Star Odyssey - Official Thread

[madmonkey]

I ordered mine on Jun 23rd and have yet to receive a shipping confirmation either.

interesting.

Super Fighter Team is a small company but I have never had any issues with them.

I don't mean they might run off with the munnies. but the wait is killing me, especially when I hear other kids already got their game
if it's not even shipped yet, that means I'll have to wait a month or more while it's in transit, shipping to my country is slow.

[havok666]

I ordered mine on Jun 23rd and have yet to receive a shipping confirmation either. However I don't think it's anything to worry about. Super Fighter Team is a small company but I have never had any issues with them.

Although I will say when I ordered Beggar Prince and Legend of Wukong when they were released I had them in less than a week. It is kind of odd that Star Odyssey is taking so long to ship, but i'm not worried. I know Brandon and the team are good for it.

I'm in the same boat guys. Ordered mine on the 24th. No worries, it'll come eventually.

[oldskool]

Yup, I am still waiting too, and no confirmation that it's been shipped yet.

[goldenband]

Made it much further in the game. Now I'm trying to leave Vega, but the disembodied voice of Lana keeps telling me I need to find another character first, and despite doing a house-to-house search I haven't found him yet. I'm guessing that I need to find a "bioloid" on the black market somehow, so I tried ditching all my characters in the spaceship and going around as the Onotonian in case people liked me better that way, but that didn't seem to work. I'll try again tomorrow.

The random encounter rate is quite high, maybe too high, and discourages exploration. But because there aren't any real labyrinths in the game so far, it's definitely not nearly as much of a distraction as it was in Beggar Prince -- or Sword of Vermilion, for that matter.

(Still, I'd suggest considering toning it down for the next SFT RPG release...if nothing else, it's a mood-breaker, since the atmosphere's constantly being disrupted. If your first ~20 steps after leaving a battle were "immunized" from random encounters, that'd help significantly, since it's demoralizing to take two steps and then, boom, another fight. It's not that the enemies are tough -- I'm crushing everything in my path with little difficulty -- but if anything that only underscores the idea that the high encounter rate is basically just a nuisance, and makes the game start to feel like work.)

[The Coop]

Made it much further in the game. Now I'm trying to leave Vega, but the disembodied voice of Lana keeps telling me I need to find another character first, and despite doing a house-to-house search I haven't found him yet. I'm guessing that I need to find a "bioloid" on the black market somehow, so I tried ditching all my characters in the spaceship and going around as the Onotonian in case people liked me better that way, but that didn't seem to work. I'll try again tomorrow.

Ah yes, that spot. If you'd like a little help...

In the short passages under the landing pads and the main area, carefully search the walls along the sides with the big empty black space, while haviong the Brain sword equipped (tap "A" a lot). The hidden biolab door is there.

[goldenband]

Hey, thanks for that. I think it would've taken me quite a while to figure that out, especially since there aren't any other puzzles like that earlier in the game to put your antennae up for...that sort of thing. What is this, Fatal Labyrinth?

[makinagenesis]

i ordered mine within 12 hours of the game being released, once i heard people started receiving the game i emailed brandon and was told mine still hadn't been dispatched as 'there will be a slight delay, as there are many orders to process and my schedule to do it is limited' . a bit of a disappointment considering i ordered the same day it was released but theres nothing i can do about it except wait.

[synbiosfan]

The random encounter rate is quite high, maybe too high, and discourages exploration.

I think it's perfect and haven't had to do much level grinding at all. I've explored everywhere

For me it's been much easier than I had hoped. But it may get more challenging.

[grimm]

My copy of the game arrived today, and was shipped out on Saturday i believe.. Took shorter than usual to get to Sweden actually. Anyway, im happy with the design of the inlay and manual, but i cant say im happy to see the return of the superglossy plastic sleeve.. I prefer the original sega style, which Pier Solar also used. Please consider this for your next release Mr Cobb. Otherwise im happy with the game, and should be interesting trying it out later when time permits!

[synbiosfan]

Just released Lana and I'm preparing to meet Shogun. Looking at the levels I think The Coop said his party was at and seeing my highest is Level 25, I do have another planet to go right?

EDIT: One super easy boss fight later and I have my answer

[Lutz]

Totally stuck on the second planet when you are controlling Rick, got back the "Brain" Sword and got the Passport, the Gole character and the Fogaway item (but no idea where to use it)
No idea whatsoever what to do, I must be missing something?

[Joe Redifer]

That's exactly where I'm at, but I haven't played in two days so that's my excuse right now. Busy busy!

[The Coop]

If memory serves...

You have to go and talk to the restaurant owner who used to be a guard. He'll give you a code to go down to the planet's surface, and once there, make your way to a cave on the upper left side of the planet surface. There you'll find the goggles (they do something!) to keep the fog away permanently so you can find your way around much easier. There are a few caves, with one around the middle area of the planet being where you need to go to leave (there'll be a ship there) and another that's farther south on the planet that'll take you into the prison where Toby is. In the prison, you'll find a new transporter as you make your way through, and eventually reach a boss. Beat him, and you'll find Toby.

[QuickSciFi]

Something very strange is happening:

I decided to start this baby up. At the beginning, I was hitting very hard, but after my first death, my hitpoints went down to a mere fraction of what they were. This remained the case for a long time, even after I purchased the glow armor and feather shoes. I still hit like a sissy. Then, all of the sudden, I'm hitting my max with every attack. Did I reach a threshold or something? I'm only in the middle of level 4.

[The Coop]

Something very strange is happening:

I decided to start this baby up. At the beginning, I was hitting very hard, but after my first death, my hitpoints went down to a mere fraction of what they were. This remained the case for a long time, even after I purchased the glow armor and feather shoes. I still hit like a sissy. Then, all of the sudden, I'm hitting my max with every attack. Did I reach a threshold or something? I'm only in the middle of level 4.

Sounds more like you tinkered with the position option. If you're not in the right position, you'll do about 1/3 of your regular damage. How do you tell? If you're all the way back against the edge of the screen, you're in the wrong position for fighting enemies on that side. If on the other hand, you've got a fair bit of room between you and the edge of the screen, then you're facing the proper way. Best way to know is to hit "C" when you're on the overworld map and see which way your portrait is facing (let or right). It should be facing left for the first planet or two, because that's the only side the enemies will attack from.