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Media / Single-Player RPGs / where is grandia 4?
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on: January 12, 2011, 02:15:17 AM
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and i'm not talking about that mmo they've been making for 5 years either. I want another grandia game. a return to the idea of grandia 1 of adventuring through the world, and with one of the best battle systems in rpgs. Is there any news of another grandia game??
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Media / Single-Player RPGs / Re: What will bring RPGs back?
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on: November 19, 2010, 11:56:58 PM
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there is a four step program for saving the jrpg
1. bring back the world map. western rpgs have side quests, jrpg shine on having entire towns you stumble upon with their own history and quest. bring some sort of exploring and sense of having traveled the world.
2. no random battles, and no battle screens to load. meet enemies on the map and immediately enter turn based fight. no ridiculous cutseens for every attack making the fight last 5 min each. turn based battles will be under 40 seconds with no loading.
3. npcs with nothing to add to the story or history of the world do nothing when you try to talk to them. every npc you can talk to provide actual info on the history, back story, or optional/main quest info.
4. stop relying on anime cliche characters. the spikey haired 17yr old kid with a since of adventure. the 17yr old feisty girl who gets him into trouble (childhood friend maybe). the shy, beautiful soft spoken girl who will probably get kidnapped at some point. the hot nerdy girl with glasses. this is the biggest problem with jrpgs. saving the world never gets old. but saving it with these bozos does.
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Media / Single-Player RPGs / Re: what are your top five consoles of all time
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on: November 01, 2010, 01:21:27 AM
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+6457484576 or whatever on the GameCube love. I got way more use out of it than I would have an N64. I mostly just rocked the SSBM on it, but I got in lots of Metroid and Zelda action, Paper Mario: TTYD, MGS: Twin Snakes, etc. Ironically the last thing I bought for it was Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance. Both the Japanese and English versions, neither of which I finished.
I never owned a GameCube, but I did borrow one and Skies of Arcadia! It was the only game I played on the system and I loved it! fyi, skies of arcadia was a dreamcast game that was ported after it failed |
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Media / Single-Player RPGs / Re: what are your top five consoles of all time
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on: October 29, 2010, 06:03:36 PM
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some people don't know the greatness of the 3do.
it had the first need for speed game ever. Immercenary. best version of madden. arcade perfect ports of street fighter 2. amazing road rash game with awesome music. wing commander 3. alone in the dark 1&2. sim city, theme park. arcade perfect samurai showdown. gex, star control, return fire. the list goes on and on. don't hate.
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Media / Single-Player RPGs / what are your top five consoles of all time
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on: October 29, 2010, 01:58:50 PM
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I want to preface my list by saying it is in no way based in logic. Meaning, looking at it objectivly one would have to say the current gen represent the best we have ever had in terma of quality and graphics. My list will be completly emotional. The systems I had the most fun with.
1). Sega dreamcast.
The dreamcast came out when I was a freshman in college, and gave us the greatest leap in graphics we will ever see. Psx to the dreamcast was night and day. Also, the japanese games being released were amazing. Seaman, shenmue, jet set radio, code veronica. Not to mention online play. Simply put I will never be as into gaming as I was in 99 and 2000
2) sony playstation. King of the rpg. And the greatest game ever made ff7
3). Ps2
Probably deserves higher but I played the ps2 more now that its a dead system than when it was out. Great rpgs, although the fall of the jrpg began here
4) xbox 360
Took online gaming to a new lvl. Friends list, gamerscore. Spiritual succesor to the dreamcast. Just a great system all around.
5) 3do.
This ame out in 92. The amazment of cd gaming and 32 bit graphics was a sight to behold when compared to the snes. 3do had a lot of great games. Including immercenary, a game about an mmo that captured the world matrix style. Now you jack in to stop it
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Media / Single-Player RPGs / Re: gamestop just got alot of semi hard to find ps2 games
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on: October 28, 2010, 10:31:34 PM
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New info, went to another gamestop and they had magna carta pre owned (ps2 part 1) and it was the delux box set. The box had no wrinkles, cracks, or any sign of age. At all. I think the guy above is correct. These are probably new copies they are unloading. Checked my copy of dds and the manual/case/disk have no visible sign of use.
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Media / Single-Player RPGs / gamestop just got alot of semi hard to find ps2 games
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on: October 28, 2010, 02:38:55 PM
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I have no ideaa why, but the gamespots in houston have 2x the used ps2 games they used to have. 3 I have been to all have DDS 1&2. Tales legendia and abyss. Suikoden 4 & 5. I even saw wild arms 5 at one. I think thety are trying to unload their ps2 inventory. Check it out
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Media / Single-Player RPGs / Re: RPGs with the best: Story, Characters, Atmosphere, and Plot twists?
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on: June 11, 2010, 05:30:51 PM
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i don't see how ff7 alienated fans. the nerd battles that take place in forums on which game is better would take place if FF7 never existed. FF7 is kind of like Micheal Jordan in that kobe and lebron fans don't see what all the fuss was about because they didnt see him play. so when they want to go around saying kobe's the best there is always someone who says don't forget jordan.
I think FFVII did alienate some existing fans, however today those fans have been completely outnumbered by people who only became fans in the post-FFVII era. As far as nerd battles not taking place without FFVII, that's total nonsense. People certainly did argue about whether IV or VI was better back in the day (though we called them II and III back then...). This isn't even hypothetical; I remember doing it. no one said they wouldn't take place. i said they would. we made the same point |
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Media / Single-Player RPGs / Re: RPGs with the best: Story, Characters, Atmosphere, and Plot twists?
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on: June 11, 2010, 04:43:52 PM
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i wouldn't say that, but i would say it ruined square In some ways, yes. But Final Fantasy VII wasn't really the game that damage the JRPG scene, Final Fantasy VII just alienated fans all over the fucking place. ...and jrpgs in general. No. You need to play and read more about RPGs in general to see that right now we are in a great time for RPGs, forget about Square Enix for a minute... you see? there's goods RPGs out there. The problem with Square Enix is the public who's trying to please aren't really RPG players with good taste in games. They are just, mindless consumers. And that's being kind. i don't see how ff7 alienated fans. the nerd battles that take place in forums on which game is better would take place if FF7 never existed. FF7 is kind of like Micheal Jordan in that kobe and lebron fans don't see what all the fuss was about because they didnt see him play. so when they want to go around saying kobe's the best there is always someone who says don't forget jordan. |
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Media / Single-Player RPGs / Re: RPGs with the best: Story, Characters, Atmosphere, and Plot twists?
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on: June 11, 2010, 03:48:18 PM
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FFVII has the best story of any game i have ever played. Final Fantasy VII; The game that ruined the gaming community for ever. i wouldn't say that, but i would say it ruined square and jrpgs in general. they seem to have said hmmm, looks like we need a cinematic story to get the success of ff7, and not all the side quests, optional bosses, and character quests. |
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