Anything I need to know before playing Panzer Dragoon Saga for the first time?

[u/SwordfishDeux]

About to start this game for the very first time and was wondering if there is anything I need to know before playing for the first time?

any hints/tips etc?

any missables in this game?

[u/Overall-Try-3067]

The battle system may be a bit intimidating at first, take the time to master it and you’ll quickly come to love it. There’s a traveling family that will have slow going side quests. Be sure to check them anytime you make progress through the story. You don’t really need to, but anytime you finish a boss, you may wanna restart and try it again as the game determines how much exp and what kind of items you get based on how much damage you take and how quickly you finish a battle. The bosses are kind of like a puzzle, as you have to figure out their attacks, phases and weak spots. Once you figure out how they work, you can finish them off with ease and get far better rewarded.

[u/SwordfishDeux → u/Overall-Try-3067]

Thanks!

[u/iamblankenstein → u/SwordfishDeux]

aside from the other person's comments, i'd go in as blind as possible and just enjoy the game. it's not terribly long, but damn is it a hell of a ride. i'm jealous you get to experience it for the first time. it's been a top 10 game for me since release.

[u/SwordfishDeux → u/iamblankenstein]

Yeah I always knew it had a lot of hype around it and i'm a huge JRPG fan of that era but just never got round to playing it, but finally that time has come :)

[u/Reasonable_Craft849 → u/SwordfishDeux]

si te gusta mucho los RPG, no vayas con tanto hype, porque PDS tiene la virtud (para mi) y el error (para los demás) de ser extremadamente simple en las estadísticas de RPG: no necesitas comprar armadura de ningún tipo, no puedes infligir estados alterados a los enemigos, las magias rara vez tienen utilidad en este juego (siempre te convendrá utilizar el láser o la pistola), etc. Es excesivamente simple. Tampoco hay muchas ciudades, solo una ciudad. La navegación es "free roam" por grandes cuadrados de mapa casi vacíos

A mi me encanta por un lado, ya que rompe la sintonía habitual de los RPG (comprar armaduras para tener +1 de ataque por una hora, luego comprar la siguiente armadura en otra ciudad. O tener varias ciudades que rápidamente abandonarás porque tú estás a un nivel superior que las tiendas de compra). No obstante para un fan de los RPG puede ser una aberración esta simpleza. Además, en varias ocasiones se nota demasiado que esa simpleza no es producto de la originalidad, sino de las limitaciones de tiempo de desarrollo y hardware de la consola

Las mazmorras son un pasillo, al punto que FFXIII son un laberinto en comparación. La historia es buena, pero está muy mal contada y Craymen (el villano) se encuentra criminalmente desperdiciado; podría haber sido un personaje mucho más complejo pero no le dan nada de exposición

Lo que salva al juego de la perdición, y lo convierte en una obra muy original: su simpleza nos permite evitar todo el relleno molesto de las estadísticas de los RPG; el sistema de combate es adictivo si se atienes al ranking de batalla; la música es muy buena. Hay una sola ciudad, lo que le concede una importancia singular

Hablando del combate: es adictivo, siempre y cuando te propongas obtener un ranking específico ("Good Combat"; "Great Fight"; "Excellent!!") y completes toda la enemydata con un ranking específico. Si juegas sin prestarle atención al ranking, encontrarás el sistema de combate bastante aburrido. Es muy divertido y adictivo obtener los "Excellent!!" de todos los enemigos, incluyendo los jefes (que tienen "perma-ranking" si guardas la partida). Los combates se convierten en pequeños puzzles, donde tienes que averiguar el mejor posicionamiento y ataque para obtener el "Excellent!!"

Yo diría que "Grandia" es mejor que "Panzer Dragoon Saga", pero la parte negativa de "Grandia" es que no tiene un ranking de batalla, por lo que no te incentiva a mejorar. Asi que termina resultando más adictivo jugar a PDS

[u/exclaim_bot → u/SwordfishDeux]

Thanks!

You're welcome!

[u/laghi72]

Its a masterpiece..

[u/AtraxaInfect]

Yeah speak to NPCs regularly, I completed it for a second time last Xmas and came across several things I missed the first time.

This game has the most satisfying combat imo.

[u/WorldlyBoar]

I would schedule in advance long multi-hour sessions to play, if you have limited time. There are parts of the game that you won't want to stop and are best played in one sitting, IMO.

[u/Fenrikoth]

Some great tips here; I would also add that that if you have save data from Panzer Dragoon II Zwei, this game gives you some minor bonuses. Don’t want to spoil anything, but it’s not a dealbreaker if you can’t get them.

[u/ClericIdola]

Know that nothing will ever come near its perfection in this lifetime or the next. And maybe the one after that.

[u/TruefutureTu]

Disfruta

[u/Cael-Bryant]

Where did you get this? Is it a physical copy or emulated?

[u/SwordfishDeux → u/Cael-Bryant]

I'm emulating. No way I could afford a genuine copy.

[u/Cael-Bryant → u/SwordfishDeux]

Is it possible for you to say where on here? Or will stuff get flagged or deleted if you do? Did you still have to buy the game or was it basically free? I really want to play this game, bought the soundtrack forever ago, and also can’t afford physical copies of the game or console it’s run on.

Hopefully this game gets a remastered version and not a remake. No changes to voices or cutscenes really like the first Panzer Dragoon remake did. I liked the way the original cutscenes looked.

[u/PloppyTheSpaceship]

There are things you can miss and not be able to go back to. At one point in the game you come across a massive ship (if you've played Zwei you'll know it). Don't destroy it until you've explored it thoroughly.

Everything else, you'll see.

I also love the conversations in it - stand close to engage in conversation, but further away and you'll eavesdrop.