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Hmm, no I actually don't remember that one...I'll have to Google it. I agree, other than the SNES, the PS1 had some of the greatest RPG's of all time. Truly a golden age.
Skies of Arcadia was Dreamcast and then ported (with some changes, additions, as is usual) to Gamecube, so it's not so much of a surprise if you're talking PS1 or Sony consoles. If your preferred means of non-town, non-dungeon, non-battle interaction with an RPG is flying around a big overworld, it's the game for you (sky pirates gotta fly through skies, after all). It's decent, but I wouldn't really say too much other than that.
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Bender: I admit.. as far as jrpg gaming goes.. I am a bit of a traditionalist.. I didn't even want to play (and have YET to play) FF VII... because that's when they brought in the 3d polygons which were radical at the time.. but not of my flavor I just love those old school 2d-like animated sprites though. But I did grow accustomed to the change.. and I hated myself for enjoying FF XIII haha.. I'ma buy FFVII on the PSN since I am sure that I'm doing a disservice to JRPGs by not playing it. Mass Effect eh..? I've heard and seen good things.. but it looks more like a shooter than a rpg? If you say it's worth a look (I'll probably get the ME collection with 1-3) The last rpg-ish(action rpg?) game I played was Ultimate Alliance 2.. too much shooting (cod/halo) and fighting (sfiv/umvc3) lately.. need to get lost in the story again.
I don't think skipping FF7 is a disservice. Rather, a service to yourself (unless you've really been through all sorts of other titles first), unless you just want to do it for completion's sake, for a reference point with other people. It's just the first big mainstream JRPG with 3D graphics, that also happened to have a lot of plot thrown in. Actually, if you just want to see early 3D polygons in JRPGs, Wild Arms has 3D-rendered graphics for battles (but not characters outside of battle), and that was before FF7. As for Mass Effect, "shooter" maybe implies requiring more skill, so that's not the way to think of it, in that respect (from what I've heard and seen: I didn't play it myself).
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Wow, you have MUCH fonder memories of Chrono Cross than me. It's been a while, honestly I've forgotten much of the game. I rate my favorite games depending on how much of them I remember. I vividly remember FFVI, Chrono Trigger, Xenogears....Chrono Cross, not so much.
Maybe I'll go back and play though it again someday....I'll stream it to my PS4
I think memorability may not be the best metric to use. In fact, since Xenogears was mentioned, now
that's a game with a lot of memorable parts (in a bad way). I'd say there were a lot of different strong pros and cons with that game.
But likewise, I don't remember much about Chrono Cross, just a few parts.
Anyway, just an IMHO, but you might as well try something different rather than replay something (or play for the first time) just because it happened to be popular.
Anybody notice how Mistwalker and Monolith Soft games don't get nearly as much attention as the games those groups made while working at Square / Square Enix? I haven't exactly tried many of these, but is the quality really down, or is it just the label? Maybe more so for Mistwalker (headed by Sakagachi, who directed FF 1-5; put out Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey, etc.). Monolith Soft has key staff from Chrono Cross, Xenogears, Chrono Trigger (somewhat), though I guess Xenosaga and particularly Xenoblade Chronicles have done okay by popular consciousness. Well, they also did Baten Kaitos, but that was co-developed, with the key guts designed by Tri-Crescendo.
