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rapsuperstar31 on 01 March 2009

ha the 360? good one!! not one of those game comes close to any of the top snes or ps1 games. Maybe Vesperia is close



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Linkzmax on 01 March 2009
The Anarchyz said:
Linkzmax said:
http://ps1.ign.com/ and http://psone.ign.com/ don't exist

and http://ps.ign.com/ redirects to http://psx.ign.com/

and lastly Japan's PSX is basically just a PS2 DVR. PS1 was referred to as PSX long before it or even PS2 came out, and that's what I will continue to call it.

 

So now IGN is the authority for naming consoles????

Sony released the PLAYSTATION, and then they redesigned to the PSOne, both names by Sony Computer Entertainment, the real authority for their consoles...

PSX is a special DVR that plays PS2 and PSOne games...

If you want to say PSX that's fine, i'll say PS1 and that's fine too, but neither one of those is official...

 

Of course! No, that was just one example, but there are many more. Of course I wouldn't expect websites to choose ps1 when there was no PS2 or 3 yet, but many DID choose psx over ps. As you said, neither ps1 nor psx is official, so everyone can continue to refer to it informally either way they choose.

I was merely respsonding to Tremble asking everyone not to call it PSX. As there are no games exclusive to the actual PSX, I don't believe there will be any confusion.



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MANUELF on 01 March 2009

SNES, thanks to Earthbound(played it on emulator), SMRPG(the same as earthbound) and FF6.



outlawauron on 01 March 2009
Hero_time88 said:
None of them.

Xbox 360

What now? Are you serious.

 

I'm having trouble understanding why anyone (who has actually played SNES and PS1 RPGs) would ever think this.



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Thechalkblock on 01 March 2009

My favorite RPG is Final Fantasy VI, so the SNES



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Kasz216 on 01 March 2009
spdk1 said:
pearljammer said:
Kasz216 said:
Darc Requiem said:
pearljammer said:
I'd say the SNES slightly edges out the PS1. Both were amazing RPG consoles.

With Final Fantasy Tactics included, I'm not sure I'd prefer one list over the other.

 

FFT was great but to borrowed just about everything for Tactics Ogre. Tactics Ogre was a better game too IMO.

I agree.  Funny thing is i'm pretty sure Matsuno does too.  FFT was once desribed by him as "dumbed down" for a wider audience when it came to the story.

Which FFT was still pretty complicated politics wise.

But then again it doesn't give you as many philosophical questions as TO does and doesn't force you to deal with as serious issues.

The bad guys and what is right and wrong is more black and white.

 

The only complaints i really here about TO are

1. It's too hard.

2.  Vice.

To which I say two things

1. It's too hard.  It is very challenging at times.

If you feel it's too hard train.  Hell you don't even have to do it yourself you can set up two teams set it on auto and go do something else while you level up.

2. Vice his choice being based on the main characters choice sounds off until you realize his motivation is to put himself to where he can't be abused, and he feels that will be impossible if always shadowed by the main character.

You've both gotten me wanting to play Tactics Ogre. I haven't played any from the series before, which should I start at? Does it matter? Or is the story sequential?

 

there is a tactics ogre game for the GBA if you have one, its a lot less rare than the ps1 game

 

The GBA one is nowhere near as good.  Though it is basically a prequel...

Eh it's a tough one.  The loss of the AP system really hurts it IMO.



souixan on 01 March 2009

A bunch of RPG's were forgotten for SNES, Lufia I & II, Soul Blazer(terranigma is basically part 3 and illusions of gaia part 2 of this game), Paladins Quest, Shadowrun, Drakkhen, Dragon View, Star Ocean, Bahamut Lagoon and others..

I'm going with SNES because most of the ones I'd call classic are there. The original Playstation did have a bunch of good RPG's but none stand out nearly as well in my mind.



d21lewis on 01 March 2009

My Rpg roots began on the Snes, but I became a huge fan during the PS1 era.



And, for some reason, I lost interest during the PS2.


PS1 for the win.



Khuutra on 01 March 2009
pearljammer said:

It's times like these when piracy becomes a much more acceptable practice for me. If I like the GBA one well enough, I'll likely just get it on PSP.

Thanks spdk. I'll start with the GBA one on my DS. A quick search on ebay tells me that they go fairly cheap.

There can never be too many SRPG's.

Wait, people use the PSP to pirate games? Interesting!



griffinA on 01 March 2009
Khuutra said:
pearljammer said:

It's times like these when piracy becomes a much more acceptable practice for me. If I like the GBA one well enough, I'll likely just get it on PSP.

Thanks spdk. I'll start with the GBA one on my DS. A quick search on ebay tells me that they go fairly cheap.

There can never be too many SRPG's.

Wait, people use the PSP to pirate games? Interesting!

That's what the second "P" in PSP is for 



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