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Title: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: SantaC on July 17, 2010, 01:18:21 PM
I recently took my yearly spin at SoAL and I have to say that Vyse is fucking amazing as the main character. He is as perfect as you can be and what amazing is that the supporting cast are likeable as well. Usually there are a couple of douches that I cannot stand but this game nails it. SoA is among my fav RPGs ever, and SoAL is improved upon in most aspects. It adds new "exploration" elements and some other stuff as well. (like "angel of death" sidequest) It's probably my favorite "overworld" ever since searching the sky for new stuff is hella fun.

(http://www.rpgfan.com/pics/eternal-arcadia-legend/art-001.jpg)

SoAL shits on any Final Fantasy game.

Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: magus on July 17, 2010, 01:22:24 PM
no
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: demi on July 17, 2010, 01:23:23 PM
No
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: SantaC on July 17, 2010, 01:23:36 PM
no


compelling arguement.

Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: HyperZoneWasAwesome on July 17, 2010, 01:29:38 PM
hey, its the last JRPG I played to completion, has it been a decade already?

In all seriousness, internal Sega teams still rock, its a shame they don't get a chance to do so more often.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: magus on July 17, 2010, 01:32:37 PM
no


compelling arguement.



you want an argument?
demi agree's with me :smug
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Bebpo on July 17, 2010, 01:34:04 PM
late to the no
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: demi on July 17, 2010, 01:34:49 PM
Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likable party ever?

* click *

OMG I LOVE VYSE KAWAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII



oh and i uh i guess the other people are cool too


- SantaC
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: The Fake Shemp on July 17, 2010, 01:39:41 PM
Skies of Arcadia was the last JRPG I played all the way until the end. Give me a sequel already, goddamit.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Bulleta©™® on July 17, 2010, 02:00:04 PM
I preferred FF6's.  Got to know the characters in various ways throughout the game, from meeting the first time, getting the character back, and usually an end-game closure-type thing.

Aika's the best in SoA though.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: SantaC on July 17, 2010, 02:45:02 PM
I preferred FF6's.  Got to know the characters in various ways throughout the game, from meeting the first time, getting the character back, and usually an end-game closure-type thing.

Aika's the best in SoA though.

Aika is cool also, and it was sweet that you could build your own base.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Beezy on July 17, 2010, 02:53:51 PM
Aika's the best in SoA though.
LAMBDA BURST
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: SantaC on July 17, 2010, 04:13:33 PM
Aika's the best in SoA though.
LAMBDA BURST

piiiirates wraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaath
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: magus on July 17, 2010, 04:21:01 PM
Confession

even tough this might be bland... i really like FF7 cast :'(
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Beezy on July 17, 2010, 04:26:53 PM
Man, I really liked that SoA, despite the slow ass airship battles. Cool world, exploration, lots of sidequests, build-a-base, no uguu that I can remember...
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: magus on July 17, 2010, 04:31:31 PM
Man, I really liked that SoA, despite the slow ass airship battles. Cool world, exploration, lots of sidequests, build-a-base, no uguu that I can remember...
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVCN0kxdakg[/youtube]
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Positive Touch on July 17, 2010, 04:38:03 PM
the cast is only great if you like your weeaboo turned up to 11 11,000


no uguu wtf beezy?  that was seriously all there was to this game
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: magus on July 17, 2010, 04:52:14 PM
personaly i don't think skies of arcadia is bad but between the slowish battles and the run-off-the-mill plot it always struck me as averagish
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: etiolate on July 17, 2010, 06:07:29 PM
Skies of Arcadia and FF6 have the best casts. I don't know where the "uguu" comments come from. Nothing is overly cute wankery. The characters have appropriately adventurous attitudes. It is a little goofy, but I'll take the humor over the shallow emo behavior thats corrupted JRPG characters. I'd rather have Whedon-like characters than 90210 characters any day.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Third on July 17, 2010, 06:17:02 PM
The males in FFVIII look better than the females.

Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: demi on July 17, 2010, 06:44:41 PM
Aika's the best in SoA though.
LAMBDA BURST

piiiirates wraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaath

Another Vyse mention :lol
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Positive Touch on July 17, 2010, 06:57:40 PM
i say it's uguu cuz it feels like you're just moving from one cliched anime plot point to the next

also third, MUCH BETTER AVATAR CHOICE.  i'm finally going to be able to see her live the october :hyper
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Third on July 17, 2010, 07:15:52 PM
Lucky bastard. :bow2
I hope she'll tour someday near my place/country also. Would love to see her live.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Beezy on July 17, 2010, 07:16:57 PM
Skies of Arcadia and FF6 have the best casts. I don't know where the "uguu" comments come from. Nothing is overly cute wankery. The characters have appropriately adventurous attitudes. It is a little goofy, but I'll take the humor over the shallow emo behavior thats corrupted JRPG characters. I'd rather have Whedon-like characters than 90210 characters any day.
Exactly. I consider uguu to be cutesy loli shit.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Himu on July 17, 2010, 07:36:28 PM
:bow BORYS
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Bildi on July 17, 2010, 08:15:24 PM
I liked the whole cast as far as I recall, so :bow SOA.

