+10 1337 Game Thread

[Frogboy]

hmmm top ten games of win? geez you can't do this to me, i would have way more than 10 >.>;; but i'll list 10 anyway =)

#10 - Megaman 6
#9 - Seiken Densetsu 3
#8 - Final Fantasy 4
#7 - Final Fantasy 9
#6 - Megaman 3
#5 - Megaman Legends
#4 - Final Fantasy X & XII
#3 - Final Fantasy 8, Final Fantasy 1 & 2
#2 - Chrono Cross, Final Fantasy 5, Secret of Mana
#1 - Chrono Trigger (SNES & DS remake), Final Fantasy 6 & 7, 7th Saga

Reasoning:
Megaman 6: Not a bad Megaman game, but I just don't feel like they did that great of a job on it. They moved away from the Rush dog counterpart and turned it in to different "armors" which wasn't particularly well accepted (which is why Rush reappears in Megaman 7 and 8).

Seiken Densetsu 3: Although a Mana game, it just didn't seem to really "fit" in with the rest of the series, almost like they tried to put too much in to the game, especially with the class changing aspect of it. Granted this becomes a prominent feature in future Mana games, it just doesn't seem to work quite as well in that game.

Final Fantasy 4: Again, as part of the Final Fantasy series, the gameplay was pretty decent. The storyline was a bit convoluted and long-winded.

Final Fantasy 9: No, not real high on my list, but I found that game a bit too redundant, though the trance aspect was a bit nice, and not everyone could do everything, each were specific jobs and had specific abilities to learn.

Megaman 3: One of the better Megaman games made, especially for its time. Bringing back bosses from the second game really made it interesting, and they weren't easy bosses at that lol.

Megaman Legends: Definitely unique in that it was a second person view, or you could do a first person view and it retained its Megaman feel though it was more borderline RPG rather than Action/Adventure. I enjoyed the game, but it could become ridiculously easy by upgrading your weapons.

Final Fantasy X & XII: Definitely not bad games, my only qualm with X was that the plot was super linear with no deviance for side quests until really late in the game, and with XII I liked the ability map, but it just takes too much to really advance in skills, though i guess trying to master everything isn't exactly the point either lol. oh well.

Final Fantasy 8, 1 & 2: These three are here because I really couldn't decide between them at all which I liked better. 8 had a completely unique system of using junctioning of magic to stats in order to make your characters really powerful. then again, that was quite unbalanced as it was so easy to never, ever level up in that game, just by understanding how to play Triple Triad and using the proper magics at the proper time junctioned to the proper stats. As for 1 & 2, the games that started the whole Final Fantasy series, they're just epic anyway. Being new and quite advanced for their time, these two games offered wonderful storylines which really hadn't been explored (Final Fantasy 1's time looping storyline, and Final Fantasy 2's permanent death of party members as part of the storyline which was reused in Final Fantasy 4, poor Tellah). Also, Final Fantasy 2 offered such a unique "leveling" system that several later games would mimic to some degree, but never fully mimic.

Chrono Cross, Final Fantasy 5, and Secret of Mana: I really don't need to say a lot here, but I will. Chrono Cross, being sort of a sequel to Chrono Trigger, in that it runs as a parallel timeline to the Chrono Trigger timeline. Several aspects appear in Chrono Cross that were carried over from Chrono Trigger, really, more assumptions of how that story might have ended. The most prominent example is Nadia's Bell in the Dead Sea, and also the Guru (whom I will leave nameless should anyone that hasn't played the game be reading) at Viper Palace. Though one of the more heartwarming aspects is found in a sidequest involving Kid's past at the Orphanage. The battle system itself was also unique in that you had differing levels of attacks which had a percent chance to hit.

On to Final Fantasy 5 now. This game....just wow. Also, this game is the precursor to what many (myself included) consider to be the best Final Fantasy game made, Final Fantasy 6. Sticking to the theme of the Crystals, this one puts a bit of a twist in that there's some sort of force behind the crystals themselves that controls more than just the elements that make up the world. The crystals also grant people the ability to perform different tasks, or jobs.

Now time to talk about Secret of Mana. I don't even know where to begin with this game. This is one of the first (if not the first) fully interactive mulitplayer console RPG game. If you do not have multiple people controlling the other characters then they are computer controlled (which the AI for the game sucks, but that's ok). Oh the ring style menu is pretty neat, and was the first of its kind which then became a tradition for all future Mana games.

Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy 6 & 7: Man, even more good games to talk about. Chrono Trigger, one of the most unique, and compelling storylines created. They put a lot in to the game, multiple eras with differing map layouts, event triggers that would alter future eras if past eras were interfered with, and a silly, but interactive "collect-a-kitten." One of the many interesting features is dual and triple techniques that could be gained and performed by whoever made up your current party. The one that really gave the game the most replay value was the multiple endings that could be achieved.

I'm going to do Final Fantasy 7 first. This was really the first Final Fantasy game I played through (though I had played a bit of Final Fantasy 6 before that, at a friend's house, but it was not that much playtime). The storyline for this game blew my mind away. There was so much intertwined and plenty of action all around. The materia aspect of the game made it so everyone could pretty much be the same if you wanted to work that hard, otherwise it was just a pain in the butt and overall not really worthwhile, there were better things to do than grow materia. The music though was really, really good. Especially the final battle theme, One Winged Angel.

Ok, 7th Saga time. Not really a lot of people comment on this game, but I found it quite interesting myself. Though it seemed to take a step back in terms of graphics, it still had a decent enough storyline, and a somewhat realistic aspect of battle. First person view until the character attacked, and if you chose to run from battle, if successful the camera turned away from the monsters indicating a running away aspect.

Final Fantasy 6. If you've played the game, I don't need to say more than that. For those that haven't, this game offers one of the best villains in RPG history. The storyline is quite in-depth. Characters aren't exactly able to change jobs, however they all can access magic from espers. This is also the first Final Fantasy game to allow for more than 3 or 4 total party members throughout the game. There are up to 12 characters total of which 4 are somewhat optional, the rest join up naturally throughout the course of the story.


Phew done. I hate you spire, just so you know =P