Quote (Xenon[KoA] @ Jun 12 2011 08:29am)
tbh, i haven't found a single console rpg I've thoroughly enjoyed since the ps2. AC2 was unexpectedly great, but it has 0 replay value, especially since all the feather/chest collection is essentially a huge run-to-the-marked-location, collect, repeat~ grind.
whereas resonance of fate seems to be based around replaying'n replaying the same storyline, and others like atelier rorona force a time limit on you, with 0 endgame - essentially you spam the cheapest/fastest items to produce, and assignment's cleared. strict time restrictions on taking any sort of exploratory action with a terrible ass combat system akin to ff13's X-mashing, and you get what could've been an otherwise enjoyable game into needlessly complicated bullshit. albeit cute bullshit. demon's souls has a ruthlessly punishing game system, where you're basically forced to replay ad nauseum, the same levels over and over, until you get used to where various monsters spawn, how they attack, and just hope you pass some of the stupidass horde/flood rushes of mobs by pure luck and not get stun/block locked. the mulitplayer is absolutely ridiculous, and doesn't encourage leveling up to any extent because then you'll outlevel the tier where the most players are, in an already dwindling game. if anything it's like wander around this medieval world and hope to fuck black phantoms / infernofag phantoms don't pop into your game to wreck whatever meagre progress you just made.
killzone 3? fps, fun multiplayer. that's really one of the only games on ps3 i don't regret buying. fuck the rest of it's "online multiplayer" which is essentially trophy whoring bullshit, with 0 actual online gameplay.
folklore was alright. sorta limited exploration'n annoying camera angles, but otherwise fun.
i can go on, for 20+ other titles. all of which got rave reviews, but really, just felt like a fucking waste of time with shallow mechanics, story; 1/2 of which could've been released on ps2 and utterly failed to make use of the ps3's graphic & cpu potential.
waiting for rune factory: oceans, maybe catherine, definitely that alice game, ace combat 7. beyond that, idfk.
tl;dr, no point in buying a console game for replayability at $60 when endless grind f2ps are a dime a dozen. sure they lack story, but they make up for that with the inter-player connectivity & interaction. plus the thrill of pking and raging all those srsmode tryhards, carebears, and qqers at large.
why go back to a single console game, when you can just continue the grind? where you get rewarded for time spent, (or money spent, in the absence of time, hurr), sometimes skill, and all these various trophies to lord over the rest of the population?
the sheer competitiveness of it - and the volume at which it's available, hands down beats out this generation's console games, to me.
sure the mechanics in f2ps are by and large the same, but there's just so many different variations, you can keep skipping around until you find one fun enough to hang around in for a bit. best of all, without paying a dime.
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and typed out another tl:dr of my own that pretty much says this "personally ild rather pay to surf through console games than try to fuck with demanding low quality not really free "ftp"s
Psh the mechanics aren't just the same, they're bad... bad rip offs of wow 9 times outa 10... the other one being an underfunded glitchy piece of junk that should never have hit the cloud. Korean ones are the worst
there hasn't been pking in any mmo since hc diablo 2... hardcore is a thing of the past it just doesn't mean anything to kill some scrub so O NO! he has to go back to town... listening to people bitch about nothing bores me
Multplayer games available for console play just sooo much better than any "hotkey 5 6 7 4 2 4 3 4 5 4 3 4 2 4 2 42222222" pvp. what i will give these games is that they combine two things that are by themselves demonstrated in far superior fashion in console games. these are the single player rpg character experience, and the competitive multiplayer experience; they are mmo that's their only draw. ild rather beat dragon age 2 and then work on miscellaneous collectibles and replays until whatever comes next ( dungeon seige 3 comes out 2 tuesdays from now) while taking breaks for awesome multiplayer cod, reach, shift2, tekken, ssf4, fuck ild rather play risk factions multiplayer than a ftp mmo.
i understand that not everyone has the money to go buy new game once a month... however i do, and have no reason to settle for a sub par, glitchey, and hacked free download that demands thousands of hours from me just to get a couple of attractive skills that i will mash constantly until i get bored of looking at the same thing day in, day out... and it's not like 360 games are all 60 bucks theres a ton of good games out there, lately the xbla has been coming up with some really cool 2d stuff, trials, limbo, dishwasher vs, etc. they usually start at 10-15 bucks dishwasher is fucking awesome; coolest ninja game ever. You can pick up used sprpg s like resonance, neir, star ocean, enchanted arms, dragon age, oblivion, ff13, ac 1 2 bro, fable 2 n 3, borderlands, fallout 3, mass effect, bioshock, each for 20 bucks a pop beat them shelf it and move on it's only 20 bucks i spent 5 times that at the bar last night. and i'm only throwing out a small portion of the good rpg titles out there for 360 and only ones for under 30 bucks. i'm not even getting into action, adventure, fighting, racing, shooter, or puzzle games (which are all also much more awesome on console unless yould like to take shots at guilty gear or mirrors edge as well).
the cost of video games is kindof a non issue for me if there was a decent ftp out there ild probably sink a lot more money into it than i do into console games. there just isn't one, even the best are just... sufferable... dungeoun seige is supposed to be a legit omrpg for console, the demo was cool enough. hopefully square didn't make another fail omrpg like borderlands. either way there are still plenty of games ild like to play and beat until skyrim comes out
MOTHER FUCKING SKYRIM 11/11/11