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Topic	what are your opinions of the following RPG series'?
MariaTaylor 08/13/19 10:57:08 PM #26:	Punnyz posted... Lufia Illusion of Gaia\Terranigma Breath of Fire and Shining Force Lufia: First game is pretty interesting and brought some unique ideas to the table, but it's dated enough and in the right ways where in retrospect most people will go back and play it and think it was pretty standard. 2 basically takes the unique ideas and interesting elements of the franchise, it refines the presentation, and created a product that is considered an all time great. later games tend to have mixed reception and the series essentially died as a result. the GBC one is actually pretty good but, well, it is a gameboy game. you have to go in with the right expectations. Breath of Fire: Like Lufia, the first game feels pretty dated now despite having some unique and interesting ideas. I doubt the franchise would even exist if it wasn't for the fact that, within the context of when it was released, the game did stand out a bit. Also like Lufia, the second game really pulled everything together. BoF 2 is a legendary game. Not personally a fan of any of the later games but some people do enjoy them. Unlike Lufia, I wouldn't say this series "died" after the first two games. It just depends on who you ask about the later games as to whether they're worth playing. Shining Force: Gonna stick to the classics only with this one because that is what my experience was limited to. I played these games a ton and loved them as a kid. Unlike Lufia and Breath of Fire, unfortunately, I think they aged very poorly. They lack so many quality of life features that become essential to the strategy RPG genre later. It's very hard to go back and play these games now. Nothing about the gameplay feels satisfying to me, and this is coming from someone who played a lot of classic games when they were released, and still plays a lot of them today. Everything in SF1-2 just sort of... happens. Your characters go when they go, they miss when they miss, they do as much damage as they do. There's no way to have any idea about what is happening on the battlefield and that's pretty bad form for an SRPG. BoF 1 and Lufia 1 might have been been unrefined, but there was no core gameplay flaws with them -- and they improved upon their presentation with the second game. Shining Force 2 doesn't fix most of the issues with Shining Force 1, most notably the gameplay failures. I've played Illusion of Gaia and Terranigma but I don't feel like I'm qualified to say as much about them. They were somewhat fun, from what I remember. I'd probably need to replay them through a modern lens (like I've done with all the games mentioned above) before I felt comfortable giving my opinion. --- Reality seems very harsh https://imgur.com/3a03avz <cite>MariaTaylor posted [p:926037299] in what are y... [t:77936279]...</cite> <quote>Punnyz posted...</cite> <quote>Lufia Illusion of Gaia\Terranigma Breath of Fire and Shining Force</quote> Lufia: First game is pretty interesting and brought some unique ideas to the table, but it's dated enough and in the right ways where in retrospect most people will go back and play it and think it was pretty standard. 2 basically takes the unique ideas and interesting elements of the franchise, it refines the presentation, and created a product that is considered an all time great. later games tend to have mixed reception and the series essentially died as a result. the GBC one is actually pretty good but, well, it is a gameboy game. you have to go in with the right expectations. Breath of Fire: Like Lufia, the first game feels pretty dated now despite having some unique and interesting ideas. I doubt the franchise would even exist if it wasn't for the fact that, within the context of when it was released, the game did stand out a bit. Also like Lufia, the second game really pulled everything together. BoF 2 is a legendary game. Not personally a fan of any of the later games but some people do enjoy them. Unlike Lufia, I wouldn't say this series "died" after the first two games. It just depends on who you ask about the later games as to whether they're worth playing. Shining Force: Gonna stick to the classics only with this one because that is what my experience was limited to. I played these games a ton and loved them as a kid. Unlike Lufia and Breath of Fire, unfortunately, I think they aged very poorly. They lack so many quality of life features that become essential to the strategy RPG genre later. It's very hard to go back and play these games now. Nothing about the gameplay feels satisfying to me, and this is coming from someone who played a lot of classic games when they were released, and still plays a lot of them today. Everything in SF1-2 just sort of... happens. Your characters go when they go, they miss when they miss, they do as much damage as they do. There's no way to have any idea about what is happening on the battlefield and that's pretty bad form for an SRPG. BoF 1 and Lufia 1 might have been been unrefined, but there was no core gameplay flaws with them -- and they improved upon their presentation with the second game. Shining Force 2 doesn't fix most of the issues with Shining Force 1, most notably the gameplay failures. I've played Illusion of Gaia and Terranigma but I don't feel like I'm qualified to say as much about them. They were somewhat fun, from what I remember. I'd probably need to replay them through a modern lens (like I've done with all the games mentioned above) before I felt comfortable giving my opinion. --- Reality seems very harsh https://imgur.com/3a03avz</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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