2nd January 2003, 10:13 PM
Nah, I've seen Tactics Ogre for over $40 at Babbages in the Springs and an EB in south Denver. But they do overprice everything they can at these local stores.
I didn't finish Golden Sun either. Sometimes the game was relaly fun, and others it got really boring. Oh, and maybe it's just me lacking skills, but it seemed to me that most of the game would be easy, and then there would be a boss that was flat out impossible. Did anybody else notice that?
Anyway, Skies of Arcadia is fantasmastic! the battles are too frequent and too long (although you can get through them pretty fast when you learn a couple special moves), but it's the only flaw in the game. I've played through twice and I would buy this new version if I could afford it. The story is good and involving, the gameplay is always fun and exciting, even after 60 hours, and the graphics are still good. The normal melee battles are not very fun, but the ship battles are a blast and even include a good amount of strategy. The characters aren't anything special or new, there isn't a ton of character development, and the voices were flat out bad, but I loved them all, in the same way you love Link, Mario, or Samus. Most of all, the game was just special. You know the feeling: you can't really explain why it's better than anything else, you just know it is. This is really the only non-Nintendo developed/produced/involved game I've ever played that felt like a Nintendo game. I think that's the best thing I can say about it.
I didn't finish Golden Sun either. Sometimes the game was relaly fun, and others it got really boring. Oh, and maybe it's just me lacking skills, but it seemed to me that most of the game would be easy, and then there would be a boss that was flat out impossible. Did anybody else notice that?
Anyway, Skies of Arcadia is fantasmastic! the battles are too frequent and too long (although you can get through them pretty fast when you learn a couple special moves), but it's the only flaw in the game. I've played through twice and I would buy this new version if I could afford it. The story is good and involving, the gameplay is always fun and exciting, even after 60 hours, and the graphics are still good. The normal melee battles are not very fun, but the ship battles are a blast and even include a good amount of strategy. The characters aren't anything special or new, there isn't a ton of character development, and the voices were flat out bad, but I loved them all, in the same way you love Link, Mario, or Samus. Most of all, the game was just special. You know the feeling: you can't really explain why it's better than anything else, you just know it is. This is really the only non-Nintendo developed/produced/involved game I've ever played that felt like a Nintendo game. I think that's the best thing I can say about it.