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Rank: Bowser
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I should really pop Dawn of Souls into the GB player and finish it up some time... I need to whittle down that list of half-finished games...
 
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Rank: Lakitu
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Which one is Dawn Of Souls? It sounds familiar, but can't place it. I probably saw the name here on the forums...
Anyway, killed Lich. That bee-yotch. He almost took down my White Mage. Almost. Messed around forever wondering what to do next, & finally caught the dock next to the town of Crescent Lake and scored the canoe. Woo! Leveling up, those 'pedes are nasty.
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"ToddVania" wrote:Which one is Dawn Of Souls? It sounds familiar, but can't place it. I probably saw the name here on the forums... Dawn of Souls is the remake of FF1 and FF2 for the GBA.
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Rank: Lakitu
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Ugh. Just when I thought I was semi-done with "must-haves," I haven't used my GBA in awhile, I've got the ancient one without the light and it's hard to see, and those worm lights suck, but I'll have to pick this game up regardless.
Found the horrific Volcano, it doesn't look like much of a joyride.. :(
PT. II--It wasn't. But not nearly as bad as the "unsavory*" ice cave. God, I got pissed. Mages killed my fighter and White Mage...I got particularly ticked because I gave the White Mage my wife's name. But I got the floater, and am wandering around the town of Gaia (took me awhile to find out you can't land the airship on anything but NES Files style green land; Arrgggh..)
*Unsavory Ice Cave phrase (C) OSG.
PT. III-Killing Kraken was an example of "overkill," (Lev. 32), with two attacks of the Fighter & Black Belt, he went down like a sack of potatoes.
The game's Achilles Heel is Money. Lots of it. Funny how some games mimic real life...
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I think Final Fantasy 3 for NES is a little more fun, but the first game is still pretty special. I recall the most major annoyance I had when playing was that weapons and armor couldn't be stored in the main inventory, but had to be equipped on a character right away. That's not so good for an all-fighter team, since you have to magically know in advance whether the next piece of equipment you get is an upgrade or a downgrade so you know whether or not to throw away what you already have equipped. But maybe I'm remembering wrong.
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Rank: Lakitu
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Yeah, you're right. That is a little annonying, trying to figure out the "absorb," "evade," etc., percentages while getting a special item. Even more annoying than that is the lack of inventory space for the armor. Like, "gee, do I drop the Fire Armor for the Opal?" Stuff like that. I was about to drop the Zeus Gauntlet and thanks to OSG's posts I didn't; I didn't know you could use it as a weapon item.
Another annoying part, that's supposed to be fixed on Dawn Of Souls, I guess, is the "attacking nothing," where one of your characters hits empty space after that particular enemy is defeated. If that happened in the Ultima games, if I recall right, the attack would be dealt to the "default" enemy on the screen. I'm playing this for the first time, though, so these are only minor annoyances. It's a great game.
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Rank: Goomba
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Yeah, sometimes it's fun to try to plan your strategies around the nothing-attacks.
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Rank: Lakitu
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Yeah. I think they should give a gold or EXP bonus when a well-thought out attack plan comes together.
Right now, I'm in the Floating Castle section of the Mirage Tower, still juggling that armor around. More..space..needed, please.. :(
PT. II: Just offed the Mirage Tower/Floating Castle last night. Damned green catmen.
I'm trying to gain as many levels as possible (right now I'm at 37), and I like to earn my money after a battle (ugh, why does it stop at 999,999G?), so I've got 99 Houses, 99 Potions of every type, 99 houses, etc., just to spend the cash.
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