Although if Bioware did lie, they're certainly not gonna call the sequel,
"Mass Effect 2: Worse Than Original"
or
"Mass Effect 2: Equally As Good, But Certainly Not Better"
or
"Mass Effect 2: We're Not Adding Anything"
or
"Mass Effect 2: We Know You'll Buy It Even If Its a Fifteen Minute Tech Demo of Cloud from FFVII Making Out With a Chocobo, You Suckers"
All the above answers sotally tuck, you are all either A) born in the mid 90's and by default will never actually appreciate some of the best rpg's ever made, or B) closed minded Square-Enix whores.
If you've never played DC Skies of Arcadia, you are NOT an RPG fan, this is not an opinion, it is a fact, you are not an rpg FAN , you just kinda like the occasional rpg!
Gamers over 25 - if you're out there, i know you will have my back for this top 5 list. Gamers under 25...Square-Enix loves you, you give the best handjobs evaarrr!!!!!
Top 5 in no particular order.
Skies of Arcadia (Dreamcast)
Chrono Trigger (SNES)
Deus Ex (PC)
Panzer Dragoon Saga (Saturn)
Shining Force III (Saturn)
Honourable mentions go to;
Phantasy Star online
Bioware RPG's - namely Mass Effect & Kotor series.
Grandia 1 & 2
Pokemon Red/Blue for the Gameboy kicked so much ass it's unreal, Sys Link tournaments were the shit!
Originally posted by Nemesis X
Although if Bioware did lie, they're certainly not gonna call the sequel,"Mass Effect 2: Worse Than Original"
or
"Mass Effect 2: Equally As Good, But Certainly Not Better"
or
"Mass Effect 2: We're Not Adding Anything"
or
"Mass Effect 2: We Know You'll Buy It Even If Its a Fifteen Minute Tech Demo of Cloud from FFVII Making Out With a Chocobo, You Suckers"
Its very hard to find a sequel in games that is better than the original
Originally posted by Nephthys
Not a fan of Westerns huh?
It's not so much that I'm *not* a fan of the Western RPGs, as it is that I'm a fan of the RPG Genre, and these Western Developers are butchering the entire concept with their every attempt at making one. RPGs are all about making the storyline, characters and setting as captivating as possible, and these Western RPG developers fail miserably at it.
Video Game RPGs already come with their own established storyline; this is the case with both Western and Japanese VGRPGs, so I'm not really sure what you're getting at. In some cases there might be slight variations depending on player choice, but even those variations were put into the game by the developers themselves (and the player only gets to choose which path he goes on; he doesn't ultimately get to create his own path), and it's up to the developers to make the entire storyline experience (variable and invariable) as captivating as possible. Western RPGs in every single case lack the character and storyline pacing, the overall charm and quirks, the superior music, and the superior artistic style that the Japanese RPGs all possess. Fact.
Originally posted by Balmung
Video Game RPGs already come with their own established storyline; this is the case with both Western and Japanese VGRPGs, so I'm not really sure what you're getting at. In some cases there might be slight variations depending on player choice, but even those variations were put into the game by the developers themselves (and the player only gets to choose which path he goes on; he doesn't ultimately get to create his own path), and it's up to the developers to make the entire storyline experience (variable and invariable) as captivating as possible. Western RPGs in every single case lack the character and storyline pacing, the overall charm and quirks, the superior music, and the superior artistic style that the Japanese RPGs all possess. Fact.
Most (if not all) Western RPGs suck balls imho. They just don't know how to make one, plain and simple.
They don't know how to make a good storyline, and the music is way below par compared to Japanese RPGs.
Anyway they're good in FPS, so they should just stick to that genre.
Originally posted by BalmungPersonally, i disagree honestly as i love some western RPG's(fallout 3, mass effect etc etc) but thats your personal opinion and i respect that.
It's not so much that I'm *not* a fan of the Western RPGs, as it is that I'm a fan of the RPG Genre, and these Western Developers are butchering the entire concept with their every attempt at making one. RPGs are all about making the storyline, characters and setting as captivating as possible, and these Western RPG developers fail miserably at it.
Originally posted by occultdestroyerKeep it to your opinion because i personally feel Mass effect > The majority of FF's i played(4 7 8 10 10-2 11 12).
FFVI >> All western RPGsFact.