Tell me about old-ass Playstation 1 games!

Houk

Bushido Blade saw a shiiit-ton of playtime when it first came out. Somehow I managed to unlock gun guy, but mostly my friends and I would spend our time shooting down bamboo trees

Philosoma looks pretty sweet so I'll look into that, but after the amount of time I spent working on the DS rerelease of Rhapsody, I basically have no desire to be around it ever again

Jet Moto was sweet as hell but I tried playing it a couple years ago and my eyes couldn't handle it. That game could seriously use a remake/sequel

Gaming-Freak

Page- wrote: »

Houk wrote: »

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If you're very lucky or have a lot of extra cash then get a copy of Tactics Ogre. Still the best SRPG ever made, and definitely better than FFT.

I actually have a buddy who owns it and has beaten like a dozen times (if not more)

It's been on my to-do list forever, maybe I'll finally get around to it

Do it. Great game.

Hmmm... I only played Ogre Battle 64, and Tactics Ogre was in the same series... I might have to find this game.

Jubeh

Oh also if you like gundam and/or fighting games, Gundam Battle Assault 2 is pretty rad.

B:L

Houk wrote: »

after the amount of time I spent working on the DS rerelease of Rhapsody, I basically have no desire to be around it ever again

I know, that's why I mentioned it BWUAHAHAHAH

Also,

CLOCK TOWER

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwFsSPny1JM

After playing this game, no other horror game will scare you ever again.

Falken

whelp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTAhqVecfVY

UnbreakableVow

Oh man

This thread is meant for me

I just got my copy of Brave Fencer Musashi the other day from eBay and I've been playing it and it's still awesome

UnbreakableVow

Also, if you can find a copy,

SILENT BOMBER

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOUSMx7z2BQ

blaze_zero

Grandia and Valkyrie Profile are on the top of my favorite PS1 games for sure.

greeble

If you can get a hold of it you should play Alundra.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJQmJVj-Zoc&feature=related

Kami

Gotta spread my love for Breath of Fire 3 and Star Ocean: The Second Story in this here thread!

Also, I have a soft-spot for Granstream Saga, even though I bet it's aged horrendously.

Alistair Hutton

Local H Jay wrote: »

i still have the first bushido blade and a PS1 so i can play it now and then
i never will unlock that guy with the gun, the challenge room was ridiculous

It's all about spamming the basic katana thrust from mid position.

UnbreakableVow

Kami wrote: »

Also, I have a soft-spot for Granstream Saga, even though I bet it's aged horrendously.

I own this

I haven't played it yet

Alistair Hutton

blaze_zero wrote: »

Grandia and Valkyrie Profile are on the top of my favorite PS1 games for sure.

Grandi is the best JRPG ever made. A truly special game. How anyone can dislike Justin, Sue and Feena I will never know.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGiNEaNxOxo

Listen to that music, it's redolent of adventure and excitement. No fucking angst here - we're off to see the world and then save it. And get the girl. And learn important life lessons. Great characters, graphics that hold up well and and an awesome battle system.

Lets go!

Gadwin's Secret Move

Spoiler:

Dragon King Slice

UnbreakableVow

I've been pondering Grandia since it's downloadable for PS3 now

But every time I look up gameplay videos on Youtube it looks so bad

blaze_zero

I recently replayed Grandia on the PSN again. It's still an amazing game.

Alistair Hutton

UnbreakableVow wrote: »

Also, if you can find a copy,

SILENT BOMBER

Awesome game. 100% pure silly goose of a final boss.

Xagarath

The original Silent Hill has aged amazingly well. Definitely try that.

Also consider Klonoa, which was easily one of the best platformers on the system.

Alistair Hutton

UnbreakableVow wrote: »

I've been pondering Grandia since it's downloadable for PS3 now

But every time I look up gameplay videos on Youtube it looks so bad

Find better videos. The battle system is simply brilliant. The only RPG that I've played that betters it is Grandia II, however Grandia II's plot and characters are utterly awful.

blaze_zero

What. Grandia II was good. It was Extreme and III that were terrible.

