Before I start questions

[acslacker]

I've played the original, though it's been a while, and I never managed to actually beat it.

Having no idea the differences between original and remake, and hoping this forum isn't dead, I'm going to fire some questions I don't see in the guides.

Time limit. Original had one but as I understood you'd have to wait around and do absolutely nothing intentionally to reach it. Same deal here? Saw on a thread 1/2 a year... and that sounds easy to forget about and botch. I tend to take my time with open-world games like this rather than be mission-focused, and I need to make sure that won't bite me later.

Missables. Previous threads touch on this. Does my party have to be somewhere at or by a certain time in order for plot events to not be missed?

In the original there's a city that has a dungeon with cave-ins. Just walking around in there gave gobs of XP. Great way to cheat. Does that exist in the remake?

Original also had a bug where you could mess around in a character's inventory with a certain strength-improving magical item to make the strength increase permanent. Has that been removed? (A nice +5 to strength would be great and allow me to focus on Agility/Courage on level ups )

Do I need to make sure my Magicienne builds up Transversalis?

[acslacker]

Time limit - So 2.5 years sounds like the time limit, and that should be plenty... I think.

That city was Prem, and it was the Abandoned Mine there. I'd save outside the mine, tour it, and either get gassed and die or walk out with 2,000 more XP than I had before. Guide says there's nothing in it, however. Dawp. Looks like they also dealt with that little strength bug too. Ah, well, I'll find other ways to cheat.

[Karol13]

2.5 years? I thought it is only 150 days... 2.5 years is plenty :)

Two cities have dungeon in it. One of them requires lots of time + tools (shovel + pickaxe) as you must dig through the cave-ins and then a minor riddle with an anvil and a coin...

There are misables but mostly due randomization, main quest also side quests have some trigger points randomized for each game. Also the ship adventure is kind of randomized.

First time I did beat the game I did miss a lots of side quests, second time I tried to 'catch em all' but then I fell into petty trap in one of the late dungeons and got locked permanently there (as I grew bold and did not create long-term saves only... my fault)

[acslacker]

Much obliged! Note to self: use tons of save files.

[Mardoin69]

Yeah...not finding any of those old cheats to actually work in the new revised editions. So far, the only way I can see to gain some extra things is to use the Party Editor which is linked in the guides section here. I'm actually in Prem now trying to get xp with the cave-ins and nothing much really. Still get some good xp out of it though....especially when comparing to how little you get in the combat sequences. And, OMG how aggravating it is playing low level character's in the Dark Eye rule set. Bejeezus they miss almost EVERY time and spells fizzle most the time....it's ridiculous. I'm about ready to use the Editor to cheat in some level up's. Ugh!

[Karol13]

Elves are known for low vitality.
As for the 'to-hit' ratio, mage does own from the start his staff, which is considered as magical weapon and also has quite some points in respective weapon school category.

Important is to consider:
- does mage also deal significant DMG?
- if not, let your hunger wait in the round, so he will attack the enemy after someone else (like after the mage)
Doing so, you strip the extra PARRY safe roll from the enemy and only your ATT applies (Parry roll is applied once per combat round and even if the attacker makes a 'hit', defendant can make counter / parry roll, and negate your otherwise successful hit.

Also, ranged weapons should have nice to-hit ratio (and these ignore 'PARRY')

[Hans Blitz]

I have had this sitting in library for awhile has it improved any because the game looked crap last i played...
I played the very first games plus Ishar which was part of the series back then i enjoyed the game back in the day but they are old and could all use updating, Same with the Might & Magic Series 3DO did way back 30 or so years ago, i loved those style RPG's plenty on the market now but most lack quality gameplay and mechanics.
Anyone remember this one, it was linked to Realms Of Arkania.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuBtJ7syyC8
This is not my review just posted to show you the old game i was refering too

You know what i used to love most about Star trail games like Realms of Arkania is that could pick pocket all the vendors in town, save before you do, go in market pick pocket till closing time and get rich, equipped my guys with the best stuff for adventure.
I can remember every person getting sick so often you need to treat all these conditions, if your party members lacked things like climbing skill you would do damage to the party or character as they tried to scale mountain ranges.

[Marcelo Sampaio]

Just a hint: if you don't like the time limit, you can disable it in this remake, ok? I did.

Also, if you finish the main quest you can still keep playing the game, now without the time limit.

[omegazeda]

Originally posted by Marcelo Sampaio:

Just a hint: if you don't like the time limit, you can disable it in this remake, ok? I did.

Also, if you finish the main quest you can still keep playing the game, now without the time limit.

You can't disable it!