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I can firmly second Dragon Quarter, but suggest renting Suikoden III before buying. (Unless you get it for $5 off Ebay.) I played an hour of it, was thoroughly disgusted with everything about it, and Ebay'd it.
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Aside from being perhaps overly-meticulous and a bit slow in the beginning, there really isn't too much wrong with it. It's no slower than Suikoden V during the first five hours.
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Dragon Quarter was a fun experience. I love the Breath of Fire series to death, and this one was pretty good despite being a complete 180 from the rest of the series. Still say BoFIII was the best of the lot, but if you're not willing to jump back that far, DQ is pretty good. It's kinda like Dead Rising, what with the scenario overlay system and all. Just don't get discouraged if you think it's too hard, the game *wants* you to play areas several times to get anywhere. Most amazing jew boots
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I actually thought DQ wasn't that hard, I managed to make it through the whole game without starting over. =\
(Though due to the total lame saving system I lost three hours of playtime one night so I haven't touched it since. ) I was speaking idiomatically. |
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I meant Suikoden III when I posted that, which was what the Suikoden V comparison was for.
You of all people know my undying love for Dragon Quarter would not allow me to speak of anything bad about it. FELIPE NO
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Me? There's a reason why there's no BOF 6, that's all I have to say on the matter. What, you don't want my bikini-clad body? All I'm saying is that if the laptops of the future are not in the
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You mean a tough game that doesn't reward you for pussyfooting your way towards the conclusion. Just charge forth.
That's fine with me if there's no Breath of Fire VI. They'll have ended the series on a high note that I don't think they'll ever match again. Jam it back in, in the dark.
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Also, I don't like the idea of limited saves, it's just something that doesn't sit well with me. Saves that are limited to areas, sure, but Limited Saves just makes things ludicrous. There's nowhere I can't reach. All I'm saying is that if the laptops of the future are not in the
shape of chibi genie girls then I'm going to be sorely disappointed.
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Then what the hell did you move forward for? Sit or move back and let the stupid mob be the one to waste its AP on moving while you collect bonus AP to pummel the shit out of it when it gets there. I don't see how it's the game's fault just because you want to run and gun in a strategy-heavy RPG.
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And if i'm wrong, where is BOF VI? Also, the SOL idea was ruined by fored use, It worked a lot better in Dead Rising I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body? All I'm saying is that if the laptops of the future are not in the
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They have enough if you're standing close to them, sure. You're supposed to get behind obstacles, create some with Nina's traps, and stay further back. You only run up to them and hit hard if you know you're going to kill them first.
The game forces you to keep moving towards the final boss and the ending, and discourages you from fighting frivolously (either by grinding or by not thinking when you fight battles). It's hardly an uphill battle if you get into the right pace and time your D-Dive usage properly. I was speaking idiomatically. |
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Haha, I love Dragon Quarter too (took me the second or third playthrough to actually get the whole "using-strategy-and-items" aspect), so I have nothing but love for a game that's actually strategic and sill challenging, even after a ton of playthroughs.
The first Shadow Hearts used a minimum of voice-acting. There's some during events, but, if you just play the game without many side-quests, there's only three, I think. Otherwise, the characters "talk" a little during battles. =/ Even with the small amount, it's still pretty noticable (Halley and Margaret, for example) I really enjoyed it, and I think it's a better story than the sequel, although SH2's battle system is glorious <3 Is there any particular reason you don't want any PSX games included? I think there's a few in the first generation... What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now? |
I think it has more to do with the fact PSX games mutualy exclude themselves from the "does not have Voice acting" catagory insomuch as they have no meens to voice act.
FELIPE NO All I'm saying is that if the laptops of the future are not in the
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*Actually I used it once after about 30 minutes of playing because I was curious as to what it did. **Grandia Xtreme not included. What, you don't want my bikini-clad body? |
Well, whatever, Got it with Psyconaughts and realy, didn't look back the second I was selecting to create a new game on a giant brain.
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The game was frustrating to me at first, since it was just so different from everything else, the Breath of Fire series included. Closest thing I could equate it to was Majora's Mask, what with the whole running timer theme throughout the whole game, but the odds are much more against you. It's an RPG that encourages you to play through the story than stop and explore and level, unless you *want* to play several times, which has its perks in the SOL system. Dragon Quarter game was a big gambit for Capcom, but I'm glad they did it, if only to give the series, which is about as white-bread of an RPG as there can be, a shot in the arm. The music's really nice, too. There's nowhere I can't reach. |
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So long as he's played Vagrant Story, that's fine.
Granted, quite an amount of PS1 RPGs had voices (Legend of Dragoon, Koudelka, Xenogears, SO2, Grandia etc). I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body? |
The whole Dragon powers that Ryu gets is great as well, you're constantly worried if you are going to make it to the end or not, and because of it you are being very careful not to abuse the power too much. It's also certainly not a easy game either. Right from the start it's hard, you're expected to get through a relatively large area with nothing more then 10 healing potions, but that's what made it so great. I remember those minotaurs that were a nightmare, it was so funny each time you thought "oh shit!" As much as I loved BoF3, if there ever was a new BoF game I truly wish it would have the same system as DQ, but I know they will never do it again, because no doubt it had more complaints then compliments from players. Most amazing jew boots Soldier: Prepare yourself, rebel scum!! Arngrim : (These slipshod soldiers think they can call me "rebel scum"?) |
Ok, I haven't read the thread thoroughly, so I don't know if these have been mentioned, but seemingly in all RPGs (that I know of) from Nippon Ichi you can turn the voice acting off (games like Atelier Iris, Disgaea 1/2, Makai Kingdom, Phantom Brave and so on), and you can even change the VA-language to Japanese which is 520234023.764 times better. And they are really good games too overall, so I advise you to check em out.
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I've read that Persona 3 can have the voices turned off. Is this true?
I think it looks great so I'll probably still buy it anyway, but it would be a bonus for me. Edit: Nervermind, I found out the answer... FELIPE NO
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