FFX onwards seem to have casts bursting with annoying twats.  I can't get where you guys are coming from at all.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: SantaC on July 17, 2010, 08:37:05 PM
FFVIII had a pretty good cast also except that Rinoa was shit annoying.

Quote
FFX onwards seem to have casts bursting with annoying twats.  I can't get where you guys are coming from at all.

That's because Squaresoft became Square Enix and lost their mind.

Quote
Another Vyse mention

vyse is so cool
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: MCD on July 17, 2010, 09:21:09 PM
suikoden + breath of fire > this sega trash.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Himu on July 17, 2010, 09:25:20 PM
(http://www.abload.de/img/67og8rnp49n.jpg)
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Ichirou on July 17, 2010, 10:13:15 PM
Suikoden III has a great cast, too bad the game is ruined by the awful ending.

Skies of Arcadia's cast is very loveable.  Aika, Fina, and Vyse were an awesome trio.  It's too bad we'll never get a proper sequel, because it was a great game.  I did pretty much everything in that game except one of the discoveries I could never find.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Ichirou on July 17, 2010, 10:20:07 PM
Never played this "Shadow Hearts Covenant" of which you speak.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: demi on July 17, 2010, 10:20:33 PM
Shadow Hearts Covenant has the best cast ever.  Fuck anyone who disagrees.



Oooh I forgot this one. Definitely a huge contender. Yuri > Vyse
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Himu on July 17, 2010, 10:58:19 PM
Suikoden III has a great cast, too bad the game is ruined by the awful ending.


What in the fuck. The ending is the best ending in the series.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Ichirou on July 17, 2010, 11:26:10 PM
Shut up, you're stupid.  And wrong.  In all the other games, the wars end with major political and social upheaval, whereas in Suikoden III, everything goes back to the way it was, a total reset button.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Himu on July 17, 2010, 11:32:39 PM
What are you talking about? Suikoden III's ending is great because it propels the series main story forward. If you're talking about the main characters endings, I agree they suck. I'm talking about Luc's ending, aka the true ending.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Ichirou on July 17, 2010, 11:40:39 PM
What are you talking about? Suikoden III's ending is great because it propels the series main story forward. If you're talking about the main characters endings, I agree they suck. I'm talking about Luc's ending, aka the true ending.

Luc's ending is absolutely worthless and meaningless, as are all the other characters' endings.  The main appeal of the game series has always been to show countries in the midst of revolutions and wars and how the political and geographical landscape is massively changed by the end of the game.  This time around, NOTHING HAPPENED.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Himu on July 17, 2010, 11:49:34 PM
That's the main appeal to you. Political and geographical changes aren't the heart of Suikoden. War is. Even without change, 3's ending is fine. I've never heard anyone complain about geographical and political changes being the appeal of Suikoden :lol
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Ichirou on July 17, 2010, 11:52:03 PM
That's the main appeal to you. Political and geographical changes aren't the heart of Suikoden. War is. Even without change, 3's ending is fine. I've never heard anyone complain about geographical and political changes being the appeal of Suikoden :lol

Exactly, you doofus.  War and how you conquer and unite kingdoms and shit.  In Suikoden III, everything just goes back to the way it was, when throughout the whole game they were building towards the unification of the smaller regions that had been split off from each other and were at war.  You can really tell the game's director (who also created the series) got fired near the end of the game.

In conclusion, you're wrong.

Himuro: Wrong on Bayonetta, wrong on Suikoden III, wrong for America.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Himu on July 17, 2010, 11:57:25 PM
That's the main appeal to you. Political and geographical changes aren't the heart of Suikoden. War is. Even without change, 3's ending is fine. I've never heard anyone complain about geographical and political changes being the appeal of Suikoden :lol

Exactly, you doofus.  War and how you conquer and unite kingdoms and shit.  In Suikoden III, everything just goes back to the way it was, when throughout the whole game they were building towards the unification of the smaller regions that had been split off from each other and were at war.  You can really tell the game's director (who also created the series) got fired near the end of the game.

In conclusion, you're wrong.

Himuro: Wrong on Bayonetta, wrong on Suikoden III, wrong for America.

