VXAce - Legends of an Otherworld [FFX-like, high difficulty]

ninjamida · 2018-01-11T19:09:00+0900

So I've posted this game on a few smaller communities, but figured - why haven't I posted it yet on any of the really big ones? So, time to change that! Introduction / Background Legends of an Otherworld is a game I first started making about 8 years ago, then under the title "Legends of an Otherworld: Curse of Saria". I later dropped the subtitle since, as progress continued, the subtitle had less and less relevance to the overall plot. (And for those who are wondering - no, no relevance to the Zelda series. I've never even played them. The "connection" in that name is just a coincidence.) The setting, story, etc... let's be honest here. While it might not win any records for "worst writing ever", it's in no danger of winning any awards for "best writing ever" either. My focus in making this game was primarily on the gameplay - the battles, especially boss battles, are its strong point. And let me be clear here - while these are designed to be fun, they are also designed to be hard. Very hard. If you're the kind of player who loved playing crazy challenge runs in Final Fantasy X, this game is perfect for you, as the kind of strategies and obstacles encountered in such runs were a huge influence on this game. If you're after a compelling story with fun-but-easy gameplay, or beautiful custom graphics and sound, you might want to find another game to play. Synopsis The game begins when two cousins, Tara Ascira and Leanna Haysworth, awaken in a mysterious dungeon that seems to ignore every law of reality. With no recollection of how they got there, or even much idea of where they were from or what happened in their past, they decide to do the only thing they can - try to find a way out. While attempting to return to their hometown of Saria – of course, via the obligatory roundabout route with many distractions along the way – they encounter a young white mage, Harley Ryder, who realises that the dungeon they mention bears strong resemblances to an almost-forgotten ancient legend of the world's origin, and the greatest evil threatening it. Needless to say, what started as simply a quest to get home – and find out how they ended up in such a place and what they had forgotten about themself – quickly turns into an adventure that could determine the fate of the entire world. No matter how much they – or at least, Tara – want to avoid getting involved, it seems everyone, and even the universe itself, is determined to force their involvement. Legends of an Otherworld features a CTB (conditional turn battle) system, similar to that of Final Fantasy X, with a large degree of freedom in terms of what bonuses to give characters and what skills to teach them. Careful management and strategic use of these abilities, and of the items obtained, is critical to winning. Those who try to win simply by level grinding will have a hard time, and towards the end of the game bosses (and even some random encounters) are perfectly capable of wiping out even a max-level party without much effort, if the player neglects strategy. And for those who find the main storyline bosses aren’t enough, there are extra-hard optional bosses available at virtually all stages throughout the game; the first one becomes available before the third storyline boss, while there are also plenty of postgame-level bosses that make the already-hard endgame bosses look like pushovers. For those who seek to just complete the storyline, you may be looking at 30+ hours of gameplay. Optional content can easily add another 10 – 20 on top of that. This is a very large game. Lucky you can save anywhere you like – that’s one of the few ways the game is nice to you. Screenshots / Videos Spoiler: Map images. Spoiler-free. Spoiler: Battle images. Spoiler-free. Spoiler: Scanning can reveal useful information about enemies. Spoiler: Blue magic works in a unique way. Instead of directly costing MP, you must charge BP and use that to cast it. The advantage is that Blue Magic is generally very powerful, or otherwise very useful. Spoiler: Scanning can reveal status vulnerabilities too. Spoiler: Battle video 1. Mild strategy spoilers for an early-game boss. Note that as an early-game boss, this only shows a fraction of the various options available to you in combat. There's MUCH more to discover beyond this! Spoiler: Battle video 2. Moderate strategy spoilers for an early-game "roadblock" boss. This one is a bit more in-depth. Download Links Current version: V026b The game is finished at this point, and any further updates will be bugfix updates only. Download: https://1drv.ms/u/s!Am6NTdy4vnPXhjBxJ5DdppjLWtil Note that this download does NOT include the RPG Maker VX Ace RTP. You'll need to obtain that seperately if you don't already have it. All other necessary resources are included. Steam Workshop link: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1252703211 Official Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/loaocos/ If you have played this game in the past and still ha…

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ninjamida

#61 Dec 12, 2018, 05:43 AM Source

Evilmumrah said:
Boy, the hits just keep on coming! I finish the Hypercube and move right on to the puffs and Lunarion. What a guy! Hopefully, I can figure this one out but he's really hard.

From what I've heard, Lunarion is generally considered the 3rd hardest non-optional boss in the game (after <spoiler that you're not up to yet> and Dark Transient). But you've come this far, you can do it. :)

The spoiler boss
Corelock.

@Aoi Ninami, this is a boss you haven't seen yet either.
Evilmumrah

#62 Dec 14, 2018, 07:49 PM Source

Well, Lunarion is pretty darn hard. It would be helpful if I could scan the puffballs. Are they actually vulnerable to anything?
ninjamida

#63 Dec 14, 2018, 09:27 PM Source

The Lunopuffs can't be killed (except by defeating Lunarion, at which point they die too). If their HP is reduced to 0, they steal some HP from Lunarion to recover it. This can be useful - it means you get more damage out of hit-all attacks (eg. if you have Disaster hitting for 9999 to all enemies, using it here will get a total of 17999 damage to the body due to the Lunopuffs stealing some HP to recover); additionally, they have much lower defensive stats than Lunarion himself. The downside is their max HP is 4000, so any damage over 4000 at a time to them is wasted.

The Lunopuffs are immune to all status effects (even positive ones) and debuffs, as well as proportional-damage attacks, but take normal damage from all elements.

Lunarion himself can be scanned, so I'm guessing you already know his vulnerabilities / etc. Although Scan doesn't show resistance to debuffs - he's vulnerable to all of them, but has 50% resistance.

