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Post by Allie on Jul 30, 2014 23:10:13 GMT -5
Phantasy Star 4, without a doubt.
2 may be more Iconic due to the popularity of Nei, and Nei's importance within Franchise Lore, but 4 is a tight, fast-paced RPG that pretty much tied the rest of the franchise up to that point (with even a couple shouts to PS3) together and set the tone for a few other JRPGs to come.
As much as I like PS Zero, and as disappointed as I am that there was never an official NA release of PSO2, I still feel like 4 is just a perfectly paced, well-made game, with some of the best music on the Genesis/MD. "Laughter" (used for the battles against Zio and Lashiec) is still one of the best boss themes I've heard in a JRPG. One of my absolute favorite games, period.
Next : Burnout.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2014 0:58:24 GMT -5
It's really too bad that one never got a home port... There were actually plans for a Saturn port of Capcom's AvP, which sadly fell through. The D&D beat-em-ups did make it onto the system though.
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Post by Weasel on Jul 31, 2014 2:21:08 GMT -5
For Burnout, some would prefer Paradise for its open-world racing, but I personally would go for Burnout Revenge - specifically, the version for PS2 and original XBox. Why? Sheer variety. While the number of tracks is not huge, the number of modes available in career mode makes things far more interesting. Traditional races, Road Rage mode (wreck as many opponent cars as possible), Traffic Attack mode (encourages you to plow through as much traffic as you like!), and my absolute favorite version of Crash Mode (which was changed severely in the XBox 360 version). Paradise might have the open world, multi-route racing, and Burnout 3 might be backwards compatible...but Revenge is always going to be my favorite for the fast action and the wide variety of modes.
Next: Prince of Persia...and then I'll quit hogging the thread. =P
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Post by Allie on Aug 1, 2014 0:38:25 GMT -5
For Burnout, some would prefer Paradise for its open-world racing, but I personally would go for Burnout Revenge - specifically, the version for PS2 and original XBox. Why? Sheer variety. While the number of tracks is not huge, the number of modes available in career mode makes things far more interesting. Traditional races, Road Rage mode (wreck as many opponent cars as possible), Traffic Attack mode (encourages you to plow through as much traffic as you like!), and my absolute favorite version of Crash Mode (which was changed severely in the XBox 360 version). Paradise might have the open world, multi-route racing, and Burnout 3 might be backwards compatible...but Revenge is always going to be my favorite for the fast action and the wide variety of modes. Next: Prince of Persia...and then I'll quit hogging the thread. =P I didn't like Paradise at all, but then, in general, I don't like Open World racing games (with the exception of Forza Horizon, which is only pseudo open world). For me, I liked Dominator best. And while I know Dominator is more a spinoff made by a different team (with a couple of people from Criterion overseeing the project), I liked how it struck a balance between Burnout 2 and Burnout 3's style of racing, even finally bringing back the Titular Burnouts.
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Post by Feynman on Aug 1, 2014 0:44:03 GMT -5
Prince of Persia?
The first one. Whether it be on a PC, a Mac, a Genesis or a SNES, Prince of Persia is fun as hell and soundly stomps every other installment of the series and yes that bloody well includes Sands of Time. Learning how to control the prince effectively and zip through the trap-filled levels is an absolute joy.
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Post by nightdreamer on Aug 1, 2014 2:39:07 GMT -5
Well since Feynman forgot to pick any series, I get to do it again.
NEXT: RIIIIIIIDGE RACER
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Post by Allie on Aug 1, 2014 11:47:48 GMT -5
The Problem with picking a Ridge Racer is that the music is so integral to the series.
Ridge Racer 7 might be my favorite of them, gameplay-wise, but its soundtrack just doesn't compare to Rage Racer or R4's soundtracks.
And R4 was still great, but its aesthetics were kind of lacking, overall.
Ridge Racers, the first PSP installment, strikes a good balance, but doesn't quite feel as good as 7 does (or even 5 does, really).
I think despite all that, Ridge Racer 7 still wins out. 60 FPS means the world to a racing game.
Next : SaGa
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Post by zerker on Aug 1, 2014 15:43:40 GMT -5
Prince of Persia? The first one. Whether it be on a PC, a Mac, a Genesis or a SNES, Prince of Persia is fun as hell and soundly stomps every other installment of the series and yes that bloody well includes Sands of Time. Learning how to control the prince effectively and zip through the trap-filled levels is an absolute joy. I thought the DOS version of Prince of Persia 2 was pretty good too.
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Post by deadguy2322 on Aug 3, 2014 13:36:37 GMT -5
The Problem with picking a Ridge Racer is that the music is so integral to the series. Ridge Racer 7 might be my favorite of them, gameplay-wise, but its soundtrack just doesn't compare to Rage Racer or R4's soundtracks. And R4 was still great, but its aesthetics were kind of lacking, overall. Ridge Racer s, the first PSP installment, strikes a good balance, but doesn't quite feel as good as 7 does (or even 5 does, really). I think despite all that, Ridge Racer 7 still wins out. 60 FPS means the world to a racing game. Next : SaGaI have to agree, Ridge Racer 7 is really an underrated game, largely due to the derision heaped on the Sony E3 conference where it was unveiled and how few people have played it due to being such an early release on the system. If anyone wants to try it and can't find the disc, the 3-D License version on the PSN store is the full game and is playable in 2-D.
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