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| Tai-Pan
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|  "Help me I'm in hell" , posted Tue 21 Aug 06:54
Ive been playing video games since the beginning of the earth, now I work and I can afford any console or game. I currently own a ps2, a ds, and the 360. However, I can't find any pleasant game. I don't know if im getting old, if im too old school or what, but I just can't get hooked up to a game as I used to.
I have this theory that if I buy a wii with a copy of zelda I will regain my video games love, but Im not sure if thats gonna be the case.
I feel really old when I realize that all these 360 first person shooters bore me to death, im so tired about war games and guns and stupid monsters that you have to shoot at. Even if the game has awesome graphics, I just don't care because the art design is too boring.
Maybe I should buy Final Fantasy XII for PS2?
Even shadow of the colossus bores me. I feel Im trying too hard.
"Those who follow the path of a warrior must be ready to die in order to stand for one's convictions live for one's convictions die for one's convictions"
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| Maou 1232th Post
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| "Re(2):Help me I'm in hell" , posted Tue 21 Aug 10:32
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Go for something "classic", and keep FF 12 at arm's length (or preferably further, think of it as a dead marmot or something...) if you're looking to avoid boredom.
Yeah, hate to say it, but XII will do nothing for you if you're losing patience with games, despite its beauty and its rather fun political story, simply because it's dragged down by the need to level up (to avoid messy death. More brutal than V) and fetch-quest in the way that has probably made you tired of games in the first place. Assuming you liked RPG's to begin with, of course. Seventy hours in, the death battle on the Big Bridge with you-know-who did kind of rekindle my spirit for new RPG's, but still.
人間はいつも私を驚かせてくれる。不思議なものだな、人間という存在は．．．
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| Pollyanna 2328th Post
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| "Re(2):Help me I'm in hell" , posted Tue 21 Aug 11:31
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Go for something "classic", and keep FF 12 at arm's length (or preferably further, think of it as a dead marmot or something...) if you're looking to avoid boredom.
I agree. A good solution/compromise is Blue Dragon, which is an excellent mix of new and old sensibilities. I felt a "revival" playing it, myself. I play games in small doses these days, even if I love them, but Blue Dragon was one game I couldn't pry myself away from.
Well, that is, assuming you like old school RPGs.
I just got a wii with Zelda myself. I'm not a Zelda fan, but I've told myself that if I stop thinking about winning the game and think more about enjoying the world, then I'll have a good time. So far it's working.
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| Tai-Pan
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| "Re(3):Help me I'm in hell" , posted Tue 21 Aug 11:33:
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Go for something "classic", and keep FF 12 at arm's length (or preferably further, think of it as a dead marmot or something...) if you're looking to avoid boredom.
Yeah, hate to say it, but XII will do nothing for you if you're losing patience with games, despite its beauty and its rather fun political story, simply because it's dragged down by the need to level up (to avoid messy death. More brutal than V) and fetch-quest in the way that has probably made you tired of games in the first place. Assuming you liked RPG's to begin with, of course. Seventy hours in, the death battle on the Big Bridge with you-know-who did kind of rekindle my spirit for new RPG's, but still.
Well, you are so right about everything you said..I used to like RPGS with passion..till FFX,,then dont know what happened.
Ive been playing old school for years now..I go back to everything I used to play and tears fill my eyes, but then I think "Whats wrong with me!!" I feel like Simpson Grandpa and Im only 25 years old..
Well, to be honest, I remember that Valkyre Profile made me feel like I used to feel before, for some strange reason. I also loved Xenogears, but thats old too.
"Those who follow the path of a warrior must be ready to die in order to stand for one's convictions live for one's convictions die for one's convictions"
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| Iggy 8102th Post
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| "Re(5):Help me I'm in hell" , posted Tue 21 Aug 16:58:
As much as I respect Colossus, you have to admit : it is a boring game. At least after the 5th guy.
