Always fun to see references to Newgrounds even long after that site's decline.
Edited by Soble on Aug 10th 2018 at 1:25:19 AM
I'M MR. MEESEEKS, LOOK AT ME!
Well, the place still exists at least, and I'm sure Matt'll never forget it since it's somewhere he put the first game.
Apparently Matt has just realized a stat was bugged to not even do anything (which gives me Dragon Age: Origins flashbacks).
Edited by VutherA on Aug 10th 2018 at 4:37:28 AM
Epic Battle Fantasy 5 (tentatively) releases on Steam of the day November 30th, 2018!
For $15. Free web version due next year.
Holy crap I am not even done with 3 yet, and I gave up on 4 after my data was deleted.
Jesus, I need to make some time and catch up. I thought this was never coming out.
I'M MR. MEESEEKS, LOOK AT ME!
Is this a bad time to say owning the 4th game on Steam gives you a 20% off coupon for 5 until the end of the year?
-checks Steam account pronto because I bought EPB 4 awhile ago-
I'M MR. MEESEEKS, LOOK AT ME!
Okay, impressions now that I'm... about halfway(?) through the game:
- More tutorializing than the earlier games, but mostly about fairly obvious stuff
- Enemy respawning has been cut down. You need to zone to for them to respawn, and even then only a handful will. I think only like half the chest guards will?
- I think some summons might be missable because of this
- There's too many damn summons. Early game you'll be trying to catch something pretty much every battle, and choosing which to equip is a pain
- They're not really that useful, though
- AP curve seems to be reversed from 4— skills level rapidly early on before slowing down later
- Skill leveling is especially important this time around, since it unlocks alternate attack forms (and I feel like damage grows faster?)
- This makes extra skills hard to use, since by the time you have many you're more likely to be focusing on the regular skills
- Much better about late characters having enough AP and skill levels. They're a bit behind, but not useless for half the game the way Lance was in 4
- Skill leveling is especially important this time around, since it unlocks alternate attack forms (and I feel like damage grows faster?)
- Character balance:
- I think Matt's stronger than usual? Helps make up for having minimal multi-target attacks
- Anna and Lance have stats that correspond to what they do now
- Anna's generally a lot more usable than I remember her being in 4
- Lance hits like a truck, but nearly everything he does has a cooldown attached. Combined with poor elemental coverage and not having much single-target, he's hard to use much
- Natalie is kinda weak now, outside of her light and dark attacks. There's actually a lot of design decisions that feel motivated by how powerful she could become in 4
- Nolegs has low HP but otherwise very high defensive stats. Tanking isn't really possible, though...
- Still useful on offense, though
- Stat up food is now divided by character
- Light is bizarrely common. Only Lance doesn't get native access to it, and it's generally learned pretty early
- Wind is probably the hardest element to exploit now
- Natalie's limit breaks are both healing-based, but she doesn't naturally learn healing skills?
Okay, where the hell do I get the cloud boots? I've killed Snowflake (stat-decreasing ailments are busted), achieved 100% map completion, looted all but the final door of the Grand Gallery (that's not happening), and found three glitched areas. Is it a code thing? Do I need to find another glitch area? Behind a paywall? Or did I just just overlook something?
Did you see the stone blocks with the dots on it? Those corresponds with the pedestals you have to put the flowers on.
...Goddamnit. I knew about them (and got one), but had been hoping it didn't gate anything major. Time to comb all the previous areas and take notes this time, I guess
Game overed for the first time to the final boss. ...I'm not sure I like this game enough to go for a second try. Like, I could probably win if I use 9 lives once the boss charges up, but that is not a fun fight
Assorted thoughts now that I'm basically done:
- Matt's still the least useful character. Not especially strong, no aoe, little ability to status
- Anna can do basically everything really well
- Anna and Lance have a bunch of weapons that switch which damage stat is higher, but none of the extra skills are useful enough for this to be worthwhile
- I hate the new buff mechanics
- The game really emphasizes collecting for the sake of collecting
- It's nice that the map is accurate and that you can mark it, but the fact that stores and warp points aren't marked already is aggravating
- The fast travel system is really not very well set up
- Needs more bosses with gimmicks
So yeah, this is a good game. Charming, very impressive for a solo project, and a bit too bloated for me to quite consider it great
Ten years ago yesterday, the first Epic Battle Fantasy released on Newgrounds.
Epic Battle Fantasy 5 is now available free on Kongregate and Newgrounds.
Are we da BaddiesEpic Battle Fantasy 5 trailer.