Well, it kinda did have a story, it was just easy to ignore, not counting that obnoxiously long and slow intro. Ugh, take that out, and FFTA would've been quite a bit better, IMO.

I might as well toss in my opinion. I only watched 3 episodes, but that's as much as I could stand. I was marathoning the entire meta-series at the time, so that might explain it. It was only a few months ago, though. I'll watch some more tomorrow and see. I remember it being too overly dramatic, like there was bad stuff happening at every turn, and it was very heavyhanded with its themes, but we'll see. SRW got me somewhat interested, to say the least, so I have some motivation to watch it again.

Phantasy Star Universe was my First, at least the first that I got into. My real first was either Runescape or Furcadia, neither of which suited my tastes at all. I liked it a lot when I first played it, but I never spent that many hours on it since I got yelled at for playing it into the wee hours of the night.=P I prefer Phantasy Star Online and Final Fantasy XI now, and spent a lot of my free time on them way back when.

Cool. I was beginning to overthink it when I went through some scenarios in my head. I'll try it out tomorrow on Shadow Dragon.

I'll be getting Chthulu Saves the World and possibly Epic Dungeon, I never played Soulcaster or Aphelion, so I'll have to check out some reviews for those.

Which reminds me, I still need to play Breath of Death VII.

Oh cool, I think I've done that before but didn't know it. But seriously, thanks for the time, I'll try to remember that the next time I play.

How do I do that?

...SOLD...

Oh great, so they're also not publishing Metal Max 3.:( Good thing I just got Metal Saga.

I can't beat a map without someone dying. Not just in Fire Emblem, but any strategy game. So casual mode is good for me, at least until I learn to stop getting pawns killed.

And don't think I haven't tried them. I played Fire Emblem, I couldn't get past stage 6. I couldn't even get past stage two in Sacred Swords, and I had to restart Shadow Dragon on easy(Normal?), only to get bored during the tutorial. I'm just not very good at them, and I don't have enough patience to restart a zillion times until people stop dying.

I might actually get this one if they release it in the states. That casual mode sounds tempting.

It's the failure that is UMD. I suggest headphones, the PSP's speakers suck anyways.

EDIT: PSN works too, but not all games are on there.

That's probably my problem. Most of my strategy is just random guessing.=P That's why I prefer games with more leway, that way I don't have to restart as often when I guess wrong. I don't think I really get the whole idea behind strategy games. I still find them fun, though.

But it's so hard to do that!>_<

An extention of my old thread that I felt warranted a new thread. Just list your favorite and least favorite Strategy/Tactical RPG that you've played. You can give an explanation if you want, but it's not required.

My Favorites:

• Super Robot Wars series - The title alone told me that it was the series for me. Over the top anime mechs duking it out has never been more awesome. Also, I can't tell if the series is easy, or if I'm just good at them, since I rarely find them that hard, and I suck at SRPGs.
• Tactics Ogre: The Knight Of Lodis - The way the free battles worked and how you could recruit your enemies sold me on it from the very first battle. Then the battles got going, and I really started loving it. I have no idea what the story is since I skipped it all, but gameplaywise, it's a well-crafted SRPG.
• Shining Force Series - My first set of SRPGs. Sure the stories aren't great, but there's tonnes of comedy and charm in the dialogue and characters, specifically the towns people. I love walking around and talking to people in this game just to see if I can find another joke or bizarre occurance. The gameplay is also pretty fun and usually forgiving. I rarely stay stuck for long.
• Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor - One of the best stories I've experienced in an SRPG, in fact, it's the only engaging story I've ever experienced in an SRPG, and I found it motivating me through the whole game up until I got stuck. I like the gameplay a lot, too, with its free battles, dialogue choices, and JRPG-style battle sequences. A superb game all around.
• Disgaea DS - Very fun with some humorous dialogue, great mechanics, and loads of grinding. A bit too difficult at the start, though, but otherwise I liked it a lot.
• Bahumat Lagoon - I like the story and JRPG Battles, but it's just not as good as Devil Survivor. Still a wonderful game, though.
• Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen - It's like an RTS with Turn-based Battles. Love it! I love the Tarot cards, too.
• Albert Odyssey - It ends up feeling more like a JRPG, except the whole world is a big Battlefield. Makes walking to town a chore, but it's a novel enough idea to warrant its spot on my list.
• Dawn of War II - The Only RTS with a good singleplayer, IMO. It just so happens to be very RPG like.
• Jeanne d'Arc - I thought the story was very enjoyable, and I liked being abole to walk in towns. Otherwise it;s just a fine SRPG. Nothing really wrong with it that I found.

Honorable Mentions:

• Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, Final Fantasy Tactics A2 - A lot of fun in short bursts, kinda like Tactics Ogre lite.
• Fire Emblem Gaiden - It's fire Emblem, except its got towns you can walk in, and it's actually kind of enjoyable.

Least Favorites:

• Fire Emblem series - The perma-death kinda kills it, but mostly I just find them genuinely unappealing.
• Warsong - Hardest. Game. EVER! I can't even beat the first stage!

Dishonorable mention:

• Front Mission 4 - Sigh...they just don't feel like giant robots. Great game otherwise, though.

Sorry for the huge first post, but once I condensed some series, I realized I could basically list every SRPG I've ever played.=P And as you can see, I liked most of them.=)