ToriJ's Top 11 Games I Never Played!

[Ayen]

Wild Arms is HIGHLY niche. You either love them, or you can't stand them. Their wild west style music is something that I couldn't really get over, as well as the batle system being... strange. Depending on which game you're playing in the series, sometimes you don't even know what's going on. There's no explanation for some moves and you have to figure them out by experimentation.

Reminds me of Xenogears for some reason.

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6.

Man that USA cover looks awful! Suikoden! Another RPG for the PlayStation One I never played before in my life. This game may as well have not existed before I came to EoFF. I think the first time I saw anything about it was during Pumpkin's Let's Play of the second game and that got me interested. Apparently not interested enough to play the game yet, but you know how it is. Sad thing is I don't remember much from the Let's Play now. My memory is crap unless it's something I care about. Didn't know this was a Konami game. Did they smurf this series up, too?

[Pumpkin]

Awesome series. I'd recommend starting with the third

[Ayen]

Awesome series. I'd recommend starting with the third

You're the second person to tell me to start a series with 3.

What is it about the number 3?

[Pumpkin]

I'd say it's more beginner friendly than the others

[Rez09]

Except the fire magic. >.<

[Fynn]

I actually just downloaded this game on my Vita. Looking forward to playing it in the summer.

[Ayen]

Top Five coming soon. I just haven't had the time lately with all the articles I'm writing now.

[escobert]

Suikoden is one of the best RPG series.

[Raistlin]

Awesome series. I'd recommend starting with the third

I would disagree with that, even though I love SIII. Suikoden III is big and clunky, with interface and gameplay issues that haven't aged well. It's got a fantastic story and characters, as well as the best major battle system in the series, but for someone not already invested in the series and story, I wouldn't be surprised if a newbie got turned off early. I'd still recommend starting with I or II. Hell, maybe even IV (it's at least quick and easy, and a prequel to the first game).

[Pumpkin]

Maybe I just feel that way because I started with the third and so did most of my irl friends who are in to it. It definitely has one of the easier recruitments

[Raistlin]

That is true. With 90% automatic stars, and most of the rest recruitable simply by talking to them and selecting "recruit," S3 is the easiest to get all 108 characters.

[Ayen]

I should probably state I have an unhealthy obsession with playing games in chronological order, and by chronological order I really mean numbered order, and time of release if the series doesn't go by numbers, so if I play any of them first it'll be the first...

Sounds so weird having to type that out.

[Pumpkin]

I have a hard time playing older games when I've played the newer ones sometimes. Like people tell me the original Ape Escape is good but I played the 3rd and I'm like ehhh

Some games it doesn't matter but some it just turns me off

[Shauna]

I should probably state I have an unhealthy obsession with playing games in chronological order, and by chronological order I really mean numbered order, and time of release if the series doesn't go by numbers, so if I play any of them first it'll be the first...

Sounds so weird having to type that out.

I'm the same, a little bit. xD

But the first Suikoden game is alright. It's not as well polished as the second, but don't let that put you off!

[Ayen]

5.

Oh, look, another Enix game. Still weird not seeing Square in front of it. Star Ocean may have been the second story, but for us westerns it was the first game to ever come out in the states. I bet that was confusing. "The Second Story?" What happened to the first!? It was confusing enough when we went from FFIII to FFVII - STOP DOING THIS TO US!

Have I heard of it before? No. 1999? I would've been obsessing over wrestling at the time. I think EoFF is the first time I've seen it discussed. Maybe the title came up in passing before that, but I don't know. Wish I had. There was a time I used to think Mass Effect was one of the first action-RPGs around. Hah! My shelter is of reinforced titanium! Would I play it now? Well... Ultron voice Yeah!