During each round, neither team has more than a single turn advantage over the opposition. Each round in ship combat is divided into either three or four turns depending on how many characters are currently in the party. Ship combat follows the same framework as character combat, however there are a few distinct differences. Ship combat is used when battling other ships and the extremely powerful gigas that are summoned throughout the game. After an action has been chosen for each character, the round will commence. An eighth option, Crew Special, becomes available later in the game by meeting certain criteria (which replaces the Run command). Combat comprises seven main options: Run, Items (which can be used to change the characters' equipment as well), Guard, Attack, S.Move (Super Move), Magic and Focus. This encounter rate was reduced for the GameCube re-release.Ĭharacter combat occurs between one to four player characters and one to eight monsters or NPC's. Ship to ship combat occurs relatively rarely compared to the common character-combat. Combat comprises two vastly different settings: those encountered in ship to ship combat, and character to monster combat. It is not until late in the game that it becomes possible to avoid combat during overworld travel. When finding a new land, a discovery is recorded automatically, as these Discoveries are part of the storyline.Ĭombat occurs frequently, especially during the overworld travel. Information about discoveries can be sold at Sailor's Guilds located in cities throughout the game the value of a discovery is determined by how well-hidden it is and how much time has elapsed since it was possible to find. The player can also find Discoveries hidden throughout the world while flying their airship. Random ship-to-ship battles can occur, but they are rare and avoidable. In addition, ship-to-ship combat can occur whilst traveling through the overworld however, the majority of these are unavoidable boss fights which advance the storyline. Later in the game, however, an advanced mechanism is discovered for the player's ship which allows it to rise above the upper cloud layer and sink below the lower cloud layer of Arcadia, presenting two ways to avoid these encounters, and also provides the player the means to pass through sky rifts. These battles take place on the deck of the airship and are otherwise identical to their dungeon-based counterparts. Throughout overworld travel, unavoidable random encounters occur as in the dungeons. The world is at first divided by impassable "sky rifts" which bar the player's passage. Overworld travel takes place entirely on the player's airship.
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All dungeons are located on these islands and continents, with the exception of a dungeon that is traversed whilst piloting the airship.This form of dungeon contains floating spherical objects instead of treasure chests, and vortex-like tunnels in place of corridors and doors in one case, and a single series of tunnels in the other. Some islands are completely uninhabited, while others are filled with sprawling towns and cities. The overworld appears as a three dimensional sky with massive floating rocks forming islands and continents. Travel between the numerous dungeons is accomplished by piloting an airship through the overworld. This gave the player time to open the start menu and prepare for the battle. In the Dreamcast version, it was possible to slightly foresee these random encounters by noticing a loud spin-up of the console's GD-ROM drive. If the entire player party is defeated, progress is reset to the beginning of the dungeon. Throughout the dungeon gameplay, the player meets compulsory random encounters. Treasure chests are commonplace and contain some of the most powerful items in the game. Completing the dungeons is usually a matter of exploring every possible pathway until the correct pathway can be found. Dungeons comprise of a network of pathways with treasure chests, puzzles, and ubiquitous monsters. By controlling the protagonist, Vyse, from a third-person view, players must traverse and defeat these dungeons in order to advance the storyline. A majority of the gameplay in Skies of Arcadia takes place in dungeons.
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