Br81zad | 628 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Hands down the best RPG on the PS1! Has anyone else played through this gem multiple times? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammerfestus | 3,820 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Im ashamed to admit I’ve never played it. I’ve has it collecting dust for years but never got around to it. I’ve only heard good things though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Br81zad | 628 Posted October 23, 2019 Author Share Posted October 23, 2019 18 hours ago, Hammerfestus said: Im ashamed to admit I’ve never played it. I’ve has it collecting dust for years but never got around to it. I’ve only heard good things though. Man, you gotta get on that. The Additions system is pretty easy to pick up and keeps you engaged in the battles. It's very similar to the "timed hits" system in Mario RPG, but with deeper leveling and more options. FF loyalists knock it because they just want to press a button and have the attack carried out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICrappedMyPants | 302 Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 I collect mostly PS2 stuff and PS1 RPGs. I just picked up a copy of God Hand not too long ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubbapauls | 250 Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 (edited) I’ve never played Legend of Dragoon but it’s on my list. Edited October 24, 2019 by bubbapauls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pendragonx | 117 Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 On 10/22/2019 at 5:00 PM, Hammerfestus said: Im ashamed to admit I’ve never played it. I’ve has it collecting dust for years but never got around to it. I’ve only heard good things though. I'm in the same situation .. it sits there on my shelf guilting me for not having tried it yet .. #toomanygamestoplay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid | 424 Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 Haven't played it very much but my manual is special Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,510 Editorials Team · Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 I got to the final area before I lost my save. Like, on the moon, save point right before the boss. Honestly? Absolutely couldn't stand it. I find the praise bewildering in fact. But I'm the one in the minority so I'll accept that I must be the one who missed something. And this isn't a 20 years late opinion trying to see it through a retro lens. I bought and played it when it was fresh on the Greatest Hits label, probably right after I played through Final Fantasy VIII. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,761 Administrator · Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 Easily one of the best RPGs on the console tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacepup | 2,404 Administrator · Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 It isn’t my favorite RPG on the system (tough competition there!) but I did enjoy it. It has been a long time since I played it though. I may give it another go at some point. I don’t replay RPGs much but I am currently replaying FF9 after beating it when it first came out (I love it hah!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,510 Editorials Team · Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 10 minutes ago, Gloves said: Easily one of the best RPGs on the console tbh. Yeah, see I don't understand that, at all. Graphics? Dated even at the time. Though the rendered stuff isn't bad. Grinding? To the extreme. Linearity? On rails. Side stuff? Non existent. Bloat? Hooray for a 50 hour on-rails quest, most of that spent in the random battles. Translation? Horrid. Story? Garbage. Maybe the translation is to blame. Characters? Paper thin. Battle system? Oh god, kill me. So slow, so much loading, so frequent, so much reliance on the stupid additions just to do rudimentary damage. The transformations add absolutely nothing. If I was forced to play through the game again I think the battles would cause me to openly weep. Now to be fair, that's all going by 20 year old memories. And I'm kind of a harsh critic on the likes of Final Fantasy VII, Chrono Cross, Legend of Mana, the Parasite Eves, and many other RPGs on the system. But I'd still take any of those over LoD. Easily. Hell, LoM is barely a game, and I still like it more. Not to take anything away from you guys. Consider me the devil's advocate. Kind of like how everyone hates Brandish while I love it. So consider that my hot take. But anyone new to the game... well, consider yourself warned. Reactions to this title are varied... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docile tapeworm | 4,194 Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 On 12/27/2019 at 10:00 PM, Gloves said: Easily one of the best RPGs on the console tbh. Hey glovsie ole @Reed Rothchild aka sandahflaw says your little dragon game isn’t that good, He sure is a big talker. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fillrup | 6 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 I was hoping they would remake this on the Switch. I remember playing this for the first time and being blown away by the timing mechanics. After playing FFVII and then going to this was very refreshing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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