Arc the Lad

[ChrisRPG]

Anyone played Arc the Lad collection for PSX yet? I just got it today! So, I will be taking a couple hours off to play some of it. hehe http://www.emuxhaven.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[el_Leon]

I've heard about those series, who's the developer?

[ChrisRPG]

Well Im not sure about the Japanese ones. But the PSX is Working Designs, the same people that brought us Lunar 1 and 2 for PSX and now Lunar for GBA.! They seem to be doing a good job. I played Arc the Lad a lttile. Very nice...

[Strag0]

Arc the Lad was developed by Sony, and their "Arc" Development team. Sadly the games are VERY boring and are terribly outdated. I beat Arc the Lad in under 10 hours, and was soon to complete Arc the Lad II the following day. I didn't enjoy them. I wouldn't WASTE $70 on it, I brought my game and my watch back and got my money back for it. =D I'm glad they were nice to give it all back to me.

[ChrisRPG]

Oh i thought it was working designs. Oh well... And I guess its really up to the player. I am an avid fan of older games that dont take 100-200 hours to finish completely. http://www.emuxhaven.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[RPGTess]

You will like it.  It has a very interesting battle system and a great story.  It's like a more interactive strategy RPG, like Shining Force.  However, it is much simplier and has less hassle in moving and attacking, unlike FFTactics.   I just finished AtL 1 yesterday (its very short ~ 8 hrs)  and am going to begin AtL II today while I wait for our combined FF2 WSC patch to be fixed (it keeps freezing the game after the battles...probably the result of my IPs file. Don't worry though, I sent Chris a new dialogue only IPS so hopefully that will fix the problem.)

[Strag0]

Oh i'm a fan of OLD Rpgs that are short myself, but this game is reallly boring, it's like a Stratagy game, without the stratagy, and a roleplaying game without the roleplaying. You just goto a battlefield and fight. it's boring, VERY boring.

[ChrisRPG]

Oh I found out the English translation was done by working designs, and it was developed by Sony.

[ChrisRPG]

I played part 1 for about an hour in total. And its a cute game. I just dont have the time to get into leveling up right now, so I cant progress, they keep killing me. But im sure when we get ff2 and dq12 work done, Ill have lots more time. I still liked it though. Its very different.

[ChrisRPG]

I finally am going to play this game tonite. I am tired and frustrated with all the hacking. I deserve to take a few hours off. So that said Ill see yall tomorow. hehe *http://www.emuxhaven.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[ChrisRPG]

Hey its not all that boring. Its just you have to fight to get the new skills and level up to beat the next round of monsters. And is a lot easier to navigate than shining force or FFT. I liked it. Now I have nad my fill of playing stuff. back to the hacking I guess. Its worth it to see the animations of the spells.

[FearGaia]

For some reason I've never even heard of Arc the Lad....probably cuz I'm stuck in the middle of nowhere? Hehe.

I go find review and see screenshots......is there supernes version?

[ChrisRPG]

Yep in Japanese, and someone was working on it. Not so sure about that now though. Its a cool game I think.

[metaphysics]

man that game costs so much, its like $120 Canadian...

[ChrisRPG]

I know but it is 4 games in one, and if you divide it up thats worth it! You can always trade it in at a shop that accepts trades too.

[FearGaia]

120 is PSX right? 4 games in one? esplain yerself lucy!

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[ChrisRPG]

The game is $80 in US dollars. or close to it. You get 6 discs. And a few collectible things. Go to ebworld.com to see everthing in the package, it reminds of Lunars packaging in a way. You get arc the lad 1 (1cd and very short 10hours) arc the lad 2 (longer and continues from part1 1 cd), arc the lad 3 (2cds long, ) ,monster battle(might not be called that i forgot...1cd I havent tried it yet.) And the making of (1cd with video and interviews on how they made the games in English-That was interesting). And all the save data from one game is compatible with the next part. So somehow you use the data from 1 in part 2, and 2 in part 3, and in the arena. Not sure how it is used though, Because my projects havent allowed me any time to get done with part 1 yet. I have only played a couple hours. Now that FF2 is out, and DQ12 is in beta testing... I will enjoy playing the games. I hope http://www.emuxhaven.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[FearGaia]

I hope so Chris! You deserve some fun!! *Besides the little baby, I haven't had any fun in the past 4 months for sure.... :/

Soon as I get to Vegas, I'm gonna go to the hard rock cafe and have some yummy yummy food!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

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Last edited by FearGaia at May 20 2002,16:14

[ChrisRPG]

I know that when you do popular games for projects... the expectation is high. That is why I have spent so much time on these projects. I ususally work on them 10-14 hours a day. Which leaves little time for anything else. When DQ12 is released though that will change. maybe 5-6 hours in a day. But for now Im still hacking away. and will stop tonite now to go and try to finish arc the lad1.

[FearGaia]

Ah you put me to shame! haha I only spent 7 or 8 hours hacking DQ12r at max.....sometimes I didn't touch it for three or more days at a time.  Looking back on it though, nobody knew how to do ASM and nobody was willing to learn, so I guess that's why I didn't care as much after the first 6 months.  Now everyone wants ASM, me ASM me ASM! Me learn ASM!! Holy toledo....

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