/vr/ - Retro Games

I had both systems, the only one in my class also, so I always knew I was pretty lucky.

I still think the same as when I was young, I spent some legendary nights with my friends playing until 5 am with Bomberman, Goldeneye and Smash Bros, but what really got me into gaming were those days and holidays playing Silent Hill, FFVII, MGS, Medievil, Soul Reaver, Grandia, Ape Scape, Parasite Eve, Spyro, Crash 3 and my favourite, Vagrant Story (i'm forgetting some but i'm not at home).

It's odd that the main reason for Nintendo winning the 16-bits war (wide-quality catalogue and pletora of RPGs, action, turn, simulation, tactics, real time, etc) was the main reason that they lost the 5th gen wars. I also think Nintendo never really recovered from this time and has survived on it's sheer quality of their own franchises, if not for this, we would have another SEGA case.

To sum it, N64 for party-group gaming, and PSX for 1 player awesomeness, even if it's true I had fun playing with my brother with Metal Slug, PES and even Bust a Groove. If forced to choose, it has to be the PSX.

/vr/, fucking help me.
I rented this back in 00, and found it confusing as hell. Now in my mid 20s, I'm going to try attacking it again, but I'm confused how best to go about it.
For example, on howlongtobeat, the median completition time is 20 hours, the COMPLETITIONIST is 80 fucking hours. I know, I know, not the best site for information, but the guides on vagrant story are abysmal or too narrow. What am I looking for? How do I "break" the game? Is it rare drops? Building up the combos/chains? Seriously, there's depth in here I just can't figure out (2deep4me) and I really want to know what it is.

> the absolute finest PS1 game

That would be Vagrant Story, my good fellow.

This piece of shit right here. I tried, I really did. I even finished it and never did I understand why rpg fans like this one. Was it the fact that you can make your own weapons? I don't know, maybe it was just me. I grew up playing Commodore and later on PC games so that was not such a big deal for me, but I can understand it was on the consoles.

It sure as hell was not the story or the characters which were boring as all hell.

Are you even trying /vr/?