[Classic] Terranigma

This is by no means a NEW game but I am pleasantly surprised by what I've experienced in Terranigma so far. The game is a almost a cross between Zelda and Secret of Mana with great humor, good gameplay and a pretty darn decent soundtrack.

Is anyone else a big fan?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Denicalis

SoM is one of the sacrosanct games for me. I just never, ever get tired of it.

Yep, Secret of Mana is pretty much a spiritual experience for me. Every facet of the game is so natural and refined. I was pretty much sold after I heard 'Into the thick of it' while fighting rabites in an open field, so every other aspect of the game is merely a complimentary color.

But anyways...

Originally Posted by Denicalis

Wait for the end. It will break your fucking heart (in an awesome way). This is one of the great SNES titles, right up alongside SoM, Chrono Trigger, Earthbound, Final Fantasy IV and VI etc. And a damned fine addition to the Heaven and Hell series. Pity it never made it over here. I'm bloody thrilled for my imported copy, though.

Heaven and Hell series? Would 'Illusion of Gaia' be a member of that series, perhance?

At any rate, great, I look forward to the ending! I am also perplexed that the game never made it stateside, though that hardly matters these days.

I am not sure that it deserves to belong amidst the hallowed SNES RPG pinnacle (FFVI, IV, CT, EB,SOM.) but I am really surprised, more than anything of the overall palette of the game and the pacing.
Not the typical, beat bad guy, save the world type of game by any means and I find it welcome.

For those who haven't checked this game out yet, the game evolves around the very process of evolution itself, not only of character, but of actual world, with economy between nations playing a vital role in the game's sense of development. Its an rpg, yet completely unconventional according to those standards.

Take this for instance...some towns have a tourist center which require you to take pictures of a surrounding area in order to sell their wares (of land and trade) to surrounding nations.

Regarding that. What exactly am I supposed to take pictures of with the camera? The tourist center doesn't seem to want to accept my pictures. (arseholes)

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by PiccoloNamek

This thread is making me want to try Terranigma again. The first time I tried it, it seemed very slow and it couldn't keep my attention.

This is Exactly the same initial reaction that I had. It seemed really slow paced in the opening and its taken me a fairly long amount of time to give Terranigma a chance.
I think the first 5 dungeons seem a lot longer than they are...I can only advise you to stick with it. After you get those 5 dungeons out of the way, the game REALLY picks up.

The world of Terranigma goes from dark and cold to extremely bright and hopeful very quickly. The scope of the game at large, isn't at all about just going from dungeon to dungeon beating the obligatory enemies and bosses with a few puzzles thrown in to drag out the experience, at all.
Its unfortunate because the beginning kind of sets it up for that...which makes the deviation from that principle later in the game all the more sweeter.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Manny Biggz

Yeah, there's 3 games I think.

Soul Blazer (which is basically like a beta of Terranigma, but still awesome in its own way. Especially the soundtrack!)
Illusions of Gaia
Terranigma

In that order I believe.

Cool man. Soul BLAZER. Damn, that was a great game too.

Speaking of the soundtrack.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z72HGjXZ8bA

Its pretty cool for the first 3/4 of the song, then kind of gets lackadaisical, but definitely cool overall. I love how all the music for the series is similiar in quality, in a way. Very introspective music, relaxed and purposeful and what not.

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