What are you expecting, the grasslands and Zexen to form a treaty so that they're one country? :lol They signed an alliance and war was absolved. It's basically the same result as past games. How does this make it a weak ending? Suikoden endings are always great due to the interpersonal relationships between various characters: Jowy and Riou in 2; Tir and Gremio in 1; Luc and his fate. The wars are, and always have been, pure icing. No one really remembers Suikoden 2's emotional ending because you have basically become the new ruler of a country or that City States take over Highland's land after their recently appointed king fled. People remember the ending because of Jowy vs Riou. The same is true for 3's ending.

Ichirou: wrong in general.

Don't test me on Suikoden.

Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Ichirou on July 18, 2010, 12:01:20 AM
That's the main appeal to you. Political and geographical changes aren't the heart of Suikoden. War is. Even without change, 3's ending is fine. I've never heard anyone complain about geographical and political changes being the appeal of Suikoden :lol

Exactly, you doofus.  War and how you conquer and unite kingdoms and shit.  In Suikoden III, everything just goes back to the way it was, when throughout the whole game they were building towards the unification of the smaller regions that had been split off from each other and were at war.  You can really tell the game's director (who also created the series) got fired near the end of the game.

In conclusion, you're wrong.

Himuro: Wrong on Bayonetta, wrong on Suikoden III, wrong for America.

What are you expecting, the grasslands and Zexen to form a treaty so that they're one country? :lol They signed an alliance and war was absolved. It's basically the same result as past games. How does this make it a weak ending? Suikoden endings are always great due to the interpersonal relationships between various characters: Jowy and Riou in 2; Tir and Gremio in 1; Luc and his fate. The wars are, and always have been, pure icing. No one really remembers Suikoden 2's emotional ending because you have basically become the new ruler of a country or that City States take over Highland's land after their recently appointed king fled. People remember the ending because of Jowy vs Riou. The same is true for 3's ending.

Ichirou: wrong in general.

Don't test me on Suikoden.



Dude, you admitted that the main characters' endings in III sucked in a previous post, even though you had said Suikoden III had a great ending, and now you're saying that the reason the endings in previous games were great was because of the characters.  You're making no sense at all, so I'm just going to assume you're high as a kite.

Burn in Hell, Himuro.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Himu on July 18, 2010, 12:03:02 AM
The main character endings sucked due to lack of development. Characters say a few lines and then it's credits time.

But Luc's portion of the game, however, makes up for this which not only contains some of the best development in the series, but also the future of Suikoden that we still haven't gotten.

Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Ichirou on July 18, 2010, 12:04:08 AM
Luc isn't one of the main characters and we don't even know it's him until past the halfway point of the game.  You fail.  None of the previous games relied on "Well, it's awesome because it might affect the way the games turn out in the future at some point in time", which, let's face it, is never going to happen now because the director/creator of the series was fired from Konami during Suikoden III's development.

Suicide is the only way to escape your shame, Himuro.  Seppuku is a noble thing, the samurais did it in your beloved ancient Japan.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Himu on July 18, 2010, 12:05:55 AM
You can play as Luc if you get all 108. You get an extra scenario after beating the main game. It's like a 2-3 hour long romp, and it's widely considered to be the true ending to Suikoden III.

I should kill myself anyways, since I will never get a true sequel to Suikoden III.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Ichirou on July 18, 2010, 12:08:20 AM
I should kill myself anyways, since I will never get a true sequel to Suikoden III.

Yes. I win.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Himu on July 18, 2010, 12:10:55 AM
I have been waiting since 2003.

God.

fucking.

Dammit.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Ichirou on July 18, 2010, 12:13:14 AM
You'll have to keep waiting until Konami decides to hire Yoshitaka Murayama back.

Which will be never.

Which means suicide is the only solution.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Himu on July 18, 2010, 12:14:27 AM
Murayama has hinted he may be going back to Konami to help develop Suikoden VI.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Ichirou on July 18, 2010, 12:15:28 AM
It's never going to happen, Himu-chan.  The dream is collapsing.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Himu on July 18, 2010, 12:16:55 AM
It...could happen. Have faith!

:(  :'(
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Ichirou on July 18, 2010, 12:19:56 AM
I hope it does happen, and I hope Suikoden VI gets announced.


spoiler (click to show/hide)
As a 360 exclusive.
[close]
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Himu on July 18, 2010, 12:21:06 AM
I'm hijacking this thread and making it a Suikoden thread since Suikoden is superior to everything and I haven't had one in a while.

