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by brightshield
Tue Nov 24, 2009 4:34 pm
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: Just got Tales of Symphonia 2. A rant.
Replies: 116
Views: 171710

Re: Just got Tales of Symphonia 2. A rant.

a) You're generalizing again. Is every gaiden really so awful that you think no one can enjoy them? What of little titles like Magic School Lunar!, Shining Force Gaiden, etc.? They're still perfectly fine games that provide players with a good bit of fun. Even if they're smaller in scope (which I'v...
by brightshield
Wed Nov 11, 2009 9:58 pm
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: MIA; Have you seen these games?
Replies: 39
Views: 40378

Re: MIA; Have you seen these games?

There's a big difference between highest rated and "didn't get mediocre reviews."

Both apply to Suikoden 3 though... unless you count an 86 as mediocre.
by brightshield
Wed Nov 11, 2009 12:26 am
Forum: Anime, Music, TV/Movies, and Books
Topic: Favorite anime
Replies: 65
Views: 119974

Re: Favorite anime

Eh, Kurapica is lame. Yeah, he's like a watered down version of Kurama. Now Kurama on the other hand, is the man. Hisoka is easily my favorite character too, he's just so damned eeeevil! Yet, at the same time he can be nice and friendly. Awesome character. The calm composed badass character I was r...
by brightshield
Wed Nov 11, 2009 12:17 am
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: MIA; Have you seen these games?
Replies: 39
Views: 40378

Re: MIA; Have you seen these games?

Where do those stats come from brightshield? It's the overall average on Gamerankings. For those number to stand up, you have to assume that the reviewing criteria didn't change from 1995-2006. That sounds pretty naive to me. Another problem: there are far more reviews for the games past 2. That ma...
by brightshield
Tue Nov 10, 2009 3:15 pm
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: MIA; Have you seen these games?
Replies: 39
Views: 40378

Re: MIA; Have you seen these games?

I was scared off from the series because of the transition to 3d...that and it got mediocre reviews. Suikoden 3 is the highest rated game in the series. Suikoden = 82/100 Suikoden 2 = 81/100 Suikoden 3 = 86/100 Suikoden 4 = 67/100 Suikoden 5 = 79/100 Suikoden Tactics = 70/100 Suikoden Tierkreis = 7...
by brightshield
Tue Nov 10, 2009 3:03 pm
Forum: Anime, Music, TV/Movies, and Books
Topic: Favorite anime
Replies: 65
Views: 119974

Re: Favorite anime

Series that don't conform on that level usually have the stoic composed badass who is larger than life, Kurapica? Bleh, he pretends to be calm and badass, but he constantly cracks under pressure. Someone like Kurama from Yu Yu Hakusho is a true badass. while Gon and Killua are just naive youth out ...
by brightshield
Mon Nov 09, 2009 2:47 pm
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: Just got Tales of Symphonia 2. A rant.
Replies: 116
Views: 171710

Re: Just got Tales of Symphonia 2. A rant.

Narikiri Dungeon has a really interesting plot with cool tie-ins to Phantasia. Radiant Mythology 2 is an amazing little dungeon crawler that improves upon the original Radiant Mythology in almost every conceivable way. Tales of Eternia Online brought LMBS online, which was awesome, though the serve...
by brightshield
Mon Nov 02, 2009 7:13 pm
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: Just got Tales of Symphonia 2. A rant.
Replies: 116
Views: 171710

Re: Just got Tales of Symphonia 2. A rant.

It's ridiculous for you to assume such things when you've absolutely no grounds for your claims. I'm just going by how it always works. If a game in a series doesn't get localized in America then that's because it's not one of the better games in the series. FF was the perfect example yet again. 7,...
by brightshield
Mon Nov 02, 2009 5:10 pm
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: Just got Tales of Symphonia 2. A rant.
Replies: 116
Views: 171710

Re: Just got Tales of Symphonia 2. A rant.

Yes, Abyss really has amazing battle system. Lets try a different example, I like Star Ocean 1/2's (PSP remakes) battle system more than ToS'. Because of free run? I hate how you can only equip two special moves at once. The original versions of those games had much worse battle systems than ToS. Y...
by brightshield
Fri Oct 30, 2009 2:49 pm
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: Just got Tales of Symphonia 2. A rant.
Replies: 116
Views: 171710

Re: Just got Tales of Symphonia 2. A rant.

