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Post by wyldephang on Sept 8, 2014 14:57:08 GMT -5
Scratch one more game off that list. Over the weekend I finished The 7th Saga (SNES), closing the book on a chapter in my life two decades in the making. I remember renting this game as a youngster in the early '90s, and for some reason, the character design made quite an impression on me. It's no surprise that, all these years later, I would gravitate toward the same character I used back then:  All said, 7th Saga is a pretty solid RPG with some frustrating flaws. It's far more difficult than it needs to be, since the character leveling has been nerfed in the North American version. There is some potential for replay value, however, since the characters in the game have unique attributes and your play style may vary each time you play. |
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Post by TrekMD on Sept 8, 2014 17:54:45 GMT -5
Congrats on finishing the game, wyldephang!
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Post by wyldephang on Apr 25, 2017 20:30:04 GMT -5
Earlier this month I completed a playthrough of Final Fantasy VII for the PlayStation. Normally I'll step away from a game after having completed it, then possibly revisit it a year or two later if it was good enough to merit experiencing again. But for some reason, I got the urge to start another game file right after I completed the last one, and now, I'm working on my second playthrough in a row. There isn't a great amount of depth to Final Fantasy VII's mechanics. Most of the characters play the same, or at least can be fashioned that way, and there are no class archetypes (i.e., white mage, fighter) worth mentioning. What the game does have is solid, fun gameplay, something that I find myself returning to time and time again. My goal this time through is to finally conquer the infamous Weapon monsters, which were introduced in the international version of FFVII as an exclusive challenge. The first time I encountered these optional bosses back in 1997-98, I was roundly beaten, but I hope to return the favor. I'd say twenty years is a long enough time to settle an old score.
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Post by VectorX on May 7, 2017 20:37:54 GMT -5
Earlier this month I completed a playthrough of Final Fantasy VII for the PlayStation. Normally I'll step away from a game after having completed it, then possibly revisit it a year or two later if it was good enough to merit experiencing again. But for some reason, I got the urge to start another game file right after I completed the last one, That's how I usually go about Shining in the Darkness for the Genesis. There isn't a great amount of depth to Final Fantasy VII's mechanics. Same with Darkness. You do a bunch of grinding to build up your characters by dungeon crawling/fighting, and that's about it, basically. Dungeons have unique things to them though and can take time getting through. Back to this original subject, though: oh, augh. I ran across a version of Pixel Dungeon in the Chrome store a few weeks ago for my Chromebook (I think it's called Undegraded Pixel Dungeon or something like that, leaving out some enemy or gameplay feature or something). It's monstrously addictive; I haven't slowed down in playing it for weeks now and have even stayed up until 1 a. m. playing it, which I haven't done with a game in years. It's based on Dogue, which I assume is a remake of Rogue (which I could be wrong) where you go through many levels of a dungeon, killing creatures to bring up your character's experience level and all. You will find potions and scrolls, which have a random use with every game, hence the enormous replay value, along with no two games playing the same. It can be very unfair and all but it's pretty damn good. Ugh, back to it in a few, I'm afraid  |
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Post by wyldephang on May 12, 2017 16:16:05 GMT -5
Haha! Sounds like you've found your "killer app." And I do own a copy of Shining in the Darkness; I really should pick it up and give it a try. When did you complete your last playthrough? How many times do you think you've completed it? I've heard you talk about the game quite a bit, so I imagine it's quite good.
