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Calling all Panzer Dragoon Saga fans... is it worth it?
- Thread starter Aruarian Reflection
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I was simply pointing out that if linearity in PDS was an issue for SnowWolf, it would be quite odd considering he played Zwei and Orta quite a bit and they're as linear as they come. Though I've found the definition of linearity to be pretty subjective on this board anyway (witness this very thread :lol).
YellowAce said:
I hear that!! I wish developers would make different mixes of a game, one for broke students who have an entire summer break to play an RPG, and those of us with extremely limited amounts of free time who still want to experience the best of any top rate adventure game.
I for one will not devote more than 15 hours to any linear playthrough of anything these days, with the exception of Jade Empire which I finished in about 25 hours, in a 3 day gaming marathon. Wouldn't it be great if future Final Fantasies would give you the option to aim for a 15, 25, or 50 hour quest? The shorter ones simply being leaner and more direct to the point, with all the best battles and character development scenes left intact.
jkooXL said:
Don't know about the different verions thing, but I largely agree when it comes to length. For action RPG's I top out at around 20 hours (and PDO is pretty close to an action RPG, with the faux realtime battles), and for formal RPG's, 20-50 hours. Stuff like Morrowind just makes my head hurt even thinking about it.
Considering how much it goes for I have to say you'd only be disapointed. I loved Panzer Dragoon Saga, one of the most unique RPGs I've ever played (and I prefer it over the shooting games in the series). But it has its slow moments, and when I got offered $180 to sell mine I didn't hesitate to say goodbye.
FortNinety
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D-X said:
Wise words indeed. I'd rather see ambitious art limited by technology than high gloss boredom, i.e. a majority of the stuff people were going nuts for at e3.
i think it looks pretty nice, but thats a design issue. again, i just really really loved the desert scenariois and the ruins of uru. the music is godly. the issue is, the game is easy. only later on during the fights against the emperor's flying fortress, the guardian of uru, and boss fights at the tower were the points where the battle system was truely well utilized. you had to defend/attack every other turn. some of the boss attacks drained too much energy to sustain yourself, so you had to act quickly.
overall the cinematic nature holds up well.
and as for sidequests and easter eggs, there are plenty. i caught em all, its tough to get everything first time aorund. so theres plenty to go look for and do, if you love the panzer universe like i do.
overall the cinematic nature holds up well.
and as for sidequests and easter eggs, there are plenty. i caught em all, its tough to get everything first time aorund. so theres plenty to go look for and do, if you love the panzer universe like i do.
iapetus said:
I fit that bill pretty well, though I liked KOTOR as well. I actually played PDS twice and enjoyed it both times, then made a ridiculous profit on EBay (could have made more if I'd waited until today from the sounds of things). But outside of PDS and Bioware's games, you'd be hard pressed to find me an RPG I love.
As for the original question, PDS is one of the few RPGs I've enjoyed, and IMO, the only game in the Panzer Dragoon series I found really worth full price (I've bought all the other games at $20-30CDN).
Would I pay $125 for it? I doubt it. Do I think it's got $125 worth of enjoyment? maybe. I think the upside is you can easily recoup whatever you spend on it -- and probably get most of your swag cash back, too.
D-X said:
It's a relative thing for me...back then I thought it looked just fine, and a damn sight better then the shit pre-rendered BG's that were all the rage in FF7 and 8. But that was merely in relation to other home 32 bit softs...the truth of the matter is that Model 2 and 3 games spoiled me rotten, making those games look like shit even then, nevermind now.
iapetus said:
Depends who you talk to...many would say that shooters suck ass hairs because they're linear, while still playing linear as fuck RPG's because they take 900 hours to finish.
Fucking right...hail PDS, fuck the rest of the genre.
djtiesto said:
Sounds like the game was made for you, then. Worth waiting around until you can find a good price, as always, especially if you're planning on keeping it rather than selling it on once you've played it. You might find, like me, that it's a disappointment mechanics-wise when compared with other RPGs, but you might not.
jarrod said:
Particularly BoF
Q, which genuinely does entirely new and interesting things with its gameplay, unlike PDS.jarrod said:
Like I said before, it isn't just the battle systems that turn me off RPG's (though it's a huge reason). My bro got Grandia 2 on the DC, and the entire package looked less interesting then mixing hardening cement with a teaspoon. The genre in it's current form just isn't for me.
FortNinety
Member
jarrod said:
Another awesome thing about Saga? Its easy to play, and that's a big issue I have with RPGs in general; they're a chore to play, especially the battles, at least ones that are overly-complex and punishing to boot.
That being said, I REALLY wanted to like Dragon Quarter, but I just couldn't.
Aruarian Reflection
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Thanks for the posts, I've decided to go through with it . Watching a few auctions on ebay now.
. Watching a few auctions on ebay now.