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Post by Allie-tan on Jun 22, 2009 9:27:09 GMT -5
Ano, I like the Tales series, but they don't like me. It's like no matter HOW MUCH I level up, I end up getting killed on EASY mode and I basically 10 levels ahead. WHAT GIVES? -.-
And note: Microsoft should stick to making computer programs. Dun touch games. =-=
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Post by Umbra on Jun 22, 2009 12:09:33 GMT -5
Definitely Super Smash Bros. Brawl. The game was so anticipated with the frequently updated site with new characters and yet the battle system, to me, was inferior to that of SSBM. And the wifi? Lag, lag, lag, no fun.
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Post by RyuHiroshi on Jun 22, 2009 16:02:59 GMT -5
It was Ocarina of Time for me. It was still hyped when the GC came out so I thought I'd give it a try since I got it together with my GC and I didn't find it all that good. In fact, I only played went through some temples until I decided to leave it alone, it wasn't really fun to me. D:
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Post by Hinas on Jun 22, 2009 16:28:31 GMT -5
The Final Fantasy series, in general, doesn't live up to the hype of what seems to be the most popular RPG series Stateside. I've played IV, IX, and X and I've found them to be okay games, but pretty generic. IX especially disappointed me. I've heard that it was good from EGM, but then I played it and quickly got annoyed and bored with it.
Tales of the Abyss was terribly disappointing to me. As it was developed by team Symphonia, I thought that it would be Tales of Symphonia: problems fixed. The potential was good: Deeper, less stereotypical main characters; a story that wasn't so generic; full 3-D graphics; an improved battle system; and deeper bad guys. But when I actually played the game, I found that the characters grated on my nerves (glares at Tear and Anise); the story was poorly presented; the graphics were "meh"; and the game just seemed overall mediocre to me. :killed for saying such things: The game probably wasn't as bad as I perceived it; it just didn't live up to my expectations.
Tales of Symphonia: I really liked this game as a whole, but I was disappointed to find out that the battle system wasn't nearly as flexible as Nintendo Power made it out to be. My disappointment still lingers.
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. I played liek ten minutes of it and that was enough.
Evolution Worlds for the Gamecube: I was warned that that game would be bad, but it was worse than I expected.
Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones. I preordered it, got it on the day it was released, played it through, and was a tad disappointed that it didn't live up to FE7.
I think that's it for now. XD
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Post by Hiro the Half-Elf on Jun 23, 2009 15:59:00 GMT -5
Everyone hates Twilight Princess, but I found that game to be far superior to Ocarina. They're essentially the same game, but if I had to say, I enjoyed TP and didn't Ocarina. So, that makes Ocarina an overrated game, in my opinion.
In retrospect? Persona 3. Yeah, it's a good game. Yeah, it's got a good idea. But you know what? The best thing it did was lay down the foundations for P4, which is a far more solid game.
Phantasy Star III. My friend talked about it like it was the best in the series, and it does have a good concept with the generation system, but the battle system is such a HUGE step backwards from even the first game that I couldn't get through it. Tales of Symphonia. Not really much to say on this one. Still, it's an okay game to play, and the characters aren't hate-able.
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Post by purplewolfstar on Jun 23, 2009 16:15:02 GMT -5
Tales of Symphonia: With all the things I've heard about Symphonia, and how obsessed my sons are with it, I would think that it should have been amazing. I find Symphonia rather dry, the characters...do not appeal to me very much, and it just...turns me off. I don't enjoy Symphonia as much as Abyss, to be honest. I think I'm one of the few, but, Symphonia is just...no. XD
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: I thought this had an amazing concept, but horribly executed. =/
Sonic Unleashed: The gameplay was pretty much crap. Pretty, but crap. And a werehog? Honestly, what the heck. XD
Super Paper Mario: I got bored, to be honest. ;~; I was so excited, too. The OST is awesome though. And DIMENTIO IS AMAZING. But...that was about it, for me.
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Post by Hiro the Half-Elf on Jun 23, 2009 16:23:16 GMT -5
Can I say this? Any Mystery Dungeon game that doesn't have Shiren in it. But, ah, man. Shiren the Wanderer is awesome. Nice and hardcore and rogue-y. Just a general thing. I'm certain they're not bad.
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Post by Bani on Jun 23, 2009 16:30:50 GMT -5
Sonic Unleashed: The gameplay was pretty much crap. Pretty, but crap. And a werehog? Honestly, what the heck. XD Sonic Unleashed COMPLETELY MURDERED my opinion of the sonic series. I have to be honest after than came came out i turned my back on sonic. Maybe im just shallow but even the demo was *shudders* and the...yeah im just gonna shut up now...
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Post by para on Jun 23, 2009 16:37:16 GMT -5
Yes, the pokemon mystery dungeon games are really kiddy. I bought Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer for my brother's birthday last year and he praised it.
And, Mario... I abhor the Mario series now. I mean: Mario Super Star Saga (both of them), this was supposed to be funny but 95% of the time it was Mario laughing at Luigi getting hurt. Ludicrous humor. Super Paper Mario: Why couldn't they have just made another RPG, I couldn't stomach it. I have better things to do with my time, like study. New Super Mario Bros., One GIANT complaint here: Why couldn't I save whenever I wanted to until after beating the game? Why was I obligated to beat a tower or castle before saving until after I beat the game? Yeesh, that game was so much of a chore that I sold it for $30 (I bought it for $35).
