Skies of Arcadia Official Thread

[Stocka]

I'll remake official threads for the RPGs like before :hehe: Keep em as busy as before guys!

(I only had them for ToS and BK at CE but as this game is very popular with everyone here and quite rightly deserves to be I tohught i'd do an official thread for it :))

[pedrocasilva]

I'll remake official threads for the RPGs like before :hehe: Keep em as busy as before guys!

(I only had them for ToS and BK at CE but as this game is very popular with everyone here and quite rightly deserves to be I tought i'd do an official thread for it :))sorry to barge in, but maybe someone knows where to buy this game cheap? I didn't get it yet because I only saw it full price, I used to play it on DC, so I think it should be players choice already (since 2002 on stores?), and one of the best RPG's for gcn... by instance, does anyone know a cheap store with it?

[Stocka]

sorry to barge in, but maybe someone knows where to buy this game cheap? I didn't get it yet because I only saw it full price, I used to play it on DC, so I think it should be players choice already (since 2002 on stores?), and one of the best RPG's for gcn... by instance, does anyone know a cheap store with it?
Try Amazon or eBay :yes:

[Eddage]

sorry to barge in, but maybe someone knows where to buy this game cheap? I didn't get it yet because I only saw it full price, I used to play it on DC, so I think it should be players choice already (since 2002 on stores?), and one of the best RPG's for gcn... by instance, does anyone know a cheap store with it?

Think ebay is your best bet, thats where I got my copy from.

Glad to see this thread has returned especially since I'm currently playing through it for the first time and loving every second, roughly 30 hours in (not sure though) and am just about to go to Yafatuma (sp?) I wont mention any more because I don;t want spoil it for anone but there are so many legendary moments!

If you don't have this game then do everything in your power to get a copy... NOW!!!

[Sarka]

I just started this, what seems to be, masterpiece. Can't wait to get into it.

[ShadowV7]

ive been lookin for this game for a while,it sounds like a great a RPG and i love RPGs,i it one time in HMV for £20 and hopefully there might be a copy left so ill grab it and get another game for the hell of it

[darksnowman]

Yeah the boards are extremely bare, it wouldnt be the same without Tales of Symphonia and Skies of Arcadia floating around on the first page. Good thinking Stocka, makes the place feel a bit more homely!

Skies is a great game. The graphics arent up to date but come on, graphics dont make a game and in this game its all about the story and the great feelings of pride and accomplishment you get throughout it!

[ShadowV7]

i dont care about graphics,i love a game with a great story and twist (like TOS),i still play my NES,SNES and they dont have the best graphics but its still fun to play

[Zelda_Rulez]

I'm still at the point where I have to cross the ocean or something to the jungle nation. I haven't played for a while. I liked this game although the battle system can be really slow at times. The atmosphere makes up for this though.

[ShadowV7]

I LOVE THIS GAME,got it for £20 and its amazing,i love it,and im definently gonna replay it again,now i know how you guys love it so much

[Eddage]

Just did the stuff in Yafutoma and kicked some blue Gigas butt, all I can say is WOW!!! I thought Horteka was a nice place but Yafutoma is AMAZING! It's so peaceful and I love the ducks/ducklings and the fish jumping out of the water, beautiful! And the little washtub, I always wanted to control the Tales washtubs to get to the geyzer so riding around in the little tub was fun! :lmao:

Loving this game so much that I even got myself a Vyse avatar!

[gaggle64]

Tell ya' what though, get this game while you still can - it's starting to get a tad hard to find. I ordered a copy of amazon a couple of weeks ago, and they're apparently trying to fish a copy from somewhere. I've got a feeling Skies of Arcadia could end up being one of those really rare titles not too far from now.

[Skyla]

The Cube version took out the 'older' content didn't it? The DC version had smoking and swearwords that were cut out for Cube.

By the way; has anyone defeated all the bounties or found all the discoveries? I couldn't defeat the last two bounties >_< they are so hard!

[Tphi]

The Cube version took out the 'older' content didn't it? The DC version had smoking and swearwords that were cut out for Cube.


As far as I'm aware, Western copies of both the DC and the GC versions had things cut.

Believe it or not, Bellenna's costume was even more revealing in the Japanese version. :grin:

[Wesley]

I got up to the point just before you went into the final battle.

And I stopped playing.

[Eddage]

As far as I'm aware, Western copies of both the DC and the GC versions had things cut.

