Author Topic: RPG Ratings (Read 108812 times)

AndrewRogue · « **Reply #350 on:** October 01, 2010, 10:06:20 PM »

Dragon Age is a hard rank. While I enjoyed the game thoroughly (the dialogue was supremely snazzy and the characters were great), the actual game itself felt pretty damn rough around the edges. Clunky interface, challenge that varied somewhere between "Would you kindly cease penetrating me from behind. good sir?" and "lulz Cone of Cold," slow gameplay and mediocre pacing, it feels at about the right spot right where it is. Its a cool game and I dug it, but it is just really, really flawed.

Anthony Edward Stark · « **Reply #351 on:** October 02, 2010, 12:21:04 AM »

What did you play it on? Unlike most games, it really shows that the interface was optimized for PCs and then ported to consoles.

AndrewRogue · « **Reply #352 on:** October 02, 2010, 12:45:07 AM »

I did play it on PC, actually. I'm pretty sure I would have ranked it down one more time if I'd played it on console. Not having the overhead view would have driven me nuts. Hell, it feels like it'd honestly be unplayable.

Drifloon · « **Reply #353 on:** October 10, 2010, 08:29:28 AM »

Reviewing my ancient list and seeing that there are definitely things that need updating >_>

Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep added at 9
Arc: Twilight of the Spirits and Fire Emblem 4 moved down from 10 to 9
Fire Emblem 10 moved up from 9 to 10
Digital Devil Saga 2 moved down from 9 to 8
Super Paper Mario moved down from 9 to 7
A Blurred Line moved down from 8 to 7
FF4 Advance moved down from 8 to 7
Fire Emblem 9 moved up from 8 to 9
Legend of Legaia moved up from 8 to 9
FF3 DS moved up from 5 to 6
Dark Chronicle moved down from 6 to 5

I can't believe I've only played one new game in almost a year o.o

superaielman · « **Reply #354 on:** October 19, 2010, 12:15:33 AM »

FFTA2 is 7/10

Hunter Sopko · « **Reply #355 on:** October 20, 2010, 06:29:18 AM »

Moved Thousand Arms down from 9 to 8.

Moved Ar Tonelico down from 3 to 2.

Meeplelard · « **Reply #356 on:** October 23, 2010, 03:29:15 AM »

Finally got to adding Unlimited Saga at 0/10. The game did a bunch of new unique ideas, tried to be ambitious, etc. It just screwed ALL OF THEM UP. People say "YOU CHOSE THE WRONG STORY" for my first, but you know what? The nature of the game gave me absolutely no enjoyment whatsoever. It was one of the most boring experiences of all time, does just about everything wrong with an RPG, and I saw absolutely nothing redeeming about it. That's 0/10 material.

Sierra · « **Reply #357 on:** October 23, 2010, 04:12:25 AM »

There is no right story.

Talaysen · « **Reply #358 on:** October 23, 2010, 05:23:11 AM »

The right story is the one where you don't play the game.

Nitori · « **Reply #359 on:** October 23, 2010, 05:41:32 AM »

Quote from: Talaysen on October 23, 2010, 05:23:11 AM

The right story is the one where you play the rest of the game.

Grefter · « **Reply #360 on:** October 23, 2010, 10:38:38 PM »

Quote from: Nitori on October 23, 2010, 05:41:32 AM

Quote from: Talaysen on October 23, 2010, 05:23:11 AM
This is MY story.

OblivionKnight · « **Reply #361 on:** October 28, 2010, 03:10:54 PM »

Quote from: Meeplelard on October 23, 2010, 03:29:15 AM

Finally got to adding Unlimited Saga at 0/10. The game did a bunch of new unique ideas, tried to be ambitious, etc. It just screwed ALL OF THEM UP. People say "YOU CHOSE THE WRONG STORY" for my first, but you know what? The nature of the game gave me absolutely no enjoyment whatsoever. It was one of the most boring experiences of all time, does just about everything wrong with an RPG, and I saw absolutely nothing redeeming about it. That's 0/10 material.

Far far worse than any Shin Megami Tensei game.

