Cosmo Clock 21
Banned
Man you are like five levels higher than I was when I got to the ruins. Finished the game at LV28. Rolling saves lives.
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
The Official Phantasy Star Zero Thread (US)
- Thread starter Blueblur1
- Start date
I'm not usually a person that comments in a game's story but why are there so much "tentacle rape" and "it's ok to molest girls" undertones in Phantasy Star Zero and Phantasy Star Portable. Did they get the same script writer? When Crystal Chronicles can have a much better storyline without all these fan based stuff, I dunno and it's meant for kids, gosh!
Yes I am getting raped at the damn
any tips? I'm a Lvl 13 human force user.
Yes I am getting raped at the damn
octopus at the swamps
Regarding the second boss:
Not sure about specific strategies for force users (humars for life), but the key to the battle is dodging his tentacles. Yes, put the evasion command back in your pallet. In the first stage, they are pretty easy to dodge. When you want to attack, try to aim for the tip or at a part near the octopus. When I tried to lock on, it would always lock on to the tentacle close to the octopus. Remember now, just attack any part of him and he will take damage. Also, the octopus has a super annoying spin attack that does a lot of damage. If you hang out on the outer rim, you can dodge it completely (though your idiot teammates won't).
His open mouth allows you to net a TON of damage. It's a bit risky since he sucks you in, but it's totally worth it. There are times when he opens his mouth without his sucking attack, so be aware. If you want, just wail on it until you're sucked in. You take a lot of damage though, so heal up before and after he spits you out.
For the second stage, his tentacles moves more wildly and have stronger attacks. Just try not to stay directly in front of him until you go for the open mouth. Also, watch out for the piercing spin attack his tentacles do. It's hard to see sometimes, so always be moving so you won't be a sitting duck.
The octopus boss was the hardest in the game for me. They get significantly easier afterwards.
His open mouth allows you to net a TON of damage. It's a bit risky since he sucks you in, but it's totally worth it. There are times when he opens his mouth without his sucking attack, so be aware. If you want, just wail on it until you're sucked in. You take a lot of damage though, so heal up before and after he spits you out.
For the second stage, his tentacles moves more wildly and have stronger attacks. Just try not to stay directly in front of him until you go for the open mouth. Also, watch out for the piercing spin attack his tentacles do. It's hard to see sometimes, so always be moving so you won't be a sitting duck.
The octopus boss was the hardest in the game for me. They get significantly easier afterwards.
the_painted_bird
Member
Don't suppose we should expect some sort of Holiday quest/items, now should we?
Okay I got this as a present yesterday along with PS
. Since I had been playing the PS demo I decided to start up on this game first. First of all whats with Sonic Teams obsession with pairing you up with little girls in these later PS games? Vivienne may not look little but she's young of mind. Then theres the angry PS2 girl and now Sarisa! :lol
I completed the first quest and then went out into the field and played in it awhile and somehow ended up back in the town? Is there no boss? Did I backtrack all the way out and not realized it? Maybe the game was acting like a demo an telling me "okay thats all you get for now!" >_<?
The town is pitifully small with few NPCs ta chat with. Other towns are mentioned but ya I know I'll get to visit them. So sad! I like petting the kitties and dancing at least lol. Is there a way to quick change weapons? If there is I haven't figured out how yet and if not thats a massssssssssssive downgrade not only from PSU but also from PSO!
Naturally I picked RAcaseal ta start with so I knew the combat would be pewpewpew for the most part and I'm okay with that. I'm not okay with how hard it is to target enemies and how short the range of even the rifles have! I also don't like the ways enemy spawn behind you cause the screens so small its hard to see them infront of you much less behind so ya always gotta be looking at that map! Is the attack chaining thing for hunters only? Cause I will shoot a baddie many times in a row but never saw any chain indicator pop up until after whatshisface joined my group.
This game is playable and I'll do my best to finish it but thats gonna take some time. I may not be able to fully adjust to its play style since I still play PSU and will start on PS before long.
