Vagrant Story (new game)

[Toaster]

Ok, after my file got trashed a while back, and now that I have nothing to do (just got my wisdom teeth out) I'm playing through this game... again. I love it, but I hate it. I hate how unforgiving, and unbalanced it can be at times. I hate how I have to kill things with 20+ chains while dealing 0 base damage. I hate a lot of it, but I love it.

Just went into the Iron Maiden, but what the hell. I couldn't get any further, nor could I retreat. I was forced to turn off my game--and lose an hour of progress. NOT FAIR.

Anyways. Despite it's awkard balance, and weird battle system. I still love this game.

[John Mora]

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The Iron Maiden isn't supposed to be beaten on your first time through. You won't have the means to go all the way down and there aren't save points.

[Magus]

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Vagrant Story = one of the very very very best games ever made.

[Riotsword]

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If you're good at it. *weeps at own ineffectualness*

[AlexMagusaka]

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*weeps at own ineffectualness*

*brags about 8th playthrough save*

(No, I'm only kidding. Vagrant Story is serious business.)

So, uh, yeah.

[Denmo]

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I still haven't played this yet. Something keeps nagging at my brain that I should.

[Manji]

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by all means, try it. the graphics have a dark, earthen tone that still look good, even among the newest games out there(just be sure to smooth the textures out with your ps2). the whole look/design/style of the game is very much its own. an original game by the original squaresoft. great story, cool character designs, fun gameplay. my only gripe is the weapon system, where your weapon's elemental/class affinity changes and fluxuates during battle. so, the same weapon you used against reptilian lizard men wont be as effective on undead creatures and vice versa. i would've preferred being able to use one weapon against all enemies, but that's just me.

i've completed vagrant story only once though.

[John Mora]

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Texture smoothing is great... until you see that it glitches the sky. D'oh!

[Jamos' Old Account]

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I love Vagrant Story. The only problems I have with it are the risk system and the difficult puzzles that make me curse... alot. The risk system can make a 100 hit combo do less than half the damage that would be done without it. Other than that I love the game. I'm still amazed about how much they could put in one disk.

[highwind]

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Vagrant Story = one of the very very very best games ever made.

Yeah, besides the whole retarded battle system in which it takes 2 minutes to defeat a TINY LIZARD.

[John Mora]

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Not if you have the right weapon.

And really, if you exploit the game's system, you can actually deal quite a bit of damage, even if your base is 0.

[Jamos' Old Account]

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The battle system does have a bit of flaws, but getting the hang of it is the key. Once your used to it you can send the baddies packing in no time.

[Toaster]

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Ok, I just spent 4 hours today hitting training dummies so I could have a decent weapon. I used GameFAQs and while it helped, I'm not far enough to get Holy Wins. Long story short, my weapon that I spent time making, even though I knew it wouldn't be ultimate (only 40 in each stat) is even LESS ultimate (some of the blades when combined made my weapon WORSE). But I'm still kicking everything ass. It's a 2H Bastard Sword too.

I also got a mixed set of Hoplite / Jazzerant armor (2nd / 3rd best armor in the game). So yeah, I shouldn't have any problems beating it now. I'm just sick of cheap deaths.

Overall, I hate the awkard weapon / armor system. You have such little control over their statistical values... especially with armor. It's too complicated for it's own good--they need to simplify it. Reminds me of a bad Dark Cloud.

[Jamos' Old Account]

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For some reason I never used the training dummies. That would have been a good idea. I usually have a tendency of rushing through games, which is a bad habit.

Reminds me of a bad Dark Cloud.

There was a good Dark Cloud? Well, at least I didn't like Dark Cloud much. Except for building up the different cities, but that is what RPGM is for.

[JLaCroix]

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For some reason (that I can't explain) Vagrant Story couldn't hold my attention. I still appreciate the artistic quality of this game and I would put it on the top list of great PSOne games, however for some reason I can't last long with it. I truly don't know why.