Why is it so praised on /vr/ ?

It's a solid little game. The battle system was innovative (square basically ripped it off with xenogears).
And overall it's just more enjoyable than most of squares PS1 games because they were busy trying to experiment with the genre, and mostly failing, while games like Legaia and Wild Arms etc while being more traditional and straightforward, ended up just being more enjoyable overall.

Because it's one of the few turn-based rpgs of it's time to have some really amazing combat animations. And it's also one of the few to almost be purely martial arts oriented

For me it was catching seru

*filters you for not taking the time to level up and trying to rush through the game instead*

>>714621838 (OP)
Looks like I have to start going there more. Great soundtrack and great story. I had a walkthrough that gave me all the moves, but it is fun experimenting with the combos. Also this is the first thread in over a year I am responding to, you should be honored.

>>714621838 (OP)
all I remember about this was that I really liked it when I was a kid despite it being a kids' game

>>714621838 (OP)
Its got a cool combat system, although the game starts to become a real slog once you have all 3 characters as rounds of combat take a lot longer, plus all spells have animations equivalent to FF summons, so that adds a lot of time too.
Its an extra slog in the US version cut EXP and Gold gain by 66% so you now have to do a lot more grinding to afford better gear.

I should finish the game at some point, cause I'm at the final dungeon, but the motivation is just not there right now, I started playing this shit in 2018, but the slow battles and forced grindiness of the US version made it one hell of a slog that I can only stand to play for a bit like once a year now.

Noa had a hard life, it's nice to see these moments that give her some joy

>>714623620
Why were localizers so obsessed with making Japanese games more annoying to play in the pre-7th gen eras?

>>714621985
>failing, while games like Legaia and Wild Arms etc while being more traditional and straightforward, ended up just being more enjoyable overall.
lmao fucking kys WILD ARMS? now I know Legend of Legaia is shit

>>714623834
nta but supposedly it was because they were attempting to stop people from renting games.

They figured if they made the games ten times harder/longer, people would be forced to just buy a copy because otherwise you'd have to rent it 100 times to be able to finish it.

Anyone remember the second game? What a shitshow.

>>714623903
That anon is delusional thinking its better than Square's games, but Wild Arms is definitely a good game, 2 as well, both are definitely better than Legaia though, so yeah if you didn't like them, you'd probably hate Legaia.

>>714621838 (OP)
I don't lurk /vr/ but LOL is a pretty good RPG. Capturing the monsters to use summon them later in battle and alternating between that and combo styles is fun. Also, the story is very interesting.
>>714623674
cute

>>714623674
>No energetic, unkempt feral gf that was raised by a wolf so she constantly wants sex at inappropriate times
Bros...

>>714621838 (OP)
Interesting battle system, tons of content, and a really memorable story. The borderline survival horror atmosphere was really compelling to me.

>>714621838 (OP)
Combat looks good, art is good, equipments (and the thing growing on your arm) show on the characters, graphics are pretty good for PS, the summons are cool as fuck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31Iu4FC07dI

I was not prepared.

>>714622750
I like how they put this fucker on the disc art so you couldnt even rage quit the game without seeing this fuck

>>714621838 (OP)
>god tier dark fantasy + martial arts PS1 aesthetics
>unique and cool as fuck soundtrack that still feels like a real PS1 classic
>every single piece of equipment shows up in your characters in battle, a thing a lot of games don't do to this day
>story was somber, fun, full of twists and emotional
>cool as fuck battle system

This being my first JRPG I actually played ruined them for me for years. I learned to read english just to progress in this game

>>714631208
Good stuff man, what is your native language?

>>714631257
I'm a BR heuheueheueh

Anyway, there's so many magical things about this game, I forgot to mention a thing I haven't seen any game do since legaia: fucking muscles growing as you level up. The arm thingie too

>>714631412
>fucking muscles growing as you level up
I don't think this is a thing.
I managed to find a convenient image of beginning of the game and much later on, and Vahn's muscles are the same.

>>714621838 (OP)
OC from the old days

Tell ya what lads,
I just love these lower budget japanese games on 5th and 6th generation consoles by these tiny little studios.
They may not have had the mind blowing factor of stuff like FF7 but they were magical in their own little creative ways and they were always just goo solid fun.

