I was reminded by Leigh Alexander's adorable childhood Phantasy Star II fanworks of my own recent, abortive attempts to replay the game. What was shockingly doable when I was 11 is now painful and a little tedious. We have been coddled by role-playing games with sensible level progressions and relatively small dungeons (with automaps, even -- when was the last time you got graph paper out for a dungeon?)With Final Fantasy III already out and IV on the way, as well as Dragon Quests aplenty, Ys, Shiren the Wanderer and even remakes of PlayStation-era RPGs, the DS is going to be neck-deep in antiquated RPGs soon. How many of you have managed to get through an old-school RPG in the modern era? If so, did you have experience with them when they were new?
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1-15-2008 @ 10:50AM
Feigr said...
I've played all the old Final Fantasys and Dragon Quest games but the only console RPG that I have ever finished is Dragon Quest 8. I usually lose interest or come to a point where something is too hard and I get frustrated and then I stop playing and can't pick it up again. Since when I come back to it I would have forgotten what I was going to do next.
I personally wouldn't mind RPGs that are a tad shorter and always tell you exactly what to do next.
But I have a hard time finishing any game so I guess it's more my problem than a problem with the games.
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1-15-2008 @ 11:15AM
sammy213 said...
I downloaded Final Fantasy onto a NES emulator on my cell phone last year and actually played through the entire thing... leveling characters out in the field is a good way to pass the time while waiting in line for things...
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1-15-2008 @ 6:30PM
Brett said...
I played through and loved Dragon Quest 1 and 3 for the game boy color (was 3 on the advance?), but never got far in 2, which was on the same cart as 1. I also didn't get too far in Final Fantasy 1, and never started 2, which was also on the same GBA cart. I'm only 22, so I was too young when all those originally came out.
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1-15-2008 @ 8:07PM
Wilerson said...
Phantasy Star II is the best RPG ever released. Period.
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1-16-2008 @ 4:53PM
phanboy_iv said...
I began my RPG journey with Phantasy Star IV, so my personal opinion is that it's the best.
1-18-2008 @ 1:11AM
Jay sPliff said...
I never played rpg at all when i owned the original nintendo or the snes so when i went full fledged back into the scene agian around the time of the release of the original ds fat i was rusty and had a very hard time figuring out any rpg. I gained my rpg legs over trail and error but when i played final fantasy III on the ds i had a horrible time. It let me leave areas and towns without completing all the tasks to proceed with the story and once a hint was given it didn't repeat it. To say the least i was not happy with the gameplay except for the graphics and cutscenes. i love revenant wings though and i loved pokemon pearl to death. Considering ffIII was a classic i'm thinking it was my fault for not being up to the challenge. I am gonna try ffIV, and dragon quest IV wish me luck.
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