For example, a bit of The 7th Saga returns in the form of its crystal ball radar! This interesting feature replaced RNG encounters by giving you an idea of where monsters might be roaming so that you can try to avoid them -- or just jump right into battle. Hey, that undead critter looks familiar! - ThreadSky

dungeonbuster.bsky.social • 11 days ago

For example, a bit of The 7th Saga returns in the form of its crystal ball radar! This interesting feature replaced RNG encounters by giving you an idea of where monsters might be roaming so that you can try to avoid them -- or just jump right into battle. Hey, that undead critter looks familiar!

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dungeonbuster.bsky.social•11 days ago

Each world has its own self-contained and immersive story with unique NPCs and settings. As you push deeper into the story, links to other worlds reveal themselves as a part of the mystery surrounding why you and others were captured as figurines and placed in a hidden shrine.

dungeonbuster.bsky.social•11 days ago

Key to your quest were Arks that you needed to somehow find in each world. They can help solve puzzles, but they also had the power to restore others captured as figurines that could join you! And if they "died", they became figurines once more back at the shrine (you had to go back to get them!).

dungeonbuster.bsky.social•11 days ago

Along with combat, puzzles from dungeon traps, riddles, to mind bending puzzles proffered by NPCs were also peppered throughout the adventure echoing Produce!'s previous, Enix-published efforts such as the puzzle-filled Brain Lord in 1994.

dungeonbuster.bsky.social•11 days ago

At one point, Mystic Ark was expected as a port for the English-speaking market in North America by publications such as Electronic Gaming Monthly in their July, 1995 issue which speculated that it might come over as The 7th Saga 2...

dungeonbuster.bsky.social•11 days ago

...although Gamepro, in their August, 1995 issue, seemed convinced it was actually going to be The 7th Saga II. However, other than a few design features, Mystic Ark's story had nothing to do with The 7th Saga, something that the fan translators at Aeon Genesis and Dynamic-Designs also pointed out.

dungeonbuster.bsky.social•11 days ago

Sadly, Mystic Ark was never officially released outside of Japan with a Japan-only PlayStation sequel in 1999 created as an adventure game instead. A neat, role-playing hurrah by a talented studio used to mixing puzzles in with its monsters weaving together a grand, worlds spanning quest!

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