. Since I had been playing the PS demo I decided to start up on this game first. First of all whats with Sonic Teams obsession with pairing you up with little girls in these later PS games? Vivienne may not look little but she's young of mind. Then theres the angry PS2 girl and now Sarisa! :lolI completed the first quest and then went out into the field and played in it awhile and somehow ended up back in the town? Is there no boss? Did I backtrack all the way out and not realized it? Maybe the game was acting like a demo an telling me "okay thats all you get for now!" >_<?
The town is pitifully small with few NPCs ta chat with. Other towns are mentioned but ya I know I'll get to visit them. So sad! I like petting the kitties and dancing at least lol. Is there a way to quick change weapons? If there is I haven't figured out how yet and if not thats a massssssssssssive downgrade not only from PSU but also from PSO!
Naturally I picked RAcaseal ta start with so I knew the combat would be pewpewpew for the most part and I'm okay with that. I'm not okay with how hard it is to target enemies and how short the range of even the rifles have! I also don't like the ways enemy spawn behind you cause the screens so small its hard to see them infront of you much less behind so ya always gotta be looking at that map! Is the attack chaining thing for hunters only? Cause I will shoot a baddie many times in a row but never saw any chain indicator pop up until after whatshisface joined my group.
This game is playable and I'll do my best to finish it but thats gonna take some time. I may not be able to fully adjust to its play style since I still play PSU and will start on PS
before long.Cosmo Clock 21
Banned
Two of the fields don't have end bosses; they just throw a bunch of tough mobs at you.
Quick change weapons with R+Start
Camera control in this game is kind of bad. You deal.
Attack chaining is dependant on when your allies do the hits, not just you.
There is only one town in the game
Quick change weapons with R+Start
Camera control in this game is kind of bad. You deal.
Attack chaining is dependant on when your allies do the hits, not just you.
Cosmo Clock 21 said:
That answers a buncha things! R+Start though.... ewwww if only cause I've changed over the DS Lite and its start button position is crappy compared to regular DS! And for chaining I'll want to bring those EXP mooching NPCs with me all the time? That kinda stinks on the other hand its prolly not that necessary a mechanic that it'll effect difficulty if I try an solo.
7 hours, Level 16, 2 bosses down. I miss unlimited shooting so much! Just 3 per go sucks! I noticed the progression in this game isn't very PSO-like at all. Instead its just like PSU! If it was like PSO you'd play a area and open the next but here you have ta do the story missions to open anything else up. Not a huge issue but since everyone hyped it up like its all PSO and nothing but its alil startling. Does this game have multiple endings like PS claims to? I keep picking weird/silly responses to stuff asked at me and don't wanna end up with a bad ending cause of it!
claims to? I keep picking weird/silly responses to stuff asked at me and don't wanna end up with a bad ending cause of it!The story missions are basically just a run through, but with annoying cutscenes. So once you beat an area, you can move on and go to the next area. The story mode is pretty brief, so you can do run throughs all you like soon enough. I want to do the
but I don't have the patience for it.
eternal tower
Cosmo Clock 21
Banned
Each race has their own storyline; the responses you pick in dialogue choices does nothing but affect which character you have an end-of-game dialogue with.
Lindsay said:
I got distracted and started (well continued over from the demo) on PS
x.x For comparison:3 hours, Level 18, 3 story missions down, 5 free missions down. Gawd I love offline PSU. Sooo much speedier.
But back to Ø I'm going on L20 now and I think ready for the fourth story mission? Those robots better not stand a chance now! I just wish more melee weapons would drop... can't wait to have my cute cute kitty Chato mag!
Monogrinders seem pretty plentiful is it okay to use them on these "eh" low level weapons and armor or to save them up for later stuff?
Cosmo Clock 21
Banned
Monogrinders only work on stuff with 3* or less, so use them as much as you want.
18 hours at Level 30 now and turned my DS off (after saving) after being owned by back to back bosses twice. Who the heck thought that was a good idea?? The npcs who had until these bosses had suprisingly high survivibility and usefulness became dust in no time flat >_<;
I think I was more pissed off at having to do 3 story quests in a row with no break aside from putting the DS to sleep while I slept through the night! I mean they didn't say I could stop at any time and since ya know
I figured there was no going back and stopping without having to roll through all 3 over again! Am I naive or dumb?
