/vr/ - Retro Games

I've been replaying some Yu-Gi-Oh! video games recently, mostly after Kazuki Takahashi's passing, as a way to remind myself of my love for this franchise since childhood. I had Forbidden Memories for my PlayStation back then, and I could never even come even close to beating it, the farthest I got was the part where you have to face the all of the High Mages, and it left quite a positive mark on me in a way, even though I struggled so much with it, it was just so full of atmosphere, and felt like a genuine RPG, I felt like I was the Pharaoh, going up to those strangely calm and peaceful, downright beautiful even, shrines to fight for the lives of everyone I cared about.

After many years I went back to Forbidden Memories, this time with the help of GameFAQs and TEA/PocketDuelist, and managed to beat it, it really is a matter of knowing the mechanics, how drop rates and ranks work, and most of all, who to play against more often. I was somewhat hooked after completing Forbidden Memories, and decided I wanted to play something else with this RPG feel, and went after Dark Duel Stories, since it looked similar to Forbidden Memories theme wise, with DarkNite/NiteMare appearing in both, and Sacred Cards, due to it looking like something out of the Pokémon franchise, but with a Yu-Gi-Oh! theme. I loved both of them.

I eventually even completed Duel Monsters for some reason after it finally got a translation, I hope Duel Monsters 2 and Duel Monsters 4 can get a translation soon too. I'm now working on completing Eternal Duelist Soul and it's been wonderful, it's the 1st one I'm playing that actually follows the OCG/TCG rules, but this is before the OCG/TCG got too complicated for me, so I can still follow. I miss the RPG feel Konami used to put into these, I wish Master Duel would have a campaign apart from the one that focuses on card lore, maybe with the tier system used in the Duel Monsters series. Have you been playing any Yu-Gi-Oh! video games recently too, /vr/os?