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transience's top 50 games with writeups (guaranteed to be done in a week)
| Kaxon | Posted 5/15/2007 11:35:09 PM | message detail | #351 |
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Kax, you might need to get on AIM some time. <_< I'm on there now! Just got home. --- ....TCELES B HSUP |
| SHINE GET 64 | Posted 5/15/2007 11:36:04 PM | message detail | #352 |
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an uber-traditional series going to an action RPG on a handheld with multiplayer? actually....there was a major outcry or something in japan and it's back to being turn based. It's still 4 player wi-fi though. http://www.jeux-france.com/Webmasters/Images/55451020070425_135925_0_big.jpg --- SHINE. The Cream of Mega Man Fanboyism. Pokemon Diamond FC: 3952 3486 0222 |
| SHINE GET 64 | Posted 5/15/2007 11:36:55 PM | message detail | #353 |
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the only real difference being now there are no random encounters. You can see the enemies you want to engage on the screen --- SHINE. The Cream of Mega Man Fanboyism. Pokemon Diamond FC: 3952 3486 0222 |
| trannyscience | Posted 5/15/2007 11:37:23 PM | message detail | #354 |
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whoa.. awesome! well, the other way could have been great too, but I'll
never know. had I known this I woulda voted for DQ9 instead of PW3 the
other day how the hell does multiplayer work with this? --- i do not violation any rules "I'm abusing my powers and locking this stupid topic." - Kaas |
| ZFS | Posted 5/15/2007 11:37:42 PM | message detail | #355 |
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Yeah, I heard about that. A bunch of fans were like "oh hell no" and they went back to make it turn-based or something. --- Called "Godslayer" by some, feared by most. |
| SHINE GET 64 | Posted 5/15/2007 11:39:10 PM | message detail | #356 |
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I would have have been fine with it either way, but deep down i'm smiling seeing it back in it's original form >_> --- SHINE. The Cream of Mega Man Fanboyism. Pokemon Diamond FC: 3952 3486 0222 |
| trannyscience | Posted 5/15/2007 11:39:51 PM | message detail | #357 |
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I can certainly understand the outcry.. DQ is the weird game that has
stuck with its roots while everything else has "innovated", and in that
sense it's extremely unique and charming. traditionalists will always
cry out when something like that changes! but like I said, no idea how the action RPG thing would work out. it's just that it would cease being unique and basically turns into every other action RPG at that point. --- i do not violation any rules "I'm abusing my powers and locking this stupid topic." - Kaas |
| ZFS | Posted 5/15/2007 11:39:56 PM | message detail | #358 |
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I would bet it's action-oriented like before in multiplayer and then turn-based in single player. Not certain about that, though. --- Called "Godslayer" by some, feared by most. |
| SHINE GET 64 | Posted 5/15/2007 11:40:50 PM | message detail | #359 |
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that's what I originally thought to, but I was informed that was not the case. I guess we'll have to see. --- SHINE. The Cream of Mega Man Fanboyism. Pokemon Diamond FC: 3952 3486 0222 |
| ZFS | Posted 5/15/2007 11:42:09 PM | message detail | #360 |
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Haha. Yeah, you don't mess with Dragon Quest. Japan would riot Square's HQ if they did. --- Called "Godslayer" by some, feared by most. |
| SHINE GET 64 | Posted 5/15/2007 11:42:25 PM | message detail | #361 |
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I guess near the upper left hand corner of that scan you see all 4
players choosing their commands to do before they execute their turn. --- SHINE. The Cream of Mega Man Fanboyism. Pokemon Diamond FC: 3952 3486 0222 |
| Kaxon | Posted 5/15/2007 11:43:40 PM | message detail | #362 |
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I would have been more interested in DQ9 if it were action, but I'm
obviously not their target audience since I'm not Japanese and I
haven't played a DQ game since the first one. --- ....TCELES B HSUP |
| Liquid Wind | Posted 5/15/2007 11:43:48 PM | message detail | #363 |
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Haha. Yeah, you don't mess with Dragon Quest. Japan would riot Square's HQ if they did. why does this make me think of the shinra building? <)< |
| trannyscience | Posted 5/15/2007 11:55:40 PM | message detail | #364 |
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last one for the day #24: Phoenix Wright 2 Year: 2007 System: DS Developer: Capcom phoenix wright 2 is more complex than the original, which is a mixed bag. on the plus side, the cases are more complex and brilliant. there's some crazy plot twists in PW2, crazier than anything in the original. the stories are also a little bit better and certainly has a lot more to them. on the other hand, the game is also a lot harder and not in good ways. some of the trials are grasping at completely nothing and some of the murders are really unbelievable. the game is a lot harder, but not really in a good way. I find PW2 to be a lot more guesswork than the original, and I don't think it's because I'm stupid or anything. the cases are just that much more ridiculous. so while PW2 overall isn't as good as the original, its high points are better than the original and the cases are really memorable. I absolutely love the last day of case 2 and case 4 of course is pretty nuts. that thing is an emotional roller coaster for a good five hours straight. you never know what is going to happen. case 3 kinda brings the game down with one-dimensional characters that I didn't like much and a murder that was completely preposterous. so yeah, obligatory inequality: 4 > 2 >> 3 > 1. --- i do not violation any rules "I'm abusing my powers and locking this stupid topic." - Kaas |