Also, the few problems that Grandia I's battle system had were fixed when it moved to 3D.

Reynolds

B:L wrote: »

Houk wrote: »

after the amount of time I spent working on the DS rerelease of Rhapsody, I basically have no desire to be around it ever again

I know, that's why I mentioned it BWUAHAHAHAH

My friend always raved about Rhapsody. I was excited to finally get to play it, and he wanted to own it again on DS. Still can't believe it was ruined that badly.

Silent Bomber is amazing. I stumbled upon a demo disc (many, many years later) and immediately hunted down a copy. I also turned it off at the final boss...don't remember anything in particular, except that it was indeed bullshit.

UnbreakableVow

Alistair Hutton wrote: »

UnbreakableVow wrote: »

I've been pondering Grandia since it's downloadable for PS3 now

But every time I look up gameplay videos on Youtube it looks so bad

Find better videos. The battle system is simply brilliant. The only RPG that I've played that betters it is Grandia II, however Grandia II's plot and characters are utterly awful.

See, I didn't enjoy Grandia II's battle system at all (or its plot or characters)

UnbreakableVow

Xagarath wrote: »

Also consider Klonoa, which was easily one of the best platformers on the system.

This right here.

They really need to release this on PS1 Classics

Darmak

Xagarath wrote: »

The original Silent Hill has aged amazingly well. Definitely try that.

Also consider Klonoa, which was easily one of the best platformers on the system.

Yeah, Silent Hill is still a really good game, despite somewhat clunky controls (all survival horror games made in that era had that problem though) and a draw distance of about 2 feet. I played it for the first time a few years ago and it had some amazing atmosphere.

edit: Robo Pit was a lot of fun as well, all being able to customize your robot and beat the shit out of your AI opponents and friends. Good times.

Alistair Hutton

blaze_zero wrote: »

What. Grandia II was good.

I BELIEVE with my HEART of LIGHT but DARKNESS comes and my HEART is DARK and LIGHT doesn't DARK... LIGHT... HEART...

*sigh*

There's a robot that doesn't understand the meaning of love for gooddness sake. A robot who doesn't understand the meaning of love! Fortunately she has an area affect cancel special otherwise she'd have driven me mad.

And one of the bosses you fight is a giant floating heart with swords sticking out of it. Seriously.

Despite having a ninja turtle voicing the main character I can't even remember the names of the characters in Grandia II but I can give you live life stories for every minor character in Grandia I.

Dox the PI

Xagarath

UnbreakableVow wrote: »

Xagarath wrote: »

Also consider Klonoa, which was easily one of the best platformers on the system.

This right here.

They really need to release this on PS1 Classics

Why, when they could just port the lovely Wii remake over?

DisruptorX2

Playstation games that have withstood the test of time? Oh my....

The playstation port of Doom is worth checking out because they replaced the classic soundtrack with a more ambient background. Its interesting, and Doom is one of the few shooters that works better on gamepad than on PC.

Reynolds

Grandia II was amazing. I've found that a lot of the people who didn't fully enjoy it didn't play it on Dreamcast when it was originally released.

blaze_zero

Alistair Hutton wrote: »

blaze_zero wrote: »

What. Grandia II was good.

I BELIEVE with my HEART of LIGHT but DARKNESS comes and my HEART is DARK and LIGHT doesn't DARK... LIGHT... HEART...

*sigh*

There's a robot that doesn't understand the meaning of love for gooddness sake. A robot who doesn't understand the meaning of love! Fortunately she has an area affect cancel special otherwise she'd have driven me mad.

And one of the bosses you fight is a giant floating heart with swords sticking out of it. Seriously.

Despite having a ninja turtle voicing the main character I can't even remember the names of the characters in Grandia II but I can give you live life stories for every minor character in Grandia I.

Meh, it's a JRPG, you should expect that. I've seen more trite shit than that.

