Well, it's that time again

[LoliSauce]

I guess I'm more in the squealing camp, then. Edge is the only FF ninja that matters. Re: Ogre Battle 64, I recently saw that they added that to the Virtual Console. Might have to get that...and oddly enough, Rondo of Blood is up there too. They know what's good, apparently.

So I heard.  You should get it for sure.  I've already made sure every close friend of mine with a Wii did.

And speaking of Rondos of things,(what is a rondo anyway?  Sounds like a dance or some shit) anyone with a DS should play Rondo of Swords.  It's an SRPG with some really unique and well implemented mechanics.  You definitely have to think differently than the normal SRPG mindset when playing it. 

[MagnusXL]

The SNES game was watered down to begin with. It has like half the character skills it should have. I'm sure you've heard the talk of 'easy type' and 'hard type' versions of the game.

That's a fair point, actually.

1. Original Japanese Version
2. Stripped Down English Version with hilariously bad translation. Difficulty reduced.
3. Even easier Japanese version based off the English version with some weird stuff added, including an awesome sword that turns enemies into pigs.

Although why they made an Easy-Type FFIV is beyond me. Even the original version of the game is easy.

[Cornix]

(what is a rondo anyway?  Sounds like a dance or some shit)

It is musical, but it is not a dance.. it's a type of song... kinda.. tough to explain. Thus wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rondo

[LoliSauce]

(what is a rondo anyway?  Sounds like a dance or some shit)

It is musical, but it is not a dance.. it's a type of song... kinda.. tough to explain. Thus wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rondo

That shit's way over my head. 

[Dark Pulse]

2. Stripped Down English Version with hilariously bad translation. Difficulty reduced.

And 100% more Spoony Bards.

[Arlieth Tralare]

I am on my second playthrough of Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey for DS. I have 70+ hours logged. Someone stop me. >_<

[Narcowski]

Better than an eighth playthrough of Tales of Symphonia, just so you can get that one last ending

Trust me.

[Dark Pulse]

Let's see. At least 30 times through Chrono Trigger:

To get all the endings on the SNES version.
To get all of them again on the PS1 re-release a decade later, as well as the new stuff.
To get all of them AGAIN on the DS re-release about a half-decade after the PS1 re-release, as well as the new stuff.

I'd get the exact count but I'm too lazy to look it up.

And that's just one RPG. I've played a lot of multi-ending RPGs...

[MagnusXL]

The difference is that Chrono Trigger is really short.

I actually haven't played any of the Shin Megami Tensei games.

[Benny1]

I still haven't finished Episode Aegis, or Persona 4, but I will not lie, Episode Yourself from Persona 3 was the greatest RPG I have played.  It was incredible, incredible, incredible.

[Dark Pulse]

The difference is that Chrono Trigger is really short.

I actually haven't played any of the Shin Megami Tensei games.

Most people wouldn't call 30-40 hours for an RPG short. Although granted, some of those endings you can wind up doing in 15 minutes once you max everyone out.

And for some endings, you actually have to re-play through a good chunk of the game.

Oh yeah... got everyone in Chrono Cross, as well. That needs at least 3 playthroughs.

[Ice Queen Lotus]

I wonder if Mimana has multiple endings. I'm having trouble playing through more than the first dungeon, because the game feels so clunky and awful.

Might go back to Yggdra Union.

DP - I'll also send you the rest of that stuff tonight if you're around.

[ViceVirtuoso]

I've been feeling like replaying Phantom Brave, but am debating whether I want to replay my PS2 copy (which was the first game I bought with my first paycheck at my first job), or dropping $30 for the Wii version. From what I've heard, there isn't a whole lot of new content.

Also, Resonance of Fate is perhaps the first game I've done an immediate New Game+ without skipping any cutscenes. This is probably the fault of the choppy storytelling making the story too vague the first time through, but I'm liking the game more now than on my first playthrough.

[Alfonse]

I wonder if Mimana has multiple endings. I'm having trouble playing through more than the first dungeon, because the game feels so clunky and awful.

Might go back to Yggdra Union.

DP - I'll also send you the rest of that stuff tonight if you're around.

Mimana has multiple endings. One normal and one for each female character - Sophie, Melrose, Tinon and Patty. But really, would you go through Mimana a second time after you're done with it?

KitM on the PSP is rather awkward. I can't use my guys in leveling mode. What gives?  

