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Wild Arms
Muramasa18
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Has anybody played the Wild Arms games here? If so, what did you think of them? I haven't played any of them, but I've heard they're sort of wild-west-ish RPGs which sounds interesting. How do they compare to other RPG franchises? I like most of the Final Fantasies, Skies of Arcadia, Xenosaga...etc. Opinions are welcomed and appreciated.
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The games go in this order in terms of awesomeness and anyone that disagrees is wrong and bad (I can maybe accept people putting 2 in front of 3).
3DS: 1607-3034-6970
You can pick up 1 and 2 (I believe, correct me if I'm wrong) as Wild ARMs Alter Code F.
Wild ARMs 3 is a pretty good game and I love it.
Wild ARMs 4 is a bucket of AWESOME! I love the combat style with the hexagons, the characters are pretty good and the ending is awesome (although a bit sad). Its totally awesome like, and I would recommend this without a doubt.
Wild ARMs 5, I have but is on my backlog list.
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3DS: 1607-3034-6970
Lord, I started whistling it as soon as I saw the thread title.
It's nice because it's an RPG that's not high fantasy or dystopian future.
the one before that was garbage
absolutely love the first two though
I beg to disagree. #1 & #2 were great at the time, but they really haven't aged very well. I can't imagine enjoying playing them now and I have nostalgia on my side: I imagine they'd be downright unplayable for anyone who missed them the first time. The remake for #1, while not bad, isn't all that exciting either.
Of the games I've played, I'd say 4 is substantially better than 3 because although 3 may have a slightly better plot, 4 has significantly better gameplay. Can't comment on 5.
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Heh. I guess that makes me wrong and bad then
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Yeah, I'm really not a fan of three... Sorry ^^;. But yeah, basically I really like the series. Not to mention that 1 and ACF has the best comic relief "villain" ever. (ZED!)
I'm currently playing WA5, so far, it's okay. I prefer 4 so far though. If only because 4 was the "perfect" game for me on a personal level. Sure it was short and corny, but the corny-ness seemed almost INTENTIONAL at times and wonderfully over the top, so I really enjoyed it. Not to mention that I simply LOVED the battle and game system.
5 uses a similar battle system but changed a lot of things battle wise that I'm not really ecstatic about.
Still, I am enjoying the game more and more as it goes along.
Actually, ACF is just a remake of Wild Arms 1. Though if a remake of WA2 was ever made I'd be all over that
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WA1 is the bestest. Still my favorite soundtrack of any game ever, decent story. Alter Code F butchered all the music but it is a good reimagining of the original game. Plus, more playable characters.
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Wild Arms 1 was a wonderful game when it first game out. It came out before FF7 and was great for those like me who were in an RPG lull. It however has not aged very well at all graphically. The music is still very good however. The storyline and characters, however, were great. There were not a large number of RPG innovations in this game compared to other RPG fare, asides from the world map search function. Puzzles were a big thing in this game, and still are. (and half the time they even make sense unlike some random block pushing puzzles other gamesLufia liked to inflict on you)
Wild Arms 2 is in the same vein as WA1. They increased the number of playable characters, better graphics, music is still great, etc. Not much innovation again in gameplay, but solid gameplay that will get you through the great story. The characters are meh except for a couple, but the storyline is solid again.
Wild Arms 3 is an absolutely gorgeous game graphically. The music is good as well. The storyline is a bit bland relative to the others, but the characters are the best of the series. Several advances to the basic gameplay here, including the (awesome) encounter system, which if you don't wanna fight, you just don't sometimes!
Wild Arms: Alter Code F is a PS2 remake of WA1. Improved: Graphics++, Story, Characters. The music is impressively better in someplaces, and not so good in others. The encounter system is added in and some of the story is switched around or mangled to account for differences in the way the game plays, and like WA3, there are no equipable weapons/armor that are different. Good game though.
Wild Arms 4 completely changes the way the series works. The typical RPG battle system has now been replaced with a Hex-grid style strategic battle system that combines some RPG and strategy elements. It's actually a good change and I'm glad to not have to do the same typical fight/shoot/magic/etc battles in most RPGs. The overworld map was removed, sadly. This game also has platformer aspects to it which are a little odd, but if you don't mind them in a game, don't hurt the experience. The graphics are well done, the music is alrigh.
Wild Arms 5 takes the best of the series and combines them into one awesome game, coming out just a little short of where they should have. The overworld map with search function is back. The hex grid battle system remains. The dungeons have become true 3D, but some of the platformers aspects were lost, while some retained. Puzzles still exist. The graphics are stunning, however -much- more animeish. The music is the best of the series in my opinion. (just sit in the world map for a while and tell me that's not an awesome tune)
All games in the series place special emphasis on puzzles. Some of these are your standard push the block, make a path puzzles, however you also get tools such as a hookshot, bombs, magic changing wands, and more. These interact with the environment to get you across places. Some of the puzzles actually make sense even, but some are there simply to make you puzzle solve.
Most of the games also have a bunch of extra side quests, extra enemies to kill, a large extra dungeon, and the like. Lots to do.
Personal Preference from best to worst: 2,3,5,4,ACF,1 (I'm sorry 1, you were wonderful but god have you aged horribly.)
tl;dr: They're worth picking up.
I went back to play it again. The intro was still awesome, but I don't know. Good times are good times though, and it was very fun then. I think the combat kind of dragged on because of the slow animations.
Here it is:
The game itself was so-so.. not the best, not that bad.
It wasn't a budget title. It was released at full price and its presentation values were pretty standard for a first generation PSX title: i.e. SNES quality 2D visuals with some simple 3D. The thing is that about half a year later, FF7 came out and made Wild Arm's simple 3D visuals look like complete garbage in comparison.
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I still need to play the second so I can play the third, then the fourth, etc.
If I see 4 and 5 for cheap I'll probably nab them.
I don't think the first 2 or the remake made it over to the UK.