did they remove the hallway of giants?

[RPG Gamer Man]

I remember their being a hallway where at every step in the earth cave you would run into a giant...does not seem to be in this version. Did they remove it? It was good spot to farm experience.

[shsrpr]

Yeah, they removed it. And Big Eye in the Ice Cave is no longer repeatable. And neither are the bosses in the final dungeon. Once you beat them once there and warp out, they no longer present a threat a second or third time through.

[RPG Gamer Man]

Originally posted by shsrpr:

Yeah, they removed it. And Big Eye in the Ice Cave is no longer repeatable. And neither are the bosses in the final dungeon. Once you beat them once there and warp out, they no longer present a threat a second or third time through.

aww..the eyes were a good place to farm experience...sadly...so sorry everyone here cannot have the fun experience of the other games...lol.

[toasty frosting]

In general, forced encounter tiles got replaced by sprite encounters that disappear when you beat them or "monster in a box" trapped treasure chests.

[SanityBasket]

I think they took out all the instant encounter squares, and replaced them with mobs on the map so you could see them coming.

This is user friendly final fantasy. A hallway full of tough enemies you can suddenly wonder down is classified as a frowny face, so now you have two guys you can attack. They also buffed the heck out of battle rewards, so grinding isn't really a thing.

If you want to be overleveled, just grab some cheap ethers and AOE down fights you would normally skip. It is insane how much money and EXP they throw at you.

[shsrpr]

I know. 'Remaster of the original game' my toe. It's somewhere between the PS1 Origins Easy Mode and the GBA Dawn of Souls without its extra dungeons, but with its extra items, but without its unlockable 'Hard Mode', or any of the configuration options present in nearly all other releases, not even the one (Message Speed) that was included in the original NES game, plus all those repeatable battles removed.

Looks and sounds pretty though! Cause that's always been what's important in an 8-bit RPG... Good graphics!

[RPG Gamer Man]

Originally posted by SanityBasket:

I think they took out all the instant encounter squares, and replaced them with mobs on the map so you could see them coming.

This is user friendly final fantasy. A hallway full of tough enemies you can suddenly wonder down is classified as a frowny face, so now you have two guys you can attack. They also buffed the heck out of battle rewards, so grinding isn't really a thing.

If you want to be overleveled, just grab some cheap ethers and AOE down fights you would normally skip. It is insane how much money and EXP they throw at you.

I already noticed that myself. Seems easier to overlevel. Im like level 30 and just beat the earth dungeon. Some enemies are even trying to flee from me regularly now.

[Pack 4 Potatoes]

Originally posted by shsrpr:

I know. 'Remaster of the original game' my toe. It's somewhere between the PS1 Origins Easy Mode and the GBA Dawn of Souls without its extra dungeons, but with its extra items, but without its unlockable 'Hard Mode', or any of the configuration options present in nearly all other releases, not even the one (Message Speed) that was included in the original NES game, plus all those repeatable battles removed.

Looks and sounds pretty though! Cause that's always been what's important in an 8-bit RPG... Good graphics!

Dawn of Souls had not hard mode. This version is harder than dawn of souls due to the omission of the extra items.

[SanityBasket]

Originally posted by RPG Gamer Man:

I already noticed that myself. Seems easier to overlevel. Im like level 30 and just beat the earth dungeon. Some enemies are even trying to flee from me regularly now.

Yeah I think the people who made this version tailored it for the online buzz, not how normal people generally play the game.

When people talk about playing this game on the internet, they always talk about how their go to strategy is to flee from as much as possible until you promote, and then farm with the glorious power of the gauntlet and heal staff/helm.

So they made farming easy and balanced the game under the expectation that people would run from the overwhelming majority of fights.

As a result, even Warmech is terrified of the Warriors of Light. It is a good thing the fiends are hard coded not to flee.

[RPG Gamer Man]

Originally posted by SanityBasket:

Originally posted by RPG Gamer Man:

I already noticed that myself. Seems easier to overlevel. Im like level 30 and just beat the earth dungeon. Some enemies are even trying to flee from me regularly now.

Yeah I think the people who made this version tailored it for the online buzz, not how normal people generally play the game.

When people talk about playing this game on the internet, they always talk about how their go to strategy is to flee from as much as possible until you promote, and then farm with the glorious power of the gauntlet and heal staff/helm.

So they made farming easy and balanced the game under the expectation that people would run from the overwhelming majority of fights.

As a result, even Warmech is terrified of the Warriors of Light. It is a good thing the fiends are hard coded not to flee.

If they remake mystic quest, i wonder how they will do that, since most of the monsters you can run from, but they block your path on the map since there basically sitting there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lxl_-WPwA0A

[SanityBasket]

Originally posted by RPG Gamer Man:

If they remake mystic quest, i wonder how they will do that, since most of the monsters you can run from, but they block your path on the map since there basically sitting there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lxl_-WPwA0A

Heh I had forgotten that game. If they remake it, they had best make it free.

[RPG Gamer Man]

Originally posted by SanityBasket:

Originally posted by RPG Gamer Man:

If they remake mystic quest, i wonder how they will do that, since most of the monsters you can run from, but they block your path on the map since there basically sitting there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lxl_-WPwA0A

Heh I had forgotten that game. If they remake it, they had best make it free.

I doubt that..we are talking about square-enix here. I suppose they would put it in a collection if they were smart that had other snes rpg's like brainlord, original secret of mana, and some enix games mixed in too like some of their games too...i would buy it if it was in a collection like that.

[Electric Cupcake]

Unbelievable. Shame on people giving them money for this instead of demanding a real ultimate edition.

[shsrpr]

Originally posted by Stop Potato Hate:

Dawn of Souls had not hard mode. This version is harder than dawn of souls due to the omission of the extra items.

I thought the NewGame+ after beating Dawn of Souls set the shop prices and leveling at least back to a more normal pacing. It's been awhile since I played that one though, so I could be wrong there.

[Dyex]

Watch as they port this to next gen consoles in 4 months but add the extra content they left out and you need to re-buy the games full price, hope they don't hear me.
XD

[RPG Gamer Man]

Originally posted by Dyex:

Watch as they port this to next gen consoles in 4 months but add the extra content they left out and you need to re-buy the games full price, hope they don't hear me.
XD

QUIIIIIIEEEET....and they may do that. They pulled that thing where they sold dragon quest XI, then 4 months later sold the S version, and made it so the older people who bought original not get it for free or discounted either..sigh.