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Now that I've finally caught up with this thread again (that took me a few days 
) I want to respond to your part about Friends Beyond 2.
I've played everything without patches, because I didn't actually know they existed. (Although I fixed The 9 Gems of Life 2 myself to be able to leave the pirate ship. Oh and I "fixed" its end boss as well.) I don't think it is unfair that the wizard cannot get the "real" ending. That's what happens; you choose a path, and you may not get what you want, even if the choice itself wasn't wrong.
It's also fairly important for the storyline: at the cutscene which ends the real ending of FB2, the kid whose wizard grandfather you didn't save (because you saved the other guy) is very angry at you, and it is implied that "evil" is out to get him (or actually, that it already has him). The kid is called Sid, and the only thing that doesn't make sense is that FB3 is set 200 years later, so he wouldn't be alive anymore.
I recognize the problems you describe, but they were due to a bug (which I tried to diagnose; I think it's Freedink-specific, but not Freedink's fault; it's in the graphics library): the boy that was cast away from Perfection says he gives you the Ice Sword, but I didn't seem to receive anything. With this sword, things that follow are pretty tough. Without it, they are impossible.
(Side note: to work around the bug, set the sequence or frame in its add_item to something different.)
I'm not sure if it was also the last sword I got, and so I had to battle Tenjin with it. In any case, I don't remember Tenjin being as impossible as you describe. I don't think I beat her on the first try; it was certainly a challenge, but I think I get her the second or third time. Long before I would have given up, anyway. Perhaps my tendency to put lots of points in defense helped me as well.
FB3 on the other hand was way less impressive to me, mostly because it was so buggy. So I suppose you made a very good choice there to go with the patched version. The ideas are good, and I liked it a lot, but it was much less enjoyable than FB2 to me.
) I want to respond to your part about Friends Beyond 2.I've played everything without patches, because I didn't actually know they existed. (Although I fixed The 9 Gems of Life 2 myself to be able to leave the pirate ship. Oh and I "fixed" its end boss as well.) I don't think it is unfair that the wizard cannot get the "real" ending. That's what happens; you choose a path, and you may not get what you want, even if the choice itself wasn't wrong.
It's also fairly important for the storyline: at the cutscene which ends the real ending of FB2, the kid whose wizard grandfather you didn't save (because you saved the other guy) is very angry at you, and it is implied that "evil" is out to get him (or actually, that it already has him). The kid is called Sid, and the only thing that doesn't make sense is that FB3 is set 200 years later, so he wouldn't be alive anymore.
I recognize the problems you describe, but they were due to a bug (which I tried to diagnose; I think it's Freedink-specific, but not Freedink's fault; it's in the graphics library): the boy that was cast away from Perfection says he gives you the Ice Sword, but I didn't seem to receive anything. With this sword, things that follow are pretty tough. Without it, they are impossible.
(Side note: to work around the bug, set the sequence or frame in its add_item to something different.)
I'm not sure if it was also the last sword I got, and so I had to battle Tenjin with it. In any case, I don't remember Tenjin being as impossible as you describe. I don't think I beat her on the first try; it was certainly a challenge, but I think I get her the second or third time. Long before I would have given up, anyway. Perhaps my tendency to put lots of points in defense helped me as well.
FB3 on the other hand was way less impressive to me, mostly because it was so buggy. So I suppose you made a very good choice there to go with the patched version. The ideas are good, and I liked it a lot, but it was much less enjoyable than FB2 to me.
