This game is looking to be not what I was hoping for. I held out hope that it would have more Crystal Chronicles (The Gamecube game is one of my favorite games of all time) than it seemed at first, but it just looks like a mediocre FF themed Monster Hunter.
Amazon sent me an email requiring me to confirm a delay. Looks like they are quite short on stock.
Won't be playing for a while, I guess.
How much content is in this compared to MH4U?
Yeah I got a message from Amazon saying they have no idea when they will ship it. I might just buy it digitally.Seems like stores are either getting low stock or delayed shipments for this. Plus it seems like a pretty time consuming game so I don't mind buying a game like this digitally.
And it's up on the e-shop now. Currently downloading it.
There are key things I need to know:
- how much emphasis is there to fighting bosses vs fighting smaller enemies (I'm hoping for less Monster Hunter and more Phantasy Star)
- what are you grinding for? full gear drops? or materials for crafting? Do you level from XP in a traditional way?
- Does each job level independently?
- Does it have online matchmaking? Or play with Friends only?
It sounds like the general consensus is that it really is fun during multiplayer. I still don't know if I can forgive the painful ease of it and the repetitiveness though...
I've only played a short while but I can answer some of these questions.I'd like to know these things as well and how well they are executed. I Really don't know much about this game, but I love MH for its mechanics and how the game is pretty much entirely up on the player's skill to beat the monsters. How similar is the case here, is it easy, hard?
You're aren't really fooling it. That's the purpose of the nub (and extra shoulder buttons), to act as a circle pad proEDIT: You can fool the game into thinking you have a circle pad pro. This will activate the nub for camera control.
I didn't have to do anything on my N3DS - it just worked. Did you have to specifically do something to get the nub to work?EDIT: You can fool the game into thinking you have a circle pad pro. This will activate the nub for camera control.
My local Target got 2 copies of the game. A friend and I bought them. From what I read other stores in the area received similar shipments.
I'm expecting PSO-lite with some Crystal Chronicles thrown in. I love grindfests, and I don't mind repetitive fetch quests. This is coming from someone who loves grinding in Diablo 3/PSO/MonHun.
I'm going in with low expectations, and hoping for the best. I loved PS0 on the DS despite all its flaws. Here's hoping for the best!
I've only played a short while but I can answer some of these questions.
- Bosses vs small enemies seems dependent on the quest you're working on. The world has a lot of smaller enemies spread out and you'll come across larger bosses it seems if the quest dictates. I can't say this with 100% assurance but I have yet to see a boss walking around if the quest doesn't call for it.
Put my name on SE's waiting list for the Collector's Edition... is there even a chance with that I might get a copy? It doesn't have to be any time soon since it's doubtful I'll get to playing this for a while...
I'm not sure what you mean about focuses more on big/hard enemies beyond what I mentioned already. Sorry I guess I'm not sure what exactly you're asking.How's the combat exactly? I am hoping it focuses more on big/hard bosses opposed to smaller enemies. How deep are the mechanics/is the game challenging?
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I'm not sure what you mean about focuses more on big/hard enemies beyond what I mentioned already. Sorry I guess I'm not sure what exactly you're asking.
As to the combat, you're running around from a 3rd person perspective and able to see and lock onto enemies from afar. You can then engage them in various ways depending on what abilities you have available. The abilities are tied to a L/R + A/B/X/Y shortcut system. You also have a standard attack button (Y) that you can use in between abilities. I've read later on you can focus on specific parts of bosses but so far the few I've battled have had just one lock-on spot.
As to challenging, I have to be honest, so far it's been pretty easy but as I mentioned, I'm pretty early on so hopefully it gets more difficult.
Hope that gives a little more detail.
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Gotcha. So far I don't get the impression that this game is designed that same way. Of the materials I've got to make various items, they seem to drop from all mobs. I have to believe later on that this could change since there's the ability to focus on certain parts - unless that's simply from a damage perspective and doesn't pertain to getting certain materials from said parts. I'm not too sure about that.Yeah that helps. What I meant about smaller/bigger enemies is that in MH for example, the point is to battle the Big boss monsters, the smaller enemies are there for materials, or to be a small annoyance at best. Basically you fight bosses through the entire game, was wondering if it was similar here.
so annoying having to stop moving every few seconds to move the camera.