Locations + Transitions! (Gem Dungeon Not Included)
#25. Diamond Coast - Can there ever be any doubt? You wake up in a house, talk to his dog, learn about scurvy, and leave. One of my least favorite red gems, too, because I almost always forget and then I have to go back about thirty minutes to my last save, IIRC.
#24. Neil's Cottage - It should be higher because Neil is awesome, everyone's together, and he's got some crazy cool inventions, but it's about five minutes of a tiny room before moving on.
#23. Moon Tribe Camp - First major indicator of something freaky happening. I like how scary and eerie the Moon Tribe is, but there dialogue is so sorrowful. Again, not much to do here so it ranks low.
#22. Mt. Temple - Navigation in this place is horrible, the look doesn't fit the rest of the game, and it takes forever to get what you need and get back out. I do give it credit for some fun enemies and giving me Freedan's badass shield. It's just the worst dungeon in the game. I don't even remember why we go there besides two old people in some house talking about stuff and marking it on our map.
#21. Dao - End of the game, terrible to navigate, looks awful, and is just a place I want to leave as soon as possible. Some good tense stuff and fun minigames, though.
#20. Euro - Less to do than there looks, plus some really horrible hidden alleys. I like the story of Neil's parents (oh that's why Mt. Temple exists) and the marketplace, but it's mostly a dull town.
#19. Tower of Babel - I liked fighting the bosses again and I like the end credits. The transitions are just weird. Kara's here, Kara's not here, a ring is lost, now it's back.
#18. Diamond Mine - Completely unmemorable. It's not a terrible dungeon, it's just completely forgettable with the worst looking enemies in the game. Those lizard helmets and one-eyed aliens are awful. However, Dark Friar!!!
#17. Seaside Palace - I love the look and feel of this place, as well as the dread I get when all my friends are dying or hypnotized and just faded spirits. I love the poisoned tree and the way it get darker as you go deeper. The only major, major problem is unkillable enemies. I spent hours trying to clear out rooms where you don't clear anything out.
#16. Pyramid - Largest dungeon in the game, great moment with The Jackal, great new character, awesome boss fight, but it gets really ,really annoying a lot of the time.
#15. Tunnel to Angel Village - Some nice quiet moments, but there's not much to it. Really, the last time our group is really together.
#14. Angel Village - I love its dungeon and the paintings and the lore of the place. I love the light shafts that come down from above. I love the look of the place and the story of Lance & Lilly and saving Kara. I love the minigame where you choose what's different. I love that it uses wind to solve puzzles. It's just not that great even with all these little touches that should.
#13. Watermia - I love the look of this place, the danger that lurks beneath (drinking game mostly), and the Lance & Lilly storyline that develops here. It's a place I like going back to even when there's nothing left to do here (and that isn't much). Only so low because it can be really complicated to progress the story (i.e. forgetting to check your items).
#12. Ankor Wat - A lot of really great moments. The enemies are tough and numerous, I love the look of the brush, and I love exploring this place. Most of the points go to the outside of Ankor Wat though. Inside is terribly meh except for that one scene.
#11. Falling Off Sky Garden - Doo doooo, dunna dada, da daaaaaaaaaaa. I just love this scene. It's so memorable.
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"COMMUNITY is back at 8 on the 15th. I have a good feeling about those numbers." - Damon Lindelof
#10. Great Wall of China - Cool story, great fights, easy but fun boss, and just a lot of Will action. Very cool place.
#9. Nazca Plain & Sky Garden - Searching the desert and chasing the Moon Tribe spirit with that music is haunting, but Sky Garden is a blast. It's tough at times, but the enemies and look and music just work so incredibly. This would've been number one in my youth. Easily.
#8. Freejia - So beautiful, yet so depraved. Great stories for Lance & Erik, great reasons for being there, awesome look to the place, and excellent transition from the beautiful part of town to the seedy. I love it.
#7. Gold Ship / Raft - The raft brings it down some, but the Gold Ship is probably one of the best scenes in the game. I never want to go to sleep.
#6. Natives' Village - A very short time spent here, but every moment extremely memorable. Probably the first time I cried because of a video game.
#5. Mu - Terribly tough and long and confusing, but the look, the enemies, the music, the puzzles, that feel you get when the water goes down and there's more to explore, that feel when you figure out how to get Freedan to the boss fight, that feel when you beat the bosses. I don't care, this level is amazing.
#4. South Cape - Between all the narration, music, graphics, random npcs, and story elements, this should be the best town in the game. It's not. Why? The worst Red Gem in the game.
#3. Itory Village - The hidden village of Itory is beautiful. Best looking place in the game. The beauty is almost exclusively why it ranks so high, but running down that ramp with the wind whipping through your hair and catapulting across a ravine with that gorgeous background... one of my favorite feels in all of gaming. Love this place.
#2. Edward's Castle - Excellent dungeon with excellent story. It's easy, sure, but the layout is one of the best in the game and getting that yak meat is always fun. Also, FREEDAN!
#1. Incan Ruins - Hands down the best place in the game. First challenge, amazing music, beautiful surroundings, fun and difficult enemies, great puzzles, memorable boss, and you really know you can't go back home once you go here. It's perfect.
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"COMMUNITY is back at 8 on the 15th. I have a good feeling about those numbers." - Damon Lindelof
...You LIKE the incan ruins? That's like my least favorite dungeon in that whole game. It's just so... dreary and boring. I like the boss at the end I guess.
From: X_Dante_X | #010 From: masterplum | #007 Dang you SNES days where I couldn't figure out how to get the red jewel from the fishing man and had no internet to help me
It was in the booklet! All of them were!
But it didn't explain how to get it at all!
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actually Kleenex's dungeon rankings look pretty good, I might just go with them.
except moving kress to the end, of course. Pyramid can be annoying but at least it has fun aspects. Also moving Mu up because while I hated it as a kid it grew on me, and the great wall kinda did the opposite. Not that that switch matters, since everything down to the diamond mine is fun to play and I enjoy.
Angkor Wat > Incan Ruins > Sky Garden > Mu > Great Wall > Diamond Mine > Pyramid > Mt. Temple
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