09/28- 12:00PM EST
I'm going to replay Kingdom Hearts 358/2
Days. Why? I have no idea. Call it Mugen
Souls induced insanity. Call it
masochism. It's probably all those things!
Anyway, I continue to play Mugen Souls
and Dark Souls PC for review, so I
hope to have reviews for both of those in
the near future. What are all of you
playing?
On to your letters!
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Dear Wheels,
What would a Pro Wrestling RPG look like and
would it 8e as awesome an
idea as I'm imagining right now?
-FBM
Wheels
This
is an amazing idea with so many
different possibilities. Imagine
being able to do promos as your
custom created wrestler with
BioWare style dialog trees.
Imagine being able to wander
around back up until your match,
talking to friends, forming
alliances, and attacking
enemies. There are so many
different possibilities here,
such as which Wrestling
organization to join, custom
sign design, and a crowd
reaction system that would task
players with either working to
get more boos or cheers. Of
course some of these things are
present in your run of the mill
wrestling games, but I'd suggest
very deep and open versions of
them, especially in terms of
character development. I would
buy this game!
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Greetings Wheels,
Haven't seen any game idea challenges for a
while. Maybe I should
try to think of one myself; however, that is
independent of the purpose
of today's letter. Instead, my house
has recently come into
possession of a PS2 (we needed a DVD player,
and figured why not get
one that can play games too). Thus, I
am beginning my quest for
games for it. What games would you
recommend? (If you'd
like to stick with the recent trend, you can
make it a top 10). Persona 3
& 4 are
already on my list, and I
have previously had the opportunity to play
Odin Sphere (which I quite
enjoyed by the way). I like RPGs of
most sorts, and have a
particular fondness for many of the more
unusual or obscure ones.
I'll even consider other genres if they are
absolute must plays
(although I am terrible at first person
shooters).
Thanks for the advice,
friendOfAgnes
Wheels
Well
I'll just start with the Jak
and Daxter and Sly
Cooper series if you don't
have a PS3 to buy the
collections. Both series are
fantastic platformers and with
high quality humor. I hear the Ratchet
and Clank games are good
as well but so far only have
experience with some of the PS3
ones. Moving on to RPGs I'd go
for some more Shin Megami
Tensei since you enjoyed
the Personas. Start with
Nocturne which is
actually Shin Megami Tensei
III and a brilliant
dungeon crawler. Then try the
similar Digital Devil Saga
games which have a bit more of a
story focus, and let you develop
a party of characters instead of
capturing demons. The two PS2 Devil
Summoner games are also
interesting if a bit on the
repetitive side. You can collect
demons but you just control the
summoner in battle who has a
limited variety of attacks. I
highly recommend Romancing
SaGa, which very much
looks like a SNES game pulled
into 3D. It is a fine RPG with
an incredible soundtrack as
well. Final Fantasy X, X-2,
and XII come with my
high recommendations, though
your tastes may vary. Breath
of Fire Dragon Quarter is
a unique and brilliant
experience that I would call a
must play (it's also very
cheap).
Ar Tonelico 2 is a
strange game with a strange
soundtrack that is worth a try.
I'm not a huge fan of the first
two Disgaea games but
you may enjoy them. The second .Hack
series is very good, but quite
expensive to find as well. There
are four Suikoden games
on the PS2. Opinions differ on
if 4 is worth playing,
but it's Suikoden so I
say try them all! Radiata
Stories is an odd RPG from
tri-Ace worth a look, as is the
other big tri-Ace release on
PS2, Valkyrie Profile 2.
There's also five Atelier games
on the system. They aren't all
great, but if you like the
series at least a few of them
should be to your liking. I
think that should be enough to
digest for now, but I can
provide some more
recommendations next week if
you'd like!
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The FF6 Phantom Love
Train
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I agree with you FF6 is one
of the best FF in the series. FF6 was
the
first rpg i ever played, took me a while to
actually learn how to play
but I got it eventually. The characters, the
story and how the game is
played is just incredible. I agree with you
100%. To this day I still
shed a tear when I hear Celes singing the
Opera Aria De Mezzo
Carraterre. I honestly wish Square Enix
would make a full remake of
this game. I've wanted that ever since I saw
Terra in Dissidia. It may
not be a good idea but I still think it
would be cool to see on PSP
Vita in 3D. Or I just wish the future Square
Enix employees would use FF6 as
a template for future games.
have a good day
Jacob
Wheels
I
would love a full remake of this
game. Seeing the opera scene in
glorious HD would give me
chills! The key would be making
sure what made the original so
great was maintained. So no
extra lengthy cinemas, new
characters, or major changes to
the core gameplay. Maybe just
tweak things a bit and add some
extra difficulty levels for
veteran players. I'm imagining
something similar to Final
Fantasy IV DS but with a
lot more visual fidelity. It
could be really cool, and get
newer players to experience this
story. Obviously there's always
the fear that something could be
lost in the transition, but I
still think it would be worth
doing. Just the thought of the
massive ending redone has me
salivating.
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I still think Square has been dethroned by
the likes of Namco,
Nintendo, Atlus, ect
as the best rpg makers of japan
-Alan
Wheels
Well I'd give you Atlus. Atlus has
been pumping out high quality RPGs
on a smaller budget than Square Enix
and rarely putting out anything
sub-par. Persona 4, Radient
Historia, and Devil
Survivor especially
are incredible achievements.
Nintendo is an interesting argument,
which I'm guessing is mostly based
on the recent big RPGs they've put
out such as The Last Story
and Fire Emblem. Given RPGs
aren't a huge priority for them that
would be a tough argument to make.
Namco though? That's an absolute no.
They've put out some high quality Tales
games for sure, but they've also
published plenty of clunkers (
Tales of the World ) and
botched the release of the Wii
version of Tales of Graces.
I would say Square Enix still
outclasses the quality of Namco's
RPGs. Sure people are more
contentious about this topic, but
they still put out many excellent
RPGs. We can't forget the Dragon
Quest series, which Square
Enix has finally done some new
things with in the past few entries.
They may be outclassed by some other
companies, but this doesn't mean
Square Enix can't still make
fantastic games.
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That's it for today.
See you all next week!
-Wheels
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