Best Sega Game on Dreamcast

[Adrian]

Skies is really not that good, Final Fantasy X is a much better game. Whilst I love the characters, the music and it had some nice plot twists, the game is dominated by random battles. These random battles are way too frequent, take ages to load up and just too damn easy. The magic system is a joke and fairly useless except increm and incremus as physical attacks do way more damage. The spirit level thing is a nice idea but again, it makes magic useless: why use up spirit points when you can use an inexpensive item with the same effect? Due to the constant random battles, you have a ridiculous amount of money to spend on riselem, sacrulen and sacrum crystals as well as all the best weapons. The game is also way too easy: once someone has increm, Aika has Lambda Burst (which totally destroys the weaker enemies in random battles) and Vyse has both Pirate's Wrath and Rain of Swords, the battles are completely sussed out. Ship battles are way too easy due to the complete kit item which is dirt cheap and readily available. It's a nice game (hey, I spent $100 on the limited edition boxset- kick ass art book) but the constant random battles, the easiness, dated graphics, absence of voices and absence of Square standard CG scenes mean that it aint so polished which is a shame cos the music, art style, plot and characters are so damn appealing.

Anyway...

1. Shenmue series
2. Sakura Taisen series
3. Jet Set Radio
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4. Sonic Adventure

[NachoHat]

1.PSO-Quite possibly my favorite game ever. It would be silly for me not to put this here.
2.JGR-I was almost considering putting this over PSO but that may just because I've been playing JSRF the last week.
3.Skies of Arcadia-I was contemplating between this and Shenmue 2 but as a whole, I'd say I like Skies better. The only real flaw I found in this game was the random battles and they're even not too much of an annoyance if you use Lambda Burst every battle(*grumble* Though I didn't figure out you could skip the animation until halfway through the game....).

Honorable mentions would be Shenmue 2, Sonic Adventure 2, and VF3tb.

[Kinopio]

1. Skies of Arcadia
2. Cosmic Smash
3. Shenmue series

No one has mentioned Roomania #203 or typing of the dead, both of which are great games.

[APC]

NFL2K1 - The most fun I've had with an online game
Skies of Arcadia
Metropolis Street Racer

[MechDeus]

There's a lot of people missing the whole first-party thing...

1. Sonic Adventure 2
2. Phantasy Star Online
3. Jet Grind Radio

Rez is not on there because I still haven't played the DC version, just the PS2, I haven't played Shenmue II yet, and Crazy Taxi and Cosmic Smash most assuredly get honorable mention.

Wow. I have just read this entire thread...and i have to say that most all of you have the absolutely lowest standards in video games.

Sorry you don't like enjoyable games. Though you did like the Tennis games (which are awesome), so I'm not sure where you stand...

[NeoZeedeater]

Is Zorro just trying to stir up shit with that remark? He can't actually be serious.

[Punky Skunk]

Originally posted by Zorro
Wow. I have just read this entire thread...and i have to say that most all of you have the absolutely lowest standards in video games.

Either that or you've picked the wrong hobby. Leaning towards the latter!

[Melf]

Originally posted by Sidez
the game is dominated by random battles. These random battles are way too frequent, take ages to load up and just too damn easy.

True. It was funny how I'd know there was a battle coming because of the grinding noise the DC would make. A quick press of the start button to open a menu would allow me to skip the battle!

absence of voices

Again, true.

absence of Square standard CG scenes

I personally don't care for Square's "let's make half the game CG scenes" style. I liked the in-game graphic cut scenes.

it aint so polished which is a shame cos the music, art style, plot and characters are so damn appealing.

Very true. Hopefully all that will be fixed in the sequel (yes, someday, god willing, there will be a sequel).

My best (no order):

- JGR
- Skies
- Shenmue
- PSO

[Wildcat]

Let's see.

1. Skies of Arcadia - Despite the fact I haven't beat it yet, SoA has awesome atmosphere and I like the character designs. Plus it's a lot of fun to play. I need to get back into it...
2. Sonic Adventure 1/2 (Sonic/Shadow stages) - Yeah, I'm combining two games into one for just a certain section, but the Sonic stages were so fun (despite camera problems) that I feel the need to merge them together. Classic stuff.
3. Jet Grind Radio - Classic graphics and character design, plus overall good gameplay (wish the camera and spray buttons were different, but eh) made for a fun trip (other than getting Yo Yo, geez he was a pain for me to get!).

[bakayaro]

1-Ikaruga ( :jest: )
2-Sakura taisen complete box
3-Dela jet set radio

4-Street fighter III rd strike
5-Shen mue 1&2