I don't understand the hate for FFXII : after all, it's the same thing RPG have always been, killing countless low level monsters so you're powerful enough to run through the rest of the game and laugh at the bosses. The only differences are that the fights are significantly faster, and the absence of random encounter is really fantastic. It's the only RPG I played in 2 years that didn't feel like the same old formula repeated over and over again without any glimpse of originality (hello Blue Dragon).
And most of all, it is the exact opposite of FFX. You have to respect that
Sengoku Basara 2 is dead stupid and fun. Not really challenging, but really entertaining.. Plenty of things to unlock if you feel like it, and great also for quick casual sessions when you come home and the dinner isn't ready
Ôkami might be boring, because it's outrageously easy, but it's a real enchantment. It iyashi-s you to the bone.
PS3, 360, Wii... maybe next year. AGAIN.
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| Pollyanna 2329th Post
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| "Re(8):Help me I'm in hell" , posted Tue 21 Aug 17:47
FFXII embodies what I think is wrong with gaming today. It's disjointed. It has a clever system that's poorly implemented, enjoyable characters that they can't seem to fit into the story and a collection of good ideas that fail to come together properly. The consensus among people I know is is: "there's nothing really BAD about it, but it's not Final Fantasy, it's somehow boring, and I can't bring myself to finish it."
Blue Dragon is the complete opposite. There's nothing revolutionary about it at all, but it's lovingly executed. It was made by a huge team, but it feels like it was made by one person. I felt that the player was considered in the making of the game, rather than being lost in its sea of ideas and systems.
I don't want all RPGs to be like Blue Dragon, but I wish more RPGs were as well-constructed as Blue Dragon. It's a very bad game for someone looking for something new and exciting, but a good one for someone disgruntled with the games of today that has warm feelings toward old RPGs.
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| Pollyanna 2330th Post
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| "Re(10):Help me I'm in hell" , posted Tue 21 Aug 19:34
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I'd rather have a good game than a good FF.
I don't even know what FF IS anymore.
I'm really not trying to say FFXII is a bad game (it's pretty good, I think), just that it's an unbalanced one. I wouldn't recommend it as a cure for "the video game blues", because as I said, I think it embodies a lot of the things that are wrong with the industry today. Although I think maybe the Suikoden and Silent Hill series are the real posterboys for that.
I used to think that I valued innovation most of all, but so many games these days have left me with the impression of "did you actually think that someone would be PLAYING this? Did you consider THEIR feelings?" and "Is there any communication between departments, or did you all just do your own thing, then smash them together into one "game" at the end?"
Now, I don't know if I want solid uninteresting games, or interesting sloppy games.
I shouldn't give Blue Dragon quite so much credit, though, as Mother 3 did it better and first.
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| KTallguy 931th Post
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| "Re(2):Help me I'm in hell" , posted Wed 22 Aug 00:22
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I have two words for you:
Odin Sphere.
It's the only game I've played in years that I enjoy as much as classic SNES games. Booting that game up reminded me of playing Actraiser for the first time. It brought a tear to my eye (really!).
Odin Sphere is fun for the first 15 hours, and then you realize that it's going to repeat the same thing over and over again with only minute variations. I love item management and fusion gameplay, but not enough to sit through the same environments and bosses over and over again.
If that game had been capped at 20 hours, I would have loved it. But now I can't seem to get up the urge to play. Ugh.
Honestly, there are some good games out there, just few and far in between. I'm playing Metal Gear Solid 1, Zelda DS (must buy, excellent game), and Monster Hunter 2 Freedom. Also working on PSP FFTactics, but I haven't been able to find time. PS3 will be busy this fall though.
Play to win.
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| Spoon 1410th Post
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| "Re(4):Re(10):Help me I'm in hell" , posted Wed 22 Aug 09:51
I know exactly what you mean. I have the money to not need to pirate games, and I already own 2 of the 3 "new" systems... and I will probably get a PS3 once something loony for it comes out. That said, I feel very little excitement on the whole for them. I've felt some excitement from games here and there lately on the DS (Rocket Slime) and PS2 (God Hand), but I haven't felt that from either the wii or the 360 yet. I think the last few/several games on the PC that I was really excited about were doujin games.
