Let's Play Shining Force 3 - Battle 14

Our heroes race to save the Guardian Statue of Elbesem from destruction at the hands of General Spiriel, but find themselves wanting, as Spiriel unleashes death on the statue, and then on the force.

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[Andylong99]

i wish this game was for PSP that would be SOO cool

[TotalHalibut]

@Andylong99 True, though bear in mind there are some excellent SRPGs for the PSP including Jeanne D'arc, Final Fantasy Tactics and Disgaea

[redchocobo]

I'm confused as to why Basanda only has 20HP here. For being a high priest, I'd expect her to at least be in the 70HP range.

[TotalHalibut]

Because it's impossible to attack her.

[Aurabolt]

Okay, this might be a bit too obvious or strange, but why didn't you just cage her in with four mid/high def characters at the first opportunity? At the very least, she'd only get one attack and couldn't move, then you could just pelt her with Hayward and the casters, and go for specials. You could've used Albright, Kahn, Kite, and Cybel for it.

[TotalHalibut]

The monks don't have high defense, Khan just happens to have high HP.

Of the characters we had available, there weren't 4 who could have withstood her attacks, especially not Tornado. Even Cybel at full HP, with her high defense, would have still died to it. I honestly wasn't expecting her to be such a jerk this time around, this was an extreme example of her throwing the usual strategies out the window, she's normally not this bad when it comes to ganking weaker characters.

[TotalHalibut]

Ahh yes, a lack of strategic thinking in a situation where the boss can and will ignore your tanks and wander over and 1-shot a healer. Definately a 'lack of strategic thinking' there, ya condescending son of a bitch :>

[randomentity]

Spiriel has a good excuse for the poor voice acting. As she's being controlled, her speech is meant to be rather emotionless. Shame you didn't show off her power undies~

To redchocobo: A good plot reason why Basanda would only have 20 hp is that shes right next to the Elbesem statue, which is drastically negating her Bulzome powers. This also points out why she needs Spiriel to destroy the statue for her, as shes unable to do it herself.

[Headphonemike]

there is a way to stop the statue from being destroyed but it is tricky. there are items that heal the 'whole party' the statue counts as a good guy so you can recover it's HP over time but you have to go through and figure out which characters go on what turn and who should hold the items

[mochico88]

I love that, "Punching people, is incredibly effective"

[TheRyanReilly]

@TotalHalibut Please add TacticsOgre to that excellent, albeit small, tactical rpg lineup. :)

[Gyounen]

Any recommendations on where someone might be able to purchase the full shining force 3, with all 3 scenarios? (because it is not on steam..)

[TheIPGCorporations]

@TotalHalibut Not going to happen until Camelot and Sega patch things up. Shame.

[Wien]

Wow, you make this battle a hell of a lot harder than it should be. You CAN promote just about everyone in your party, and if you pile on Spiriel as soon as you can surround her you can widdle her down pretty quickly. Why send Danteres and Obright in the tombs at that point? Hit those tombs early and use thopse guys to crowd Spiriel.

Still, one of my fav battles in the game.

[Fedorasnesguy]

One look at this game and you know it's GOOD.

[therealbluedragon]

I beat her by surrounding her with my strongest characters & having the healers stand behind them. Then It's just a case of pummelling her with spells & ranged attacks that she can't counter. I only lost one character.

If you nurture Obright's friendship bonuses & weapon skill properly this battle will be his finest hour.

[aspet]

Sega should remake Shining Force III for today's consoles instead of making EXA which is NOTHING like a Shining Force game.

[pokemaster12315]

@mr2dax U R A DICK