The battle system was rather bad (I did play Abyss before it, though), You've been spoiled. Abyss has the best battle system in the series. The only other one you may like is Vesperia. story is nothing special Meh, it's far better than most of the Tales games in this area. and aside from maybe 3 ch...
by brightshield
Fri Oct 30, 2009 2:39 pm
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: Just got Tales of Symphonia 2. A rant.
Replies: 116
Views: 171710

Re: Just got Tales of Symphonia 2. A rant.

Just wanted to point out that FE games are sequels as well. FE: Radiant Dawn takes place after Path of Radiance(as you already mentioned). Monshō no Nazo is also a sequel to Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no Tsurugi. Marth is in both of those. Seisen no Keifu is also related to Thracia 776; I have no idea ab...
by brightshield
Mon Oct 26, 2009 3:42 pm
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: Just got Tales of Symphonia 2. A rant.
Replies: 116
Views: 171710

Re: Just got Tales of Symphonia 2. A rant.

Sorry, I'm late. All of the training I had to do at work tired me out, so I've been sleeping in most of my spare time(I was replaying Legendia also). Since I wasn't able to come in for like 6 weeks, they had to retrain me on the sword fights, and how to fly the Falcon. Also, as I said, I've been pla...
by brightshield
Mon Oct 19, 2009 3:04 pm
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: Just got Tales of Symphonia 2. A rant.
Replies: 116
Views: 171710

Re: Just got Tales of Symphonia 2. A rant.

... What does it matter if they bash 7 Bashing a game merely because it's more popular than your favorite is pure fanboyism. Thus, I'm saying that the hardcore fans of a series shouldn't be taken seriously. or don't agree with your opinion on how awesome Sephiroth is? When did I give my opinion on ...
by brightshield
Fri Oct 16, 2009 2:43 pm
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: Just got Tales of Symphonia 2. A rant.
Replies: 116
Views: 171710

Re: Just got Tales of Symphonia 2. A rant.

Not really. As Shiva pointed out, it's considered to be one of the best for speed and whatnot, plus a lot people prefer the CC system it introduced to TP. Though it's not 3-D, it makes use of far more than the single line by introducing aerial combat (plus a lot of the aerial mechanics like Aiming ...
by brightshield
Fri Oct 16, 2009 3:20 am
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: Just got Tales of Symphonia 2. A rant.
Replies: 116
Views: 171710

Re: Just got Tales of Symphonia 2. A rant.

Your opinions probably represent the average American game consumer well, and illustrate why Namco stopped bothering with the non-3D Tales games in the West. I guess. But LE's not wrong about the Destiny remake. Fans with access to the whole series regard the remake battle system highly for its spe...
by brightshield
Thu Oct 15, 2009 6:53 pm
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: Just got Tales of Symphonia 2. A rant.
Replies: 116
Views: 171710

Re: Just got Tales of Symphonia 2. A rant.

it'd have what's considered one of the best battle systems in the series (rather than one of the worst), Not at all. If it got released after Symphonia here, the fact that it went back to 2d would already be considered a huge step backwards. nicely blended 2-D and 3-D graphics, They still aren't ve...
by brightshield
Thu Oct 15, 2009 4:31 pm
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: Just got Tales of Symphonia 2. A rant.
Replies: 116
Views: 171710

Re: Just got Tales of Symphonia 2. A rant.

Uh, no. No, they're not. Rebirth and Destiny Remake are considered the best representatives of Team Destiny, and we've never gotten them. We just have everything from Team Symphonia and Team Melfes. A lot of people prefer Team Destiny to the other two. You may have a point with Rebirth, but not so ...
by brightshield
Thu Oct 08, 2009 8:45 pm
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: Just got Tales of Symphonia 2. A rant.
Replies: 116
Views: 171710

Re: Just got Tales of Symphonia 2. A rant.

I was around GameFAQs when it was first released. I only ever saw people complain of his relative slowness, not of actual button-to-ingame-reaction lag. It was both things. Then you won't be able to find people who've played much beyond Symphonia, Abyss, Vesperia, Legendia, and maybe Destiny or Ete...
by brightshield
Thu Oct 08, 2009 8:20 pm
Forum: Polls
Topic: Who is your favorite hero?
Replies: 21
Views: 43716

Re: Who is your favorite hero?

Ghaleon easily. He had the most depth by far. Dyne would be my second favorite though.
by brightshield
Thu Oct 08, 2009 8:14 pm
Forum: Anime, Music, TV/Movies, and Books
Topic: Vampire Hunter D
Replies: 13
Views: 17615

Re: Vampire Hunter D

The first film was very good. The plot wasn't super complex or anything. Just the typical save the girl from the evil vampire. It worked really well though. The fights were good for their time, but haven't aged well. Still, this film kind of created it's own genre, so I'll always respect it for that...