Blah! I saw two new side-quests had opened up so I'll do them and run through all the fields again and if by then I'm not highly leveled/equipped enough to finish those bosses I might give up! btw the later areas get really really long when going for a full clear. Why is there no map??
I think I was more pissed off at having to do 3 story quests in a row with no break aside from putting the DS to sleep while I slept through the night! I mean they didn't say I could stop at any time and since ya know
I had left the planet
Blah! I saw two new side-quests had opened up so I'll do them and run through all the fields again and if by then I'm not highly leveled/equipped enough to finish those bosses I might give up! btw the later areas get really really long when going for a full clear. Why is there no map??
Cosmo Clock 21
Banned
This isn't one of those RPGs where grinding solves everything. Learn the boss attack patterns, be patient, and focus on surviving rather than squeezing out that extra attack combo.Lindsay said:
Or you could cheat by activating a Photon Blast during
Mother Trinity
Liked the twist in that
whereas in PSU its
.
Bu-bu-bu-but this is PSO! Its exactly the same and should be played the same way! This is NSMB all over again except this time I didn't fall for the hype and buy it myself. In reality this game is hardly like PSO at all but they tried hard to force it to be so and it ended up crap!
As much as I enjoy grinding.... even in a half baked game like this.... I think I'll try that at some point!
the Newmans are cocky and being manipulated by Mother Trinity
the Casts with their supremacy attitude while unknowingly being controlled by Mother Brain
Cosmo Clock 21 said:
Bu-bu-bu-but this is PSO! Its exactly the same and should be played the same way! This is NSMB all over again except this time I didn't fall for the hype and buy it myself. In reality this game is hardly like PSO at all but they tried hard to force it to be so and it ended up crap!
As much as I enjoy grinding.... even in a half baked game like this.... I think I'll try that at some point!
Finished up the story a couple nights bad! Being Level 36
helped with the double boss duo a whole lot! Finished at 20:34 hours. I didn't see anything saying how this is a sequel to PSO though...
The next couple days I finished up the quests aside from the tower and grinded some more just to wear down my battery so I could go at the tower on a full charge! So last night and just now thats exactly what I did! I still didn't see anything relating to this being PSOs sequel >.<;
Level 49 now, halfway to the cap from normal mode alone :lol and a playtime of 36:51. Now I can resume playing through PS and the latest additions to PSU! Oh ya, that tower had nothing on .hacks Forest of Pain... now that was a truly never-ending quest!
and invincible
The next couple days I finished up the quests aside from the tower and grinded some more just to wear down my battery so I could go at the tower on a full charge! So last night and just now thats exactly what I did! I still didn't see anything relating to this being PSOs sequel >.<;
Level 49 now, halfway to the cap from normal mode alone :lol and a playtime of 36:51. Now I can resume playing through PS
and the latest additions to PSU! Oh ya, that tower had nothing on .hacks Forest of Pain... now that was a truly never-ending quest!Giant Bomb posted a Quick Look. Nifty for those who haven't jumped in yet but are curious as to what PSZ entails.
http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-phantasy-star-zero/17-1875/
http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-phantasy-star-zero/17-1875/
PhlivoSong
Member
Can someone tell me why more quests haven't opened up for me online? I've beaten the first four normal difficulty quests, and beaten two of them a second time and nothing new opens up. Is there a level requirement or something?
Cosmo Clock 21
Banned
Finish more Story Mode quests to get more online quests.
Cosmo Clock 21
Banned
Try talking to the Mayor.
vagabondarts
Member
just got this game this weekend and I love it. Is anyone still playing this online?
GreatestHits
Member
viewtiful_dru
Member
who the fuck still plays this.
better still, who the fuck EVER played this?
edit: holy necrobump baman
better still, who the fuck EVER played this?
edit: holy necrobump baman