WHAT VIDEOGAMES ARE YOU PLAYING RIGHT NOW?

LouisCyphre

CyberDagger

Craze
eo1 sucks

I get the feeling that for you a game is either awesome or horrible, no middle term.

Anyway, I stated my interest in trying out EO on IRC and asked about where I should start. Was told to start out with the first one. Followed recommendation. Do you wish to elaborate on your position?

Every later EO game blows EO1 out of the water.

eo1 was "let's make a pretty dungeon crawler that's nothing like wizardry in order to grab money from wizardry fans"

eo2 was "let's make a good game that expands on eo1 and makes it into its own full-bodied series"

eo3 was "let's make a terrific game with the old dungeon concept, but tie it in to a really cool ship exploration side-mission that helps you dungeon delve, as well as switch up the class system to our best set yet"

eo4 was "let's make it a bit simpler again, returning to eo2, but with the system changes and exploration side-missions of eo3, and give an already-pretty series a graphical update on the new hardware to make it surprisingly even better-looking"

eo1 sucks

Yellow Magic
Replaying 999: 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors..still waiting to be mindfudged. I've only got one ending so far, though...let's see what happens.

hahahahahahaaaaaahahh oh god

one of the best DS games for the sort of person that likes VNs. An amazing experience, you WILL be mindfucked, do not worry.

author=Craze
eo1 was "let's make a pretty dungeon crawler that's nothing like wizardry in order to grab money from wizardry fans"

eo2 was "let's make a good game that expands on eo1 and makes it into its own full-bodied series"

eo3 was "let's make a terrific game with the old dungeon concept, but tie it in to a really cool ship exploration side-mission that helps you dungeon delve, as well as switch up the class system to our best set yet"

eo4 was "let's make it a bit simpler again, returning to eo2, but with the system changes and exploration side-missions of eo3, and give an already-pretty series a graphical update on the new hardware to make it surprisingly even better-looking"

That's a lot better. I see now what you mean, and yeah, if that's how it is, EO1 is entirely skippable. Thanks for the input.

Still on Star Ocean 4 Purgatory. :p

Properly level up more, and figure out those damn puzzles.

I found EO 2 a little TOO difficult in the beginning, and that sorta put me off from the rest of the game. So what's the deal with EO4? I was thinking about picking it up but I'm a tad weary

Well I have a 3DS and I have finished EO4. It is great.

Sub-classing is only useful for passives this time, because most classes have very insular actives that don't play well with others. While these mechanics are neat, particularly arcanist circles and imperial drive techniques, it makes sub-classing and party dynamics a bit less interesting on the whole compared to EO3.

There is no ship crap in EO4, which is instead replaced by an overworld. A big advantage of this method is it really frees up how you can build your party. Dungeons are now a shorter affair so you don't need to organize your entire ability set towards something sustainable, because your mana reserves will largely hold out. It also allows a lot of side-dungeons which can be organized around more gimmicky puzzles that are a nice diversion but could be annoying if they were a progression obstacle.

The music is great. The 3D is poor. The graphics are good.

bulmabriefs, the only good thing about Legendia is the music. The characters are obnoxious and juvenile (if you like Norma, I pity you), the voice acting is weak, and the dungeons are the worst in the series. They're long affairs with nothing interesting.

Legendia is especially disappointing because it has a really fucking cool setting -- a small world that is on a ship -- and then does nothing with it other than some ocean themes. It's just fantasy muck and wasted potential.

IMO, only Abyss and Vesperia are worthwhile Tales games. I want to like the series, but they're so immature it hurts sometimes.




Jude: Thanks for the overview. I was going to get it anyway, but that just cements the deal.

It was equal parts "save the world" (excused since the threat of the miasma is done really well, and just, like, holy shit you're wrecking the planet to save the planet) and "can i live please."

scratch all that. i'll just replace it with this



yeah

author=Craze

Yellow Magic
Replaying 999: 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors..still waiting to be mindfudged. I've only got one ending so far, though...let's see what happens.

hahahahahahaaaaaahahh oh god

one of the best DS games for the sort of person that likes VNs. An amazing experience, you WILL be mindfucked, do not worry.

Just got all six endings. The game as a whole was...okay, I guess, but I actually preferred the "Bad" endings over the explanations given in the "True" Ending.

A majority of 3D Tales games are highly rated. Symphonia,Abyss,Vesperia, Graces, Xillia, etc. I would highly recommend playing Tales games if you need a great, modern JRPG series to play. Their characters are unforgettable and lively, they are long, the replay value is very high, the stories are great(not too generic at least),the voice acting is usually superb,the battle systems are always a blast,there are various customization options(difficulty,HUD,story development,etc), tons of extras, and there is always something new in the series.

Set that aside, I am currently playing Final Fantasy XII, which in my opinion is one of the greatest Final Fantasy games I've ever played. There is a lot of elements from all previous FF games and there is so much going on that I can't decide what to do at times. I've played for over 60 hours and I'm still not done with it yet. I am also playing FFX-2 and an assortment of other games to help me learn how to develop my own games better in terms of music, gameplay, art-style, and storylines.