[youtube=560,345]WSSEcgooY-I[/youtube]

RIP my prince
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Himu on July 18, 2010, 12:21:35 AM
I hope it does happen, and I hope Suikoden VI gets announced.


spoiler (click to show/hide)
As a 360 exclusive.
[close]


I would so buy another 360 for this.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Ichirou on July 18, 2010, 12:23:03 AM
Then right after you do, Suikoden VI International Version will get announced for PS3. :lol
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Himu on July 18, 2010, 12:24:37 AM
I would buy any version of Suikoden.

[youtube=560,345]Os0-tSqsMTw[/youtube]

(http://chessaleeinlondon.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/tears1.jpg)
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Ichirou on July 18, 2010, 12:26:03 AM
More like

(http://youngbrothas.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Crying-man-1.jpg)
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Himu on July 18, 2010, 12:26:41 AM
I...have not played my baby in years.

[youtube=560,345]_f4eGQ9MIWM[/youtube]

It's calling me.

I'm going to replay it after Zelda and DQ9.

Best ever. Homos.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Ichirou on July 18, 2010, 12:31:00 AM
Nah, Sakura Wars is better, but you refuse to play it because the idea of playing a game with girls in it makes your dick retract into your abdomen.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Himu on July 18, 2010, 12:32:08 AM
More like

(http://youngbrothas.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Crying-man-1.jpg)

[youtube=560,345]yHtx0W2PCh0[/youtube]
[youtube=560,345]FOBwvbNz3Dk[/youtube]
[youtube=560,345]k41n6oV-1nU[/youtube]

(http://youngbrothas.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Crying-man-1.jpg)
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: demi on July 18, 2010, 12:33:01 AM
Can we go back to Skies. At least thats playable
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Himu on July 18, 2010, 12:34:06 AM
Nah, Sakura Wars is better, but you refuse to play it because the idea of playing a game with girls in it makes your dick retract into your abdomen.

Sorry but Suikoden is way better. No substitutes. Konami had the best rpg series on their hands and they destroyed it.

I'll never forgive them.

And the chances of me getting a new Suikoden are more slim than you getting a new Sakura Wars, which appear to be made still!
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Himu on July 18, 2010, 12:35:12 AM
Can we go back to Skies. At least thats playable

(http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd55/TantoKingOfSwords/SoAL%20LP%20Ch2/soal41051861703.jpg)
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Ichirou on July 18, 2010, 12:36:04 AM
Nah, Sakura Wars is better.  More critically acclaimed, even.  Suikoden III just had two good games and everything else has been 'meh.'
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Himu on July 18, 2010, 12:37:28 AM
Suikoden has II, III, and V. 1 is still pretty fun, though dated. Only IV sucks.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Ichirou on July 18, 2010, 12:39:20 AM
Hmmm, no.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Himu on July 18, 2010, 12:40:23 AM
Eat me!
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: demi on July 18, 2010, 12:48:44 AM
Tierkries > III
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Himu on July 18, 2010, 12:59:46 AM
 :lol
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Beezy on July 18, 2010, 06:43:40 AM
Get the fuck outta this thread with your obscure Konami shit.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on July 18, 2010, 06:51:33 AM
Love Skies of Arcadia.  I'd like a sequel but Sega would find a way to fuck it up.  I'd rather just appreciate its greatness rather than play through an embarrassingly bungled sequel on the DS or Wii or some shit.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: SantaC on July 18, 2010, 08:07:07 AM
Love Skies of Arcadia.  I'd like a sequel but Sega would find a way to fuck it up.  I'd rather just appreciate its greatness rather than play through an embarrassingly bungled sequel on the DS or Wii or some shit.

Well I have been waiting for a sequel since year 2000 now and I have accepted that it will never happen. There was a rumor going on a couple of years ago saying SoA2 was in the works, but it was just someone who wanted attention (and no it wasnt matt)

Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Ichirou on July 18, 2010, 08:10:13 AM
I think Sega has given up on real RPGs.  I heard Virtua Quest (which was a massive, MASSIVE flop) was even outsourced to the fine folks at TOSE.

Nowadays it's just online Phantasy Star crap and those Shining games that have nothing to do with classic Shining Force stuff.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: SantaC on July 18, 2010, 08:20:34 AM
One of my favorite music tracks <3

[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGAQwdoU7xI[/youtube]

Also Skies of Arcadia - Battle Theme #1  is FUCK AMAZING

[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an3P8otlD2A&feature=related[/youtube]
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: SantaC on July 18, 2010, 08:26:07 AM
I think Sega has given up on real RPGs.  I heard Virtua Quest (which was a massive, MASSIVE flop) was even outsourced to the fine folks at TOSE.

