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General Discussion / Top 10 RPGs of all time

« on: March 06, 2006, 01:09:10 pm »

I agree. The Dollet mission kicked ass. That was awesome.

But I guess that point was where our interests split. I LOVED the plot twist, and it was a perfectly reasonable explanation. It made sense that being able to use such powerful GFs actually COST something. And it was countered well with Selphie writing a journal to keep their memories safe. KH: CoM, anyone?

And I personally thought it was obvious that Squall didn't not-care about her before even the attack of the Gardens. The change wasn't really quite that drastic.

Plus we know he liked her deep down, anyway. Remember the dance scene? That didn't just disappear. That dude liked her, he was just forcing it down, the way he did with everything. Fucking asshole.

Maybe I would've liked it less if Squall and Rinoa had as terrible voice acting as Tidus and Yuna.



...oh Julian. What are you talking about, the ending of the third Star Ocean? I was saying that cuz I haven't finished it yet! GAH!!!

Oooh I had no idea, I thought you had finished it, sorry !

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General Discussion / Top 10 RPGs of all time

« on: March 06, 2006, 01:31:31 am »

To be fair, FFX has lots of hot chicks.  I actually quite like its storyline; the characters themselves were none too intriguing, with the possible exceptions of Auron and Jecht, but their interactions were done quite well.  And, at least in comparison to FFVIII, its love story was actually believable.  VIII started out as a rip-roaring, action-packed story with what's probably the best opening sequence in any game ever, and then it just...devolves.  It's hard to describe how that happens, so I'll attempt to condense it:

Orphanage syndrome.

Ditto.  FF8 started out great, but then its like, they decided to stop trying.

I liked FF10's overall storyline, I liked the gameplay, I could deal with Tidus and Yuna (at least they were better than Squall and Rinoa), had Auron.

Not to mention Lulu, I LOVE LULU, did I mention how much I adore Lulu? Yeah.


FF10's problem was the total linear structure thing it had going on, and man, that kissing scene combined with the music they chose damn near killed me. But Auron and LULU made it bearable.


As far as ff8, the entrance scene was insanely awesome when I first saw it, I was so pumped to play the game afterwards. But once I reached the Ragnarok and saw that whole scene what little fun I was having just flew out the window, and then they had to throw on the whole time compression bit for a little extra punishment. But hey, I liked Laguna at least, his leg cramps were the ownage.

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General Discussion / Top 10 RPGs of all time

« on: March 05, 2006, 03:06:25 pm »

9 was awesome. It flowed wonderfully. And I'm still hot for Garnet (obviously).

8 was like pulling us into a world with people as fucked up and imperfect as ours. I appreciated it, alot. And I appreciated the love story, I dunno what you guys are upset about. Opinion. Oh well.

I have to say Legend of Dragoon kicked ass, surprisingly. Sure, imperfect and some things sucked, but a surprisingly great game. Fantastic story and just overall feel to it.

And I really like the third Star Ocean...don't tell me it has a bad ending...agh!

But I agree, FFX is a piece of shit. I once again tried picking it up a week ago, and I couldn't do it. It was so painful and annoying to play through it, it was just poorly put together. They focused on the graphics, clearly.

...damn, I'm really opinionated.

You're telling me you actually enjoyed the plot twist near the end when you enter 4d space or whatever? That was horrible. Up till then I was really enjoying it, and the villains of the story were total badasses. But after that point it just seemed very weak, in my opinion of course.


Legend of Dragoon was bad because it was so cliche and the translation was the worst I had ever seen, other than that it was alright I guess, the combat system was pretty fun at first. I did however like the backgrounds and the music a whole lot.

The only part about ffx that I like is lulu, for obvious reasons

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General Discussion / Top 10 RPGs of all time

« on: March 04, 2006, 10:49:12 pm »

You think FF8 is cheesy, but you like FF9 when it had a far more, albeit less realistic, love story? At least FF8 had it placed in a more realistic context. And I hate FFX because it was just plain stupid.

I like 9 for the rest of the game, I detest Zidane and Garnet but liked the game a lot anyway. At least it had decent gameplay and a magic system that made sense, unlike the train wreck of ff8's junction system.

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General Discussion / Top 10 RPGs of all time

« on: March 04, 2006, 09:22:47 pm »

Best List

10. Xenogears
9. Final Fantasy 9
8. Grandia
7. Final Fantasy 7
6. Super Mario RPG
5. Lunar 1
4. Lunar 2
3. Chrono Trigger
2. Star Ocean 2
1. Chrono Cross



Now for some nominees for worst rpg ever:

Legend of Dragoon, nothing more needs to be said for this one.
Final Fantasy 8 ( the most ridiculously forced and cheesy love story in the history of the universe, keep this shit on mtv please )
Star Ocean 3 ( worst end to a great story ever, I hate square-enix for this )
Final Fantasy 10 ( Love story almost as disgusting as FF8, please stop, seriously. )
Dunno if this counts, but Shenmue seems to be an rpg of sorts, and it was quite possibly the most boring experience of my life, next to being forced to watch titanic as a young lad.

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Characters, Plot, and Themes / Fates of the Chrono Trigger Team - Discussion

« on: February 27, 2006, 08:37:21 pm »

I just passed the point in CC you were talking about, and what Lynx says points to Lucca being dead. Unless there's some hidden meaning in grabbing kid and shanking her while saying "I'll send you to see Lucca" I think the verdict is 100% dead, ceased to be, deceased

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General Discussion / My disk is trashed

« on: February 26, 2006, 02:37:36 am »

Hah alright, I tried the toothpaste thing myself once. I totally screwed it up and had to buy ff7 all over again.

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General Discussion / My disk is trashed

« on: February 26, 2006, 02:20:12 am »

No offense or anything, but did you try the disc on your playstation? If so, is your console chipped?

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Chrono / Gameplay Casual Discussion / Mock Battle

« on: February 26, 2006, 02:18:46 am »

Serge and Glenn in my opinion, Glenn is just a beast after he get's the Einlanzer ( however it's spelled ).

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Chrono / Gameplay Casual Discussion / Favourite Music

« on: February 26, 2006, 02:02:59 am »

CT: The Zeal theme, I love it, listen to it daily on my headphones.


CC: This is a tough, tough one, as 99% of the soundtrack is just godly. But I would have to go with Garden of God, the title screen music, it just seems to fit perfectly with the theme of the game, in my opinion. Honorable mentions go to Life: Faraway Promise and the home Arni Village theme, and of course Time's Scar.

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General Discussion / My disk is trashed

« on: February 26, 2006, 01:57:16 am »

My brother uses a gamedoctor type thing for his xbox cd's and it works wonders, you should try what the above poster said and take it to a game shop. You could also just buy one yourself, if I remember correctly they go for around 20-30 usd, not too bad if you have a few games that skip.