Legend of Dragoon

[Moss.]

Maybe I just got, like, a weird ROM file or something, but I tried playing this game, and I gave up on it. Really, I thought it was terrible. The music was kinda neat, but the translation was awful, the voice acting was deplorable, and the storyline had tons of "oh that's convenient" moments, and no real transitions or backbone to it, and ugh, I just couldn't play it anymore. I gave up after an hour or so.

So am I missing something? IGN says this game is a 7. I'd give it a 5. Why does everyone else say this game is incredible?!

[Malson]

Because its battle system is fucking amazing.

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Because its battle system is fucking amazing.

most people rate the game only after disk one..the gay disk, believe me keep playing it and you will fall in love. Its great for ps1 game imo. Great characters, AMAZING cutsceens, fun ass battle's..and much more.

[GilgameshRO]

I don't even remember LoD having voice acting...

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same...

[GilgameshRO]

Oh, wait, when you do a full addition in combat they shout it's name. I don't really see your problem though. 

[Lavata]

It does during movie-scenes and such. They were pretty horrid. Not as bad as MMX4's though. THEY were truely dreadful.

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Ya, but not much of it...only one's I remember was shanna saying DART, and stuff and that one time in the cave when shanna gets attacked by the snake in Disk 1...maybe thats what he is talking about.

[Lavata]

There's also the ending sequence and the beginning movie, etc. Where....*SPOILERS*

















Melbu Frahma and Dart's dad sound horrid. I don't mind them...but they are soo robotic.







that's basically it.

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the voice acting in the first movie at the start of the game was fine

anyways IMO

best ps1 game ever.

[Moss.]

IGN: 7/10
Gamespot: 6.4/10
Gamepro: 5/10
RPGamer: 3/5

The good graphics fail to cover up the poor battle system and interface though. ... Dragoon's battle system is less than stellar.

Best ps1 game ever?

[GilgameshRO]

Poor battle system? Less than stellar? LoD is one of the few RPGs I can actually play for more than 5 minutes without quitting out of boredom.

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yes, I have seen all teh scores way before this topic was created, and I always go WTF when I read them. THe game was GREATNESS imo, story is always made fun of by the game ratings, I think the moon child/black monster thing kicks ASS

[haloOfTheSun]

Poor battle system? Less than stellar? LoD is one of the few RPGs I can actually play for more than 5 minutes without quitting out of boredom.

They must be comparing it to Final Fantasy's battle system(s), which are obviously, never dull or boring and always highly entertaining, while maintaining a sense of originality and variety which is never repeated; not even once.

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LOD battle system was NEVER boring, new additions, different speeds in the button press timing and everything..freeking transform to adraggon, get nwe moves..

[Moss.]

And one battle takes about 10 minutes to finish, meanwhile you're completely forgetting where you're supposed to go or what's going on in the story because you get one of those "never boring" 10 minute battles every 5 steps you take.

[Lavata]

It's real good and all...but I wasih the enemies gave more EXP. They give worthless Experience and the only time I ever leveled up was after a boss battle. I COULD NOT sit for an hour just to gain a level. That's basically the only bad part about it all.


Still...I WOULD rather FF. I don't know why...that's just me. None of the games have let me down yet.

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please don't judge a game by the first disk, and some reviews...play it all the way through or at least finish teh third disk, and I swear you will change this whole thing to I LOVE LOD...(so I'm gussing you won't be playing my sequal..lol  )

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It's real good and all...but I wasih the enemies gave more EXP. They give worthless Experience and the only time I ever leveled up was after a boss battle. I COULD NOT sit for an hour just to gain a level. That's basically the only bad part about it all.


Still...I WOULD rather FF. I don't know why...that's just me. None of the games have let me down yet.

I know what you mean, I was scared at how little my level was at when I faced melbu at the end of the game...guess what being a 34 is average, and more then enough to beat the boss...notice how much stronger you get each level, thats why you don;t need to have soo much exp and be a level 100 at the end.

[GilgameshRO]

I don't see why you would want to grind in any game ever anyways. What a gigantic waste of time. If you have to sit around and kill enemies over and over again then the game isn't good. It's just a big waste of time. It's like pointless filler episodes in anime. Just pointless shit to take up time. A good game should keep you going constantly.

[Moss.]

A good game should adjust to your level so, regardless of whether or not you grind, it's still challenging.

I should add that to my list.

[GilgameshRO]

Kinda like FF8? Only, FF8 is easy no matter what.

Ohh, or maybe like Oblivion? Oh wait, if your abilities are mostly non-combat oriented and you don't abuse the system the game actually gets harder as you level up.

It's good in theory, but I've yet to see it turn out well in practice.

[Moss.]

Yeah, exactly. FF8 and a few other games had the right idea, but they still weren't challenging enough.

[Lavata]

yeah..since the monsters leveled up with you. That was a rather nice feature.

[Malson]

IGN: 7/10
Gamespot: 6.4/10
Gamepro: 5/10
RPGamer: 3/5

The good graphics fail to cover up the poor battle system and interface though. ... Dragoon's battle system is less than stellar.

Best ps1 game ever?

RPGamer can kiss my ass. While LOD's battle system is really its only redeeming feature, it was an excellent redeeming feature at that.