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Golden Sun: Dark Dawn |OT| DJINNS DJINNS DJINNS DJINNS oh god i am drowning in them
- Thread starter Regulus Tera
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Got this 2 days ago. Pretty amazing game. In motion the game look so much pretty than in still shots, especially in battle. I love the puzzle and the feel of exploration you have trying to find summons and djinn. Currently I'm stuck though maybe someone can help?
How do you make it pass the cloud area?
How do you make it pass the cloud area?
I reversed the Alchemy forge with the Cold Snap ability and made it in the sky but it seems there is nothing I can do. There does not seem to be a path I can take and when using abilities it seems there is nothing to interact with 
Vamphuntr said:
Took me a minute there also, but remember they talk about the cloud and the wind before?
Loving the game so far but it is a bit easy. I like the low low encounter rate thou and some of the puzzles are clever. Just got to the snowy mountain but I gotta say the djinn you got early makes the game REALLY easy: ~10 hours in and you've already got 2 party heal djinn, 1 single heal, and 3 revival djinn! iirc 1st game you have a single party heal djinn and no revival djinn in mercury lighthouse and I think that's ~ 7-10 hours in.
Quick question. I'm at the first temple area of the game I think, and the girl in my party collapsed. One of my Djinn has the power to revive, but is this only in battle?
Can I not revive her with Djinn outside of battle? ARGGGG
Really annoying, I don't want to have to go back to the last inn to revive..
Can I not revive her with Djinn outside of battle? ARGGGG
Really annoying, I don't want to have to go back to the last inn to revive..
Ahh good times and way of ahead of me GAF. I know some people have asked but was going to request someone to list the name of the location of the point of no returns in the game and the # of items I should have by that point. Glad I checked the OP because sure enough there they were!
Loving the game so far, yeah it's easy but it feels like Golden Sun. Just a light hearted purely fun adventure.
Loving the game so far, yeah it's easy but it feels like Golden Sun. Just a light hearted purely fun adventure.
ColtraineGF
Member
Actually, there is this great detailed sticky on the GS boards over on GF, which shows all missables, with locations only:
Cr1tical3rror said:
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Spoilers about Amiti:
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Am I the only one who believes that he's Piers' or Alex's son
Pureauthor
Member
Regulus Tera said:
Just you wait.
Yaaaay got the game earlier in the evening an played for like 3 hours straight til my DS battery went red! Great music! Cute retellings of the first game! Crazy time trial! Super fast battles with djinni kill bonuses intact! Woohoo!
Being prompted to go! is stupid especially when I have the dpad held down and holy crap you can play with the stylus but who in their right minds would do that? Activating psynergy feels so slow cause now theres button prompts and crap but hey at least ya can use diagonally and from more then one spot away now!
Also I think my game box is messed up cause when I took the booklets an inserts out there was like holes in it
Being prompted to go! is stupid especially when I have the dpad held down and holy crap you can play with the stylus but who in their right minds would do that? Activating psynergy feels so slow cause now theres button prompts and crap but hey at least ya can use diagonally and from more then one spot away now!
Also I think my game box is messed up cause when I took the booklets an inserts out there was like holes in it
It's meant to be like that, it's supposedly more environmentally friendlyLindsay said:Yaaaay got the game earlier in the evening an played for like 3 hours straight til my DS battery went red! Great music! Cute retellings of the first game! Crazy time trial! Super fast battles with djinni kill bonuses intact! Woohoo!
Being prompted to go! is stupid especially when I have the dpad held down and holy crap you can play with the stylus but who in their right minds would do that? Activating psynergy feels so slow cause now theres button prompts and crap but hey at least ya can use diagonally and from more then one spot away now!
Also I think my game box is messed up cause when I took the booklets an inserts out there was like holes in it
Progress report:
I'm about 17 hours into the game now and am having a blast. The game is awesome. It starts off a bit tedious and boring but it really gets into the old Golden Sun swing a few hours in. Lots of towns to visit and things to do.
The only thing I'm really annoyed about is the permanently missable djinni and summon tablets. Because of this I'm playing the game with a list of all the djinni and summon tablets and where to find them next to me as I play. I haven't missed any, but it kinda sucks that I have to resort to either using a guide or be screwed over. Not much of a choice.
