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While the RPG setup is not particularly deep, the combat system and the great story make Parasite Eve a game worth playing. Eve may decide to pay a visit. The somewhat generic tactical role-playing experience of the series is elevated by the great worldbuilding and character development, which starts relatively simple in Arc the Lad, then reaches incredible heights in its sequels.
Vandal Hearts is a very straightforward tactical role-playing game that rides on the coattails of the Shining Force series. Controlling a band of warriors lead by Ash, players have to take down a corrupt government and save a nation from disgrace in a simple turn-based tactical battle system. While limited customization options and map design feel dated, the rock-paper-scissor system and fast-pace of Vandal Hearts is an engaging experience.
Take this along with light platforming elements, excellent combat, tight controls, and a story that will mercilessly tug at your heartstrings. Legend of Mana brings every feature seen in its predecessors to a whole new level. Graphics are gorgeous, with a hand-drawn 2D style that oozes charm; combat is as engaging as ever, fast and exciting, featuring multiple weapon types and unique special attacks. Exploration mechanics are extremely innovative too.
This allows you to create the world map and influence the elemental properties of each location. One has to wonder, with such high quality, why Legend of Mana is not as praised as Secret of Mana. Controlling Dart as he sets on a quest for revenge, in Legend of Dragoon you must lead a group of heroes with the power to turn into winged warriors that are clearly defined by colors. Featuring one of the longest intros ever seen in a role-playing game, Dragon Quest VII is definitely a title that rewards dedication.
This is because many features open up after hours of play, like the robust job system. Instead it presents a more linear adventure that results in a tighter experience all the way through. Same with the battle system: while the turn-based combat system has been made easier to understand, you still have to deal with some obscure mechanics for leveling, assigning battle roles, discover techs, and blowing out those devastating combo attacks.
Starring a young man Ryu who can turn into a dragon, players accompany the princess of Wyndia Nina on her journey to find her missing sister.
Filled with colorful characters, including a living suit of armor, beautiful locations, and plenty of enemies to defeat. All this wrapped into a classic turn-based battle system that lets you switch characters on the fly and combo special attacks together for massive damage. But appearances are very deceiving here, as the game actually plays like a 2D fighting game during battles.
Controlling any of the playable characters in real-time, you can unleash up to six different special techniques that can be combined together to obliterate enemies. With magic spells and special techniques flying all over the screen, every battle in Tales of Eternia turns into a feast for the eyes.
And once you do get there, all your expectations are truly surpassed. With solid RPG gameplay that allows deep customization of every charming and well-developed character, this will keep you hooked. It also offers a turn-based battle system with real-time elements, and great amount of extra content, and really just a fun experience through it all. Grandia is an adventure that will stick with you for so long that no wall will ever stop your adventuring spirit. Coming of age stories probably reached their peak in , making for great material for a great remake!
A young boy named Alex ventures out into the world together with his childhood friend Luna, meeting a charming cast of characters on the way. And they end up having to take on a great evil to achieve legendary status as the new Dragonmaster seems pretty typical RPG here. The game does show its age with its clunky inventory system, and a progression that requires a bit of grinding.
But if you let these small flaws stop you, you would be missing one of the most charming stories from a classic JRPG title. Like most RPGs it has some great gameplay mechanics, like the ability to negotiate with demons in battle. Check out the video above for the top 10, and click through the gallery below or scroll down for the full list! Nothing else on the console looked like Parappa until Um Jammer Lammy arrived, of course.
This rhyme-spitting canine is so beloved, in fact, that we named him one of the top 10 dogs in video games. I gotta believe! Have you played PaRappa the Rapper? While we've ranked Crash Bandicoot 2 higher, it's undeniable just how important the entire Crash trilogy was to the PlayStation legacy — and that largely comes down to just how damn fun and challenging Naughty Dog made those first three games.
Perhaps the most robust Crash of the original three games, Warped uses its time-hopping set dressing to offer a wide variety of levels, enemies, and tricky create locations, but makes them all feel part of a fun, cohesive whole.
It was also filled with easter eggs and secrets, including many, many Marvel cameos like the Human Torch and Daredevil , unlockable costumes like Spider-Man , the Amazing Bag Man costume or even his classic Captain Universe getup. They even got Stan Lee himself to do all the descriptions of each character in the character viewer!
How do you rally players to adopt this new technology? You present them with the threat of rampant, mischievous apes. While many have come for the Mario Kart throne, Crash Team Racing, surprisingly, is perhaps the kart racer to come closest. Long before its modern-day remake, the original CTR surprised and delighted fans with a mascot racer worthy of excitement alongside Nintendo's long-standing franchise.
Pulling inspiration from hit titles like Metal Gear Solid and GoldenEye, Eidetic Games — now known as Sony Bend — combined elements of both with their own unique blend of stealth and action to create a unique adventure that spawned several sequels.
Syphon Filter offered a wide assortment of fun weaponry that allowed you a good amount of freedom to approach problems in different way throughout its odd levels of espionage action. Shifting between the world of the living and spectral plain to solve puzzles and traverse the twisting corridors of Nosgoth would prove deeply influential beyond the PS1 era, as well.
When Final Fantasy Tactics arrived in , it was arguably the best turn-based strategy game ever to grace consoles. Even today, there are few games in the genre since that have even come close. The juxtaposition of cute yet super-deformed characters works well, especially when they get caught up in one of the most complicated video game plots of all time. There are a handful that carved out a legacy — like Quake II, or Disruptor — but probably none did so more successfully than the incredible Medal of Honor.
You could also trick Nazis into posing for embarrassing photographs before you shot them, which is simply brilliant. Knights, mages, princesses, crystals, all of the Final Fantasy mainstays from the early entries were present and accounted for — but what people still love most about it are its characters. Wily Zidane, sad and naive Vivi, doofy loyalist Steiner, and a dozen other memorable characters except for Amarant, no one remembers him helped make Final Fantasy IX and incredible way to close out the single digit entries in the series, paying reverence to the games that came before it, and setting the stage quite literally for the next era; it was a beautiful, moving swan song for Final Fantasy on the PlayStation.
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