Believe it or not, Bellenna's costume was even more revealing in the Japanese version. :grin:

Damn, now I want the Japanese version! :grin:

[Hero-of-Time]

Didnt 1 of the girls get raped in the Jap version? Im sure I heard that somewhere...I think it was Aika.
Also I finished this game fully earlier in the year. Took me ages to beat all the bounties and get all the final wepaons. One of the greatest RPGs of our time is Skies and I pray everyday for a fullblown sequel!

[Stocka]

Loving this game so much that I even got myself a Vyse avatar!
Join my army :p

[Supergrunch]

The dancer has less clothing, cigarette and alcohol are removed, the dancer is wearing less clothes and

SPOILER
When Aika is attacked in the cell she is wearing less clothing, implying that the admiral is trying to rape her.
END SPOILER

[Tphi]

The dancer has less clothing, cigarette and alcohol are removed, the dancer is wearing less clothes and

SPOILER
When Aika is attacked in the cell she is wearing less clothing, implying that the admiral is trying to rape her.
END SPOILER

Surely you mean Vigoro is wearing less clothes, not Aika?

In the Jap version of the scene he takes his shirt off and the language is a lot more suggestive.

Edit: Oh, and Stocka - Ramirez avatars beat Vyse ones :D

[Maiky-NiSuTe]

does anyone have any news on SoA 2?

[Stocka]

Surely you mean Vigoro is wearing less clothes, not Aika?

In the Jap version of the scene he takes his shirt off and the language is a lot more suggestive.

Edit: Oh, and Stocka - Ramirez avatars beat Vyse ones :D
Heh, I once had a ramirez sig for ages at CE but eventually changed it. I had my favourite quote of his under my avatar..at CE..argh I forgot to put it in here :heh:
I think I'll put it in my sig instead.
But yeah, Ramirez is fecking awesome, I couldn't decide out of Vyse and him who to have in my sig but went for Vyse in the end for some reason hehe. Perhaps because he's not a villain.

does anyone have any news on SoA 2?
If there was any, I would of exploded by now

[ShadowV7]

i got this game yesterday and i love it

[Stocka]

I'm loving the fact so many people here who hadn't bought it before are now getting it, I want as many people to appreciate the masterpiece as possible. I'm glad you all are enjoying it too, and remember, it gets better and better as it goes on.

[Supergrunch]

Surely you mean Vigoro is wearing less clothes, not Aika?

In the Jap version of the scene he takes his shirt off and the language is a lot more suggestive.

Yeah, probably- I couldn't remember it properly and was thinking along the lines that Vigoro ripped them off.

[Sabre]

I got it in May 2004 and got 10 hours in, to the Moon Stone Mountain entrance, but Haven't got round to finishing it since...

[Eddage]

I'm loving the fact so many people here who hadn't bought it before are now getting it, I want as many people to appreciate the masterpiece as possible. I'm glad you all are enjoying it too, and remember, it gets better and better as it goes on.

Me too, and as they continue to play the'r love for the game will continue to grow!

Spoiler

I had written loads about how I'm loving the game (beatiful looking crescent isle, ice temple - rakhnam being purple gigas and drachma being alive and taking care of him was the just of it but there was more) but then my explorer froze as I hit submit reply! :mad:

Edit: Actaully Tphi, I think you'll find that Vyse avatars are much better (once gonna make one with both Vyse and Ramirez but gave up on looking for decent Ramirez artwork) :p

[Beanie]

I found this game for £20 and snapped it up straight away after all the praise I'd heard other people give it. Plus I knew it would be hard to find in my town.

It is a very good game, I think it took me around 60 hours to complete and my characters were close to lvl 60.

I thought the storyline was great, especially how it made me really want to kick the Armada's ass! I mean after you gain so much (trying to not spoil things for ppl here) and then it's taken away from you...that was a touch of class.

The boss battles against the Gigas and some of the admirals were tense, which is just what I like.

So yeah, anyone who hasn't played it: Do!

[SupaFry]

I own the game on DC and love it and was just wondering if it's worth getting the GC version for the extra stuff?

Oh and a Gilder avatar would be the best!

[Supergrunch]

Probably not.

There are a few more titles, discoveries and sidequests, and one big sidequest.

I also heard somewhere that you could change ships in the DC version, which you can't do in the GC version.

[Aimless]

I also heard somewhere that you could change ships in the DC version, which you can't do in the GC version.
First I've heard.

I would say that it is worth playing Legends after the DC version if you simply can't get enough.

