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Nope. Two series:
SaGa (FFL and SaGa games)
Seiken Densetsu (Final Fantasy Adventure, Secret of Mana, Seiken Densetsu 3, other "of Mana", like Legend of Mana, are spinoffs of the series).
Yeah, I only have 4 links completely maxed and I’m on Jan 11… I could’ve planned things out a lot better, I think.
Didn’t even notice for months that you can get "free" (i.e. just pay money) charm or courage ups in the mall in the evenings, when you don’t go to Tartarus. I think you might miss calls from friends, but who cares about them? :lol: You don’t even miss the chance to sleep or study.
Yes, the "Final Fantasy Legend" games on GB are part of the SaGa series, although they play completely differently from the other ones. FFL1 and 2 involve building your own party (FFL2 is the best game ever on the GB, btw), FFL3 is an impressively generic RPG with time-travel. FFL1 at least has been remade on the Wonderswan Color, so there may be hope (eventually) of the remake that 2 deserves. :)
I have a copy of SaGa Frontier 1, but I haven’t played it in years. I really liked SF2, but I was only able to rent it – never got very far in it at all, but I liked the music.
There were three Romancing SaGa games on the SNES – I have the third of them in original format (it was $1 in-box – they were wallpapering some store in Akihabara), but haven’t played any of them. 3 was remade for PS2, but I heard it wasn’t very good.
It’s my favorite DS RPG! Which doesn’t say much, but it is actually decently fun.
Lots of grinding, though. I’m a bit unhappy about that, but it is a pretty strategic (and tough) game.
I haven’t been impressed by much so far at E3, but then I don’t expect anything I can get up in arms about ;)
Smash Bros Brawl is coming out in December, Super Mario Galaxy in November. I wonder what we’ll have to tide us over in the meantime.
Only other announcement I’ve been interested in is the cooperative Trauma Center.
No Suikoden 6 announcement yet. Come on, Konami.
Yeah, now that I see it, it’s definitely an emulator problem.
Here’s what I found with a quick googling (sounds dirty…):
"Saiyuki Journey West (NTSC): Change the Framebuffer access mode if the bottom of the screen does not display properly."
Try that?
I have a copy of the game. It’s incredibly rare, I hadn’t heard about it until a friend (who’s a huge Journey West fan but never read the book) mentioned it to me about 2.5 years ago. That was about when PSX games stopped being sold in stores. A strategy game from Koei I hadn’t heard about? I had to get it.
If you go along comparing it to FF Tactics, yeah, it’ll seem rather lackluster. But honestly, FFT is the best tactical RPG out there.
In Saiyuki, there are no job-equivalents, but each character is unique. There are a few mutually-exclusive characters to get (i.e. you get 2 by going on one path, 2 through another) and some upgrades you can make to characters. It’s basically an upgraded Shining Force-type with some neat takes on magic and elements based on the Taoist five elements.
The main thing that kept me playing was the game’s visuals and music, honestly. The gameplay is fun enough for a while but like many tactical RPGs becomes more and more tedious. The plot’s neat, but it is quite loosely based on Journey West (i.e. add magic, switch around a few characters, make a main villain and have characters who aren’t Sun Wukong actually be useful sometimes). The game also uses the Japanese names for all the characters, which can get annoying.
But yeah, the game is really beautiful to watch and the music is good, too. It’s very relaxing, and the game’s not too difficult til the end.
It drags on during the 4th or 5th sub-area of the world map, but the plot picks up very well at the end. The game’s not incredibly long either.
I think it was all the bots protesting.
I mean, your latest news story does say "Welcome humans". They want a welcome too.
There seem to be two groups of people on the internet:
- 1. Those who love FF7 and don’t stop talking about it
- 2. Those who hate FF7 because people won’t stop talking about it
I find myself closer to the first but still in neither group. Because, for a while, I didn’t like FF7 because it was 3-d. It seemed like the jump was unnecessary and only resulted in the loss of everyone’s hand when they could’ve done really nice 2-d graphics instead.
But the game has grown on me. I don’t know what it is, but I still find the materia system fun, even though it has an equalizing effect. I find the characters and plot amusing even though it has a bad translation. And I find the music great. Not much challenge, but enough optional stuff and in the right amount. I fully acknowledge the game has many faults, but I still like playing it.
I don’t understand those who naysay the game by saying "everyone loves it, but it’s really not great, so it sucks !!!". Those who give some justification? Sure. I understand if you don’t like it for a justifiable reason, but that reason shouldn’t be "everyone led me to believe it would bring Jesus back from heaven and then it would rain skittles and I would eat my fill before the rapture".
I used to dislike the game, but on my second playthrough I fell in love with it. It’s probably in my top 10 list for PSX games, it’s not at the top… but it is a lot more enjoyable on the second playthrough. I’m glad I got a copy during that brief interlude where it was actually $15.
I’m scared to try a second playthrough of 8, though. I might end up *shudder* almost enjoying it.
