Part 3: A. Cless Alvein
In a parallel universe not too different from the one our characters reside in, lives a youth with a name fairly similar to the one we now know. Much like Cress, this youth has had a somewhat eventful journey through the forest near his village. He has learnt that the world he knows is a much crueller and tougher place than Cress'.![](1-A.png)
The journey of Cless Alvein is that of the PSX port and will be one filled with Hard mode antics and a few things in the PSX port that were removed will be covered also. It's not just for combat differences or anything like that; there is extra content in here too. And I don't just mean the skits. Script differences aren't important enough to warrant covering, unless something is much clearer in this translation so that's not what we'll be looking at.
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In addition to gettig the stuffed doll of Cless from Ami (named the "Mascot" in this version for some reason) we get a free accessory for our troubles too. The Channeling allows some multiplayer capabilities. Equip this onto someone and set them to Semi-Auto control and a second player can control them. Aside from that, it has no use at all. It doesn't raise any stats or anything so for single player purposes, it is completely useless.
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In the item store at Toltus, there's a room where you can get some free things. Apple Gummi is just a weird translation of the Apple Gel, and Spectacles enable you to see the stats of a "monster" you use it on. If you ever remember to use them at least.
Things not in this version: the scene in Maria's room.
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In the forest there's a second item. It's just another Apple
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The boss fight on Hard goes identical to how it does on Normal. Only it hits harder I guess. Also, its HP is doubled and its strength has gone up by like 5; it hasn't really changed at all. It can still be knocked into the corner and just whacked to death. Note that both Cless and Chester were level 1 coming into this fight and I hadn't upgraded any of their equipment hence the single digit damage.
All in all, the beginning doesn't go that much different in either version. There's just a handful of more items to be found in this one.