MAXIMAX'S PROFILE

Well. I'll post my feedback bit by bit. I'll probably go on a trip for a few days. So I won't be able to test the full game at once.

Part 1

Alice's prologue

• meeting : you have a stronger resolve then most => than

• after contract : who wishes to intefere => interfere

Lauriett's prologue

• He has access to Elfheim ! Maybe it's intended, but it grants access to many quests, items and so on. Not sure it is necessary.
  On the other hand, without that part, Lauriett's prologue would be quite empty... Perhaps you could force the well gathering quest to be done by him, so that he had a little dongeon crawling...

EDIT : I've just realized that every character has access to a fairly big zone, including a town...

• You can find 2 Saint Staves during his trial

Elfheim

• Apothecary : me and my husband => my husband and I

Road to Elfheim

• Farmhouse : a mercant extraordinaire => merchant

Galadria

• Gemshop : woman patron : amythests => amethysts

• Church : after picking the silver bangle, the square is still blocked

Elric prologue

• Hermit : I suppose you're injuries => your injuries

Mapping, general

• The walls, in the houses don't have the same height : the backwall is 2 squares high, whereas the inner partition walls are only 1 square high. It looks awkward.

Hello !

I had found the 4th note on my own ! Now, I'm stuck with finding Apocalypse. It's supposed to be deep beneath the island, in the darkest place ; but I can't find it ! Thus, I can't finish the quest... I'm quite sure I've been everywhere in the depths, from the mine, from the sandtraps, from the bandits hideout, from Jacob's house, from Jacob's friend cave and from the cave on the beach... I've searched Darkholme too, but Apocalypse is nowhere to be found... Maybe you could be more precise in the description of the quest (or I'm very unlucky in my searchs !)
Edit : I just thought, you could turn the 5 notes into 6 : one for each entrance of the depths...

The two others were ok to find, but very easy to defeat. Especially since I've already defeated the Essence of magic - which is a real challenge ! ha ha ! The future characters faces are really cool !
BTW, although I'm proud I could defeat it, that fight was way too long ! I mean, if the player is able to survive 5 rounds, then he has a viable strategy : no need to have him repeat it again and again ! The fight went for hours - or it did seem so !


For the 10th achievement, I confirm I have all the contracts (including spellsword and hunter), so there must be a glitch somewhere... I don't really recall in what order I got them, but I think it is : the four first, hunter, medic, rogue, spellsword, paladin, monk. I'm not positive about the 3 last ones...
As for the jobs in themselves,

• hunter is great for mass spells (sandstorm and so on)

• medic can be fine sometimes with Quick Skip

• rogue is awesome (for speed is the path to victory in ATB games)

• paladin is mandatory in hard fights with both Safeguard and Rampart

• but IMO spellsword is quite useless.

And actually I almost never used the elemental spells with my mage, but rather the non-elemental ones, like magic missiles and meteor...

I don't understand the description of the Invincible Aura : "The party becomes immune during this battle. PW: 9999 (Origari plains, castle walls)"
Is it supposed to be mysterious ?

• Party immune : actually, it only grants a 5 turns protection against status changes (just like Safeguard).

• "PW" stands for password ?

• What are the Origari plains ? no idea... And what is it about the castle walls ?...

Puzzling...

Is there something to do about the behemoth (or whatever the name) in the woods ? It sure is difficult, but I don't think it gives anything special. And I haven't found any quest related to it...

Speaking of which, I've completed : 14/14 Story quests ; 6/6 gathering ; 11/11 marks ; 11/12 sidequests (Apocalypse still missing).
Did I miss some quests somewhere ?

About the mapping issues, there are several wall or roof tiles the player can walk on, such as the grilles in outer Darkholme ; or in the map where you access the depths from the sand temple (roof passable). I'll screen them when I restart the game.

There's a light issue in the sand temple in the room where you have to light 2 torches to open the door. Light radius doesn't come back to normal.

Sydney can cause a bug in the castle : when you speak to her, she displays messages then walk to the left. But if you talk to her from the left, the game freezes, since the move cannot be completed.
You have to add a condition : if the player faces right, then go down, then left / otherwise, go left.

As I already said, I think you went too far in screen effects : the darkness is too dark and the fog way too thick ! Please, remember the player wants to have fun !!

I forgot to say I really enjoy the freedom in this game : you can go almost every place from the start ! The heroes background is great, as the general universe of the island. The large choice in equipement/contracts is really cool too : one can make his very own team !

EDIT : I was playing on version 1.0.12 I've dl the latest one for my replay.

Sounds like a five acts tragedy ! But anything that makes you making is good !
I desperately need another LoI ! XD

Hum... I could write a review... if I weren't lazy ! :P

Let me think about it ! If I find a canevas somewhere, i may write it.

You mean the teaser for LoI2 ? I sure did ! I always let play the ending of a game until it gets back to the title screen.

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What am I to do, now ?