Poll of the Day > I am trying to collect every card in Yu-Gi-Oh: Duelist of the Roses

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I've got 34% of the cards. I have beat the game and can steamroll almost anybody but my total card count is lacking. 853 cards total, so I have a ways to go. There is one I might need to enter a password for as I don't think I can get it otherwise, but yeah. The real pain in the ass isn't going to be acquiring every random useless card from the enemies, it's going to be lining up the slot machine reels. I have a deck leader that give me 3 lines to play and even so I've only hit it like 5 times ever in 200ish matches, and some cards I think can only be acquired this way.

This sounds pointless because I can just type in codes, and I have beaten the game, but I just feel compelled.

> I am trying to collect every card in Yu-Gi-Oh: Duelist of the Roses

I'm a completionista... ... and the thought of doing that gave me a seizure

I love that game so much. I generally don't even play RTS games but that one is an exception.

A while back I started playing a mod for it called Duelists of the Roses Redux. It's got uncensored card art, new enemy decks and fields, revamped deck leader abilities and faster leveling, and makes all cards obtainable.

I have heard of that. I kind of want to try it out but I have so much invested already in the normal game I may consider it later.

Faster leveling is cool because even using a workaround to get lots of XP in short order it still isn't super quick. New enemy decks and fields could also be neat.

One thing I love and hate is how incompetent the AI is. When I am grinding for cards I love it because it makes it easier but overall I kinda wish the AI gave more of a challenge. Like, I play warriors and beast warriors, just like Richard Slysheen of York. I can beat him in like 3 turns because even though the AI should know I get movement bonus on fields, his deck leader never moves unless I am right next to it, so I can hit him for free a couple of times with my movement bonus. Come to think of it, this actually makes collecting cards harder because when I kill 'em so quickly they don't play too many cards to appear in the slots, and hanging back and letting him go for a little, playing more cards, is way less fun than an actual match would be.

Yeah, I'm remembering that one big pain in the ass of that game was having to actually destroy a specific card from their deck to even have a shot at winning the card.

For all the flaws of the game though, it's still not half as bad as Forbidden Memories on PS1. It was very archaic, the enemy *always* drew their best cards at the beginning of the duel, and many cards could only be obtained by purchasing for 999,999 star chips (and you only get up to five star chips per duel).

DotR really just took the good parts of Forbidden Memories; instant monster fusion and summoning without tributes.

Yeah, so while the AI in duelist of the roses is dumb sometimes, I'll take that over AI thats too good. Also in order to unlock some things in Roses you need a ps1 memory card with some Forbidden Memories saves on it. I think that may just be extra people to duel in custom duel but being on an emulator I can't accomplish that or if I can I know it isn't going to be worth the hassle. If any cards are gained that way I will just input passcodes.

argonautweakend posted...

but being on an emulator I can't accomplish that or if I can I know it isn't going to be worth the hassle.

Check how people do Suikoden 2 save into Suikoden 3 on the emulator, maybe it won't be too bad