LogFAQs > #927281982

okay so it turns out the forest that I thought was the forest, wasn't actually "the forest." it was just a patch of a bunch of forest tiles together on the world map that looked like a location you could enter. after going south for a bit further I find the actual Doma castle and, a ways further, the actual "the forest."

I enter

the forest map in this game reminds me of this beauty and the beast game that I think was for super nintendo. I remember being confused as shit trying to play it when I was a very little kid. anyway, I'm less confused here, and I navigate my way through... blasting everything down with aura cannons.

after that, I get onto the PHANTOM TRAIN.

this section was really cool although it might have been a BIT too bloated. I still loved most of the stuff contained on the train, though. at first I avoided the ghosts, but then I realized one of them was an ally who wanted to join my party, which is a neat aspect. some of the others did try to attack me.

one of them actually had a shop! I probably should have gone back and talked to some of the earlier ghosts I avoided, but I wasn't in the mood for random encounters so I decided to do as little backtracking as possible.

the shop allowed me to by like 50 potions which I burned through much faster than you could imagine. good thing I did find this shop honestly because, without it, I would have run out of potions much quicker and probably ended up getting stuck with no healing. I also purchased some shuriken for Shadow to throw. he seems to do a bit more damage with this attack but I found it wasn't worth it for most encounters when I could blast things with aura cannon.

when I find the first treasure chest this hilarious guy shows up. siegfried(?) I think was his name. anyway he starts the encounter by doing a multi attack that hits the party like 10 times.... for about 5 damage per hit. then he gets really tired and has to stop to catch his breath. well, I hit him one time and he got knocked out. he steals the treasure and runs away. funny, although I do wonder if there was a way to get the treasure? maybe by possessing him with the ghost?

damn, I should have tried this!

next treasure room has a monster in a box which is a little more powerful than the standard ghosts.

this was getting to be a long session but I figured the boss was coming up or the end of this section soon, so I kept playing even after I found two different save points along the way. eventually the PHANTOM TRAIN itself comes to life and attacks us.

before anyone asks, yes, I did in fact suplex the train.

a surprisingly easy boss, I think the easiest of the three sections I played so far. these characters are all powerful and by this point I'm very used to all of their combat mechanics. I didn't even need to heal, I just kept attacking until the train went down.

the train decides to let us off at the next stop while it picks up its next set of passengers... the victims from Doma castle. Cyan gets to see his family one last time, and then the group departs onto the next stage of their journey. I really liked this scene and it was a great conclusion to this little story arc.

overall another great section of the game.
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