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Cactus on 28 June 2009
zexen_lowe said:
Cactus said:
zexen_lowe said:
Dragon Quest VIII, dunno if that consists of story or it's just a "mash-up" of fetch quests, but anyone would expect a high-profile RPG to have at least something similar to a story

Dragon Quest games are more about character interaction and little mini-narratives within the main game. Each game pretty much has the same overarching storyline (Hero must defeat Demon Lord).

But the character interaction and mini-narratives was horribly cliched too. I mean, how many times have we seen the girl who wants to see the world? The womanizer who's good at heart? The interaction was badly done, the characters are terribly uninspiring. Let alone the villain (probably the worst ever in RPG history). Not a good excuse for a story

How far have you gotten in the game? Those two characters may seem like that when you first get them, but they are definitely not as one-dimentional and generic as you make them out to be. Taking advantage of the Party Talk feature is a good way to further the development of the characters, and goes hand in hand with their story development.

Also, you learn about 1/3 through the game that Dhoulmagus is not the main villain.

 

 

 



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Tayne on 28 June 2009

Most recently being Blue Dragon. Story was just plain out boring to go along with boring combat. I forced myself to playing into the final disc before I finally had enough and sent it back to GameFly.




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sparticus112b on 28 June 2009

I totally liked Dragon Quest 8, it wasn't great but it wasn't painful like Star Ocean is for me right now.

I just had this thought, anyone think that Square-Enix teaser site with the 4 on it could be Grandia 4. Probably not but who knows.



outlawauron on 28 June 2009

Hmm, well Star Ocean 4 was really bad.

I can't think of too many really bad stories, but I may come back to the thread.



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jcp234 on 28 June 2009

Am I the only one who hated Eternal Sonata's story? I can't even bring myself to finish the game.

The only thing I like is "Shade Comet!" lol I don't know why that gets me excited.



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O-D-C on 28 June 2009

Pokemon, alone good, after like 10 games of the same story, not so much



Xigmund on 29 June 2009
jcp234 said:
Am I the only one who hated Eternal Sonata's story? I can't even bring myself to finish the game.

The only thing I like is "Shade Comet!" lol I don't know why that gets me excited.

Jesus Christ Eternal Sonata was a great game but damn "It's all a dream" really phucked that up.

 

Star Ocean does indeed take the cake. Edge Maverick thank you for wasting 15 hours (I didnt finish) of my time.



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g-value on 29 June 2009
Xxain said:
g-value said:
Xxain said:
g-value said:
Grandia 3
Final Fantasy 12 (its not bad just really really really really boring)

lol...Grandia 3 was a embarrassments to the series story wise...but gameplay and magic effects...fantastic

Thats true. And Grandia 2 IMO had one of the best storylines in a jrpg. Grandia 3 is truly the black sheep of the series. I still really want a Grandia 4 though but from developers of Grandia 1 and 2 (which would be GameArt). Grandia 3 had a different developer so that should explain why it nowhere near as good had the first 2.

uhhhhhhh..G value..GameArts develop Grandia 3 too..and Grandia Online( also develop by GameArts) is the closest to Grandia 4 will probably get for a while


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Mirson on 29 June 2009

Star Ocean: Till End of Time
Star Ocean: The Last Hope
Rogue Galaxy



_RKO_ on 29 June 2009

Star Ocean 3 is a now brainier.