Ol'Sephy's RPG Halls of Fame and Phail

I haven't played many RPGs outside of the Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy sagas, so the Halls of Fame and Phail are going to be pretty empty for a while. At least until I've played more games...

So, to get to it...

BEST MAIN CHARACTER...​

A lot of people who know me would probably start thinking, "Oh, he's gonna pick Cloud. No question." Well, if you think that...

Then you don't know me half as well as you think.

Because, for my Best Main Character Award, I picked the one who stands head and shoulders above the competition, (yes, Felix, even you)...

Link - The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
(NGC/Wii)

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I mean, he never says a word, yet has made an archenemy, saved the princess, killed countless bosses, travelled all over his world, AND, to top it all off, has been making fan-girls swoon since Ocarina of Time's release in 1998. Only one word can describe him:

KICKASS.​

Runners up include Rydia from Final Fantasy IV, (NDS), Felix from Golden Sun: The Lost Age, (GBA), and Penelo from Final Fantasy XII, (PS2).

WORST MAIN CHARACTER...​

Sadly, I had to choose this one...

Isaac - Golden Sun/Golden Sun: The Lost Age(GBA)

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He doesn't talk at all in Golden Sun, but is a totally smart-ass loud mouth, (much like his best friend, Garet), in Golden Sun: The Lost Age. Plus, Felix is the a passionate guy in the first GS game, (specifically at the end, regarding Sheba's presence in Venus Lighthouse), but doesn't say a word in GS:TLA... Except NOT. He actually gets a single word during gameplay, (in Shaman Village, just before the Trial, he asks "Why?" regarding an aspect of the Trial), AND he makes a touching performance at the end, (see SPOILER below). Felix is just overall a better character. Hence the choice of Isaac for this. Also, Garet kinda kills the silent protagonist thing with his echoing of everything that you decide in-game. You pick "yes" or "no" to something and Garet has to elaborate as to what you just said. Why, Garet? Why?

Spoiler

When Isaac, Garet, and Kyle are standing at the edge of the crater where Mt. Aleph and Vale had once stood, Felix calls out to them and tries to reason with them.

BEST DUNGEONS...​

Above all else in my eyes is a single game in a great series, (for the most part).

FINAL FANTASY XII
(PS2)​

The dungeons are simple enough that they're easy to understand, (except for Pharos Lighthouse -- hooooooo boy!), yet filled with enough monsters to keep your mind from focusing on getting from "Point A" to "Point B." The only dungeon that did NOT make ANY sense to me is the Sky Fortress Bahamut. I mean, you land in it after an awesome CG cutscene, only to see that you have about 5 minutes worth of dungeon to get through and only 10-15 some-odd enemies before the final bosses start. Kinda funny, if you ask me... But the last bosses make up for it -- Gabranth and Vayne's three forms, the last of which, (the Undying), is a BITCH to fight, as you can't see how much health it has left!

Runners up were Golden Sun, (GBA), and The Legend of Zelda, (N64/NGC/Wii).

WORST DUNGEONS...​

No question about this one...

KINGDOM HEARTS: CHAIN OF MEMORIES
(GBA/PS2)​

OH. MY. GOD. I freaking HATED how you had to have certain cards to unlock doors into new areas. If you don't have the right ones... Oops! Gotta go fight monsters IN A HORRIBLY-MADE CARD BATTLE SYSTEM to get them! I mean, come ON... Cards? I was sure Square Enix was better than this... And as the game progressed, you got stronger cards -- but they bosses had an unlimited amount, it seemed, while you could only have 99 at the most, and you NEVER got that much. Noooooooooo... That'd be to easy! Instead, you work your arse off trying to get cards, you almost die fighting monsters... Only to get a card OF THE WRONG TYPE with a card level OF ONE. Pathetic. Truly pathetic.

Runners up included... Oh wait. ANOTHER KINDOM HEARTS GAME? Yeah, 358/2 Days didn't have DUNGEONS, per se... But the areas that you used were recycled from other games. The only area that was new, (besides the Neverland maps), was the Grey Area, where you accepted missions...

BEST MUSIC...​

This one was hard. I had to make it a tie between two games...

KINGDOM HEARTS II: FINAL MIX+
(PS2)
CRISIS CORE - FINAL FANTASY VII
(PSP)
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Kindom Hearts II: Final Mix+ had some of the best music I've ever been graced with hearing. Utada Hikaru is freaking hot, and the music fit the mood of the game SO WELL it was like you were a part of the action. The battle music made the real-time battle system all the more enjoyable. I swear, I'm glad that they have an OST for this game, 'cause it's awesome!

Crisis Core has a lot of music that is recycled from the original FFVII, as well as some new music that is the same song done in different styles. This would normally be a down-side, but the way that they remastered the FFVII music and the way that they changed up that one song to fit multiple scenarios... Amazing. The music in this game illicited the right kind of emotion for Zack's story -- hope that is bittered with sorrow. A great OST, to be sure!

Runners up included Golden Sun and Golden Sun: The Lost Age, (both GBA).

WORST MUSIC...

STAR OCEAN: 'TILL THE END OF TIME
(PS2)​

Same composer as Golden Sun, but the music didn't match the mood of the surroundings, AT ALL. I mean, I understand that this is far, FAR in the future, (I mean, look at the intro!), but that doesn't mean that all the dungeons should have distorted guitar riffs for BGM. Plus, every dungeion had THE SAME EFFING MUSIC. It got annoying, even if you're still in the first dungeon! BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD.

A runner up were Marvel Ultimate Alliance, (PS2), as the sound quality just SUCKS in that game.

BEST PLOT...

LEGEND OF ZELDA: TWILIGHT PRINCESS
(NGC/Wii)​

Flawless story. Granted, it DID use the same villian as ALWAYS, but what the hey, right? You were led to believe for a whole 1/3 of the game that Zant was the bad guy, but it was actually Ganondorf CONTROLLING Zant! Fancy that! They also made this one a continuation of Ocarina of Time, which was cool. Centuries later, and Ganondorf is still an *******... Great. Now I gotta stab him with the Master Sword and maybe stick a few bomb arrows down his throat... Persistent bastard...

Runners up included Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VIII, Kingdoim Hearts, Kingdom Hearts II, and Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days.

WORST PLOT...​

Wow. This game got two spots in the HALL OF PHAIL...

STAR OCEAN: 'TILL THE END OF TIME
(PS2)​

Recycle, reduce, reuse.

Recycle: It's the same thing over and over -- you just learn new things about the characters along the way.

Reduce: You lose interest in the stuff that WAS interesting, like how this game takes place in the distant future and that this kid can make swords using an escape pod.

Reuse: And we do it again!

Runners up included Final Fantasy XII, for the Star Wars rip off.

Well, that's it for now! Hope you liked it!

By thw way, these reviews are SOLELY MY OPINION. Play the games yourself to form your own.

Also, if you want to debate something that I put here, please feel free. If you're polite about it, I don't see a problem with it...

Laterz!

- Ol'Sephy

 

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lol KH/FF has nice music, but Okami and Shadow of the Colossus is what i can listen to forever


besides i cannot take this list seriously if fail is spelled like phail


that only works for phat and fat

 

The fact that you're considering Penelo for the badass list automatically nullifies the entire list.

 

Yeah, it shows.

 

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Link was, is, and forever shall be my favourite character.

PS. Zelda is not a RPG. xD

 

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