Hi, Well, I did read one of the Xenogears books, plus some of the fan fiction, and you are right about the story. The back story for Xenogears is pretty good. However, I've never been able to play the game as it was too focused on graphics etc and I could never do anything constructive with it. I guess that is why I'm just not too pleased with the game itself, but I do like the story as far as it goes. I also am a fan of the music and am glad to have the Xenogears fan collection in mp3. As for Final Fantasy I remember playing at least one of them on the original NES, but never got into it much after that. For some reason Final Fantasy never got my attention like it did everyone else. Probably because after I lost my sight console gaming never was the same for me.
On 5/5/10, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote: > Hi Tom. > > I wouldn't dismiss console rpgs quite so seriously. Xenogears story captured > my imagination so much when I played through it with a friend I even tried > novelizing the thing! it has a distinct world, characters with back story, > and a plot which is actually interesting! > > Of course, not all rpgs are that good, ---- indeed I've heard many people > who began with the original ff games complain that rpgs today are too > cinimatic and big budgit affairs with no where near enough plot. > > I suppose though it's what you grew up with. I sat through the entirity of > ff7, Xenogears and much of ff8 with a friend reading the text, just so that > I could experience the story and world like watching a tv program. > > my first actual text rpg, ---- in fact the first time I'd played an rpg > which wasn't run by a human gm, was legend of the green Dragon in 2003, > which was fun at the time simply because I'd not played something like that > before, ---- but I did grow board after a few months. > > That being said, I do remember spending almost a solid 36 hours awake in > 2004 playing original Sryth, just because it was so fantastic to find a > world like that I could explore. > > I suppose for me it's the exploration of a world, it's history and it's > people which is important, and I'm largely indifferent to the medium. > Entombed I stil very much enjoy for the reactive combat, unpredictability > and the chance to physically explore a dungeon space with sounds and > atmosphere, ---- but I'm equally really looking forward to the upcoming > gamebook from Chronicles of Arborell, a Murder of crows. > > Then again, the first game which really grabbed my attention was the > graphical game turrican 2 on the amigar at the age of 8, which, ---- though > it's essentially a platform shooter not unlike the original Mega Man games > with limited weapons and a basic lives system, had a sense of freedom and > exploration that was staggering, ---- sinse the levels were truly gigantic > mazes, where you'd find yourself going in and out of ruined cities or caves, > jumping across waterfalls or suddenly swimming in deep lakes, ---- all in > one level, in all directions, up down, forwards and back, not just trailing > along left to right. (the fact that Turrican also had award winning and stil > very fantastic music didn't hurt either). > > Equally though, I was read the hobbit by my dad at the age of 4, and was > introduced to Lotr at the age of 6 (I read the silmarillion when I was 10), > so maybe for me that's where my love of exploration comes from, ---- > independent of what form it comes in. > > Beware the grue! > > Dark. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
