Thread: !st person, 3rd person shooters, and RPGs

Well, I like RPG games, especially sRPG games. I love the ability to choose my teams and be able to choose the classes I like you see. Even though I say that I haven't gotten any of Nippon Ichi's heavily praised sRPG games. I couldn't find Disgaea in any of my game stores, so I've lost hope for it, though their other sRPGs are plentiful, I don't wish to buy them :/ I find nothing wrong with cutscene after cutscene for RPGs, as long as their not gruesomely horrid or the game carries an indepth story that appeals to me, such as Xenosaga, though the second game, from the sounds of it, sounds like a disappointment. In addition to the RPG genre, I guess you can say I like platformer games to some degree, or maybe you can classify them as Action / Adventure too. I'm a Megaman X fan; I love the games, not the animation they tried :/. And I'm playing the Jak trilogy and I've gotten through the first game and half way through the second . Shooter games, unforuntately, have lost my interest. I used to play Counterstrike, and even the first Half Life installment, but after some years of playing Counterstrike I haven't really touched any shooter games.

EDIT: And yes, it was quite tragic when Aeris died; and I had started to get fond of her character ..

Hmm, RPGs are really good games. I've gone back and started playing Xenosaga again in anticipation for Episode II, but I'm also playing Lufia II in my spare time. As for shooters, SOCOM II is the king of squad based shooters. The online play is awesome. Heh, I also used to be a CS junkie, but now I'm more of a DoD junkie. That game is tougher, and pretty realistic with damage and weapons.

i've also went back to play xenosaga..
socom 2=awesomeness.
But haven't had alot of time to play many new games.

I think cutscenes are neccessary, otherwise you wouldn't get half the knowledge needed to fully grasp the story. Now, some games (xenosaga) have a ridiculous amount, but others such as my 2nd favorite game of all-time, TES: Morrowind, don't have either enough or any. They may be annoying, but i think good cutscenes can make a game, whereas short bad ones can break a game.

BTW, I feel bad for Aeris, but my boy Sephi just looked so damn sweet in that Cutscene, and also in the burning of nibel...FFVII=greatest game ever.

Look for older original, PSOne games. The older games have the best gameplay, like you said: FFVII... Have you played Chrono Cross or any of those Square games ? Or try the Breath Of Fire series.. .. I dunno, a lot of recent games have gone downhill ~
I have to admit, good RPG's are hard to find right now. . .

Ah yes Chrono Cross, good game but too different from Chrono Trigger. I bought it used a little while ago and i was hoping for the same cool battle system from chrono trigger, but instead they had more of the same ol' FF style, you know the the line of characters fighting the line of enemies, nobody moving positions or nothing, and you dont even gain levels you just get stats after beating a boss, thats just dumb. Really great story though and wroth playing threw.

I'm collecting all the old FF games, i've got 8, 9, and anthology, but not 7 yet, my favorite is 9 by far cause they go back to the old school style, medieval style, ariships everywhere, black mages, great characters, awesome story... etc

Have you ever played Vagrant Story, that old Squaresoft game thats really hard to find... its pretty unique and has a cool fighting style.

Ah, another 3rd person shooter to get is Mercenaries. If you don't pick up this title after playing it at all, then you should be drug out into the street and shot for your ignorance. Not really, but something similar, at least.