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Media / Single-Player RPGs / Re: Xenoblade + The Last Story
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on: November 30, 2010, 09:27:29 PM
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Xenoblade (or Monado on Nintendo's website) has been taken down from their official site which was the last sign of hope for me. I'm sort of a Nintendo loyalist, but screw them.
Dang, and here I thought Monado was doing good.=( |
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Media / Single-Player RPGs / Re: RPGs this gaming generation_I went with a PSP!
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on: November 30, 2010, 01:46:42 PM
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The PSP versions of Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy II are both under $10 each, too, just so you know.
Wow...$10 each...are they any good though? Depends on what you're looking for. FF1 is pretty dated and straight forward, but if you go in expecting the updated version of the game that essentially started it all, it's pretty enjoyable. The only problem with it is that it lacks a story and its pretty easy, but the extra dungeons are much harder, and the game still has charm despite the lack of a storyline. Really, it's great if you love RPGs and want to see where it all began without having to grind for hours. Personally, I don't care for it, but then again, it's not really what I look for when I play an RPG. I prefer something more complex and grindy. FF2 is kinda different. It's less straight forward, requires more exploration, requires you to think and pay attention more, and has a unique level-up system that you will love or hate depending on how you view it. The game is also more challenging than FF1. I personally love it since its everything I want from an RPG: Exploration, challenge, active thinking and note taking in order to get to where I need to be, and lots of grinding to make my characters exactly as I want them to be. It's still a flawed game, particularly with the leveling system, which despite their best efforts is still far from perfect, the story is still barely there, and I found it easy to get lost, but then again, I got lost in FFX, so take that for what you will. However, if you take it for what it is, I think you could enjoy it. |
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Media / Miscellaneous Games / Re: Is it worth Playing These Series in Order?
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on: November 30, 2010, 12:14:53 PM
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Well, I'll still stick to the plan, but if I finish the rest of my Wii games (I don't have much, but I'm a major procrastinator) before I get NMH1, I'm skipping ahead to 2 and just see if I can beat it alone. I still don't think I'd like NMH1, but I'm not about to write it off ust yet. Still, the fact that you can't retry a job right there when you fail really bugs the hell outta me. Plus, I never cared for the idea of sacrificing good gameplay for art, so I'm not about to excuse any niggles just because they were there on purpose. But if there's some fun to be had, I'll try my best to find and enjoy it.
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Media / Single-Player RPGs / Re: Dragon Quest IX
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on: November 29, 2010, 09:53:53 PM
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I know this is too late, but amazon offered it for $17 as a lightning deal for Cyber Monday.
I mean I wanna get it cheap when I have money. I'm broke right now.=P Thanks for the heads up, though. It was on sale at Target on Black Friday, but I missed it, unfortunately.=( |
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Media / Single-Player RPGs / Re: Dragon Quest IX
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on: November 29, 2010, 07:41:51 PM
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It really is a blast. For some reason, completing useless sidequests and grinding has never been this fun. I think a part of it is the speed. The battles are fast enough that they don't ever feel tedious. I would reccomend it. Like I said, I have 60 hours on the game and I'm still going strong.
Also, I tried the final boss last night and it made it through the first two fights only to die on the last one. Back to the grinding board for now.
Good luck! I still want to wait until it's cheap since I've never quite been fond of the Dragon Quest series (they're a patience tryer)., but I still appreciate the recommendation.=) |
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Media / Single-Player RPGs / Re: RPGs this gaming generation_I went with a PSP!
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on: November 29, 2010, 07:38:09 PM
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First of, A&RPGl and, you picked 3 very good games to start with.=) Secondly, I recommend Jeanne D'Arc and Hexyz Force. And I'll be a deviant and also recommend Final Fantasy 1 and Final Fantasy 2, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 and Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep. Crimson Gem Saga and Hexyz Force are both on Sale right now, so if you're interested, they certainly won't break your bank if you get them today.
