The non-dumb-name out: You look circumcised

[Elin]

Grandia's gameplay deservedly gets a lot of focus, but I think its story and characters are pretty fabulous too. For me, there aren't many better "boy goes on a big adventure and becomes a man" type JRPG stories out there, and it has a sense of high spirited adventure about it that a lot of JRPGs try for and not many succeed in actually conjuring up. The cast seem a bit annoying at first, but they really grow on you as the story goes on, and I think the character development of the two main characters is actually handled super-well, with them genuinely feeling as if they grow and change over the course of the game.

Admittedly the awful, awful English voiceovers kind of ruin it, as does the slightly ropey translation (it's good for the first half of the game, but seems rushed in the second half), and it's undeniably more than a little corny at times, even in Japanese. But I still think the story and characters are really, really nicely done in it~

[Elin]

If you ever attempt Star Ocean again 1 and 2 are on the psp and highly recommend those versions.

Although with Star Ocean 2, that means that you lose the so bad it's fantastic PS1 dub. TEAAAAAAAR INTO PIECES!

[Warrior]

Grandia's gameplay deservedly gets a lot of focus, but I think its story and characters are pretty fabulous too. For me, there aren't many better "boy goes on a big adventure and becomes a man" type JRPG stories out there, and it has a sense of high spirited adventure about it that a lot of JRPGs try for and not many succeed in actually conjuring up. The cast seem a bit annoying at first, but they really grow on you as the story goes on, and I think the character development of the two main characters is actually handled super-well, with them genuinely feeling as if they grow and change over the course of the game.

Admittedly the awful, awful English voiceovers kind of ruin it, as does the slightly ropey translation (it's good for the first half of the game, but seems rushed in the second half), and it's undeniably more than a little corny at times, even in Japanese. But I still think the story and characters are really, really nicely done in it~

I take it you played in both english and japanese?

thats some dedication

[Sheik]

If you ever attempt Star Ocean again 1 and 2 are on the psp and highly recommend those versions.

You mentioned Parasite Eve and don't know if you were comparing them but they're not very alike

Good games but they're more like a cross between a jarpig and resident evil i always thought

Wasn't comparing the game, just how I just lost touch with them. I personally like Star Ocean, it was expansive, just lost touch with it.

[Elin]

I take it you played in both english and japanese?

thats some dedication

I played it in English when I was little, and replayed in Japanese more recently. I've done that with most of the games I really loved growing up.

[Sheik]

See Jazz? I can do good too

Ok, time to sleep. Enjoy the night ladies and gents!

[Elin]

I've done that with most of the games I really loved growing up.

Except Chrono Trigger, which for some reason I've finished in both English and French, but not in its native language. :'D

[Sheik]

Except Chrono Trigger, which for some reason I've finished in both English and French, but not in its native language. :'D

*snickers*

[Elin]

Okies, bedtime for me now too. Take care, everyone~

[Sheik]

Okies, bedtime for me now too. Take care, everyone~

[Ace Ventura]

So bored.

[Nemkoon]

Also, while Phantasy Star 1-3 have aged badly, 4 remains awesome to this day, and is for my money up there with the best 16-bit RPGs out there. Which, given some of the stuff on the SNES, is high praise~!

...I have A complete Copy of Phantasy Star 4, but I haven't gotten around to really playing it because its save battery is dead, and I don't emulate stuff I own.
Also, Chrono Trigger has a lot less backstory or something in Jap than English i hear

[Nemkoon]

Brain, Grand Cher, Baronz.
Brain Powerd is pretty cool real/super robot hybrid show.

[Zaladane]

Although with Star Ocean 2, that means that you lose the so bad it's fantastic PS1 dub. TEAAAAAAAR INTO PIECES!

Lol yeah. They changed a lot from skills to items to dialog. I was a little lost when I first played number 2 on psp

Wasn't comparing the game, just how I just lost touch with them. I personally like Star Ocean, it was expansive, just lost touch with it.

Ok wasn't sure which way that went the way it was worded.

[Sheik]

And then while downloading my next extended time-wasters, I happen to find a blog hating on Mikasa's abs from Shingeki no Kyojin.
Why? Toned women are beautiful