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Lover of all things RPG that i am (apart from anything with Final Fantasy X or X-2 in the title) i thought i'd bring to your attention a couple of more great RPG titles in the wings that will hopefully reach the shores of Europe (if not ah well i'll have them anyway :-D)
First on the list is Radiata Stories done by the folks at Tri-Ace who did the great Star Ocean 3. It keeps the same battle system from SO3 and you can see the enemies before they attack so you can decide whether to charge in or save your energy and give them a miss.
It apparantly has a playable cast of characters of around 150 characters although whether it'll be like Suikoden 3 where quite a few of them were only support characters and not actually fighters remains to be seen.
Speaking of which it does seem to have quite a similar graphical feel to Suikoden so should be quite impressive visually if that sort of stuff determines whether you buy a game or not.
Release date is January in Japan so probably be waiting a while for that one :-D
and next to bring your attention to is the successor to the great Shining Force series on the Megadrive - Shining Tears.
First off graphics zealots (damn censors) may as well go now as you won't be getting ultra realistic 3D graphics with this one, instead you get the far better cartoony style graphics which are very crisp and smooth (i prefer this and sprites to the FFX style graphics anyway)
Big selling point i think of this is the co-op 2 player mode, so if you and a mate have about 40-50 free hours you can give it a blast :-D
One thing putting me off slightly is that they've done away with the strategy elements of the previous games and gone for a more action orientated style of fighting, but then i liked it in SO3 so maybe i'll like it in this.
Release date is March 2005 for America so at least there'll be a english version sooner then Radiata
and lastly the grand daddy - Dragon Quest VIII (Dragon Warrior in the west)
again using cartoony, cel shaded graphics my favourite RPG series finally comes onto the little black box. Still has pretty much the same battle system as old so basically it's good old turn based combat with random encounters although larger more powerful enemies appear on the screen (kind of like Ruby weapon in FF7 in a way) follows the traditional RPG mantra of head into town, talk to people and buy stuff, leave town, beat up monsters until you get to another town. Lovely :-D
big improvement though over the old games which may seem small and quite a weird thing to mention in this day and age is the fact you can now speak to characters with a press of a button instead of having to go to the menu and selecting 'Talk' very glad they've added that in, it was the only thing i hated in the previous games.
January/Feb American release date for this me thinks. Again can't wait.
First on the list is Radiata Stories done by the folks at Tri-Ace who did the great Star Ocean 3. It keeps the same battle system from SO3 and you can see the enemies before they attack so you can decide whether to charge in or save your energy and give them a miss.
It apparantly has a playable cast of characters of around 150 characters although whether it'll be like Suikoden 3 where quite a few of them were only support characters and not actually fighters remains to be seen.
Speaking of which it does seem to have quite a similar graphical feel to Suikoden so should be quite impressive visually if that sort of stuff determines whether you buy a game or not.
Release date is January in Japan so probably be waiting a while for that one :-D
and next to bring your attention to is the successor to the great Shining Force series on the Megadrive - Shining Tears.
First off graphics zealots (damn censors) may as well go now as you won't be getting ultra realistic 3D graphics with this one, instead you get the far better cartoony style graphics which are very crisp and smooth (i prefer this and sprites to the FFX style graphics anyway)
Big selling point i think of this is the co-op 2 player mode, so if you and a mate have about 40-50 free hours you can give it a blast :-D
One thing putting me off slightly is that they've done away with the strategy elements of the previous games and gone for a more action orientated style of fighting, but then i liked it in SO3 so maybe i'll like it in this.
Release date is March 2005 for America so at least there'll be a english version sooner then Radiata
and lastly the grand daddy - Dragon Quest VIII (Dragon Warrior in the west)
again using cartoony, cel shaded graphics my favourite RPG series finally comes onto the little black box. Still has pretty much the same battle system as old so basically it's good old turn based combat with random encounters although larger more powerful enemies appear on the screen (kind of like Ruby weapon in FF7 in a way) follows the traditional RPG mantra of head into town, talk to people and buy stuff, leave town, beat up monsters until you get to another town. Lovely :-D
big improvement though over the old games which may seem small and quite a weird thing to mention in this day and age is the fact you can now speak to characters with a press of a button instead of having to go to the menu and selecting 'Talk' very glad they've added that in, it was the only thing i hated in the previous games.
January/Feb American release date for this me thinks. Again can't wait.
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Excellent, I'll give it a go later. Cheers.
Is there any real point in using Gordon et al seriously?
Is there any real point in using Gordon et al seriously?
FinalFantasyFanatic wrote:
> Today was a good day, got all the way to Episode 10.
> My Dragon isn't looking so hot anymore though ... Laharl and my Fire
> Mage aren't very far behind him thanks to some power-levelling.
