Eden Legacy: A Knight of Eden DELUXE Edition

I swear the last time I looked at this game there was no color...

To be honest, this may indeed be why I scored your first game so high, because I knew there were going to be special editions that would improve upon its foundation (in this case the foundation is the original game). Rarely do we get to see or play a game until its final form, and the way you've set this up is actually smart, because it allows people to comment about what they liked and disliked, which enables you to improve the later versions. Unfortunately, not very people liked the initial game, but it is what it is and I only compare this to games of its type.

To people who disliked the game and wondered why I reviewed it so high. Yes, it had its flaws, a few bugs and passability issues, and it does require a learning curve. Yes, I think the game could have built upon the story a little better, perhaps more than one box of text per person, and yes the ending run of the continent is brutal. But in the end, my review was solely based on whether or not I had fun, and Sbester's quick response to the suggestions we've all offered. But I agree, if I wasn't so biased on my own personal memories of older titles, I might not have enjoyed it as much, which is also why I say this game may not be for everybody.

If you really want to be realistic about it, I think the reason I liked it so much was because I viewed the original game as more of a demo that had potential verses the actual finished product. And seeing the other things added in the Deluxe (in addition to the possibility of a Director's Cut) I'm more inclined to view the Deluxe and the Director's Cut as the final piece once everything has been hashed out. I may be a bit more critical of the final piece, but I'm sure I'll enjoy it all the same.

I'm also interested in seeing what other titles are in store.

I absolutely hate the name, it screamed "Let's copy every JRPG cliche! DURP!", but...damn it all, this actually looks cool. I've had a NES (and a Gameboy) ever since I was a kid, so this is automatically scoring points with me.

-Tabris

@amerkevicius
Reading your previous comment, shouldn't it be this game that scored high, and not the original one? I don't play that game though, so I can't really judge here. But this colored version looks sweet, I'm going to try it when it comes out.

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Hmm, nice to see this is up. I have a question though,
is there enough content there to justify me playing through the whole game again?

From what I saw, it was just the color graphics and the developers room around Atlantis that talks briefly about Eden Legacy's long history and a display of the old world map, an arrow-puzzle that is supposedly from Eden Legacy 2, and some third thing.

It's no New Game+, but if you want to know a little extra about stuff, I guess that would be the point.

I don't know, they both had their strengths and weakness. The original had an interesting setup to allow you to strategize and conserve your energy, but you couldn't see your enemies. Also, the very first command (something like "do nothing" or whatever it's called) was completely useless when you can do the same exact thing (which is to recoup your energy) by defending or using an item. In the deluxe, you can now see your enemies, and the energy system is there, but now instead of the "do nothing" we have a sort of dumbed down version of an attack that the player can always use in place of a skill that doesn't require energy, so now the battles become a bit too easy since a seasoned gamer is no longer required to strategize and think about their moves.

In my opinion, get rid of the first command completely. The attack-defend approach works fine without it, and forces the player to think about which skills to use. Besides, I never used the first command at all, and within a few level ups some of your weaker skills end up replacing that first command anyway.

For anybody who hasn't played, the battle system works like this (ignoring the useless first command). You choose a type of skill to execute (usually a type of attack, but could also be a field tactic as well, like attack up, defend down, heal, etc.). Depending on the skill you elect to use, you lose a certain amount of energy. Once your energy is depleted, you can't use certain skills. To recoup your energy you only have to use one of the other two commands (Defend or Item). Each time you use one of these options, the energy restores to the max. Early levels you will probably be needing to restore your energy at least once per battle, if not more. However, as you increase in levels, your energy also increases and only drops to a certain default. So in higher levels, you may only be able to use a higher skill once or twice before taking the time to restore your energy, but weaker skills may be used as often as needed since energy only drops so far.

Example: let's say I'm level 45, and my energy is maxed at 180 energy points (ep) and can only drop to 60. I use a skill that requires 110 ep, and now I have a remaining 70 energy points. Before I can use my 110 ep skill again, I'll either have to defend or use a healing item (or even an attack item if available) so that my ep is restored. However, if I have a skill that requires 55 ep I can use this continuously without penalty, since my ep won't drop below 60. That's a crude explanation, but since there doesn't seem to be one anywhere that I could see thought I'd include it here.

In my opinion, it truly is an interesting battle option, using energy instead of MP and MP restorative items. You can choose which skills to gain as you level up, which makes it seem more customized. The downside is that battles can be easy once you get the rhythm down, especially when you gain HP restorative skills that can be used continuously in and out of battle. But it does require a certain amount of strategy in the very early stages.

...I could open the menu in the intro.