Game Informer's "Top 10 Rare RPGs you need"

Looks pretty solid overall. Considering I think VP and Suikoden 2 are two RPG's that no one should miss and I didn't hesitate to replay either for their good endings, I think I'd probably have them #1 and #2 respectively. I actually prefer La Pucelle to Disgaea, but Pucelle had a larger printing apparently and it goes for pretty cheap. Disgaea is still up in the $40 range.

Dragon Force is funny...I think it deserves to be played by more people than it did, but I couldn't take anymore of the repetitive battles about 35 hours into it. I kept getting pissed because my best soldiers kept deserting me for no reason.

And a good old W00T for Earthbound.

Titles I think could be subbed in are:
Tactics Ogre for SNES (which I've never seen a physical copy of)
Dragon Slayer Legend of Heroes for Turbo Duo (ditto)
Suikoden 1 (HTF nowadays...Required playing for RPG fans)
Shin Megami Tensei 3 (man, this one dried up fast...I haven't seen a used one in ages)
Magic Knight Rayearth (last Saturn game...Great overhead action-RPG)
Growlanser Generations (a bit HTF now, might jump in value in a few years).
Shining Wisdom (always wanted to try this one, could never find it)
Shining The Holy Ark (ditto)
Shining Force 3 Part 1 (ditto again...Saturn Shining titles are rarities)

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by DarkMageOzzie

BTW I don't know if you still have Dragon Force, but if Generals kept leaving you it was because either you didn't give them awards they earned or they were greedy generals. You don't have to worry about keeping any of the Monarchs starting generals happy but the ones you actually have to capture to recruit, you do. Either by giving them items or awards that someone who already has max troops earned. I know way too much about Dragon Force because it's pretty much the only reason I still have a Sega Saturn. Well... that and Guardian Heroes.

I had to sell it during times of College financial hell (bought it for $35 after the Saturn tanked, got $130 for it ), but from what I recall, I kept giving this one guy all kinds of stuff and during one phase, I got a notice that he deserted me. :aargh: And I think it was a guy I started with as well. Wish I could remember, as this was over six years ago. I think his name was Raven, but I'm not sure...

And we did get Tactics Ogre...Just not very well apparently, given its' HTF status...

http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/company/63000.html

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I'm a huge fan of the music from Ys, but I didn't fall in love with the gameplay until Ys VI. Still, I imagine the anime cinemas and CD music blew some people's minds back in 1989. Especially considering I still listen to the redbook tracks on a regular basis.

One of these days, I'll sit down and finish the game(s). I got stuck in the Ice Cavern and haven't done much since.

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

I wonder though...Disgaea's easy to find. It's just expensive for an older, current gen game (what do you expect from Atlus and their small print runs?). Same for Shadow Hearts. SMT3 is much tougher all around to find than either, in all the Gamestops I've been to.

And domestic Ys Book I and II is one of the most common CD games to find for the Duo. Domestic copies of Duo Ys 3 and Legend of Heroes are much tougher to find, not to mention Popful Mail for Sega CD.

Can't argue with Panzer in the #1 spot in that case.

Originally Posted by Denicalis

It was the horrible translation that got me. Not one of them has had a good story, or a good localization, I can't be sure which because I don't speak Japanese. However, it stands that I love the gameplay, hate the story.

Dunno..."You animal! You know well I cannot let you do that! Ys is now back where it belongs. Don't you forget about me...I am the bandit, Goban!" was some gold stuff. Feena's lines made my skin crawl though.

Edit: Gah, sorry for the double-post...I thought they would auto-merge.

How ya doing, buddy?

Well yeah...Ys VI/Ys Ark of Napishtim was my favorite game from last year. Only really awful voice in that one was the pirate girlfriend, otherwise I didn't pay much attention to anything outside of the gameplay.

Good thing about that one is the ability to switch to Japanese voices and PC settings (gets rid of the horrid PS2 opening movie for the the original sequence). I almost flipped when they almost released it with the "Alma's Trials" music tracks as the main score, instead of the normal music.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Rei no Otaku

True. Also there is one general I know of who you start with, and who will desert/defect. Scar from Tristan.

That's him...That's the fucker that deserted me. Dunno why I remembered him being named 'Raven', but I'm 100% sure that was him. He just up and left after I spent a good bit of resources on him. Wasn't gamebreaking (my army was still pretty good), but it kind of dampened my outlook on the game, since it seemed to be random.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?