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Those games look the best. -_-

i just played BF 3 on my laptop over lunch---love that game

I play it on my PS3, or my PSP, or even on my PSP through remote play with my PS3.

Hmmm... I could play it my laptop too.

I can play it everywhere!

i prefer 3d but old ones from ps1 era like ff8 or vagrant story though 2d are good too

Definitely 3D.

It's hard to see good facial expressions on little "things." RPGs are all about story, and even if you can portray how the characters feel by just reading tons of lines of text, you still need expressions on your characters.

Then again, games like Chrono Trigger and Star Ocean are a bit different. The developers put "expression bubbles" on top of characters to express how they feel about a certain situation going on. It's just attention to details like this that makes everything more memorable, especially in the character development part of the story. I guess some 2D RPGs are "special!" =P

Also, most 2D RPGs have turn-based battle systems, which I don't particularly favor. 3D can bring new ways to make battles a bit more intuitive.

SHMUP, most 16-bit RPGs after FFIV (especially the Squaresoft RPGs) had highly expressive sprites. Chrono Trigger didn't have expression bubbles, the characters just had many different expressions. Same hting for FF6.

I know, not expression bubbles, but different sprite animations. Still, my point still makes sense. I did say some 2D RPGs were quite special. ;)

Yup.

You do make a good point.

The expressions in Vagrant Story are still kinda spooky.