Nowadays it's just online Phantasy Star crap and those Shining games that have nothing to do with classic Shining Force stuff.

what happened to overworks who did SoA?
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Ichirou on July 18, 2010, 08:45:06 AM
I believe they got disbanded.  They were also responsible for the last few Sakura Wars games. :(
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: tiesto on July 18, 2010, 11:00:06 AM
I think Sega has given up on real RPGs.  I heard Virtua Quest (which was a massive, MASSIVE flop) was even outsourced to the fine folks at TOSE.

Nowadays it's just online Phantasy Star crap and those Shining games that have nothing to do with classic Shining Force stuff.

what happened to overworks who did SoA?

Didn't a lot of them go to work on Valkyria Chronicles?

BTW, Ichi, go play Shadow Hearts: Covenant. One of my top 3 RPGs from last gen.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Himu on July 18, 2010, 11:06:05 AM
SH:C is overrated. Almost as much as Tales of the Abyss.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Ichirou on July 18, 2010, 11:08:46 AM
Seems Shadow Hearts Covenant is unavailable at Play-Asia and Amazon.com.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Third on July 18, 2010, 12:36:33 PM
Shadow Hearts Covenant is great. It's a better than Suikoden III.
Covenant is one of the better Ps2 jrpg's, and that says a lot.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: demi on July 18, 2010, 12:39:32 PM
Seems Shadow Hearts Covenant is unavailable at Play-Asia and Amazon.com.

Shadow Hearts fetchs a nice price these days, I think. Glad I held my trilogy set.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Third on July 18, 2010, 12:46:42 PM
Still haven't played SH3 for more than one hour. I didn't like the cast of characters.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Himu on July 18, 2010, 01:13:02 PM
Shadow Hearts Covenant is great. It's a better than Suikoden III.
Covenant is one of the better Ps2 jrpg's, and that says a lot.

Europe didn't even get Suikoden III. Oh right, I forgot, you're a pirate.

In any case, Shadow Hearts Covenant is blech. Play Shadow Hearts 1.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Third on July 18, 2010, 01:26:05 PM
Shadow Hearts Covenant is great. It's a better than Suikoden III.
Covenant is one of the better Ps2 jrpg's, and that says a lot.

Europe didn't even get Suikoden III. Oh right, I forgot, you're a pirate.

In any case, Shadow Hearts Covenant is blech. Play Shadow Hearts 1.

Already played SH. I even played Koudelka. But I just couldn't get into SH3. Coventant is definitely the best SH game.

And yeah, I pirated Suikioden III. True story: It was the first game I ever pirated because I didn't want to import it. 
SIII was probably the biggest catalyst for me to become a pirate. I downloaded the whole internet since then.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: magus on July 18, 2010, 01:28:09 PM
covenant is cool but yea the third one is bleh

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And yeah, I pirated Suikioden III. True story: It was the first game I ever pirated because I didn't want to import it.
SIII was probably the biggest catalyst for me to become a pirate. I downloaded the whole internet since then.

i think the first here was disgaea,in the psx era was all about hunting pirated games sold by immigrants on the road,i remember when i found someone selling lunar silver star story and i was like the happiest kid ever tough for some weird reason it had lunar eternal blue cover

sometime they would try to screw you... these guys had resident evil 5 already back in 1998 :smug
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: SantaC on July 18, 2010, 01:57:42 PM
sadly good jrpgs are a rare thing these days  :(

and no Himu, Tales of the Abyss isn't overrated at all.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Himu on July 18, 2010, 02:05:23 PM
Tales of the Abyss sucks.

Shadow Hearts: Covenant isn't that great. What I played that is. I think I played 15 hours. The dungeons sucked. The characters sucked. The story sucked. The battle system, while interesting, sucked. The customization, while interesting, mostly sucked and there were too many useless systems. One screen towns. Offensive homophobic salesmen.

Game is shit looking back on it.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Himu on July 18, 2010, 02:08:14 PM
sadly good jrpgs are a rare thing these days  :(


I have played Persona 4, Demon's Souls, Dragon Quest IX, Strange Journey in the past few years so I disagree.

That's more than the good wrpgs, so I wouldn't say it's rare.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: iconoclast on July 18, 2010, 02:08:52 PM
I think Sega has given up on real RPGs.  I heard Virtua Quest (which was a massive, MASSIVE flop) was even outsourced to the fine folks at TOSE.

Nowadays it's just online Phantasy Star crap and those Shining games that have nothing to do with classic Shining Force stuff.

what happened to overworks who did SoA?

Didn't a lot of them go to work on Valkyria Chronicles?

BTW, Ichi, go play Shadow Hearts: Covenant. One of my top 3 RPGs from last gen.

