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Media / Single-Player RPGs / Re: Megami Tensei Topic
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on: November 24, 2010, 09:38:28 PM
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I just watched a video review of Devil Summoner King Radou 2, and I am sold! I'll pick it up when I got to Gamestop this weekend, and I'll try to reserve it tomorrow morning just in case. I know how crazy Black Friday can get...
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Media / Single-Player RPGs / Re: Which Final Fantasy Has The Best Story and Why?
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on: November 24, 2010, 04:59:36 PM
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Tactics does count right? I believe the story has aged well. Going from a pawn to a real catalyst in the war really made me feel Ramza's development and motivations. Also, I think the story took the whole "church is evil" theme to a different level...as well as "war sucks, no one wins in the end".
For main series...I'll have to say X was the best. The immersion was there save for the cheesy parts...heck it was so good I actually played through X-2 for closure. I wouldn't put myself through that torture if X's story was horrid...haha
Not playing down your tastes or anything, but it's also feasible that you played it because of the production values at the time, and because of your own investment in the game. I certainly feel that way with some games. Only weeks, months, or years later do I really sit down and analyse what I've been playing. It takes time to get away from your fandom, as well as a want to eradicate as much bias as possible. It's hard, but necessary for earnest critique in the end. I realise not everyone likes doing this with their media, but I'm a big fan of analysis. I like a certain amount of being honest with myself about questions of quality, and I do encourage it in others. I don't think you are at all. But we have to remember these are games we've played years ago anyways (most of us). I'm just speaking from my recent replays of these games. Although it's interesting to read unbiased opinions on games (especially pre-purchase). I believe it's the personal fandom, bias, and connections to the story the really make it "stick" to me. Like VIII used to me my favorite story...till I grew up...hehe Yeah, FF4 used to be my fave, but now I realize that it's not the story, but the pacing that grabbed me. For an RPG, it moves pretty fast and doesn't waste a whole lot of time. The story itself is...well, I guess I still like it, but its far from the best I've experienced. I'm not sure what else deserves such a title, though. I've only been playing RPGs for a few years. On a side note, I'm glad to see that not everyone listed Final Fantasy IV or VI. That's honestly a first for me, but then again, the other forums I went to are mostly Nintendo centric, so I suppose its to be expected. |
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Media / Single-Player RPGs / Re: i may not be the biggest fan of the older final fantasies.....
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on: November 24, 2010, 04:29:41 PM
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Cloud? Maybe, but people accuse him of it anyway. Zidane? Outside of some points in the story, not likely! But I also think people blow Squall out of proportion there when he's mostly a loner who, as I recall, is easily annoyed by other people, and I think people are outright idiots for saying Cloud's an emo. Advent Children aside, but screw that interpretation.
I blame Advent Children for convincing me to avoid the series for as long as I did. |
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Media / Single-Player RPGs / Re: Which Final Fantasy Has The Best Story and Why?
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on: November 24, 2010, 03:46:57 PM
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Of course Tactics counts. =) All the games in the series are up for consideration. It's all your opinions, after all. 8's story is shit. Thankfully, most of the game focused on individual character portrayal, which I thought was the best in the series.
But if we're talking plot, specifically? They all sucked. At least FF6 probably had the least amount of face-palms. I love FFIX, but it takes some real crapper's in the flow towards the end. FFX was a tad padantic and drawn out.
Gotta go with FF6, but they all suck. Play games for characters, dialog, setting, and gameplay.
I consider Characters, dialogue, and setting part of the story, personally. Afterall, where would the story go without them? That said, to me FFX fell really flat in its delivery, and I feel like in its delivery, it was a shallow, shell of the game it was meant to be. I enjoyed Rikku, the battle system, and that's really about it. Heck, even the visuals didn't feel as polished as say, FFVIII. Sure, higher polygon counts, fully 3d environments, etc. But FFVIII had that cool insta-transition to FMV that I think really helped incorporate the cutscenes into the narrative. With FFX, it felt like a major step backwards. That's a very personal artistic gripe though, and one I'm sure most people don't share.
I have to agree, FFX could've been great, but the excecution really held it back. I still got to get to the ending, though. |
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Media / Single-Player RPGs / Which Final Fantasy Has The Best Story and Why?