Anthony Edward Stark · « **Reply #362 on:** October 29, 2010, 05:03:18 AM »

Fallout: New Vegas gets a 10.

Yes, it has some bugs, apparently. I've not encountered them myself. But anyway, the game would get a 10 based on Vault 11 alone. Vault fuckin 11!!!!!

But yeah. Fuckin love FONV. Even without any mods yet. I just dig the characters and the world. And shit always feels like it happens because of you, rather than to you.

Cmdr_King · « **Reply #363 on:** November 02, 2010, 03:02:51 AM »

Added Lufia: Curse of the Sinistrals at 7/10

Cmdr_King · « **Reply #364 on:** November 07, 2010, 09:17:17 PM »

Decided to tweak my review philosophy and spread around the middle of my ratings more. As such, broad changes with simple summaries.

The following are all -1, from 7/10 to 6/10

Tales of Symphonia [GCN]
Shadow Hearts: From the New World [PS2]
Lunar Legend [GBA]
Suikoden IV [PS2]
Fire Emblem: Sword of Seals [GBA]
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon [DS]
Wild ARMs 3 [PS2]
Suikoden Tierkreis [DS]
Tales of Phantasia [GBA]
Pokémon Pearl/Diamond [DS]
Grandia III [PS2]

And the following are all -1 from 6/10 to 5/10

Final Fantasy III [DS]
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon [GBA] (DNR)
Radiata Stories [PS2]
Pokémon Colosseum [GCN]
Tales of Eternia [PS1]

Also, changed Final Fantasy Tactics Advance* [GBA] from 7/10 to 4/10. I thought I'd done that or removed it ages ago, but apparently not.

Dhyerwolf · « **Reply #365 on:** November 07, 2010, 11:19:58 PM »

Added Lost Odyssey at 7, note to self to try to formulate solid enough thoughts in FF 13, ToV, Crisis Core and Wizard of Oz enough for rankings.

Twilkitri · « **Reply #366 on:** December 03, 2010, 11:06:48 AM »

Added SD Gundam G Generation Cross Drive at 7/10.
Added Persona 3 at 9/10.

Cmdr_King · « **Reply #367 on:** December 15, 2010, 07:51:40 AM »

Added Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana at 8/10

Twilkitri · « **Reply #368 on:** December 22, 2010, 12:17:13 PM »

Added Persona 3 FES: The Answer at 7/10.

Cmdr_King · « **Reply #369 on:** December 26, 2010, 08:22:41 AM »

added Rhapsody [DS] at 6/10.
Lowered Rhapsody [PS1] 1 to 5/10.

Cmdr_King · « **Reply #370 on:** December 29, 2010, 05:25:47 AM »

Added Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings at 6/10.

Twilkitri · « **Reply #371 on:** January 03, 2011, 05:52:25 AM »

Added Mass Effect at 7/10.
Added Super Robot Wars L at 7/10.

Talaysen · « **Reply #372 on:** January 03, 2011, 07:02:05 AM »

Added Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale at 6/10. Think it's good enough to get that above 5 rating but it's really pushing that line...

Dark Holy Elf · « **Reply #373 on:** January 09, 2011, 10:32:59 PM »

Added Saga Frontier at 8/10. Yeah I liked this one; very creative and generally fun, though too flawed for a 9.
Added Suikoden Tierkreis at 7/10. Yeah I liked this one's story; game's a slightly inferior S2 overall.

Final Fantasy 7 down one to 7/10 - Mostly a victim of reshuffling
Final Fantasy 3 and Wild Arms 5 both down one to 6/10 - As above, but neither game is aging super-well to me anyway
Shining Force 2 up one to 4/10 - Decent enough SRPG for this, I find myself remembering it with more fondness than I do my 3's
Suikoden 4 down one to 3/10 - Speaking of 3's, hi. Not a game aging well at all, so it can afford a one-rank gap between it and S1.

Jo'ou Ranbu · « **Reply #374 on:** January 09, 2011, 10:38:07 PM »

Man, you like Saga Frontier more than I do.

EDIT: Not that it's particularly -hard-, but that still surprises me a lot.

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