope!Giauzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09045059974421586849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946916641850178817.post-42105172593544547352012-08-22T15:45:54.363-07:002012-08-22T15:45:54.363-07:00I think that's why they packed this game in wi...I think that's why they packed this game in with a guide book with maps to the dungeons. I figure they thought no sane person would finish this with ought help. I certainly would never play this withougt the hint book. You can get some serious RPG cred for finishing this game solo. It was hard. It was hard WITH the dungeong maps. I guess PS1 had some hard dungeons as well but at least their grid like nature allowed the to easily mapped one to one. Almost required it. The developers must have been like, "let's make dungeons that aren't easily mapped, oh and how about we thro in some crazy parralax scrolling on the foreground to throw thelayer off too.". PS3 scales back the dungeon difficulty quite a bit. Sean697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946916641850178817.post-68929434317646942862012-08-22T08:45:15.381-07:002012-08-22T08:45:15.381-07:0016 levels! The developers really thought that aft...16 levels! The developers really thought that after parents blew their wads on this likely expensive game that this is all the kids would be playing for a year didn't they? Don't tell me PS3 thought PS2 was going easy on the player, RPGenius.Giauzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09045059974421586849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946916641850178817.post-12124460604683059592012-08-21T13:16:44.316-07:002012-08-21T13:16:44.316-07:00Thanks for doing my dirty work. ;). I had consider...Thanks for doing my dirty work. ;). I had considered looking ahead to find how far away I am. On my next play, I'll be continuing to explore the Dezo over-land and purchase some equipment from Skure. My current direction isn't obvious, so I'm just meandering until I come across something interesting.<br /><br />These types of challenging dungeons haven't been all that fun, so I'm not looking forward to getting back into the game except to finally finish.Zenic Reveriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16441583549326102945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946916641850178817.post-72989907544372527302012-08-21T01:39:25.323-07:002012-08-21T01:39:25.323-07:00Ya so I checked my strategy guide to see how much ...Ya so I checked my strategy guide to see how much you have left and actually it wasnt as much as I remember. Basically 6 more dungeons. But the first five are like known for being the most ball busting in the game. The last isnt as hard except for the monsters. You should be able to grind through it pretty quickly. That and Dezo is confusing to navigate until you get the layout down. If you like challenging dugeons you are in for a treat. If not...... I think one of them is 16 levels.sean697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946916641850178817.post-44948760875916064382012-08-20T07:22:27.756-07:002012-08-20T07:22:27.756-07:00I'm definitely blaming the game a lot more lat...I'm definitely blaming the game a lot more lately for my lack of progress. I wonder why so many people remember the games fondly. I think the consensus is that either 2 or 3 are the worst, and 4 redeems the series in some way.<br /><br />Phantasy Star II is the first game that's overstayed its welcome. The interesting bits are separated by such mindless grinding that it's difficult to see the benefits of finishing. Reaching Dezo, I thought I was close to the end, but I was informed there is a lot more to go through. Maybe I'll be able to finish by the end of the month and put this slog behind me.Zenic Reveriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16441583549326102945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946916641850178817.post-83926483974453446872012-08-19T22:33:22.174-07:002012-08-19T22:33:22.174-07:00Reading through these posts, I'm sometimes sur...Reading through these posts, I'm sometimes surprised that I remember PS2 fondly. I guess I appreciate a lot of the core ideas and emotions of the game, even if the threads connecting them together are ridiculously silly, contrived, and occasionally just nonsensical.<br /><br />That, and I also think it's because I immediately played Phantasy Star 3 after this game, and, well, when you play Phantasy Star 3, whatever you happened to have done before doing so, be it playing a flawed game, watching a bad movie, or being lit on fire during the middle of an anesthetic-lacking dental surgery, it all just seems so much better by comparison.The RPGeniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02752937839502693108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946916641850178817.post-25921487665246987742012-08-11T03:39:05.343-07:002012-08-11T03:39:05.343-07:00Think of it like this. Suppose the government rea...Think of it like this. Suppose the government really was behind 9/11 and someone found out too much about their plans so they put them on One of the planes that flew into the world trade center. That was more the analogy I was going for. (and 8 don't believe the government was behind 9/11)Sean697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946916641850178817.post-34409033918651561312012-08-10T09:57:34.975-07:002012-08-10T09:57:34.975-07:00A plan to kill one person (or a small party) by de...A plan to kill one person (or a small party) by destroying an entire planet... that's a heck of a lot of overkill!Andy_Panthrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18231815646876343380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946916641850178817.post-91484741401601640182012-08-10T08:31:50.985-07:002012-08-10T08:31:50.985-07:00I actually haven't either. Most often I'll...I actually haven't either. Most often I'll weigh the optimized party and go with that, just using the strongest members. I thought I'd give the game a little more challenge, it doesn't need it though. Many character deaths and three hours later, they're mostly stable now. Still very fragile though, and it seems I'll need to grind for equipment anyway. I thought I was doing well with money, then all of a sudden the new equipment is 4 times as much as the old. Oh well.Zenic Reveriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16441583549326102945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946916641850178817.post-13176830551078482472012-08-10T07:03:59.974-07:002012-08-10T07:03:59.974-07:00Don't you hate it when real life gets in the w...Don't you hate it when real life gets in the way of the gaming and blog updates?