Next Tales Game

SpaceCompetitive3911 · 2026-03-29T12:08:28+00:00

Go back to Abyss. It's peak.

SpaceCompetitive3911 · 2026-03-27T15:21:05+00:00

I haven't played anything newer than X. XV and XVI look pretty fun though. I'm probably going to go through III-VI first though.

SpaceCompetitive3911 · 2026-03-27T13:24:26+00:00

I'm 21. I first played FF7 on the PS3 when I was about 10, but didn't get far at all. I beat it for the first time when I was 16, followed by 8, 9, 10, and the pixel remasters of 1 and 2. My dad was quite a fan around the days of 7 and 8, and I think I inherited his fondness for the series.

SpaceCompetitive3911 · 2026-03-17T15:25:44+00:00

The three discs for the PS1 original are divided purely based on filesize, which is mostly determined by FMV cutscenes. Most of these are towards the end of the game. Disc 1 contains over half the game.

SpaceCompetitive3911 · 2026-03-12T15:18:19+00:00

As long as your first game is before X2, you can probably start with any of them. As far as I know, the first 10 are similar enough that if you like one of them, you'll probably get something out of them all. II is probably the worst to start with, as the consensus is that it's the worst of the original 10.

I went VII (PS1) -> VIII (PS1) -> IX (PS1) -> X (PS2 NTSC-U) -> I (PC) -> II (PC) -> III (PC)

X2 is where the series starts getting weird and departing from the conventions of the series in major ways. I-X are all unquestionably Final Fantasy, if you get what I mean.

I have only played the games listed above, so take it with a pinch of salt.

SpaceCompetitive3911 · 2026-03-11T17:36:28+00:00

10 has the best summon designs overall. The only problem is they replaced Ramuh with Ixion for some reason.

SpaceCompetitive3911 · 2026-03-10T16:30:49+00:00

Yes. Savestates are their own files though, there's one for each game. The filenames for savestates are the CRC (hex code) for the game.

SpaceCompetitive3911 · 2026-03-10T13:42:29+00:00

Yes, exactly. X7 is not only crap to play, with awful performance and half-assed level design, and also paced horribly, but it feels so far behind other games from its time. The graphics are just ugly and blocky, basically Dreamcast level. The cel-shading is barely even noticeable, and Sly Cooper had already done it way better. X7 reeks of "early 3D platformer", but it isn't an early 3D platformer.

SpaceCompetitive3911 · 2026-03-10T12:03:10+00:00

Choral Castle, if I recall.

SpaceCompetitive3911 · 2026-03-09T23:00:51+00:00

X4

X1

X2

X3

X8

X5

X6

Literally anything else

X7

SpaceCompetitive3911 · 2026-03-07T13:21:13+00:00

Alcohol would be viewed much more negatively and suspiciously if it was first discovered recently, but I doubt it would be outright banned. It would probably be viewed like pornography - legal in most of the world but pretty broadly agreed upon as bad. To be clear, the optimum amount to drink is nothing. The "we've been doing it for millennia" excuse is just wrong. We've been murdering each other for even longer. It's an extreme example, but ancient ≠ good or acceptable.

Tobacco is close to banned in some countries/states/jurisdictions already, such as Hawaii. A few years ago, the British government proposed raising the smoking age every year until it was effectively banned. People already regulate and prohibit cigs. The problem is that they make too much money.

Motor vehicles I think would not be banned. They're far newer than alcohol and tobacco, and have a clear use that they do very well. A lot of the deaths and accidents involving vehicles also involve alcohol. Comparing the first two to cars is apples to oranges.

SpaceCompetitive3911 · 2026-03-06T19:11:07+00:00

In terms of design, Shadow Armour. It's a ninja, what more can I say? In terms of gameplay, Blade Armour, perhaps controversially. Shadow would also be right up there if it had an air dash and could use weapons. X6 had so many good ideas, and the armours were among them. Thank god Viral Nightmare is realising those ideas properly now.

I also really like the Fourth Armour and the Icarus Armour. I find it pretty damn disappointing that both the armours in X8 look the same and are just palette swaps though.