Dunno the exact crossover, but the two directors of VC worked on Skies of Arcadia. Sega WOW/Overworks has done a lot of high quality games of the years, so I guess it's no surprise that Valkyria is the best RPG this gen.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: demi on July 18, 2010, 02:43:17 PM
He's like a Final Fantasy-era Tea Party badge holder. It's cute
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Beezy on July 18, 2010, 02:57:20 PM
sadly good jrpgs are a rare thing these days  :(


I have played Persona 4, Demon's Souls, Dragon Quest IX, Strange Journey in the past few years so I disagree.

That's more than the good wrpgs,
so I wouldn't say it's rare.
Who fucking cares? It's still barren compared to last gen.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: demi on July 18, 2010, 02:59:24 PM
There's plenty JRPG, am I missing something? What are you including exactly, Beezy? The obscure fluff like "Ephermereal Fantasia" on PS2? lol.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Beezy on July 18, 2010, 03:01:04 PM
There's probably plenty for you if you like shitty handheld jrpgs.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: demi on July 18, 2010, 03:03:42 PM
You never answered my question Beezy. What stands out to you that makes you so abrasive towards what's out?

Are you arguing theres no GOOD ones - and if so, what is your examples?

Are you arguing theres barely any JRPGs out compared to last round - and if so, what examples?

For the record I barely touch my DS, and don't own a PSP, DQ9 being the only exception lately.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Himu on July 18, 2010, 03:21:01 PM
sadly good jrpgs are a rare thing these days  :(


I have played Persona 4, Demon's Souls, Dragon Quest IX, Strange Journey in the past few years so I disagree.

That's more than the good wrpgs,
so I wouldn't say it's rare.
Who fucking cares? It's still barren compared to last gen.

Last gen, the best jrpgs didn't come out until the end of the ps2's lifespan.

So far we've got Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey, The Last Remnant (haven't played), Nier (haven't played), Tales of Vesperia, Demon's Souls, Xenoblade (which we may or may not get), Valkyria Chronicles, and an assortment of ds and psp rpgs that vary in terms of quality. I'd say, if you're a jrpg fan, there's something for everyone except people like me who are traditionalists and prefer the traditional rpg model to everything else, which is why I like Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey and Dragon Quest 9 the most.

And this without mentioning the fact that Persona 3 and 4 both came out during this generation, in 2007 and 2008 respectively.

So yeah, the past few years have been good. Unless you're a big fan of traditional rpgs.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: SantaC on July 18, 2010, 03:40:10 PM
You never answered my question Beezy. What stands out to you that makes you so abrasive towards what's out?

Are you arguing theres no GOOD ones - and if so, what is your examples?

Are you arguing theres barely any JRPGs out compared to last round - and if so, what examples?

For the record I barely touch my DS, and don't own a PSP, DQ9 being the only exception lately.

the jrpgs this gen is just a reharsh of things going on in the 90s and early 00s.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: demi on July 18, 2010, 03:41:01 PM
That's nothing at all what I was asking. Thanks
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Himu on July 18, 2010, 03:46:52 PM
You never answered my question Beezy. What stands out to you that makes you so abrasive towards what's out?

Are you arguing theres no GOOD ones - and if so, what is your examples?

Are you arguing theres barely any JRPGs out compared to last round - and if so, what examples?

For the record I barely touch my DS, and don't own a PSP, DQ9 being the only exception lately.

the jrpgs this gen is just a reharsh of things going on in the 90s and early 00s.

There's so much wrong in this statement.

If anything, this gen, jrpgs have been more progressive and not pinned down to genre norms than ever, in the gameplay sense. Almost every jrpg this gen has been experimental in nature, including FF13. If anything, the traditional jrpgs, like Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon, Dragon Quest 9...those are the rare ones.

For every traditional Dragon Quest, there will be 10 times as many experimental games liek The World Ends With You or FF13 or Sigma Harmonics or Valkyria Chronicles or Demon's Souls or or or or or
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Himu on July 18, 2010, 03:54:43 PM
I mean, The Last Ranker was just released in Japan. It is a experimental game where every npc is a potential enemy with a ranking, that you have the ability to fight. That by itself, is a dramatic change from standard rpg formula.

Are people really playing jrpgs before they say they're stuck in the 90's?
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: iconoclast on July 18, 2010, 04:06:41 PM
Are people really playing jrpgs before they say they're stuck in the 90's?

Of course not. There's plenty more you can add to that list too: The Last Remnant, Resonance of Fate, Nier, Infinite Space, Half-Minute Hero, even Folklore. JRPGs are one of the most diverse genres.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: MCD on July 18, 2010, 04:15:58 PM
all trash.

jrpgs are dead.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Himu on July 18, 2010, 04:27:49 PM
Are people really playing jrpgs before they say they're stuck in the 90's?

