2nd January 2003, 11:09 PM
(This post was last modified: 2nd January 2003, 11:20 PM by A Black Falcon.)
Skies of Arcadia was very good... the 6 1/2 hours I got through in the 2 days I played it were fun, and the random battles were annoying but not annoying enough to make me stop playing... unlike pretty much any Final Fantasy game I've played. I will almost certainly get the NGC version... I want to see more of the story! I don't know exactly why I liked it.. but I did.
Sure, I wish it (any any RPG with them) didn't have random battles... they are SO ANNOYING! Games with random battles become really irritating.. you walk along, hoping you don't run into anther battle... but eventually you ineveitablly do, and have to fight another easily won (in most games) battle... bah.
Take Lost Kingdoms on NGC... I mention it because I rented it recently. Its a OK game, IMO. Fun, mostly... the battle system when in battles is overall pretty good. Action-oriented, but thats the point so its good. The only problem? Battles are random! Argh.. it really get irritating... especally because you often want to conserve cards for boss battles and you know the levels (because of the other bad design decision-- no way to save while in a mission!), but fight many pointless (they dont level you up or anything as far as I can tell... cards get experience, but i dont know if that actually does much) random battles that drain your card strength. Stupid game design!
Golden Sun. It was fun... the random battles were annoying, but they went fast and were relatively fun... also they didn't seem to happen as often as some other RPGs, like many of the ones on SNES for example. But yeah, I didn't finish. The story seemed alright. Not a really great story like some RPGs, but decent.
Oh, and anyone remember I said that I'd never finished a menubased RPG? It isn't true. I had forgotten about Paper Mario (very good game, btw. No random battles helps a lot...).
Edit: One more thing. I recently (last week) got the full version of Septerra Core (borrowed from my cousin). It's a pretty good PC Japanese-style RPG... I'd played the demo a couple of years ago and liked it, overall, so its nice to have the full version. We'll see how far I get... I often don't finish games. Though it is more likely here because Septerra Core doesn't have random battles. It has Chrono Trigger-style 'see enemies on map' style of how you get into battles. Nice.
Sure, I wish it (any any RPG with them) didn't have random battles... they are SO ANNOYING! Games with random battles become really irritating.. you walk along, hoping you don't run into anther battle... but eventually you ineveitablly do, and have to fight another easily won (in most games) battle... bah.
Take Lost Kingdoms on NGC... I mention it because I rented it recently. Its a OK game, IMO. Fun, mostly... the battle system when in battles is overall pretty good. Action-oriented, but thats the point so its good. The only problem? Battles are random! Argh.. it really get irritating... especally because you often want to conserve cards for boss battles and you know the levels (because of the other bad design decision-- no way to save while in a mission!), but fight many pointless (they dont level you up or anything as far as I can tell... cards get experience, but i dont know if that actually does much) random battles that drain your card strength. Stupid game design!
Golden Sun. It was fun... the random battles were annoying, but they went fast and were relatively fun... also they didn't seem to happen as often as some other RPGs, like many of the ones on SNES for example. But yeah, I didn't finish. The story seemed alright. Not a really great story like some RPGs, but decent.
Oh, and anyone remember I said that I'd never finished a menubased RPG? It isn't true. I had forgotten about Paper Mario (very good game, btw. No random battles helps a lot...).
Edit: One more thing. I recently (last week) got the full version of Septerra Core (borrowed from my cousin). It's a pretty good PC Japanese-style RPG... I'd played the demo a couple of years ago and liked it, overall, so its nice to have the full version. We'll see how far I get... I often don't finish games. Though it is more likely here because Septerra Core doesn't have random battles. It has Chrono Trigger-style 'see enemies on map' style of how you get into battles. Nice.
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