(He's referring to last week when I said that the Tales of the World Radiant Mythology games were not very good) I love Tales as well, but the Radiant Mythology games simply are not very good entries in the series. They rely on fan service to try and cover up a series of generic dungeon crawlers. I mean I'm all for a Tales game where you can make a party of your favorite characters, but they could easily do that in a far more interesting series of games.

I agree, Nintendo does a great job of keeping a diverse portfolio. They even have some games to fit this need that we've never seen much of, like that Heracles series. Of course most notable from Nintendo would be the Fire Emblem and Golden Sun series, along with the various Mario RPGs. They've released a lot of fantastic RPGs and look to releases more in the future. Arguments about their systems aside I think we can all agree that Nintendo knows how to make a good game!

I can see why you might possibly like it, it's just that quicktime silliness wasn't enough to get me interested in Dragoon's battle system. The story and everything else never really grabbed me, so it kind of kills the strength of the FMVs, you know what  I mean? I just felt like the battles had too few options and thus no strategy. That said, there are some other RPGs that use quicktime type events to keep battles engaging. The most notable would of course be all of the Mario RPGs. These games from the start have used this as way to keep combat interesting. The best is in the Mario and Luigi series where you can actual jump and use hammers to dodge and counter enemies in real time. There's also The Last Remnant and Crimson Gem Saga which both use button presses like that in combat. The best example I could think of would have to be Ar Tonelico 2. In that game, combat has attack and defense phases. During defense, you have to time button presses to different attacks using two buttons, one for each of the two magic users you defend in battle. I'd highly recommend you give it a try!

Maybe someday I'll give Dragoon another chance...

Yikes, you seem to bashing FFXIII there, which happens to be a game I think is just the bees knees. I also have no problem with a game being linear. That said, I also hated the game when I played it back in the day, so I know exactly what you're talking about. I don't really want Breath of Fire VI though, what I really want is Dragon Quarter 2. Anyway, Legend of Dragoon seems to be the very definition of a" love it or hate it" game, so I don't think one side will ever agree with the other. Suikoden II is still the best PS1 RPG in my book!