Tales of Symphonia.... well, Fire Emblem

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In fantasy-literature world, that's normal speak. And this is that, despite it being Japanese.

It's still lame...

It is pretty good... but fairly long and it gets a bit repetitive... I'd rather play FE. Or, probably, SoM, LttP, NES Zelda... but yeah, I should play that more someday.

You got NES Zelda for the GBA?

Baldur's Gate has an original story, you know... sure, 'person who grows up knowing nothing and has to save the world' is the base of it and that's the oldest one on the block, but it puts in a big unique twist by making you the child of a god.

Yeah because... because that's never been done before....



Never read Hercules, eh?

It really depends on the game. If I'm interested in playing I'll get farther, cliche story or no... but yeah, when it's more unique I'm probably more likely to get farther. But I have certainly enjoyed plenty of games with cliche stories that don't have BG's originality.

Of course for some games that (intrest in keeping playing/exploroing the world) is provided by humor. Quest for Glory, for instance. Others, like BG (or rather BGIIoA/BGII: ToB) do it with lots of backstory, nicely detailed quests (the myriad things that happen to you during your adventures), and a interesting main story that slowly gets revealed over the series. Or you could do it like Torment... oh wait, that's not true, I don't think anything's ever done it like Torment, before or after...

What does Torment do?