Kayeich said:
Tales of Phantasia is a game you have to get a rom for. It's a game that had never made it to the US (at the time anyhow, it's been ported to the GBA, if I recall correctly) but some people somewhere really liked the game and 'translated' it.
I put quote marks around translated, because a lot of the lines may have just been some funny remarks that the guys put in (they certainly don't show in the port, but that could just be censorship admittedly). Anyhow, it was an SNES game originally, and definitely a worthwhile RPG.
Certainly one of the better Tales games.
To give you an idea of the sorts of quotes that didn't make it to the US, here's a classic quote from Klarth about two of the female heroes to the main hero:
"Which one of the girls do you like? Would you want to do? Mint's got that quiet elegance, but I bet Arche fucks like a tiger!"
So yeah, get the rom, not the ported GBA copy. :snigger:
Just to clarify, the 'FUCKS LIKE A TIGER' quote is entirely DeJap's fault, as is Arche's dream (in the original, she called Cless an idiot and muttered about 'stop molesting me' or something to that effect).
On the other hand, the DeJap patch owns the GBA official shit for free. Not only did they lobotomize the names, they misspelled 'Ragnarok' into 'KANGAROO'.
I'm not even joking.
Star Ocean Til the end of Time
Rogue Galaxy
Tales of Symphonia
Tales of Destiny PS2 Remake
Final Fantasy X, X-2, XII
.hack GU volumes 1 and 2 comes out this week
Disgaea
Disgaea 2
Phantom brave
Makai Kingdom
La Pucelle
Monster Hunter
Dark Cloud
Dark Cloud 2
Okage Shadow King
Breath of Fire 2-5
Grandia Xtreme and 3
Dragon Quest 8
Xenosaga 1-3
Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2
Avoid Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2. Gameplay-wise, they are basically the .hack games, only with a completely retarded ally AI - it will burn a hole in your potions in seconds. It's gotten so bad that I just let Goofy and Donald die and go at it alone. Useless sacks of flesh...
Grandia Xtreme sucked compared to 2, and Grandia 3 was not as good, but give the latter a spin.
Okage is a no brainer. Buy it if you see it. Seriously. (on a side note, a Naruto possessed by Stan would be hilarious...
Final Fantasy X, X-2 and XII need stabbing. Lots of it. The best of those three is XII, because it has... Fran's ass. And Balthier. And NOTHING ELSE OF NOTE. Avoid it unless you like those two things a lot.
X-2 just needs to die. It sucked. It was lame. It had a horrid plot.
FFX was... not as bad as FFX-2, but still very bad. Tidus was a whiny bitch, the cast aside from Kimahri (whom I found decent) was tiredly cliched and uninspired, and in general it was fairly meh.
Rogue Galaxy is a strange game. You might like or hate it. The absolute best thing in it, for a Dynasty Warriors fan like me, is that it has a Xiahou Dun lookalike in it (Zegram). :snigger:
To add to the games suggested there:
-Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song
-Radiata Stories
-Ring Of Red (VERY old strategy mecha based game)
-Front Mission 4