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Post by VectorX on May 12, 2017 17:38:04 GMT -5
Sounds like you've found your "killer app." Unfortunately, yes  There's all kinds of things to find out about it too, like one of them is when your character starts getting hungry and you have to feed him. At times you don't have enough food, and there are these sewer crabs from like level 3 on that, when killed, leave behind a piece of "mystery meat" fairly often. It can take care of you like regular food, make you feel stuffed (then two moves later you're hungry again), paralyze you, cause you to catch fire, etc. Well, if you catch fire that mystery meat can turn into a steak and feed you that way, which is pretty funny. And I enchanted a sword just today, making it fire bolts of lightning or something when you use it, killed a creature in a trade shop and somehow destroyed the entire shop and shopkeeper with it when my sword shot off that bolt. I wonder if when I leave the current level and go back if the shop will be totally empty or it'll be restocked with the keeper in it and all. And I do own a copy of Shining in the Darkness; I really should pick it up and give it a try. When did you complete your last playthrough? Might've been a couple of years ago. I'm really far in my current game and don't have much left to complete it but I don't have my Genesis hooked up right now. How many times do you think you've completed it? Several. Can't really guess how many times. I've heard you talk about the game quite a bit, so I imagine it's quite good. Not really, actually! You just do a lot of lengthy grinding to build up characters, but there's several surprises and stuff. You'll have to make a map of the first dungeon and part of the second once you go through it until one of your magic users can map it out themselves. It's a bit lengthy of a game for back then though. |
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Post by gamezone on May 19, 2017 12:28:50 GMT -5
Feel the same about Shining in the Darkness. Fun game just to return and play once in awhile.
Playing on the Genesis lately. Quick games of Risk. Surprised the Genesis version played so smooth. Computer players offer a bit of a challenge. Pac Man 2 as well. Head straight for the arcade. End up playing more in the arcade than the actual game. Use the cheat codes which offer different arcade games for the Genesis and Super Nes versions.
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Post by VectorX on May 19, 2017 13:29:59 GMT -5
I might keep Risk in mind if I'm ever to run across it.
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Post by gamezone on May 24, 2017 16:53:12 GMT -5
Been playing on the portable Sega Genesis by ATGames. Bought one a couple of years ago when a store chain was going out. Marked down when I bought it. Priced at $40.00 dollars but if memory serves me I paid close to half for one. Add a memory card and your playing expands.
Thought I would try the portability over the console. Due to the smaller screen some games are harder to play. Risk is actually decent. Playing Columns as well.
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Post by VectorX on May 24, 2017 18:40:07 GMT -5
Been playing on the portable Sega Genesis by ATGames. Bought one a couple of years ago when a store chain was going out. Marked down when I bought it. Priced at $40.00 dollars but if memory serves me I paid close to half for one. Add a memory card and your playing expands. Sounds like you made out pretty well on that deal |
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Post by gamezone on May 25, 2017 11:42:39 GMT -5
Maybe. Sometimes I worry that playing on emulated systems takes away from the original somehow. Maybe not.
Ready for some console time. Maybe with the Memorial weekend coming there will be time.
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Post by wyldephang on Jul 16, 2018 13:57:32 GMT -5
Recently, I've decided to revisit some of my favorite Final Fantasy games on the PlayStation. I began a playthrough of FFVII last year, but because I was distracted by other games, I never got around to finishing it. Not long ago, however, something compelled me to pick it back up. As it often happens when I set down an RPG and revisit it some time later, I was disoriented at first, not knowing exactly what I was working on when I left off. It didn't take long to regain my footing, though, and play the game the rest of the way through. For some reason, I can always return to FFVII without getting bored of it. I am currently working on a playthrough of FFIX, which was the last core Final Fantasy game on the PlayStation. Unlike FFVII, which sucks me in immediately, FFIX has a more gradual buildup. I think this is because the battle system feels slower than FFVII and is more tedious to master, but after you start building your characters, the game picks up momentum. I'm nearing the end as we speak and am considering what game to play next.  |
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There's all kinds of things to find out about it too, like one of them is when your character starts getting hungry and you have to feed him. At times you don't have enough food, and there are these sewer crabs from like level 3 on that, when killed, leave behind a piece of "mystery meat" fairly often. It can take care of you like regular food, make you feel stuffed (then two moves later you're hungry again), paralyze you, cause you to catch fire, etc. Well, if you catch fire that mystery meat can turn into a steak and feed you that way, which is pretty funny. And I enchanted a sword just today, making it fire bolts of lightning or something when you use it, killed a creature in a trade shop and somehow destroyed the entire shop and shopkeeper with it when my sword shot off that bolt. I wonder if when I leave the current level and go back if the shop will be totally empty or it'll be restocked with the keeper in it and all.
