2009-02-11, 05:21 PM
Roxas Wrote:[SIZE="2"][COLOR="RoyalBlue"]
I mean when they're your allies. The original cast are much better allies and are more usefull, atleast that's the impresion it gives me.[/COLOR][/SIZE]
The original cast caps at level 50, have unmodifiable equipment, and have fairly low stats across the board, while the monsters cap at 100/200, some of which easily able to max their attacking power (one of my dragon-type monsters hit 9999 P.Attack at level 60-ish while Lloyd only caps at ~1200), and can learn pretty much any spell in the game, for the casters.
The only thing redeeming the original cast are their Mystic Artes, but Emil/Marta can both reach 200 as well...
Though, there's one thing I'll point out - unlike the original Symphonia, there's not a lot of replayability; while you can access an optional (if stupidly long) dungeon and an extended scene only in the second playthrough or up, that's about it. You can pretty much hit every side quest in a single playthrough , and there's no decisions that affect the ending to a large degree. (The 'best' ending only has two short scenes above the 'normal' ending. whoo.)