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Message: [QUOTE="Rafa-dono, post: 18045, member: 30204"] Pokémon: I played through Red or Blue (not sure) and then jumped into Gold or Silver (also not sure). I rushed through the game until I got to Fuschia and then I guess it finally landed that I was wasting time getting random packs of numbered attributes to fight other random packs of numbered attributes, and just because. I was rapidly expanding my gaming repertoire (until that point limited to some Atari games, Alex Kidd in Miracle World, and a handful of Mega Drive games like Pocahontas and Sonic 2); I had just discovered JRPGs, probably already finished Chrono Trigger and meybe Final Fantasy VI, and I already missed character depth and development or an overarching and epic plot in Pokémon. I tried Pokémon games later (Ruby and Sapphire, FireRed and LeafGreen) but never went too far into them. I did have a great time playing both TCG games for the GBC though because, to me, Pkm TCG is the best TCG ever, better than Magic The Gathering (minus the lore) and leagues above all others. Lost Sphear: Chrono Trigger, I Am Setsuna is not. BUT, that game is mostly very good. The endgame and the actual ending really disappointed me but, up to that point, I was having a great time. When I first booted Lost Sphear I thought that they'd get the best in I Am Setsuna and up to eleven, which they did. But they also managed to make all the problems get worse. By the time I noticed that I had either to grind a lot (which you never have to in Chrono Trigger and I didn't have to in I Am Setsuna) or exploit the mechas to trample all the challenges the game threw at me, it lost all of it's already dwindling charm to me. I finished the game, yes, and I kinda feel like giving it another try someday, but I know in my heart it's not worth it. Sadly. Tales of Phantasia & Tales of Destiny: I wanted to play them in order of (first) release, but I could only find Phantasia in Japanese. I played it for a while (something around 8 hours) until I got stuck and couldn't find where to go or what to do. Then I jumped into Destiny, only to get stuck in one of those four dungeons you have to clear to open the path to the final one. But then I finally found an English translation of Phantasia and played it to the end. It did not impress me half as much as I've hoped, specially because in the mean time I watched the OVAs which I think are so damn much better. Then I restarted Destiny and, already getting tired of the formula, it landed that I don't like games like these (or Star Ocean or Valkyrie Profile), these "actiony turn-based JRPGs" (I like action JRPGs such as .hack// or Rogue Galaxy though). I finished it this time, but it was an even bigger disappointment than Phantasia. And I never touched another Tales of game ever again (I kinda wanted to play From the Abyss but decided against it). Xenogears: I never had the thing for mechas, but I hoped the game could change it or at least convince me while playing it. It did not. All the mecha fights bored me to death and killed my enjoyment of anything other than exploring. I love the environments in the game, specially Zeboim and that tower everyone hates, but even the normal fights became dreadful. I finished the game, but I'm probably the person with the lowest regards towards it and get into fights all the time for saying so (because people are ridiculous). [/QUOTE]

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