Yep after seeing my friends Steam summer sale account, I am switching to PC next gen for sure.

[Michael-5]

BasilZero said:

Michael-5 said:

4. All those games you recommended, I have looked into, and I own Tactics Ogre. Is Tales of Eternia a lot like Phantasia, because I really didn't like that SNES/GBA iteration. Now that I know PSP is region free (My Breath of Fire 3 is PAL, there is no NTSC version according to Wikipedia) I'll look into it. Never heard of Rhapsody, might get that for PS1 instead.

Children of Mana, lol I still have to play Sword of Mana. I heard the Mana franchise is hit and miss, some great, some not so much.

I've heard a lot about Lufia and Lunar, I think I might like them, but I dunno if I have the time to get to them. I still haven't beaten any of my DS Dragon Quest games, and right now Infinite Space, Pokemon Conquest, Valkyria Chronicles 2, and soon Pokemon B/W 2 take priority, then Breath of Fire 3 and.... by the time I get to these games, 3DS and PSV will have a srong RPG foundation for me to tackle lol. I think I need to make a sacrifice with these and only get them if I find them at a garage sale or the gamestore for dirt cheap.

5. I think you'll like Fire Embelm. Give the GBA games a try first before you judge the franchise, they are the best. Also if you haven't played Golden Sun for GBA (not DS) I strongly reccomend it. It's much, much better.

Tales of Eternia's gameplay structure is based upon the old structure of the Tales series (Tales of Phantasia, Tales of Eternia, Tales of Destiny, Tales of Legendia) compared to the new structure (Tales of the Abyss, Tales of Symphonia, Tales of Vesperia, Tales of Graces, etc).

So if you didnt like the old school tales games, you might not enjoy it as much, but its still pretty good, I highly recommend it!

Mana series is overall in general good, the only bad apple in the series was Dawn of Mana for the PS2 (horrible game overall, only good thing about it was the music which was fantastic). I suggest Secret of Mana 2 (Seiken Densetsu 3) for the SNES via emulation since it was never released outside of US and Legend of Mana, the best ones in the series. Children of Mana is pretty good too though, also if you are interested in RTS games, Heroes of Mana is a good game, however RTS isnt really my style of gaming ;p.

I'll check out the Fire Emblem series on the GBA, isnt there a remake of the first one? Shadow Dragon I think it was called maybe. Also yes I have played Golden Sun for the GBA, I loved it so much *-*! I'm planning to record it soon as well!

Legendia is old school? I only played that for a bit, but wow. Yea I probably will pass on it because of that.

How does Sword of Mana compare to those games? I heard great things about Legend of Mana and I though Sword was second best in the franchise. I hear Children is only good, so I've been holding back since I have so many other better JRPG's to beat first. I just might not have time.

However I have heard great things about the Lufia and Lunar franchises. I think I deserve to give them a shot, next time I see a copy I'll pick it up, I often see Lunar for PSP. As for Luifa, since the SNES version will be hard to find (I'll try it on emulation, but if I like it, I'd like to own a copy), what are your opinions on the GBA (Ruins of Lore) and GBC versions? I'd like to play the game as a turn based RPG instead of action.

Luminous Arc looks cool, more anime like then Fire Emblem, but not as polished as a game. I'll look into it, but should I beat FF Tactics for PSP first or?? Where would you rate it in terms of quality compared to other Strategy RPG's?

What's your opinion on Lunar: Dragon Song (Genesis in Europe)?

 

As for Fire Emblem, it's actually an interlinked series. You won't see characters from Fire Emblem games on NES in the Wii version (FE10 - Radiant Dawn), because some games take place hundred of years after others, but you will see characters make appearances through a few games (like Marth is in FE 1-4, Ike is in 9 and 10, etc). Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon for DS is a remake of FE1, meanwhile Fire Emblem for GBA is FE7 (which is a prequel to FE6 LOL, the games aren't always in chronological order).

FE: Shadow Dragon is good, but not as good as FE7 and FE8 - Sacred Stones (the best in the series IMO) because although they upgraded the graphics, they didn't change the script or gameplay of the game. So it feels dated, with fairly bland characters. However FE7 and FE8 has so much depth to the characters, so much back story.