SMILEWITHSTYLE'S PROFILE

author=Peaceful_Chaos
Because it's on PS3/360 too.

If you can choose, I would go for the 360 version. The PC version is the best, but comparing the consoles, the PS3 version (which I got and quickly sold) is extremely blurry for some reason, though there was talk that they would "fix" this in some patch. Though then again, I would advise against buying this game altogether, better then the first Two Worlds, but still unbalanced and after a while it feels kinda meh.There are some mods that fix some of the issues, but they are PC only obviously.


Also, they announced that Tales Of Graces F will be released outside of Japan, so I am adding it to this list :D
Though I would still like Vesperia too.

author=kentona
I am looking forward to the time where my kid plays with lego.

While I personally dont have kids, I have a niece that plays with lego/lego-likes and loves it. My nephew used to play with lego. I used to play with lego, and I think the new generations will still play with lego, at least before they discover that there are games like .... Minecraft. For me, lego filled the part of my life between non-speaking and got-into-gaming. ...... Sorry for that little OT rant :D

author=Magi
RO2

oh boy, Ragnarok Online was the first mmo I played, and thanks to that game our family got steady internet connection. Before that I used to play it via phone line, half an hour a day, because of how expensive it was :D
Though I can say I am no longer interested in traditional mmorpgs, so tough luck RO2 :D

EDIT: looking back, I cant believe how much time I spent on grinding various characters so I could job change them. Almost no quests, no goal, just pure grindfest. Poor Porings, so many fell victim to my new characters. Those were fun times, I actually have some fond memories of just grinding away with friends.

author=Zephyr
I recently finished 'Perfect Cherry Blossom' with all characters, but when I cleared it with Sakuya B that was the last, the game's score/spell card record and extra stage unlock history was wiped clean for some reason...
At least I got to keep the record for Sakuya B and I managed to clear it yet again with Reimu B. But I'm not sure if I wanna go all over this again...

This game is so hard (even on easy), yet when you beat the boss, so rewarding :D No statistics, no random hidden calculations, it takes just pure skill (or madness, cant see how anybody can finish it on higher difficulties).

author=cho

author=SmileWithStyle
EDIT: what do you guys think about Golden Sun 1/2, I saw it in a few "must have" lists for the GBA, how is it?

they're pretty sweet if you can get past the unappealing aesthetic

I gave it a try after I finished FF1 (damn Chaos was a pain, Curaja for 9999 on himself halfway through? Bastard :D ), and I like it very much, the graphics seem strange at the start, but I got used to them, and I love the battle animations. The combat system is great, fun summons, good looking skills, MP regeneration(so unlike in for example FF1/2, I dont need to save MP till the end of dungeon, this way I can spend some of it every 2nd fight), fun dungeons with puzzles, secrets.... Apart from the long and sometimes boring cutscenes, this game is great. FF2 is put on hold for now, till I finish GS1 and 2.

author=Khos
ZHP has been pretty awesome so far;

(I'm the one with the turtle legs)

Erm,"Expansion: Boing boing. Sexy - jiggly." ????
Is that a skill that makes boobs grow :D Looks like crazy fun.
EDIT: Just checked the debut trailer, boy was that the craziest commentator on a trailer ever. A crazy DIsgaea-like game from NIS ? Do want :D

author=Otokonoko

author=SmileWithStyle
Finished the Opera House today in FF6, great experience, even though the "singing" is voiceless (I know, snes limitations, it definitely was something in its era). Damn squid had to mess it up....
EDIT: though I dont understand some people claiming : "This scene brought tears in my eyes"

Probably because you didn't play the original, Woolsey-ized translation, and you didn't play it when it was new. I find that fan retranslations of games already released tend to pale in comparison to the actual translation, and FF6 is one of the main games that solidified this opinion.

When FF6 was new it was actually a pretty cutting-edge game/storyline, so a lot of people experienced it for the first time. Nowadays, somebody playing FF6 for the first time might indeed miss what made the opera scene or in fact the entire game so emotionally impactful due to the leaps and bounds graphics and storytelling have made since the SNES era.

NOW GET OFF MY LAWN YOU LITTLE SHIT *shakes walker*... err. Sorry, rant over.

I get what you mean, and as I said, I understand that back then, it must have been epic experience.... Though even now, I as a new player of FF6 can see what you mean by "emotionally impactful".

SPOILER!!!



And for the translation, this one is actually good, sometimes fan-made translations are better and make more sense than the old "original" ones. Take FF7, where in the original, during the first boss, when he raised its tail, you were supposed NOT to attack it, or it would counterattack you for hefty dmg. But the translation wasnt very clear on that :D "Attack while its tail is up!!"

Kinda OT, sorry.

To add to the topic, currently midway through FF 6 and FF 13, though 13 was put on hold for the older ones.