Not being able to return to some places is silly. I wish the game wouldn't do that. But aside from that, it's a great game and worthy sequel.
I'm about 17 hours into the game now and am having a blast. The game is awesome. It starts off a bit tedious and boring but it really gets into the old Golden Sun swing a few hours in. Lots of towns to visit and things to do.
The only thing I'm really annoyed about is the permanently missable djinni and summon tablets. Because of this I'm playing the game with a list of all the djinni and summon tablets and where to find them next to me as I play. I haven't missed any, but it kinda sucks that I have to resort to either using a guide or be screwed over. Not much of a choice.
Not being able to return to some places is silly. I wish the game wouldn't do that. But aside from that, it's a great game and worthy sequel.
AzureRonin
Member
Regulus Tera said:
Look at the top screen, you'll see the grid for each character as you scroll through them, shows you exactly how much space they have left. I just notice this.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
I think I may have gotten myself ahead to the Harapa Ruins a bit early. I actually had a somewhat decent fight with the boss there. :lol
But I missed that entire sequence at the Peak. Time to Youtube it.
But I missed that entire sequence at the Peak.
Time to Youtube it.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Giolon said:
Some of those missable Djinn were catchable in GS2, but only a limited number of them.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
This is my favourite adventure game since A Link to the Past. Those water puzzles and the ones after Passaj are mindblowing.
As an RPG, Dragon Quest IX is still the one to beat this year.
As an RPG, Dragon Quest IX is still the one to beat this year.
Regulus Tera said:
This sounds really promising, can't wait to get wherever that is :lol . Also I'm in luck because I can't stand Dragon Quest personally, so it's automatically got an edge since I've lacked the will and desire to play DQ9. Hurray.
Even just being as far as I am I'm having a blast,
doing the Adept Training Grounds and using the flowers to jump on as puzzles with Whirlwind.
So I just encountered and passed the second point of no return last night.
I have to say, the game really stepped up to another level during that section of the game. I liked the varied puzzles and the same time the story kept me going until it was 7:30 AM - good thing it's Sunday.
Also the game just became pretty dark.
When you're in the Eclipse Tower in Belinsk.
I have to say, the game really stepped up to another level during that section of the game. I liked the varied puzzles and the same time the story kept me going until it was 7:30 AM - good thing it's Sunday.
Also the game just became pretty dark.
I don't think the previous two installment had this much death - it really was quite surprising. I still welcome it though (Poor Briggs and Volechek)
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
FURRIES EVERYWHERE
Blaaaargh wwhaaaat at that missable list? I missed a mercury already?! But I swear I looked over every part of Carvers place! I'm over 6 hours now I can't restart ohhh whyyyyyy >_<;
Friendlier to Nintendos pockets if anything ~_~; Are all DS games like this now? 3rd party games to? The last one I got was DQIX and that has a normal box.
LordAlu said:It's meant to be like that, it's supposedly more environmentally friendly
Friendlier to Nintendos pockets if anything ~_~; Are all DS games like this now? 3rd party games to? The last one I got was DQIX and that has a normal box.
I think I'm at the worst place in the game plot wise and pacing wise. I've already been to 4 towns in 20 minutes with each town visited adding more fetch quests and complicating the way to the main objective. They really went overboard in this part.
I've acquired many summons and djinns and I've yet to use most of them since there were no boss battles since the
. Most battles are over in one round and you rarely have to buy stuff since most of the stuff in chests or hidden in barrels are way better than what is being sold in store.
Find Kraden in this town. Oh he is not there already? Try the town to the west, to get there pass the border town. What the border town is closed? Instead help free a pirate's son of one of the character of the past games. What there is no way to free him? Try going to the sage in the northern forest for advice. You want to get the beastlady back in your party? Ask the ministrels in town to play this specific song. Oh no the ministrels are on a trip, you must find them all
I've acquired many summons and djinns and I've yet to use most of them since there were no boss battles since the
Ice Queen
I just passed this point myself. And yeah, I was also surprised to findsolblade00 said:
corpses
dark creatures
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
The
is the best version of the Water Temple I've ever played through.
