Prior Quintet Experience?

[Golem]

Who here has played a Quintet game before?

I can't say I'm too familiar with them--I really only know about their popular SNES trilogy, which contains Illusion of Gaia, Soul Blazer, and Terranigma.

I've played Illusion of Gaia, but I got stuck at what I think was the second major boss. The guy was a vampire, and he was too hard, and I wussed out and gave up.

I also gave Terranigma a go, but I got stuck pretty early on because I couldn't figure out what to do. Honestly, though, I didn't give the game a fair shake.

I'm hoping Soul Blazer will go better. This could be the push I need to finish a Quintet game!

[SoupEgg]

I've played Actraiser. Addicting. I beat it within 24 hours of downloading it on Wii.

I downloaded roms of Soul Blazer, Terranigma, and Illusion of Gaia before. I never got to play much of them, so I'm looking forward to it.

[Bowser102]

I have never played any of these games.

Which one is considered to be the best in the series?

[Golem]

Ohh yeah, I forgot they did Actraiser. I've played a bit of the first one, even less of the second. I can appreciate the second one focusing strictly on action/platforming, but it's pretty hard.

As for the best one, I'd guess Illusion of Gaia? I think it's the most famous of the series, anyway. I dunno if there's any real consensus on which is best.

[WarioFan63]

I did Actraiser before and loved it

I did a romthrough of the Soul Blazer set once before and really enjoyed them, Soul Blazer and Terranigma especially

[Golem]

[Zanreo]

I've never played them, and don't think I've ever heard of them... will be interesting to try!

[cool_boy_mew]

[quote="Golem"]I've played Illusion of Gaia, but I got stuck at what I think was the second major boss. The guy was a vampire, and he was too hard, and I wussed out and gave up./quote]

That one is REALLY hard. What I do usually is pretty much save all of my herbs for that fight specifically. It's definitively possible to beat it without having any herbs, but it's hard.

To make the fight a little easier, did you know you can go back and change to Freedan for the fight?


I'm not sure which I got first, Soul Blazer or Actraiser, but since then I've been a huge Quintet fan and I've played all of their games released here (Including Terranigma, and the games made under Shade, the GranStream Saga and Orphen: Scion of Sorcery) except Actraiser 2.

[Golem]

Aha, thanks for the advice. I totally forget if I did the Freedan thing, I'll have to keep that in mind if/when I get back to Illusion of Gaia.

How is Orphen? The box art has never been very enticing, so I just kinda let it collect dust.

And why no Actraiser 2? :O Is it because there's no world-building?

[cool_boy_mew]

Orphen is kind of a really cool game but very clunky and very very VERY Playstaion 1.5 since it's a ps2 launch game. The combat system is really interesting, it's definitively worth a try. (I also highly recommend the anime. It's a lot like Slayers, medieval like setting, focus on comedy, adventuring .. etc. There's also another show called Louie the Rune Soldier that's similar and also very good. All the 3 of them have great English Dub BTW).

I'll get Actrasier 2 eventually, but it's not a priority, I'll just get it when I happen to get it. Heard a lots of bad things about it and yeah, no world building is kinda =/