MALADROITHIM'S PROFILE

author=demondestiny link=topic=391.msg8817#msg8817 date=1202600467
Stronger Faster.

Bigger

Yeah, you need to set "influence" much higher.

author=Liberty link=topic=659.msg8729#msg8729 date=1202428868
3 - Legend of Legaia II

Is this a joke?

Man I think I have played every single PS2 game ever. This will be tough. Curiously, all of my favorite PS2 games are Japanese titles that are exclusive to the system. I didn't really start like US console games until the 360 came around.

10. Breath of Fire Dragon Quarter - This is a pretty strange blend of roguelike and jRPG and it works shockingly well. There are a lot of bad Japanese dungeon crawlers but this is definitely the best.

9. Xenosaga III - All in all the Xenosaga games are absolutely terrible, but the third game is stellar. I think that if this had been the first game in the series it would have been a much more successul series of games.

8. Devil May Cry 1 and 3 - Again, these two games are interchangeable. DMC 3 is much better, but both titles are at the top of their game. I think these are better games than Onimusha, but I like Onimusha a little more despite them being the same game.

7. Onimusha 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 - These games are basically interchangeable. I seem to recall that Onimusha 2 was overall the best-realized. 3 and 4 tacked on a lot of useless systems and ended up getting really messy in terms of features, but the core gameplay was still rock-solid. Replaying Onimusha 1 in a panda suit is hillarious for at least half of the game.

6. Final Fantasy X - This is sometimes described as the last of the old-style Final Fantasies. It's also one of the best. When it first came out everyone talked about how it was THE DEATH OF FINAL FANTASY, but incidentally, when XII came out, this game suddenly became a treasured classic. Weird. One of the things I like about this game is its inexhaustable supply of secret super-bosses that kill you in one hit.

5. Romancing SaGa - This game is just surreal and intentionally broken in every single way. It's so good if you can sort of forget your preconceptions about RPGs and kind of give it the benefit of the doubt.

4. Final Fantasy X-2 - I don't think many people understand that this game is actually a parody and is incredibly sophisticated. Plus, the gameplay rocks and there are pretty girls in it.

3. Metal Gear Solid 3 - The best stealth-action game ever. The RPG elements they tacked on (an inventory screen, healing items, etc) are actually really lame, but the enemy AI is surprisingly good. This is also the sort of game that is more fun the third time you play through than the first time because of all of its subtle nuances.

2. Final Fantasy XII - Probably my second-favorite game. It's only real drawback is that the boss fights are extremely lame. Because of the nature of the combat system, which is designed to make exploring dungeons as snappy and fun as possible, it was impossible to make really good boss fights.

1. Dragon Quest VIII - Perfectly balanced, impeccably designed, and brimming with personality. It's my favorite game ever. If I ever recommended one RPG to anyone it would be this one.

author=harmonic link=topic=650.msg8643#msg8643 date=1202328030
Heaven (or whatever) is overrun and the spirits of the (diety-like figures) are reborn in the mortal realm,

The Tales Of videogames also have stories that are determined via madlibs, so I guess that the approach works!

Anyway, I like the idea of basing primary villains on the 7 Deadly Sins(tm).

author=harmonic link=topic=551.msg8688#msg8688 date=1202390051
yes, the majority of your performance ability comes from training, but a natural affinity for identifying pitch frequencies and rhythm is quite real! Sing any note and I'll tell you what it is. :)

I guess you have people like Pavaroti who happened to have done everything right the first time they tried through dumb luck, and you have other people who are smarter or better at learning or whose reflexes are wired better and are thus destined to be better pianists. Those are exceptions, though, and I'd rather tell someone that music is a skill and not a gift because it's generally true. Even then, people with more potential still need training and practice, so we're back to where we started.

Also, just so you know, it's kind of an assinine thing to say NATURAL TALENT EXISTS BECAUSE LOOK I HAVE IT.