by Sarge Tue Feb 23, 2016 12:41 pm
The two big changes both deal with enemy encounters. The PSX version has enemies visible on the map, which sounds great. However, they are ridiculously fast, and you have a short-range dash that only brings you up to their speed. Not to mention the bottlenecks in areas. You actually end up fighting more battles back-to-back than you do in the SCD version. I think the random battles are better in this case.
Once you get in battle, things have been tweaked as well. In the SCD version, enemy and player movement ranges are much shorter, which allows a bit more strategy. In the PSX version, enemies can basically march right in and start whacking your spellcasters, and there's not much you can do about it. That alone annoys the mess out of me.
I also know people didn't like the idea of spending Magic Experience to save, but it stops being an issue pretty fast. And I love being able to purchase spells with that instead of just getting them at set levels.
Anyway, yeah, I like the SCD version a ton more.