Legend of Legaia Playthrough - Part 0 - Index

 


 

 

Welcome to something I’ve been playing around with in my head: a playthrough of Legend of Legaia.  I’ve been wanting to do something like this for a while, but I wasn’t sure which game I wanted to do for this format.  It’s been… oh, about 10 years since I revisited this game, and I’ve been really wanting to revisit this.  So, I thought it’d be fun to go over a game I’ve played from my childhood and talk about my thoughts and other stuff I remember about it.

As I type this out, I still remember a lot of things about this game - the plot, the characters, the unique battle system.  If anything, I think that’s a good indicator of a memorable game.  But does it still stand as well as I remember?  Well, that’s why I’m playing this game again, I guess: to see and find out.

Also, this part will serve as an index for future parts of this playthrough.  So if you wanna jump to a specific part, here’s the place where you can do that:

Part 1 - Rated E for Everyone (Rim Elm)
Part 2 - Dungeon 'n Drake (Drake Castle)
Part 3 - Noa's Arc (Mt. Rikuroa) 
Part 4 - A New Hope (return to Drake Castle)
Part 5 - The Great (?) Gala (Biron Monastery, West Voz Forest)
Part 6 - The Man Who Accepted the Seru (East Voz Forest)
Part 7 - Huge Enemy Zeto (Zeto's Dungeon)
Part 8 - Journey to the North (Ancient Wind Cave)

Part 9 - The Sky Garden of Jeremi (Jeremi)
Part 10 - Fat Fingers and Pepe (Vidna)
Part 11 - The Enigmatic City of Octam (Octam, Shadow Gate)
Part 12 - What a Load of Bull (Octam Underground, Fire Road)
Part 13 - Frozen Over (Return to Vidna, Ratayu)
Part 14 - Death Do Us Part (Mt. Letona, Ratayu)
Part 15 - Storming Dohati's Castle (Dohati's Castle)
Part 16 - Journey to the East (Octam restored)

Intermission - The Beats of Legaia (short musical analysis)

Part 17 - The Towering City (Sol)
Part 18 - The Soul of Sol (Sol bottom half)
Part 19 - The Great Karisto Kingdom Tour (Karisto Kingdom exploration)
Part 20 - Radical Dreamers (Usha Research Centre, Uru Mais)
Part 21 - Defuse a Bomb with a Bomb (Nivora Ravine)
Part 22 - What is Love (Mt. Dhini)
Part 23 - Castle in the Sky (Zora's Floating Castle)
Part 24 - What in Tieg's Name IS THIS (Conkram)
Part 25 - Rogue's Legacy (Rogue Tower)
Part 26 - Bringing Down the Fort (Jette's Absolute Fortress)
Part 27 - Beyond the Mist (Jette's Fortress end)

Part 28 - Stairway to Heaven (Noaru Valley)
Part 29 - Final Preparation (cleanup, art list)
Part 30 - Stairway to Hell (Bio Castle)
Part 31 - FINALE - End of an Era (final boss & ending)

 

A side note: for anyone who wants to join in on this playthrough, go ahead; I welcome you aboard this ride!  However, I should warn you for those following and playing along: do NOT play this game on the PS3!  I have read multiple reports that this game crashes deep, deep into the game.  One specific cutscene will not play properly, rendering the rest of the game unplayable.  If you do want to play along, I recommend playing on the PSX or PS2 – whichever is available for you.  You also could play this on emulator (as I am), though I have yet to test out whether said cutscene will play or not, so beware of that.

Another side note: I did say to choose either PSX or PS2, but if you got a choice, play it on the PSX console.  From personal experiences, I’ve noticed that the game suffers from a lot of lag on the PS2, most notably from battles.  While playable, the PSX is the optimal way of playing this game.

Anyways, I’ve rambled on enough.  See you in the next actual part!

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