So as people probably know, once you enter the castle for the first time, there's the mist that prevents you from leaving once you enter. the only PROBLEM with this, is because it's it's own dungeon, when you die you get put at the beginning of IT, NOT THE SHRINE. So, I am stuck until I can beat the area boss. Only problem with that is I am probably significantly underleveled (Party: lvl 34-36, Byakuren, Eiki, Remillia, Nitori, Marisa), and I am THOROUGHLY underprepared for the area boss, which is impossi...

Can't go to Third stratum or get the second hook to get the ally in "heaven" zone. Things I have done: Collect every chest in Stratum 1,2 and Interstice 1 and 2. Beat second boss as the guide recommended. Recruit Satori. Collect almost all the spells since one is stuck in that hellish water labyrinth I dread. Beat those Yukkuri bosses from the codes. and still get this message at Makai 1-1 of third stratum: "It doesn't look like you'll be able to go any further"...

It seems to be the forgotten child of the Strawberry Bose trilogy. Having both GoS and DoD now on Steam and in English is there a chance the third game might also get it's time to shine?

In black sanctuary after the first area boss there is a section where you descend some stairs into one of those looping maps. If you go back up those same stairs to the previous area then game gets stuck loading. Also one of Mima's lines in dialogue before fighting Yumeko has a broken line break....

Ergon Wing, 35000 HP, Elemental. I checked the games atwiki (which is in Japanese), and running the info through Google Translate gave some ideas, but I feel like I am absolutely missing something with how to tackle this mess. Mokou/Youmu/Nitori/Byakuren/Patchouli team, using Phoenix Skydance formation. Ergon Wing has very high agility and very high offensive power with physical and magical attacks, Meteor easily oneshots Byakuren and Patchouli while leaving the others very low... and Meteor doesn't have...