1Sep 07
(Et Tu, Brutes?... for those of you who didn't get the reference)
Well, I am sick of the passive-aggrsiveness on GS -- including that type of behavior from people on my "friends" list. I don't know, it's like if your going to be a piss-ant, then face up to it. I'm think I'm going to stay away from the forums for a while, as it is degrading to a "how to piss off what ever poster I have a probem with, and have pissing matches over our favorite games war. I guess wome people like hostility.... And ya know I'm just not enjoying it anymore. On a more positive note, I like P3. And I have it. I guess what's really bothering me is that other areas of my life are a little... less than perfect (so to speak), and when I come to GS, I usually am happy to interact with other participants so when one or two posters are jerks -- considering other not-so-stable-feeling areas of my life -- I think about that type of negativity (from GS) more than anything... more than the people on here who are decent and keep the forums enjoyable. This blog isn't directed at anyone on here or in my freinds list that will probably read it (I removed the 'friend' who pissed me off), I'm just sayin' what I feel. That's partially what a bolg is for, right?
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Posted Sep 1, 2007 6:04 pm GMT
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1Aug 07
Just wondering how many of you enjoy twisting puzzle dungeons, character creation and battle systems from 1980's, D+D inspired role-playing games. I certainly am attracted to the Phantasy Stars, Dragon Quests and Shin Megami Tensei's -- awesome games to be sure, but totally Wizardry inspired -- and Valkyrie Profiles and Diablo's, but I know with the advent of FF7 that the attraction has shifted toward interactive story telling. I'm not saying that FF7 is bad -- far from it -- I guess I just want to know that other people enjoy the above elements in an RPG because I see these things falling b the way-side in favor of FMV and voice acting. I REALLY liked the PSX era of RPG's because there was such a good balance between the two. When I read reviews lately it is either the story 'sucks' or the battle system and/or dungeon design (just as important in an RPG for myself) is lack luster. Sigh.....
Opinions? And as always, thanks for looking
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Posted Aug 1, 2007 11:33 pm GMT
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25Apr 07
The Saga series in general -- in my opinion -- has one of the deepest turn based battle systems ever. I also find it to be one of the most widely mis-understood RPG's out there. Basically you have Life Points (LP), Hit Points (HP), Weapon Points (WP), and Durability Points (DP). Your characters can equip multiple weapons at the same time and your characters never level up (in the traditional sense). HP acts like a shield for LP; once LP is 0 your character is dead; HP is regenerated after every battle and all status ailments are removed. Weapon points are like skill points -- per weapon. Also, your weapons 'learn' new, more powerful skills as you use them more and more, but at the same time the loose DP and eventually break if you over use them before you have them repaired. So when you go into a (lengthy) dungeon, it is important to have at least 2 or 3 weapons with a good amount of skills built up so that if one weapon's DP or WP gets low, you can just use the others. Your characters never level up like they do in FF or something similar, but their attributes get raised by doing an appropriate action -- i.e. swinging a sword over time will raise strength, casting magic will raise intelligence and or willpower, etc.. The Saga series as a whole really isn't about the story or the characters, it's primarily about old school character growth (attribute growth, not their part in the story lines) and battles. It seems to me that this series is/always has been Square's attempt at bring the mechanics of games like Wizardry to a console friendly format. I think they have succeeded, but the non-linearity of the series and the minimal story seem to be the things that prevent most people from enjoying it. Here is a link to the RPGfan.com review that persuaded me to buy it: http://rpgfan.com/reviews/romancingsagaminstrel/index.html Allrpg.com liked it a good deal, too. I really like this series (including Unlimited Saga *gasp*!) and think it is one of the most mis-understood RPG's out there. As a caveat, though, RPGamer.com's review is aimed more at the mainstream RPG'er, so you might want to read that, too. Hope that helps.
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Posted Apr 25, 2007 12:52 pm GMT
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Category: Games
King's Field (PS2)
