• makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world
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    29 days ago

    This specific port was so brutal. I’ll stay light on spoilers but basically to get to the final boss you have to land you airship and clear a dungeon. You get to the other side and you have your last chance to heal/save. Notably, you can’t restock supplies here because you don’t have access to your ship, so if you’re unprepared for the upcoming bullshit, you can’t reload your save and prep more (unless you go backwards through that dungeon, get supplies, and then go forwards again).

    Then the actual final area has a full dungeon with high level random encounters, a long cutscene, a boss fight, the 2nd phase of the boss, then another long cutscene, then you go into another area, and have the option of fighting 4 “optional” bosses (you basically have to beat them because they help against the real last boss), before you actually arrive at the final boss. At this point you have cleared a dungeon, watched 2 cutscenes, and fought 6 bosses without a chance to fully heal, refill mana, or SAVE! If you die at any point in that process? Back to the beginning. Did you not bring supplies to deal with that nonsense? Don’t forget, you need to clear a dungeon backwards and forwards to restock!

    Anyway, that’s why I never beat this game despite getting all the way to the final boss multiple times

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      28 days ago

      @makeshiftreaper @OutofPrintArchive

      #spoilers

      Each of the the 4 bosses fought at the World of Darkness crystals (like those guarding the Eureka weapons) will replenish the party afterward, and possibly (it’s been awhile) the Xande clones in treasure chests, too. But, once you enter the World of Darkness, you can’t leave it.

      Cloud of Darkness gives you experience points and gold pieces when you defeat it, despite that not being the case on Famicom.

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        28 days ago

        You know, I’ve been bitching about this game for so long I’m not surprised I’ve exaggerated some of the details. Wasn’t CoD almost unbeatable if you didn’t know to beat the Xande clones and get ribbons for everyone?