Okay, cool. I have yet to dive into the Parasite Eve series, so I just grabbed them all.
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Okay, cool. I have yet to dive into the Parasite Eve series, so I just grabbed them all.
SatoAilDarko
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Xenogears wasn't on sale. It's always $10.
Yeah I always waited for a SE to be released back then but it never came so I forgot about it.
So for someone that loved DMC3 SE I assume this a must get. The price is acceptable too, I'll probably get it, thanks for the input.
Shadow_FFVI
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Is it playable on PS3?
It's a PSP game, so no.
. I'm poor right now lol.Yes. They fixed it about a month after release.
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Deleted member 752119
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I grabbed Parasite Eve 1&2 and Tactics Ogre
JaseMath
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I'd like to know this as well. Really want try Tactics, but RTS' aren't really my thing.
It's almost nothing alike, but is still one of the best PS1 jrpg's ever. It is a must-play.
Can't really justify it after the last sale.
SquareEnix really needs to budge a bit on the pricing for their PSP games. Every game they have I already bought physically, now I just want a digital copy for my Vita. $20 is never going to happen and they never go better that %50 off. If they dropped these to $5 during a sale I would probably buy the whole lot at once. As it is, I can never quite justify $10 for any given game.
SquareEnix really needs to budge a bit on the pricing for their PSP games. Every game they have I already bought physically, now I just want a digital copy for my Vita. $20 is never going to happen and they never go better that %50 off. If they dropped these to $5 during a sale I would probably buy the whole lot at once. As it is, I can never quite justify $10 for any given game.
Morrigan Stark
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It's not a RTS at all... it's 100% turn-based.
Played this a bit back in the day and then played it again to completion in 2010.
The good news here is in terms of visuals and sounds this game really holds up. It looks good and sounds good and isn't nearly as dated-looking as most PlayStation 1 games are today. The gameplay is fun and the world has a personality, even beyond the watercolour look.
Now the bad news. This game is pretty damn rough. This is a lot like Saga Frontier in that very quickly you run out of things to do and will have to try a million things to get the next event. Every now and then you get a good run of things to do, but before long you will be stumped and have no idea where to go next. Having a FAQ for casual reference is pretty much a must.
Also, the game has a sort-of-like-Dark-Cloud-but-not-quite system where you get locations in the form of items, and lay them out on a big blank map to access them. Putting certain locations next to others can unlock things. The big problem here is a lot of optional stuff is tied to this, so most of the optional stuff you can never see unless you lay out the map exactly as some FAQ dictates, which really ruins the whole idea of creating your own world that Legend of Mana wants to create.
So long story short, if you're curious, I say go for it, but know full well what you're getting into. If you liked Secret of Mana but hated Saga Frontier, for example, I'd honestly recommend you don't get it.
Nintenyearold
Neo Member
I'm tempted by a few games here but it would just be adding to my PS1 classic backlog..
akachan ningen
Member
PE is an RPG with a survival horror wrapper. It doesn't have the fast action of VS. I didn't like it because the RPG battles get really boring really fast and you can't avoid them for most of the game.
Parasite Eve 2 is better because it doesn't try to be an RPG. It's straight out survival horror with THE best combat of any survival horror game until RE4 came out.
autoduelist
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Any thoughts on Thexder Neo PSP?
Morrigan Stark
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Assuming you mean FFT: if you can patch in the loading times, it's the definitive version of the game. It's like the original but with more content, a fully revamped translation and cool additional cut scenes.
It's the cream of the crop of strategy RPGs, with superb music, story, art and gameplay. I really can't recommend it enough unless you really hate SRPGs.
If you mean Tactics Ogre, well, that is also very good. I barely played the original version on PSX, so I can't compare it that much to the PSP one (I do know the PSP one is much easier/streamlined), but it's one of the greatest SRPGs ever made and laid the foundation for what FFT became.
Jeanne d'Arc is great, and probably more "noob friendly", but does it even have a digital version? Edit: OK, it does. It's not by Squeenix though so it's not as frequently on sale, unfortunately.
SpaceBridge
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How is Duodecimal for $19.99 a deal?
Remembrance
Member
I looked into this one: it's based on an NES game where you can't save, you have only one life and can't continue (on normal), and you have to spend your lifebar just to shoot or use shields.
Might be a little too old-school.
autoduelist
Member
Oh, I've played Thexder back in the day. I'm curious about this PSP 'Neo' version. But you're right, I probably would just backlog it...
JStein0222
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I remember it always being $19.99, is it actually on sale?
