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It makes me warm and fuzzy inside when people dismiss my years of hard work as a mere 'Final Fantasy ripoff' without bothering to play it and see the parody aspects and nostalgia factor... ugh.
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Guys, Pseudolonewolf said on FigVerse Wiki that he plans to start Mardek 4 after Alora Fane: Creation is finished. However, the game probably won't be released for a while, as Alora Fane is not near being completed, and big games like Mardek take a long time to code. If he is to release Mardek 4, it will probably be in >4 years.
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There wont come a part 4, sadly enough. The creator of these series of games, pseudolonewolf/Tobias has a brain tumor and has quite a severe depression. You can follow him on his blogs
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So nearly 7 years on from when I first played this game, I've finally completed this masterpiece. Mixed feelings. Happy to have completed it, and fully experienced the game and the story, but feeling kinda sad and empty thinking, "well, this is it..." we're never going to see what was going to happen next. Kinda sad but I respect the developer's decision.
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I really hope there will be a Chaper 4 to this masterpiece of a game. This is as good as any other JRPG I've ever played.
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@lucky2008: Qualna is MEANT to be fairly weak, being the "diviner" and relying on brain rather than brawn. And he is pretty good at that, too; more or less subtly controlling your actions throughout the game. So, if you want a challenge, try Animus instead (although I believe he is easier to beat than Karnos, but that might be just me ^^).
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Wait... if I'm a cripple or colorblind, I'm considered a terrorist? I think I'll be taking my 100 generic gold coins elsewhere.
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I've spent more than 30 hours playing this game and I'm still eager to play more. Awesome game and attention to detail. I played 1,2,and 3 in a row and it broke my heart to see Mardek not notice emela in the water cave :( felt sad all day. Great job and I can't wait for number 4
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In one word: astounishing. We've been waiting for very long, but I can tell you Pseudo: it's been worth it. This DESERVES to be the best game on kong. (for some reason I still don't understand, epic battle fantasy currently holds that place. Why, I don't know, because MARDEK surely owns EBF.) Ah well, maybe with MARDEK 4...
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I have been replaying this game for years but only now did I just realize the group item storage has more than one page. Dammit.
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Beats the game, gets all characters to level 30, beats both secret bosses and all solo arenas. Gets all medals, but FORGETS TO PLAY CHAPTER ONE FOR THE FIRST MEDAL SLOT. *Facepalm*
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Well the Steele RPG spin-off is incomplete including just one quest and a new area not seen in the mardek games... And if I am not wrong the creator himself stated in the description that he won't complete it... Nonetheless it is a pretty well made work for a non-official spin-off of the main games so if you want you can try it by all means here- https://michos9.deviantart.com/art/STEELE-RPG-Chapter-Whatever-730183152
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I doubt Tobias will ever finish this game, due to his depression and brain tumor. It is hard to contact him as well, so there is no way to get someone else to finish it.
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I couldn't believe the names of the two guards that are by Donovan's side when you finish the last battle... Rosencrantz and Guildenstern... As in Hamlet. I wonder if this is trying to tell us something...? Anyway, Pseudolonewolf's attention to details truly makes him a great artist, and Mardek, his magnum opus. Congratulations for such an amazing work!
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Sadly, Pseudo stopped working on MARDEK. Instead, he works on a remake called "Taming Dreams". The first 3 chapters are availible on Android and soon on iOS.
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Really not sure about this reboot, a lot of the ideas seem pretty wacky. Still looking forward to it, as Mardek is (imo) the greatest flash game ever, one of the best games ever created at all infact, though after following pseudo's website for a few years now and reading about all his issues I'm not sure he's a guy to place much faith in.
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Does anyone else find it really obnoxious that whenever you die the game suggests you shouldn't be playing in the first place?
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I just had an endless battle and had to refresh the page. It was in the arena with Zach against against a flame spirit. The flame spirit berserked and numbed Zach, so he could do nothing. Zach also had auto-regen, and managed to survive until the flame spirit ran out of mp. After that, the flame spirit could only use its regular attack, which dealt less damage than the regen healed for.
