The story in Arcadia is amazing, not to mention insanely long (there's a very good reason why this game comes on two CDs, and no, it's not because of CG movies), the characters are full of life, and the graphics, while plain in some areas, are simply breathtaking in others. I wasn't even really looking forward to Skies of Arcadia all that was on my mind was Grandia II and Phantasy Star Online, but now I'll be very surprised if either of these games comes even close to delivering an experience as grand as the one found here. The strange thing is, at least as of a few days ago. I haven't had this much fun playing a role-playing game in years, and Arcadia has quickly become one of my favorite Dreamcast releases.
The idols are now useless for anything other than quick money.What an incredible, incredible RPG. The Moon Hamachou quest is completed by finding all 24 moonfish hidden in various places throughout the game. The fourth fight is not unlocked, however, until 23 of 24 moonfish have been found. Piastol, the Angel of Death, is a new optional boss fought four times. There are a number of new discoveries to be found. After reading about them, they can be found in a constant location. Sailor's Guilds offer information about each person on the bounty list as they are unlocked through story progression. One of the new sidequests available is Bounty Hunting.
Many tracks have incorrect volumes, resulting in quiet drums and buried secondary instruments among other issues.
Many of the effects applied by Cybersound at playtime in the Dreamcast version are missing or badly simulated on Legends, resulting in instruments that tail-off to silence unnaturally and other weird oddities like slightly off pitch instruments at times. It originally used the Cybersound wavetable synth/sound engine for music playback, but when they were porting it as Legends they ended up using the MuseX audio engine. Musically, a major cause of the sparse sound isn't the disc space (as tight a fit as it was), but not porting the music properly to the GameCube hardware. Drachma's Excavation Arm is one of the most visible examples of this, as its colored Moon Stone in the center clips and tears very badly with the rest of the weapon's model as camera perspective on Drachma moves in battle. This can be seen on some doors and door frames when you exit a building, as it clips where the door and frame meet (try it on Dyne's house at ground level of Pirate Isle). The modifier volume shadows and (weirdly enough) point-mipmapping from the original release are still present.ĭue to a less accurate z-buffer (24-bit integer instead of 32-bit floating of the PowerVR), polygons that are really close to one another may clip and tear into one another. Graphically, the game sports mild improvements to character models, most noticeably adding individual fingers to the designs. Random encounters occur less frequently and load considerably faster than the Dreamcast version, and EXP offered per battle is adjusted to compensate. The "Fallen Pirate" rank was added for the bounty missions. Also, Legend now has completely different conditions. There have been a few changes to the system, including the special ranks between King of Rogues and Legend. 1.6 Moon Hamachou and The Angel of Death.
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