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Googleshng - October 3 '01- 2:00 Eastern Standard Time
Hmm... judging by comments made over the weekend, and the contents of
my inbox, there isn't a terrible amount of questions on everyone's mind lately. While I could just stoke
the fires a little bit by pointing out that I spent today sampling enough of Saiyuki and the Gameboy
Zeldas to answer questions about them, instead, being in a somewhat silly mood, I am going to do something
incredibly embarassing and goofy for tomorrow's column. Today's will just be straight and short though.
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A multiparter
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Hi Google!
I have questions about RPG's, and as you areÊthe resident RPG expert, I come to you.
1) The release of "Okage: the Shadow King," kind of snuck up on me. What kind of game is it? Does it look good?ÊIs it worth buying? I know I'll just get an opinion, but I've liked just about all the RPG's you've recommended. Heh, I bought a Dreamcast and Skies of Arcadia just on your recommendation.
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Googleshng:
Hmm... I know the following about Okage. There was a time when everyone in the world had a different
name for it, which were all basically "Devil and I", but with various other terms for Devil. Made alphabetic
searching a pain. It's a new RPG for the PS2. The main character has a demonic shadow, which is most likely
your best character. The graphical style is... interesting. The PR people are very very silly. None of
that info really helps you I realize, but I haven't talked to anyone whose played the game.
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2) So are you as disappointed with the new Lufia game as I am? I liked the idea of all randomly generated dungeons, but this is, quite frankly, a very pathetic excuse for that, especially after Lufia II.
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Googleshng:
Probably. I could live with them going from puzzle filled dungeons to randomly generated ones, if they
had actually made a decent random dungeon generator. The really perplexing part though is that Lunar 2
HAD a decent random dungeon generator for the Ancient Cave...
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3) This isn't an RPG question, but oh well. I remember you saying you bought advance wars. Is that fun? If you didn't say that, well, oops. I'm too lazy to check.
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Googleshng:
Advance Wars is quite spiffy. You do less damage when hurt like in Kartia, it has a lot of complex unit
relations, every commander in the game has their own special rules and power, and it's the only turn
based game I ever played that has Fog of War, which REALLY mixes things up.
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4) Any word on Skies of Arcadia 2?
Hmmm, I didn't ask any questions about getting through a game...
But neither do most people...
Thanks!
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Googleshng:
If any word on SoA2 surfaced, you wouldn't have to ask me to point it out. Also, you realize don't you
that these are the kind of questions I prefer to get, since actual gameplay advice can be found in RPGamer's
many FAQs without the 24 hour lag?
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Been there, done that.
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I can't believe you didn't enjoy playing FF9. What do you want in a RPG? I find it disheartening that people often ask you for guidance in buying RPGs when you seem to have quite a unique style. I am not saying your opinion is wrong but I just don't think it'll hold true with the rest of the RPG playing community.
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Googleshng:
I didn't say I didn't enjoy playing FF9. What I said was, "it's a safe bet that I'd enjoy [FF10] more
than I enjoyed FF9". I say this because FF10 evidently includes a lot of experimental ideas, some of which
seem specifically geared towards solving complaints I've made. FF9 WAS a fun to play, but when I think
back to games I enjoyed, it sinks right to the bottom of the barrel since every enjoyable moment in FF9
was a rehash of something an older FF did better. That's the problem with a nostalgia-fest. You really
can't be nostalgic about it.
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3 quick questions.
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Why is it that so many MCs of RPGs have weird hair? Is this some kind of message that they are so hard-working that they don't have time to comb their hair?
BTW, why does nobody seem to like Secret of Evermore? I thought it had the best music! I don't really care how linear my RPGs are, because if they aren't linear enough I tend to get lost and lose my focus.
Oh, what's your fav SNES/GameBoy RPGs?
-BoltDragon AKA Benjamin Dellheim the GameGuy
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Googleshng:
RPG main character's have spikey hair because RPG character designers played Dragon Warrior, and Akira
Toriyama did the art for that. Nobody liked Secret of Evermore because A- it wasn't SD3, and B- well, it
sucked. I can't really give a concrete example of how it sucked even now, but it's true. Finally, SNES:
FF6. Gameboy: Pokémon. I have a hard time naming any other GB RPGs though, since I never count
Action/RPGs in such answers.
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Quick game
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Hey goog,
What's a good short RPG to play? Usually, I prefer long ones, but with all the work I have to do, I'm looking for a good short game to go through.
Also, you should go to this site: http://www.student.uwa.edu.au/~wedgey/slime1/Ê. Slime volleyball is addicting and sooooo much fun. It makes me think of you every time I play it.
--Jordan
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Googleshng:
First off, let me just say that that is the coolest random link I've been sent in a very long time. Anyway,
good short games. Well, first of all, there's Lunar. Good luck finding a copy though. Then there's Parasite
Eve, the definitive short RPG. Koudelka doesn't take too long either, yet it spans 4 discs since all the
dialog is voice acted. That's all I can think of off the top of my head.
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