Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!news.moat.net!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newshub.sdsu.edu!elnk-nf2-pas!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net.POSTED!fce8a485!not-for-mail Newsgroups: alt.fan.final-fantasy,alt.games.final-fantasy,alt.games.final-fantasy.rpg,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg,japan.videogames.finalfantasy Subject: Re: 'World of Mana' (a new Seiken Densetsu ! ) to span multiple platforms From: Nathan Montgomery References: <0Lednc5FAfGV8W_fRVn-2w@comcast.com> <3ou9f1ls7vvbsb38rb0r713koomfeaq71o@4ax.com> <4eKdnd3BmrE6iWjfRVn-uA@comcast.com> Message-ID: Followup-To: alt.fan.final-fantasy,alt.games.final-fantasy,alt.games.final-fantasy.rpg,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg,japan.videogames.finalfantasy User-Agent: Xnews/5.04.25 Lines: 38 Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2005 03:09:42 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 71.32.125.31 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net 1123384182 71.32.125.31 (Sat, 06 Aug 2005 20:09:42 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2005 20:09:42 PDT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org japan.videogames.finalfantasy:108 christoforever wrote in news:4eKdnd3BmrE6iWjfRVn-uA@comcast.com: > Rob Browning wrote: >> On Sat, 06 Aug 2005 09:49:27 -0400, christoforever >> wrote: >> >> >>>crono cross a bad game? cant be. a little rough around the edges but a >>>great game overall. from the Art Style, to its 107 i think different >>>characters to pick up, to its enormous depth, and a pretty good story, >>>what could possibly be wrong? >> >> >> The story was snore-inducing, and the gameplay was like Xenogears' but >> more pointless. So I guess I'm saying that Chrono Cross was boring. >> >> Rob >> ploovTeHSPaeMBLoKuR@charter.net >> > > > > > > You guys are breaking my heart. Xenogears a bad game? i admit the > xenosaga serier has been lacking, but the original xenogears, that was a > classic, and in no way over-hyped. > It had a good, fairly complex story and very good music, good graphics for the time, but it also had some of the most boring gameplay of any RPG that's been conceived so far. Boring jump puzzles and mazes. An overlong and boring load sequence before too frequent boring battles with boring music. -- Corwin