UnbreakableVow

Xagarath wrote: »

UnbreakableVow wrote: »

Xagarath wrote: »

Also consider Klonoa, which was easily one of the best platformers on the system.

This right here.

They really need to release this on PS1 Classics

Why, when they could just port the lovely Wii remake over?

Because no one bought the lovely Wii remake

And no one would buy it on PS3 or 360, just like no one bought Klonoa 1 or 2. I'm really surprised the remake even came out over here.

But a PS1 Classic version? That pretty much requires no work on Namco's part.

Alistair Hutton

New rule. Any game that features a robot that doesn't understand the meaning of love cannot be a good game.

You are allowed to be amazed though. Amazed that anyone would dare to put in such cliched hack work.

And yes, I played it on Dreamcast.

blaze_zero

I'm going to make a game where the whole cast are a bunch of robots who do not understand the meaning of love. I will then capture you and make you play it until the end of your days.

UnbreakableVow

Alistair Hutton wrote: »

blaze_zero wrote: »

What. Grandia II was good.

I BELIEVE with my HEART of LIGHT but DARKNESS comes and my HEART is DARK and LIGHT doesn't DARK... LIGHT... HEART...

He said Grandia II, not Kingdom Hearts II

Also, Dox, why the hell would you recommend the original Crash Bandicoot? It's pretty...not good. 2 and Warped are aces though, and some of my favorite platformers.

Xagarath

UnbreakableVow wrote: »

Xagarath wrote: »

UnbreakableVow wrote: »

Xagarath wrote: »

Also consider Klonoa, which was easily one of the best platformers on the system.

This right here.

They really need to release this on PS1 Classics

Why, when they could just port the lovely Wii remake over?

Because no one bought the lovely Wii remake

And no one would buy it on PS3 or 360, just like no one bought Klonoa 1 or 2. I'm really surprised the remake even came out over here.

But a PS1 Classic version? That pretty much requires no work on Namco's part.

And by your logic, it wouldn't sell either.

They might at least let the no-Wii fans (which doesn't include me) enjoy the better version

Alistair Hutton

blaze_zero wrote: »

I'm going to make a game where the whole cast are a bunch of robots who do not understand the meaning of love. I will then capture you and make you play it until the end of your days.

If you can improve of Grandia II's battle system further I'll still stick in 50 hours of dedicated play.

And then make sarcastic posts of forums afterwards.

Xagarath

Grandia 2's plot and characters were no worse than any Final Fantasy of your choice.
It just didn't have the FF logo to blind people to the fact.

UnbreakableVow

Xagarath wrote: »

UnbreakableVow wrote: »

Xagarath wrote: »

UnbreakableVow wrote: »

Xagarath wrote: »

Also consider Klonoa, which was easily one of the best platformers on the system.

This right here.

They really need to release this on PS1 Classics

Why, when they could just port the lovely Wii remake over?

Because no one bought the lovely Wii remake

And no one would buy it on PS3 or 360, just like no one bought Klonoa 1 or 2. I'm really surprised the remake even came out over here.

But a PS1 Classic version? That pretty much requires no work on Namco's part.

And by your logic, it wouldn't sell either.

They might at least let the no-Wii fans (which doesn't include me) enjoy the better version

It wouldn't sell well

But there'd be pretty much no time or manpower put into it

Not really a loss at all for Namco, might even be a small gain

blaze_zero

Grandia III made some improvements on the battle system for the most part. Air combos are fuuuuuuun.

Blackjack

Alistair Hutton wrote: »

blaze_zero wrote: »

I'm going to make a game where the whole cast are a bunch of robots who do not understand the meaning of love. I will then capture you and make you play it until the end of your days.

If you can improve of Grandia II's battle system further I'll still stick in 50 hours of dedicated play.

And then make sarcastic posts of forums afterwards.

Have you played Grandia 3?

Better battles and worse characters.

Spoiler:

There are exactly two characters that don't suck in the game and they both bail out about four or five hours in, never to be seen again.

blaze_zero

Miranda was the best. <3