my PS1 mania continues. next up is this.pros:-golden era Squarecons:-gives cases of>Oh, that background door is an actual door.cuz there are some that ain't.starting with Red and working my way around.Red summary: boom, you're a hero. now go fight the Putties™ and look out for Goldar™.
>>12621591Looks like shit. When are you playing a proper shmup, pussy?
>>12621608like Einhander?
>>12621591>>12621608Saga Frontier is ugly as fuck, true.Shmups are boring shit though
>>12621637Like DODONPACHI
also not loving how you auto-interact with what you touch.and how the game will just be like>Ok, here's 14 different places each made up of a dozen screens. Now guess which one you need to go to and what you need to do there.
>>12621857If you think thats bad go have a look at the monster guide. Its a fucking book you need to read if you want to make strong monsters. Also theres a setting somewhere in game that places arrows on entrances to other areas that helps a lot.
>>12621873>Also theres a setting somewhere in game that places arrows on entrances to other areasare you sure? i'm finding nothing.
>>12621591PS1 Must play: Fighting: Bloody Roar 2, Ehrgeiz, Tekken 3, 3D Platform: Ape Escape, Crash 2&3, Spyro 2&3, 3D Action/Adventure: MediEvil, Megaman Legends 1&2, MGS 1+VR, Sidescroller: Castlevania Chronicles/Symphony, Mega Man 8, X4, Oddworld Oddysee/Exodus, RPG: Breath Fire 4, Chrono Cross, FF 7/9, Lunar 1&2 [UnWork], Star Ocean 2, Tales Eternia, Suikoden 1&2, Valkyrie Profile, FF Tactics [Lion War], Front Mission 3,Vehicle: CTR, Jet Moto 2, Micro Machines, Rollcage 1, Wipeout 3, Horror: Galerians, Parasite Eve 1/2, Res Evil 1-3, Silent Hill, Other: Deception 3, Frogger Swampy, Incredible Crisis, I.Q, Mr Domino,
>>12621591saga frontier is kino but it's also basically unfinished since it was developed at the same time as ff7 and all the company resources were going to thatyou'll hit a lot of dead ends, i always recommend trying to play saga as blind as possible but you'll probably need to look up where to go at some point so don't feel too bad about itred is the best character to learn the game with, his story is decently on-rails (by saga standards) but you still have good access to all of the shared quests and lots of good characters as well>>12621873monster transformations are genuinely not worth even touching at all unless you develop some kind of autism for it, robots are so much easier to use and make insanely strongiirc, red doesn't get any access to monster party members either (except riki maybe? i know most other scenarios just let you talk to meiling and they would both join you on the spot, idr)
>>12622730>FF Tactics [Lion War]animals have no god
>>12622768>his story is decently on-railshe's why i'm complaining about>Ok, here's 14 places. Now guess which one you need to go to.> red doesn't get any access to monster party members eitheri just blew up the base in Kyo. Cotton has been absolutely CARRYING me though the game, at least until i bought a Zero Sword.i had him absorb the Sphinx and it's just been the absolute best. only now starting to run into bosses that can't be oneshotted with SphinxRiddle.
>>12622819how the fuck could i forget cotton? i'm such an asshole. it's literally one of the first things you do as red. i need to play this game again.>>Ok, here's 14 places. Now guess which one you need to go to.yeah, this is basically what i was referring to witth dead ends. most locations are relevant to someone at some point (and a few aren't even relevant to anything), but koorong just letting you go anywhere anytime feels like more of a detriment. you had to unlock the map piece by piece in the romancing saga games which was a lot more natural imo.
>>12623380>you had to unlock the map piece by piece in the romancing saga games which was a lot more natural imo.also felt like less dead ends in Romancing. I've had to extract myself from two whole dungeons in Frontier so far. one because I hit the last fight and realized there was no possible way for me to win yet. the other because I got to the end and the event is explicitly for a character I haven't even bumped into.felt like in Romancing you were more free to wander and get involved in whatever quest you stumbled on.
ok, i stumbled across one base and you investigate another as part of the main story. there's like, what, two more? i think i've been everywhere.i might have to break my no-guide rule for this one.
>>12622730>must play>ehrgeizstopped reading right there
>>12621878Might only be in the remaster.
>>12625329Wouldn't blame you, if you're not used to how SaGa works it can get really confusing. There's no shame in starting over and reading up on how the game works, the series is very avant-garde and many things it does became JRPG standards years later.
>>12625346>reading up on how the game worksso far that seems to be>Wander around these 14 areas until you talk to the right NPC / go to the right place.i told myself i would at least visit every area before i went for a guide.i guess i missed an NPC somewhere. unless you HAVE to do bases in a certain order and i'm unaware. but you'd think something trying to be "open world" like Romancing was wouldn't be that linear.
>>12625350Unlike Romancing, Frontier's "main quest" is different for each character, and yes you do them in order, Red's scenario is quite linear.
>>12625353>and yes you do them in order,ah hell.guess FF7 ate up all the dev attention.
>>12625361Nah that's what happened to Xenogears. FYI you're better off playing the remastered version, it makes the UI less eye-cancer and you also get Fuse's scenario and better NG+ options.
>>12621878It might be a button press like select im almost positive it works on the ps1 version.
>>12625495Never mind i just googled it was only in the remaster
>>12625504yeah i had even looked up pdf scans of the manual and there was nothing, man.
>>12621608>proper shmup,yes i will reinstall Tyrian2000 one day.
>>12622768 >>12622819>monster transformations are genuinely not worth even touchingFrontier has the easiest monster transformations AFAIK. SaGa 1 to 3 were more stupidly complicated. in Frontier, some of the endgame monster just need one or 2 monster techs to transform into them. Sphinx as mentioned, with the Sphinx Riddle tech. but Sphinx has pretty low VIT i think. Kylin already starts with Kylin's Song , which allows him/her/whatever to transform back to Kylin Jr form when you're in other forms. just remember to move Kylin's Song out of the 8th slot so it won't get erased from further tech absorptions.
Anything I'm missing? I hate 4 nigga in a row games
>>12625652>n-wordNectaris. and i am anti-riceist.also easier for other peeps to see /find what games are already on your pic-related , if you just type out the names of all the games.
>>12625852The names are under every picture, and they are in alphabetical order.
>>12625335that game is fun and unique, kill yourself faggot
