Shining Tears: Do you use your partner?

[ChillinVillain]

Personality? All she does is whine about her brothers. She's not even the best looking, except for the white hair, and that short skirt she wears. I can't believe I'm admiring a video game character..

[zer0kage]

Is she a whiner? Her heart is covered in ice and it takes a good, caring, optimistic man to melt it. Thats all I know.

[ChillinVillain]

I guess..

But all she does is whine about everything, she never comes up with solutions or anything like that, just whining.

I suppose you could counter that with saying all Mao does is talk stupid and have fun all the time. Well really when you sum it up, no character in the game has any real personality or anything like. They're all bland and such..

[zer0kage]

I thought Blanc Neige is a little arrogant and the high standards type.

heh Im glad Mao is actually a light 'yang' soul not a dark 'yin' soul in. I'm always bugged that her cheerfulness and such makes her a 'yin,' soul at the beginning. Yang has the traits of being enrgetic and such in yin and yang terms.

well Mao is a yin soul from the start cause she is totally angsty though she doesnt show it lol.

[Wolfga]

Now dont put it this way...I see Blanc Neige first..alright im going out now.

ROFL Now, that's funny!

[Yakuji]

When I play Shining Tears my little brother controls the partner. He likes Lazarus. But sometimes when he does not play, I pick Mao to train her. 'Cuz she kicks @$$!

[Max.]

No I do not. The A.I. is stupid and easily defeated as it is you don't need their help, not like they actually do anything and contolling him/her with the right analog stick is like being a dog trying to drive a car with a stick shift.

[centarman]

Now BN is just werid. My bro and I play togther all the time so we raise every character up to the same Level! But I like Volg and Lazares the best! So that is that!!

One last thing............... EW U LIKE BN!!!

[Skyblade]

My partner is usually either Elwyn or Ryuana.

Ryuana is one of the best because even with the idiotic AI, Healing Aura and Cure help you stay alive without using up all of your healing items.

[zer0kage]

Now BN is just werid. My bro and I play togther all the time so we raise every character up to the same Level! But I like Volg and Lazares the best! So that is that!!

One last thing............... EW U LIKE BN!!!

What's wrong with Neige?

[Orange Gort]

What's wrong with Neige?

She's not Elwyn, that's what.
Elwyn and Lazarus rule.

[waterangel]

I've played through one game with my roommate.. when you have two people playing, it's just dumb not to use your partner. The AI is a bit frustrating.. (okay, so it's a lot frustrating sometimes), but as long as you pay attention and move the partner when you need to it's managable.

Although I haven't gotten past the few battles while using the partner by myself.. we'll see how it goes as the game goes on.

[Martin III]

I had to let Elwyn die in the battle with Galahad. It's enough trouble keeping one character out of the way of that guy's attacks; two characters is just too much. It probably would have been a different story if I'd had Ryuna with me, but nooooo... they have to stick you with one of the characters who doesn't keep you healthy. Seriously, has anyone managed to make it through that fight without Elwyn dying?

In general, though, I don't think I could make it through this game without a partner.

[Shining Bowie]

At what point does the co-op option become available? Me and my friend have been waiting for the second player option to appear. Haven't figured that out yet.

[Martin III]

The co-op option is available from the beginning of the game. When it asks if you want "AT" or "2P", just select "2P".

[Shining Bowie]

And just when does it pose this question?

[Martin III]

Bleh, sorry... it should happen at the beginning of the mission. If you can select your second character, the question pops up right after you select the character. I can't remember when it pops up in the early missions, when you have no choice which character accompanies you.

[Shining Bowie]

So far it hasn't popped up for those missions. Atleast not for the game i'm playing.. trust me, we would've noticed a 2P option.

[shining cupido]

^^That option appears right after the seventh mission I guess.

[Martin III]

Hmm. Kind of funny that you can only do the early missions in one player mode. Still, it's not like it takes a long time to get through those missions.