And the Tales series, I don't dislike it but I feel that if I play every single game, then they will start to lose their nice polish. I also feel this way with Final Fantasy, though.
Final Fantasy 5: Okay, Final Fantasy 4 and 6 were astonishing feats, why wasn't there a story in number 5? And why did it feel like I spent most of my time grinding when I had reached the 3rd world? The enemies were outrageously strong. I put it down.
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Post by momo on Jun 23, 2009 17:58:01 GMT -5
Final Fantasy 5: Okay, Final Fantasy 4 and 6 were astonishing feats, why wasn't there a story in number 5? And why did it feel like I spent most of my time grinding when I had reached the 3rd world? The enemies were outrageously strong. I put it down. since when did FF5 have any Hype o-o;; ? Btw. FF5 is actuly more fun, when you have a fas foward button Battles took 2 seconds xD
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Post by para on Jun 23, 2009 19:16:57 GMT -5
Final Fantasy 5: Okay, Final Fantasy 4 and 6 were astonishing feats, why wasn't there a story in number 5? And why did it feel like I spent most of my time grinding when I had reached the 3rd world? The enemies were outrageously strong. I put it down. since when did FF5 have any Hype o-o;; ? Btw. FF5 is actuly more fun, when you have a fas foward button Battles took 2 seconds xD I recalled that after posting but you caught my deception before I could edit it out. But I still loathe it profusely. I still don't want to pick that game up at all, though. The scractchy sound made when you miss the enemy (which happens far too often) has scarred my ears. I don't want to touch that game at all. And, bee, you can't take upon a contingency as risky as piracy, you ought to get your priorities straight! (Please don't pikohan me.)
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Post by momo on Jun 23, 2009 19:22:49 GMT -5
since when did FF5 have any Hype o-o;; ? Btw. FF5 is actuly more fun, when you have a fas foward button Battles took 2 seconds xD I recalled that after posting but you caught my deception before I could edit it out. But I still loathe it profusely. I still don't want to pick that game up at all, though. The scractchy sound made when you miss the enemy (which happens far too often) has scarred my ears. I don't want to touch that game at all. And, bee, you can't take upon a contingency as risky as piracy, you ought to get your priorities straight! (Please don't pikohan me.) i normaly buy my games. its just that i dont want to pay 45 bucks for a GBA game. i call it high priced robbery. Besides. i didint finish it. i justw anted to see what kind of game it was. now i know. Batz is awsome and Old man Galuf might be were Raven came from. Oh a other game and disapointed me was FF4 but tahst only because of teh random dificulty spikes in the NDS version.
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Post by para on Jun 23, 2009 19:33:10 GMT -5
I recalled that after posting but you caught my deception before I could edit it out. But I still loathe it profusely. I still don't want to pick that game up at all, though. The scractchy sound made when you miss the enemy (which happens far too often) has scarred my ears. I don't want to touch that game at all. And, bee, you can't take upon a contingency as risky as piracy, you ought to get your priorities straight! (Please don't pikohan me.) i normaly buy my games. its just that i dont want to pay 45 bucks for a GBA game. i call it high priced robbery. Besides. i didint finish it. i justw anted to see what kind of game it was. now i know. Batz is awsome and Old man Galuf might be were Raven came from. Oh a other game and disapointed me was FF4 but tahst only because of teh random dificulty spikes in the NDS version. Yeah, FFIV for the NDS was absurdly difficult, although I haven't played it. The one for the GBA (which I played back when I was nine years old, maybe eight) was a handful of fun because it wasn't a chore to play. By the way, I didn't like Legend of Zelda: The Twilight Princess very much. I had no idea of what I was fighting for and it was fuddling.
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Post by Hiro the Half-Elf on Jun 23, 2009 20:24:02 GMT -5
FFV remains one of my favorite Final Fantasies to this day. Because, after the absolutely droll plot of FFIV, the almost-not-there plot of V is a welcome sight. It's like "Who cares!? This is FFIII on steroids!". Naturally, VI is the first FF to really be strong all-around, but I still prefer V. This is me, though.
Speaking of which, FFIV is an overhyped game. Definitely a step forward for the series and JRPGs in general (Woah, we can tell -stories-!? Far out man!). But, you know... Especially with the dumbed-down version we got... The gameplay is something lacking. You can't really stick with one party setup long enough to get a real strategy down, and your final party is really kind of not-there (Kain is kind of worthless, and Edge is on-and-off useful. Rosa does nothing but spam Cure spells). This is why I enjoyed V and to a lesser extent, VI. You set up a party with skills that -you- chose. You weren't forced to have a monk and a caller and a white mage in your party for about an hour before getting something different, and you weren't stuck with the same party for the last fourth of the game (Save one guy who, predictably, is very temporary). It's a decent game, and it's an important game, but it's a very flawed game. But hey, Cid fixes a hole in a mountain by blowing it up. That's points in my book. Then later he lets you -undo the fix-.
I'll save most of my words about FF, though. I've already said my all on FFVII.
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Post by momo on Jun 23, 2009 20:40:24 GMT -5
(Save one guy who, predictably, is very temporary). I miss that one guy. he was fun. Yea FF5 might has been a step back with teh story but it was still just plain fun. Plus it had a ghost ship LVL ( seriously is it just me or did vesperia kind of get some ideas off ff5? ) im gona get flamed for this but.... I diditn Enjoy Fallout 3 that much. My Oldest Brother and Sirth kept telling me to try it. But i guess... i duno. Its just wasitn my type >_>;..
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