It's a shame that the GCN version isn't a definitive one. Whilst content wise it trumps the Dreamcast original, aesthetically it falls short. Textures are lower resolution, filtering distance has been shortened, and assets have been compressed — this is particularly noticable in regards to the soundtrack. Presumably this is due to the game now fitting on a single disk.

[Tphi]

Probably not.

There are a few more titles, discoveries and sidequests, and one big sidequest.

I also heard somewhere that you could change ships in the DC version, which you can't do in the GC version.

It's a feature that never made it into either of the versions.

In the stats screens, you can see how much your ship is worth (in fact, one of your recruited crew's bonus when equipped is just raising your ship's value).

The value rating was gonna be part of the whole buying/selling ships thing but they took it out. I like it how it is, to be honest. And who'd sell the funking Delphinus when you got it anyway? :wtf:



PS. Ramirez avatars pwn!

[SupaFry]

Isn't there an extra charecter in Legends?

[Eddage]

It's a feature that never made it into either of the versions.

In the stats screens, you can see how much your ship is worth (in fact, one of your recruited crew's bonus when equipped is just raising your ship's value).

The value rating was gonna be part of the whole buying/selling ships thing but they took it out. I like it how it is, to be honest. And who'd sell the funking Delphinus when you got it anyway? :wtf:



PS. Ramirez avatars pwn!

Ahhh, I was wondering about the whole "raises the value of your ship" crewmember, I guess the fact they didn't have that feature in the end is that no-one would want to sell the Delphinus, it's the best ship in the world for gawds sake!

[Bassman]

I was reminded of this game the other day by seeing a topic about it at another forum. I only got about 13 hours into the Gamecube version. Was looking for the temple on the Southern Continent. I probably got distracted (that plus the fact that it was not that long after I finished the game on the DC in 100+ hours). Must really return to it so that I can see the extra bits brought in for the GC version.

[Sarka]

I'm loving it, I'm two and a half hours in, just about to go away form Sailors island.

I can already feel a sence of greatness! All the characters are cool and the battle system is fun!

[Enigma]

Skies of Arcadia is an awesome game. I bought a Dreamcast solely for this game. When later it came for the Cube I was overjoyed. The game was even improved so it became EVEN better. Short: This game is exellent and should be owned by every Cube-owner. (unless you hate RPGs but you don´t, right) :wink:

[Sarka]

*4 hour in spoilers*

I just sneaked into the colloseum and the cut-scene that followed with Fina really ahs made me fall deeply in love with this game and I want to make love it to very soon.

*/spoiler*

[Cheapshot]

I don't know why but I prefer playing the Dreamcast version, maybe just the fact that it's on a Dreamcast.

What a console...

[Stocka]

*4 hour in spoilers*

I just sneaked into the colloseum and the cut-scene that followed with Fina really ahs made me fall deeply in love with this game and I want to make love it to very soon.

*/spoiler*
Mmm fina, *listens to Fina theme mp3*

[Sarka]

I agree with Cheapshot, the DC was a fantastic console.

I disagree with Stocka, Fina is to.. well.. not graphically advanced enough. Although my friends fancies one of the girls from FF5.

[gaggle64]

Arrrgh! I've been trying to get my hands on this game for a while, but it seems to be becoming quite rare. I've been in love with it ever since i borrowed off my friend for a while. Now I have a half-finished Skies of Arcadia save on my memory card, and it's driving me nuts! I ordered off amazon, but they didn't have it in the end. I've bought a copy of an Amazon marketplace seller, but it hasn't arrived after almost a week! I sure hope he rememebred to post it/hasn't screwed me over/it hasn't been nicked by some thieving postie!

[Eddage]

Completed this game at 1:15 this morning and all I can say is WOW! Fantastic throughout and easily one of my favourite all time games!

[Stocka]

Completed this game at 1:15 this morning and all I can say is WOW! Fantastic throughout and easily one of my favourite all time games!
:hehe: Its my favourite RPG ever, and my 2nd favourite game of all time. The experience was just phenomunal(sp?) it felt like a magical escape from life.
Now join the Skies of Arcadia fans like me, and pray for SOA2 :heh:

[Eddage]

:hehe: Its my favourite RPG ever, and my 2nd favourite game of all time. The experience was just phenomunal(sp?) it felt like a magical escape from life.
Now join the Skies of Arcadia fans like me, and pray for SOA2 :heh:

You don't have to tell me, I was praying that a sequel would be announced even before I completed it!

