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Topic	KCF's Top 40 JRPGs
KCF0107 08/16/17 8:56:26 PM #102:	4. Shining Force One of a few entries on the list from the 90s, this is also the game that I have the longest history with. I began playing this in the mid-90s, and across four platforms and probably 20 or more times that I started a file, I finally beat it. Fair or not, it is perhaps the nostalgia and the elation from having quelled the beast that was finally completing the game that vaulted this into Top 5. Units have fixed stat increases. The sheer variety of units and how each is unique aesthetically and functionally is incredible, especially for its time. However, it is a shame that regardless of how you compose your squad and your approach to battles, some characters will become liabilities as the game goes on since they were programmed to be inferior to other units. The reverse of useless characters eventually becoming studs is also true. Maybe this doesn't bother anyone, but I find it disappointing, and nothing is worse than having to try and get healthy doses of experience for shitty characters just to hope that it will pay off in the future. The game's pacing in battles is also quite slow. I shudder to think how much time I spent not simply playing the game but waiting for all of the enemies to make their moves. This is actually one of the better SRPGs from back then in terms of game speed, but I would imagine that it would be a major turnoff for people now. Aside from those two flaws, I don't really have anything to complain about the game (or its sequel). It really emphasizes the strategy in SRPG. As I mentioned with Path of Radiance, the Fire Emblem games don't really emphasize strategy (unless Awakening on have or pre-GBA did), but Shining Force is definiely does. You don't have comically strong allies that can solo missions, and many missions lack the openess that were commonly featured in Fire Emblem games, so, and maybe it was just me, but I found myself branching out everyone into two to four groups with carefully selected characters to maximize their strengths and minimize the chances of losing an ally (luckily not permanently). --- KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy http://i.imgur.com/VfpY7tg.jpg <cite>KCF0107 posted [p:884912151] in KCF's Top ... [t:75600755]...</cite> <quote>4. Shining Force One of a few entries on the list from the 90s, this is also the game that I have the longest history with. I began playing this in the mid-90s, and across four platforms and probably 20 or more times that I started a file, I finally beat it. Fair or not, it is perhaps the nostalgia and the elation from having quelled the beast that was finally completing the game that vaulted this into Top 5. Units have fixed stat increases. The sheer variety of units and how each is unique aesthetically and functionally is incredible, especially for its time. However, it is a shame that regardless of how you compose your squad and your approach to battles, some characters will become liabilities as the game goes on since they were programmed to be inferior to other units. The reverse of useless characters eventually becoming studs is also true. Maybe this doesn't bother anyone, but I find it disappointing, and nothing is worse than having to try and get healthy doses of experience for shitty characters just to hope that it will pay off in the future. The game's pacing in battles is also quite slow. I shudder to think how much time I spent not simply playing the game but waiting for all of the enemies to make their moves. This is actually one of the better SRPGs from back then in terms of game speed, but I would imagine that it would be a major turnoff for people now. Aside from those two flaws, I don't really have anything to complain about the game (or its sequel). It really emphasizes the strategy in SRPG. As I mentioned with Path of Radiance, the Fire Emblem games don't really emphasize strategy (unless Awakening on have or pre-GBA did), but Shining Force is definiely does. You don't have comically strong allies that can solo missions, and many missions lack the openess that were commonly featured in Fire Emblem games, so, and maybe it was just me, but I found myself branching out everyone into two to four groups with carefully selected characters to maximize their strengths and minimize the chances of losing an ally (luckily not permanently). --- KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy http://i.imgur.com/VfpY7tg.jpg</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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