Vandal Hearts #16 - Act 3-2 | ...Into the Fire

The mysterious hermit Zohar decides to help the gang return to their own time after hearing their plight, but of course it's not going to go without some hiccups. In contrast to the last mission, this one can be pretty tricky if you don't position your guys correctly. The usual and easy strategy is to surround one of the pillars and just wreck the Sparkles (or is it Sparkies? Every guide I've seen writes it as Sparkles, so I don't know), but it turns out there's an achievement for not losing more than one, so of course I had to try and do it. Apparently it IS possible to save all four pillars, but try as I might I wasn't able to do so. Tip: Make sure you advance Zohar up before this mission; if you go Sorcerer his Phase Shift spell is VERY useful here. Not sure how he'd do as Monk. This is the English translation of Vandal Hearts, an SRPG that is better known for being on the OG PlayStation. However it did actually get released on the Saturn, but in Japan only. Thanks to Stardust Crusaders and paul_met, this is playable in English and is more or less the definitive version of the game with additional content and fixes that the PS1 version didn't have. Almost every map has hidden items to find, usually on mostly distinct squares. I'll try to highlight these as I start each level. Some of these items are essential to unlocking a secret class for Ash near the endgame, so I won't continue until I find them all! Played on the BizHawk emulator with Saturnus core, with RetroAchievements enabled. You can find more info on the translation here: https://www.romhacking.net/translatio...