[Roostophe]

I doubt that they would make a sequel, the ending of SOA didn't really pave the way for a sequel, did it. But if a sequel was to be planned, they might have to set it well after Vyse's time. Or start it off like the first game, the main character being a sailor on his dad's ship. But the dad is Vyse. Or the first bit but you're dad is a black pirate and the main character would either become a blue rogue or a black pirate depending on your Swashbuckler rating, bit like Fable.

Those are my suggestions/thoughts, tho. :unsure:

[Enigma]

Textures are lower resolution, filtering distance has been shortened, and assets have been compressed — this is particularly noticable in regards to the soundtrack. Presumably this is due to the game now fitting on a single disk.

You think? I´m ready to say the complete opposite especially regarding the soundtrack. The music (especially the dungeon-battle) is greatly improved. However if you meant sounds like effects & voices then, since I haven´t played in a long while, you could be right but I consider otherwise the GC version alot better than the DC one. Oh, and one more thing, the loading-times are waaay faster on GC which is a great +. I don´t blame anyone for liking the DC version more though, afterall I myself bought a DC soley for this game.

[Cheapshot]

Yeah I agree with that guy; the Dreamcast version does look better graphically.

And they horribly compressed the music for the GameCube version.

The Dreamcast has the better version in my opinion.

[Sarka]

Woah, this game is exciting! I love the characters more than I have done since Disgaea. It may not seem much at all to you guys, but I'm playing for aover an hour a day, which is an awful lot for me.

[Enigma]

Man, all this talk about Arcadia makes me want to play it. I haven´t played in a long time but now it´s time for it.

[Sarka]

I suggest you boot it up, come on. You know you want to.

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/9154/goon7gp.png

[Hero-of-Time]

Go on Go on Go on Go on Go on Go on Go on Go on....etc.

[Stocka]

I feel like playing again sometime, I don't usually play games again, but I think i'll do it once i've forgotten a lot of parts of the games so its more enojoyable :hehe:

[pedrocasilva]

(bump on the thread)

Arghhhh... I need this game, it goes as high as £40 (aka 60€) on ebay, i'm going mad, lol... even if I bid there's no guarantee i'll really get it

this sucks :cry:

I can get a new and sealed skies of arcadia US/NTSC for 30€ (20£) so I'm thinking, but the store only has 3 of them left in stock, so I have to think quickly...

I wanted the PAL version because not only I like to have PAL UK products but also, I don't even have a freeloader, but above all I wanna play the game...

If anyone in the forum wants to sell me one copy, you can PM me, I'm willing to give 60€ for a unscratched ones (in ebay you never know) :'(

[casper_uk]

man they go for that much? Is it a bad time to tell you i picked mine up for £26 brand new? Oh yeah plus i didn't even play the game till it had sat on my side for a year and a half lol

[pedrocasilva]

man they go for that much? Is it a bad time to tell you i picked mine up for £26 brand new? Oh yeah plus i didn't even play the game till it had sat on my side for a year and a half lolok... now I officially want to cry :cry:

I played bits of this game in a dreamcast of a friend of mine, it was a awesome game, I never bought it for gamecube because I couldn't really use a credit card before, still I could have bought it, had I known it would be out of print soon.

that's the only game I feel like playing now, and I can't even buy it :(

so... awesome game isn't it? a crime to leave it alone for a whole year and a half before playing it

[Shino]

I love this game, it automatically became one of my favs after playing it, never finished it thought, it always happen when I stop playng the game for a day or 2 :hmm:

I have a theory that this game is based in some european history and mainly the portuguese one (not the plot just some geografical points and events), Like prince Henrique, he has the same name of the portuguese prince that initiated the portuguese discoveries around the world and "built" a new kind of ship who permits it, in the game the the city Esperaza is hard to pass because of the dark reef just like the cape of Good Hope (Esperança in portuguese) in south africa, and the portuguese we're the first ones to pass around it to go to asia, then in the game we're the first persons to go to Yafutoma wich is identical to japan, in real life the portuguese we're the first europeans that japanese actualy saw, and the last thing I remember is when you circuvent the globe in the game you're the first one to discover that the world is round just like the portuguese Fernão de Magalhães.

