Lunar Remastered Collection

[heyadol]

Originally Posted by Musashi

Yea, I'm hearing that they atleast started with that, but I can't seem to find out for certain the extent to which they stayed with it.

I can't imagine it would be that hard for them to have included a 'Classic' and a 'Literal' option for the scripts tho. It already has multiple language options so it would simply be a matter of adding another.

Played for a few hours, made it to the second town and no mention of Wheaties. Maybe it was changed or maybe I missed it? Still had the Mos Eisley reference at the bar in Saith, and there was a "can't we all just get along" which I associated with Rodney King when I was younger (but have no idea if it was actually related). Anyway, it's been forever since I've played this game, was that line in the Sega CD version or the PS1 version (or both)?

[Musashi]

Originally Posted by heyadol

Played for a few hours, made it to the second town and no mention of Wheaties. Maybe it was changed or maybe I missed it? Still had the Mos Eisley reference at the bar in Saith, and there was a "can't we all just get along" which I associated with Rodney King when I was younger (but have no idea if it was actually related). Anyway, it's been forever since I've played this game, was that line in the Sega CD version or the PS1 version (or both)?

I don't know if the Wheaties thing was in the Sega CD game but it was definitely in the PS1 game, and I think it was in the first town.

Do most NPCs say at least 2 different things if you keep talking to them? Grandia did that too.

[bradnoyes]

I don’t remember all the references in the Sega CD version but I know the Wheaties line was there and I recall references to Shannon Doherty and Eddie Vedder. I imagine those are gone now.

[heyadol]

Originally Posted by Musashi

I don't know if the Wheaties thing was in the Sega CD game but it was definitely in the PS1 game, and I think it was in the first town.

Do most NPCs say at least 2 different things if you keep talking to them? Grandia did that too.

Yeah, there may be a few exceptions but pretty everyone has a second response when you talk to them again.

Have to say I’m not a fan of bosses scaling to match your level, kind of makes leveling up pointless if the difficulty is basically fixed.

[AreaFive]

[heyadol]

Had this nagging feeling I missed something so I looked up a walkthrough. Turns out I skipped a step early on that’s required to get some bromides. I just got to Vane, have to decide how bad I want to collect all the bromides…

[dyne]

Despite originally stating otherwise, VGP is now shipping to the US. Orders open at 1pm EDT.

https://videogamesplus.ca/collection...ref=xCeuEGWlcX

[PoLskA]

Originally Posted by dyne

Despite originally stating otherwise, VGP is now shipping to the US. Orders open at 1pm EDT.

https://videogamesplus.ca/collection...ref=xCeuEGWlcX

much appreciated... locked in an order

[RocShemp]

Originally Posted by PoLskA

and already unavailable for ps4/ps5

Due to other priorities, I had to pause on purchasing a PS4 copy. Now I see scalpers are already demanding $131.75. I wish they get a kick in the nuts/ovaries for every dollar they make.

[Bruceploitation]

It's cute Amazon lets scalpers buy up their exclusives and then turn around and re-sell them on their own platform.

[heyadol]

Originally Posted by Bruceploitation

It's cute Amazon lets scalpers buy up their exclusives and then turn around and re-sell them on their own platform.

If Amazon gets a % of each sale I'm sure they would be happy to have the same item sold and resold on their ecosystem.

[Dragon78]

Glad I got my copy already.

I agree, scalpers need to get kicked in the nuts/ovaries for each dollar.

[BubblegumMecha]

Some clown shop on Amazon is trying to sell the PS4 version for over $100 right now.

[RocShemp]

Here's hoping GungHo press more PS4 discs soon, especially since they claimed there'd be plenty.

Originally Posted by heyadol

Have to say I’m not a fan of bosses scaling to match your level, kind of makes leveling up pointless if the difficulty is basically fixed.

I like it because it keeps bosses challenging, while I still get to demolish standard enemies after grinding like crazy. It was far better than in FFVIII, where everything leveled up with you.

[Talal86]

Originally Posted by BubblegumMecha

Some clown shop on Amazon is trying to sell the PS4 version for over $100 right now.

I have the switch version in my cart and saw it was selling for $120 lol, will probably just grab it digitally on sale

the future when we'll have to rely on these sellers for physical games sure looks bright

[Akibiyori]

Originally Posted by RocShemp

It was far better than in FFVIII, where everything leveled up with you.

But the thing about that is it’s incredibly easy to get high level magic shortly after the game begins from the card game, so you can have an overwhelming advantage because of it. It’s junctioning that matters, not the level.

[RocShemp]

Originally Posted by Akibiyori

But the thing about that is it’s incredibly easy to get high level magic shortly after the game begins from the card game, so you can have an overwhelming advantage because of it. It’s junctioning that matters, not the level.

True. Glad to see someone else who appreciates the junctioning system. I didn't care for the story of FFVIII but the mechanics should have returned.

[Akibiyori]

Originally Posted by RocShemp

True. Glad to see someone else who appreciates the junctioning system. I didn't care for the story of FFVIII but the mechanics should have returned.

It was a very interesting idea to have MP affect your energy beyond being a resource. The only thing I think they needed to do to improve it is maybe limit the total amount of any particular spell to 100 for the entire party rather than letting everyone have 100 - it would have the player make harder choices on if the magic will benefit one character versus the entire party and encourage more specialization.

[Donl1282]

Played this for the first time and really enjoying it so far. Oddly, also played Suikoden 1 HD for the first time as well but couldn’t get into it. I’m glad they are re-releasing classic RPGs for those of us who missed out on the original releases and I hope they continue doing this. I’m disappointed that the Final Fantasy series has abandoned its turn based battles to hack and slash RPGs. Paper Mario series also ditched the turn based battles as well. I hope the bring back the classic elements that made the old school RPGs so memorable in future games. I feel sorry for gamers who got introduced to FF7 remake as the first time they played FF7 and never experienced the original game. From what I played so far, Lunar 1 is up there with the FF games that came out during the PS1 era in terms of quality.

[Dragon78]

I have beaten Lunar 1 and I am still playing 2(just beat the blue fiend).