Haha. We've all been there. The Arc series peaked at two, and then saw diminishing returns. Have you played the older ones? Twilight was okay; it tried to say something with its story, which I respect. And that battle music still kicks ass.
You saw my list on 1up, so you know there is some overlap into my top ten. Namely Chrono Trigger and FFVI. I love NiER. I don't think it's that good a game. But there is so much I love about it. It's somewhere in my top 60, which is pretty high considering it's a list of 250.
I feel like the may have been able to fit both games on one cart. The first one was like half a game, and the second one pretty much absorbs it, like Dragon Quest II absored Dragon Quest I.
Needless to say, the second Golden Sun ranks much higher on my list.
Hopefully amusing for all the intended reasons. :)
I did the top 100 over at 1up last year, but I may just reproduce it here to get some conversations going. Don't wanna bore people to death either, but damned if I don't love RPGs and lists.
I was just saying how, while I like Ultima: Quest of Avatar, I feel like if I played it today that it would feel old. The same thing if I were to play Dragon Quest or YS. They lack features that (because they were released so long ago) we take for granted today.
My favorites are Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy X, Xenoblade Chronicles, Xenogears and Dragon Quest VIII. So obviously I like the JRPGs best. :) And for the record, I have Tactics Ogre at 37 and Skyrim at 45 on my list. Amazingly enough, I've never played Persona 4, but it's on the list of games I hope to get to in the next two years or so.
What are the top 10? Can't remember if you told me last year when I did the top 100.
I wouldn't ever criticize somebody for not finishing a Tales game. They are like cotton candy- you enjoy it a good deal while consuming it, but don't feel any real push to finish the whole thing.
I liked Avatar back in the day. I don't think it holds up today, but I remember being pleasantly surprised by it. A lot of these old RPGs have charm, but are almost impossible to pick up and play because of various antiquated gameplay systems. Imagine kids from this generation trying to play Avatar? There was no direction, you could tackle towns and dungeons in just about any order. There are so many things to do, it would drive them nuts.
I doubt I'll do a Vesperia review, only because I played it five or so years ago and I don't remember all that much about it. I liked it, it's my second favorite Tales game after Symphonia, and my 57th favorite all-time RPG. But those titles are pretty much all the same to me- I honestly can't remember the particulars of any of them.
I was never the biggest fan of Mana. I remember Nintendo Power gushing over it, and since that was the only way to get any idea or whether or not a game was good, I was just dying to play it.
I liked it, but I realized while playing it through that I just wasn't feeling the "magic" the reviews purported. Evermore was a slightly worse game than Mana, so it was even a tougher sell for me. It was different, and people didn't appreciate it. In another life, it's a game I love.
I was gonna mention the music, which is pretty damn good. Do you know that I have over 600 NES games and 200 SNES games, but not one in the box with instructions. So you've got me beat there. :)
I was being silly. There can obviously be only one game in each position. :)
I keep meaning to play the DS Golden Sun, but every time it's next on the list, I push it back, and then push it back again and again.....
The sequel is so much better than the original. If you think the first one is long, you'll think the second one is gargantuan. Neither, however, is long compared to a typical console RPG.
