Poll of the Day > Pick the game I try to finish next

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Just beat Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (GCN) -- 7/10 Took me just under 81 hrs. I found all the star pieces and got all the recipes. I was just missing a couple badges and didn't clear the Pit of 100 Trials (I made it to level 90).

Outside of Chapters 3 and 6, and the beginning of 7 where you have to chase General White around, I really enjoyed this. I found those 3 spots to be extremely tedious. While optional, I also found the Pit of 100 Trials to be very tedious, since, unless you luck into a bunch of the creature that you can pay to skip some levels, you have to spend a lot of time fighting battles that are a cakewalk to make it back to where you last left off if you decide to leave (it does get pretty tough in the second half), as the badge that lets you auto-win those battles doesn't work. You're going to need a few hours available if you do want to try to tackle the Pit. The Bowser segments initially had me chuckling, but they wore thin pretty quickly. The Princess Peach segments also had a short stay in the entertaining realm. Did they really think people would have fun having someone say "I love you" literally 100 times? I also shook my head when I decided to see what the wrong option leading into the end battle and it actually gave me a Game Over, requiring me to sit through the ~5 minute lead-in that is unskippable.

Now that I know that you get absolutely nothing for finding all the star pieces and getting all the recipes, if I ever replay this, I won't try for all of them again.
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Kingdom Hearts came in 2nd last poll, so it gets held over.

Being an Atari 2600 game, Cosmic Commuter might not have an ending. If not, and if it actually wins, I'll choose some reasonable challenge score.
Likewise with Vindicators, being an arcade game.
And with Columns.
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The Switch version of Phantasy Star is preferred since it made some QOL changes (less random encounters, more EXP / Meseta, easy to access lists explaining stuff like spell effects, weapon effects, etc, a auto map feature in dungeons), but I voted for that. Kingdom Hearts is awesome though, and I hope you play it someday.
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Dragon Slayer: The Legend Of Heroes (PCECD) -- import

This because it's the first entry in the Eiyu Densetsu series.

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DeltaBladeX posted...

The Switch version of Phantasy Star is preferred since it made some QOL changes (less random encounters, more EXP / Meseta, easy to access lists explaining stuff like spell effects, weapon effects, etc, a auto map feature in dungeons), but I voted for that. Kingdom Hearts is awesome though, and I hope you play it someday.

I don't own a Switch, and have no plans to. I'll need to finally buy a 2nd PS3 controller in order to unlock it, since apparently you have to beat the first boss in one of the Sonic games in 2-player mode.

Judgmenl posted...

This because it's the first entry in the Eiyu Densetsu series.

I've actually unknowingly picked up a handful of games in the franchise. Faxanadu (NES) is part of it.
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Got PS4? Those controllers can be used in most games for player 2 on the PS3, just not 100% compatible, like the system button not working.
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No. I don't have any current system.
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cliffhanger

Blaqthourne posted...

I don't own a Switch, and have no plans to. I'll need to finally buy a 2nd PS3 controller in order to unlock it, since apparently you have to beat the first boss in one of the Sonic games in 2-player mode.

I've actually unknowingly picked up a handful of games in the franchise. Faxanadu (NES) is part of it.

Have you played any of the Legend of Heroes games before? I have only played the Trails Sub-series, but if any of the early games are as good as Trails then you are in for a ride.

Xanadu is a different series than Legend of Heroes, it's more of an action game than an RPG. I haven't played any of those..

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Best of luck finding a controller then. Getting really difficult. Not helped by nephews breaking mine whenever I was getting another. >:(
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Kingdom Hearts has an insurmountable lead, so I'll be starting that.

Judgmenl posted...

Have you played any of the Legend of Heroes games before? I have only played the Trails Sub-series, but if any of the early games are as good as Trails then you are in for a ride.

I have not. I'll probably look into the Trails games if I like this, but right now, the price doesn't justify a blind purchase.

Xanadu is a different series than Legend of Heroes, it's more of an action game than an RPG. I haven't played any of those..

Apparently, the franchise branched off into two directions. I have Legend of Xanadu I & II (both PCECD imports) and Faxanadu. I'm keeping an eye out for Legacy of the Wizard (NES) and I might import Dragon Slayer: Legend of Heroes II (PCECD).
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