RPG Progress Report

[prfsnl_gmr]

"Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes?"

"Watch out for snakes!"

[Xeogred]

Does the blacksmith mumble about needing an ember?

[Exhuminator]

Does the blacksmith mumble about needing an ember?

No, but he gets cranky if you try to rush him after he starts forging for you.

[touchofkiel]

Your KF posts are awesome and make me want to play the series... damnit, I got Marvel games and beat-em-ups to play/write about!

[Exhuminator]

Your KF posts are awesome and make me want to play the series...

You have damn fine taste.

So far I was only able to get one person (that I know of) on this forum to try King's Field. MrEco, who played and finished King's Field IV. He ended up loving the game. Huh, fancy that.

[BoneSnapDeez]

I'll try to get into that series once I get the first game. I've been procrastinating. I have parts II and III (aka "I" and "II").

Just rolled through Death Mountain in Zelda II. Wasn't too terrible as I did some grinding beforehand.

[Xeogred]

Well I was playing King's Field (II US) and Shadow Tower Abyss, but as I love to say, I can't drive up any motivation for emulation. So I didn't play either after that first day of checking them out.

I'll buy King's Field IV sometime.

[Exhuminator]

I'll try to get into that series once I get the first game.

I believe that once you got used to the interface and 3D style, you would enjoy this series.

I can't drive up any motivation for emulation.

What method were you using to emulate these games?

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Last night I found a new area in KF3 that the game literally called "The Passage of Death". And it lived up to that name. This place was chock full of wall spear traps, giant swinging maces, ceiling scythe pendulums, huge rail blades, and the like. Not to mention it was crawling with scythe skeletons, spectral dual blade phantoms, and a new species of very creepy ghost. Yeah I died a few times getting around in there. It was one of the most most hardcore challenges I've seen in this whole series thus far. But, I was able to find the Royal Key, which means I can finally start opening the locked sarcophagus chests.

[BoneSnapDeez]

Zelda II can be broken quite easily if you're willing to invest some time into grinding.
Grind your stats to level 4/5 in the first dungeon. Use the floating skull things. This makes Death Mountain vastly more manageable.
Max up your stats in the third dungeon. That red statue asshole at the beginning respawns indefinitely.
Makes the remainder of the game a cakewalk - until the (passage to) the final dungeon that is.

One reason I was terrible at this game as a kid is because "leveling up" wasn't even a concept I could comprehend. Pretty sure this is the first RPG I ever played.

[noiseredux]

hit LVL10 in PSO last night. There's such a jump in difficulty from the Forest to the Caves.