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Ship battles are always the climactic battle of s section of skies of arcadia, so every vignette always culminates with these extremely slow fights and you just end up dreading them near the end of the game as they grow longer, without getting much harder. The super move mechanic, where based on player decisions, they will have the opportunity to use a harpoon or special cannon to do massive damage on enemies is satisfying the first time but afterwards, it just feels like you're doing meagre damage and making slow progress through a fight until you are offered the opportunity by the game to do proper damage again. The system with the grid indicating when the enemy attacks makes it abundantly clear when to attack, guard and heal. I cannot understate how slow these fights are and how simple they are. Enemies have a surplus of health and given players are using items, bosses hold very little threat as most damage can be fully healed immediately assuming players use the plentiful cheap resources that they are provided with.

#SKIES OF ARCADIA LEGENDS GAMECUBE ISO USA FULL#

Animations here take even longer and fights are full of little pauses and buffers between attacks that add up to drag down the pace of encounters. If you are playing on an emulator, acceleration functions are a must because ship battles are incredibly slow. Random fights being dull is a minor complaint when compared to the ship battles though.

Credit where credit is true, some of the harder random encounters promote other strategies like buffing that would usually be reserved for bosses, which I liked. Even in new areas, the tried and true strategy of having physical characters attack and magic characters use fire magic will get you through the vast majority of fights. Skies of arcadia includes frequent segments where you backtrack over previously trodden skies full of easy enemies for low risk low reward fights and when they are drawn out it feels lethargic. For tense boss fights, long attack animations can draw out tension and make you wonder and second guess how much damage you or the boss will deal so I suppose it can get a pass there but for common enemy encounters against enemies that are never a threat (the game isn't difficult which in and of itself isn't to its detriment), the slow pace of fights is a killer. Though, the gameplay itself isn't that bad, the games battles are subject to long, drawn out slow animations for every attack. My big problem with skies of arcadia is the gameplay. I liked the atmosphere, the music, the characters and all the environments and characters looked really nice.

Skies of arcadia legends gamecube iso usa