Let's Play Phantasy Star IV #40: Eyes on the Objective

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Published on July 13, 2018 9:00:03 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg_0qg27fX0

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Phantasy Star IV (1993)

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The Garuberk Tower may have more difficult enemies than Chaz and company have ever encountered, but I’d say that the Air Castle was a more tricky dungeon. It was akin to a maze, with many alternate pathways spanning two levels followed by a more linear second part. The difficulty of that was somewhat lessened by the two healing pads on the upper levels, but it would be easy to get lost there if you weren’t paying attention to your surroundings. The tower the group are scaling has one clear route, with the pathways off that leading either to loot, dead ends or the switches that open more of the way forward. It’s not clear whether we’re heading up or down – though it’s safe to assume we’re mostly going upward – but that itself is irrelevant as it changes nothing about the path we’re taking. The tower could just as easily be a cave system or a single story complex with the route through it being exactly the same.

That aside, the Garuberk Tower is by far the most alien place we’ve been to in the game. The only place that got close was the fortress of Zio and considering his connection with Dark Force, that makes sense. I doubt we’ll be able to get an answer from Dark Force if we asked it whether it was an alien or something from another dimension, but it’s certainly likely. Dark Force might not be the thing behind what’s happening on Dezolis but I’d be hard pressed to find another explanation that didn’t come out of nowhere and make sense.

I’d like to ask why it decided eyeballs were a good choice for a switch though; on a scale of one to unsettling, they’re quite high up there.

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