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I am letting you, the community, decide what I play next.  Which ever games gets the most votes is what game I will play next.

My pick is because I want you to feel pain!

Looks like you're playin' Phantasy Star next buddy :P

I assume you have played it?  Is it really that hard?

I guess so.

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.......it was a playthrough. :P  It's hard if you don't use a walkthrough with maps. However, I really loved my experience with it and think it's one of the top early RPGs worth playing.

That was probably years and years ago.  And you probably didn't finish it :P  Do you know if this game came with maps out of the box?

Phantasy Star is my favorite SMS game. Make sure to buy some graph paper.

I voted for Dragon Quest Heroes!!

I certainly did finish. Learn to listen to podcasts.

I didn't go that far back with the podcast. :P  When did you guys play this podcast?

Woo hoo!  1 vote!

It was actually our Episode #1 for our March 2014 playthrough: http://rfgenplaycast.podbean.com/e/episode-1-phantasy-star-the-last-of-us/?token=98ecca25daa0edff4d6162250bbb068b

In the interest of saving myself some time, does the search option ever work?  Should I be searching everywhere?  Do NPC's say different things the second time you talk to them?  I'm guessing no seeing this is an early RPG.

Well, that was quick.  About 5 minutes in and I died.

Uh yeah. Stay close to town for a while. From what I remember, free health refill in there.

Oh yeah, I picked up on that quick. :rofl:

i think at least 1 NPC did say different things the second time, and it was required to progress. i never needed any maps, as long as you use graph paper in the dungeons you should be fine. without graph paper i can't imagine getting through even the smallest dungeons.

the game has a steep difficulty curve, but once you're a few hours in it with some better armour/weapons, everything gets easier. still not "easy", but easier.

Did this game come with a map or any sort of insert?  I want to know for completeness sake of the physical game.

It came with a poster and manual, I believe.

Thanks.  No need to worry about "completeness" with this one now. :)

Well, I have a bit of a dilemma.  I really want to map the dungeons but in the interest of time I may just look up the map on GameFAQs.  Man, I wish I was a kid again and had all the time in the world.

If you were playing Dragon Quest Heroes you'd have killed like 500 enemies on the same 5 minutes ;)

:laugh:  You must have played DQ.  How is it?

Techwizard drew his own maps during our playthrough. Check the thread, I think he might have posted them there.

Light-hearted and fun

if they aren't in that thread then send me a PM, i may have them saved somewhere.

So after leveling up to level 15, I've finally flown off to the desert planet and met with the Governor.  Whew, off to a slow start!

i think i finished the game under level 35...if i remember right, from what i read at the time once you pass a certain level (somewhere between 35 and 40), the later levels are almost unachievable.

I'm at level 20 right now.  I just found the robot to fly the spaceship.  Did I miss the gas mask somewhere because I had go by the poison swamp area and thought it was odd I didn't find an item to not take damage while going through it.  One thing I noticed is you should use your magic to heal everyone before paying to use the hospital.  It is significantly cheaper as it seems where your magic is at has no affect on how much you pay, only your health.  Yes, I know, the playthrough was years ago but you're getting my thoughts on the game anyways ;)

I'm finishing up on getting all the trophies in Dragon Quest Heroes so now you get to pick my next game!  Zillion for SMS and Resident Evil 5.  I have RE5 for the 360 and PS4, is there a difference between the two?

Amen to that Crabby, I busted 500+ in 5 minutes.  I really like the game but it gets tough near the end.  I would definitely recommend this game.

From what I can tell, if it's just the base release of RE5 on the 360, it doesn't have all the dlc.  The re-release on the PS4 does.  If it's the RE5 gold then no, there is no difference that I'm aware of aside from one has trophies, the other has achievements.

Well, after 3 and a half hours of straight play I beat Zillion.  I really enjoyed this game.  I would definitely recommend this as a Community Playthrough.  Does anyone know if this has multiple endings?  I wonder how quickly I could beat this game...