thequickandthedead
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Wait so this game is always online on android?
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Romancing SaGa 2 now available in English for iOS/Android
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Regarding controller support:
I'm using a Horipad on ios and only the analog stick works. I can't use the buttons for anything which makes it pretty much pointless. Hopefully this gets patched up; I would have bought the Vita version (at twice the price), but the Vita does not exist.
I'm using a Horipad on ios and only the analog stick works. I can't use the buttons for anything which makes it pretty much pointless. Hopefully this gets patched up; I would have bought the Vita version (at twice the price), but the Vita does not exist.
Toadthemushroom
Member
I'm enjoying this a lot more now I'm familiarised with the control and battle setup (had a bit of trouble in my first encounter with those gels in the first dungeon). It's just much easier to swipe around in the bottom left corner of the screen and tap to confirm on the bottom right.
Real shame it isn't very well optimised. I heard reports of the Vita version suffering performance problems but I wasn't expecting minor framerate drops on my iPhone 5s (down from 30fps to ~25fps), which, by all accounts, should be able to blitz through this game without trouble.
My battery this morning dropped by 20% after an hour of play, which is also something that doesn't happen when I play other, more optimised games. Dragon Quest V, for example, would have taken 10% of my battery, and usually on a modern iPhone the battery drops at the same rate regardless of what you're doing. Oh well...
Real shame it isn't very well optimised. I heard reports of the Vita version suffering performance problems but I wasn't expecting minor framerate drops on my iPhone 5s (down from 30fps to ~25fps), which, by all accounts, should be able to blitz through this game without trouble.
My battery this morning dropped by 20% after an hour of play, which is also something that doesn't happen when I play other, more optimised games. Dragon Quest V, for example, would have taken 10% of my battery, and usually on a modern iPhone the battery drops at the same rate regardless of what you're doing. Oh well...
Aarglefarg
Member
It has to be online when launching it (not just the first time), but it doesn't need to maintain a connection while you play.
I was in there several times and they just say "call me if you need a Mage."
Is there a place to switch party members?
Edit: nvm just wasn't far enough along
DrROBschiz
Member
Nice to see that there is some form of gamepad support... despite it being Janky
DRM pisses me off though
Cant play this game without a data connection? Fuck off
DRM pisses me off though
Cant play this game without a data connection? Fuck off
radios shipping overview
Member
Preeetty gross. Those are PNGs, and the artifacts are all visible in-game. I don't think this game was made to be played on anything bigger than a 4" screen.
Shifty1897
Member
Wait.... there's always connected DRM, for a phone game?
Has this ever happened before?
Has this ever happened before?
Vincent Grayson
Member
Is this a straight enough adaptation of the original that FAQs for the SNES version will be useful?
Megalosaro
Banned
For me, the appeal of the franchise is how unpolished they are. Kawazu don't give a fuck and does weird shit.
This game is pretty rad though. Probably my favorite rpg battle system
Toadthemushroom
Member
Sadly I've been playing this on my iPhone 5s (1136 x 640 resolution) which has a 4" display, and the artifacts are very much visible even when holding my phone at a reasonable distance.
The quality of the assets is also pretty inconsistent too - I've noticed some look upscaled, others don't, but it never really looks "pixel perfect" in general.
Is anyone else getting the odd stuttering/frame skip when wondering around certain locations as well? The experience I'm getting is reminiscent of Final Fantasy IV Advance...
TurnipFritters
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You might have some LP-restoring potions in your storage room, later on you'll find a witch's cave where you can purchase them for 10,000 crown a pop. Otherwise, no, LP can't be recovered.
Unless the port changed things, I'm pretty sure the only way to ditch a character is for them to be LP killed. It's not a great system.
Thanks! Yeah I just found out about the LP recovery potion. Therese has to die for the greater good now.
outunderthestars
Banned
That is really annoying. Would love to play this on my Shield TV
I somehow kept her alive all through Gerard's scenario. On the third generation now.
If a non-main character gets LP killed, do they get inherited somehow?
Also, I missed out on getting Gerard Fireball apparently, is there any other way to get the MC to learn magic?
TurnipFritters
Member
Pick a mage a your MC?
Oh, ok. They come with spells pre-loaded then?
I've managed to keep Therese alive for a while and she has become quite good with a bow. The only problem is that her LP is down to three because she kept dying in the beginning.