>>714629312
>gives you his huge fucking sword as a reward
>it's basically useless and totally impractical
unironically absolute cinema

Noa is cute! CUTE!

>>714623620
>>714623834
Japanese players complained it was too easy. Rare case of NA/PAL games becoming harder rather than easier. The Jap version also has weaker enemies.

>>714622750
Fuck this bullshitting faggot right here. I never got so mad at a boss as a kid.

Absolute

>>714631620
I vividly remember the muscles getting bigger, took me good while to notice. I even implemented that in my game as it was so cool.

I'll find out myself once I replay this when dementia starts taking hold of me and I can happily die in nostalgic ecstasy

>gear worn is actually shown off in battle
>fighting game combat
>the summon system
I've only played it once and so much stuck with me. I feel like everyone should check it out, it feels unique enough from other PS1 RPGs.

>>714631412
>>714631620
>>714633047
Your ra-seru gets bigger as you progress.

>>714632928
>Noa copying their stupid poses while Gala just facepalms

>>714633138

>>714633403
>that girl
Post the video. You know which one.

Fucking

>>714623620
>Its got a cool combat system, although the game starts to become a real slog once you have all 3 characters as rounds of combat take a lot longer, plus all spells have animations equivalent to FF summons, so that adds a lot of time too.
This is how Baten Kaitos filtered me, too. That game has a x2 feature, but then you can't block because the input window shrinks to nothing. If they had added a fast forward button, would've been perfect

Cinema!

What the fuck was his problem?

>>714635563
Perpetual butthurt

>>714621838 (OP)
the ending makes you feel things
it sticks with you

>check to see if anybody ever made any patches for this game to adjust the encounter rate
>just one for restoring the xp/gp gain
I guess it's better than nothing.

>>714622750
I must have been under level cause I lost to him a loy

The atmosphere peaks at Drake Castle and I feel like they backed down from that point.

A full blown Zombie apocalypse in a fantasy setting would have been neat.

>>714623620
you can find a rom of the US version with the OG exp/money if you want.

>>714621838 (OP)

Great ps1 RPG
100 percented it twice.

>>714629312

>First death was to this guy.
>After a hard boss fight you get his sword.
>Too heavy to use properly.

Fucking based devs. I wish more games had this much soul.

>>714621985
>(square basically ripped it off with xenogears)

XG released 6 months BEFORE legend of legaia

>>714621838 (OP)
>Create an incredible turn based battle system
>Never use it again
Why was this so common during the PS1 era?

>>714644329
Relatively low budgets meant that publishers were ok if the devs wanted to try uncommon things and have a bit of fun.

>>714644735
>>714644329
It was also a transitional stage for games in general, as they had just switched from 2d to 3d

The internet hates the sequel for some reason. I liked it. I like cute girl who doesn't talk and the kung fu master guy.

>>714621838 (OP)
The only reason I ever played this game as a kid was because I mistakenly thought it was a sequel to Illusion of Gaia for some reason. Best mistake I ever made.

I remember playing it when I was young and thinking it was cool. I remember though that you could not just play through naturally and HAD to stop after like every town and spend an hour just grinding to continue. Learning that the USA version has money and XP turned down by nearly 70% makes a lot of sense. I kinda want to revisit it but it'd be cool if someone combined the english localization with the original game systems.

>>714621838 (OP)
The sequel made me realize that the creators of the first game actually had artistic vision

>>714621838 (OP)
why did DnB die out

>>714626806
the scratches at the start was kino

>>714647221
>why did DnB die out
A quick look at a music store i use shows 211 singles/EP's and 14 albums released in the last week alone.

>>714644924
It's bigger in scale, but almost everything feels like a downgrade. The UI, sound effects, animations, atmosphere, etc. Basically all the little details feel less polished.

But to be fair, the first game was made late in the PS1's lifecycle, while the sequel was released the same year the PS2 launched. It might have been rushed, or the developers simply hadn't had time to fully adjust to the new hardware

>>714647356
DnB kinda ebbs and flows in terms of popularity. A bunch of albums I've listened to that have come out recently are adding dnb sounding tracks and Pendulum is coming out with a new album after 15 years.