I don't think I've ever felt as excited for anything as I have since the days when the SNES was new and new stuff was popping into the arcades all the time.
I do know that after the internet made every game instantly available, and money made everything else available (like not having to have to make hard decisions about where to put your 50 cent arcade allowance), some of the magic was lost. I just feel like there's a saturation of stuff in front of me all the time. Back then, every game that you got or got a moment to play was savoured, even if the game was bad. Now I'm always thinking about all the games I want to play and how I'll never get around to playing X if I keep taking my time with Y.
All that said, whenever you hit a game that really makes you genuinely smile, everything that I wrote above falls away if only for a moment. There are honestly not many games like that, and ones which did it for me might not do it for you.
In conclusion, go play Cave Story if you haven't yet.
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| Catalyst 284th Post
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| "Re(1):Help me I'm in hell" , posted Wed 22 Aug 12:10
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Ive been playing video games since the beginning of the earth, now I work and I can afford any console or game. I currently own a ps2, a ds, and the 360. However, I can't find any pleasant game. I don't know if im getting old, if im too old school or what, but I just can't get hooked up to a game as I used to.
I have this theory that if I buy a wii with a copy of zelda I will regain my video games love, but Im not sure if thats gonna be the case.
I feel really old when I realize that all these 360 first person shooters bore me to death, im so tired about war games and guns and stupid monsters that you have to shoot at. Even if the game has awesome graphics, I just don't care because the art design is too boring.
Maybe I should buy Final Fantasy XII for PS2?
Even shadow of the colossus bores me. I feel Im trying too hard.
I'm kinda in the same boat you are. I recently just got a wii, well not me but my dad forced me to stand in line to go get him one [not that i'm complaining I just like to sleep] but after playing Rayman Raving Rabbids for maybe 2 or 3 days I just didn't feel like playing with the wii after that.
I thought it would be some what a revival of my SNES days when I first got one and the whole family is excited to give it a try but didn't really catch me as strong as I thought it would. I'm with spoon when he says a magic is some what lost in today's games.
Probably for both of us we just have to play the waiting game, i'm sure all hope isn't lost for future games that will catch us and pull us into a game heavily. That and were older our taste changes. Good Luck to you though dude.
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| Mokona 426th Post
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| "Re(4):Re(10):Help me I'm in hell" , posted Wed 22 Aug 23:13:
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Oh man, Guitar Hero is crack in videogame form. Everytime I pick the game up I can't put it down for at least two hours.
Having played the game for as long as you have, is it safe to assume that you've mastered expert?
I mastered expert in the first 2 weeks I got it... (I'm a guitar player, so that helps).
I think I've reached my best though... there's no way in hell I can finish Jordan in Expert (I can survive to around 47-55% but that solo is too darn long), and I guess with a lot of practice I could finish "Six" (Effin' too fast), but I just don't have the time for that yet.
I really wish I had money for a PS3 to get Rock Band later, but I need to buy me a HD TV first (what'd be the point of having a PS3 without one... I'm not even sure you can plug the thing in a SD TV, elitist crap), so yeah, Rock Band will happen for me in about $2,500...
At least I'll get GHIII for the Wii (or PS2, depending on what the Wii version offers that the PS2 one doesn't).
Blah!
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| Ishmael 2912th Post
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| "Re(1):Help me I'm in hell" , posted Wed 22 Aug 23:27
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Ive been playing video games since the beginning of the earth, now I work and I can afford any console or game. I currently own a ps2, a ds, and the 360. However, I can't find any pleasant game. I don't know if im getting old, if im too old school or what, but I just can't get hooked up to a game as I used to.
I have this theory that if I buy a wii with a copy of zelda I will regain my video games love, but Im not sure if thats gonna be the case.
I feel really old when I realize that all these 360 first person shooters bore me to death, im so tired about war games and guns and stupid monsters that you have to shoot at. Even if the game has awesome graphics, I just don't care because the art design is too boring.
Maybe I should buy Final Fantasy XII for PS2?
Even shadow of the colossus bores me. I feel Im trying too hard.
