Post by: OutOfTheCube on March 05, 2003, 02:43:34 PM
Does Billy even play games nowadays? If he does, he probably doesn't own a PS2 because if you play an RPG then you can expect it to be 2 hours before the game starts to get moving.
Post by: Bloodworth on March 05, 2003, 04:40:41 PM
Number 1: This is a handheld, and games should be designed to be convenient on the move. If I were still riding the bus, I wouldn't even get a chance to save unless I was heading clear to the other side of town.
Number 2: In good RPGs, the story carries the game and should be captivating enough for you not to notice that you haven't gotten to the title screen yet. Lost Age fails at this miserably. It just wasn't interesting in the least, and at one point even the characters were remarking how stupid some of the comments are.
Post by: Nintega on March 05, 2003, 05:19:39 PM
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Post by: Sean on March 06, 2003, 01:57:48 PM
Did anyone play the original Lufia on SNES? I believe it was the first I had personally played that started you off with some legendary high-level characters fighting a huge battle, thus making the game fairly exciting right off the bat.
Post by: RickPowers on March 06, 2003, 03:56:45 PM
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Post by: mouse_clicker on March 07, 2003, 03:36:14 PM
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Post by: rpglover on March 09, 2003, 03:59:41 PM
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Originally posted by: mouse_clicker
RPG's should really get you into the rhythm of the game in no more than 20-25 minutes. Golden Sun took a while to get into, but once you did, it swept you through. I realize bigger games need bigger set-ups (even though Golden Sun is a GBA game, it still is at least as lnog as any other RPG, and GS2 is longer), but more than an hour is insane.
i agree with you on that but some games are good eventhough they do take a while to get into
i am playing xenosaga right now and believe what you heard- the first six hours or so have about an hours worth of gameplay
now most would figure that is insane, but xenosaga has a great story
that may be the problem with the new golden sun- a boring story
of course i highly doubt that given the length of time it took to get the story in golden sun moving
i figure it will be just like that
Post by: JoeFalco on March 09, 2003, 08:55:44 PM
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Post by: nitsu niflheim on March 18, 2003, 07:54:56 AM
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Originally posted by: Joey
Was that due to cut sceens of a lot of wandering?
Mostly wandering, but not really aimless, you have to walk everywhere and when you get there it's like you have to go somewhere else. There are cutscenes occasionally, but nothing like Final Fantasy games.
But also you spend forver to level up, you need 100,000 points for next level but you get very little exp per battle that you can spend an hour fighting to get to the next level only to get 1 extra point of hp and or other various stats.
Post by: WindyMan on March 18, 2003, 12:06:34 PM
Now.