[academico]

Megaman X6, because i can't unlock all the endings

and i'm playing chrono trigger for 2º time obviusly i want to view all endings, really is the best game of the history .

[caiooa]

Might go back to Yggdra Union.

Dept. Heaven saga owns, be it riviera, yggdra or knights in the nightmare, but my favorite is yggdra <3. I have replayed the game like 5 times to get all cards (it spend a lot of time to cath the kiss of death and the dragon killer, lol). Other sugestion would be check out seiken densetsu 2 and 3. It's a shame that seiken densetsu 3 haven't been released in US....

[Dark Pulse]

Megaman X6, because i can't unlock all the endings

X6 is a bitch, and if you get unlucky Metal Shark Player's stage can literally be impossible to finish.

[Narcowski]

Most people wouldn't call 30-40 hours for an RPG short

Shorter than Tales of Symphonia.  The first playthrough of that game will be at minimum 60 hours (if you just do the main quest), and several of the others will be longer than that. (Getting every character to level 100, beating Abyssion, getting the titles for maximum combined party levels...)

[Dark Pulse]

Well of course there will be exceptions. I still think most would not class 30-40 short.

20, sure, but 30-40 is around the average length for a fair bit of them.

[PWS]

X6 wasn't as hard as people make it out to be imo, but then again I played through it as Black Zero which is kinda cheating lol

[Ice Queen Lotus]

Might go back to Yggdra Union.

Dept. Heaven saga owns, be it riviera, yggdra or knights in the nightmare, but my favorite is yggdra <3. I have replayed the game like 5 times to get all cards (it spend a lot of time to cath the kiss of death and the dragon killer, lol). Other sugestion would be check out seiken densetsu 2 and 3. It's a shame that seiken densetsu 3 haven't been released in US....

Um, I played SD2 and 3 when they were released. Did you even read the thread?

[Van_Artic]

Let's see. At least 30 times through Chrono Trigger:

To get all the endings on the SNES version.
To get all of them again on the PS1 re-release a decade later, as well as the new stuff.
To get all of them AGAIN on the DS re-release about a half-decade after the PS1 re-release, as well as the new stuff.

I'd get the exact count but I'm too lazy to look it up.

And that's just one RPG. I've played a lot of multi-ending RPGs...

i'd wish SE didn't canned Crimson Echoes and chrono resurrection

anyway, i've FINALLY played Disgaea Hour of Darkness after delaying many times, i can proudly say that i'm bustin' it wide open, 85 hours in one week. i can't just stop playing it.

when i'll finish it, i'll go on with Xenosaga II and the other Nippon Ichi games

[It is a mystery.]

I love disgaea, and by the looks of these e-motes someone else here does too.

[Dark Pulse]

anyway, i've FINALLY played Disgaea Hour of Darkness after delaying many times, i can proudly say that i'm bustin' it wide open, 85 hours in one week. i can't just stop playing it.

when i'll finish it, i'll go on with Xenosaga II and the other Nippon Ichi games

Yeah. Once you play a NIS SRPG, you never will be able to stop. They're so addicting it borders on illegal.

The second I knew I was hooked on Disgaea: "Who gives a damn about you? Your new name is 'Mid-Boss.'"

SOLD. And it just gets better and better from there...

Plus it has a Melty link - if you're playing with the Japanese voiceovers, Laharl, Big Sis Prinny, and Len/White Len share a voice actress, Kaori Mizuhashi.

[LoliSauce]

Srpgs are basically my thing, and I have to say that the original Disgaea is the most fun I've had with any game of the genre, as an overall experience.  Disgaea 2 had far, far superior everything if you ignore the story though.  Among the dark world levels were the most well implemented puzzles I've ever seen in an srpg.  Seriously.  Some of them left me breathless in how well constructed they were.  The fatal flaw of D2 though, is it just plain has TOO much to do, so it gets to be a chore after a while.  There are a number of other srpgs that were superior in certain ways as well, but really when I sum up all the positives and negatives and average it all out, Disgaea 1 was the best.

Also, as a serious N1 fan, I strongly oppose purchasing the DS port of Disgaea.  Every single game they directly develop that has Harada as the artist has Pleinaire as a cameo character, and ONLY a cameo character.  Making her a playable character in the DS port (which is shitty to begin with) is like a sin!  HOLY FUCKING SHIT NERD RAGE LEVELS REACHING MAXIMUM ITS GOOFY TIME