Post by: Hooboo on June 29, 2005, 08:57:31 PM
Post by: Arbok on June 29, 2005, 11:10:14 PM
Post by: IceCold on June 29, 2005, 11:58:12 PM
PAPER MARIO!
Phantasy Star Online Eps. 1&2
Skies of Arcadia
Harvest Moon
Post by: ruby_onix on June 30, 2005, 12:16:34 AM
Tales of Symphonia, Baten Kaitos, Paper Mario, and Skies of Arcadia are the best RPGs on the Cube. Skies is expensive. The other three are cheap.
If you want every RPG on the Cube, you can't forget about Evolution Worlds...
Post by: Toruresu on June 30, 2005, 03:35:59 AM
Post by: Flames_of_chaos on June 30, 2005, 05:28:18 AM
Post by: Pale on June 30, 2005, 06:13:05 AM
Post by: Flames_of_chaos on June 30, 2005, 06:42:17 AM
Post by: TMW on June 30, 2005, 07:21:52 AM
I suppose I would reccomend Baten Kaitos too...but I'm stuck on a hard boss at the moment, and don't have much love for the game right now.
Post by: Hooboo on June 30, 2005, 08:47:57 AM
Im liking the looks of tales and skys
Post by: Nosferat2 on June 30, 2005, 09:18:03 AM
I recently finished Baten Kaitos after 76 hours of gameplay and can recommend it, though its not the best RPG in the world.
Skies Of Acadia is also good. And its not rare. Frys Electronics in Northern California has about 20 of them in stock for 19.99.
Post by: Hooboo on June 30, 2005, 09:27:18 AM
Post by: TMW on June 30, 2005, 09:42:28 AM
But trust us. Tales of Symphonia and Skies of Arcadia -are- the ones you are looking for.
Post by: Hooboo on June 30, 2005, 09:52:39 AM
Btw there are way more RPG then just those...
Post by: couchmonkey on June 30, 2005, 10:23:29 AM
Skies...I never got that far into it, apparently you get to start up a pirate crew later on which sounds cool, but I didn't get to try it. You do get to fly airships everywhere, and there are actual battles between the airships at times. The airship battles are fun and different, but I thought they were a little predictable early on in the game. Aside from the whole airship/pirate aspect, it's a very traditional, but good RPG. I actually found the story more engaging than Tales, but I haven't played either game more than 1/4 of the way through.
There's also Lost Kingdoms I and II, which aren't the best RPGs on the system, but the series does have fans. I haven't played it, you're still better off with the other two I'd say. Just felt like being a completist.
Post by: TMW on June 30, 2005, 10:29:55 AM
Shows how much of an impression they left on me.
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Another good thing about Tales is that you can have your friends control the other characters, and the game really shines when you have four people all working together to beat a tough boss.
Skies was just the best RPG for the Dreamcast, which is the version I beat. I'm only halfway through the Gamecube version...but the Ship battles are an interesting mechanic, and...while it doesn't have anything that really sticks out, it combines the best of most modern RPG's into a solid, fun, challenging adventure thats better than the sum of it's parts.
And Belleza is hot.
Post by: Hooboo on June 30, 2005, 10:36:01 AM
Post by: KnowsNothing on June 30, 2005, 10:44:05 AM
The battle system in Tales makes the purchase immediatley worth it. It's not turn-based at all- you control one character, and you target one enemy and attack on a 2D plane. Different button combinations perform different moves. Everything is pretty much customizable, including the different strategies your team mates use (for instance, you can set one person to attack from a distance, to attack the enemy attacking your weakest team mate, and to attack only usuing magic until his/her mp is down to 1/4). You can also tell your team mates to do a certain move at any time, so you still have control over them. It's awesome.
