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It's easily the best flash RPG I've ever played, and I consider this game to be much more interesting than the "professional" RPG I've played in the past few years. The game system is top notch. The game is FUNNY. I mean really funny, like always smiling funny and occasionally loud-laughing funny. It's great (remember the last time you've laughed in front of a RPG? I don't). The water temple is a (PROFANITY)ing nightmare (I consider it a direct reference to Ocarina of Time). The bard is actually useful! (I think it's the first time. ever.) There is a lot of side quests, the dreamstones story is really nice, the books are interesting... I will stop here, because if not my comment will be three pages long and no one will read it anyway. Pseudolonewolf, you're a flash god!
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I forget if I've left a comment here after the 150+ hours I've spent playing the Mardek series, but in case I haven't: this (meaning the Mardek trilogy, but especially Chapter 3) is one of the best JRPGs I've ever played, and I've played a LOT of JRPGs. I feel it stands toe to toe with the very Final Fantasy-style games it parodies--including the FF series itself--and even surpasses them in many ways; what it lacks in graphical wonder it makes up for tenfold in incredibly well-written humor and dialogue. It amazes me that this game/series was created in its entirety by just one individual, when it's honestly a more deep and enjoyable JRPG than many major console titles from serious gaming companies. Pseudolonewolf is one extremely, extremely talented individual and he should be very proud of his work. TL;DR: this game rules. Infinity/5, can't wait for the rest of the chapters =)
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"This is Flame's older brother. He rides a large motorbike and does things with girls that Flame is too young to understand."
Blaze for the win
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When he asked: do you find me attractive, and i answered: not really, then he though i was a terrorist... What a noob?
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My opinions of the advantages of mardek 3 and epic battle fantasy 3: The story line is much more detailed in Mardek 3, EBF3 has combo attacks, Mardek 3 has much longer gameplay, EBF3 has slightly better combat graphics, Mardek 3 has lots of humour, Mardek 3 requires more detailed strategy. I like mardek more than EBF3, even though i have played both games and am really close to the end in both games. There are some extra things i would like to see in chapter 4. 1: multiple-hit attacks. Unfortunately this could ruin the "retro theme" that this game thrives on so im not really big on this one. 2: The ability to see maps other than the one of your current area. I don't want to have to memorize which door takes me where. 3: 5 character slots. I just think the V-formation during battle needs to be complete.
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great game, i was just dissapointed in the fact you cant see mardek hilarious face anymore.
i would have like it if he showed his once again
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This game is very complex and the character's personality are a large part of the game, it is very similar to Final Fantasy with a nice sense of gamer's humor. This is the type of game I'd go to a store and pay $50 or $60 for. I plan to get the Psychosomatic Exhaustion badge eventually (with minimal walkthrough usage for those obsure dreamstones). Now as I'm trying to complete each character's solo arena, it's very difficult because well, they suck. I never trained anyone other than my 4 main party members and I can't really just get away with using good items and swapping my best armor, their base vitality is still too low. So now I'm training all these people and I'd like to make a suggestion. Somewhere, just put a button that says "Battle Monsters" or something of the sort. So you don't have to take 100 steps before you get randomly attacked while grinding. I haven't even tried Meraeador's solo arena yet, gonna need to work on him for a long time I can tell >_<. Thank you.
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Oh great. Just died after having left the bone demon at 1k hp at lvl 25...
On another note, I can't stop being amazed by this beautiful piece of art.
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Though I'm really appreciative of my supporters and the people who've waited so long for this game, as always with sites like this, the lack of empathy and thought in some peoples' comments is really disappointing and lowers my opinion of humanity all the more... Do such people realise that this game is made by a real person with feelings, or do they just assume it popped into existence or was built by some faceless corporation? Would they wish to receive the comments they give to others, especially if received on a work they'd spent years of their live slaving over and which they'd poured their heart into? Do they have the capacity for patience, empathy, etc? It's a shame that many comments make me think 'no, they do not'. I know not everyone can be pleased, but I really wish people would think before they comment. Really. Is it so hard?
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My only concern about the future chapters is save compatibility. I know they're going to be good games, no doubt about that, but needing to replay the earlier chapters would get tedious after a while. To end off, I'm just going to say that MARDEK is one of my favorite games out there.
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@billcat I'm a completionist. leave me alone. I've even got the villager wear from the first chapter, and every piece of equipment from chapter 2.
