Why do the towns in this game have such weird names? And I may have been a bit inebriated during this one, so I apologize in advance.
Our heroes arrive in.... another lake town. Stuff happens.
You again? I thought I told you to scram!
Let me guess, my future is...more level grinding!
It hasn't been a good idea to go ANYWHERE in this game.
Meanwhile, Brantu finishes construction on...
...a Fantastic Plastic Machine.
I WOULD like to try it. Tell me more!
We take flight. I had no idea this game had airplanes. Too bad we can't pilot it, but hey, we can warp to any town we've been to already.
WHOA, MODE 7!
We arrive at the frozen northern continent. Much like Dragon Quest II, they saved the snow for very late in the game, making it that much more different and impactful.
Unfortunately, our heroes don't know how the hell to drive, and crash Ticondera's first airplane into a field.
This guy looks like Jema from Secret of Mana. He must be important.
He explains how the big bad of the game is Gariso, who King Lemele defeated before this. I knew King Lemele was a super-badass.
All it takes is moonlight? He's like an anti-Oozaru.
This new snow continent is home to all kinds of evil-doers.
Here's Vacuum 2. It's actually pretty decent for an area-effect instant death spell. But is it 60 MP decent? No. They really did their best to ruin the Vacuum spells.
Our heroes cross the latest cave, and are hit by some sort of effect. What's going on here?
It's an un-removable mute spell. Good thing I'm not still sticking with that Esuna/Valsu party. I'd be screwed.
The town of... bugs?
Our heroes search for a way to remove the curse, which means finding the nearest senior citizen.
Deal with it, dude. I've lived in the northeast for a long time, and it's a wasteland five months out of the year.
After all that building up, I FINALLY find new armor that's an actual
improvement. The money just kept piling up while every town sold the same damn
stuff as the previous town.
Then lift the curse, ass!
Well GOLLLLLLY!
You incompetent son of a bitch! You'll hear from my lawyers!
Our heroes journey to Silence Cave, which they have to get through without
spells. Which is a real issue for half of this party. This would be awful for an Esuna/Valsu combination.
Whoever put this stone here is jumping the gun JUST A LITTLE BIT.
Here's the culprit. He looks strangely familiar.
Wait, what? OH MY GOD. It's...
First, he was Pison
Then... he was RED
Now... he's METAL
God help us all. Just.... God help us.
Then... he was RED
Now... he's METAL
God help us all. Just.... God help us.
He's way stronger than even Doros. Was Enix just in full-on sado-masochist mode with this game or what?
On the bright side, his eyesight is worse than a chronic masturbator. He misses a substantial amount of his attacks.
Pison whips our heroes into submission! ...this is your girlfriend's favorite 7th Saga boss.
Behold! Pison can now cast. He has a badass new casting stance. I'm not sure if that's his whip or not.
And I win. He is now Nonexistent Pison, as we'll never see him again.
This is the next important item, and I'm almost done with this infernal game. ...that I continue to really like a lot for some reason. It's like Paladin's Quest. I'll always have time for it, as much of a PITA as it is.
Now that we have, uh, Moonlight, the curse guy realizes we're the real deal and lifts the curse.
...from the dead as Red Magic Power.
So yeah, that was a real nerf bat for a little while there. No wonder Metal Pison was so tough.
Time for Gariso's cave. Is this the final area?
It looks different from everything up to this point. Looks awesome.
At the end I find... uh oh. It's a dragon. The last one was pretty mean.
This one is even meaner, with sky-high defense. Physical attacks do all of 1 damage against it, and spells only plink him for 30-40.
But then, I used the Light Rune to boost the magic power of my characters and let loose with spells. That upped the damage to "not pathetic", and eventually I eked out a win. Onward to the big battle with Gariso... NEXT TIME ON THE 7TH SAGA.
He DID come back, and as one of the only things more badass than red: METAL! Brayn will be very happy to see this.
ReplyDeleteThese lake towns can exist in places that don't have typhoons, like the Mediterranean...
Did Brantu not go with you on the plane? Is he just gonna wait for you to return?
Seems like this game got Mode 7 really early! I'm impressed!
Ahh, nice job King Lemele. Too bad this Jema fellow screwed you with a curse. Yeah, going with Olvan was a great, great call.
Those tall dark-armored bad guys are pretty scary.
The Gariso Cave looks really awesome what with that bright blue spirit-like water. I like this game, indeed.
Yes, I really enjoy this game too. Thanks for the reviews! Keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteMETAL PISON?! My surprise has returned from the Dark World as shock.
ReplyDeleteMetal pison made me laugh so much, what with making a grave for your character, is he trying to be scary or nice? Anyway he's fucking OP.
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