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PS3: "Final Fantasy XIII", "The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion" or "Dragon Age: Origins"?
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<blockquote data-quote="Mallus" data-source="post: 5226289" data-attributes="member: 3887"><p>I have all 3 for the PS3... beaten Dragon Age and Final Fantasy XIII. It's hard to go wrong w/any of them, but they're very different experiences. </p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dragon Age is a Bioware RPG: great writing/characterization, an interesting take on a classic fantasy setting, and a less-great, though still quite good, game engine. Which is to say, a very good product.</li> </ul><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Final Fantasy XIII is a highly streamlined Square/Enix RPG: it's arguably not really a <em>game</em> at all until over halfway through, being more a high-quality anime with a game <em>tutorial</em> thrown in. That said, it's a <em>very good</em> anime, with some great characters, and it makes a surprising amount of sense for a game featuring crystal-powered machine gods and a main character with a baby riding chicken who nests in his Afro.<br /> <br /> The battle system and interface are terrific. And after you complete the main plot you can return to the open-world part of the game, for many more hours of tactical RPG gaming. Plus, the whole thing is lovely to look at.</li> </ul><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Oblivion is, well, Oblivion. I can never get around to solving the main quest, but it's a great toy. I like it least out of the three, but the amount of things you can do in it are really impressive (though I hear the mods available make it a better experience on the PC -- there are some, ahem, issues with the core game mechanics).</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mallus, post: 5226289, member: 3887"] I have all 3 for the PS3... beaten Dragon Age and Final Fantasy XIII. It's hard to go wrong w/any of them, but they're very different experiences. [list]Dragon Age is a Bioware RPG: great writing/characterization, an interesting take on a classic fantasy setting, and a less-great, though still quite good, game engine. Which is to say, a very good product.[/list] [list]Final Fantasy XIII is a highly streamlined Square/Enix RPG: it's arguably not really a [i]game[/i] at all until over halfway through, being more a high-quality anime with a game [i]tutorial[/i] thrown in. That said, it's a [i]very good[/i] anime, with some great characters, and it makes a surprising amount of sense for a game featuring crystal-powered machine gods and a main character with a baby riding chicken who nests in his Afro. The battle system and interface are terrific. And after you complete the main plot you can return to the open-world part of the game, for many more hours of tactical RPG gaming. Plus, the whole thing is lovely to look at.[/list] [list]Oblivion is, well, Oblivion. I can never get around to solving the main quest, but it's a great toy. I like it least out of the three, but the amount of things you can do in it are really impressive (though I hear the mods available make it a better experience on the PC -- there are some, ahem, issues with the core game mechanics).[/list] [/QUOTE]
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