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[Ender]

Originally Posted by Zeromus_X ^

Yeah, lots of those in the later dungeons.

I'd pretty much agree with everything you said here, but you gotta admit, the final dungeon was spectacular, wasn't it?

Maybe not?

Please?

Yeah, Pandemonium was awesome. But then, I knew I was coming up to the end and was expecting to wade through waves of monsters in addition to fighting some uber baddies (dragons and demons/devils are just more fun to fight than 8 random undead monsters or pudding globs, over and over). I also thought the floor layouts were better than the rest of the game. They weren't always generic "spiral" mazes that were obviously made to force you to walk the longest distance possible, and the payoffs in treasure made exploring to open the chests worth it despite the battles. And of course the final few floors when things got trippy-looking were great.

I really have gratitude to all those Japanese youths who had to play the game normally sixteen years ago...

So right.

But yeah, you should enjoy FFIII alot better. It's a really fun game.

Yeah, I'm already having a blast. And after the "chore" that was FFII, III seems like a tropical vacation.

[Paul]

FF2 is a good game, but you should have played the GBA version.

where FF1 NES was awesome and people complained about the GBA changes
FF2 NES was terrible, and the GBA changes were a godsend.

[DJZen]

It's called a Famicom RPG. Back then RPG meant something very different than what it means now.

[Bart's Friend Milhouse]

Masamune = Total Ownage

[Sephiroth1999AD]

Originally Posted by Ender ^

Yeah, Pandemonium was awesome. But then, I knew I was coming up to the end and was expecting to wade through waves of monsters in addition to fighting some uber baddies (dragons and demons/devils are just more fun to fight than 8 random undead monsters or pudding globs, over and over). I also thought the floor layouts were better than the rest of the game. They weren't always generic "spiral" mazes that were obviously made to force you to walk the longest distance possible, and the payoffs in treasure made exploring to open the chests worth it despite the battles. And of course the final few floors when things got trippy-looking were great.

Agreed, Pandemonium was a cool dungeon. A lot of interesting monsters, great and dramatic background music, nice dungeon graphics, a neat branch where you can get a lot of great equipment (usually guarded by major bosses) and the things getting quite epic by the time you reach the end. First some special-looking floors, then space... and the final battle.

[DJZen]

That so called great equipment in Pandemonium is actually pretty terrible. You'll take more damage for wearing it.

[boys from the dwarf]

i agree with a lot of the stuff you said regarding random encounters. they were usually a nuisance and not even worth battling. pandamonium was good because of the music, slightly more challenging random encounters and bosses and habing to survive all of those floors to get to the final boss. FF2 wasn't great gameplay wise and square didn't do too great a job on making it fun but the storyline and feel of the game makes me want to continue despite the annoying encounters. so FF2 is a good FF in my opinion. just a bit boring and a little bit simple storyline-wise compared to others. good luck witht the rest of the FFs.

[Ender]

Originally Posted by DJZen ^

That so called great equipment in Pandemonium is actually pretty terrible. You'll take more damage for wearing it.

Very true. I made sure to keep the three main characters at 99% evasion even if I had to equip "lesser" armors (wizard robes, black armors, goldpin helmets, thief gauntlets)...that definitely proved to be way better for this game.

It's fun to collect the entire Genji set though, and while the math might prove me wrong, it might not be an awful choice for Leon since his evasion is going to be just average anyway (unless one gets really obsessive about leveling him out with the other three).

I'm an item hound though, and like owning the "elite" equipment (I'm guessing the Genjigear was intended to be that but the game mechanics rendered it not very good) as long as I have inventory space, whether I ever use it or not.