Off Topic Discussion Megathread

[RyuDragnier]

I don't like the way the art direction went, and whenever they released that god awful entry where you climb out of a JRPG vault tec bunker with a sickly winged Nina or whatever and some begoggled twink... yeah. Just didn't look at the series again.

Dragon Quarter had some really good ideas, but the way they made the game sadly did not help it. Imagine a Breath of Fire game in a large open world with the tactical gameplay of Dragon Quarter, but without the arbitrary timer. It could be a recipe for something incredible.

[rainichan]

I've never played it but yeah Terranigma was very popular. When I worked at a retro game store I struck a deal with a local Itsy business group who made physical reproduction of NES/SNES games.

The one rule I gave them was I would only accept games that were of official.releases that never had an official translated version. Terranigma was one such game that flew off the shelf within a day of me putting it in the glass.

I have a repro cart of it, and I got a PAL copy years ago, only missing the instruction manual but in box. Probably my most precious item I've gotten of something I love. It's a very well-loved game, for very good reason.

I'll say you need Live A Live, they gave the music an upgrade that still has that grab it had on the SNES so many years ago. I've already shown the updated Go! Go! Steel Titan! sung by the legendary Hironobu Kageyama, but the updated main theme is also one hell of a glorious thing.

I probably emulated it a long time ago, but never got very far. It's wishlisted now so it'll happen eventually! I also remembered Treasure of the Rudras, that'd be a great game to get eventually out here too. That was a lot of fun, of what I played of it some years ago.

The Legend of Dragoon finally being available on the PS5 makes me cautiously optimistic that we'll see some other classic PS1 and PS2 JRPG's added as well. I'd especially like to see Vagrant Story, Final Fantasy Tactics, Breath of Fire IV and Shadow Hearts to name but a handful.

I've been cautiously optimistic about Shadow Hearts since the IP was sold off to Universal and they only use it for pachinko machines now (yes, really) but the hype over Pennyblood may be enough for them to allow it to be rereleased, even if it's just ports. I'd probably go pretty feral for those, too.

Yeah, that's what I remember reading about it. That's a shame. But don't worry, we had (and to a degree still have) our own "somebody think of the children!" stuff over here in Germany.
Our media rating people from USK are very, very allergic to anything violent and even games with a age rating of 18 got censored. And that rating means, it could only be purchased by adults! I guess, somebody got a stroke when playing the first God of War for the rating The German version of a lot of older games has green blood or smoke instead of blood to circumvent restrictions...

But I hadn't thought so many people still remember that game For me it was the first game I bought myself, had to plunder my piggy bank for it. When our local wholesale was clearing their video game section, it was heavily discounted and I paid 50 D-Mark (about 25 Euro) for it. Still a lot of money for a kid, but since the normal price would have been 150 D-Mark it was a bargain.
If you think about it, at least here in Germany, although everything got way more expensive over the years, video games stayed relativly stable if you compare the prices from the 90s to today.
*yikes* Now I feel old >.<

I know a few people who also did the same for it; pretty sure my... Austrian? friend had the old Nintendo Powers that had the comic in it. Very worth it for a well-loved game. I truly hope they give us a remake or even just slap it on the SNES On Switch, it deserves that.

Ok but who remembers these?

I sure do, I still get the dino oatmeal now, because I'm a goddang adult and if I want dino egg candies in my oatmeal, by god I'll have dino egg candies in my oatmeal.

[Renalt]

The Legend of Dragoon finally being available on the PS5 makes me cautiously optimistic that we'll see some other classic PS1 and PS2 JRPG's added as well. I'd especially like to see Vagrant Story, Final Fantasy Tactics, Breath of Fire IV and Shadow Hearts to name but a handful.

All solid hits. I'll throw Tales of Destiny, Tales of Eternia, Legend of Legaia, Threads of Fate, and Star Ocean 2nd Story into the mix as well.

[TheMightyMollusk]

Dragon Quarter had some really good ideas, but the way they made the game sadly did not help it. Imagine a Breath of Fire game in a large open world with the tactical gameplay of Dragon Quarter, but without the arbitrary timer. It could be a recipe for something incredible.

Dragon Quarter wasn't a bad game, it just wasn't a good Breath of Fire game.

[Bunnycake]

What a terrible day to have eyes.

[SassyAssassin]

What a terrible day to have eyes.

I just want to find a bestie that will eat the sausage part so I can have the gummy bears

[rainichan]

All solid hits. I'll throw Tales of Destiny, Tales of Eternia, Legend of Legaia, Threads of Fate, and Star Ocean 2nd Story into the mix as well.

Japan got the psp remaster of Star Ocean 2 on ps4/ps5 I'm waiting for us now because it's the best title and at this point they're just withholding it for no reason. You gave us the First Departure version of Star Ocean 1, give us Second Evolution, SE.

...I'd also take the old Tales of titles, Eternia is my fave old Tales title, but I'd also like the ps3 titles available (Graces f, Xillia and Xillia 2) so I don't have to keep my ps3 hooked up to play 'em.

[RyuDragnier]

All solid hits. I'll throw Tales of Destiny, Tales of Eternia, Legend of Legaia, Threads of Fate, and Star Ocean 2nd Story into the mix as well.

Still hoping the current guy in charge of the Tales franchise plans on releasing double packs of old games, if not outright remaking them. Imagine a double pack of Phantasia and Eternia, of Destiny and Destiny 2, and of Rebirth and Legendia. All my money is waiting for you to take, Bamco.

Dragon Quarter wasn't a bad game, it just wasn't a good Breath of Fire game.

Pretty much. Like how FF9 wasn't a bad game, but it was a bad Final Fantasy game (yes, this is a hill I will die on).

[TheMightyMollusk]

Still hoping the current guy in charge of the Tales franchise plans on releasing double packs of old games, if not outright remaking them. Imagine a double pack of Phantasia and Eternia, of Destiny and Destiny 2, and of Rebirth and Legendia. All my money is waiting for you to take, Bamco.

At this point I'd settle for a rerelease of Symphonia that isn't buggy, missing dialogue, and overall performing worse than the Gamecube release.

[rainichan]

Still hoping the current guy in charge of the Tales franchise plans on releasing double packs of old games, if not outright remaking them. Imagine a double pack of Phantasia and Eternia, of Destiny and Destiny 2, and of Rebirth and Legendia. All my money is waiting for you to take, Bamco.

TALES OF REBIRTH



How long have I waited... for the one they call--they never released here. I will throw my money at them for Rebirth.

You have good taste, my friend. c: