Poll of the Day > How is it that 20 years later, The Legend of Dragoon board is still active?

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Judgmenl
07/26/19 6:20:08 AM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/197765-the-legend-of-dragoon
Sitting at #6 on the top PS1 message boards.

The Legend of Dragoon was a very mediocre PS1 JRPG, that had a mixed reception, but it seems to have a larger legacy than so many random AAA RPGs. You try and find any random AAA game from even 10 years ago and see if it has that active of a community. Bonus points if it's the only entry in its series.
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Mead
07/26/19 6:21:41 AM
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It might have something to do with the fact that people post on it
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hypnox
07/26/19 6:22:17 AM
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BarbaricAvatar
07/26/19 7:48:22 AM
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I bet there are more JRPG boards active than there are inactive. Weabs just love circle-jerks.
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Cotton_Eye_Joe
07/26/19 3:03:01 PM
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It's a good game.
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green dragon
07/26/19 3:26:04 PM
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that game lets you transform into a dragon, right? It was pretty dope
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Krow_Incarnate
07/26/19 3:31:29 PM
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Judgmenl posted...
Legend of Dragoon was a very mediocre


No.
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Lirishae
07/26/19 3:32:31 PM
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The biggest issue with LoD was the translation, IMO. It's a shame PS1 era Sony was so bad in this regard.
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LinkPizza
07/26/19 3:41:41 PM
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TC doesnt like a good game. Not much of a surprise, tbh...
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Taily_Po
07/26/19 3:42:10 PM
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Judgmenl posted...
The Legend of Dragoon was a very mediocre PS1 JRPG,


Really? I thought it had a just-mediocre story with excellent-for-the-time-graphics and an interesting combat system.

Judgmenl posted...
but it seems to have a larger legacy than so many random AAA RPGs.


Well, it was more creative than a lot of AAA RPGs.

Judgmenl posted...
You try and find any random AAA game from even 10 years ago and see if it has that active of a community. Bonus points if it's the only entry in its series.


Most popular AAA games were part of a series. Do you mean to say that the FF7 board isn't active?

And, tbh, I'm looking at the board now and it's not *that* active. It's not completely dead, which is surprising, but it's a slow board.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/197765-the-legend-of-dragoon

The FFVII board is certainly more active:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/197341-final-fantasy-vii

Chrono Cross is as active as LoD
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/196917-chrono-cross

Suikoden II, which was more obscure at the time, has activity
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/198844-suikoden-ii

If we want to go older, I'm pretty sure there are a lot of SNES RPGs that still have a following.

Plus wasn't Legend of Dragoon a AAA game? It was clearly had a sizable budget and was developed & released by Sony.
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LinkPizza
07/26/19 3:43:42 PM
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Taily_Po posted...
excellent-for-the-time-graphics

They did have pretty good graphics for the time...
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streamofthesky
07/26/19 4:08:44 PM
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Judgmenl posted...
The Legend of Dragoon was a very mediocre PS1 JRPG

Only this far into your post, and it's already completely wrong
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pedro45
07/26/19 4:13:57 PM
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Idk how many times I've started this game and then ten to twenty hours into it, something distracts me and I wanna start over again.
This game seems killer and I hope to invest good time into it.
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streamofthesky
07/26/19 4:15:13 PM
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Taily_Po posted...
Judgmenl posted...
The Legend of Dragoon was a very mediocre PS1 JRPG,


Really? I thought it had a just-mediocre story with excellent-for-the-time-graphics and an interesting combat system.

Really? I thought it had a great story, and that was one of its best features for me.
Maybe similar plots have been done a lot since then, but it was pretty fresh at the time.

Spoilers, just in case...
I really loved how the game built up the Black Monster from the start as if it'd be the final boss or something, then the huge plot twist and swerve that it's actually your comrade. Which did actually surprise me. Obviously Rose had been alive the entire history of the game's lore and knew more than she let on, but didn't actually expect it'd be her.
Then Dart, who starts off seeming like a generic RPG hero, has the big character growth moment of forgiving her and letting his desire for vengeance subside. Plus he actually admits his feelings for the love interest halfway through the game and becomes a couple w/ her, which is STILL refreshing even in current games.
Plus the realization of just how much of a crapsack world they live in, slated by their own creator for destruction...done to death since then, but pretty fresh at the time.
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wwinterj25
07/26/19 5:48:04 PM
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Is this the TCs new gimmick or something?
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green dragon
07/26/19 5:57:45 PM
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wwinterj25 posted...
Is this the TCs new gimmick or something?

this isn't new my friend
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wwinterj25
07/26/19 6:03:12 PM
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I see. I guess I've just noticed it more as of late.
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