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Official Glory of Heracles Thread of Hercules
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I've been wandering around Troy a bit, hopefully someone can assist me.
Edit: Gah, nevermind, I missed something.
I'm apparently supposed to find another way into the castle, but I didn't see anything else in the castle area, and there aren't exactly any other NPCs around to give me additional hints.
Edit: Gah, nevermind, I missed something.
I've not decided if I'll even get SoD yet, but between the first two:djtiesto said:
Heracles is about 10 hours longer, with a better story and all-around localization and occasionally more strategic battles. But in Nostalgia you get to fly an airship, and it has more optional content - Heracles is pretty much a straight shot to the end with a NG+.
I'm up to around the 25 hour mark now, the story seems to be picking up after a slow period. I'm getting much better at managing ether now to max out my productivity. And Eris is a turning into a beast.
This game must be a rousing success at retail!
Finished it up tonight, another one of those cases where the 34 hours I was able to put into it over the course of 8 days kinda speaks for my enjoyment.
The localization remained the high point till the end, though the battle system (particularly in the final battle) tended to become more strategic as you got accustomed to it and fought more complex enemy groups. The story was entertaining and ended on a nice note.
Not sure if I will replay it, but I'll keep it around in case I find myself interested in the NG+. And I do have 18% more items to collect...
Finished it up tonight, another one of those cases where the 34 hours I was able to put into it over the course of 8 days kinda speaks for my enjoyment.
The localization remained the high point till the end, though the battle system (particularly in the final battle) tended to become more strategic as you got accustomed to it and fought more complex enemy groups. The story was entertaining and ended on a nice note.
Not sure if I will replay it, but I'll keep it around in case I find myself interested in the NG+. And I do have 18% more items to collect...
TheFLYINGManga_Ka
Member
This game divided me. I like it but I was a little disappointed.
It had so much potential and the developers could've done a much better job if they just tried harder.
I mean it's a JRPG based on Greek myth, with anime character designs! It could've been truly something special. But they made it so mediocre and uninspired, I just felt so letdown.
I still enjoy it for what its worth. But I just know that it could've been so much more.
Either Nintendo told the developers to make it more accessible, less intimidating, dumbed down, or whatever, or they just don't know how to make a JRPG.
It had so much potential and the developers could've done a much better job if they just tried harder.
I mean it's a JRPG based on Greek myth, with anime character designs! It could've been truly something special. But they made it so mediocre and uninspired, I just felt so letdown.
I still enjoy it for what its worth. But I just know that it could've been so much more.
Either Nintendo told the developers to make it more accessible, less intimidating, dumbed down, or whatever, or they just don't know how to make a JRPG.
abstract alien
Member
I think Im nearing the end, and I must say, I really do love this game. It introduces some great aspects to the tried and true jRPG formula, and does it while retaining the classic feel of the genre. I love things such as reflux, cowering/running away, attuned, etc, and I can see how further polish could really put a shine to them. If this game is given a few more iterations with improvements, Ill be ready put it on my list of favorites.
Hell, I want to put it on there right now.
Hell, I want to put it on there right now.
I really understand where you are coming from, as the base set up almost begs for more fleshing out. It really is hard to not be disappointed with its achievements vs its potential, as it could provide some very unique things in theory. It does to some extent, but I see what you mean when, and you are exactly right. I would have loved a higher difficulty and more of a need to use some of the status effects, but I did enjoy it for what it was. The potential here has me extremely excited for the next few entries.TheFLYINGManga_Ka said:
Square Triangle
Member
Month+ bump incoming!
I've been on a crazy Greek mythology high as of late- God of War, Lightning Thief and Clash of the Titans (1981 AND 2010). Would this game hamper the enjoyment of the storytelling? The reviews are hovering in the low 70s but the gameplay looks fun! (For an RPG amateur)
I've been on a crazy Greek mythology high as of late- God of War, Lightning Thief and Clash of the Titans (1981 AND 2010). Would this game hamper the enjoyment of the storytelling? The reviews are hovering in the low 70s but the gameplay looks fun! (For an RPG amateur)
I'm roughly 30 hours in and must be approaching the end of the game (I'll be at Trantia very soon). God of War and plenty of older games long ago "broke" me into gaming's bastardization of beloved mythologies, so in that sense, I refuse to speak of it.
I will say that I'm enjoying the game WAY more than I ever thought I would.
It isn't hyperbole when I say that I find this to be one of the most refreshing and enjoyable turn-based combat systems in many years, that doesn't belong to a MegaTen title.
I've thoroughly broken the game with overleveling, but despite that, I'm still having a fantastic time. Something about 5 active party members armed with TOOOOOOONS of equipment and facing off against up to 10 individual enemies at once really makes me giddy!
I will say that I'm enjoying the game WAY more than I ever thought I would.