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on: November 23, 2010, 08:24:56 PM
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I'm really just asking for a fan's opinion on this, and you don't have to have played them all, really just asking out of the ones you have played. Also, to any potential smart alecks, I don't even care if you think they all suck. In that case which one sucks the least?
As for my two cents...that's about all I got. I have only played one game in the series from start to finish (Final Fantasy XIII with my brother, and I actually quite enjoyed the story), so I can't really comment on what game has the best just yet.
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Media / Single-Player RPGs / Re: i may not be the biggest fan of the older final fantasies.....
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on: November 23, 2010, 03:38:31 PM
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I'd like to do a FF series play through like archendrus did w/ phantasy star.
At least 1-6.
Ooo I'm game =D I actually don't think I've played V at all (the re-numbering still confuses me) I played the PSP verision of 1 breifly and played IV when it used to be II but never beat it. VI was responsible for solidifying my obessesion with the genre...when it was still called III. So that's 3 out of 6 that I've never played. I think I'm going to do this once I finish Fallout 3, DDS, and DQ 8. That should be probably around Feb or so. I'll play the 1st two on the PSP since they can be got for cheap. F3 has to be on DS, right? Now should I get IV via FF Chronicles on psx or the DS version? I'll probably do Chronicles so I can finally have Chrono Trigger as well. Then I'll just get Anthology as well. Word, sounds like a plan =D I gotta finish up Persona 1 and MS Saga so Feb works. Count me in, too.=) |
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Media / Single-Player RPGs / Re: Non-medieval and non-futuristic RPGs?
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on: November 22, 2010, 09:42:37 PM
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Control-F "Parasite Eve"
Shame on you. Shame on all of you.
At least someone mentioned Shadow Hearts.
You might want to try Valkyria Chronicles, since that's something of an alternate reality Earth with some fantasy elements thrown in to make it more interesting. I think it's what you're looking for.
Jeanne d'Arc is, erm, historical but to be taken very lightly. Historical Fantasy is a good way to put it.
I'll personally recommend Skies of Arcadia. It most certainly is neither futuristic or medieval. It's stuck at the weird place in-between, but it might not be what you're looking for since it's not based on modern times.
You might be interested in some of the Wild ARMs games. Some of them are also in the "stuck in-between" two bit, but aren't directly medieval or futuristic.
I don't know how I forgot about all of those games, but I second all of that. Especially VC, Jeanna d'Arc, Skies of Arcadia, and Wild Arms. |
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Media / Single-Player RPGs / Re: Non-medieval and non-futuristic RPGs?
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on: November 22, 2010, 05:31:32 PM
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I'm not exactly sure what mean by kiddie. I haven't play The World Ends With You yet but it's pretty highly regarded. Devil Survivor on the other hand is one of the most interesting and engaging strategy RPG's I've played in a while. If you get them I'm sure you won't regard it.
I've meant "kiddie" as in: it looks like the storyline of those 2 games is focused more on "cool" teenage stuff than the PS2 and PSone Shin Megami and FF8 cousins, if you are understanding me. Not that they're not every bit as awesome though, I'm just looking for something more mature now. I wouldn't describe the characters in Devil Survivor as "Cool, trendy teens", to be honest. They're just normal kids. I'm with Melancholy on this one, SMT: DS is THE most engaging SRPG I've ever played, and much of that is due to the story and characters, whom come off as being, well, natural. The characters are believable in my opinion, more so that I've seen any other game, and that includes the other SMT games, besides maybe Strange Journey. That's an impressive feat if you ask me. |
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Media / Single-Player RPGs / Re: Golden Sun Dark Dawn in 10 days
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on: November 22, 2010, 02:09:21 PM
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Sounds exactly like what I was expecting. I'll get it once its cheap. Nothing ground-breaking, but fun for a while and a nice pace. The new graphical style is great, btw. I hated the old look, but this one is at least pleasing to the eye. The series always reminded me of Breat of Fire, so unless they make a new one of those, I'm sure this will do (once I get it, of course). |
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Media / Single-Player RPGs / Re: Radiant Historia
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on: November 22, 2010, 02:03:00 PM
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"Hell" to the "yeah"! Ah, but it's coming out in February.=( So much for pre-ordering. I need to save the money for Tactics Ogre and Okamiden. I'll get it further down the line, though, maybe in April. |
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