Hope this doesn't sound to patriotic from me :p

[pedrocasilva]

I love this game, it automatically became one of my favs after playing it, never finished it thought, it always happen when I stop playng the game for a day or 2 :hmm:

I have a theory that this game is based in some european history and mainly the portuguese one (not the plot just some geografical points and events), Like prince Henrique, he has the same name of the portuguese prince that initiated the portuguese discoveries around the world and "built" a new kind of ship who permits it, in the game the the city Esperaza is hard to pass because of the dark reef just like the cape of Good Hope (Esperança in portuguese) in south africa, and the portuguese we're the first ones to pass around it to go to asia, then in the game we're the first persons to go to Yafutoma wich is identical to japan, in real life the portuguese we're the first europeans that japanese actualy saw, and the last thing I remember is when you circuvent the globe in the game you're the first one to discover that the world is round just like the portuguese Fernão de Magalhães.

Hope this doesn't sound too patriotic from me :pNot at all :) There are ussually lots of references to portugal in japanese fiction, we got there peacefully and left that way, so we're seen much like friends...

On another note... I'm also convinced that the Zoras in Zelda series represent the Portuguese people, they come from the sea, make trades with hyrule... and in Majora Mask you learn: "New Wave Bossa Nova" that's when it hit me, bossa nova is a brazilian style, but... Amalia Rodriges had a LP named "formiga bossa nova", that means either Lulu sings "fado" (also a name in wind waker and twilight princess meaning "destiny") or it is most likely refering to the brazilian music... (but I doubt japanese know the diference, a few days ago some people is this forum didn't even know the diference between portuguese and spanish :P)

Anyway... it gotta be something to do with the portuguese, too much in common.

About Skies of Arcadia... those boats and all... you should be right, but right now all I want is to play the game :P

[Stocka]

Good luck getting it Pedro. You don't need me to explain how much I love it surely? It would take me too long:heh:

Anyone here without Skies of Arcadia buy it ASAP!

[casper_uk]

I hadn't ever heard of the game it was only a recommendation from a sales assistant in the shop that made me buy it. And as i had never heard about it i just left it on the side as i had other games to play. It wasn't till i was very board one day that i found out about this little gem :)

[pedrocasilva]

OMG :cry: :weep:

someone just bidded like... £49,50 I went as high as £48,50 but still lost... god :hmm: this sucks, I'm already thinking that I'll never have this game in PAL...

*cries*

[thomaschung]

I want this game now. been thinking lately which Cube games to catch up on and couldn't really think of anything. Just got Killer 7, but I think I'd really like Skies.

but I'm not paying that much for it. cheaper to get a dreamcast with it on i think.

[pedrocasilva]

I want this game now. been thinking lately which Cube games to catch up on and couldn't really think of anything. Just got Killer 7, but I think I'd really like Skies.

but I'm not paying that much for it. cheaper to get a dreamcast with it on i think.indeed, but I prefer getting the Gamecube version, the PAL one because it'll be quite rare in the future, I already bought a sealed NTSC version cheap, just in case (because I really want to play the game). I'm not playing it yet because I don't have a freeloader :) and I have Baten Kaitos now (one hell of a game)

but I'm still after the PAL version... so hopefully I won't need it. :)

By the way... the cube edition is a directors cut, although (I think) Dreamcast has some content that GC lacks and vice-versa, all in all... they claim GC has more 10 hours of game, so if you're going for something cheap you can get a sealed skies GC NTSC for 30 euros or so.

[thomaschung]

yeah true. i might just go for ntsc as i have a action replay which i think came with freeloader software. which i have never used by the way. so this might be the time to finally put it to some use.

i'd prefer pal but i don't think i'm prepared to pay more than £30 that's for sure.

Baten is very good. it's in my top 5 Cube games. it gets better and better as you go on.

[Supergrunch]

Well, get it in any way you can. In my opinion, it's significantly better than Baten.

[pedrocasilva]

just managed to win a mint Skies of Arcadia PAL for 36£ on ebay, well... actually it's 39£ with postage fees... :D

I've gotta think what I'll do now to the NTSC version I bought, maybe I'll keep it.

can't wait, can't wait (*goes off to play baten kaitos again*)

[Supergrunch]

It looks like Thomaschung would buy the NTSC one off you.

[pedrocasilva]

If he is interested I guess wouldn't mind selling it to him (or anyone interested), I'll only do that when I get my PAL version though (hopefully 2/3 days)

Anyway, if he is interested we can arrange it, I won't throw in a fixed price though, I'll let that up to the one who's interested (I'm willing to sell it for cheap though). it costed me 20£ (30€) plus transport :) so I'll make it cheaper than that, but all the money offered is welcomed... :P

No clue about how should the transfers be done and all, I'm kinda n00b in this.

