I do agree that the plot has a one track mind, and a lot of the dialogue isn't very engaging. Been a while since I played it, but the game does seem to drag along for a little bit after the 50%ish range. But, what I really liked about the game was the ending, it really caught me off guard. It's one of the few RPGs where I was just kinda like.. "I didn't see that coming". And yeah, I rarely transformed with my characters either, there really isn't any point. But, I actually kinda liked that aspect, it's like you're saving your best shit for when you need it rather than overkilling all shit in sight like you do in most games.

And Lol at your battle system comment. On a serious note though, I never had to grind in the game, I mean, I fought battles when I got in them, but I didn't think it was as hard as you do. It may be hard to do the additions because you're playing on an emulator, but I can pull off the highest ones pretty easily.

Don't spoil the ending for me. The fact that you said it caught you off guard leads me to believe that all the Dragoons disappear off the face of the earth once their mission is complete, but we'll wait and see. I'm wrapping up disc 3 right now.

Well I can't say one way or the other. It is definitely possible. But I was being totally serious. I can't say if everyone else that beat the game felt the same way, but it's just like the ending came out of nowhere imo. Just saying that won't spoil anything. You can tell me what you think of the ending once you finish it.

Luuuulz didn't expect Emperor Diaz to be both Rose's boyfriend and Dart's father! Wasn't too surprised that she's the "Black Monster" though. On to disc 4.

My favorite game of all time, right next to the pokemon series!

I think it's mediocre so far. The story's really opened up toward the end of disc 3/beginning of disc 4. Something's just missing. A part of me wants to be done with it and move on to something else.

lolz

broken picture or link? I don't see anything but a small square.

Image is displaying fine for me. Just a hilarious group of costumers; Dart, the Black Monster, Lloyd, Shana and Albert haha.

Alright, based on the final hour(s) of disc 4 and nothing else, I have to say it was pretty kewl. The FMVs were pretty spectacular for the time the game was released. Having all my characters battle their inner-demons got sort of annoying, but it all led to an epic confrontation with Frahma and I'm content with everything. On to Xenogears