Yea the dragon's really only useful from about Episode 6 to 11 just as a strong character to back up your created characters and Laharl while they level up.
> Do you know if there's a Disgaea soundtrack out?
> The music for Episode 8's maps is just beautiful.
[URL]http://www.ultrace.com/uost/disgaea/[/URL]
Not sure whether that works or not but worth a try. If not RPGfan has the soundtrack listing there and you can listen to certain songs on there i think.
> Today was a good day, got all the way to Episode 10.
> My Dragon isn't looking so hot anymore though ... Laharl and my Fire
> Mage aren't very far behind him thanks to some power-levelling.
Yea the dragon's really only useful from about Episode 6 to 11 just as a strong character to back up your created characters and Laharl while they level up.
> Do you know if there's a Disgaea soundtrack out?
> The music for Episode 8's maps is just beautiful.
[URL]http://www.ultrace.com/uost/disgaea/[/URL]
Not sure whether that works or not but worth a try. If not RPGfan has the soundtrack listing there and you can listen to certain songs on there i think.
Today was a good day, got all the way to Episode 10.
My Dragon isn't looking so hot anymore though ... Laharl and my Fire Mage aren't very far behind him thanks to some power-levelling.
Do you know if there's a Disgaea soundtrack out?
The music for Episode 8's maps is just beautiful.
My Dragon isn't looking so hot anymore though ... Laharl and my Fire Mage aren't very far behind him thanks to some power-levelling.
Do you know if there's a Disgaea soundtrack out?
The music for Episode 8's maps is just beautiful.
Nice, congrats. The dragon should be pretty formidable at that stage of the game
Hoorah, got the bast.
Well, first time I tried properly, he killed everyone and came out with 1 HP left. Second time someone downstairs fused the electrics and I had to try again. Then through the wonderful world of random damage patterns, I got him down to just 3 HP and took him for my own.
Yummy.
The Episode 8-1 map was pretty fun in the end when I worked out to put the Defense - 50% block down during my turn, then pick it up again before letting the enemy attack.
Onwards.
Well, first time I tried properly, he killed everyone and came out with 1 HP left. Second time someone downstairs fused the electrics and I had to try again. Then through the wonderful world of random damage patterns, I got him down to just 3 HP and took him for my own.
Yummy.
The Episode 8-1 map was pretty fun in the end when I worked out to put the Defense - 50% block down during my turn, then pick it up again before letting the enemy attack.
Onwards.
Yup. Get a low level to chuck him in with Laharl and all your strong party members in the base panel. Also try and get his SP down as well
Oh ... wait ... it's all coming back now.
You have to have strong people in the base panel for it to work properly, doncha?
You have to have strong people in the base panel for it to work properly, doncha?
Funny how we all picked Fire Mages ...
I suppose arson is more fun than making something really cold or blowing on it.
Can't get this bast Dragon to join.
I either end up killing it or it destroys the base panel, even with really low HP. Done this map 12 times now. Still ... whoever killed him went up a level anyway.
I suppose arson is more fun than making something really cold or blowing on it.
Can't get this bast Dragon to join.
I either end up killing it or it destroys the base panel, even with really low HP. Done this map 12 times now. Still ... whoever killed him went up a level anyway.
Kawada wrote:
> - Galaxy Mage
I'm after her now. My Fire Mage was brilliant but I trans(thingied) her to a Rune Knight and she's rubbish now. Trying to get enough together so that I can change her direct to Genius Galaxy Mage.
> - Galaxy Mage
I'm after her now. My Fire Mage was brilliant but I trans(thingied) her to a Rune Knight and she's rubbish now. Trying to get enough together so that I can change her direct to Genius Galaxy Mage.
FinalFantasyFanatic wrote:
> I forgot you could even do that.
> Gonna gets me a dragon. Rarr!
>
> Must say, Disgaea has probably raised more smiles than every other
> game put together. Sublime. And proof than Americans can do good
> voice-acting if they really want to.
Heh wait until you get to the next episode and meet Gordon, it gets even funnier then although i think the Prism Rangers bit was probably the funniest part for me.
And yea i agree the voice acting was pretty top notch, surprised me that i actually use that to play the game rather than the Japanese voices
> I forgot you could even do that.
> Gonna gets me a dragon. Rarr!
>
> Must say, Disgaea has probably raised more smiles than every other
> game put together. Sublime. And proof than Americans can do good
> voice-acting if they really want to.
Heh wait until you get to the next episode and meet Gordon, it gets even funnier then although i think the Prism Rangers bit was probably the funniest part for me.
And yea i agree the voice acting was pretty top notch, surprised me that i actually use that to play the game rather than the Japanese voices
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