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[jb1234]

I actually cheated my way through Vagrant Story. Probably not my finest hour but I was getting angry and I wanted to enjoy Sakimoto's wonderful score in context.

 

[Boss Doggie]

only played 1&2. i think the first is still king and more fun.

First is very repetitive though. Second game has the best battle system among the VP games and pretty much on all JRPGs even today.

 

[demidar]

Here's my experience with Resonance of Fate a few hours in:

1. Equip dual SMGs
2. Use hero action so you run right past an enemy
3. Spam lvl 1 shots to pop enemy into air
4. Spam lvl 1 shots to make it rain items, so many items that items will actually start disappearing because there are so many items
5. When you've had enough, charge to lvl 50+, then jump shoot to scratch everything on an enemy
6. Run through with hand gun character and kill everything

The whole dual SMG setups that have been modified to hell and back removes all challenge, making the last half of the game tedious. Still finished it mind you then went into post-game content, wasn't much more challenging I just had to charge up on the spot instead and it was still insanely effective.

 

[Parakeetman]

This is exactly the reason of why I consider DDS to be easier than Persona 3/4.

You know that you have to devour in DDS, it's a terrific boost to your ability points, after that you just have to decide which abilities to unlock. Once you figure the order in which to unlock them it all becomes easier.

In Persona instead you have a ton of possible combinations when fusing personas, you can do dual, triple and if I remember correctly even 4 and 5 way fusions. The outcome of the fusion can fail (and if you forgot to save it can be a huge pain), the abilities that can be inherited are very limited in choice (which means that you are forced to give up abilities that you could need).

I don't know, DDS seems much more linear in that respect. Not that it is a bad thing... Also the dungeon design kinda compensates for that...

The boss battles were by far a lot more difficult in DDS vs Persona 3/4. One thing about Persona 4 is it turns into a huge match with basically always just trying to "stun" all of the enemies just to do the constant all party attack, unless you need to heal or buff up instead in between. I found the battles in P4 to be a lot less interesting in general. Do love both P3 and 4 though.