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SaGa SCARLET GRACE first impressions~
Dec. 29th, 2016 09:54 pmWooo so uh things. My holiday times were fairly uneventful -- I went to my family's and it wasn't too terrible. My cousin came to our apartment afterward and we played this game called Quelf until like 5AM and then I had to get up at like 9AM to go to Dens, and I was tired, but it was fine. Then I had dinner with Dens and I've been here since. That's about it LOL. I didn't get any gifts or anything, though I did get SaGa SCARLET GRACE on the 24th, which was super lucky, because if I didn't get it then, I wouldn't be back to the apartment til some time in January to get it.
So, I'm gonna talk about that! Actually, this might even become a full-blown play diary like the UNLIMITED:Saga one O_o But I'll walk you through the opening to the game I played, and try to explain how it feels compared to past games in the series.
I haven't played too far because I'm being meticulous about using a dictionary to make sure I understand every last little thing, instead of just assuming things through context (I've started doing this with English, too, and you'd be surprised how many English words you don't actually understand despite it being your native language. But of course in Japanese there's even more stuff I'm unsure about XD It hasn't been too much so far, though, but of course fantasy games like to use lots of weird words...)
Plus I restarted the game once I learned my way around a bit. My first time through I was doing terribly, and I'm doing so much better this time. I'm kinda taking my time to prepare my party a lot and taking battles slowly to be careful, so the game is going even slower.
So, SaGa SCARLET GRACE is the newest entry in my fav turn-based RPG series, SaGa. This is particularly exciting, because the last new entry into the series (other than the casual browser pay-to-win Imperial SaGa) was UNLIMITED:Saga, which was released over 10 years ago. We've also had a handful of ports and remakes since then, like the recent enhanced port of Romancing SaGa 2 for Vita and mobile (the mobile version is available in English for the very first time! And the Vita version is supposed to be coming eventually).
Anyway, EXCITE.
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In other news, I'm finally at the point in Imperial SaGa where I can clear a 10 star quest and still bring along two untrained party members... Maybe after Eleanor and Urpina get leveled up, I can try to redo Doll. She's great but her stats didn't come out so well the first time I trained her. Also, if I sub in Cat for Leon, I could have an all-women party. I think I have a Commander who gives bonuses to women, and Cat's special martial art boosts the defense of all women when she uses it. But Cat, Doll, and Eleanor are all speed-focused, so that might be something to wait for when I get access to better jutsu so Doll and Eleanor can be more offensive.
But yeah, this means I can finally train gold characters to their full potential (er, in theory, it's still kinda random, but it will be much better than training on lower-level quests), and even two at a time!
So, I'm gonna talk about that! Actually, this might even become a full-blown play diary like the UNLIMITED:Saga one O_o But I'll walk you through the opening to the game I played, and try to explain how it feels compared to past games in the series.
I haven't played too far because I'm being meticulous about using a dictionary to make sure I understand every last little thing, instead of just assuming things through context (I've started doing this with English, too, and you'd be surprised how many English words you don't actually understand despite it being your native language. But of course in Japanese there's even more stuff I'm unsure about XD It hasn't been too much so far, though, but of course fantasy games like to use lots of weird words...)
Plus I restarted the game once I learned my way around a bit. My first time through I was doing terribly, and I'm doing so much better this time. I'm kinda taking my time to prepare my party a lot and taking battles slowly to be careful, so the game is going even slower.
So, SaGa SCARLET GRACE is the newest entry in my fav turn-based RPG series, SaGa. This is particularly exciting, because the last new entry into the series (other than the casual browser pay-to-win Imperial SaGa) was UNLIMITED:Saga, which was released over 10 years ago. We've also had a handful of ports and remakes since then, like the recent enhanced port of Romancing SaGa 2 for Vita and mobile (the mobile version is available in English for the very first time! And the Vita version is supposed to be coming eventually).
Anyway, EXCITE.
( Read more... )
In other news, I'm finally at the point in Imperial SaGa where I can clear a 10 star quest and still bring along two untrained party members... Maybe after Eleanor and Urpina get leveled up, I can try to redo Doll. She's great but her stats didn't come out so well the first time I trained her. Also, if I sub in Cat for Leon, I could have an all-women party. I think I have a Commander who gives bonuses to women, and Cat's special martial art boosts the defense of all women when she uses it. But Cat, Doll, and Eleanor are all speed-focused, so that might be something to wait for when I get access to better jutsu so Doll and Eleanor can be more offensive.
But yeah, this means I can finally train gold characters to their full potential (er, in theory, it's still kinda random, but it will be much better than training on lower-level quests), and even two at a time!
