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Postby Iorek » Wed Jul 25, 2007 4:44 am

Pros:
-Music by Yasunori Mitsuda.

Cons:
-Slow, slow, slow. Whether you're running around on the map, battling, or watching cut scenes, everything moves like it's underwater.
-There are many things that may catch your interest at first, but don't have any real purpose. What I find very annoying about the series is the religious references are simply being exploited for the sake of "coolness". When Xenogears executed religious overtones, it did it much more skillfully, and with purpose. This just throws around ancient Hebrew Bible, the devil's number, etc. almost arbitrarily.

If you do end up playing all three episodes, you'll find that the story is of the uncreative, convoluted, kind (especially toward the end of episode 3).
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Postby Teenr0cker » Wed Jul 25, 2007 9:29 am

I wonder how reviews would look if they all started with "Okay, so I played <Game Goes Here> recently, right after I dropped some acid and shot heroin into my balls (it was an accident this time). It was great. The game...not the heroin or the acid...well, those are always great. Anyways..."
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Postby HolsteinCow » Fri Aug 03, 2007 1:04 am

Kyle wrote:Well, then tell me of one game that has a better story. Ever.


Planescape: Torment. You actually can make a good story without references to Christian theology.
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Postby Sarcasm » Fri Aug 03, 2007 4:05 am

HolsteinCow wrote:
Kyle wrote:Well, then tell me of one game that has a better story. Ever.


Planescape: Torment. You actually can make a good story without references to Christian theology.

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Postby Greatchickenman » Fri Aug 03, 2007 1:46 pm

Kyle wrote:Well, then tell me of one game that has a better story. Ever.



Seriously? No one's said Fallout yet?
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Postby Sarcasm » Fri Aug 03, 2007 2:24 pm

Greatchickenman wrote:
Kyle wrote:Well, then tell me of one game that has a better story. Ever.



Seriously? No one's said Fallout yet?

Isn't Fallout just an unoffical part of the Wasteland series? (copyright problems)
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Postby Forerunner » Sun Aug 05, 2007 11:35 am

Chrono Trigger.

Star Ocean: Till the End of Time is incredible until you get to the timegate thing and what I generally regard as the shittiest plot-twist of all time.

And I havn't played Valkyrie Profile yet, but I've heard nothing but good things. Is it's story worth anything?
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Postby Greatchickenman » Mon Aug 06, 2007 8:17 am

Sarcasm wrote:
Greatchickenman wrote:
Kyle wrote:Well, then tell me of one game that has a better story. Ever.



Seriously? No one's said Fallout yet?

Isn't Fallout just an unoffical part of the Wasteland series? (copyright problems)



Does that make Fallout less awesome?
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Postby Sarcasm » Mon Aug 06, 2007 3:58 pm

Greatchickenman wrote:
Sarcasm wrote:
Greatchickenman wrote:
Kyle wrote:Well, then tell me of one game that has a better story. Ever.



Seriously? No one's said Fallout yet?

Isn't Fallout just an unoffical part of the Wasteland series? (copyright problems)



Does that make Fallout less awesome?

Nope, but it makes Fallout Wasteland's spiritual sequel>> Wasteland is awesome.
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Postby MusashiEX » Tue Aug 07, 2007 3:06 am

Kyle wrote:Well, then tell me of one game that has a better story. Ever.


I'm afriad to say this, but Kana Little Sister. I cried. A lot.
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Postby Teenr0cker » Tue Aug 07, 2007 6:21 pm

Isn't that...Hentai? Dating sim? Doushin? Whatever...


Yes, yes it is.


Kana: Little Sister, known in Japanese as Kana: Imōto (加奈~いもうと~; translated as Kana — Little Sister), is a Japanese dating simulator originally developed and released by D.O. in 1999. G-Collections translated and published the English version in 2002.

Kana: Little Sister focuses on storytelling, and falls into the subgenre of dating sims which are full of tragic events and meant to be emotionally moving for the player. It also falls into the subgenre of games, manga, and anime revolving around incestuous relationships. One playthrough of the game takes about 5 to 10 hours.



The hot question: Porn; Should it have a decent plot line? How about -any- plot line? Pizza deliveries payed for with lewd conduct! Seduced cabana boys! When is the line drawn?!?
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Postby EmperorJeramyu » Tue Aug 07, 2007 10:10 pm

Haha. My friend somehow aquired Kanna. As we played it, we took turns doing "dramatic readings" of the text, 90% of which was "..." which we would of course pronounce "dot dot dot".
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Postby Elachim » Tue Aug 07, 2007 10:28 pm

Read it in a Japanese accent. Even funnier.

Kana-chan! Do not-oh leavuh me! dot-oh dot-oh dot-oh
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Postby Teenr0cker » Wed Aug 08, 2007 2:06 am

I dunno man, I vaguely remember the series, but I bet it was that 5-10 hour per run through that turned me away. 5-10 is what you expect out of like...the whole damn game.
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