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<blockquote data-quote="ProfessorCirno" data-source="post: 4603891" data-attributes="member: 65637">The great thing about PS:T is that it's actually rather hard to spoil it.&nbsp; It's not just the story itself that makes the game so wonderful, but how it's told - you'll want to talk to every NPC you come across (and you come across a lot), and you'll talk to your companions multiple times.&nbsp; And I do mean multiple times.&nbsp; Personally, I'd recommend strongly that you go mage, if just because intelligence, charisma, and wisdom are probably your three most important stats in the game, and not because they help you do the fightan, but because they add so much to dialogue.On a side note, I recommend you read Dungeons and Dreamers.&nbsp; It's a great book and has a lot about cRPGs and tabletop gaming, and how they're related.Oh, and a note on the console games - avoid the re-translated Chrono Trigger for the DS.&nbsp; Instead of localizing it with awesome they did a stupifyingly bad blind translation, and the game became a lot more needlessly wordy and lost a lot of charm.Also, I cannot forgive myself for missing this, but Lunar: Silver Story Complete and Lunar: Eternal Blue Complete are both utterly fantastic.&nbsp; Someone mentioned Oblivion being vanilla in a good way, but for me, these two games fit that description perfectly.&nbsp; The setting is fun and familiar, the story is gripping even with it's slight predictability, and the characters aren't cliche for the same reason Rocky isn't cliche - because they're genuine.&nbsp; It's vanilla like ice cream - some people may find it plain at times, but it's always delicious for everyone.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ProfessorCirno, post: 4603891, member: 65637"] The great thing about PS:T is that it's actually rather hard to spoil it. It's not just the story itself that makes the game so wonderful, but how it's told - you'll want to talk to every NPC you come across (and you come across a lot), and you'll talk to your companions multiple times. And I do mean multiple times. Personally, I'd recommend strongly that you go mage, if just because intelligence, charisma, and wisdom are probably your three most important stats in the game, and not because they help you do the fightan, but because they add so much to dialogue. On a side note, I recommend you read Dungeons and Dreamers. It's a great book and has a lot about cRPGs and tabletop gaming, and how they're related. Oh, and a note on the console games - avoid the re-translated Chrono Trigger for the DS. Instead of localizing it with [B]awesome[/B] they did a stupifyingly bad blind translation, and the game became a lot more needlessly wordy and lost a lot of charm. Also, I cannot forgive myself for missing this, but Lunar: Silver Story Complete and Lunar: Eternal Blue Complete are both utterly fantastic. Someone mentioned Oblivion being vanilla in a good way, but for me, these two games fit that description perfectly. The setting is fun and familiar, the story is gripping even with it's slight predictability, and the characters aren't cliche for the same reason Rocky isn't cliche - because they're genuine. It's vanilla like ice cream - some people may find it plain at times, but it's [B]always[/B] delicious for [B]everyone[/B]. [/QUOTE]

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