I was previously under the impression that I had played a couple of Star Ocean games, but then I realized that I was mistaking Star Ocean for Phantasy Star. I know next to nothing about Star Ocean, and I haven't really done much research into the series yet. From the very brief video I watched on The Last Hope, it seemed interesting, but it's not something I'm going to rush out and buy if I can only pick up one or two titles. And as you would be much more eager to recommend Eternal Sonata over Star Ocean, I would be much more excited to pick it up.
I've watched a little bit more about 3D Dot Game Heroes, and I probably think it's charming simply because it's a blatant 2D Zelda clone. The graphics and music are cute, and it seems like something I could sit down and enjoy for varying periods of time, depending on what's going on with school at any given moment. It's too bad I'm not Prude, or I would totally persuade you to send me your dusty, unloved copy. :wacko:
I never got very far into Disgaea, and I eventually stopped playing it to get into some other things like Eternal Poison instead. It never really grabbed my attention but, like I said, if I ever want to give it another chance I'll go for the game(s) on the PS2.
From what I've seen, I think Valkyria Chronicles certainly has its merits. It merely suffers from being a little further back in the line of games that I'm more excited about/interested in. I'm sure I'll pick it up someday, but like Star Ocean, it's not the game I want to buy in the event that my funds are rather limited.
Looking a bit further into Nier (did somebody mention Drakengard? :wacko:), it seems significantly more interesting than I had originally thought. Also, I noticed that Grimoire Weiss shares his voice with Lezard Valeth, and that's just cool. I can forgive a bit of the profanity and such if it's coming from Lezard. ^^;;; And it's not that I'm particularly opposed to profanity, it's just that it kind of prevents me from feeling immersed in anything outside of a trashy, dirty Grand Theft Auto experience.
I had originally noted that I was planning to do a bit more research on the recommendations so far, even if I didn't find them terribly intriguing. This, however, is one of the points that got lost with my original post.
Edit: Oh, and I finally got to play the Uncharted 2 demo. Although I was absolutely terrible at the shooting portions and getting the camera and controls to feel just right, I had fun with jumping around on signs, climbing up on destroyed buildings, etc. in a Prince of Persia-esque style of gameplay. It was really short, so I'm not exactly sure how I feel about playing an entire game like that, but I'd be willing to pick it up sometime in the future.