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[wipeout364]

I just finished TOS. Now I need to start a new RPG. I have sitting on my shelf:
1) Megaman Command Mission
2) Shadow Hearts Covenant
3) Star Ocean 3
4) Phantom Brave

Which one should I start?

 

[Solid]

Star Ocean would be my choice

 

[Deku Tree]

I refuse to make your decision.

But I know that I'll be starting Paper Mario TTYD on Monday cause my copy got overnight shipped from the IGN gamestore on friday!!

 

[wipeout364]

Come on I need someone to blame LOL

 

[Mejilan]

Started SO3 and fucking hated it by the time I hit 30 hours. It was only moderately interesting, though powerfully flawed, until then.

I'm about 14 hours into Shadow Hearts 2, and though it too isn't nearly as good as the reviews led me to believe, I am both interested and entertained by it. I'd go with that.

(I'll be jumping ship to Paper Mario 2 on Tuesday, however, whether or not I finish SH2).

I have Phantom Brave but haven't started it yet. Skipped out on Mega Man entirely.

 

[Gattsu25]

Shadow Hearts 2


was there any doubt?

 

[Prospero]

Phantom Brave is the exact opposite of TOS, so it'll be a nice change of pace. Though you may not want to make a sixty-hour time commitment right now, which is what it's going to take (though I get the feeling that you can tear ass through the game in thirty, if you skip the random dungeons).

 

[GaimeGuy]

bah, just wait a few days and play Paper Mario 2. :O

 

[Greenpanda]

Shadow Hearts Covenant is pretty good!

 

[belgurdo]

Play SHC.

 

[MetatronM]

Either Phantom Brave or Shadow Hearts.

 

[wipeout364]

Sounds like shadow hearts. I hope it is better than TOS which I didn't find that great to be honest. I was going to start Star OCean but I really didn't like the battle system in TOS so I think two games in row with that setup would be too much for me.

 

[Mejilan]

SO3 has a battle system that is a slower, clunkier, and ultimately broken shadow of ToS.

Go with Shadow Hearts.

 

[M3wThr33]

MEGAMNA! Paly Meagman!

 

[wipeout364]

MEGAMNA! Paly Meagman!

What the F%#K? How is it possible to have a three word post and spell every word wrong?

 

[Mejilan]

That's the joke.

 

[wipeout364]

 

[Dead]

I just finished TOS. Now I need to start a new RPG. I have sitting on my shelf:
1) Megaman Command Mission
2) Shadow Hearts Covenant
3) Star Ocean 3
4) Phantom Brave

Which one should I start?

1) Fucking Shallow but good
2) Fucking Sucks
3) Pretty Great
4 ) Also pretty awesome. Endless hours of play


So id say Phantom Brave. Star Ocean 3 closesecond, as its leagues better than that other atrocity (number 2 specifically)

Sell Shadow Hearts (or burn it) and save MegaMan for later

 

[Grizzlyjin]

Wait for Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne with me.

 

[Semjaza Azazel]

Wait for Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne with me.

Game I want most for the rest of the year. Mine comes in Wednesday, yay.

Got the guide though. Very nice.

 

[Mejilan]

Actually, that must be another joke, for Star Ocean is the broken atrocity of a game, not Shadow Hearts. :-D

 

[D.Cowboys]

Morrowind PC, go to the ES boards and DL some great mods that adress many of the problems of the game. Enjoy

 

[Greenpanda]

So Shin MegaTen is definitely coming out for real this Tuesday, then? Cool, although I'm still on disc 1 of Shadow Hearts 2 . Guess I'd better get moving!

 

[Sysgen]

Morrowind PC, go to the ES boards and DL some great mods that adress many of the problems of the game. Enjoy

Where is there a PC game on his list?

 

[Shouta]

Star Ocean 3 or Shadow Hearts: Covenant
Phantom Brave
Megaman: Command Mission

In that order.

 

[speedpop]

How can you start a new RPG straight afterwards!?!

I logged 60+ hours on ToS and I was so burnt out from gaming.. was a shadow of my former self. I had to go back and play the trusty Commodore 64 to gain some sense of stability.

 

[belgurdo]

1) Fucking Shallow but good
2) Fucking Sucks
3) Pretty Great
4 ) Also pretty awesome. Endless hours of play


So id say Phantom Brave. Star Ocean 3 closesecond, as its leagues better than that other atrocity (number 2 specifically)

Sell Shadow Hearts (or burn it) and save MegaMan for later

Shadow Hearts sucks and Star Broken Battle System and Long, Boring Cutscenes 3 is "pretty great." Yeah.

