I've nearly finished Disc 1 in The Legend Of Dragoon having got past the return to Hellena Prison and I'm now at Kazas & fighting my way through the Black Castle to fight Emperor Doel.
Took me a little longer then I would've liked to get this far thanks to the rather limited free time I've had. But still a rather snappy 13 hours compared to most JRPG's and SO much has happened in that run time that it's kind of insane.
I'm really going to try to use everyone in the party this time around rather then falling back on Dart (whom you annoyingly can't take out the party), Rose (My favourite character) and the energetic Meru.
Dart, Lavitz, Rose and Haschel are going well at the moment but Shana… Ugh Shana.
She's really annoying thanks to a combination of her being rather squishy with low hp & defense. An absolutely pathetic attack stat & no additions which gimp her physical capabilities even further.
Plus with most of your magic being items in an inventory with only 32 slots it only makes her even less viable to use early game. Doubly so when Rose has a really impressive magic stat at the beginning (Though Shana will vastly overtake her in due time!).
Doesn't help matters that Shana temporarily leaves the party early on too and is several levels below the rest of the team when returning (Bosses in LoD are the only fights that give worthwhile experience points).
Thankfully with one single boss I managed to jump her up 3 levels and reach where everyone else is!
As for more overall thoughts the translation is worse then I remember it being and the overworld models can be a bit rough. Especially with NPC's.
The pre-rendered backgrounds are utterly sublime though and the soundtrack is top notch!
Maybe I should upload a few
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