The game is unsealed because I read the manual, but never played/mint, because I don't even have a freeloader... (I wanted to secure a copy of the game, and thought I'd never get a UK/PAL version)

[Mercyful Fate]

I've had this game since march last year and while I got pretty far in it, I didn't really get INTO it.. Planning on selling it.

[thomaschung]

hey Perdrocasilva, I would be interested in buying it off you if you still have it. let me know how much you would sell it for. you can email me at tzewaichung@hotmail.com

if you have a paypal account I can pay you with that.

thanks

[thomaschung]

Just won this game on ebay. NTSC version, it better work with my Action Replay. So can't wait to get hold of it now.

How does this compare with Tales of Symphonia and Baten Kaito, for people who'te played all 3?

[|Laguna|]

Just won this game on ebay. NTSC version, it better work with my Action Replay. So can't wait to get hold of it now.

How does this compare with Tales of Symphonia and Baten Kaito, for people who'te played all 3?

It's a good solid traditional Japanese RPG, just don't expect the beautiful graphics of BK and Tos and the battle system aint so speciel either, just your standard turn based affair.

[Harmonica]

It's a good solid traditional Japanese RPG, just don't expect the beautiful graphics of BK and Tos and the battle system aint so speciel either, just your standard turn based affair.

The story is great and involving though. Few twists and turns you might not expect! Buy it.

I'm ashamed to say I traded mine in after I completed it.. kinda wish I didn't because it's easily one of my all time fave games!

[Whizkid]

i got the game on gamecube the first day it came out because i played the dc game and love it but i didnt have a dc so i got it on gamecube and btw was it discountinued??

[pedrocasilva]

i got the game on gamecube the first day it came out because i played the dc game and love it but i didnt have a dc so i got it on gamecube and btw was it discountinued??yes, it's currently out of print... sadly.

[thomaschung]

I've got my game and been playing for 8 hours already.

It's good, but not really got me the way Tales of Symphonia and Baten Kaitos did. And I doubt it will. The battles are ok, but not quite as interesting or spectacular as the other 2 RPG's. Also, the musical score is not even nearly as good.

Obviously, the graphics are dated and they do make me cringe sometimes. I'm sure the Dreamcast could have done better. Some of the character models are shockingly awful, just ugly in fact.

Also I didn't realise you had to boot the GC up with the freeloader everytime you want to play import game. That would mean alot of swapping discs for this game.

[Hellfire]

I think the game gets better later on, when you have an awesome ship and awesome skills and can just roam around the world and find bounties and discoveries.

[Herr Dark Wolf]

I got this game a while ago. Played it for a bit then got put off by an annoying boss. I should go back to it. Anyway, does anyone else find the battles stupidly slow? It takes ages for an enemy to attack me... My GC's mucked up a bit too, when it zooms in on me it stops for second.

edit: Almost completed ToS but I just can't be bothered playing it...

[darksnowman]

The only thing I ever heard about a sequel was that it was in the works. And I heard that a long time ago. The past few E3's Ive been hoping for info, but to no avail. It will come, it will come...

[thomaschung]

this game is beginning to grate on my nerves now. the ship battles are so incredibly annoying.

why oh why do you have to watch the ships fly around. these battles really let the game down in a big way

[Stocka]

why oh why do you have to watch the ships fly around. these battles really let the game down in a big way
I think its a nice touch, it makes it more laid back and cinematic, with the epic music as you await moves in anticpation.

Bah I hate all the dissing the battle system(s) get.

[|Laguna|]

I think its a nice touch, it makes it more laid back and cinematic, with the epic music as you await moves in anticpation.

Bah I hate all the dissing the battle system(s) get.

Ha, just came to post here to express my dislike of the battle system. :rolleyes:

Anywho, I think I would've enjoyed this more had I purchased it at the time it was release because then was a time when turn based battles was primarily all that was on offer (this game was produced at least 3/4 years ago) and was just an accepted part of RPGing. However I bought it late, after experiencing the RPGs that were produced in the later years of the Gamecube like Tos and BK. Now there are some amazing battle systems.

ToS is just so fun always with the constantly changing and upgrading moves which you press that have some relation to the movement. For example upward thrust is up and B where as in Skies to execute a move it’d just be repeated pressing of the A button, Tos really gets you involved especially with making combos and such. Kind of like a beat em up game.

BK is fantastic just because it is so radically different to all other RPGs I;ve played (and I've played quite a lot). Simply a huge breath of fresh air that constantly keeps you on your toes, again you always have to be looking out to make those combo cards while considering elemental factors and such. I just hate the way though that people sometimes write the game off and condemn just when they hear the mention of "card battling"

Skies on the other for me, when I was traipsing through the land and skies boiled down do uninterested repeated pressing of the A button, I even resorted to reading a magazine while doing it as the random encounter rate was so high in one dungeon.

