I am currently playing quite a number of games...
However.. In the past few days, I have only played two games.
I finished Growlanser II at the 13-hour mark getting the Riviera ending. Riviera is a Shadow Knight and her skills are primarily recovery magic.
I am currently playing Growlanser III and is already at the 13-hour mark but it is no where near the end because I don't stand a chance against the second round guardians. More over, I need to get some procedures done so I can get Wein Cruz, the protagonist of Growlanser II along with Riviera over. Wein has 999 HP and 500+ ATK, he will be my ace fighter replacing Annette who serves as backup. Riviera will become the new healer, enabling Hugh to focus primarily on those swifts and heavy attacks of his. Unfortunately, it isn't as easy as it sounds. Supposedly, I can get the rest of the Growlanser II crew over but I will have to replay the game multiple times and have multiple clear game saves. I can, of course download the game saves but their stats would probably be much lower than the ones I had which makes it pointless to do so. Honestly, if only I can get Hans over, it would be much easier. Hans fights using darts like Monika but his ATK power is higher than Wein's which is like a few times that of Monika and has much more indirect range. His moving speed also greatly exceeds everybody else. Hans alone dealt a few thousand damage against the revived monster dude from the first Growlanser. Every round was like 800+ damage, while the legendary Carmaine does 30 damage per round. He is only legendary because of what he did in the first Growlanser. Taking any hit from random encounter monsters result in death or at least near death when it comes to Carmaine as lead attacker. However, Carmaine is the only Growlanser (Light Saviour) in the series up to this point in time.
My other game is Samurai Warriors 2: Empires. The game lacks a story, tiny amounts of character development if it even counts. There are quite a huge number of main characters and the gameplay is awesome. It is somewhat like Sengoku Basara except it has strategic phases which don't exist in the alternative version. The strategic phases let me recruit generals, officers, cultivate the land, do mining, negotiations and diplomacy, etc.. As for Sengoku Basara, it is all about taking the lands by force. You don't get to recruit anybody, just fight alone with the character you start out with. Occasionally, your team members will help you out but truth is that they are much weaker than you. Playing as Nouhime, one would notice how weak Oda Nobunaga is. Hondam easily defeated him resulting in a game over when Nouhime had a kill count of over 500. "Your commander has been defeated, the main camp has fallen." *scratches head* |