Chocobo's Dungeon 2 (1998)
Genres:Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Strategy
Themes:Action
Game modes:Single player, Multiplayer
Story:FINAL FANTASY's Chocobo stars in an all-new adventure!
In search of treasure, Chocobo and Mog find more than they expect. Joined by other FINAL FANTASY characters, Chocobo must defeat foes and unveil a friend's secrets while exploring a series of mysterious dungeons.
Players can combine armor or weapons to form stronger resources in their quest. There are also magic feathers that can aid in your efforts, since they allow gamers to perform magic spells that have an impact on combat. Between your dungeon travels, players are able to explore villages to obtain valuable clues for the journey. In addition, players can use this time to update Chocobo's inventory.Show more
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This was my first Final Fantasy game growing up.
Yes, this one.
I played this on a PS1 that my landlords left at our house back around 2004-ish, back when I was about 7, and this largely introduced me to the concept of randomized dungeons. I would spend hours mashing my underdeveloped brain against the first few dungeons of the game, never quite understanding what was going on but always feeling like is was doing some dangerous, momentous task, unsure of anything but that what I was doing was noteworthy and worth risking my life to see what was past the next staircase. I never beat it, because I could barely read at the time, and did not understand how to actually progress, but that feeling took root in me, and I spent years trying to recapture that until I stumbled across my dad's old copies of Ultima Underworld, which got me firmly into crpgs and later immersive sims. This game planted the seed for my love of rpg storytelling, and ultimately was the butterfly wingflap that eventually lead to my current goal of making rpgs myself.
All because of what babby-me called "the chicken game."
Life's weird, sometimes.
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Littered across the level are captive characters, which can be rescued by walking over, then escorting the controlled character to the exit point. If a player controlled character is killed, that character turns into a captive, except that they will disappear if the next active player controlled character dies, exits the level without them, or the player has no characters left in their party.
The game is over when all controlled characters in the party are killed without any reaching the exit. However, there are three continues which allow a player to restart the level with their original three characters.
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