You probably are trying too hard. If you're actively hunting for a game that will make you feel like you're 12 years old again odds are you're going to be disappointed. Remember, video games are just another form of entertainment and should be viewed as such. Instead of recommending any specific game to try I would say that the best thing to do is to wait and see if something comes along that piques your interest. If you find one, great. If not, then don't worry about it.
This is only a side point to your topic, but I wouldn't get too bothered by the proliferation of FPS games. It's a fairly popular genre that the current systems can do well so there ends up being too many of them on the market. It's a similar situation to the time that the SNES was clogged with piss-poor platformers. As soon as the next big thing comes along I'm sure will get a glut of that as well.
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| Tai-Pan
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| "Re(5):Re(10):Help me I'm in hell" , posted Thu 23 Aug 03:33
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I know exactly what you mean. I have the money to not need to pirate games, and I already own 2 of the 3 "new" systems... and I will probably get a PS3 once something loony for it comes out. That said, I feel very little excitement on the whole for them. I've felt some excitement from games here and there lately on the DS (Rocket Slime) and PS2 (God Hand), but I haven't felt that from either the wii or the 360 yet. I think the last few/several games on the PC that I was really excited about were doujin games.
I don't think I've ever felt as excited for anything as I have since the days when the SNES was new and new stuff was popping into the arcades all the time.
I do know that after the internet made every game instantly available, and money made everything else available (like not having to have to make hard decisions about where to put your 50 cent arcade allowance), some of the magic was lost. I just feel like there's a saturation of stuff in front of me all the time. Back then, every game that you got or got a moment to play was savoured, even if the game was bad. Now I'm always thinking about all the games I want to play and how I'll never get around to playing X if I keep taking my time with Y.
All that said, whenever you hit a game that really makes you genuinely smile, everything that I wrote above falls away if only for a moment. There are honestly not many games like that, and ones which did it for me might not do it for you.
In conclusion, go play Cave Story if you haven't yet.
"Those who follow the path of a warrior must be ready to die in order to stand for one's convictions live for one's convictions die for one's convictions"
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| Maou 1236th Post
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| "Re(6):Re(10):Help me I'm in hell" , posted Thu 23 Aug 12:59:
Ishamel is right on about the boring FPS glut being a mirror of the boring platforming glut of yesteryear (late 16-bit was a bad time, outside of RPG's). Though I don't own one, I've meant to buy a DS like three times in the past year. I think of all the newer platforms it has the biggest concentration of clever, well-made games that sort of make you excited like the SFC did. Ouendan, the best handheld Dracula/CV's (I hear), Sonic Rush, New Super Mario Brothers, DS Advance Wars, GBA's excellent 2D library like Metroid...
Meanwhile, like I sorta thought above, RPG's aren't making it easy for you to love them anymore, either, what with the insane back-and-forth and grinding disguised as "longer play time." 16 bit masterpieces like FFVI and Chrono were from an era that had finally figured out how to cut that heinous filler out of RPG's, yet now we see it flooding back in again in otherwise good games like XII, Odin Sphere, and Tales of the Abyss (Polly, I dig this game mostly and got it on your recommendation, but that unbelievably poor 5 hour stretch 28-30 hours in where you literally hop back and forth between like 8 towns and mountain ranges with no story development...my god).
人間はいつも私を驚かせてくれる。不思議なものだな、人間という存在は．．．
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| Pollyanna 2331th Post
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| "Re(7):Re(10):Help me I'm in hell" , posted Thu 23 Aug 14:28
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Tales of the Abyss (Polly, I dig this game mostly and got it on your recommendation, but that unbelievably poor 5 hour stretch 28-30 hours in where you literally hop back and forth between like 8 towns and mountain ranges with no story development...my god).
NO KIDDING. I loved the game to death, but that stopped me from playing through it again. I was really excited about playing it on a higher difficulty level (putting the game on "hard" for bosses was so much fun!), but there's just...no getting around that. I found myself saying "I just want to play the damn game!" quite a few times, actually.