| SHINE GET 64 | Posted 5/16/2007 12:00:00 AM | message detail | #365 |
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augh augh augh still 4 months until PW3 comes out --- SHINE. The Cream of Mega Man Fanboyism. Pokemon Diamond FC: 3952 3486 0222 |
| Applekidjosh | Posted 5/16/2007 12:16:39 AM | message detail | #366 |
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that pw2 equality = mine --- This is a generic Sig. Maybe it's AKJ. Maybe it's GP. |
| transience | Posted 5/16/2007 1:23:57 AM | message detail | #367 |
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aw yeah --- xyzzy |
| Xtremeblur | Posted 5/16/2007 1:28:50 AM | message detail | #368 |
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Metroid Fusion probably has the best bosses in the 2D series. ~/\~ Some people see this "mountain of evidence," these videos, these DNA readings, but some people see it for what it really is...racism. - Anonimity |
| HeroicElectrode | Posted 5/16/2007 1:56:51 AM | message detail | #369 |
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case 3 doesn't get enough credit for being unbelievably fun as hell in the courtroom. its characters? kinda weak. its plot? implausible at best. its 'detective part'? convoluted and boring. but i don't care, because every day the courtroom stuff brought its best, and ultimately, i don't think i ever had as much fun with any part of the game, even if i preferred case 4 for its equally awesome plot and characters. --- Naye745 BZZ! |
| transience | Posted 5/16/2007 2:28:37 AM | message detail | #370 |
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I didn't think it was fun because, as I said, I thought the entire
premise behind the murder was completely ridiculous. also didn't like
busting the guy because, well, he just wasn't someone you wanted to
nail. --- xyzzy |
| _Harmonica_ | Posted 5/16/2007 4:53:14 AM | message detail | #371 |
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Last day of case 2 is awesome, especially that big plot twist. I first
chose the wrong option and was all OH HO HO HO when I realized what I
had to choose there. Best twist in the game. That's probably why case 3 isn't that good - it's pretty straightforward and felt like nothing but breaking psyche-locks all the time. --- In life you have to do a lot of things you don't ****ing want to do. Many times, that's what the **** life is... one vile ****ing task after another. - Al Swearengen |
| Giggsalot | Posted 5/16/2007 5:55:40 AM | message detail | #372 |
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Since most of these are pretty old, I can't actually comment on them as I haven't played the vast majority of them. But I will say that I hate you for introducing me to that Crystalis Map music. I can't stop listening to it now. --- The nature of Monkey was... irrepressible! http://www.last.fm/user/giggsalot/ |
| transience | Posted 5/16/2007 6:25:55 AM | message detail | #373 |
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Last day of case 2 is awesome, especially that big plot twist. I
first chose the wrong option and was all OH HO HO HO when I realized
what I had to choose there. Best twist in the game. I did the same. when it was wrong I was like "...what?", picked the other one and was like "oh.. oh... OHHHHH" that was probably my favourite moment in PW2, all things considered. Since most of these are pretty old, I can't actually comment on them as I haven't played the vast majority of them. eh, some of 'em are old, but I don't think they're that old. half of them are pretty well known as well, I'd say. either way, I think the rest of the list is a bit more modern... with a couple of glaring exceptions. But I will say that I hate you for introducing me to that Crystalis Map music. I can't stop listening to it now. awwwww yeah, another convert come on, sing it with me! doo da doo doo, doo da doo doo, DOO. DOO. DOO DA DOO DOO --- xyzzy |
| Giggsalot | Posted 5/16/2007 6:40:28 AM | message detail | #374 |
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Well bear in mind I'm saying "old" from a 16 year old whose first
console was a PS1's point of view. So I consider anything before that
era to be pretty old. And it's not that I attribute negativity with
age, just that I haven't played that many games from before those older
generations. I mean, I have never played a pre OOT Zelda game, nor any Mega Man or Metroid game for more than about two minutes. I have ROMs of Chrono Trigger and Earthbound that I've never played, and I'm only now completing the classic Mario games for the first time. So that might put it in perspective a little :P --- The nature of Monkey was... irrepressible! http://www.last.fm/user/giggsalot/ |
