Darc Requiem on 10 March 2008
| Sansui said: I've played hundreds of RPGs from NES to 360 and I've *still* got a backlog of 7 or 8 on the PS2 to finish. Some information I will provide the philistines and unbelievers from my vast experience: 1. Xenogears is one of the greatest JRPGs ever made, every bit as deserving of top honors as games like Chrono Cross and Final Fantasy 2. Suikoden II is a masterpiece, and you probably never played it because Suikoden 1 was definitely NOT. 3. Valkyrie Profile was a PS1 latecomer (around 2000) that excelled on all fronts, and was unfortunately only played by few 4. Lost Odyssey is the best RPG I have played in a few years, and definitely the best RPG currently available for a next gen system. I would still rank FF4 and FF6 above it, as well as Xenogears, but it is a superb game and did not deserve the poor scores some reviewers gave it. When you punish a game for being loyal to its genre, you have lost whatever objectivity and credibility your review may have had. |
Sansui you have hit the nail on the head. I am damn sick and tired of reviewers, particularly in the West, bagging on JRPGs for being JRPG's.
