Sega Ages 4 and 5!

Not like this. I played the SMS one like 30+ times as a kid. That was the point of using fire/wind/thunder (as well as the guns). The +/- on the enemies was quite small. NOw There's some creatures where if you use a spell they've got high immunity to, you'll do a couple of points of damage - it was not like this in the original... especially with Lutz's wind. Besides, the spells are all redone now. Some hit everything, some hit one thing. There was only one spell in the original that did damage to everything - Lutz's thunder.

The guns were all set damage as well. Needle = 5 to each enemy, Heat = 10 to each enemy, Laser = 20 to each enemy. Only the machine guns hit each enemy now, and the damage varies (even when the enemies are the same).

If you're having problems understanding the posts, head over to Amazon... they've got a nice selection of dictionaries. They're points - not full sentences. Play the original again and you might pick them up.

 

Actually I constantly am playing the original.
I have it on my PPC now on emu as well so I play when im on the road.

 

Haven't played it in a while... thought about getting the GBA remake, but after getting used to the Japanese names, I hate going back to the English one.