| transience | Posted 5/16/2007 6:43:17 AM | message detail | #375 |
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I mean, I have never played a pre OOT Zelda game, nor any Mega Man
or Metroid game for more than about two minutes. I have ROMs of Chrono
Trigger and Earthbound that I've never played, and I'm only now
completing the classic Mario games for the first time. heh. well in that case, this list may be a bit foreign to you. I know you like the next one, though. also I'm onto you with all these old jokes you throw at me --- xyzzy |
| Giggsalot | Posted 5/16/2007 6:49:53 AM | message detail | #376 |
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>_>;; Oh shi- *runs* --- The nature of Monkey was... irrepressible! http://www.last.fm/user/giggsalot/ |
| transience | Posted 5/16/2007 10:36:56 AM | message detail | #377 |
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go play some classics and take the diaper off, you baby --- xyzzy |
| SHINE GET 64 | Posted 5/16/2007 10:39:08 AM | message detail | #378 |
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come on Ninja Gaiden II! --- SHINE. The Cream of Mega Man Fanboyism. Pokemon Diamond FC: 3952 3486 0222 |
| Not Dave | Posted 5/16/2007 2:09:47 PM | message detail | #379 |
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I still think Vice is far superior to NG2. --- the man |
| Not Dave | Posted 5/16/2007 2:10:20 PM | message detail | #380 |
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Not that the Ninja Gaidens aren't awesome, though. --- the man |
| transience | Posted 5/16/2007 2:47:02 PM | message detail | #381 |
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I liked 2 the best, go go crazy rain on 2-2 or whatever2 --- xyzzy |
| therealmnm | Posted 5/16/2007 3:05:42 PM | message detail | #382 |
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I liked 2 the best, go go crazy rain on 2-2 or whatever2 I was about to say, stop copying me until I realized that I listed the wrong level as my favorite in Ninja Gaiden 2. 2-2 FTW! Although eagles plus wind is a downright evil mixture. --- Currently playing: Guitar Hero 2, Gears of War, Saint's Row, SotN (XBLA), Burnout Revenge |
| transience | Posted 5/16/2007 3:27:23 PM | message detail | #383 |
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eagles were just bastards. I hated how if you jumped backwards they'd
reappear. (I think that was Ninja Gaiden.) between those and the medusa
heads in Castlevania 1 I just about swore off flying enemies. --- xyzzy |
| Super Destroy | Posted 5/16/2007 3:34:11 PM | message detail | #384 |
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Hmm... we may need to better schedule a time to meet on AIM Kax. --- Hardcore™ - We'll probably be modded for this... (>ò_ó)>---{[=(>x_x)> |
| trannyscience | Posted 5/16/2007 4:16:50 PM | message detail | #385 |
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#23: Final Fantasy IX Year: 2000 System: ps1 Developer: Square Game Rankings Score: 92.0% FF9 is just so damn easy to like. it wasn't until a couple of years ago that I found people that actually didn't care for, or hated, the game. I'm still kind of confused as to why. FF9's most appealing quality is that it's a bit of a throwback. all eight characters are unique and the ability system is such that they specialize in their "class". knight, monk, thief, dragoon, black mage, blue mage, and two white mage / summoner hybrids. characters also can only equip their proper armour and weapon types, giving the game excellent balance. FF9 also has an appealing story, a good atmosphere and a pretty good soundtrack. Zidane, Vivi and Kuja are three of my favourite Final Fantasy characters, and other side characters like Beatrix and Blank are neat as well. FF9 has some fantastic boss battles, perhaps the best in the series. pretty much every boss on cd3 and cd4 is great, with the trio at the end of cd3 being the best of the bunch. FF9 isn't perfect though. the obvious criticism is the battle system, which is slow and takes a while to load. I don't mind the load times since Battle 1 is the best FF battle theme in existence, but the battle speed can be a little irritating. I don't think it's crippling by any means, but battles can get tedious, especially on cd2 when fights take too long. the trance system is also rather silly -- it's massively overpowered but you can't use it when you want, so you usually end up getting nothing out of your trance and have to wait hours for it to build up again. kinda annoying, but considering its freakish power it's sorta understandable. some other complaints of mine: for every good character in FF9, there's an equally bad one. Steiner's one-dimensional and annoying, Garnet's a damn moron and Eiko does her damnedest to drive you nuts. Freya and Amarant are okay, but they're so damn insignificant to the story. oddly enough, annoying characters don't really take away from the story, but they do make you facepalm once in a while. another small complaint is that equipment is everything in FF9 -- you can take a level 99 character, give them a base weapon and they'll do less damage than a level 1 character with a high-end weapon. I like the idea of equipment being more important than levels, but not to this extent. you never get the chance to feel like you're invincible. you're not going to do much more damage at level 90 than you will at level 50. I like being able to walk into a battle and destroying everything in one hit and you don't get to do that in FF9 like you can in 7, 8 or 10. these problems don't really hamper the game for me though. FF9 is a great game that does everything but battle speed correctly, and I don't quite understand how one can hate this game. --- i do not violation any rules "I'm abusing my powers and locking this stupid topic." - Kaas |