In conclusion, my opinion is that one of the main reasons, along with story etc, to what makes a wonderful RPG is its battle system as it is were you spend most of your time, you want a battle system which will always keep the player interested and active, Skies did not unfortunately. : (

However, it's all down to opinion in the end. For example I didn't mind the BK voice actors at all yet other people claimed it ruined the game for them! : o

[thomaschung]

I agree with u Laguna. I'm giving Skies a chance, but beginning to run short of patience. The battle system is pretty boring compared to ToS and BK. Only the boss battles get a little more exciting. And the ship battles are so tedious. All battles are too slow.

The random encouters are well annoying, far to frequent (every 5 secs) especially when in ship searching for something.

I am currently stuck looking for the Lost City if someone can help me out. Otherwise I will use a guide because I've spent hours looking for it and keep getting these random battles.

[Stocka]

I can see your point. After playing through ToS and BK which both have fast paced battle systems, I'm sure if I was to play SoA again I'd be so spoiled that it would feel so tedious.

However, Skies of Arcadia was my first 3D RPG (only played Golden Sun and Pokemon before it) and many say that your first big RPG usually sticks in your heart for ever, and I can see what they mean. Everything felt so huge, magical and epic, and it was really the first big journey of my gaming life. That is probably one of the primary reasons I love the game so much, and at the time I really enjoyed the battle system.

To be honest, I agree that just pressing the A button to select moves is repetitive, but then again it makes it more strategic and dependant on big decisons, which I personally really like. I don't mind Turn Based battle systems really because of this, what I do hate though is random battle encounters. That has to be my main(and only) complaint about SoA.

[pedrocasilva]

Well... I'm a old school gamer concerning RPG's I don't see battles in SOA as a chore or something that I rather not do... but I understand your point with BK and TOS you have a game fun playing it everyday, while with SOA you don't...

Anyway... I also think of BK and TOS as better games, but I also like SOA (including the battle engine) but there's old school RPG's that I consider better than BK and TOS.

[thomaschung]

Golden Sun was great. Golden Sun 2 not so great but maybe it's because I got stuck on that one.

The ship battles and the far too frequent encounters are the main problem of skies. Oh and the boring battles

[McMad]

Off Topic:

I just saw Skies of Arcadia Legends in Gamestation today for £30 pounds. The box isn't in that bad condition and it is second hand but i was wondering if it was worth getting in these circimstances cosidering it's meant to be a lost gem.

[Stefkov]

I actually saw it in GAME for £27.99 i think, that was not long ago and it was preowned. i think £30 is way too much for a preowned and quite old game. back on topic, i may get this. i really need a good RPG, i know ive asked questions, so i may get this depends, when i have the money and which one is cheaper, (TOS and SOA) i tried playing some old games earlier wile my pc was doing stuff and it couldnt really play any ive already played.

[thomaschung]

Skies is not as good as people make out. Get ToS instead. Get Skies for cheap

[KKOB]

skies is turn based though isnt it?

i do love my traditional rpgs :D

[pedrocasilva]

skies is turn based though isnt it?

i do love my traditional rpgs :Dyes... If you do love turn based games (like me) get it... it's really a old school RPG in 3D (it was already old school when it came out, I might add)

[KKOB]

i wanted to get it when it came out but i couldnt find it! grrrr

i know legends is just a dreamcast port so which version is best?

[pedrocasilva]

i wanted to get it when it came out but i couldnt find it! grrrr

i know legends is just a dreamcast port so which version is best?Legends... because it is a directors cut, you see... :)

but I might aswell warn ya... that game is getting pretty rare (even more than before), specially the PAL version.

[KKOB]

better jump on it quick then! . . . i have a feeling that odama will get rare too so i wanna get that too even though a friend hs said that its crap its too weird to not join my collection-i also want donkey konga 3 from japan! the advert for that had me in stitches . . . repeatedly! :d

[thomaschung]

if you want turn based battle, get baten kaitos.

