Thanks V_Translanka. I've heard conflicting things about SaGa Frontier. I guess compared to Chrono Trigger (and Xenogears, see below Jutty) many RPG's just pale in comparison. I have many RPG games that I played and beat once but have no intention of playing again. Like Rogue Galaxy. I mean, it was a pretty decent game (despite having a sub-par story) and it was pretty and enormously fun to play - but I play RPG's for the story and it just didn't deliver for me. Now I'm left trying to find an RPG I
haven't played but with a great story since I'm bored with all my old ones.
Trying to play through Chrono Cross again, but I keep getting distracted and want to play Xenogears because I've never beat it. So I end up playing for a while and switching and not getting very much progress on either. I keep hearing good things about Xenogears so I guess I'm just wondering if it's really as good as everyone makes it out to be? It just can't seem to hold my attention.
It is my favorite RPG along with Chrono Trigger. Xenogears takes off slowly, but it's well worth it. That is,
only if you like story driven RPGs! It is largely regarded as unfinished and the majority of the second disk relegates forward plot movement to narration by the main characters. The game starts off very slowly but quickly picks up by the time you get to Bledavik. I found the Deathblow battle system and Gear customization to be very fun as well, especially near the end of the game where due to several likely overlooked programming errors you can get uber-awesome customization that far surpass the "ultimate" Gear parts for sale late in the game.
But the story is really where the game shines, as I'm sure you've heard before. Give it a chance. Xenogears has the deepest and most complicated story of any RPG I've ever played.