| wavedash101 | Posted 5/16/2007 4:21:58 PM | message detail | #386 |
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lol BT --- Our shields cannot withstand wavedashing of this magnitude! Annoying posters! I am the great wavedash! [no u cru] |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 5/16/2007 4:33:22 PM | message detail | #387 |
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I like FFIX, but it's on the lower half of my Final Fantasy inequality.
Zidane, Vivi, Beatrix, and Kuja are good, and I have to admit that I
actually kinda like Steiner, but I despise Eiko, Garnet can't
concentrate, Amarant is a waste of space, and Freya is a waste of
potential. Don't really care for Quina either. Yeah, it might seem weird for me to say that considering I love FFVIII and half of the characters get little to no development, but I thoroughly enjoy their cohesiveness as a team and their friendship. They grow and develop together as a team more than individually. FFIX has such a hodgepodge cast, and it just feels like most of the cast doesn't get along at all. FFVII actually made the hodgepodge cast work, I thought. --- "I'm only here to see how the story plays out. Any self-respecting leading man would do the same." - Balthier |
| Super Destroy | Posted 5/16/2007 4:34:25 PM | message detail | #388 |
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Less RPGs, more good games. --- Hardcore™ - We'll probably be modded for this... (>ò_ó)>---{[=(>x_x)> |
| TheKnightOfNee | Posted 5/16/2007 4:39:14 PM | message detail | #389 |
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My biggest problems with FF9: -Slooooooooooowwwwww -Story kinda goes weird near the end of the game --- Sushi, Kamikaze, Fujiyama, Nippon-Ichi... "i love you and aiya" - An IM from Richie259. Awww. |
| trannyscience | Posted 5/16/2007 4:39:34 PM | message detail | #390 |
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Yeah, it might seem weird for me to say that considering I love
FFVIII and half of the characters get little to no development, but I
thoroughly enjoy their cohesiveness as a team and their friendship. odd, I was thinking about this when I recently replayed FF9.. about FF9. I think they're fairly cohesive. there's lots of little things going on between the characters and I wouldn't go so far as to call it "hodgepodge". and while Garnet and Eiko drive me nuts, they still contribute to the whole of the game. I love the scene in Alexandria, for example, despite them being all kinds of suck. --- i do not violation any rules "I'm abusing my powers and locking this stupid topic." - Kaas |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 5/16/2007 4:41:15 PM | message detail | #391 |
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Well, each character has one (maybe two) characters they get along with, and the rest they don't seem to give a crap about. --- "I'm only here to see how the story plays out. Any self-respecting leading man would do the same." - Balthier |
| trannyscience | Posted 5/16/2007 4:42:52 PM | message detail | #392 |
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you can't realistically expect eight characters to get along with each
other, especially when some of them don't meet each other until the
third disc. that's another thing I liked about FF9, they switch point
of views a lot and you have different characters doing different things
at different times. I love it when they congregate at one location too,
because it's usually climactic. --- i do not violation any rules "I'm abusing my powers and locking this stupid topic." - Kaas |
| therealmnm | Posted 5/16/2007 4:45:21 PM | message detail | #393 |
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FFIX hate is the result of a seed quietly planted by FFVIII fans to
draw the negative light away from their game. Seriously, FFVIII was the
universal object of FF hate. The FFVIII board was the first board I
hung out on when I joined in 2000. We constantly had to stand up for
the game against random trolls that frequented the boards. FFIX was
released and it got a fair share of love, but with the release of the
PS2 and FFX, it went under the radar. I didn't know people hated the game until people on Board 8 tried their hardest to trash the game. Before that, the worse I had heard about the game was that it was forgettable, which is understandable since it wasn't hyped and was released around the same time as a crapload of Square games (Chrono Cross, Vagrant Story, Parasite Eve 2, Threads of Fate, Final Fantasy Chronicles, etc.) Not to mention that FFVIII hate was still going strong since the game had barely even been out a year before FFIX dropped. --- Currently playing: Guitar Hero 2, Gears of War, Saint's Row, SotN (XBLA), Burnout Revenge |
| trannyscience | Posted 5/16/2007 4:46:12 PM | message detail | #394 |
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I dunno, I thought FF6 had a far more "hodgepodge" cast. Relm? Strago?
Shadow? the two optional characters? the fact that you only need to get
three of them back in the World of Ruin pretty much says it all about
FF6's ensemble cast. --- i do not violation any rules "I'm abusing my powers and locking this stupid topic." - Kaas |
| RPGuy96 | Posted 5/16/2007 4:48:08 PM | message detail | #395 |
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IX is my favourite "modern" Final Fantasy (pending completion of XII,
which I really like so far), but I agree that if the battle theme
sucked I wouldn't like it anywhere near as much. I'd be far too annoyed
with the battle load times to concentrate on anything else. On the cohesiveness side, Amarant is more or less just along for the ride, but the others have fairly good reasons to follow Zidane around. I never thought *any* Final Fantasy game did a terribly good job of building relations between all of the party members (except X, perhaps), so I didn't really expect much and wasn't disappointed when I didn't get much. --- Mustache...and green... http://www.rit.edu/~zmb0386/Top100.pdf |
| trannyscience | Posted 5/16/2007 4:48:42 PM | message detail | #396 |
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also, the reason FF9 is overlooked/underrated/whatever is because of FF8. there's a good reason it didn't sell as well. there's also a reason why DMC3 sold less than DMC2 -- DMC2. --- i do not violation any rules "I'm abusing my powers and locking this stupid topic." - Kaas |
| _Harmonica_ | Posted 5/16/2007 4:49:13 PM | message detail | #397 |
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I've kind of grown to like Steiner for some reason. He is an annoying
jerk until Alexandria on Disc 2, but after that he has so many awesome
moments: helping Beatrix and Freya, defending Alexandria, Pandemonium
etc. I also liked the fact that even though he eventually learns to
tolerate Zidane, he never starts to worship him as the OMG BEST LEADER
EVER like what happens in several other FFs. It also helps that he's a
great fighter, which is also the reason why I like all the playable
characters in IX: even if their personality sucks, they're still useful
in battle. --- In life you have to do a lot of things you don't ****ing want to do. Many times, that's what the **** life is... one vile ****ing task after another. - Al Swearengen |
| wavedash101 | Posted 5/16/2007 4:49:54 PM | message detail | #398 |
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Or becuase it was released near the end of the PS1's life cycle >_> --- Our shields cannot withstand wavedashing of this magnitude! Annoying posters! I am the great wavedash! [no u cru] |
| therealmnm | Posted 5/16/2007 4:50:36 PM | message detail | #399 |
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As for character cohesiveness, I don't think that really mattered in FFIX. The game was heavily
plot driven, so the connection between the entire party was irrelevant.
The characters were just along for the ride that the plot pushed. If
they got some development and cohesion time in between, so be it, but
for the most part, the plot kept pushing them along. I mean, you don't hear people saying the same thing about FFVI. Each character has their own storyline that the plot deals with, but I don't think they were very cohesive at all as far as interaction goes for the entire party. But the game didn't need that. FFIX didn't need that either... --- Currently playing: Guitar Hero 2, Gears of War, Saint's Row, SotN (XBLA), Burnout Revenge |
| therealmnm | Posted 5/16/2007 4:51:33 PM | message detail | #400 |
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Beaten to the punch... --- Currently playing: Guitar Hero 2, Gears of War, Saint's Row, SotN (XBLA), Burnout Revenge |
