thomaschung Posted March 12, 2006 Posted March 12, 2006 I've got my game and been playing for 8 hours already. It's good, but not really got me the way Tales of Symphonia and Baten Kaitos did. And I doubt it will. The battles are ok, but not quite as interesting or spectacular as the other 2 RPG's. Also, the musical score is not even nearly as good. Obviously, the graphics are dated and they do make me cringe sometimes. I'm sure the Dreamcast could have done better. Some of the character models are shockingly awful, just ugly in fact. Also I didn't realise you had to boot the GC up with the freeloader everytime you want to play import game. That would mean alot of swapping discs for this game.
Hellfire Posted March 12, 2006 Posted March 12, 2006 I think the game gets better later on, when you have an awesome ship and awesome skills and can just roam around the world and find bounties and discoveries.
Dark Wolf Posted March 12, 2006 Posted March 12, 2006 I got this game a while ago. Played it for a bit then got put off by an annoying boss. I should go back to it. Anyway, does anyone else find the battles stupidly slow? It takes ages for an enemy to attack me... My GC's mucked up a bit too, when it zooms in on me it stops for second. edit: Almost completed ToS but I just can't be bothered playing it...
darksnowman Posted March 13, 2006 Posted March 13, 2006 The only thing I ever heard about a sequel was that it was in the works. And I heard that a long time ago. The past few E3's Ive been hoping for info, but to no avail. It will come, it will come...
thomaschung Posted March 16, 2006 Posted March 16, 2006 this game is beginning to grate on my nerves now. the ship battles are so incredibly annoying. why oh why do you have to watch the ships fly around. these battles really let the game down in a big way
Stocka Posted March 16, 2006 Author Posted March 16, 2006 why oh why do you have to watch the ships fly around. these battles really let the game down in a big way I think its a nice touch, it makes it more laid back and cinematic, with the epic music as you await moves in anticpation. Bah I hate all the dissing the battle system(s) get.
|Laguna| Posted March 26, 2006 Posted March 26, 2006 I think its a nice touch, it makes it more laid back and cinematic, with the epic music as you await moves in anticpation. Bah I hate all the dissing the battle system(s) get. Ha, just came to post here to express my dislike of the battle system. Anywho, I think I would've enjoyed this more had I purchased it at the time it was release because then was a time when turn based battles was primarily all that was on offer (this game was produced at least 3/4 years ago) and was just an accepted part of RPGing. However I bought it late, after experiencing the RPGs that were produced in the later years of the Gamecube like Tos and BK. Now there are some amazing battle systems. ToS is just so fun always with the constantly changing and upgrading moves which you press that have some relation to the movement. For example upward thrust is up and B where as in Skies to execute a move it’d just be repeated pressing of the A button, Tos really gets you involved especially with making combos and such. Kind of like a beat em up game. BK is fantastic just because it is so radically different to all other RPGs I;ve played (and I've played quite a lot). Simply a huge breath of fresh air that constantly keeps you on your toes, again you always have to be looking out to make those combo cards while considering elemental factors and such. I just hate the way though that people sometimes write the game off and condemn just when they hear the mention of "card battling" Skies on the other for me, when I was traipsing through the land and skies boiled down do uninterested repeated pressing of the A button, I even resorted to reading a magazine while doing it as the random encounter rate was so high in one dungeon. In conclusion, my opinion is that one of the main reasons, along with story etc, to what makes a wonderful RPG is its battle system as it is were you spend most of your time, you want a battle system which will always keep the player interested and active, Skies did not unfortunately. : ( However, it's all down to opinion in the end. For example I didn't mind the BK voice actors at all yet other people claimed it ruined the game for them! : o
thomaschung Posted March 26, 2006 Posted March 26, 2006 I agree with u Laguna. I'm giving Skies a chance, but beginning to run short of patience. The battle system is pretty boring compared to ToS and BK. Only the boss battles get a little more exciting. And the ship battles are so tedious. All battles are too slow. The random encouters are well annoying, far to frequent (every 5 secs) especially when in ship searching for something. I am currently stuck looking for the Lost City if someone can help me out. Otherwise I will use a guide because I've spent hours looking for it and keep getting these random battles.
Stocka Posted March 26, 2006 Author Posted March 26, 2006 I can see your point. After playing through ToS and BK which both have fast paced battle systems, I'm sure if I was to play SoA again I'd be so spoiled that it would feel so tedious. However, Skies of Arcadia was my first 3D RPG (only played Golden Sun and Pokemon before it) and many say that your first big RPG usually sticks in your heart for ever, and I can see what they mean. Everything felt so huge, magical and epic, and it was really the first big journey of my gaming life. That is probably one of the primary reasons I love the game so much, and at the time I really enjoyed the battle system. To be honest, I agree that just pressing the A button to select moves is repetitive, but then again it makes it more strategic and dependant on big decisons, which I personally really like. I don't mind Turn Based battle systems really because of this, what I do hate though is random battle encounters. That has to be my main(and only) complaint about SoA.
pedrocasilva Posted March 26, 2006 Posted March 26, 2006 Well... I'm a old school gamer concerning RPG's I don't see battles in SOA as a chore or something that I rather not do... but I understand your point with BK and TOS you have a game fun playing it everyday, while with SOA you don't... Anyway... I also think of BK and TOS as better games, but I also like SOA (including the battle engine) but there's old school RPG's that I consider better than BK and TOS.
thomaschung Posted March 27, 2006 Posted March 27, 2006 Golden Sun was great. Golden Sun 2 not so great but maybe it's because I got stuck on that one. The ship battles and the far too frequent encounters are the main problem of skies. Oh and the boring battles
McMad Posted March 28, 2006 Posted March 28, 2006 Off Topic: I just saw Skies of Arcadia Legends in Gamestation today for £30 pounds. The box isn't in that bad condition and it is second hand but i was wondering if it was worth getting in these circimstances cosidering it's meant to be a lost gem.
