Post by: scott on September 10, 2011, 12:36:31 am
I'm pretty sure you all can tell mine is Castlevania, but what's yours?
Post by: madmax on September 10, 2011, 01:39:49 am
(Final Fantasy)
I'm pretty sure I've said the back story but here goes. I was living at my g-mas because my father had been in a near fatal accident overseas and couldn't take care of me. She got some family member to lend me his snes and a few games to keep me distracted. He had zelda, mario and FFII. I beat zelda and mario but had never heard of Final Fantasy. I picked up the game and started playing it and was pretty much hooked. I left before i got to finish and ever since then I've loved Final Fantasy games.
Post by: darko on September 10, 2011, 02:07:18 am
Post by: desocietas on September 10, 2011, 03:41:38 am
Looking at my collection, looks like I have:
Broken Sword, Dragon Quest, Etrian Odyssey, FF, Golden Sun, Ace Attorney, Professor Layton, Rune Factory, Persona, other SMT titles, Star Ocean...
Is a franchise anything over 3 titles?
Post by: scott on September 10, 2011, 08:53:22 am
Is a franchise anything over 3 titles?
Well anything with sequels would be a series. Also, I tend to interchange "series" and "franchise". Maybe I should reword the question....
Post by: tpugmire on September 10, 2011, 12:11:19 pm
Nope, can't do it.
Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Pac-Man, among others.
Post by: desocietas on September 10, 2011, 12:26:23 pm
I have to pick just one?
Nope, can't do it.
Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Pac-Man, among others.
:) I'm in the same boat.
I can maybe narrow it down to Persona, Ace Attorney, and Dragon Quest.
Post by: pceslayer on September 10, 2011, 06:57:22 pm
Post by: scott on September 10, 2011, 06:59:10 pm
Post by: desocietas on September 10, 2011, 07:11:10 pm
King's Quest and Ys
@pceslayer I've been thinking of picking up another Ys after playing through most of Ys Seven. Thoughts on a definitive Ys title?
Post by: pceslayer on September 10, 2011, 07:49:20 pm
So difinitive is the PC remake Ys I & II Complete(PC) and runners up are Ys Book I & II (TGCD/WiiVC) and Ys I & II Chronicles (PSP)
If you find you're not a fan of the run-n-bump, give Oath in Felghana a try, its a remake of Ys III which was more action oriented by nature and in turn the remake plays just like 7.
Post by: desocietas on September 10, 2011, 08:51:04 pm
If you find you're not a fan of the run-n-bump, give Oath in Felghana a try, its a remake of Ys III which was more action oriented by nature and in turn the remake plays just like 7.
Cool; incidentally, I already have Oath in Felghana in my possession through GameFly, so I'll be sure to give it a try before sending it back (I haven't been good about actually playing my GameFly rentals lately, unfortunately). I was wondering about Ys I & II, but noticed that a version had been put out on the DS, then another on the PSP... got confused by that, so I just jumped in with the later Ys Seven title after seeing the positive reviews. Thanks for the advice!
Post by: monochrome on September 11, 2011, 12:17:00 am
2. Mario Bros.
3. Final Fantasy
Post by: andrew on September 11, 2011, 01:08:51 am
I was also big into Syphon Filter, but the series got bad quick, and I haven't played the newest ones yet. Might as well throw Donkey Kong (Country) out there while I'm at it. Obviously, there's Mario and Zelda among several others.
Post by: pceslayer on September 11, 2011, 10:25:20 am
Cool; incidentally, I already have Oath in Felghana in my possession through GameFly, so I'll be sure to give it a try before sending it back (I haven't been good about actually playing my GameFly rentals lately, unfortunately). I was wondering about Ys I & II, but noticed that a version had been put out on the DS, then another on the PSP... got confused by that, so I just jumped in with the later Ys Seven title after seeing the positive reviews. Thanks for the advice!
Yea the DS release is pure shite compared to the PSP release. I believe the source for the PSP version is Ys Complete where the DS version someone pulled it out of their ass.
Post by: brettybluevein on September 11, 2011, 10:46:50 am
1. Mario - simply put, just the best fun I've ever had playing a video game. I love everything from Super Mario Bros 2 all the way to Super Mario Galaxy 2. Also, New Super Mario Bros on the DS is a perfect title.
2. Zelda - These were the games I played as a kid that have made me such a puzzle solver/explorer of games today. Wind Waker is one of my top 5 games of all time.
3. Halo - Not only is the multiplayer just awesome, but the story is so well written and the campaign has such deep cinematic sequences. You can really tell true gamers made the series. Let's hope 343 studios carries on that tradition.
4. Mario Kart - I feel like this is different from Mario games in that it's racing, but it's my favorite kind of racing. Watch out for that Blue Shell!!!
5. Metal Slug - The best run 'n gun game ever, I could play this game for hours on end. Yes, better than Contra...and I love Contra.
Sorry to be long-winded and choose 5, but there was just no way I could select a single franchise.
Post by: climhazard on September 11, 2011, 10:47:50 am
Post by: amauriel on September 11, 2011, 02:44:17 pm
My husband's: Resident Evil. No question. We have more than one chainsaw controller in the house.
Post by: desocietas on September 11, 2011, 08:25:14 pm
Harvest Moon is probably my favorite, although they've gotten really repetitive in the last 5 years or so...also lots of love to Shin Megami Tensei, Layton, Zelda, and Ace Attorney.
@amauriel Have you already preordered Tale of Two Towns?
I feel the same about the games getting repetitive, so I normally wouldn't bother preordering, but that damn alpaca pre-order bonus is such a tease!
Post by: scott on September 11, 2011, 08:40:32 pm
Oh man, Harvest Moon sucks you in with super cute bonuses...
