Votes:
Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth
Resonance of Fate
Suikoden II
I'll vote for Secret of Mana and Tokyo Mirage Sessions.
Resonance of Fate
Trails in Cold Steel
Digimon
I cast my vote for:
Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel
Final Fantasy XII
Secret of Mana
FF XII
Suikoden II
FF XII
Suikoden II
Suikoden II
FFXII
Played 1/3 of Suikoden II and didn't see the appeal, but I really want to give it another solid try.
FFXII is one of my favourite FFs because I loved how freeform it was. The new HD remaster looks incredible. I was watching my partner play it, and was gobsmacked at how pretty it was (plus the new job system looks sweet!)
Secret of Mana
Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE
Final Fantasy XII
Shadow Hearts
Suikoden II
Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE
I’d also be fine with FFXII, but since I’ve been replaying the new PS4 remaster lately anyway, I was hoping to have an excuse to dive into the pile o’ shame in the new year.
I'll vote for:
Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth (2015; PS4, PSVita)
Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel (2015; PC, PS3, PSVita)
Resonance of Fate (2010; PS3, 360)
That pile vote...
Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel (2015; PC, PS3, PSVita)
... I'll give it a go if picked.
Resonance of Fate (2010; PS3, 360)
Ooh, here's one I could be tempted back to. I absolutely adored the presentation and whole idea of the game, but it was pretty abstract and repetitive.
I just wish it was a short, succinct little experience. 50 hours was a bit much, I never finished it.
My picks:
Secret of Mana
Tokyo Mirage Sessions
Resonance of Fate
Resonance of Fate (2010; PS3, 360)Ooh, here's one I could be tempted back to. I absolutely adored the presentation and whole idea of the game, but it was pretty abstract and repetitive.
I just wish it was a short, succinct little experience. 50 hours was a bit much, I never finished it.
I can say a lot of words about this game. I'd check the thread for it. It might appear to be repetitive but there is a ton of complexity in the combat to discover, in layers that you slowly peel back over time. It is, however, definitely abstract. And long. But I liked it enough to get every 360 achievement for it, then a few years later get every PS3 trophy for it. It gets hooks in you when you finally start to understand it.
I don't know that I'd want to commit to playing it a third time, but I think it's a good club pick because it probably helps a lot to have support in understanding the systems.
I already started Secret of Mana on SNES Classic since I wanted to do a replay before the remake released. For those that would also be playing on SNES Classic (assuming it wins, looks like FFXII may be victor though I haven't been tallying), I'm going to recommend you turn on the CRT filter. The game has nothing but atrocious backgrounds for the text, and I've found the least painful on the eyes is a combination of CRT Filter, diagonal lines with Blue (nearly) maxed out. It's not ideal, but it's the closest to solid background color I was able to get.
I'm curious if the CRT Filter really is just an image layer with semi-transparency placing several horizontal lines across the screen or if it tries to imitate how CRT monitors behaved. I might do some experiments and grab some screenshots to make comparisons, but I originally tried a whole slew of options with Perfect Pixel mode and nothing looked tolerable for me.
My votes are for:
Final Fantasy XII
Suikoden II
Random draw is great if they top three are close.
Personally, I'd go with the top vote-getter unless there's a tie. If most everyone wants Final Fantasy XII or Suikoden II, just pick that. But I'm also lazy.
I've only got one horse in the race, but I'd also just go with the vote winner. You've run noms and votes, all super fair... then to go random for the finale, might be more fun and may mean my pick gets the nod... but it does away with all that solid fairness foundation hey.
If the top 3 are all within 1 or 2 votes from each other, I'd say random pick. If there is one pick that has a clear lead (3-4 or more votes), then maybe it would be better if the top one gets selected.
Yeah I'd only do random draw for a tie.
A_Unicycle wrote:Resonance of Fate (2010; PS3, 360)Ooh, here's one I could be tempted back to. I absolutely adored the presentation and whole idea of the game, but it was pretty abstract and repetitive.
I just wish it was a short, succinct little experience. 50 hours was a bit much, I never finished it.
Should I could that as a vote? You’ve still got one left.
I was going to say no, but then Beeporama really sold me on it.
I'm really not sure how keen I am to jump back in right now, mostly because the systems don't really evolve over time. You're stuck with the same thing for 50 hours, and it does get very stale...But the complexity is there, and I think it would be very interesting to explore tactics and encounters with the GWJ crew.
I dropped it at the 30-hour mark, I believe, so I may very well just pick it back up from my last save despite forgetting the story in the 3 years since I last had it in my PS3.
So yes, third vote!
I'd prefer random draw because it does give a small chance that a more off beat title will be chosen. I think limiting it to top 3 is a good compromise that means we won't have a pick with only a handful of votes get chosen (which happened once or twice before). Just Final Fantasy xx etc every round isn't interesting to me. Exaggerating I know but this would be the third FF chosen or fourth if you count World of FF (I don't really).
I think FFXII only has such a strong showing this time around if because the remastered version just came out last summer so it's on a lot of people minds. I have not noticed final fantasy games getting a lot of traction in general around here unless they were pretty new (FFXV and WoF). I think FFX-2 was an outlier since itself is a weird FF game and was super early on if I remember correctly.
I like the idea of a random draw from the top 3, unless there is an obvious winner (say, by 5-10 votes?).
I'd prefer random draw because it does give a small chance that a more off beat title will be chosen. I think limiting it to top 3 is a good compromise that means we won't have a pick with only a handful of votes get chosen (which happened once or twice before). Just Final Fantasy xx etc every round isn't interesting to me. Exaggerating I know but this would be the third FF chosen or fourth if you count World of FF (I don't really).
If only we could draw good taste out of a hat... but until then, I think we're stuck with FF games galore.
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