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Dat Warp port security. Most friendly people ever. XD
They got some strong security too O.O Use noxious bombs on the Security Demon to confuse it (hopefully) and survive until it hopefully uses Death on itself. Also, you could try berserking it and lowering its STR to 0 with Wildfire. (Might want to use whirl pool a few times, as it CAN come out of Berserk) Posioning it may speed that method up as well. :P
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I just can't believe how expansive and intricate this game is! It's on par with a game I'd actually have to go out and BUY in order to play. I'm so lucky that this kind of game is actually FREE to play. There's just so much to do, I'm using walkthroughs constantly so I don't miss anything good!
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The tooltip of the Gas-O-Matic fails to state that it does direct damage. I severely underestimated it because of that..
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I love this series. Even though I am on my fourth play-through of this series it is still great. The music hasn't gotten annoying or boring and I keep finding new things. I plan to finally face Annihilator:Animus this time around.
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@FruityAfro13: It's meant to be like that. Bartholo says that he arranged the fight to be then BECAUSE you are weak after the guardian. It's meant to make it hard. You can just simply heal using potions and other consumables to restore HP and MP. If you need a strategy guide to beat the Heroes, check around in the forums. I'll even write you one if you want.
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This. Game. Is. Awesome. All this has been said before, but it bears repeating. The fighting system has been streamlined since the first two games and is now easy to use while not being strategically boring. Characters are well developed and involve you personally in the game; they make you care about the good guy winning. The plot is stupendous, providing hours of gameplay without once slackening the pace (even without the sidequests, which deserve a sentence of their own). More importantly, perhaps, the plot is *interesting,* which is more than I can say for many "awesome" RPG's I've played. The music, composed specifically for this game by the developer, fits the mood of every dungeon or area without becoming overbearing or too noticeable. If the game is the melody, the music is the harmony, providing enhancing yet subtle accompaniment. I cannot stress enough how AWESOME this game is. PLAY IT!
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Coming back to this game after so long... Lost my save file but this game is definitely worth starting over.
Mardek is better than most paid RPG games.
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I am amazed at how many sumerian references there are in this game
deities as high priests, and with the correct rulings
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MARDEK is now out on Steam. So if you liked this game, want to keep playing it after Flash is shut down and want to support it's creator you can buy the game here:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1302990/MARDEK/
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Mardek RPG 3 is a great example of the ridiculous amount of polish a game can have, even when developed by a small flash developer. I put this game in the ranks of the best golden age SNES RPG's, such as Chrono Trigger, FF3 (6), and the Lufia series. I mean this game just looks and feels amazing with alot of depth. Its been 3 years and its still in my opinion the best flash game.
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By the way, if you wanted to ever defeat the security demon (It's incredibly rewarding; took my party from 19/25/21/18 to 21/27/23/21 and the after-fight dialogue is hilarious), note that you can only do it on your fourth warp or earlier. My party was Gloria/Elwyen/Solaar/Mardek. Gloria cast Null Air, Mardek cast Morality Block and Shield (all on everyone). Elwyen used Ballad of Balance (Goznor Magic Shop, secret shop area) to prevent normal attacks from killing everyone, and Solaar normally hit him with Viper Fang (Lifewood treasure chest, with a Rogue Fairy trapped in the chest it's in) and the Poison+20% reaction. Solaar Spirit Grafted whenever anyone needed mana/power/whatever and attacked whenever poison "ran out". Poison deals 3000 a turn, and it heals 100 a turn. Unfortunately, you get a Gold Warport Pass for defeating it, so you can't do it again (But you get to keep the original ticket! Extra plot item! Hooray!)
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This game is phenomenal. I was blessed to be a beta tester, and my save game file there is over 30 hours, even without more than half of the secret areas and tasks unlocked. This game is, as I've said a lot on fighunter, basically a console game, given it's length, depth, and attention to detail. It really is a flash masterpiece, and it is worth the wait. Congratulaions, Pseudolonewolf, on this achievement. I hope you all like it as much I did. I have yet to hear a real negative review from a fellow beta tester.
Also, be warned, the plot is really levels beyond the plots of Mardeks 1 and 2, especially towards the final climatic end. Much more depth was put into it and the moral repercussions of the events of the game, making me (and hopefully other players) very genuinely concerned with the way events will unfold later in the series. Happy playing!