Roge Galaxy

Pie32 · Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 4:41 pm Post subject: Roge Galaxy

Phew, I was planning on making this thread at the end of January, but then I didn't beat the game. Then I was going to make this thread at the end of February, but then I didn't beat the game. Finally though, I've finished the main quest (still have extra stuff left, including a whole 'nother dungeon) of Rogue Galaxy.

It was more than 65 hours of game play, I think longer than any other game I've played. I remember Tales of Symphonia only took me about 50 some odd hours, then the next really long I've played, Star Ocean Till The End Of Time, which I think was also sometime around 50 some odd hours.

All in all, Rogue Galaxy is one of the better games I've ever played. The game design is simply superb. The battle system is really great, making random battles very fun, and the dungeons are really huge--a surprisingly great feature. There's also a really cool weapon combining system, and really so much to do. If you've never played Rogue Galaxy, I really suggest finding a copy somewhere, it's well worth it.
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LP-SolidRaven · Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 4:14 am Post subject:

50 hours is short, some of the older games took hundreds of hours to finish. (See Riven as a good example, though that one has zero fighting and is more of a huge puzzle that is extremely complex; at one point you actually have to decypher a language to get past something easily without guessing Silly

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Anyway, this doesn't look all that new. Similar features to Final Fantasy XII, though FF probably is worked out a bit better and has more depth to it.
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ruyss · Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 8:24 am Post subject:

65 hours of gameplay isn't that long if you compare it to some classic rpg's like Baldur's Gate and Final Fantasy. But if you compare it to recent games that get released it's a lot so definitely worth the price I guess. If I see the game somewhere for a nice price maybe I'll pick it up Smile

By the way, does anyone else find it so weird that the technology for games is so much more advanced these days but still games are a lot smaller? There used to be games with 100 hours of gameplay, these days most games have around 10 hours, which is as good as nothing compared to those classics.
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Pie32 · Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 12:09 pm Post subject:

I think 65 hours is a really long time. I remember when a time when I could easily beat any given RPG (console RPGs, I'm not much into games like Baldur's Gate or Diablo) in 40 hours. And I don't believe any Final Fantasy game comes close to this amount of time. Although I haven't played Final Fantasy XII yet (it's my next game after I finish the post-game stuff in Rogue Galaxy), the only other Final Fantasy game I got anywhere close to this amount of time was Final Fantasy Tactics because I started using parties of the special character whom I don't use for real battles in random battles leveling them up to where my main guys where at.

LP-SolidRaven · Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 2:30 am Post subject:

Rob1981 · Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 11:26 pm Post subject:

ytoday · Savant Poster Joined: 26 Aug 2008 Posts: 108

Completely agree with Rob1981, that the amount of time spent on a game differs from each user to the other. One person may take as simple as a day played straight to beat a game, whereas a player with possibly different gaming interests, and speed may take as long as a year, like me. Very Happy

I've been curious about this game since I read about it in Play Magazine, and saw it at some local stores. Looks incredibly interesting, and original. If any of you wouldn't mind answering some quick questions I had on it, please do. I was just wondering what the battle system was like, since I've seen that some of you have been comparing it with FFXII and other games. Like is it similar to the typical "waiting bar" RPG games, or is it more close to a free-style fighting RPG like the Star Ocean games?
I also was wondering if this was worth a purchase of $45 XD Thats the price at my local Best Buy, seems like it never went down. And lastly whats some detailed pros and cons of the game? Question

Pie32 · Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:18 pm Post subject:

The battle system is most like a mixture of Final Fantasy XII and Star Ocean 3. Final Fantasy XII in that there is no separate battle screen, you fight right there in the dungeon, or whatever. Star Ocean 3 in that it's real time, you have to press buttons to perform attacks and you've got computer controlled allies (of course you can "pause" the battle to use magic or items).

I'd say the game is definitely worth buying (at any price, since I suppose it's sort of a rare game). Some pros would be the battle system (battles, even random battles, to some extent, are really fun), there's a lot of things to do, and a decent number of side quests (one thing I really like is the alchemy system to combine weapons to make new ones, even though it is a little tedious and can take a really long time if you don't use a FAQ). Also, the dungeons in Rogue Galaxy are really, really huge. Some of them just take hours and hours to beat. I think that's a pro, but I'm not sure what everyone else would think.

My two biggest problems in the game are that it's a little too easy, and the AI for your allies are pretty terrible.
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