Personally, I would not put New Mario Bros and (especially) Sonic Rush on a list of excellent DS games. Just because they emulate good games, doesn't make them good. Sonic Rush in particular had extremely poor level design and needlessly lengthy, boring dialogue abound. I liked the Sonic characters more when they didn't talk.
I guess I don't have a feeling of "those were the days" with video games in general, but I do think that numerous good series have gone down the crap hole.
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| Maou 1237th Post
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| "Re: Help me I'm in the Abyss" , posted Fri 24 Aug 02:49:
Seriously...that game (and XII) needed an editor like no RPG I've seen since the early 16-bit days. Did someone seriously think all the stuff with Van and the clever worldview (Sephiroth pillars etc) wouldn't tide people over, so they introduced a worthless town of airship inventors who took you five game hours to build an airship? You're right, not enough games today are made with the player's enjoyment in mind, it seems.
PS: oh, and with Sonic Rush, I haven't even gotten to play it (looking forward to it if I ever buy a damn DS), but Naganuma Hideki is my god. This is What You Need.
PPS: realized that Van would lead to XII confusion. XII also needed an editor to splice out the online RPG disasters of "go on a quest through that forest, then through the desert beyond the forest, then through the mountains beyond that, and maybe you'll meet someone who has something to do with our wonderful political story that we should have put more focus on."
人間はいつも私を驚かせてくれる。不思議なものだな、人間という存在は．．．
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| Tai-Pan
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| "Re(6):Re(10):Help me I'm in hell" , posted Fri 24 Aug 11:04
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I know exactly what you mean. I have the money to not need to pirate games, and I already own 2 of the 3 "new" systems... and I will probably get a PS3 once something loony for it comes out. That said, I feel very little excitement on the whole for them. I've felt some excitement from games here and there lately on the DS (Rocket Slime) and PS2 (God Hand), but I haven't felt that from either the wii or the 360 yet. I think the last few/several games on the PC that I was really excited about were doujin games.
I don't think I've ever felt as excited for anything as I have since the days when the SNES was new and new stuff was popping into the arcades all the time.
I do know that after the internet made every game instantly available, and money made everything else available (like not having to have to make hard decisions about where to put your 50 cent arcade allowance), some of the magic was lost. I just feel like there's a saturation of stuff in front of me all the time. Back then, every game that you got or got a moment to play was savoured, even if the game was bad. Now I'm always thinking about all the games I want to play and how I'll never get around to playing X if I keep taking my time with Y.
All that said, whenever you hit a game that really makes you genuinely smile, everything that I wrote above falls away if only for a moment. There are honestly not many games like that, and ones which did it for me might not do it for you.
In conclusion, go play Cave Story if you haven't yet.
Well, about what you said..coulnd't agree more with it.
Thanks for the Crave Story tip, i really didn't know about that game, and looks like...FUN!! I guess that's gonna be my path..doujin games. I wonder where can I start looking for good doujin games.
Well digital boy..im still in south florida..which, for me, is just a biiiiig place populated with shallow people and ultra expensive beautiful cars that nobody can afford. I feel that my old little town back in Argentina had the same depth as this place...well, maybe it's just me..maybe I gotta find some interesting people around here. America is...weird...
What I wanted to know, can anybody that has played Xenogears (and liked it) and the Xenosaga games tell me if there are any similarities between them? Do they share anything else beside robots? Cause I loved Xenogears, and if any of the Xenosaga games resemble the classic, that's what im gonna start playing for sure.
"Those who follow the path of a warrior must be ready to die in order to stand for one's convictions live for one's convictions die for one's convictions"
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| Pollyanna 2334th Post
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| "Re(7):Re(10):Help me I'm in hell" , posted Fri 24 Aug 11:21
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What I wanted to know, can anybody that has played Xenogears (and liked it) and the Xenosaga games tell me if there are any similarities between them? Do they share anything else beside robots? Cause I loved Xenogears, and if any of the Xenosaga games resemble the classic, that's what im gonna start playing for sure.
Hrmmm...well, yes, there are a LOT of similarities. Almost like, returning characters and while I don't think it "legally" exists in the same world, it might as well. The battle system is extremely similar as well, and much like Xenosaga, it's very talky with a strong plot. The first game soundtrack is also done by Mitsuda, if that counts for anything (it did for me).
