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spdk1 on 01 March 2009
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



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g-value on 01 March 2009

PS1

Who could forget the greatest rpg of all time Xenogears



Tbone on 01 March 2009

Imo ps1.



 

koopatrooper on 01 March 2009

snes of course



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hayeya_k on 01 March 2009

where is Final Fantasy tactics on this list ??? and what about the Parasite Eve's ??? too of the best rpgs Square ever made ! and where are the Dragon quests on the 2 lists ???


The Snes has 2 wild cards: chrono trigger and FF6 (2 of the best games on everyones list), but they both were rereleased on the Ps1

But the Ps1 has : FF7-8-9 (all classics) + FFT + Chrono cross + Dragon quest 7+ Xenogears + Vagrant story + FF6 & Chroni trigger (rereleased)

So Ps1 wins in my point of view



 

 

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madkiller on 01 March 2009

Having owned most of the games listed here I vote for the SNES as those games were more groundbreaking for their time. The SNES was the original RPG system and those old school games were awesome. The PS1 was great too, but it used the SNES as a guide to become good...



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flagship on 01 March 2009

PSX, the increased storage capacity (cart. vs. CD) allowed for greatly increased cut-scenes and text resulting in longer, deeper, storylines.



rapsuperstar31 on 01 March 2009

SNES and its not even close

Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy 4 and 6, Secret of Evermore and Mana, Mario rpg and many other games with no load times are better than anything the ps1 had to offer.
only rpgs I really enjoyed on the ps1 were Final Fantasy 9, Valkyrie Profile, and Chrono Cross. Final Fantasy 7 was decent.



Pristine20 on 01 March 2009

PSX and it's not even close.



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