Looking good so far! So What did you get me for my birthday? Also? Happy birthday! Happy birthday! TO ME! Happy birthday! TO ME! Now sing a song to me! Now I owe all your present and cake! Cause I am the birthday monster! So Happy birthday!
I actually haven't played Demon's Souls - by the time I had heard of it, Sony had started doing all sorts of disingenuous things to their customers, so I never picked it up.
It is a great game though - but so far, it doesn't seem so much "hard," but I'm still in the earlier parts of the game. From my understanding, the nightmare-inducing content starts a little farther in than I currently am. The combat and exploration are very fun, and the way all of the areas are interconnected feels almost like a true 3D Metroidvania.
From what I've heard, the game is largely improved over Demon's Souls, with the exception of the network aspect, which is a little shaky due to peer-to-peer networking being used instead of dedicated servers for the game (to prevent any issues of server upkeep, so the online mode won't randomly be shut down if they decide to give up the servers).
I used Raynie and Rosche. I actually took out the final boss rather quickly than with Raynie and Aht for my second time around. I used Rosche use his attack increase on himself and Stocke and then kept on using Haste Mode to power up Raynie's G-Frost and Shadow Arts with Stocke to follow afterwards. They were... hmm... 53 and Rosche was 49. However, it was rather costly because of all the tourniquets I used. Still, I took about 10 min to take him down but it was 19 min the second time around. I thought of it rather disturbing, considering that Stocke and Raynie were 56 whereas Aht was 51. Interesting, right?
So, I'm on 61 hours into the game and 60+ chars. Still can't beat that ultimate boss >.<
So, I just finished almost all of the pages. THE LAST PAGE IS HARD!!! Let's just say it's like Kingdom Hearts's Sephiroth hard o_o
Also, just fyi, there are two different endings: the incomplete ending and the complete ending. The incomplete is if you didn't complete certain sidequests whereas the complete ending is if you did beat those sidequests. I won't tell you what exact happens but that's the replay value of the game. And here's another thing: OMG!!! Even though my characters are at least Lv 60, I CAN'T BEAT THE ULTIMATE BOSS!!! >.<
I've really got to stop posting on my own profile XD lol
Anyway, it really does feel like Marco doesn't really stand out too much. If anything, he's more of a cohort of Raynie. Plus, his overall moveset doesn't stand out either until you hit the 50s with him. He'll start having group buffs.
Of all the characters, I used Eruca and Marco the least. The ones I really love though are Raynie, Rosche, and Aht. If I had the ability to take out Stocke, I totally would. Oh! And another thing. I suggest you really work on the side quests that enables your character to learn attacks upon receiving a given item. Most of them really come in handy, especially the ones that Stocke, Raynie, Gafka, and Rosche learn.
Eruca and Raynie will become your primary magic users. Stocke, Rosch, and Gafka will become your placement chars. Stocke, Raynie, Rosch, Gafka, and Eruca will become your aoe chars. Rosche is your tanker (He gets 950+ base HP when you get him up to Lv 60 and his DEF is no joke either!). Stocke and Aht are your theft chars. Marco, Aht, and Eruca become your support chars. Raynie is your tsundere char XD
Tales of Symphonia was another game that gave me the same chills as Radiant Historia. The next time I got the chills was with Tales of the Abyss and Ace Combat Zero XD
Oh yes. Raynie She's so epic! I love using Backfire to set the people up if I don't have Gafka ready and then follow up with Stocke and another character (most likely Marco or Rosch) to line up the enemies onto one tile and then G-Fire/Frost/Thunder >:3 Woo!
My winning combo would be Stocke and Raynie then a variable other character depending on the situation. If I feel like really killing the enemy, I put Rosch, Gafka, or Aht. If I know I'll have a problem, I put Aht or Marco. Eruca... well... Although I like guns, I don't like her that much. She's kind of a disgrace of gunmankind >.<