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Snesboy said:
_RKO_ said:
Final Fantasy III was pretty bad.

For DS? Or FFIII for SNES which was actually FFVI for SNES in Japan and FFVI for PS1 (rereleased here)?

The real III. The DS one was a little better storywise, but it still sucked.

 

FFVI was great.



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outlawauron said:
_RKO_ said:
MonstaMack said:
Damn is Star Ocean that bad?
My wife loves WRPGs (and of course Oblivion) so she went to go play Tales of Vesperia, but Star Ocean is next on her list. She's gonna cringe to hear my fellow VGCharters detest the SO4 story. Hopefully the combat is still good.

SO4 was fine (a lot of people hate it because its only on 360)

SO3 is the bad one.

No, a lot of people hate it because it sucks and is a bad game. Even moreso that it's far and away the worst in the series.

No....SO3 is the worst in the series by far. Awful AWFUL music, awful design, and awful story.



Morrowind's story was rather bleh. Good game but crappy story.



_RKO_ said:
outlawauron said:
_RKO_ said:
MonstaMack said:
Damn is Star Ocean that bad?
My wife loves WRPGs (and of course Oblivion) so she went to go play Tales of Vesperia, but Star Ocean is next on her list. She's gonna cringe to hear my fellow VGCharters detest the SO4 story. Hopefully the combat is still good.

SO4 was fine (a lot of people hate it because its only on 360)

SO3 is the bad one.

No, a lot of people hate it because it sucks and is a bad game. Even moreso that it's far and away the worst in the series.

No....SO3 is the worst in the series by far. Awful AWFUL music, awful design, and awful story.

That fits SO4 perfectly.



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And snuggle the girls be they short or tall,
Then follow young Mat whenever he calls,
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outlawauron said:
_RKO_ said:
outlawauron said:
_RKO_ said:
MonstaMack said:
Damn is Star Ocean that bad?
My wife loves WRPGs (and of course Oblivion) so she went to go play Tales of Vesperia, but Star Ocean is next on her list. She's gonna cringe to hear my fellow VGCharters detest the SO4 story. Hopefully the combat is still good.

SO4 was fine (a lot of people hate it because its only on 360)

SO3 is the bad one.

No, a lot of people hate it because it sucks and is a bad game. Even moreso that it's far and away the worst in the series.

No....SO3 is the worst in the series by far. Awful AWFUL music, awful design, and awful story.

That fits SO4 perfectly.

Except SO4 had great music, great design, and a decent story.



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ItsaMii said:
Chrono Cross
Eternal Sonata
Grandia 3
Persona 3
FF 8
Ff 12
Blue Dragon
Infinite Undiscovery
Kingdom Hearts 2
Tales of Abyss

I like to see your reasons for thinking those stories suck.  I hope it is not something like you "not understanding" them.  

 

@senseinobaka

Earthbound is not suppose to make sense.  The reason why we complain about other RPG stories not making sense is because they try to take themselves very seriously but they end up lacking coherence and having plot holes.  Earthbound is practically a parody of the genre and pokes fun at it self so it does not have to make sense to be good.



blaydcor said:
zexen_lowe said:
Cactus said:
zexen_lowe said:
Dragon Quest VIII, dunno if that consists of story or it's just a "mash-up" of fetch quests, but anyone would expect a high-profile RPG to have at least something similar to a story

Dragon Quest games are more about character interaction and little mini-narratives within the main game. Each game pretty much has the same overarching storyline (Hero must defeat Demon Lord).

But the character interaction and mini-narratives was horribly cliched too. I mean, how many times have we seen the girl who wants to see the world? The womanizer who's good at heart? The interaction was badly done, the characters are terribly uninspiring. Let alone the villain (probably the worst ever in RPG history). Not a good excuse for a story

Hey, it's okay. Some people just don't get Dragon Quest games.

On-topic, hmmmmm.  Final Fantasy 2 was pretty horrible. So was Lufia: The Ruins of Lore. Secret of Evermore. Chrono Cross (not that bad, just (a) incredibly convuluted, (b) terrible endgame and not even a direct sequel to Chrono Trigger). Fable 1 was pretty bad, as was Kotor II (although an incredible game, it's lack of an endgame keeps this from edging out the original KotOR, and makes the story overall have little to no payoff or impact). Aaaaand I'll conclude the list with the borderline fan-fic quality Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World.

Wow i really thought that KOTOR II had a great story (not as epic as KOTOR 1) but still great, and i also enjoyed ending. The biggest problem with this game was only a fact that a lot of stuff was missing.



Every RPG everyone likes.

Just kidding, I have to say Enchanted Arms.



Pixel Art can be fun.

_RKO_ said:
outlawauron said:
_RKO_ said:
outlawauron said:
_RKO_ said:
MonstaMack said:
Damn is Star Ocean that bad?
My wife loves WRPGs (and of course Oblivion) so she went to go play Tales of Vesperia, but Star Ocean is next on her list. She's gonna cringe to hear my fellow VGCharters detest the SO4 story. Hopefully the combat is still good.

SO4 was fine (a lot of people hate it because its only on 360)

SO3 is the bad one.

No, a lot of people hate it because it sucks and is a bad game. Even moreso that it's far and away the worst in the series.

No....SO3 is the worst in the series by far. Awful AWFUL music, awful design, and awful story.

That fits SO4 perfectly.

Except SO4 had great music, great design, and a decent story.

Not at all. The design was greatly flawed. SO4 was riddled with bugs, glitches, and freezes. The targeting was completely broken and a burden to the player, and the music wasn't good at all. Sakimoto did much better on IU!



"We'll toss the dice however they fall,
And snuggle the girls be they short or tall,
Then follow young Mat whenever he calls,
To dance with Jak o' the Shadows."

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outlawauron said:
Snesboy said:
Zlejedi said:
Oblivion was totaly boring.
If i didn't throw Fallout 3 out of my dvd drive after half an hour it would probably find it's place on this list too.

What? You didn't play any side quests? Or even finish the game? Fallout 3 had an excellent story. Some people...

Bah, I hated Fallout 3 as well. I didn't realize that a story existed it was so poorly told.

Huh?  Did you throw the game out of your DVD drive when the title screen came up or something?!?

As soon as the game begins you're thrown right into the story and even get to watch yourself grow as a child and chose what type of character you want to be!  Fallout 3 has more story in it than every JRPG put together, minus all the emo crying and shit!



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