Why are old school RPGs held in such high esteem?

[Drewbacca]

Man, it is posts like this that are adding fuel to the "Bad at the English language" fire. I make my share of mistakes, but if I'm not sure about what I have typed, I will copy it into a program with spell check. It doesn't take long, and it helps a lot.

JM

Fire? I never claimed to be a master at English.

Sure, you can tell Jeremy his reviews stink and he shouldn't be writing. I don't write serious reviews and think I have a style. Especially when I post on a message forum for recreation.

Battle system != Gameplay.

While the battle system through the Final Fantasy series has remained mostly the same, the preparation for the battles throughout the Final Fantasy series (part of the gameplay) has changed dramaticly, as Omnigear has pointed out. (junction, materia, sphere grid, etc.)

My 2 cents.

The Materia system, the sphere grid, etc. They all are in place for one thing: To level up your character. You still run around and gain levels. In every Final Fantasy you had to tend to your character before the battle with armor, items (for health and MP, mostly) and then went on in.

According to Mech Deus and you guys, the system is different. I'll agree. Pulling magic out of your enemies is different than learning them on the Sphere grid. But those systems are designed to be different but do the same thing in the end when you get to the battle (power you up).

[JM]

Fire? I never claimed to be a master at English.

Sure, you can tell Jeremy his reviews stink and he shouldn't be writing. I don't write serious reviews and think I have a style. Especially when I post on a message forum for recreation.

Yeah, but it works wonders for people taking your seriously. It is hard for me to accept you as an authority on anything if you can't handle spelling. (You have misspelled some words more than once, & in the same way, so it isn't just miss-typed.)

JM

[StriderKyo]

I've never played them.

Never. Played. Sonic. Where are OMFG and AFX when you need them? I'm running out of insults here.

[Drewbacca]

Yeah, but it works wonders for people taking your seriously. It is hard for me to accept you as an authority on anything if you can't handle spelling. (You have misspelled some words more than once, & in the same way, so it isn't just miss-typed.)

JM

Welcome to the internet.

Spelling has no relevant connection to knowledge of a subject (except of English itself). Obviously some people took me seriously, this thread has been extremely active as of late.

I'm not going to spell check and comb through my posts with a fine toothed comb in order to get all the kinks out. For the most part, people seem to understand what I'm saying.

You've never pointed this out in the Galleria before. You understood those posts just fine. Dolemite and Dragonmaster Dyne have never said they didn't know what I was saying in the WWE Wrestling thread. It only seems to happen when people get hostile.

[StriderKyo]

To be honest, there have been just as many rude comments about IQs & such directed at Andrew as he has made to others. It hasn't been one sided.

Yeah, but at least ours were funny.

[Drewbacca]

Never. Played. Sonic. Where are OMFG and AFX when you need them? I'm running out of insults here.

Is that what you call them?

The only Sonic I've played was at friends houses who had Sega Consoles and on Gamegear. Got a problem? Tough shit.

[StriderKyo]

i've been coding gba demos in my spare time, but you won't see me acting like a pompous ass. you're entitled to your opinion, but dismissing someone's argument simply because they haven't cobbled together a few lame game demos is infuriating. either show us this masterpiece of game design, or shut up about it.

Funny how that last sentence has gone ignored...

Btw, where'd you snag the GBA middleware? Or are you coding straight to the metal? I'd love to see the audio suite. I'm guessing it's still modulation based like the SNES? It must be pretty suped up, because I can't see an SNES pulling off CotM's intro theme.

The only Sonic I've played was at friends houses who had Sega Consoles and on Gamegear. Got a problem? Tough shit.

Can you please put a "747" at the end of your name? Because that would rock.

[Drewbacca]

Yeah, but at least ours were funny.

Really? You're a funny guy. So funny, infact, that you think someone who hasn't played Sonic in 2D form is funny. Wow, you sure got me there Striker Kyo. A true gem of Toronto.

Maybe now you can go down to the local bar and call people 'teh lame' because they aren't on their LAN configuration playing the new Warcraft 3 expansion! You're cool. I wish I could be like you.

Wait, wait. You know. I'm going to try to keep this civil. The only reason I haven't been insulting people like that is because I like and post a lot to TNL.

Can you please put a "747" at the end of your name? Because that would rock.

Nerdy humour! Wow, got me there. Bring out the real zingers next, please. I don't like these second rate bits. Use your Sonic Mega Collection for inspiration.

[StriderKyo]

Really? You're a funny guy. So funny, infact, that you think someone who hasn't played Sonic in 2D form is funny.

If they claim to be a master 2D game designer, yeah. I suggest you put "never played Sonic" at the top of your resume and see how you do.

Wow, you sure got me there Striker Kyo.

Okay, I'm losing track - which one of us are you insulting here?

Maybe now you can go down to the local bar and call people 'teh lame' because they aren't on their LAN configuration playing the new Warcraft 3 expansion!

Or I could go on a gaming message board and tell the entire place that they don't know as much as me because I'm a 19 year old who works at Pizza Hut and has spent some "spare time" working on a game demo.

You're cool. I wish I could be like you.

I'm sorry, I'm not sure there's much hope for you there.

Wait, wait. You know. I'm going to try to keep this civil. The only reason I haven't been insulting people like that is because I like and post a lot to TNL.

Reading that last sentence...you're not that Brazillian Opa Age guy again, are you?

Nerdy humour! Wow, got me there. Bring out the real zingers next, please. I don't like these second rate bits.

If you even got that joke, I'd like you to explain it to me.

EDIT: Okay, in retrospect Lhadatt asked for this to cool off, so I'll continue this elsewhere, later on.

[epmode]

Btw, where'd you snag the GBA middleware?

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