On sale where? Oh, on sale on the Playstation Store, available right from your own PSP.=) |
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Media / Miscellaneous Games / Re: Is it worth Playing These Series in Order?
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on: November 29, 2010, 07:29:15 PM
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I'll probably do the same with NMH1, too.
That, on the other hand, would be a mistake. The improvement isn't as huge, and it has been debated which of the two is better. That, and it really is something you need to experience for yourself. I'm afraid the gameplay doesn't really appeal to me. It seems like an interesting experiment, but everything I've read points to it being, well, not very fun, and I'm afraid gameplay is very important to me. Moreso than a few jokes and an interesting story, especially in an action game. I appreciate your sentiment, but unless the story is unfollowable, I think I'll stick to the game that removed the randomly placed jobs and the horrible, empty overworld sections.=P |
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Media / Single-Player RPGs / Re: RPGs this gaming generation_I went with a PSP!
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on: November 29, 2010, 12:00:27 PM
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First of, A&RPGl and, you picked 3 very good games to start with.=) Secondly, I recommend Jeanne D'Arc and Hexyz Force. And I'll be a deviant and also recommend Final Fantasy 1 and Final Fantasy 2, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 and Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep. Crimson Gem Saga and Hexyz Force are both on Sale right now, so if you're interested, they certainly won't break your bank if you get them today.
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Media / Miscellaneous Games / Re: Is it worth Playing These Series in Order?
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on: November 29, 2010, 10:37:37 AM
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It's worth keeping in mind that while AC1 probably isn't bad when gotten for cheap (shouldn't be hard these days) if you want to get to the good part you'll want to skip it. Especially since the biggest issue people have is how damn tedious it gets.
Yeah, that's why I never got Assassin's Creed 1. If its story is important to Assassin's Creed 2, I'll look it up, I don't think it's worth playing from the looks of it. I'll probably do the same with NMH1, too. |
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Media / Miscellaneous Games / Re: No one hitting AssCreed: B?
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on: November 28, 2010, 11:19:24 PM
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My theory is that only people who played the first game directly after it's release (and the glorious hype train) felt really burned. I played it last fall, and while I saw it's faults, I didn't really find anything hateable about it. I think if it hadn't been hyped to death, people would have played it for what it was, and generally said, "oh, this game is kind of cool, a bit repetitive, but some really interesting things". Instead it's, "OMG this game isn't the second coming of Pizza Jesus the Third!" I dunno, maybe I'm wrong, but I really had some fun with it, far removed from it's initial hype. No question the second was far better and improved (instant GOTY material), though.
You also paid way, way less than they did. Even if they had realistic expectations they still paid $60 for the game, and if they didn't feel they got their $60 worth of entertainment they're going to be disgruntled. I have that problem with a lot of game's nowadays. They take so long to make for just 20 hours of gameplay, and ringing in at $60-$70. I like a lot games with extra options and play modes. More replayability would be preferable over length, yes. I miss Game+ and hidden secrets that you could miss on your first playthrough that netted you awesome rewards. Does Assassin's Creed have those? |
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Media / Single-Player RPGs / Re: Golden Sun Dark Dawn in 10 days
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on: November 28, 2010, 08:50:35 PM
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My problem is that, judging from the reviews, Dark Dawn still has all of the problems that the first game did: low difficulty, slow beginning, too much text, too many random battles, etc. I'm sure there'll be plenty that won't mind that, but those problems were the main reasons Golden Sun failed hard for me. I'll still give it a chance someday, but it doesn't sound like an insta-buy just yet.
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Media / Miscellaneous Games / Re: No one hitting AssCreed: B?
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on: November 28, 2010, 06:03:52 PM
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Bought it for my bro for Xmas, will probably play some of it, too.
Those are the best type of gifts. :P Bought FFX for my brother... he moved out and it's still here haha Funny, I've been trying to convince my bro to play that very game. |
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