Which PS2 RPG Should I Play Or Finally Finish?

[Kenryoku_Maxis]

Icyedge said:

adriane23 said:

Seraphic_Sixaxis said:
Valkyrie Proifle 2: Silmeria First and foremost, its the most beautiful game graphiclly on PS2 available.

Then Star Ocean: Till the end of Time, a very good JRPG from Tri-Ace.

And lastly Final Fantasy X, that game did alot right for what it was.

OH and STAY FAR AWAY from DQ8, god...

Lol I liked DQ8 after I got the fourth party member. Before that the pacing of the story was really bad. Wish I didn't lose my memory in my college dorm.....

I agree, the first quarter of the game is not representative.

Every Dragon Quest game starts off slow and doesn't focus on story.

It just so happens that Dragon Quest VIII is 80-100 hours long instead of the usual 40-60 for the usual games that came before it.  So this is why it seems much slower and getting your initial party together/getting to the main story takes so long comparatively.

Also, and this is just my opinion, but some might be put off by the voices, as I was.  Which they were only added to the western release to try to encourage sales.  While many people might say they actually like the voices, they can add a lot more to your playtime and certain characters can REALLY get taxing over time (Trode, Medea, Dhoulmagus, nearly any NPC or Boss....).

All this aside however, if you really give the game a chance, I think you'll see by the end that its not only a good RPG, but one of the best games of last generation.