It isn't hyperbole when I say that I find this to be one of the most refreshing and enjoyable turn-based combat systems in many years, that doesn't belong to a MegaTen title.
I've thoroughly broken the game with overleveling, but despite that, I'm still having a fantastic time. Something about 5 active party members armed with TOOOOOOONS of equipment and facing off against up to 10 individual enemies at once really makes me giddy!
That's a great effin' price for a really good traditional JRPG.
Seriously, if you're itching for a new portable RPG, and have no problems with random encounters and turn-based combat, then you can't go wrong.
I think I posted my final impressions in another thread (DS software recommendation thread, perhaps?), but I was really pleasantly surprised by this game. Highly recommended. SOOOOOO much loot to play around with as well. Constant upgrades being found, purchased, forged, or enhanced.
Seriously, if you're itching for a new portable RPG, and have no problems with random encounters and turn-based combat, then you can't go wrong.
I think I posted my final impressions in another thread (DS software recommendation thread, perhaps?), but I was really pleasantly surprised by this game. Highly recommended. SOOOOOO much loot to play around with as well. Constant upgrades being found, purchased, forged, or enhanced.
The improvements that were made to the US version really went a long way toward making the game more fun. As I've posted before, the Japanese version upset me so much that I didn't feel like playing any games for months... but with the changes, it's really a pretty good game. Not my favorite Glory of Heracles game (that's probably 3), but good and worthy of the series.
MoxManiac said:
$11 at Amazon, and GameStop is now $11 + $10 online GC => $1 + S/H
$1, FOR A FOUR MONTH OLD NINTENDO 1ST-PARTY GAME! :lol :lol :lol
john tv said:
Woops! Sorry, I must have missed your response. As it turns out, I must have posted the more robust impressions in another thread, and if so, I don't remember which. This is all I posted in the 'Why the DS Rocks - Official Game Recommendation' thread:
Mejilan said:
Not that different from what I posted here, sadly.
lostzenfound
Junior Member
Just bumping to add that this is now $11 with a $10 game credit at Amazon as well. So anyone with game credit from Galaxy 2 or anything else recently can get this game for free from Amazon. You will lose .99 cent of your game credit, and that's it.
Free shipping for over $25 or Prime... blah, blah, you know the rest.
Free shipping for over $25 or Prime... blah, blah, you know the rest.
Urban Scholar
Member
kiryogi said:
My opinion after a completion of 38 hours it wasn't very interesting and the game hold your hand throughout the entire affair. Worried you aren't strong enough at a point? A weapon of set of skills will be available to disregard that notion. In short, this is one of those games you beat and may not really remember for anything.
Allan Holdsworth
Member
So did this game come with a $10 credit from Amazon or not? I bought it together with Mario Kart Wii ($40 + $10 credit at the time) but I only got one $10 off. Or can you only get one credit per order? (if yes, that's bullshit)
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
Welcome to the Amazon Promotional Credit Roulette!Allan Holdsworth said:
- Did you order the games in time? Both the Mario Kart and Glory of Heracles promotions ended weeks ago.
- Did you make sure to order through amazon and not one of their third party sellers?
- Did you make sure that you got an email/order summary mentioning the promotional credit?
- Did you make sure not to use one-click ordering?
And of course Amazon might have just screwed up!
Usually talking to an Amazon representative yields a moderate success ratio in getting your credit (and if you don't get the answer you want you can just ask another representative). But because these deals ended a while ago I'm not sure how successful you're going to be in getting the credit anyway. But you might as well try asking either via Amazon's Live Chat or email.
Allan Holdsworth
Member
grandjedi6 said:Welcome to the Amazon Promotional Credit Roulette!
Otherwise, you might be a victim of the deal's vagueness. While pre-orders are always considered their own deal, already released games that Amazon gives this treatment to are combined based on who they're price matching. So lets say Walmart hypothetically makes a promotional credit deal on Games X and Y, which Amazon then matches themselves. The deals on Game X and Y will be considered the same deal and can only be redeemed once, even if you buy both. Which deals are combined like this are hard to determined retrospectively though.
- Did you order the games in time? Both the Mario Kart and Glory of Heracles promotions ended weeks ago.
- Did you make sure to order through amazon and not one of their third party sellers?
- Did you make sure that you got an email/order summary mentioning the promotional credit?
- Did you make sure not to use one-click ordering?
And of course Amazon might have just screwed up!
Usually talking to an Amazon representative yields a moderate success ratio in getting your credit (and if you don't get the answer you want you can just ask another representative). But because these deals ended a while ago I'm not sure how successful you're going to be in getting the credit anyway. But you might as well try asking either via Amazon's Live Chat or email.
