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SNES>PSX>>>PS2, though PSX+PS2~=SNES

And while we're at it, NES>>>SMS, although Phantasy Star truly was a gem, and my first RPG.



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Khuutra said:
pearljammer said:
Kasz216 said:

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?

Playing Tactics Ogre is going to be almost impossible. Used copies go for about eighty dollars, minimum, with new ones going for about 400 as a floor. It was released in very limited quantities in the Playstation release in the US. The SNES version never saw a stateside release, to the best of my knowledge.

Hell, I've never played it.

It's times like these when piracy becomes a much more acceptable practice for me. If I like the GBA one well enough, I'll likely just get it on PSP.

Thanks spdk. I'll start with the GBA one on my DS. A quick search on ebay tells me that they go fairly cheap.

There can never be too many SRPG's.

 



Both had great rpg's but I'll go for the PS1 (plz people, don't say PSX, the PSX was a completely different console released only in japan).



i go with ps1, cause it has vagrant story the best rpg of all times and it has ff 7 8 9 too^^



http://ps1.ign.com/ and http://psone.ign.com/ don't exist

and http://ps.ign.com/ redirects to http://psx.ign.com/

and lastly Japan's PSX is basically just a PS2 DVR. PS1 was referred to as PSX long before it or even PS2 came out, and that's what I will continue to call it.



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None of them.

Xbox 360



This is really hard... Hmm both have a great amount of RPGs and they're really great ones. I honestly think both had very good RPGs. I can't choose.



Khuutra said:

Playing Tactics Ogre is going to be almost impossible. Used copies go for about eighty dollars, minimum, with new ones going for about 400 as a floor. It was released in very limited quantities in the Playstation release in the US. The SNES version never saw a stateside release, to the best of my knowledge.

Hell, I've never played it.

Well there is still the GBA episode.

BTW my vote goes to Snes.

 



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Linkzmax said:
http://ps1.ign.com/ and http://psone.ign.com/ don't exist

and http://ps.ign.com/ redirects to http://psx.ign.com/

and lastly Japan's PSX is basically just a PS2 DVR. PS1 was referred to as PSX long before it or even PS2 came out, and that's what I will continue to call it.

 

So now IGN is the authority for naming consoles????

Sony released the PLAYSTATION, and then they redesigned to the PSOne, both names by Sony Computer Entertainment, the real authority for their consoles...

PSX is a special DVR that plays PS2 and PSOne games...

If you want to say PSX that's fine, i'll say PS1 and that's fine too, but neither one of those is official...



griffinA said:

So which one is better?

Rule 1: Action RPGs are included but no strategy RPGs.

 

SNES:

Final Fantasy 4-6

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Chrono Trigger

Secret of Mana

Terranigma

Breath of Fire 1-2

Lufia series

Earthbound

7th Saga

Illusion Of Gaia

 

PSX:

Final Fantasy 7-9

Vagrant Story

Lunars

Chrono Cross

Xenogears

Legend of Dragoon

Suikoden

Breath of Fire 3-4

Tales of Destiny

Grandia

Valkyrie Profile

 

or X360?

Infinite Underscovery

The Last Remnant

Star Ocean IV

Tales of Vesperia

Lost Odyssey

Blue Dragon

Final Fantasy XIII

it's only begins....