<br /><br />Solid update. I don't think I've ever mentally changed anything with the roleplaying games like you're describing, but I've definitely thought up side-stuff along the way - usually while I'm grinding to level, lol.Chalgyrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10879608925209948366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946916641850178817.post-50389728643066154652012-08-09T20:33:30.220-07:002012-08-09T20:33:30.220-07:00I get that impression as well.I get that impression as well.Zenic Reveriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16441583549326102945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946916641850178817.post-40723066881426333542012-08-09T20:14:18.176-07:002012-08-09T20:14:18.176-07:00Also I believe the space station was purposely cra...Also I believe the space station was purposely crashed into Palm kind of like the biomonssters where purposely ler out of control and how you were blamed. I've always thought the whole thing was a plan to get rid of you by crashing you to you death with the planet.Sean697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946916641850178817.post-43418235656669162942012-08-09T20:09:46.386-07:002012-08-09T20:09:46.386-07:00Well if you take the rest of the members it could ...Well if you take the rest of the members it could be good and bad. Anna the blond one eventually becomes an invaluable and powerful fighter with her boomerang like slasher weapon. The wrecker guy not really too useful from now on. But you might find some more party members yet... Maybe. I can tell shir is pretty worthless. She is good for stealing and that's about it. At higher levels she can steal better stuff. But you actually still have a lot of game ahead. And no matter what you will need to grind. One thing you can do to bring a character up is to use only that character and you party leader to grind because you will get more xp with only two members than 4. I've always wondered I'd it was intentional that hey blew up Palm or that hey had restrictions on the game where they had to cut a planet for time or space. In any case that event will come back as a major plot point in Phantasy star 3.Sean697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946916641850178817.post-29766434427158629712012-08-09T15:01:30.862-07:002012-08-09T15:01:30.862-07:00No problem, I know it's been a while. I'll...No problem, I know it's been a while. I'll try not to do that again in the middle of a game.Zenic Reveriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16441583549326102945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946916641850178817.post-46033248719985590292012-08-09T14:20:34.822-07:002012-08-09T14:20:34.822-07:00Heh, well that was very informative and I'm sl...Heh, well that was very informative and I'm slightly less lost now. Thanks!Andy_Panthrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18231815646876343380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946916641850178817.post-55238408869664507422012-08-09T13:58:01.576-07:002012-08-09T13:58:01.576-07:00I'm about as lost as you. Here's a recap o...I'm about as lost as you. Here's a recap of the points though:<br /><br />Rolf (main character, I called him Kyle) is having dreams of some girl fighting a monster (Alis fighting Dark Force). He awakes that day, reports to the commander, and learns he must find the cause of monsters appearing in the wild. Nei, his half human-half monster companion, joins him.<br /><br />They rescue a small girl from bandits to reunite her with her father. He ends up killing her, and then himself.<br /><br />I find the biolab, and retrieve a recording device that tells me power is being diverted from weather control to animal creation. Next stop, a mountain to retrieve a leaf that creates oxygen. The leaf is made into a gum that allows me to breathe underwater, the only way to get to the weather control building.<br /><br />There I find Nei's twin who is bent on creating these monsters to exact revenge on all humans after she'd been persecuted as a freak. There's a computer called Mother Brain, which controls all aspects of life on the planets in the Algo system. She's the one who regulates animal life, weather control, and space travel (in the distant past).<br /><br />Nei and Nei's twin die in the ensuing battle, and this causes the surge of power back into the weather control system. Apparently rain had not fallen for many years, and the build of water is released all at once.<br /><br />I'm blamed for both the creation of monsters and the flooding of the planet, and robots are sent to apprehend me. I don't know who sent them, although I assume it's the same person taking over Mother Brain, or Mother Brain herself. And, that's the story up to this post.<br /><br />There's a lot of holes that I hope get filled by the end of the game.Zenic Reveriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16441583549326102945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946916641850178817.post-28865207396254372932012-08-09T13:35:25.561-07:002012-08-09T13:35:25.561-07:00The PS games are totally confusing. I remember so ...The PS games are totally confusing. I remember so little from the last update, I feel very lost here! (and it's worse because my only knowledge of the series is from PS4!)Andy_Panthrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18231815646876343380noreply@blogger.com