/vr/ - Retro Games

>>10566670
>>10566793
a hoochie wrote this

>>10511854
i think the problem is that the first one sucked shit too hard, so nobody bothered to look at the second one. lufia 2 is one of my favorite games of all time. arguably, i would even say that its a better game than chrono trigger. while chrono trigger has a better plot, the actual GAMEPLAY from lufia 2 blows it out of the water. i find the interesting dungeons and loads of puzzles way more compelling than a few minor forks in the road and button or two to find, while simply advancing the plot.

better dying words have never been spoken.

still the best climactic ending

>>9909432

>>9834349
>getting the gades blade
you have to grind and overlevel to do it. they made a neat OPTIONAL bonus, but you dont have to do it. yes, you will be ahead for the next 3ish whole zones before enemies start to catch up, but that was a choice you made. you cant say the game is poorly balanced when you chose to level grind ahead. also fuck off, retry mode exits for a reason and its fun.
>2-3 runs to floor 20 easily gets you items
lmao no. you can go whole runs to 40+ and never see a single blue chest, and then when you do, its a fucking jewel or some dumb shit. again, its fucking OPTIONAL and you get rewarded for going so far out of your way to spend time on it. so what if the stats are busted? its not like the fights are really that deep or challenging anyway. the main draw of the game is the dungeon exploring. some people like seeing the rpg numbers go up, but complaining about the balance is retarded, ESPECIALLY when you're only talking about optional shit.

>>7425558

>>6363745
lufia 1 had some mechanical issues (attacking empty spaces? fuck off with that shit) and was slow, but lufia 2 improved on literally every single aspect. 2's puzzles were phenominal. also 2 gave us the gem of the best line from a final boss ever.

>>6363932
what an absolute fucking baby to not appreciate the beauty in tragedy and sacrifice. additionally, their souls danced away together so its fine anyway.

is this the greatest line from a final boss ever?

>>2516376
>The first drags too much and the translation is not the best
I don't know what you're on about, Fortress of Doom is the ONLY game in the series with a solid, consistently good translation. Well, also Ruins of Lore, but the story there sucked.

Lufia II's translation was abysmal and the story was awfully stupid, the only exception being the stuff already seen in Lufia I, but it does have the best dungeons and awesome gameplay. Graphics and music are great as well.

That said The Legend Returns is my personal favorite, the matrix battle system is just too fun. 9 characters IN THE SAME BATTLE, spiritual force flow, ancient texts, magic, 200F Ancient Cave, it's just amazing. I know the dungeons are random but I don't care too much about those, combat's where it's at for me. Plus it has the best music in the series in my opinion, which is amazing considering it's on the GBC. The translation work is abysmal once again ("frue" destruction etc, there's even a typo in the OPENING CINEMATIC ffs).

Ruins of Lore was a solid experiment but it's just too bland, and I just can't get past the Nomura beltan zippa animu redesigns in Curse of the Sinistrals, even if it has fun gameplay and the story is not profoundly idiotic anymore.

Was this the best RPG on the SNES /vr/ ???

No random battles
Good Cast
Decent Story
Pokemon
Solid puzzles/dungeons
Good Soundtrack
Sidequests/Supplemental content for days.
God-Tier Ending.

Why was or wasn't Lufia 2 the best RPG on the SNES?