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by Lizard_King 02/16/2007, 12:28am PST |
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Thus far, it combines the things I liked about Star Ocean 2 and Dark Cloud 2 with none of the deal breakers that kept me from finishing either. Or, for that matter, even getting past the first few hours. Bonus for having the requisite "tough guy" role in the team filled by a pirate with an eyepatch.
Anyhow, RG has extremely hectic, fastpaced combat, usually over in less than 10 seconds, which doesn't break the flow of the game at all. Levelling and grinding are almost entirely unnecessary as conventionally demanded in JRPG's, and the game has an excellent balance between providing incentives for exploration (to allow you to find stuff and maybe gain a few levels) and incentives for moving on in the plot. In short, you can better your characters at a reasonable pace without falling out of the game's plot for extended periods.
The bosses are interesting in a Klonoa 2 kind of way, and the cut scenes are skippable, the first time if need be. It's impossible not to know where you need to go next in the game, although there are other obstacles rather than the J-favourite not-telling-you-anything-useful approach at play that work much better. I'm pretty far from sinking as much time into it as I did with FF12, but I am having much less of a love/hate issue with its mechanics at this point.
The graphics are on par with last generation ps2 games at their best, and the cel shading is subtle and pleasant. Dialogue and voices range from mediocre to appalling, but that is a given for the genre and almost a bonus due to a high percentage of unintentionally homoerotic innuendos per conversation. |
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Japanese RPGs: Is there a good one? by Jerry Whorebach 02/14/2007, 3:24am PST 
Fable is non-American. Close enough? Actually it might be too good. NT by Fussbett 02/14/2007, 3:39am PST
Seconding this. by motherfuckerfoodeater 02/14/2007, 7:14am PST
Star Ocean 2? by Flavio 02/14/2007, 4:15am PST
Rogue Galaxy by Lizard_King 02/16/2007, 12:28am PST
sweet by Flavio 02/16/2007, 3:31am PST
25 hours + in by Lizard_King 02/19/2007, 12:01am PST
Re: 25 hours + in by Ethan Steele 02/19/2007, 2:26pm PST
Re: 25 hours + in by Lizard_King 02/19/2007, 10:07pm PST
Magna Carta? NT by Mysterio 02/14/2007, 7:32am PST
Awful. Beyond the pale. by Lizard_King 02/19/2007, 12:07am PST
I'd also like to recommend NOT Star Ocean 3 NT by Flavio 02/19/2007, 2:22am PST
3? I thought you kind of liked 2 or something? I forget. NT by Lizard_King 02/19/2007, 4:00am PST
Re: 3? I thought you kind of liked 2 or something? I forget. by Flavio 02/19/2007, 4:49am PST
Shit by Lizard_King 02/19/2007, 5:24am PST
I guess it was the relationship simulator that hooked me. :) by Mysterio :/ 02/19/2007, 10:17am PST
No. by Mischief Maker 02/14/2007, 8:48am PST
Ooo I forgot Dark Cloud 2! by Zseni 02/14/2007, 8:50am PST
FFXII is pretty good... by Zseni 02/14/2007, 8:49am PST
Re: FFXII is pretty good... by Flavio 02/15/2007, 11:43pm PST
Re: FFXII is pretty good... by Zseni 02/16/2007, 7:08am PST
Thanks for all the suggestions. Keep them coming! NT by Jerry Whorebach 02/14/2007, 8:22pm PST
Re: Japanese RPGs: Is there a good one? by Last 02/15/2007, 1:05pm PST
I know that Jhoh likes Earthbound too, so add his vote during his WoW absence. NT by Fussbett 02/15/2007, 1:22pm PST
Thirded, the freaky backgrounds alone during fight scenes = great. NT by Zseni 02/15/2007, 2:02pm PST
You need to use prayer against the final boss. by Worm 02/16/2007, 12:47am PST
If anyone's going to play Earthbound remember that you need a walkthrough. by Jhoh Cable o_O 02/21/2007, 6:48am PST
NOT excepting 3! by Mischief Maker 02/15/2007, 1:37pm PST
You are such a girl. NT by Zseni 02/19/2007, 1:14pm PST
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