Garteal Wrote:You can get it dirt-cheap on the PS store if you have PS3/4. Be prepared to pay big bucks if you want the original PS1 discs. Here they go for like €75~€99 second hand.
But I'd really recommend it to you.
It's like $25-$30 for the PS1 Greatest Hits version on eBay in the USA. I guess the PAL version was rarer? I like to have the originals for PS1 games, unless it's something crazy expensive (looking at you, Valkyrie Profile...)
Garteal Wrote:I've been pondering Bravely Default, but I'm not a fan of the chibi artstyle. Shame. I need to use my 3DS more. I've barely touched it and barely played what I have on it.
It's not obnoxious in the Bravely series, unlike in other games. You can go wrong with chibi styles pretty quickly, but Default really grew on me. It's mainly just the 4 heroes you control that look like that. Everyone else has non-chibi proportions, and the character designs for NPCs are quite charming actually. There's a brief CGI video that plays in Second done in a 3D anime style (think a Final Fantasy or Kingdom Hearts opening), and it just looks... weird, probably because it looks nothing like the game
Garteal Wrote:It's nice to see some retro-gaming here. I've always liked the Dragon Warrior OST (randomly stumbled upon it) and the gameplay reminds me a lot of the old Phantasy Star games.
Been meaning to get back to retro aswell, but I got such a huge backlog of games and got to balance things between gaming and/or watching stuff.
Yeah, I'm not feeling a lot from many current JRPG offerings. I could not care less about Star Ocean 5, for example. That series has been a bit of a train wreck ever since SO2 (I absolutely loved SO3, but everyone misunderstands the plot...) I bought Tales of Zestiria last year, and I still haven't been able to finish it. I dunno, it was just so mediocre in terms of plot, character dev. and gameplay. And the final boss requires some hit-stun gimmick that I can't figure out. Why can't I just hit him until he dies?
So I've mostly turned to my backlog. Most of them are older titles. For example, I beat Lunar Legend (GBA version, yes, not the Sega CD or PS1 versions, I don't care, and I loved it) and Luminous Arc 2. I mentioned that I beat Threads of Fate for the PS1, right? Great little gem. Quirky, but it's a solid game from the people who brought us Brave Fencer Musashi. I think I need to clear out my GBA backlog though (Sword of Mana, Yggdra Union, Fire Emblem, and Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones).
Garteal Wrote:But nowadays (j)rpgs are theme parks where you go from a to b to c, etc. It'd be nice to have a different formula every now and then to refreshen up things. Couldn't hurt.
Yeah, when I played Dragon Warrior I, I was all like "Awesome! No directions or instructions; this is like an open-world design in an NES game! Let's go exploring and see what we can do!" I can appreciate the freedom that game gives you, but it quickly becomes a drag when some of your objectives as literally invisible (basically tap A here on this tile that looks exactly like every other tile). It's not such a problem today; I just looked up strategy guides and maps on my phone. But back in the 80s and 90s, I guess you really, really needed Nintendo Power in those days.
ExtremeDude2 Wrote:Currently in the middle of fire emblem fates conquest, then on to birthright and revelation.
So... Who's your waifu?
Joking aside, hope you enjoy the game. Why Nintendo botched up the supply for the Special Editions so badly, I'll never understand (or forgive). Maybe one day I'll come across it and give it a shot.