Phantasmal Bog
Wanting to know if I missed something:
I'm at Harapa right after the temple, and I have (I think) 9 Djinn, 2 on each character, with 3 on Tyrell... so that's 2 of each type but Mercury which has 3. So am I on course?
I found one in a random encounter and hope that doesn't become common. Didn't know there was going to be points of no return. =\
I'm at Harapa right after the temple, and I have (I think) 9 Djinn, 2 on each character, with 3 on Tyrell... so that's 2 of each type but Mercury which has 3. So am I on course?
I found one in a random encounter and hope that doesn't become common. Didn't know there was going to be points of no return. =\
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Yeah I think you already missed one or two random encounter Djinni. Oops.
I love how the entire sequence in
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I love how the entire sequence in
Kolima Forest is stealth commentary on jRPGs tropes
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Phenomic said:
When I say it is not as good as an RPG is because of the difficulty. I love the combat system a lot, but there's hardly anything that challenges me to use it well. I hear there's a difficulty spike twenty-five hours in, but so far this is really a "comfort" game.
One thing I have to complain about is "free" Djinni. When you get a party member they already come with some Djinni equipped. My favourite part of the game is the sense of accomplishment you get after capturing them, so that's selling me short.
Varion said:AfterTemple? Sounds like you're probably missing someBarai
Kopai temple or whatever, I think.
I think I'm up to date, then. I had 2 on each character, then got the fire one in Harapa (or maybe I'm misremembering town names, it's the one right after you pick up the water adept).
That was probably the one that gave me the most trouble too. It was a bit annoying to find out that you can cheat it by
but way more rewarding to not use it anyway.
Wouldn't have said no to a few more hard puzzles in the game, there didn't feel like there was as many challenging ones as TLA.
using Amiti's Insight psynergy
Wouldn't have said no to a few more hard puzzles in the game, there didn't feel like there was as many challenging ones as TLA.
Earthstrike
Member
Sorry if this has already been asked, but do I get any kind of bonus for having a fully completed golden sun: the lost age cartridge in the GBA slot?
Easystride
Member
None. There is no data transfer, unfortunately.Earthstrike said:
I beat the game today. It took 26 hours. Overall, a very enjoyable game. Great music, fast battle system, and lots of cool weapons to mess around with.
Some thoughts on the ending (spoilers obviously):
The cliffhanger ending was such a disappointment. During the whole end scene when they were in Belisink, I was thinking it was some pseudo-ending, and something bad was going to happen. I thought for sure there would be one more dungeon, and one more final boss battle.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Dawn got Dark, dawg.
That was my favourite puzzle so far.
Kinitari said:
That was my favourite puzzle so far.
Been playing for 4 hours or so now, untill the first point of no return and really love it so far.
I've also been reading up the announcement threads for this game, and it's kinda sad that there aren't more people talking about this after everyone was so excited and happy for a new Golden Sun Game
I've also been reading up the announcement threads for this game, and it's kinda sad that there aren't more people talking about this after everyone was so excited and happy for a new Golden Sun Game
hypersheep
Member
So I'm about halfway through the Konpa ruins and have 2 earth, 2 fire, 2 wind, and 1 water djinn as well as one summon tablet. Have I missed anything so far?
Just defeated the first boss, man I love this game!
The revisitation of the summons are A W E S O M E
I still love using Apocalypse,
that actually one shotted the boss :lol
I feared that the game would suffer from the transition to 3D like Alundra and other games before but no it's actually great that way and really feels like a 3D Golden Sun game (everything was CG in that game anyway).
the battle system is as awesome as before, I hope there's an arena too but it doesn't seem to be accessible in the starting menu like before....
And I really like the emoticones system :lol so pointless and so golden sun.
The revisitation of the summons are A W E S O M E
I still love using Apocalypse
,that actually one shotted the boss :lol
I feared that the game would suffer from the transition to 3D like Alundra and other games before but no it's actually great that way and really feels like a 3D Golden Sun game (everything was CG in that game anyway).
the battle system is as awesome as before, I hope there's an arena too but it doesn't seem to be accessible in the starting menu like before....
And I really like the emoticones system :lol so pointless and so golden sun.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
hypersheep said:
Nope, you're set to go.