However, I thought Xenosaga was a pain in the ass to play, despite its excellent story. The fights are TOO SLOW among other things. The second game is an absolute mess (with an annoying dub that's too slow in English or Japanese), and the third...I'm not done with yet, although it isn't giving me much to complain about.
I've seen a LOT of Xenogears fans feel really betrayed by Xenosaga, so I would look at the game just as a game, not as a prequel and ask yourself "does this look interesting to me". If it does, then go for it, but if you're thinking "this isn't enough like Xenogears!" already, then you're going to suffer.
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| Maou 1239th Post
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| "Re(8):Re(10):Help me I'm in Xenogears" , posted Fri 24 Aug 14:24:
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Xenosaga was a pain in the ass to play, despite its excellent story. The fights are TOO SLOW among other things.
See also: Xenogears.
Never has there been a story I enjoyed more (with such good music and character design) that I have less intention of ever playing again. In my crazed early teens I actually replayed it (!), strange considering I had a life and am not especially insane, and actually got the story better, which is rather moving. Too bad the system is so weak (boring mech fights, intolerable action jumping...Babel Tower still evokes a knowing grimace from anyone who played this game).
This too is a semi-modern RPG in desperate need of editing, though it's more of a story editing than a superfluous dungeon/fetchquest editing. Which really means that Billy, Rico, and Chuchu should never have been the game, leaving us with a solid Elley/Fei/Bart/Shitan cast and a more driven story. Tai-Pan, I think fatigue might have set in because there have been TOO many RPG's like Xenogears whose good story potentials are drowned in non-concise, poorly edited final products.
人間はいつも私を驚かせてくれる。不思議なものだな、人間という存在は．．．
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| HAYATO 809th Post
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| "Re(9):Re(10):Help me I'm in Xenogears" , posted Fri 24 Aug 14:58
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Xenosaga was a pain in the ass to play, despite its excellent story. The fights are TOO SLOW among other things. See also: Xenogears.
Never has there been a story I enjoyed more (with such good music and character design) that I have less intention of ever playing again. In my crazed early teens I actually replayed it (!), strange considering I had a life and am not especially insane, and actually got the story better, which is rather moving. Too bad the system is so weak (boring mech fights, intolerable action jumping...Babel Tower still evokes a knowing grimace from anyone who played this game).
This too is a semi-modern RPG in desperate need of editing, though it's more of a story editing than a superfluous dungeon/fetchquest editing. Which really means that Billy, Rico, and Chuchu should never have been the game, leaving us with a solid Elley/Fei/Bart/Shitan cast and a more driven story. Tai-Pan, I think fatigue might have set in because there have been TOO many RPG's like Xenogears whose good story potentials are drowned in non-concise, poorly edited final products.
Yeah, good old Xenogears... what a wonderful game would it be, hadn't the developers run out of founds in the end. I agree with you about the story being one of the best sci-fi/ space opera plots ever made for a videogame with brilliant approaches to themes such as God's true nature and human evolution.
I also think dull mecha combats were out of place and completely ruined the gaming experience, so in case of a remake, i'd leae them off, along with some ludicrously long and pointless dungeons such as the Sewers one... I hope we get a Xenogears remake someday, as it deserves more love than it ever had.
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| Maou 1240th Post
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| "Re(2):Re(10):Re(10):Help me I'm in Xenogears" , posted Sat 25 Aug 03:47:
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Didn't like Xenogears? What's the matter, too DEEP for you?!
