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| bloodybaron:
Not sure if anyone asked this before or not, but I played persona 3 and got like 20 hours in then I picked up Persona 3 FES by chance and decided to suck it up and just start over with FES for more content. I'm glad I did because even in the amount I played I could see they really added a lot and it was a bit like a new game again. My question is for example, is it better just to play something like Skies of Arcadia Legends right off the bat, or play the original and the updated one to see what they added and changed? Or are additions usually miniscule so it's cooler just to know you played the original? The main one I'm curious about right now is tales of symphonia. I wanted to play it on the gamecube, but with the updated one on ps3 I'm not sure what to do. I love added content, but I'm not sure if it's really worth it to always play the ones they changed. Any opinions? |
| maximo310:
I usually pick up either version depending on its price and if I have the console to play it on. Then I will pick up the other version later on to compare the changes made to the game. |
| MJMaranan:
As for Skies Of Arcadia, I believe the original is more difficult because I couldn't grind as much as I wanted to in the original compared to the remake. This puts a damper on my money-making efforts, which extends to my usual habit of collecting every weapon in my inventory considering how I play RPGs. Quest-wise, they are about the same since certain quests were removed from the original to the remake and fitted with a few new ones. Depends on what you think is good or bad. In this case, I definitely prefer Skies Of Arcadia on the Dreamcast considering that Pinta's Quest on the VMU is a pretty cool mini-game which does supplement the income. As for picking either or both versions, there's definitely some bragging rights to owning the original but then again, there are some fun added-content found on the remake of certain games. Bionic Commando: Re-Armed and Strider HD, in my opinion, are worth picking up. Kingdom Hearts HD I.5 Remix does give you the Final Mix version of the game, which was exclusive-only to Japan, from what I heard. I was also a fan of the original Flashback: Quest For Identity but I heard the remake is horrible. Sorry for rambling... Hope you enjoy whichever choice you make. |
| bobster:
--- Quote from: MJMaranan on August 21, 2014, 03:57:48 am ---As for Skies Of Arcadia, I believe the original is more difficult because I couldn't grind as much as I wanted to in the original compared to the remake. This puts a damper on my money-making efforts, which extends to my usual habit of collecting every weapon in my inventory considering how I play RPGs. Quest-wise, they are about the same since certain quests were removed from the original to the remake and fitted with a few new ones. Depends on what you think is good or bad. In this case, I definitely prefer Skies Of Arcadia on the Dreamcast considering that Pinta's Quest on the VMU is a pretty cool mini-game which does supplement the income. --- End quote --- I thought the only difference in combat was that the original's encounter rate was higher... like way higher. Granted I don't own the Gamecube version so I have nothing to actually compare it to. I just remember getting into random encounters a ton. |
| soera:
I havent played too many updated versions of games but one huge example comes to mind for me. Final fantasy NES vs any other version. I played the hell out of FF NES when I was younger. Probably beat the game 4-5 times over. Once it came out on another system (PS1), I bought it cause it also had FF2 on the same disk and really wanted to play that one as well. I eventually started up the PS1 version of the game and now that I did, I can not stomach playing the NES version anymore. Everything that was done wrong on the NES version was fixed on the re-releases. Since that time, Ive played through the entire game on the GBA and on the PS1 and will not look back. I remember trying out FFX on the PS2 when it released and it was a horrible time for me. I recently found the updated version on the PS3 for a deal I couldnt say no to and bought it. I want to give it a try to see if I was missing something the first time. I really hope I was. To make a long story short, from my limited experience, its worth it to give the updated/enhanced versions of games a try. |
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