Lumpy Onion
Member
It doesn't even seem to be on sale. The original Dissidia is on sale for $9.99, and a waste of time considering the improvements of 012. Totally worth it for $19.99 considering the content you will get out of it but kinda shady they discounted the one nobody should be buying.
Edit: Or maybe it is a slight sale since I seem to recall it launching for $40 way back at release.
Both tactics on psp are better than Jean D Arc.
Haiiro Husky
Member
Jeanne D'Arc is a great SRPG. It's not the best, of course, but if you like the genre or are new to it, you should definitely give it a shot! I would rank it below TO:LUCT and FFT:WOTL but it's right there, just behind them. So go for it! It's fun, it's easy to follow and play, has great graphics and story and most importantly, it's fun.
Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule
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Final Fantasy 7 or FF9? i've never completed VII (i was enjoying it) and never played IX
Lumpy Onion
Member
A bit less with fast loading enabled, but still awful IMO.
lowhighkang_LHK
Member
You should get the PS4 version.
60 fps, 1080p, gameplay tweaks, turbo mode, an additional cutscene, new costumes, and all DLC included.
FFIX is a good game but FFVII is certainly the more essential one to play. So is FFVI for that matter, and it's also on sale.
If you're looking to stock up I'd say buy a bunch of these -- FFV is also definitely worth it at that price -- but if you only want one, FFVII is probably the one to go for.
lowhighkang_LHK
Member
DMC4:SE has the best combat engine ever designed, and it's skill based so it's got a lot of depth with all 5 playable characters. But it's level design is very PS2 era. The game visually holds up very well today. The story is predictable but it's cutscenes and action choreography is top notch making the cutscenes worth watching.
If you only have a passing interest in action games, DmC
efinitive Edition would be the better choice. It's controls and combat mechanics are simpler, interesting level design and it's campaign is very forward driven, well paced with no backtracking. Ultimately you should get both, you'll likely like one more than the other depending on your tastes and it's very unlikely you'll dislike any one of them so you might as well jump in.
Makoto Yuki
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I'm bummed that FFX/X-2 HD for Vita isn't on sale, hopefully there will be a Digital Vita sale eventually.
DMC4:SE has the best combat engine ever designed, and it's skill based so it's got a lot of depth with all 5 playable characters. But it's level design is very PS2 era. The game visually holds up very well today. The story is predictable but it's cutscenes and action choreography is top notch making the cutscenes worth watching.
If you only have a passing interest in action games, DmC
Ultimately you should get both, you'll likely like one more than the other depending on your tastes and it's very unlikely you'll dislike any one of them so you might as well jump in.
This is a great post.
Tactics Ogre Is the game for you. The music, the story, the characters, the deep mechanics and gameplay. It's one of those games that'll stay with you for a long time.
DMC4:SE has the best combat engine ever designed, and it's skill based so it's got a lot of depth with all 5 playable characters. But it's level design is very PS2 era. The game visually holds up very well today. The story is predictable but it's cutscenes and action choreography is top notch making the cutscenes worth watching.
If you only have a passing interest in action games, DmC
Ultimately you should get both, you'll likely like one more than the other depending on your tastes and it's very unlikely you'll dislike any one of them so you might as well jump in.
That is a really good post
. Would you mind if I put this in the OP, that way people can understand what makes both games worth getting? Because that would help people on the fence about picking up either game 
.As the thread name states, this NA sale, so only NA PSN accounts can leverge from this sale. EU and JP accounts do not have this sale but if you own a PS3 or PS4, you could get the games on a new NA account and have them be on your PS3/PS4 despite your NA account not being your main one (thank you region-free PS3/PS4
).If that isn't your issue....maybe you could update the PSN Store on your PS3/PS4 (is it an app on PS4 like PS3?) and that could solve your issue.
Try logging in your NA PSN account using the web store. Here is a link to the web store if that helps
. Square Sale: https://store.playstation.com/#!/en-us/square-enix-sale/cid=STORE-MSF77008-SQUAREENIXSALE
Capcom DMC Sale: https://store.playstation.com/#!/en...hise-sale/cid=STORE-MSF77008-DMCFRANCHISESALE
Shadow_FFVI
Member
Might as well wait for the FF VII PS4 port in october.
Agreed. They shaved off $10 but a normal price of 30 was already asking for too much. Should have been 10 on discount.
Trigonometrize.
Member
Is DMC4 okay to jump into without having played any of the other games?
Chaos2Frozen
Member
Yes, there's a large number of characters you can use to find one that would suit your play style.