Gahhaah, I'm glad you show up every so often to offer me hilarious tidbits. Sorta like highlandcattle. I like the other pictures on that site, too. [edit: I'm always reminded of the insane managing editor Bill Donohue in the best American game magazine of all time when I see that handle of yours]
And yeah Gojira, people were kind to it when it came out, but I think the retrospective on Xenogears pretty much tends to be that it's a great story/music/charas that is unplayable thanks to the battles and jumping dungeons. [EDIT: and the LOADING. Oh goddddd]
Still, the good things about that game...remember the amazing towns??! There was nothing like that on 32 bit. Ave, the accordion (?) accompanied market streets where tent vendors would call out to you and you could ignore their dialogue like in Chrono, or Shevat, which of course was Zeal but was even better? Just...amazing. If I could just go through the cities and story of that game and NEVER have to play it again, it would be amazing. Come to think of it, glad I have a bunch of save files in random locations.
人間はいつも私を驚かせてくれる。不思議なものだな、人間という存在は．．．
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| Tai-Pan
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| "Re(8):Re(10):Help me I'm in hell" , posted Sat 25 Aug 05:48
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The battle system is extremely similar as well, and much like Xenosaga, it's very talky with a strong plot. The first game soundtrack is also done by Mitsuda, if that counts for anything (it did for me).
Well, thats all I need to know, enough for me.
And yes, I remember the boring battles and stupid jumping sequences, but the music, the towns, and the whole mood of the game were really worthy for me..
"Those who follow the path of a warrior must be ready to die in order to stand for one's convictions live for one's convictions die for one's convictions"
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| Bata kun 3088th Post
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| "Therapy" , posted Sat 25 Aug 06:31:
I am so not giving my PS2 love. These days, it's all about my DS. It's not that I don't like touching my PS2. It's that the DS generally is more accessible for the lack of a better word.
Oh! Games. I have a younger sister that is enjoying "Touch Detective". I find it fun and all, but my sister is more brighter than I am because I'm having trouble with that game.
I used to find myself playing "Pearl". (I picked Pochama by the way.) It has its moments and I still play it, but when it becomes competitive all of a sudden, it becomes more of a bother than a fun session because you want the perfect pokemon and you have to train it the right way. So, think real hard before you get "Pearl" or "Diamond".
If you want a game, get "Panel de Pon DS". (I forget what is its alternate name.) Yes, the fairy theme is not there for the most part, but the base still is. I play it once in a while and I am having fun with it. I wouldn't call myself an expert, but I am having fun with it.
I plan on getting "Ultimate Match" because it's "1998", which means that my PS2 will actually get time again. (By the way, is it actually out yet?) I am guessing that within three months, there will be an announcement of "Pink Sweets" being on the PS2. Never the less, I will definitely get that. In regards of the PS2 game to get, look below.
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I have a PS2 with MGS3, Transformers, Odin Sphere, FFXII, Xenosaga III, and such sitting in my library...and yet I'm only playing Fatal Fury Battle Archives.
Do I need therapy?
Not really. In fact, I find this a good thing.
うぐう！
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| "Re(5):Re(10):Help me I'm in hell" , posted Fri 31 Aug 15:27
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Oh man, Guitar Hero is crack in videogame form. Everytime I pick the game up I can't put it down for at least two hours.
Having played the game for as long as you have, is it safe to assume that you've mastered expert?
I mastered expert in the first 2 weeks I got it... (I'm a guitar player, so that helps).
I think I've reached my best though... there's no way in hell I can finish Jordan in Expert (I can survive to around 47-55% but that solo is too darn long), and I guess with a lot of practice I could finish "Six" (Effin' too fast), but I just don't have the time for that yet.
I really wish I had money for a PS3 to get Rock Band later, but I need to buy me a HD TV first (what'd be the point of having a PS3 without one... I'm not even sure you can plug the thing in a SD TV, elitist crap), so yeah, Rock Band will happen for me in about $2,500...
At least I'll get GHIII for the Wii (or PS2, depending on what the Wii version offers that the PS2 one doesn't).
Impressive. I keep asking people who play guitars if knowing how to play guitars helps your GH skills at all, and I've gotten a good mix of responses with some saying it does and others saying it doesn't (with their evidence being that while the GH controller is based on real guitars, the way the buttons and whammy bar are set up are nothing like a real guitar).
I'm currently a little over halfway to completing hard, and I've gotten only 3 stars on everything except Strutter (5 *s), War Pigs and Message in a Bottle (4 *s each).
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