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F0X on 25 November 2013
weaveworld said:

So sad... All these incredible games mentioned in this thread and nothing in the Ps3 era to make up for it (honorable mention to Nier and Valkyria Chronicles) besides PSN golden oldies!


I agree - Nier's story is one of the best in recent memory. And the soundtrack is quite good, too.

Dark Souls doesn't get enough love for its plot, I think. The mythology behind the game world is pretty darn solid.

Praise the sun. 



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forevercloud3000 on 25 November 2013
F0X said:
forevercloud3000 said:
Complexity is one thing, but Xenogears and Saga just suffer far too much from story padding for it's actual Plot to be believable. Religious overtones are cool but only when done right. Just don't feel that they were in that series. And in full disclosure......Xenosaga's story was much better than gears.


Do you think that Saga handled religious overtones better than Gears? I thought it turned out a good bit more nonsensical (probably when it brought real-world religion into the mix, as opposed to perfectly fine symbolism).


It was better in Xenosaga until they started getting all a bit too serious. Seeing as Saga was heavily rushed they threw a lot of stuff at you at the last minute to make it all tie in with Gears. The Saga was suppose to be 7 parts but truncated to lik 3.5 games. I enjoyed the Chaos when he was "Godlike" more than finding out he was basically Jesus. And KosMos being Mary Madaline's Shell and T-Elos her soul was a twist from hell.

Its also easy to forget sometimes that Xenosaga is a "prequel" because the games feel far more advanced in not only just graphics.



      

      

      

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forevercloud3000 on 25 November 2013
weaveworld said:
Seems like story based games do not get much support nowadays.

So sad... All these incredible games mentioned in this thread and nothing in the Ps3 era to make up for it (honorable mention to Nier and Valkyria Chronicles) besides PSN golden oldies!

Every single game mentioned in this thread deserves a 'thumbs up'.

Now personally, Xenogears and after that Xenosaga both had stories that really interested me. They went deep you know...

Slightly below but still very intruiging : SO3 and FF6 to 10

And then... : Shadow Hearts, Parasite Eve, Vagrant Story, Lunar SSS and more from my personal golden age of gaming

Its the simple scarcity of JRPGs on console for the longes. None of them unfortunately hold a candle to the stories told of old. Demon's Souls is quite good but its nothing like most JRPGs. Valkyria Chronicles over all war plot is decent, it really excells at characterization and weaving it into gameplay(like how certain characters work together in battle). VC is only ever out done in that respect by the Persona games in my opinon.

NiNoKuni has a nice light hearted story too. It gets deep if you believe the theory that Oliver is having a nervous/emotional breakdown to cope with his mother's death and the entire game exists in his imagination. The entire story is built using real peopl he knows with fairy tale like elements to help him cope.

Most JRPGs of this gen just excel at combat system. Haven't played Tales of Xillia yet but I'll be able to judge on that soon once I pick it up Black Friday for $20 at gamestop.



      

      

      

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F0X on 25 November 2013
forevercloud3000 said:
F0X said:
forevercloud3000 said:
Complexity is one thing, but Xenogears and Saga just suffer far too much from story padding for it's actual Plot to be believable. Religious overtones are cool but only when done right. Just don't feel that they were in that series. And in full disclosure......Xenosaga's story was much better than gears.


Do you think that Saga handled religious overtones better than Gears? I thought it turned out a good bit more nonsensical (probably when it brought real-world religion into the mix, as opposed to perfectly fine symbolism).


It was better in Xenosaga until they started getting all a bit too serious. Seeing as Saga was heavily rushed they threw a lot of stuff at you at the last minute to make it all tie in with Gears. The Saga was suppose to be 7 parts but truncated to lik 3.5 games. I enjoyed the Chaos when he was "Godlike" more than finding out he was basically Jesus. And KosMos being Mary Madaline's Shell and T-Elos her soul was a twist from hell.

Its also easy to forget sometimes that Xenosaga is a "prequel" because the games feel far more advanced in not only just graphics.


That twist you enjoy so much is exactly what I've been talking about - that kind of ridiculousness which put me off to begin with. 



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TiagoCosta on 25 November 2013

Lost Odyssey. I even cried... twice.



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zexen_lowe on 25 November 2013
Darc Requiem said:
think-man said:
Suikoden 2


Close thread now.


I've never played Suikoden 2. I'm pretty sure it's on PSN on PS3. I'll have to go back and check. That said, every Suikoden game I have played had an excellent story. I really enjoyed Suikoden III and V. Especially V, the Queendom aspect was fascinating.

It's not. Suiko I is, but II is not. Yeah, Konami is genius....




Mad55 on 25 November 2013

Persona 3 also had very dope story imo. Though I feel like the characters were stronger than the plot.



GamechaserBE on 25 November 2013

Lost Odyssey, it is not only the story that is strong but also those dreams, it were just a wall of text that were very interesting and mostly touching to read.



Scisca on 25 November 2013

Can you play Xenogears on Vita?



Wii U is a GCN 2 - I called it months before the release!

My Vita to-buy list: The Walking Dead, Persona 4 Golden, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, TearAway, Ys: Memories of Celceta, Muramasa: The Demon Blade, History: Legends of War, FIFA 13, Final Fantasy HD X, X-2, Worms Revolution Extreme, The Amazing Spiderman, Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate - too many no-gaemz :/

My consoles: PS2 Slim, PS3 Slim 320 GB, PSV 32 GB, Wii, DSi.

Busted on 25 November 2013

Best story? Xenogears no doubt.

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d2wi said:
not enough love for Persona 3

P3 > P4 don't worry :)