LAST EDITED ON Dec-10-01 AT 09:15 AM (Pacific)I finished my first run through the game, and the following are my reflections:
Does Pvt. Sparke's voice deepen as he levels? I never recruited him.
What happens if you give Bela the ring from Wiz6?
The end game was disappointing. I expected it to be much more difficult then it was. I had a Fighter, Rogue, Priest, Psionic and 2 mages. My party did 300 damage per round. I expected the monsters at the end to be much tougher. Also, I expected to be another "Hall of Gorrors" type super-monster killing spree deal. Y'know, just for the challenge. I finshed the game at level 24/25.
I was also rather disappointed in the character development. I liek the way they did it, but my spell casters weren't even 100 in their stats. Many of the lvl 7 spells I couldn't cast at lvl 7. (You know what I mean...)
I liked the variety of scenery, cities and the graphics of monsters and NPCs. I liked the puzzles within them. I would have liked to be able to sail on the seas like in Wiz7 to move around a little quicker. Nessie was a nice touch. I wish they had found a use for the Jeweled Cushion and Lodestone and other anomolies from Wiz7. I think that the epic would have fit together better if they had. I would also have liked it if Bela could have been recruited.
It seems to me that spells aren't as powerfull in Wiz8 as in Wiz7. Nuclear Blast and Mind Flay don't seem to do nearly as much damage as they used to, at least against enemies you meet when you get the spell. Spells like Dehydrate and Crush (nice animation there) also didn't do an extraordinary amount of damage against most monsters. I got the same damage from my fighter. Since that was the case, the only point to having dedicated spell casters (not lords or samurai or ninja) is for area spells and magical healing so you don't have to carry as many potions.
My team was in the blue for CC for most of the game. I was carrying mostly potions and misc items for Antone and Ferro, and the Chaos Moliri, etc. It seemed a bit weird, always being burdened by that. In Ascention Peak, I just dropped most of what I was carrying right in the middle of a valley, and wrote a note on my map "Drop Point" in case I needed to go back. They didn't even thank me.
I created a new party which I am not terribly thrilled about so far. Samurai, Rogue, Ranger, Alchemist, and two bishops. I tried the gadgeteer and wasn't that thrilled by lvl 10 so I started a new game (the one I finished last night). I'm on lvl 5 now and I just left the monestary for Arnika. I was thinking about a Samurai, Ninja, Ranger, Alchemist, and two other spell casters.
And those are my thoughts about the game....
Thanks,
Pischle
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Their voices usually don't deepen and if they do, there is somethig fishy going on 