Of course not. There's plenty more you can add to that list too: The Last Remnant, Resonance of Fate, Nier, Infinite Space, Half-Minute Hero, even Folklore. JRPGs are one of the most diverse genres.

I actually consider jrpgs to be THE most diverse genre.

I don't consider Folklore to be an rpg though. More like action adventure.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: magus on July 18, 2010, 04:40:17 PM
i don't think jrpg are dead but it's a farcry from the glorious day of psx squaresoft
i mean himuro list persona 4 :(
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Himu on July 18, 2010, 04:45:03 PM
oh fuck off
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: magus on July 18, 2010, 04:45:51 PM
:lol
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Beezy on July 18, 2010, 04:48:59 PM
So yeah, the past few years have been good. Unless you're a big fan of traditional rpgs.
I am. And there aren't many of those.

You never answered my question Beezy. What stands out to you that makes you so abrasive towards what's out?

Are you arguing theres no GOOD ones - and if so, what is your examples?

Are you arguing theres barely any JRPGs out compared to last round - and if so, what examples?

For the record I barely touch my DS, and don't own a PSP, DQ9 being the only exception lately.
Like Himu said, there aren't many traditional rpgs. That's what I think of when I hear jrpg. All these strategy, action, and dungeon crawler rpgs are probably okay (unless they're on a handheld), but that's not what I want. Lost Odyssey and Tales of Vesperia are still my favorites so far.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Himu on July 18, 2010, 04:51:10 PM
I see.

Beezy's a fellow traditionalist it seems. That's the one area jrpgs are lacking these days. Either they're action rpgs or command rpgs with a non-traditional structure (P3/P4, FF13, RoF)
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: SantaC on July 18, 2010, 06:01:25 PM
You never answered my question Beezy. What stands out to you that makes you so abrasive towards what's out?

Are you arguing theres no GOOD ones - and if so, what is your examples?

Are you arguing theres barely any JRPGs out compared to last round - and if so, what examples?

For the record I barely touch my DS, and don't own a PSP, DQ9 being the only exception lately.

the jrpgs this gen is just a reharsh of things going on in the 90s and early 00s.

There's so much wrong in this statement.

If anything, this gen, jrpgs have been more progressive and not pinned down to genre norms than ever, in the gameplay sense. Almost every jrpg this gen has been experimental in nature, including FF13. If anything, the traditional jrpgs, like Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon, Dragon Quest 9...those are the rare ones.

For every traditional Dragon Quest, there will be 10 times as many experimental games liek The World Ends With You or FF13 or Sigma Harmonics or Valkyria Chronicles or Demon's Souls or or or or or


FF13 is experimental? Sure the battle system is quite different but beside from that it is so static that you thought it came from the 80s. FF12, that was the experimental one.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: SantaC on July 18, 2010, 06:02:12 PM
So yeah, the past few years have been good. Unless you're a big fan of traditional rpgs.
I am. And there aren't many of those.

You never answered my question Beezy. What stands out to you that makes you so abrasive towards what's out?

Are you arguing theres no GOOD ones - and if so, what is your examples?

Are you arguing theres barely any JRPGs out compared to last round - and if so, what examples?

For the record I barely touch my DS, and don't own a PSP, DQ9 being the only exception lately.
Like Himu said, there aren't many traditional rpgs. That's what I think of when I hear jrpg. All these strategy, action, and dungeon crawler rpgs are probably okay (unless they're on a handheld), but that's not what I want. Lost Odyssey and Tales of Vesperia are still my favorites so far.

LO is okay, but hardly a world beater. Vesperia is the best jrpg this gen, but it is not the best Tales game.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: The Sceneman on July 18, 2010, 06:31:03 PM
Skies of Arcadia is so sweet. Love the charecters, Aika is awesome. I love the part where she submits her design for your pirate flag and says something like "the cat has some gold in its mouth, which means we'll take your gold" or something. I dunno. But yeah, beautiful, lovable, fantastic game.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Himu on July 18, 2010, 08:24:50 PM
Himuro's opinion on SH:C is terrible.  Makes sense coming from a FFXIII fan, though...

I hate FF13  :lol
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Himu on July 18, 2010, 08:27:10 PM

FF13 is experimental? Sure the battle system is quite different but beside from that it is so static that you thought it came from the 80s. FF12, that was the experimental one.

Are you fucking kidding me? Removing towns? Removing any sense of exploration outside of one chapter? Removing any quest that's not battle-oriented? Making the whole structure one long tube? Featuring multiple characters with varying emphasis with a chapter system?

