Late to the party, but man I am loving this game.
Like, loving it so much that it cushions the blow of having my ME2 replay effectively halted right before getting Mordin.
# The CHARIOT system allows you to rewind up to 50 turns in battle without having to restart the entire battle over. The game keeps track of how many battles you win without using CHARIOT, but I'm not sure if there is a penalty for abusing CHARIOT too much.
I love the idea, but in practice I've mostly used it for immediately correcting stupid mistakes (Magic Missile shot my own dude in the face instead of the target; why don't wizards get Trajectory? -- or Oh hey that guy I just rezzed got immediately killed again, let's not do that). Most battles where I find my ass getting completely stomped are cases where I actually want to go all the way back and change my party.
Course, I'm just in the beginning of Chapter 2, so I may use it more as I go forward.
Anyhow, rereading thread, that first-post laundry list is quite good; I never played the OG version of the game so I didn't know how many of these innovations were new to this edition.
Beastmaster sucks ass
Yeah, I have reached this conclusion. For awhile I thought it was just because she was low-level, but now she's the same level as everybody else and still sucks.
but you know what doesn't suck? DRAGONS DON'T SUCK.
I've been having trouble actually recruiting much of anything up to this point. I managed to recruit one (human) dude one time; other than that it's always failed. I've read Warren Report and noted the importance of HP, proximity, and Loyalty; I'll keep trying I guess.
But until I actually run into any dragons I'm tempted to turn her back into an Archer.
Thanks.
Man, my fucking kingdom for a fitting room feature.
In shop... "Did I remember to get that archer some sleeves?"
FIVE MENUS LATER
Yeah, that's one of my few gripes.
Also: Everything about this game is just really, wonderfully crisp. It moves in and out of battles quickly
Yeah, if I were describing it to an FFT fan I'd immediately mention the battles move much more quickly -- which is kind of important when you've got 24 dudes on the map instead of just 10.
Also, the remastered soundtrack is absolutely glorious. Bring headphones.
I have discovered that my new sound system doesn't just have a "GAME" preset, it has several. It has a specific preset for RPG's.
(It's funny to me how the music really does sound rather a lot like FFT's.)
Law is the correct path for your first playthrough
the first major choice comes and picking what will clearly rest lighter on your conscience shifts you to Chaos.
...uh-oh.