[PS2] In need of an RPG

Originally Posted by Sepharite

Wow, now I feel bad. I'm 15 hours into DQ8, and it has gotten extremely boring. I'm right where I get to explore the Western Continents.

It's time to try another game. xD

When you get to the 20, 25 hour mark the game'll really start to pick up. If you can, keep playing. Once you get past that point, it'll really open up.

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

Originally Posted by Xellos

I wouldn't say that so easily. To you and me it might have been easy, but I for one was surprised to see how many people had problems with the difficulty of the game.

About Wild Arms 2, I had no problems with that game. I loved it, personally. It's second only to WA3. I'd rate them as WA3 -> WA2 -> WA4 -> WA1 -> WA:ACF. This doesn't mean I hated WA1, I just liked the others more. I did, however, hate Alter Code F.



I played Suikoden 1-5, and I certainly don't get why I would understand why it was less then the others.

You are naming bad points here, but honestly, what was so bad about the front/back system? If anything it was better.

I'm not trying to flame you here, it just seems to me that you can't really find any faults in the game. The ones you mentioned hardly seem like a good enough reason to hate the game. I mean are you seriously telling me you hate the game because it has no magic combo system? I'm not buying that.

I've never understood the hatred for this game. I was seriously impressed with it. Until I finished Suikoden 5, I considered it the best.

You list WA1 as your least favorite of the series--yet you don't hate it. I'm guessing it's because it has some elements of it that you didn't like. The same can be said for me. I don't hate Suikoden III--it's just my least favorite of the series.

Look at it this way--Chocolate is my favorite ice cream, followed by mint chocolate chip, strawberry, then vanilla. Although it's my least favorite--I DO eat vanilla ice cream from time to time.

How ya doing, buddy?

Now that I'm taking a break from Odin Sphere, Dragon Quest, and Tales of the Abyss... I started Rogue Galaxy. xD It's my favourite out of the four so far. I'm praying it doesn't get boring... but whatever, I'll just start Valkyrie Profile 2. But hey, at least I can save ever 5 minutes, instead of going to the church. There's so many savepoints in RG I'm practically saving every 2 minutes anticipating a boss fight, but nothing. Except maybe a mimic chest that does extreme damange.

(Downloaded these two RPGS thanks to Premium account on Megaupload <3)

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by rpgcrazied

no, its not your PS2.. the world map is laggy, an takes like 15secs to rotate camera.. and stuttering also.

And yes, long load times too.

Not to forget 30 secs for saving.

However, I´m now ~20 hrs into the game, and enjoying it so far. The story is very intriguing as much as I can tell at this point, I always wonder about the background of my party members and their motifs. I guess there are quite a few surprises to be covered up. Gameplay-wise I don´t see too much of a difference between ToS and TotA, but since I liked the former, I can´t complain.

As far as the flaws mentioned above are concerned: Avoid unnecessary battles on the world map - it´s not that difficult (thank goodness there are not random encounters), don´t save too often (you have played either Silent Hill or Resident Evil, haven´t you?) and take a look at the map instead of just running around around aimlessly. That should keep the problems to a minimum.

Other than that, I´m glad I chose this one from my to-do list, thanks to your recommendations.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?