It's really amazing. Usually there's more than one ally character that I don't care about, especially on a cast as big as this one. There are also characters that totally made me like them even though they're not my type and I didn't think I WOULD like them. By this I mean Lucian. Lucian's going to be great when he grows up. Well, he's adorable now, but it sort of hit me that he's gonna be KICKIN RAD as a knight.
I thought this game was just a bit harder than SN3, but now that I think about it? It's because I used no less than two different walkthrough sources (Perfect Summoner's Bible and SN4 wiki), and I've got very familiar with SN3's battle system. There are a lot of event battles where you have to follow a certain path across the map or risk wandering into enemy territory and getting mutilated. Sometimes when I wanted a brave clear, it came down to doing a specific sequence of moves in exactly the right order. Also, battle "tutorials" are pitifully lacking and not user-friendly...you basically have to go in knowing how the system works.
I played a smidgen of SN1...like up until Lambda and his buddies join for good. Fair is rougher and more boyish than Ripre, but I worry for them both. I never really accepted that Ripre was 17 and running an orphanage. Er, well, I never really accepted that Ripre yelled and made certain kids skip dinner, and yet the orphanage was hailed as the ideal family, full of kindness and mismatched yet heartfelt love. I thought the orphanage was a good place because they survived hardships that were created outside of the household, not because they had a stressed "mommy" giving them guilt trips.
This is not to say I don't like Ripre, but I do wonder what those pesky game developers are thinking when they put this stuff in. :<
On to happier topics, Ruvaid and Ioth are so gay it hurts awesome. Oh my god, they even have opposite colors! (red/black and blue/white) Alba breaks his leg fighting assassins ;_; Once he recovers he starts teaching Lucian sword stuff, resulting in some super cute scenes. Mimosa is about to get married (!) :D and she's adopting Lami, who STILL HAS HER TEDDY BEAR XD Fizz's character design still has her in the same pose as in SN1, where she was holding her overall straps, only now she's wearing cool, more grown-up clothes. I have a mostly unsupported fantasy that her future profession is Robin Hood, and she'll meet a dreamy guy and have a fairytale romance. Subaru is...kinda dreamy *_* Cunnon is really strong! I...I kind of really like Gazel. I think I want him to be my knife-throwing pal. Ah, and I forgot Akane...she's really uber in fights. She dodges like everything and she goes everywhere and she hits so hard D: She gives Shingen miso and soy sauce because he's always complaining about not having Japanese food. (Shingen is also funny.)
There's an event with the SN1 characters where the SN4 protagonist wins a trip to the Silturn territory, and they end up meeting the SN1 characters, and then they end up in a cooking contest vs. Riple and Riple of course makes ramen :333
Oh, also, Cunnon is still reading corny romance novels in her study of emotion. Lisher happens to be reading the same series, which has been going for 10 years (I think it might be the same series she was reading from in SN3), and they get into a conversation where several ridiculous titles, such as, "A Loving Maiden's Cries Can Shake the Earth" etc., are mentioned.
In closing, I need a Summon Night icon but there are too many characters I love D:
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Date: 2008-06-08 07:52 am (UTC)I thought this game was just a bit harder than SN3, but now that I think about it? It's because I used no less than two different walkthrough sources (Perfect Summoner's Bible and SN4 wiki), and I've got very familiar with SN3's battle system. There are a lot of event battles where you have to follow a certain path across the map or risk wandering into enemy territory and getting mutilated. Sometimes when I wanted a brave clear, it came down to doing a specific sequence of moves in exactly the right order. Also, battle "tutorials" are pitifully lacking and not user-friendly...you basically have to go in knowing how the system works.
I played a smidgen of SN1...like up until Lambda and his buddies join for good. Fair is rougher and more boyish than Ripre, but I worry for them both. I never really accepted that Ripre was 17 and running an orphanage. Er, well, I never really accepted that Ripre yelled and made certain kids skip dinner, and yet the orphanage was hailed as the ideal family, full of kindness and mismatched yet heartfelt love. I thought the orphanage was a good place because they survived hardships that were created outside of the household, not because they had a stressed "mommy" giving them guilt trips.
This is not to say I don't like Ripre, but I do wonder what those pesky game developers are thinking when they put this stuff in. :<
On to happier topics, Ruvaid and Ioth are
so gay it hurtsawesome. Oh my god, they even have opposite colors! (red/black and blue/white) Alba breaks his leg fighting assassins ;_; Once he recovers he starts teaching Lucian sword stuff, resulting in some super cute scenes. Mimosa is about to get married (!) :D and she's adopting Lami, who STILL HAS HER TEDDY BEAR XD Fizz's character design still has her in the same pose as in SN1, where she was holding her overall straps, only now she's wearing cool, more grown-up clothes. I have a mostly unsupported fantasy that her future profession is Robin Hood, and she'll meet a dreamy guy and have a fairytale romance. Subaru is...kinda dreamy *_* Cunnon is really strong! I...I kind of really like Gazel. I think I want him to be my knife-throwing pal. Ah, and I forgot Akane...she's really uber in fights. She dodges like everything and she goes everywhere and she hits so hard D: She gives Shingen miso and soy sauce because he's always complaining about not having Japanese food. (Shingen is also funny.)There's an event with the SN1 characters where the SN4 protagonist wins a trip to the Silturn territory, and they end up meeting the SN1 characters, and then they end up in a cooking contest vs. Riple and Riple of course makes ramen :333
Oh, also, Cunnon is still reading corny romance novels in her study of emotion. Lisher happens to be reading the same series, which has been going for 10 years (I think it might be the same series she was reading from in SN3), and they get into a conversation where several ridiculous titles, such as, "A Loving Maiden's Cries Can Shake the Earth" etc., are mentioned.
In closing, I need a Summon Night icon but there are too many characters I love D: