Idk, the SNES era is when they made the first two mainline games and in general created the formula the series would later remix. Sure, there were weird things like the SRPG miniseries, but I feel like the experiments in style and tone in the PS1 era are what makes it more of a dork age. Never followed those two much, tbh, though I am very aware of Konami’s implosion. The PS2 was a good age for many developers, though. There was definitely an abundance of quality titles
True, though I feel the SNES era is still Atlus' true dork age. The PS2 was also Konami's last hurrah before they imploded. Capcom seems to cycle between Golden and Dark Ages during console cycles.
I’ve heard nothing but bad things about it. Though that is part of the allure. I still kinda find it hilarious how the PS1 era was Atlus’ dork age, considering how huge a following they’d get in the next generation
Very true. I remembered that I still have a few SE ips I never played in the PS2 era like The Bouncer. I should give them a spin.
It is. As much as a hit the PS2 era was in gaming at large, the PS1 has a lot of really interesting, experimental stuff that gave us a lot of unique games. It’s a shame that this is the era where many of SE’s IPs that weren’t FF or DQ died.
I'm just on a PS1 kick. It's been interesting seeing where gaming was heading back then.
That’s true. If you really feel like it’s time then you should really go for it. It’s why I went back to Pokémon so it’s be hypocritical of me to say otherwise
To be fair, it's been years since I've done a complete run through of Xenogears. My last few attempts have been casual on the side play and this is not a game that can be played casually.
I get what you mean. Talking about a game I like often makes me want to go and replay the game I like instead of playing something new. Which can get annoying if you want to play new games. The question is ask myself if I were you would be how many times you’ve played Xenogears. If the answer is “too many”, that’s when I would go out of my way to hype myself up for - in your case - Dark Soups 3
Yeah, it has a more imposing theme, though still whimsical. I'm not sure what I'll game on next. Part of me is thinking of hitting up Dark Souls 3 finally while the other part of me feels I should continue the "Chrono" love and jump into Xenogears. Hell ever since I did my Top 100 list, I've been wanting to play through all of my top tens.
