anyone have any good RPG reccomendations for the gamecube?

[FoJaR]

something easy with TONS of playtime.

any reccomendations are welcome.

also, if there's a game that you absolutely love, regardless of genre, i'd like to hear about it.

[jenova107]

For GC, I recommend Baten Kaitos and Tales of Symphonia.

[Squeek]

Originally Posted by jenova107

For GC, I recommend Baten Kaitos and Tales of Symphonia.

Why haven't I seen you before?

And why are you so right? Both of these games own so hardcore. I recommend Tales first because of just how amazingly awesome it is, even though BOTH games are from Namco and BOTH games have musical compositions from Motoi Sakuraba.

~Squeek

[jenova107]

Heh, I post when I can. But obviously, we have superior taste in games.
I absolutely love that soundtrack on Baten Kaitos. My stupid brother deleted all my memory for my PS2 and GC, so it's kinda hard to get back into it, after losing so much.

[Squeek]

Not to go off on a tangent or anything, but all the sites with hashes to get the soundtrack to Baten Kaitos removed their links. I am quite pissed because I still have yet to actually hear this fantastic music and I have no way to get it.

Every so often I remember to keep trying to find it (like now) and look again...only to fail again.

E-tear.

~Squeek

[jenova107]

Ahh, I've always wondered where I could get the music from Baten Kaitos, and now, it looks like I'll never get that chance.

[jamuko]

Not to go off on an even farther tangent or anything, BUT...

Valkyrie Profile 2 is IN THE WORKS! I just found out.

This is exciting because
1. Valkyrie Profile was developed by tri-Ace, who also developed Star Ocean, and is totally worship-worthy for that alone.
2. Motoi Sakuraba did the amazing soundtrack for Valkyrie Profile, and it is likely he will be doing one again for VP2.

Bad news is, I doubt it will be for GCN.

(I've been dying to play the original VP, but it's almost impossible to find for less than $100... x_X )

YAY for tri-Ace. YAY for Sakuraba. Nay for Playstation hogging most of the good RPGs.


...Yeah, sorry, this is rather offtopic....


PS. Don't lose hope yet; I may be able to get my hands on the Baten Kaitos OST. Let me run to my uberly awesome secret sauce. *dashes off*

[Squeek]

Er, seems a little late now, but cancel that despair and loss of hope XD

I'll actually sign on to AIM to tell you about it, I'm that happy about it.

~Squeek

ps - rofl no more tangents. I'll tell you what NOT to get though: Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles. Never EVER buy this game.

[B0NK]

paper mario 2, if u havent gotten it yet

[Bodom13]

Originally Posted by B0NK

paper mario 2, if u havent gotten it yet

im up with this one. i also like the metroid games for GC. ^.^

[FoJaR]

yeah i've got tales of symphonia already.

[Squeek]

The problem with Paper Mario 2 is that he said he was looking for lots of playtime. ToS will take you 60 hours on your first run. The final clock on my last save file on the first time I beat the game was 99 hours. I haven't started Baten Kaitos yet because I want to have a lot of time to play it over Winter break. Paper Mario 2 took about 25-30 hours and wasn't nearly as hard as some people make it out to be (they fail at allocating BP. I beat the game with 35 HP and 25 FP against the final boss on my first try).

~Squeek

[falconsfan14]

Check my sig.

EDIT: lol nevermind, didnt see the whole title, sorry.

Still, check it out, its seriously one of the best games ever.

[Laharl]

There isn't exactly a large library of RPGs for the GameCube. Every single one I can think of barring Skies of Arcadia Legends has been mentioned, and now I took care of that. SoA is a great game.

[Squeek]

Skies got old, fast. I got 2 Crystals and lost all interest in it.

I happened to find a combination of moves that make me invulnerable that early in the game and figured it was crap. I mean, it's protection against all magical and all physical attacks. I think I'm set.

~Squeek

[GuidoHunter]

Don't listen to Squeek, SoA:L is amazing. And not broken like he suggests. He must mean Skull shield and Delta shield. Both great moves, which do make you invulnerable to magic and physical attacks, but most enemies use specials that get by the shields. Plus, you take out two of your best characters by using them. Why you thought you were set is beyond me.

After two crystals you're not even ready for any of the awesomely awesome side quests.

If there's one thing Skies didn't do, it was get repetitive, which couldn't be said for Tales for me. Sure, it was a great game, but I don't think the replay value is there. I was so pumped after beating it that I started again, but quickly lost interest.

Tons of playtime? Skies'll do it for you. It's not a game that you want to play through multiple times simply because you can do everything the first time through and you WANT to. Bounties? Piastol? DISCOVERIES? Way too fun to pass up.

--Guido

http://andy.mikee385.com

[Moogy]

Originally Posted by jamuko

Valkyrie Profile 2 is IN THE WORKS! I just found out.

This is exciting because
1. Valkyrie Profile was developed by tri-Ace, who also developed Star Ocean, and is totally worship-worthy for that alone.
2. Motoi Sakuraba did the amazing soundtrack for Valkyrie Profile, and it is likely he will be doing one again for VP2.

Bad news is, I doubt it will be for GCN.

(I've been dying to play the original VP, but it's almost impossible to find for less than $100... x_X )

YAY for tri-Ace. YAY for Sakuraba. Nay for Playstation hogging most of the good RPGs.

I own Valkyrie Profile, as well as pretty much every other PSX RPG ever released in America. I'm pretty sure that the scans circulating are NOT for Valkyrie Profile 2, but rather for a PSP port of the original Valkyrie Profile, which was rather popular in Japan. A sequel to VP would be cool, though. It's the only Tri-Ace game that's not part of a series, right? Baten Kaitos doesn't count because it's by Tri-Crescendo, which is Monolith Soft and Tri-Ace. And it has a prequel announced anyway.

Personally, I would much rather see a sequel to the other PSX RPG starting with a V that got overlooked - Vagrant Story. But I digress.

Anyway, Gamecube. Evolution Worlds, Baten Kaitos, Tales of Symphonia, Fire Emblem, and Skies of Arcadia. Those are basically all of the RPGs available for it, and they're all excellent. Like I said, Baten Kaitos 2, a prequel to the original, has been announced. I believe it's been announced for localization, as well.

Although, I can't imagine why. Baten Kaitos sold HORRIBLY in both Japan and America, despite being a very good game. Meh, still good.

But yeah. There you go. The resident RPG expert's opinion.

BTW: I have the Baten Kaitos OST, as well as every other (good) score Sakuraba has made. (lol he made beyond the beyond) The Baten Kaitos OST comes with the game if you buy it at Toys 'R Us, so go bug Kefit for it. I'm pretty sure it's not the full thing, though. I got that from a torrent ages ago, before the game was even out here.

Sakuraba just gets better and better. It's crazy. VP, then SO3, then BK... He can do no wrong at this point.

[Squeek]

Guido: I'll admit, after seeing all 247 episodes of One Piece that are out right now, my interest in Skies is increasing. And if what you say about some enemies being able to break that combination of moves is true, then I might pick it up again.

Moogy: I know you had the OST back when we were on Grouper. I was trying to steal it from you then. I did manage to find it the night I posted about it.

In any event, if I ever ask Kefit for another favor, he'll rant to you guys on a0 and give me a bad reputation, so I won't be doing that.

~Squeek

[Moogy]

I was kidding. I really doubt Kefit keeps random promotional items from Toys 'R Us.

[Squeek]

Even if he did, just talking to him on AIM once warrants a full-blown rant on a0 or whatever IRC channel you all use.

~Squeek