Class of Heroes 2G: Remaster Edition

A few tips for new players this game is amazing but it is also fairly difficult and you CAN and WILL have deaths or party wipes (you CAN have another adventurer party rescue you but most people don't want to go through the hassle) at the very least save after you exit the dungeon or before a boss fight if you save scum rolling a character for higher base stats you will actually also have lower stat growth (and much more likely to lose stats at level until it normalizes after a while it will be roughly the same as the lower stat point character so you don't need a roll above 10 unless you are going for an advanced job (like swordsman) defense is a flat damage reduction per hit so 1 defense means 1 less damage per hit taken defense really helps with multihit attacks (most attacks are multihit even from trash mobs) a boss monster can still shred through it though almost all attacks including both ally and enemy attacks are multi hit and can miss individually so accuracy and evade are...

I enjoyed the game for a bit, but there are numerous issues that made me stop playing: -Obvious bugs like menu items being incorrect or not working. Most of these are pre-existing bugs from many years ago that were ignored and never fixed. -Translation is actually worse than it used to be. Some item names actually don't make sense anymore. -Some alchemy recipes are listed incorrectly in-game (they take different materials than are listed in the in-game recipe). -Autobattle is too poorly implemented. -There are 2 audio sliders: BGM and VFX. Neither of these affect the voiceover volume which cannot be adjusted or silenced. -The original game came with a strategy guide which listed necessary information for playing the game (like stat requirements for classes.) There is no digital strategy guide, so if you want to play advanced classes you have to use google to look up the requirements. TLDR; Nothing was improved besides the graphics. All bugs and broken behaviors from the original are ...

Class of Heroes 2G is an old-school dungeon crawler that is more streamlined than Class of Heroes 1. This game is for fans of the genre. If you aren't, you will find this game dated compared to standard RPGs or something more polished in the genre like Etrian Odyssey.

First off I love these types of games, but this one I have to give it a not recommend. Reasons: -Character creator you get random number stat points to allocate to them 5~40 so enjoy fighting that RNG. -You have to FAQ it to figure out how make your starting characters a certain class with X stats to unlock it. -Battles has a ton of enemies but you attack a random mob in the group so it takes longer on the fight. -When leveling up you get random stats and they can go down. -Starter items cost is in the hundreds and you earn single digits from drops, so massive grind. -The spoken voice with blow your speakers out, and you can only lower BGM and SE not voice.

finally! my beloved PSP game is now on PC! now release Class of Heroes 3 in PC too!

Can't target individual enemies in a dungeon crawler game. High encounter rates combined with your teams' attacks just flying all over the place make dungeon crawling a chore, rather than an exercise is strategy. What were they thinking making the combat like this?

Played[strike]Emulated[/strike] the PSP version so I bought this version. Can't recommend, even with the current first-person dungeon crawler drought, but its far from unplayable. - RNG is present in almost everything you do (E.g. Random stat ups/downs on level up, what rarity the chest you found is, whether or not said chest instakills your party even if you have a thief class), makes everything feel outside of your control and encourages savescumming - Certain enemies are magnitudes more powerful than others in the same area, destroying your party in ~2-3 turns. I think this is meant to encourage running away from certain encounters? - No BGM while in dungeons. Tense at first, but makes each dungeon experience feel samey the further in the game you get - Playing without a mage on the team is absolutely miserable long-term, which just restricts early teambuilding - Classes have stat and alignment requirements, but these are never shown to the player. At its best this encourages ...

Oh, I see. I see the full picture now. [b]TL;DR: I highly recommend playing the prequel first (CoH AE) and let that be the judge.[/b] At first I truly wanted to recommend it due to this being a sequel, but this has its own issues that are somehow worse than the previous game. First thing is the localization. This is a new team of two people that is different from the PSP version. Therefore, everything was localized from scratch and everything had to be standardized between both CoH 1 & 2. You can basically forget about the old team and their efforts for their long inactivity. As for the current one, I can't say much because they're just doing their job and are mostly silent (on Steam at least). Second is that as I was going through at my own pace, there was an update that addresses some of the reviews' problem: A voice volume slider was not present in the options menu. This means people had to tolerate with loud voice acting as character bump into walls and die. That being ...

TL;DR This game is like RPG comfort food with a decent amount of challenge. You get to explore varied maps with interesting and challenging obstacles at your own pace and make steady progress with your party. The exploration is rewarding because the map obstacles are often tricky, and surviving tough encounters to make it to the next map involves enough challenge. The loot is rewarding because money feels valuable and finding out what you can make with item parts you found along the way is fun, though the crafting menus are not as user friendly as they could have been. ----- I have not played a lot of Japanese DRPGs (only Wizardry Gaiden 1, Elminage Original, Operation Abyss, Dungeon Travelers 1+2), but Class of Heroes 2G is now my favorite. It's not as difficult as classic Wizardry, Elminage or Dungeon Travelers, but it's more challenging than Operation Abyss and the exploration is more open than classic Wizardry or Dungeon Travelers. I've played a bit of the original PSP version ...

Bought the bundle, the first game doesn't even support modern resolutions. The second game is better, but it's still showing far too much age. I love the classes and the races, but the actual gameplay left me cold. Sometimes nostalgia is best left in the past. Sorry, but refunded.