tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946916641850178817.post1972190426667693313..comments2024-03-18T04:25:59.200-07:00Comments on The RPG Consoler: Game 20: Dragon Warrior II (NES) - Search For Keys and CrestsZenic Reveriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16441583549326102945noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946916641850178817.post-30706902025512802612013-11-02T08:55:19.979-07:002013-11-02T08:55:19.979-07:00Except the optional bosses in Golden Sun probably ...Except the optional bosses in Golden Sun probably don't appear randomly on the way to the final boss. Harder optional bosses seems like trend that I remember starting with Final Fantasy VII and the special Weapon battles.Zenic Reveriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16441583549326102945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946916641850178817.post-22438426035566429272013-10-26T21:48:09.804-07:002013-10-26T21:48:09.804-07:00Sounds like Golden Sun, where the optional boss an...Sounds like Golden Sun, where the optional boss and enemies are far, far harder then the final tower and boss. Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946916641850178817.post-25616955247523347052013-10-22T21:30:14.117-07:002013-10-22T21:30:14.117-07:00That seems like a strange balance.That seems like a strange balance.Zenic Reveriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16441583549326102945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946916641850178817.post-5358904273164662332013-10-22T21:29:37.767-07:002013-10-22T21:29:37.767-07:00About the only thing I lacked buying was the Mink ...About the only thing I lacked buying was the Mink Coat. That alone seems like it'd take 10 hours of grinding. I think I'm just about to break through the cave and enter Rhone tonight. We'll see just how (much) hard(er) things get.Zenic Reveriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16441583549326102945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946916641850178817.post-7714546792545308382013-10-15T13:25:05.609-07:002013-10-15T13:25:05.609-07:00I definitely grinded more than ten hours at the R...I definitely grinded more than ten hours at the Rhone Monolith, I probably spent more like 25 to 30 hours leveling, but that wound up being overkill. The saving grace of Rhone is that dying doesn't matter any more, since you have nothing left to buy and you resurrect at the Rhone Monolith.<br /><br />If you wound up being sent back to a King when you died I'd have never finished the game at all. Raifieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08478524519453417677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946916641850178817.post-5383595073459842442013-10-15T13:22:25.703-07:002013-10-15T13:22:25.703-07:00Eh, it's not so bad really. The enemies in Rho...Eh, it's not so bad really. The enemies in Rhone are fully capable of killing your entire party before you get a chance to do anything (curse you Gold Baboons!), but Hargon's Castle is actually easier than Rhone, making getting there more difficult than being there. By the time I had sharpened my party against the Rhone wilderness I had unknowingly surpassed the endgame bosses and winning the game was a breeze.Raifieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08478524519453417677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946916641850178817.post-1375793994814661882013-10-15T10:03:58.215-07:002013-10-15T10:03:58.215-07:00I'm not so sure... I have a good idea that one...I'm not so sure... I have a good idea that one crest is in the tower south of Alefgard. The Moon Fragment is in the Moon Tower, which is either used to cross the shallow water surrounding the cave in the middle of the sea, or used at the bottom of a sole monolith standing on a single tile in the middle of the sea. I'm guessing that leads to another crest, but then I'm one crest short from getting to see Rubis.<br /><br />I guess I haven't fully explored the road to Rhone where the Life crest is supposed to be, so maybe that's easy to get. I have a vague memory that it's hiding in the jail cell of Beran with the two gremlin sprites, but I could be wrong. Should be pretty easy to track down in any case; I just need to play the flute everywhere I go. If that's all that's left, then is there really going to be 10 hours of grinding at the end game? Actually, that's about on par with the first Dragon Warrior.<br /><br />By slow progress I meant my playtime / days passed. I'm below my goal of 10 hours a week, and was expecting to be done by now back in September. I'm fairly immune to bad/repetitive music and sound effects, so my hammer is safely in my closet.Zenic Reveriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16441583549326102945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946916641850178817.post-57572473589034231522013-10-15T09:42:57.115-07:002013-10-15T09:42:57.115-07:00Please do keep hyping it up so it won't seem s...Please do keep hyping it up so it won't seem so bad when I get to that point.Zenic Reveriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16441583549326102945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946916641850178817.post-78038703887100164402013-10-15T09:36:38.870-07:002013-10-15T09:36:38.870-07:00I would say that the path to Rhone was a welcome c...I would say that the path to Rhone was a welcome change after the extreme open endedness after the ship. Sure, the difficulty ramps insanely yet again, but it's still a welcomed change IMHO heh.<br /><br />Given your RNG luck in Destiny of an Emperor (which I *still* don't believe btw), Rhone will either go easily or be impossible heh.<br /><br />You're doing fine in progressing. The fact that the game doesn't hold your hand and do a bunch of fanfare when you get an important quest item doesn't mean you're trudging along slowly. You have clues as to where quest items are, you have clues as to where the shrine of Rubis is, the cave you need something to enter it first, etc. You're making steady progress.<br /><br />Especially since you haven't put a hammer through your TV because of the ship music :(<br />unfyhttp://twitch.tv/unfynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946916641850178817.post-43765495839596977272013-10-15T09:24:40.046-07:002013-10-15T09:24:40.046-07:00"That could potentially all come crashing to ..."That could potentially all come crashing to a halt once I gain access to Rhone..."<br /><br />Oh it will. Dragon Warrior II is like a Stephen King novel: Good beginning and middle parts, terrible end.Raifieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08478524519453417677noreply@blogger.com