Septerra Core

Favorite old school pc rpg.

running away from battles works sometimes.‍

bellissimo gioco retro che non ha riscosso grande successo ingiustamente....molto meglio di final fantasy secondo me...peccato che questa versione abbia un bug ...mi scompaiono i salvataggi dell ultimo giorno di gioco a volte e devo rifare tutto il percorso di una giornata di gioco

grubb rules.‍

At first I thought I can't recommend this version because it is broken on modern day computers and I would recommend this game if you can find version that works immediately or you find fixes for this version. But I'm not sure about it because what kind of progress this game or roadblocks to progress it. The game works, but the broken part is that pre-rendered cutscenes doesn't play. It seems it relies on completely different software to play cutscenes. It's quicktime player which might not come with modern day computers. Sure something quicktime install file comes with the game but it didn't get launched by steam first time launch popup. In-game cutscenes works fine. And the combat system is interesting. I guess it's semi-active battle. I don't know how to explain it, but every party member have their own bar, which you need to wait to be filled. You don't need wait for full bar to get filled, but then you can't used powerful attacks. Only with full bar you can use powerful attacks. And basically what is a mana system it is shared by every party members. And it can be used by character specific attacks or actions or using cards. Cards can be used by every character. Encounters are roaming encounters, but I guess you start battle with enemies when they notice you. So you can avoid them if enemies don't notice you. However I have some problems with the progression for this game. Not with leveling system (which maybe is slow, but for this game it's fine), but with what is needed to done. For example when I tried playing this game for first time I couldn't find where to go at the start of the game. Turns out the place where I needed to go was on world map, but needing go through a dungeon. But that's not all. Puzzles basically are finding where the key item is and/or needing to have right party member in party to complete the puzzle. Plus some key items are buyable from shops. For some puzzles there are hints said but for others are very vague hints or not doesn't have any hint. About needing right party member, if you don't have them then you need to backtrack where you can switch around party members and guess right party member for the puzzle. Basically there's little to none direction to progress the game and is very tedious process and seems it is to bloat the playtime up. Maybe also you need to have right equipment to progress the game, but maybe only vague hints are given about it. Also you can combine key items to get a different key item. If the game would give better directions (but not as much as hand holding, which walkthrough maybe is doing but outside of the game) then I would play it at least to the story end.

I had a great time with this game. The gameplay is simple but surprisingly addictive.‍

Hidden gem.

great old game.

Clássico RPG pra quem quer uma experiência de JRPG no PC. O sistema de batalha é um pouco lento e datado, mas a construção de mundo e a história compensam.

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