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SomaCruzBelmont t1_jaembft wrote

they are 100% old school games now.

You can read my commend above, but Halo 3 comes from a time when you earned cosmetics and the game shipped fully completed minus a map pack or two. That is old school these days. We are past those times and will not be going back. That makes it old school.

So, from someone who did play what you consider "old school" to someone trying too hard to be cool - get rekt. You're wrong.

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RaltarArianrhod t1_jaem9l6 wrote

It's not, though, because a JRPG is vastly different in scope compared to a normal RPG. JRPGs are incredibly linear with no meaningful choices, while RPGs have freedom and consequences. It doesn't make JRPGs worse than RPGs, but they are different. The only thing that is shared between them is story focus and a leveling system. But those things alone don't make a game an RPG, otherwise games like God of War and the recent Assassin's Creed games could be called RPGs, which they are not.

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WoodenSpearZ t1_jaem71z wrote

Control

Disappointed from the story and its execution. It fell on my backlog over the years since I've purchased it, and when I eventually returned to it, I realized I had essentially finished it already. The story was that cryptic, underwhelming and clearly unmemorable that even "finishing" it twice just amplified my disappointment lol

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DoTheThing- t1_jaem2qa wrote

FF VIII, FFX, and FFXII are my three favourites in the series for a combination of story and gameplay.

Important thing to note is when they were released and on what console as this does change what the game looked and felt like, I struggle to go back to the PS1 titles now but easily replay PS2 and up. FFX was the first PS2 title. FFXIII Was the first PS3 title. FFXV was the first PS4 title.

If you are after a shooter type, try out FFVII: Dirge of Cerberus (PS2, released after FFX to be confusing) You play as Vincent Valentine and it is more of an action/shooter based title

FFXV also is an 'active' system where you can choose if it pauses while you are in a menu mid battle etc, but feels more spammy/action based. Can be pretty fun with the combo's etc if you ever played and liked Kingdom Hearts combat.

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The_Servant_92 t1_jaem0kx wrote

I'm on board with this. I don't really have a problem with paid DLC as long as it's worth it. However, mechanics of games are shifting towards "Pay to have fun" rather than "Play to have fun".

Saving your post for future reference.

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