I ordered them when a while ago, both supposedly came with a $10 credit. They were both sold by Amazon. I got an email saying I got a promotional credit usable until 7/31, I assumed it was $20, not $10. Then I emailed Amazon, and they gave me a vague answer: either I only got $10 because you can't get more than 1 promotional credit per order, or I could only use one promotional credit per order so the other would show up after I made an order. Well I pre-ordered Metroid Other M and used the $10 credit, but now the other $10 isn't showing up.
I really didn't know that you could only get one credit per order (if this is indeed the case), since I rarely use Amazon. Any chance that I may get it? (by begging?)
This was well worth the $0.99 I paid for it an prolly much more. I marathon'd this over the weekend an finished just shy of the 26 hour mark. It was kind of a bland game early on but things picked up around the time Axion joined and things went up from there. The characters and their interaction/dialogue were great and the story got pretty good to, cool of them keeping mysteries to the very end which was possible cause of all the amnesia going around lol. Oh ya nice music to.
I coulda done with much less undead baddies and auto-battling where the AI doesn't choose random actions that hurt more then help but I guess thats what I get for not wanting to pay attention to every single battle. btw this game was ungrindable what is up with that? I could get a level or two per area/dungeon but beyond that it would take many many battles just ta nudge that exp bars along! I love me some grinding but this game just made it feel hopeless! I vaguely recall some psone rpg doing the same to me in the past, forget what it was but it bothered me all the same! Plus the chance of running into a super hard battle kinda made me not wanna stick around an area to long and hurry along to the next point.
I never played FF13 but from all the complaints about it I think it mighta actually learned something from this game. Cause GoH is super linear and its towns are nearly pointless! Stupid Leucos made me feel bad about looting peoples stuff so I never did so I quit going in houses an talking random people. Plus stopping in at shops is only something ya need ta do once in awhile, every couple towns or so which made 'em even less useful. Not saying they shoulda be removed completely but I was so not compelled to explore 'em. No sidequests either not that the party needed even more distractions from their quest!
Linear as it may be it still had a decent length, good story, great characters, fun battling (except against annoying baddies), an nice music!
I coulda done with much less undead baddies and auto-battling where the AI doesn't choose random actions that hurt more then help but I guess thats what I get for not wanting to pay attention to every single battle. btw this game was ungrindable what is up with that? I could get a level or two per area/dungeon but beyond that it would take many many battles just ta nudge that exp bars along! I love me some grinding but this game just made it feel hopeless! I vaguely recall some psone rpg doing the same to me in the past, forget what it was but it bothered me all the same! Plus the chance of running into a super hard battle kinda made me not wanna stick around an area to long and hurry along to the next point.
I never played FF13 but from all the complaints about it I think it mighta actually learned something from this game. Cause GoH is super linear and its towns are nearly pointless! Stupid Leucos made me feel bad about looting peoples stuff so I never did so I quit going in houses an talking random people. Plus stopping in at shops is only something ya need ta do once in awhile, every couple towns or so which made 'em even less useful. Not saying they shoulda be removed completely but I was so not compelled to explore 'em. No sidequests either not that the party needed even more distractions from their quest!
Linear as it may be it still had a decent length, good story, great characters, fun battling (except against annoying baddies), an nice music!
Since this is really cheap nowadays, thinking about picking it up.
From what I remember, the battle system seemed interesting, with you being to set up 'reactions' to specific occurences in battle. Does the combat remain fresh and tactical throughout the game? Does it outstay its welcome?
How's the general pacing? How's the random encounter rate?
Thanks.
From what I remember, the battle system seemed interesting, with you being to set up 'reactions' to specific occurences in battle. Does the combat remain fresh and tactical throughout the game? Does it outstay its welcome?
How's the general pacing? How's the random encounter rate?
Thanks.
Segata Sanshiro
Member
I recently tried to play this game. Put about ten hours into it, and in spite of a very clever localization, it's probably the most dull RPG I've played in ages. Like, it's not horrible? But it's the RPG equivalent of a plain hot dog. I doubt I'll ever go back and finish it.
Toadthemushroom
Member
How does this game stack up in 2016?
I recently picked up Donkey Kong: King of Swing, by the same developer, and I've been pleasantly surprised. The controls are novel, but the level design is something else.
Once you get past the first three levels, which are a bit dull, the game seems to follow that traditional of a new mechanic every level, and I've been amazed at how much Paon have been able to wring out of the concept of a platformer with your hands.
So I'm interested in trying this (well, importing it)
I recently picked up Donkey Kong: King of Swing, by the same developer, and I've been pleasantly surprised. The controls are novel, but the level design is something else.
Once you get past the first three levels, which are a bit dull, the game seems to follow that traditional of a new mechanic every level, and I've been amazed at how much Paon have been able to wring out of the concept of a platformer with your hands.
So I'm interested in trying this (well, importing it)