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"How fantastic is skies of Arcadia?"

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Mon 06/10/03 at 00:18
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Despite naff graphics I am loving this Skies game. Picked it up along with 3 other games (see my £50 in cambridge thread) for a mere £19 and I can't imagine a closer RPG alternative to Zelda. Vast, expansive, encourages exploration and a deep story. In fact as storylines go it moves at a far faster pace than that Wind Waker game.

Great game, feels a bit like Starfox to play (not quite sure why) but of course i mean that in a good way.

If you can find it buy it. You won't regret it. Roll on Skies 2.
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Mon 06/10/03 at 19:17
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Best game I've ever played. Finished it a couple of days ago.
I thought it made Zelda look very ordinary.

Sure, it wasn't perfect.
Random battles were annoying until you could avoid them, though lambda burst / omega cyclone (with everyone else on guard and holding z to avoid the move's animation) could finish most of them within one turn anyway, so it wasn't really that bad.

But the plot and the attention to detail were amazing. And there was so much to do outside the main quests. It's even converted me to turn-based combat games.

Best game I've ever played.


*Puts MWA in prison*
The sentence for not liking what I like is death :^P
Mon 06/10/03 at 19:39
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Bought it. Played it. got annoyed with random battles. Sold it.

Great game, though.
Mon 06/10/03 at 19:42
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Without the battles you wouldn't be able to level up to fight the harder bosses. Now sieze your inane ramblings and enjoy one of the finest games to date. Was my favourite RPG until Knights of the Old Republic. Now that is truly unbeatable.

Nearly finished Skies and will be back to it within the next week.
Mon 06/10/03 at 19:44
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That doesn't stop them from being annoying.
Mon 06/10/03 at 19:46
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Depends how you look at it. I enjoyed them as levelling up was made such a blast in SOA. Not annoying for me to be honest.
Mon 06/10/03 at 19:54
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There's a sequel coming out?
Mon 06/10/03 at 19:59
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Yep supposedly next February but I doubt it will make it.
Mon 06/10/03 at 20:05
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Mav, wasn'tyou dying?
Mon 06/10/03 at 20:07
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SOAL2?

Out on all systems, I suppose?
Mon 06/10/03 at 20:07
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Nope, Cube exclusive.
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