@Eshlow chapter 4 is not coming out. The series is being rebooted
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look at the dream stones if you get them! its a really nice story! :( sad tho, from the dreams tones i have its got sad
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When I started this game, I just thought it was a final fantasy ripoff. Having played through and destroyed chapter one and chapter two, I can see it is so much better. So well done to the developer; the music is excellent and I cannot believe how the game developed after the first chapter with an incredible storyline. So 5/5, but only because no higher numbers exist in the world of ratings.
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Brilliant, beautiful game, it's obvious how much work you put in to this, and it paid off. This is one of the best flash games I've ever played, and just a great game all around. It incorporated parts of all my favorite RPGs of old, FF1, FF7, Earthbound, ChronoTrigger. Graphics are great, music is wonderful, game design is impeccable, I keep being amazed and how much is packed into this. Anyone who is hating on this game is idiotic, yes, obviously it draws from other RPGs, that's what makes it great, it's original story, original characters, on and on. If all you did was made a straight copy of final fantasy on to flash, it would still be an awesome achievement. I hope you have plans to make chapter 4, this is the only game on Kongregate that I've considered donating money for; your hard work deserves to be rewarded. Thanks again for the effort, bottom line, I had a really fun time playing this game - that's all that matters to me.
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Hmm, but i wonder if there's going to be some features to prevent the overpowered-ness of the characters; for example in order to get mardek to learn as many reactions and passives, i unwittingly grinded him to level 50, resulting in the final boss being rather easy. If i load from that save while playing mardek 4, then im guessing the challenge would be greatly diminished eh? Seeing as i've "overlevelled".
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i can imagine getting this far, but realising killing gope back in episode 2 was a bad decision and starting the entire series again
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@Tim: Or use the menu's map instead. It shows all treasure chests, including hidden ones. Also helpful (read: necessary) to find hidden pathways.
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I comepleted elewyn's survival tourney at lvl 25. Max out her SPR, learn requiem, Dolorous Dirge, Ballad of life, and then bring along four bottles of liquid ligtning to uses on the four Earth elemental types that you see there.
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I love these games. Pure genius. I also like how you start out with pathetically weak party members. Adds to the challenge, and makes me want to smash my computer. If I may ask, do you make all the sprites and animations from scratch, or do you have some awesome generator for it? Either way, this game is very nicely done.
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Great game.... I recently returned to it... used t play it a lot..... Also used to watch a youtuber called zettozyker ( something like that) check him out hes in my opinion a very underapprecicated youtuber... just type in Z something rpg mardek
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There should be a way to end a combat even in Cambria's solos: Vehrn against the last paladin and each other had Light elemental swords and "absorb light" armours. I had no more mana and no ether. Neverending battle. I had to reload the page in the browser :(
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definitely a special game, all rpg, easy enough controls, balanced out elements, and its FREE, come on now, its a free game and it gets complains? and its overall fun to play/good time killer, which is the point of games
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@EmelaElemancer: How many do you have selected? If there is more than 1, you CANNOT equip the gemstones. Hope this helps
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When I have Mardek hit Elwyen to remove sleep/confusion, does the reaction boost Mardek's attack, Elwyen's defense, or both?
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Also I forgot to mention: We need someone who creates some more Music for the game (capable of "drak", "Spooky" music, "thoughtful" Music, "EPIC BOSS FIGHT KILLING" music)
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I love this game. It's a game I keep coming back to because of its sometimes immature, sometimes thoughtful, and always entertaining humor, the characters all feel special, and because I can nerf a boss so hard it can't do damage to me.
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@Too_ManyCats: I applaud you for this, but then again in a way no one can truly finish the game, it is best left like this. What I WOULD suggest is trying to work with Pseudo to try to make a spin-off, unless he already finished the planned games script. You could probably try to make one about Deugan's travels between 2 and 3. Or maybe Enki (Mardek's father) before he settled down. Of course, it would be best to make it based on a script Pseudo made lest it become a butchered mess of a fanfic which adds in some more gameplay but really doesn't carry enough of the game's true spirit (ever played FFIV the After Years?). Either way, I'd be happy to help and give ideas. You also might want to look at the Figverse wiki (the Mardek wiki) and see if you can get the remains of the community on there to help you contact him. Best of luck, I hope you succeed.
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Just finished the game, getting the psychosomatic exhaustion badge along the way. It was fun to play, other than that the constellation of skills you can get from weapons and clothes was complicated to the point of being mind-boggling. "What gives me the 20% magic damage resistance? The fancy robe or the plain robe? Oh wait, this character isn't allowed to wear that, it's probably a shield or something... The story was quite enjoyable and immersive though, right up until the end. The ending was just flat out depressing. I won't say any more about it so as to not post spoilers.