*watches integrity grow wings and start flapping like crazy*

 

[dark10x]

Star Ocean 3 first. It's an absolute blast. The story is told rather poorly, but the gameplay is fantastic and the dungeons are great. The battle system could be considered "broken" I guess, but I found it to be far more entertaining than Symphonia's.

It also has far and away the best soundtrack of the bunch. The music itself is great, but the usage is even better. SHC has a good soundtrack as well, but it's used REALLY poorly (they re-use the same songs over and over again), MMCM has a mediocre soundtrack (I've listened to it already), and PB is just decent.

SHC and PB are also worth playing, but I can't speak for Command Mission.

 

[MoxManiac]

PB is awesome, though pretty easy. Maybe my level 450 Marona whacking everyone for 15000-20000 over and over had something to do with it

 

[wipeout364]

How can you start a new RPG straight afterwards!?!

I logged 60+ hours on ToS and I was so burnt out from gaming.. was a shadow of my former self. I had to go back and play the trusty Commodore 64 to gain some sense of stability.

I don't play one game exclusively (TOS took me 46 hours). I try to only play one game from each genre at a time though.

Currently I am playing:
1) SHadow hearts - strarted after all the feedback
2) Burnout 3
3) SLy Cooper Band of thieves
4) Star Wars BAttle front
I find playing one game exclusively burns me out but I try not to start too many, Like 2 RPGs at once becuase too many get lost in the shuffle.

 

[Prospero]

PB is awesome, though pretty easy. Maybe my level 450 Marona whacking everyone for 15000-20000 over and over had something to do with it

I found the first ten hours of Phantom Brave to be absolutely brutal (though it was mostly because I was going too far down into random dungeons where I had no business). After that, though, the story mode is turning out to be a cakewalk.

 

[Mercurial]

Shadow Hearts is fucking awesome.

Everyone should own this game.

 

[RevenantKioku]

Be a man like me and play through Dragon Warrior VII.
I'm 20 hours in and going strong.
Gonna unlock the class system soon I think!

 

[belgurdo]

Be a man like me and play through Dragon Warrior VII.
I'm 20 hours in and going strong.
Gonna unlock the class system soon I think!

Bwahaha

 

[djtiesto]

SO3 first, then Shadow Hearts 2... SH's battle system is good, but right now there's hardly any story to speak of But it's really funny... SO3's visuals, music, towns and dungeons are a lot more interesting, but SH2 plays much more like a basic oldskool RPG.

 

[Dez]

i'm waiting for this tread to become another TOS vs SO3 battle..

but seriously.. i'd try SO3 next. it's flawed, but still fun.

 

[Ar_]

I don't play one game exclusively (TOS took me 46 hours). I try to only play one game from each genre at a time though.

Currently I am playing:
1) SHadow hearts - strarted after all the feedback
2) Burnout 3
3) SLy Cooper Band of thieves
4) Star Wars BAttle front
I find playing one game exclusively burns me out but I try not to start too many, Like 2 RPGs at once becuase too many get lost in the shuffle.

Then DON'T PLAY SHC!

Not till you complete SH.

SHC is a direct sequel, taking place only 6 months after the end of the first game, and terribly spoilerific.
SH is good, imo even slighty superior to what I played of SHC in some regards. I'd enjoy it first, spoiler-free as intended.

 

[DarienA]

If you don't want to play the first at least read the plot analysis at gamefaqs:

http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/ps2/game/30768.html

Just reading 4.3. Events & Analysis will give you a good runthrough. It gives alot of background but if you just want you can skip to section IN 1913. That's where the game begins.

 

[explodet]

I've been considering which long-ass game to play - either Dragon Warrior 7 (10 or so hours in), or one of the Ogre Games - Let Us Cling Together or Person of Lordly Caliber.

Or maybe I should just dive into Front Mission 4.

Any suggestions?

 

[Korranator]

Wait for Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne with me.

Best advice.

 

[RevenantKioku]

Bwahaha

I just unlocked it, at 22 hours of play. Something I'm missing?

 

[GaimeGuy]

I've been considering which long-ass game to play - either Dragon Warrior 7 (10 or so hours in), or one of the Ogre Games - Let Us Cling Together or Person of Lordly Caliber.

Or maybe I should just dive into Front Mission 4.

Any suggestions?

Ogre Battle 64; Person of Lordly Caliber is my #3 favorite game of all time. It's amazing. I'd say play that, although you can't go wrong with any of those choices.

 

[speedpop]

I find playing one game exclusively burns me out but I try not to start too many, Like 2 RPGs at once becuase too many get lost in the shuffle.

Heh yeah, I think the main reason why I was so drilled was because I had played ToS all through one month with my limited time to play.. usually I am like you, playing several games at once.