They took away my Chrono forum...Originally Posted by ,,,
Chrono isn't completely overlooked except perhaps for its part game development history. I kinda get annoyed when I mention CT in
discussions about evolution in game design and it gets either ignored or some bizarre "what the hell is CT" comment. It doesn't happen often but I do feel people from the 3D generation have a tendency to "talk down" the games achievements. Chrono Cross is a bit of a mix bag though...
I still need to play the third game. I absolutely LOVE Secret of Mana and though I do have the ROM for its sequel I can't get my ROM to work... I still have nightmares about fetch quests thanks to smurfing Sage JockLove the mana series. Part 3 is great on so many levels, I'd have to say, objectively speaking, 3 is the best hands down. but nostalgia prompts me to say 2 is best. My memories of 3 are from the age of 22, playing on an emulator. My memories of 2 are from early preteen years, playing on my SNES, when games meant a little more. Even if it was frickin excruciating to grind dryad from level 0 to 8 so I could beat the game =/ Not to mention the bugginess.
I have the same problem with FFX. The main problem with story based RPGs is if you can't get into the plot then the game it pure torture. In this case, I absolutely LOVE Xenogears and its quite possibly my favorite Square RPG and it easily trounced VII for me in everything back in the day. Its still the game I tend to compare all other RPGs to.Xenogears has the distinction of being the first rpg I hated so much I couldn't bring myself to finish it. Couldn't even make it past the first disc. Hey, video game companies? Games are for playing. If I wanted to watch a movie I'd watch a movie, and it'd be a lot better than what you can pull off. What a miserable excuse for a game, and I hear the second disc is even worse =/
I need to get into Ogre Battle, as a fan of Matsuno, it would be a pleasure to see the evolution of his genius.Ogre Battle isn't the best in the Ogre series, but the Ogre series overall is better than anything FF ever did, so that deserves mentioning. I'd have to say as a series, Ogre is my favorite because of Ogre Battle 64 alone.
I want to play more of the Saga series. I had a blast with the Gameboy entries but never got around to Frontier and Unlimited. Can't wait for the remake of Legend II. Hopefully it will finally regain its true name.Saga-- the gameboy games, especially II, are great. Romancing saga III as well. I absolutely love the level-up system of randomly learning new tactics and improving stats. I wish all RPGs were like this. Definitely my favorite leveling system ever. But until I and II can get frickin fan-translated already, that's all I'll play. Anyone with condescending remarks about how I should stop being an ignorant American and learn to read Japanese just so I can play a video game: go to hell. Seriously, just go right to hell. As for the "frontier" games, I was tolerable, but incredibly repetitive. II I didn't even bother finishing, probably because I was already worn out from having just finished I.
I never could get into VP. I love the concept, and love the battle system but I feel the story and pacing are lacking and I never felt Tri-Ace was exceptionally good with music. I may try the series again someday but its possibly a little too open ended for my taste...I'm just getting into Valkyrie Profile. The first game was good. I'm currently playing the DS game which has issues, but is fun. Doubt I'd have fun with it if I couldn't use savestates, and either way it has its issues, but it managed to hold my attention while I have several never-before-played RPGs on my computer waiting their turn, so that says something.
I've been waiting for you to come in here. Yes, I love Threads of Fate and it was a game I didn't necessarily want but a friend bought it for me for my B-Day so I played it and enjoyed it. Both stories were excellent and I liked the different playstyles. The game really felt like a spiritual sequel to Brave Fencer Musashi which was another beautiful gem of a game that gets overlooked.
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