Guest Stefkov Posted March 28, 2006 Posted March 28, 2006 I actually saw it in GAME for £27.99 i think, that was not long ago and it was preowned. i think £30 is way too much for a preowned and quite old game. back on topic, i may get this. i really need a good RPG, i know ive asked questions, so i may get this depends, when i have the money and which one is cheaper, (TOS and SOA) i tried playing some old games earlier wile my pc was doing stuff and it couldnt really play any ive already played.
thomaschung Posted April 8, 2006 Posted April 8, 2006 Skies is not as good as people make out. Get ToS instead. Get Skies for cheap
KKOB Posted April 8, 2006 Posted April 8, 2006 skies is turn based though isnt it? i do love my traditional rpgs
pedrocasilva Posted April 8, 2006 Posted April 8, 2006 skies is turn based though isnt it? i do love my traditional rpgs yes... If you do love turn based games (like me) get it... it's really a old school RPG in 3D (it was already old school when it came out, I might add)
KKOB Posted April 8, 2006 Posted April 8, 2006 i wanted to get it when it came out but i couldnt find it! grrrr i know legends is just a dreamcast port so which version is best?
pedrocasilva Posted April 8, 2006 Posted April 8, 2006 i wanted to get it when it came out but i couldnt find it! grrrr i know legends is just a dreamcast port so which version is best? Legends... because it is a directors cut, you see... but I might aswell warn ya... that game is getting pretty rare (even more than before), specially the PAL version.
KKOB Posted April 8, 2006 Posted April 8, 2006 better jump on it quick then! . . . i have a feeling that odama will get rare too so i wanna get that too even though a friend hs said that its crap its too weird to not join my collection-i also want donkey konga 3 from japan! the advert for that had me in stitches . . . repeatedly!
thomaschung Posted April 11, 2006 Posted April 11, 2006 if you want turn based battle, get baten kaitos. Skies: - too frequent random battles - battles are a bit boring - ship battles are very tedious. get skies if you really want it as the price would probably hold itself
ShadowV7 Posted April 11, 2006 Posted April 11, 2006 Stop dissing it so much it's an old game ,it's like saying the NES had crappy graphics and you need to make the battles more fun by the moves you have and your stratedgy.And yea I would agree with the Random Battles they are quite a lot.Boss battles are amazing if you use the right stratedgy and make more fun with certain moves.You can't blame them for the 'ugly' -didn't think they were- character models because again it's old and at the time were great.And you can't compare Skies to Tales and Baten because they are so different and from different generations and of course Tales and Baten will probably be better because it's fresh and new and there was more ideas implanted in the game to make it more entertaining.Because this gen RPGs are faster and fresher you have to think what the game was like at the time it was released those years ago and how it stood out from others at the time.You would have to set yourself back to the DC era and forget about this gen RPGs to appreciate how good it is,your just moaning like it came out the other day and not even setting yourself back so you can't even make a fair judgement.Not meaning to moan at you or anything but your giving it far to little credit and making it sound bad,it doesn't deserve that.
Stocka Posted August 30, 2006 Author Posted August 30, 2006 For everyone that doesn't have Skies of Arcadia as its so rare and when found expensive, well Play.com has been selling it for a while at £24.99, and it's in stock now :awesome: GET IT! http://www.play.com/Games/GameCube/STTS1/3-/116537/Skies_Of_Arcadia_Legends/Product.html
pedrocasilva Posted August 30, 2006 Posted August 30, 2006 For everyone that doesn't have Skies of Arcadia as its so rare and when found expensive, well Play.com has been selling it for a while at £24.99, and it's in stock now :awesome: GET IT! http://www.play.com/Games/GameCube/STTS1/3-/116537/Skies_Of_Arcadia_Legends/Product.html Sweet! they won't ship it here though: -> http://www.play.com/HOME/HOME/6-/AboutUs.html?page=del Might contact them by mail, but I won't be expecting much.
Hero-of-Time Posted August 30, 2006 Posted August 30, 2006 For everyone that doesn't have Skies of Arcadia as its so rare and when found expensive, well Play.com has been selling it for a while at £24.99, and it's in stock now :awesome: GET IT! http://www.play.com/Games/GameCube/STTS1/3-/116537/Skies_Of_Arcadia_Legends/Product.html YEY STOCKA CAME BACK!!!!
Mr. Bananagrabber Posted August 30, 2006 Posted August 30, 2006 Skies is better than Symphonia in so many ways it's just not funny. Avoid picking up TOS unless it's under £20 mate, Skies is priceless.
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