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Re: FFXII is pretty good... by Flavio 02/15/2007, 11:43pm PST
Zseni wrote:

But I think what you really want is Auto Assult. It's kind of not at all gay.


This game has gotten universally horrible to meh reviews. Haven't heard a single positive thing about it. Also, it is an MMORPG that no one is playing.


You could also pick up Chrono Cross for PS1 - green label copies are very cheap, so it's a nice throwaway choice. Get ready for some GIANT GIANT pixels. The battle system in Chrono Cross is one of Square's worthier efforts, and you get access to a giant pile of playable teammates including slutty scientists and kawaii martians and androgynous rock stars. If you found Chrono Trigger impenetrably faggy, the good news is that Chrono Cross is impenetrably faggy in a completely different way. A lot of people really hated CC for not being a proper sequel to CT.


CC's combat seemed fun until you realized there really wasn't much to it; the enemies would randomly attack and break up your movies with no way to determine when it'd happen which kind of defeated any strategy.

There are no characters. You go around collecting 70+ pokemon in character's clothing. Zero character development and the main character is a mute which stopped being charming around the mid 90s.

Replaces all the cool original shit in CT with boring crap. Want to fly around in a time machine? HAVE FUN WITH YOUR CANOE!

Worst ending ever.


I'm hesitant to recommend Disgaea/Phantom Brave just because they have ONLY one thing going on it them, and if you hate that thing, you're fucked. But they're fun at first. Depending on your ability to handle games which have almost nothing to do with playing, and quite a lot to do with trading and collecting and economics, you could check out the Atelier series.


The humor, while very good, is really the only reason to play it unless you're an obsessive collector and powerleveller.


If you're committed to choking down a Final Fantasy game, 12 and 9 are best bets. I know everyone is all BUT 7 IS THE ULTIMATE except I found 7 totally unplayable. 9 is very soothing.


9 started off promising by being the first FF in six years to not have a brooding emo protagonist, then took the typical Jap RPG route of introducing more and more plot threads until it collapsed into a directionless mess. The game that swore everyone off the active time battle system once and for all.
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Japanese RPGs: Is there a good one? by Jerry Whorebach 02/14/2007, 3:24am PST NEW
    Fable is non-American. Close enough? Actually it might be too good. NT by Fussbett 02/14/2007, 3:39am PST NEW
        Seconding this. by motherfuckerfoodeater 02/14/2007, 7:14am PST NEW
    Star Ocean 2? by Flavio 02/14/2007, 4:15am PST NEW
        Rogue Galaxy by Lizard_King 02/16/2007, 12:28am PST NEW
            sweet by Flavio 02/16/2007, 3:31am PST NEW
                25 hours + in by Lizard_King 02/19/2007, 12:01am PST NEW
                    Re: 25 hours + in by Ethan Steele 02/19/2007, 2:26pm PST NEW
                        Re: 25 hours + in by Lizard_King 02/19/2007, 10:07pm PST NEW
    Magna Carta? NT by Mysterio 02/14/2007, 7:32am PST NEW
        Awful. Beyond the pale. by Lizard_King 02/19/2007, 12:07am PST NEW
            I'd also like to recommend NOT Star Ocean 3 NT by Flavio 02/19/2007, 2:22am PST NEW
                3? I thought you kind of liked 2 or something? I forget. NT by Lizard_King 02/19/2007, 4:00am PST NEW
                    Re: 3? I thought you kind of liked 2 or something? I forget. by Flavio 02/19/2007, 4:49am PST NEW
                        Shit by Lizard_King 02/19/2007, 5:24am PST NEW
            I guess it was the relationship simulator that hooked me. :) by Mysterio :/ 02/19/2007, 10:17am PST NEW
    No. by Mischief Maker 02/14/2007, 8:48am PST NEW
        Ooo I forgot Dark Cloud 2! by Zseni 02/14/2007, 8:50am PST NEW
    FFXII is pretty good... by Zseni 02/14/2007, 8:49am PST NEW
        Re: FFXII is pretty good... by Flavio 02/15/2007, 11:43pm PST NEW
            Re: FFXII is pretty good... by Zseni 02/16/2007, 7:08am PST NEW
    Thanks for all the suggestions. Keep them coming! NT by Jerry Whorebach 02/14/2007, 8:22pm PST NEW
    Re: Japanese RPGs: Is there a good one? by Last 02/15/2007, 1:05pm PST NEW
        I know that Jhoh likes Earthbound too, so add his vote during his WoW absence. NT by Fussbett 02/15/2007, 1:22pm PST NEW
            Thirded, the freaky backgrounds alone during fight scenes = great. NT by Zseni 02/15/2007, 2:02pm PST NEW
                You need to use prayer against the final boss. by Worm 02/16/2007, 12:47am PST NEW
            If anyone's going to play Earthbound remember that you need a walkthrough. by Jhoh Cable o_O 02/21/2007, 6:48am PST NEW
        NOT excepting 3! by Mischief Maker 02/15/2007, 1:37pm PST NEW
            You are such a girl. NT by Zseni 02/19/2007, 1:14pm PST NEW
 
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