come have a cola or monomate or yeah.
I'll also be sharing my experience of the megadrive titles here rather than clog up the megadrive thread.
I'm currently on PSII, with Xyga's warning forever in mind:
Xyga wrote:PSII can be brutal. Depends on how you decide to play it and what you have in your inventory.
Without using the cute hand-drawn official strategy guide (Hint Book) originally bundled with it, the game will murder you a million times before you see the end credits.
Don't expect your party to ever become strong enough to spend as much time as you wish exploring the sadistic dungeons to come.
Fights of course don't get easier, it's not rare to see your party annihilated in one turn if you make the wrong decision.
If you miss some vital support items (not exactly mentioned in the guide) it will be Hell.
It's not impossible, but some of the most complex structures can take dozens of hours to solve and get through if you don't know what you're doing.
PSII has a unique atmosphere, fans of the series tend to have more love for it than the 4th despite its spartan nature.
Spoiler
I made an attempt at navigating the island without the map, about twice.. ended up nearly beaten to death so had to warp out and back to the last town on the mainland. Fortunately when you warp the Jet Scooter relocates to the shore, instead of leaving it on the island and fucking your game up irreparably.
These excursions earned me enough MST to properly kit out my team, making Uzo much easier when I went back and used the hintbook's map to find that damn leaf. Something I do appreciate about JRPGs is the temporary knowledge you get from staying in a dungeon too long, you end up having a gameplan for every variant of enemy encounter: "okay, i'll take out this guy with Gifoi and let the rest go ham on the others with melee."
Also, concerning the garbage dump dungeon, Roron: I only explored the bottom tower to get the Jet Scooter. Is there any point looking through the first?
Next up: Climatrol. "The largest dungeon you have set seen"... ulp
Party: Rudo, Rolf, Nei, Amy.
I figure I'll get the wrecker guy in once I find a place with robot enemies.