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Newcomer Level: 1 Posts: 1/3 EXP: 8 Next: 3 Since: 11-18-24 Last post: 2 days Last view: 2 days |
Posted by Red Soul For RS2 I agree, but RS3 with the mana sword translation patch is one of my most played RPGs ever. I wouldn't avoid playing that one, even if the text may feel frank at times. |
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Newcomer Level: 1 Posts: 2/3 EXP: 8 Next: 3 Since: 11-18-24 Last post: 2 days Last view: 2 days |
Wanted to play FF3 over the internet with a friend, so took a look and changed how it reads keypresses to make it possible. |
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Newcomer Level: 1 Posts: 3/3 EXP: 8 Next: 3 Since: 11-18-24 Last post: 2 days Last view: 2 days |
I've now played the first 10 games in the series, in order. As the games are set to the same world and in roughly the same time window, and that worldbuilding is a key point, I would recommend others to play them in order as well. Aside from worldbuilding, the characters tend to be relatively well designed.
As individual games go, brief no spoiler opinions follow (up to the limit of my memory): Sky 1: A rather average RPG in every way. I took a longer break during the playthrough due to it being so average. Can't remember if I played it with hardest or second hardest difficulty anymore. 6/10. Sky 2: The climax of the sky part. Did not play at hardest difficulty due to the start being so annoying with it. 8/10. Sky 3: This is what I mentally consider a "gaiden" game, in the sense that it is just extra gameplay fluff and no real content (aside from a tiny tiny bit of the relevant main story). Probably my favourite main character in the series though. 3/10. Crossbell 1 & 2: Some good themes and overall solid gameplay and story. There's a slight amount of unnecessarily sexualization that wasn't present in sky ones, but not that much. Also, while it's not 2 games in place of 1, perhaps 2 games in place of 1½? 8/10. Cold steel 1 & 2: I only completed these because I am a stubborn completionist. Literally everything is worse, except for character design which stays solid. Instead of a grid, battles are now gridless, so you have no clue how far your area skills reach after movement. Input and/or camera has some problems that didn't exist before. These two games feel pretty repetitive and the story feels very railroaded. At the very least they should have made 1 game instead of these 2. Way more unnecessarily sexualization, which is pretty sad given that the character design remains all right. I played these at hardest, but I would recommend playing at the easiest difficulty - because the gameplay balance is broken and it doesn't matter at all, except for like 1 unfun battle that takes forever. 1/10. Cold steel 3 & 4: They added more gameplay mechanics to ensure that the gameplay remains as broken as earlier. Difficulty remains irrelevant. The storyline is slightly improved, but it still feels like 2 games when they should have made 1. 2/10. Reverie: The second gaiden game. Extra gameplay fluff and while the story is better than in sky 3, it is a relatively bad story. Difficulty remains irrelevant. 3/10. Worldbuilding oriented series are uncommon both in games and in anime, and I appreciate it that there are creators out there trying something bigger. These things take years to make, and given that their output has been lower quality in the last 5 games, I'm not super hopeful for Daybreak. I'll probably check it out when Daybreak 2 is available. In fact, if this direction continues, the series might as well end with a first person shooter / dating sim hybrid. |
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