Skies has a more traditional battle system, but it still has a few unique inclusions such as spirit points. I don't want to go into a ton of detail, but there are a lot of different things to try out while fighting. I'm not the biggest fan of turn-based battling, but something about Skies makes it exciting and actually FUN. Plus, it's pirate themed, so it's automaticaly cool. There are quite a number of things to do outside of the story, such as finding discoveries and defeating other famous air pirates (for a reward, of course).
Both adventures are pretty lengthy, and you'll probably get over 100 hours out of those two combined.
Post by: Hooboo on June 30, 2005, 10:54:26 AM
Post by: TMW on June 30, 2005, 10:59:03 AM
Tales of Symphonia, definetly. FF:CC is best as a multiplayer game, so if you have the prerequisite friends with GBA's, then you're golden...
But I reiterate. Just buy Tales of Symphonia. It's a must have for the Gamceube.
Post by: Hooboo on June 30, 2005, 11:38:48 AM
Post by: KnowsNothing on June 30, 2005, 11:43:35 AM
Post by: Hooboo on June 30, 2005, 12:15:10 PM
Post by: TMW on June 30, 2005, 12:34:32 PM
As for armor, no. There -are- different costumes you can get for each character, though. My favorite are Lloyds "Beach Bum" and the "Arr, me hearties."
And the only fanservice in the entire game is Sheena's bathing suit costume. Or Zelos's, for the ladies.
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on June 30, 2005, 12:40:14 PM
Weapons, gauntlets, and shields are clearly shown, however, with weapons all having unique designs (plus attributes).
* DO'H! I AM SOO LATE
Post by: KnowsNothing on June 30, 2005, 12:50:04 PM
Edit: Considering how anal I am about spoilers.....umm, whoops!
Post by: TMW on June 30, 2005, 12:52:02 PM
Post by: KDR_11k on July 01, 2005, 09:04:24 PM
Post by: Rellik on July 02, 2005, 08:26:30 AM
Tales has wonderful graphics, and the plot is fairly interesting, but the dialogue and the way it's portrayed really cheapen the experience. Battling is of course awesome - it's the kind of game that's fun to play more than once because battling is not a chore, it's actually enjoyable. Overall, it's not up to par with Skies... Skies is just unbeatable, really. My favorite RPG - above Chrono Trigger and FF6.
Oh yeah, and I have a Tales of Symphonia question, seeing as the topic has come up:
How do you get costumes? I didn't get any on my first play-through, so I want to get the costumes on my second (it's fairly nice having 2x EXP, so I don't need to worry too much about leveling - more time for sidequests). Are they just Titles that are accompanied by appearance changes, or what?
The Tales of Symphonia system is extremely deep - I feel like I'm missing something all the time. For example, I never cook - I barely have any recipes. And the only combination attack I know how to use so far is Photon Tempest... or Ray Storm later on.
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on July 02, 2005, 12:19:11 PM
They tend to be rewards from amusing little sidequests.
Post by: Galford on July 02, 2005, 10:50:34 PM
For single player,
Tales and Skies are must haves, each are good in their own way
For second tier, I would have to say...
Baten Kaitos
FF:CC
And if your absolutely desperate for a Cube RPG try..
Lost Kingdoms 1 and 2
Evolution Worlds
Phantasy Star Online 3, a game that is vastly different from PSO 1+2
Haven't played Paper Mario yet, so I can't say anything about it.
Post by: KDR_11k on July 03, 2005, 07:38:33 AM
PSO 3 is vastly different from PSO 1/2, yes, but it's not necessarily worse. Of course there's not much in terms of non-combat activity but hell, PSO1/2 was just one big grindfest so that's not much of a loss. The gameplay is kinda nice, though playing hive style as an Ark (TONS of small, cheap creatures) is kinda overpowered as you can't move after attacking and with a hive deck any fallen creature is replaced by another one immediately, before the enemy can move.
If you like MMORPGs and their repetitive mindless slaughter of random animals you might enjoy PSO1&2 but otherwise you'll just get bored in no time.
Post by: Arbok on July 03, 2005, 10:59:21 AM