The game is the definition of experimental.

Of course, that doesn't make it good, and there have been games have done it far better than FF13 in the past, namely Breath of Fire 5 and Vagrant Story. They are linear 15-20 hour treks that feature zero exploration. But where FF13 fails, they succeed.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Ichirou on July 18, 2010, 08:38:37 PM
Skies of Arcadia is so sweet. Love the charecters, Aika is awesome. I love the part where she submits her design for your pirate flag and says something like "the cat has some gold in its mouth, which means we'll take your gold" or something. I dunno. But yeah, beautiful, lovable, fantastic game.

I used her design for the flag. :rock
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: magus on July 18, 2010, 08:42:42 PM
dragon quarter is terrible,it feels like everything in the game is tailor suited to piss off the player,limited inventory? check! few save points? check! save points require rare item to use like in resident evil? check! gimmick system forcing you to restart the game if you screw up? check! equipment that's unusable and just take up precious inventory space when you find it until you identify it? check!
oh and in the european version you can't even quick save,they probably realized the game wasn't still being annoying enough

i seriously don't understand how anybody can get into it other that it feature strategy rpg like combat,which mostly boils to placing traps around and use rin to push them away while you stockpile AP,EXCITING! maybe someone will come here and says "bubububu the bosses are so awesome" but i seriously couldn't be bothered to keep playing for more than 3 hours

vagrant story sucks a little less but still sucks
 
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Beezy on July 18, 2010, 08:44:37 PM
LO is okay, but hardly a world beater. Vesperia is the best jrpg this gen, but it is not the best Tales game.
I did say MY favorites.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Himu on July 18, 2010, 08:58:32 PM
dragon quarter is terrible,it feels like everything in the game is tailor suited to piss off the player,limited inventory? check! few save points? check! save points require rare item to use like in resident evil? check! gimmick system forcing you to restart the game if you screw up? check! equipment that's unusable and just take up precious inventory space when you find it until you identify it? check!
oh and in the european version you can't even quick save,they probably realized the game wasn't still being annoying enough

i seriously don't understand how anybody can get into it other that it feature strategy rpg like combat,which mostly boils to placing traps around and use rin to push them away while you stockpile AP,EXCITING! maybe someone will come here and says "bubububu the bosses are so awesome" but i seriously couldn't be bothered to keep playing for more than 3 hours

vagrant story sucks a little less but still sucks
 

Oh FUCK OFF

:(
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: The Sceneman on July 18, 2010, 09:45:15 PM
dragon quarter is terrible,it feels like everything in the game is tailor suited to piss off the player,limited inventory? check! few save points? check! save points require rare item to use like in resident evil? check! gimmick system forcing you to restart the game if you screw up? check! equipment that's unusable and just take up precious inventory space when you find it until you identify it? check!
oh and in the european version you can't even quick save,they probably realized the game wasn't still being annoying enough

i seriously don't understand how anybody can get into it other that it feature strategy rpg like combat,which mostly boils to placing traps around and use rin to push them away while you stockpile AP,EXCITING! maybe someone will come here and says "bubububu the bosses are so awesome" but i seriously couldn't be bothered to keep playing for more than 3 hours

vagrant story sucks a little less but still sucks
 

shit, magus. You are going to weeaboo hell
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Himu on July 18, 2010, 09:54:17 PM
dragon quarter is terrible,it feels like everything in the game is tailor suited to piss off the player,limited inventory? check! few save points? check! save points require rare item to use like in resident evil? check! gimmick system forcing you to restart the game if you screw up? check! equipment that's unusable and just take up precious inventory space when you find it until you identify it? check!
oh and in the european version you can't even quick save,they probably realized the game wasn't still being annoying enough

i seriously don't understand how anybody can get into it other that it feature strategy rpg like combat,which mostly boils to placing traps around and use rin to push them away while you stockpile AP,EXCITING! maybe someone will come here and says "bubububu the bosses are so awesome" but i seriously couldn't be bothered to keep playing for more than 3 hours

vagrant story sucks a little less but still sucks
 

shit, magus. You are going to weeaboo hell

.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: The Sceneman on July 18, 2010, 10:06:19 PM
saying Vagrant Story is shit is an affront to gaming, basically.

magus has worst gaming taste on The Bore confirmed
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: Positive Touch on July 18, 2010, 10:50:04 PM
godammit magus all the goodwill i had for you after the boktai thread is gone.  vagrant story is humanity's finest achievement.
Title: Re: Does Skies of Arcadia have the most likeable party ever?
Post by: MCD on July 18, 2010, 11:11:25 PM
magus is correct, vagrant story is boring trash.