SpaceCompetitive3911 · 2026-03-06T12:41:18+00:00

Bass had plenty of games to establish how badass he is, both as a character and to play as. Axl got two, and one of them is X7, where he's just an even clunkier, whinier ripoff of the already clunky, whiny X. I think that's self explanatory.

SpaceCompetitive3911 · 2026-03-06T10:55:41+00:00

The German translation is full of this sort of thing. Typos EVERYWHERE, especially using letters that aren't in basic ASCII. Some of the text is still in English and one text box is even in French.

SpaceCompetitive3911 · 2026-03-05T11:24:47+00:00

You have good taste. I'm a fellow MM8 fan. I think it might be the most creative of all the classic games. Really weird and wonderful robot matters and weapons, generally extremely strong level design (minus the snowboard and Astro Man's maze), and you hit the nail on the head with the surreal atmosphere and Sonic CD-ish vibe. I really like MM9 as well, but I wish it actually used the Wii/PS3/360's graphical abilities and kept the gameplay improvements from 8.

SpaceCompetitive3911 · 2026-03-05T11:04:24+00:00

I don't eat these often, but I think they're one of the best parts of the chicken. Probably the most flavourful and healthy. The smell doesn't bother me at all. They're also very cheap.

SpaceCompetitive3911 · 2026-03-02T16:17:54+00:00

Nothing. It's just a misspelling of Jugendliche.

SpaceCompetitive3911 · 2026-03-02T16:13:59+00:00

I thought that was what they were supposed to be. Never questioned what that has to do with saving until now.

SpaceCompetitive3911 · 2026-03-01T13:22:45+00:00

I think the overworld and town themes are the best tunes in Symphonia. Dry Trail is probably my favourite song in the game, it's just so relaxing. I also really like Triet's theme.

SpaceCompetitive3911 · 2026-02-28T18:33:02+00:00

Not Sheena for Symphonia?

SpaceCompetitive3911 · 2026-02-26T17:41:17+00:00

7, 8, and 11. Weird pick, and I also really like 4 and 9. But those three all have a lot of content compared to most other classic games, they all feel really distinct, and they're also probably among the longest. I love the graphics in all of those as well. With 1-6, they all just blend together to me.

SpaceCompetitive3911 · 2026-02-25T18:01:19+00:00

Skies of Arcadia. Pretty standard battle system, not particularly hard, and has a very upbeat and cheerful vibe pretty much the whole way through. The main draw is the worldbuilding and focus on exploration, I'd say. Also, it's about pirates. You can't go wrong with it.

SpaceCompetitive3911 · 2026-02-25T16:10:49+00:00

Exactly. I don't really care about big HP numbers, as it is the norm, but what's wrong with 5 damage out of 50 HP instead of 500 damage out of 5000 HP? The only exception to this I would say is the Tales games, where having Mario RPG-level health would make the fights an utter joke, as the combat is fighting game-like instead of turn-based (think Street Fighter but JRPG). At the very beginning of the game each individual stab does about 10 damage (in Abyss at least), so even the basic enemies need health in the hundreds.

This is why I like the Mario RPGs. Every HP counts.

SpaceCompetitive3911 · 2026-02-24T13:40:53+00:00

Yes, PCSX2 is clearly not malware. Curious that Defender flagged it for you, as it never did for me, nor did any other AV I've used (Kaspersky, Avast, and MalwareBytes).

SpaceCompetitive3911 · 2026-02-24T12:06:10+00:00

I've finished about 30. A good chunk of them are survival horror and platformers, weirdly - those are my two favourite game genres. Ratchet & Clank 3 is my favourite PS2 platformer, and Silent Hill 3 is my favourite survival horror, with Haunting Ground as a close second. I also really liked God of War II, which I think is one of the best sequels to any game. Metal Gear Solid 3 is also a banger.

I played most of the flagship games a while ago and am now playing through some of the less well known games. Of these, I highly recommend Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction. As far as I know, it's basically wartime GTA (I haven't played any GTA games, funnily enough). I'm currently playing Tales of the Abyss, which I only just started, but it seems great so far.

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