As you can probably tell, this battle was quite heavily inspired by a certain recurring boss in FFX, namely...

FFX spoiler
Seymour. And in particular, the 3rd battle against him (Seymour Flux), although to a lesser extend the 2nd (Seymour Natus) too.

On that note, you might've also noticed the Enchanter boss way earlier in the game was based on the 4th one (Seymour Omnis).
Dana

#64 Dec 17, 2018, 04:54 PM Source

Hi again

Has anyone defeated the optional boss Toropho in the graveyard? Maybe I need wind/tornado resistance. I have not yet defeated Craig and Brianna in the Haunted house. This RPG is great. Very hard battles which you need to think carefully and choose wisely. Thank You.
Aoi Ninami

#65 Dec 17, 2018, 05:12 PM Source

There is no Wind element, so your only options for Tornado are increasing your HP or increasing your Spirit.

I recommend leaving this boss until later. You will soon get a party member with the ability to buff Spirit (and other stats).
Dana

#66 Dec 17, 2018, 06:16 PM Source

Thank You Aoi Ninami.

I will now go forward into the Haunted Mansion
Evilmumrah

#67 Dec 18, 2018, 04:10 AM Source

Is there a way to guard against trauma? If there is, and I learned it once upon a time, I have forgotten it by now. I just met the Transient Plus or whatever its name is and it keeps traumatizing me. I'm still having trouble with Lunarion but I'm sure I'll get him in the end.
ninjamida

#68 Dec 18, 2018, 04:14 AM Source

Trauma is a physical attack, so the damage can be reduced with Defence buff, Defence+??% abilities, Shield, or the "Defend" command.
Evilmumrah

#69 Dec 20, 2018, 07:18 PM Source

Well, I finally beat Lunarion, Mia and Shinryu. Now, about that Minacell. Any hints on how to avoid Annihilation? Do I just keep trying to destroy the little blobs? He reanimates them pretty quickly.
ninjamida

#70 Dec 20, 2018, 08:17 PM Source

Nicely done!

For Minacell, yes, if he gets a turn with at least one Mindrette dead, he will revive them all. Note that if he only has to revive one, he gets his next turn much quicker than if he had to revive all three (with two being somewhere in the middle). If he gets a turn with all three alive, bam, you're dead. Just to save you the time trying - Deathproof won't help here, Total Annihilation ignores immunity.

As such, a useful strategy is to go all out on keeping one dead, while slowly whittling down the other two. Once you get to the point where you can take all three out quickly, do so and use that as your chance to pile on damage.

Also, Minacell has the Transient-like condition of being immune to physical damage unless hit with Weaken (I don't recall if he has the same for magical damage / Meltdown, I think he didn't). However, he doesn't ever "reset his shields", so you only have to inflict it once.

You're now in the final dungeon, so bosses from here on will all be very nasty (I guess there's one that's not too bad, but apart from that). ;) On the flipside, though, you've only got 8 or 9 storyline bosses to go (depending on if you've beaten a certain other one yet - Minacell and one other both need to be defeated before progressing, but you can do them in either order).
Evilmumrah

#71 Dec 20, 2018, 09:50 PM Source

Thumbs up. That did the trick. I was afraid I had to take out all three at the same time. Now, onwards.
Evilmumrah

#72 Dec 20, 2018, 11:16 PM Source

You, my friend, are a sadist. How do you kill someone who can't take any damage? Gralliet, I'm looking at you.
Evilmumrah

#73 Dec 20, 2018, 11:36 PM Source

Evilmumrah said:
You, my friend, are a sadist. How do you kill someone who can't take any damage? Gralliet, I'm looking at you.
Never mind. That was really evil. Took me way too long to figure it out. :D
ninjamida

#74 Dec 21, 2018, 06:20 AM Source

Heh. That's the one I was talking about when I said there's one that might not be so bad. :p
Dana

#75 Dec 21, 2018, 05:10 PM Source

I finally solved the button puzzle after spending some time on it. I got lucky trying to solve it ninjamida
Evilmumrah

#76 Dec 21, 2018, 08:06 PM Source

First off, since I'm sort of in the end game, is there any way to go back to that button puzzle? And second, I'm in the Garden of Memories (or whatever it's called) and have run into the what I call the stupid twins, and am having a lot of trouble. I killed her and he immediately brought her back to life. Keeping them silenced is tricky. Is this another case of having to get them both at the same time?
Aoi Ninami

#77 Dec 21, 2018, 08:23 PM Source

You can't revisit the button puzzle, but the reward is just a Slowtouch, which you can buy in unlimited quantities in the endgame.
ninjamida

#78 Dec 21, 2018, 08:44 PM Source

Evilmumrah said:
First off, since I'm sort of in the end game, is there any way to go back to that button puzzle? And second, I'm in the Garden of Memories (or whatever it's called) and have run into the what I call the stupid twins, and am having a lot of trouble. I killed her and he immediately brought her back to life. Keeping them silenced is tricky. Is this another case of having to get them both at the same time?

Yes. If Full-Cure is making that difficult to acheive, Virus is a good way to counteract it - IIRC, she's smart enough to not even try to use Full-Cure when under Virus, but that still achieves the desired goal of preventing healing (she just doesn't waste turns trying to do so anyway).
Evilmumrah

#79 Dec 22, 2018, 05:01 AM Source

Any other hints? Virus wears off on her too quickly. These two are really tough. And you say it gets worse? Poor me!
ninjamida

#80 Dec 22, 2018, 05:04 AM Source

She's also vulnerable to Silence and Slow. He's vulnerable to Darkness and Slow. If I remember correctly, they have the ability to heal these, but it still can help.