Post by: darko on September 11, 2011, 10:37:15 pm
Harvest Moon is probably my favorite, although they've gotten really repetitive in the last 5 years or so...also lots of love to Shin Megami Tensei, Layton, Zelda, and Ace Attorney.
Harvest Moon and Shin Megami Tensei in the same sentence? I never thought I'd see the day!
Post by: desocietas on September 11, 2011, 10:46:23 pm
Harvest Moon and Shin Megami Tensei in the same sentence? I never thought I'd see the day!
Heh, I'm right there with @amauriel... but she's definitely got me beat in her collection of HM titles... I've played a lot of them, but don't necessarily have them in my collection. She's got me beat in the SMT series, too.
Post by: darko on September 11, 2011, 10:51:42 pm
Heh, I'm right there with @amauriel... but she's definitely got me beat in her collection of HM titles... I've played a lot of them, but don't necessarily have them in my collection. She's got me beat in the SMT series, too.
I've never played a Harvest Moon title. Which one would you guys recommend as my first go? I've just never been too interested in the series for some reason.
Post by: scott on September 11, 2011, 10:54:00 pm
I've never played a Harvest Moon title. Which one would you guys recommend as my first go? I've just never been too interested in the series for some reason.
I played a lot of the original SNES game and really liked it. After that I never played much until the 1st Harvest Moon for DS. Of course, I'm prolly not the best source for info on the series. haha
Post by: neomysterion on September 12, 2011, 12:26:38 am
I've been into Kirby and Pokemon a lot, as well as Pikmin for a more underrated series.
Post by: jobocan on September 12, 2011, 12:51:47 am
Post by: matt on September 12, 2011, 09:27:43 am
1. Half-Life
2. Wonderboy
3. Metal Gear, Castlevania, Mario, Jak & Daxter, Uncharted, etc, etc
Post by: madmax on September 12, 2011, 10:04:26 am
Post by: scott on September 12, 2011, 11:46:15 am
1. Castlevania
2. Metal Gear
3. Resident Evil
4. Pokemon/ Final Fantasy/ Mario/ Zelda/ Jak etc
Post by: amauriel on September 12, 2011, 04:26:09 pm
@desocietas: I haven't preordered Tale of Two Towns yet. I haven't decided if I'm going to get the 3DS version yet, and it comes out after the DS one. Also, I paid $8 for the sheep on eBay instead of buying Magical Melody when it came out, then bought the game for $8 at a vintage store. I may do the same with this one; I still haven't put much time into Grand Bazaar to justify another one yet.
I have every preorder plushie for the series, and the sheep is the only one I eBay'd. I even have two cows, one has an anniversary tag on it instead of the original tag. Both of those were preorder bonuses for different games too, haha. The only reason I haven't taken tons of pictures of my HM collection is that my games are stored by console, so getting all those games out would take the better part of a month.
Post by: varkias on September 12, 2011, 04:28:43 pm
1. Shining
2. Castlevania
3. Suikoden
Post by: scott on September 12, 2011, 04:48:31 pm
The only reason I haven't taken tons of pictures of my HM collection is that my games are stored by console, so getting all those games out would take the better part of a month.
But, but, a Harvest Moon collection would look so sweet on the front page, @amauriel. ;)
Post by: desocietas on September 12, 2011, 04:57:52 pm
3. Suikoden
My friend @sedaris hates that I still haven't played any of the Suikodens... Just lettin' you know. ;P
@amauriel Yeah, I did a quick eBay search and saw that the other plush pre-orders tend to go for about $10... so I might see if I'll get it that way and just Gamefly Tale of Two Towns (like I do the other ones) or wait for it to drop in price.
Ha, also, I didn't know there'd be a 3DS version. I'm glad I asked you! I would've felt totally dumb if I went to preorder it and they told me it's coming out on both systems. :\ That alpaca really is pretty darling, but maybe the 3DS preorder one will be in 3D, too ;)
Post by: amauriel on September 12, 2011, 05:06:03 pm
Also, after digging: If anyone has copies of HM: More Friends of Mineral Town (the girl one for the GBA) or HM: Back to Nature (PS1) and want to make some money, let me know. I'm missing three others but they are all current gen so I'm not too concerned about those.
Post by: scott on September 12, 2011, 05:28:37 pm
I think I located all the carts and a majority of the cases.
You don't store the carts IN the cases?
Post by: desocietas on September 13, 2011, 12:29:36 am
Post by: amauriel on September 13, 2011, 12:46:02 am
Post by: varkias on September 13, 2011, 12:50:33 am
4. Ogre Battle
Post by: desocietas on October 21, 2011, 11:39:51 am
@desocietas: I haven't preordered Tale of Two Towns yet. I haven't decided if I'm going to get the 3DS version yet, and it comes out after the DS one. Also, I paid $8 for the sheep on eBay instead of buying Magical Melody when it came out, then bought the game for $8 at a vintage store. I may do the same with this one; I still haven't put much time into Grand Bazaar to justify another one yet.
I have every preorder plushie for the series, and the sheep is the only one I eBay'd. I even have two cows, one has an anniversary tag on it instead of the original tag. Both of those were preorder bonuses for different games too, haha. The only reason I haven't taken tons of pictures of my HM collection is that my games are stored by console, so getting all those games out would take the better part of a month.
Hm... maybe I'll preorder the 3DS version if the alpaca is going to go for this much on eBay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/alpaca-plush-Harvest-Moon-Tale-Two-Towns-/160664116132?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item256853dba4
These people are crazy! Just preorder the 3DS version, and you'll be paying less than $40... AND get a game to go with the damn alpaca!