Seeing the earlier version of the LP system is interesting. In later games you could switch out characters and recover LP at an inn.
This way is a bit more challenging, as LP is more precious, although it would be nice to be able to switch party members.
Yeah, I got quite a few good techs with her (Stunner made a lot of bosses trivial, and Haphazard Arrow was great for random mobs). Ended up with her having 3 LP at the end of that scenario.
Yeah, I've been abusing attacks like stunner and knee split to keep strong enemies from attacking.
If the price wasn't enough to put me off, this bullshit certainly is.
Ok so it seems like not only LP but WP works differently here? The weapons seem to share WP when of the same type, so does it even make sense to equip someone with multiples of the same type?
Also is there a way to replenish WP? I've been spoiled by Romancing SaGa PS2.
EDIT: I guess this is the OT then?
Also is there a way to replenish WP? I've been spoiled by Romancing SaGa PS2.
EDIT: I guess this is the OT then?
WP, as far as I can tell (or SP) is just a pool of points you have to use techs. You can refresh them at an inn.
Elaugaufein
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I don't mind the price point much (I'd rather pay ~$20 upfront then have the game try to annoy me into spending a limitless amount of money over time as most mobile games are designed to do). But yep the need to be online every time you start it up is moronic. especially since a quick Google search suggests its already been cracked, so it's not like its superior to Googles version which at least works for a week or so offline.
Ah so there really isnt a point in equipping multiples of the same weapon type.
I need a manual lol.
Cindi Mayweather
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Where's the storage room? The place with the scale?
Yeah, as far as I can tell all weapons use SP, and all magic uses MP. And this game doesn't tell you when you level up your SP and MP like the later games. I found that out after checking from battles. Just using your spells and techs will increase your maximum points. In later games like SaGa Frontier it always tells you when they increase, just like HP.
I don't know what the benefit would be to equip multiples of the same type, unless it is a special weapon that has a unique property but I haven't come across any yet.
Yep, although I don't think there are any life point potions in there. There are a ton of balms and SP/MP potions though.
Dude... It sucks only owning a Kindle tablet. I want this but the store selection always, always lets me down. Everything I want somehow manages to evade being available on the Kindle app/game store. They have FFIV, FFV, and FFVI, (only bought V, as I have played IV recently and played VI multiple times), but no Dragon Quest, no SaGa, no F2P Square Enix or even that Mistwalker game...
Cindi Mayweather
Member
You can get to those chests? Something is blocking the way.
Cindi Mayweather
Member
"I can't accept payment"
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eyeball_kid
Member
So there's been a few comments about bits of bad localization... how is it overall so far? Just minor things here and there, or pretty sloppy/buggy in general? I don't mind the $18 so much, but not for something slipshod...
Cindi Mayweather
Member
The Doppelgänger in the chest 
Cindi Mayweather
Member
First rpg in ages to get me hunched over scrutinizing my next move because some of these battles require strategy even early on.
plutoknight
Member
almost every SE gameon Android requires a connection check.
(also, for a while, they outright refused to run on rooted systems!)
I would say, there was one small error in the intro, but it seems pretty solid for the most part. There is a strange format of talking in the game though, whenever your character addresses other characters in the castle. Other than that, I haven't noticed much else.
Yep, SaGa games can be pretty challenging. All of a sudden, you might run into an enemy that just wipes you out. So far, there hasn't been anything as crazy as when walking into a high level area accidentally in Final Fantasy II yet.
I would recommend progressing the bow for someone because of the multihit attack you will eventually get. Also, light ball is good for an attack-all spell. Also, Knee Split as a technique works really well to stop certain enemies from attacking.
As for your other post about the doppleganger, that's what I meant when I said 'watch out for those pesky chests'
Cindi Mayweather
Member
I'm not sure if I should or even can take a doppelgänger out now.
The dopple chests don't actually drop anything, so just avoid them.
Septimus Prime
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Elaugaufein
Member
No they don't.
Most of them are good for a while after a single check in now.
Their early releases had awful DRM that broke every time the kernel update but they dropped it a while ago and patched it out of some games (some of the Chaos rings games still have it and so don't work on ART).
Some of the Dragon Quest games did (cloud save only) but they patched it so it'd work offline (with checkin).
Square's DRM history on android is awful but it hasn't been checkin at every start up bad usually.