Skies:
- too frequent random battles
- battles are a bit boring
- ship battles are very tedious.

get skies if you really want it as the price would probably hold itself

[ShadowV7]

Stop dissing it so much it's an old game ,it's like saying the NES had crappy graphics and you need to make the battles more fun by the moves you have and your stratedgy.And yea I would agree with the Random Battles they are quite a lot.Boss battles are amazing if you use the right stratedgy and make more fun with certain moves.You can't blame them for the 'ugly' -didn't think they were- character models because again it's old and at the time were great.And you can't compare Skies to Tales and Baten because they are so different and from different generations and of course Tales and Baten will probably be better because it's fresh and new and there was more ideas implanted in the game to make it more entertaining.Because this gen RPGs are faster and fresher you have to think what the game was like at the time it was released those years ago and how it stood out from others at the time.You would have to set yourself back to the DC era and forget about this gen RPGs to appreciate how good it is,your just moaning like it came out the other day and not even setting yourself back so you can't even make a fair judgement.Not meaning to moan at you or anything but your giving it far to little credit and making it sound bad,it doesn't deserve that.

[Stocka]

For everyone that doesn't have Skies of Arcadia as its so rare and when found expensive, well Play.com has been selling it for a while at £24.99, and it's in stock now :awesome:
GET IT!
http://www.play.com/Games/GameCube/STTS1/3-/116537/Skies_Of_Arcadia_Legends/Product.html

[pedrocasilva]

For everyone that doesn't have Skies of Arcadia as its so rare and when found expensive, well Play.com has been selling it for a while at £24.99, and it's in stock now :awesome:
GET IT!
http://www.play.com/Games/GameCube/STTS1/3-/116537/Skies_Of_Arcadia_Legends/Product.htmlSweet!

they won't ship it here though:

-> http://www.play.com/HOME/HOME/6-/AboutUs.html?page=del

Might contact them by mail, but I won't be expecting much. :(

[Hero-of-Time]

For everyone that doesn't have Skies of Arcadia as its so rare and when found expensive, well Play.com has been selling it for a while at £24.99, and it's in stock now :awesome:
GET IT!
http://www.play.com/Games/GameCube/STTS1/3-/116537/Skies_Of_Arcadia_Legends/Product.html

YEY STOCKA CAME BACK!!!!

[Mr. Bananagrabber]

Skies is better than Symphonia in so many ways it's just not funny.
Avoid picking up TOS unless it's under £20 mate, Skies is priceless.

[Hero-of-Time]

Skies is better than Symphonia in so many ways it's just not funny.
Avoid picking up TOS unless it's under £20 mate, Skies is priceless.

QFT. I do enjoy Tales but Skies beats its corpse with stick.

[Zero]

I personally don't see why poeple dislike this game. I played it after I played ToS and BK and still enjoyed it a lot. It's got a great story and when you get far enough into the game thats when you can really enjoy it. As for graphics, there isn't much wrong with them. As long as it doesn't hurt to look at then why should we care.

[Stocka]

Skies is better than Symphonia in so many ways it's just not funny.
Avoid picking up TOS unless it's under £20 mate, Skies is priceless.
I don't think it's fair to compare the two like that, I think they are both fantastic. Then again I'm one who hates comparing most things.

[Tellyn]

WHOOOO Stocka's back! Is Skies of Arcadia a Tales game? I've heard it is, and it looks awesome. My eyes have been on Amazon for weeks but people are reluctant to sell it for under twenty quid (I hae a low budget at the mo).

EDIT: 21.75 now at Amazon, new, so I'm tempted.

[McMad]

EDIT: 21.75 now at Amazon, new, so I'm tempted.

Make sure it's not American...

[Zell]

I'm into RPGs, but I never picked up SoA. How good is it compared to say... final fantasy ix? I'm thinking of picking it up...

PS: Glad to see you back Stocka.

[pedrocasilva]

Sweet!

they won't ship it here though:

-> http://www.play.com/HOME/HOME/6-/AboutUs.html?page=del

Might contact them by mail, but I won't be expecting much. :(gotta love auto-quote... :indeed:

Anyway here's their response:

Thank you for your email

Unfortunately due to Customs regulations and postal restrictions we
are unable to accept orders from countries not specified on our
website. A full list of the countries we do ship to can be found by
following the link below:

http://www.play.com/play247.asp?page=delivery

If you have any further queries you can contact our Customer Service
Department on 0845 800 1020 (UK only) or 0044 1534 877 595 (outside
UK).

Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this may cause to
you.

Sadly, that means a no go for me then.

*mumbles* it's not like I'm living outside european union *mumbles*

[Stocka]

Unlucky pedro, but keep trying as it's bloody worth it, same goes for the rest of you that have any doubts.

[ShadowV7]

Yea get it while you can,loved the game (yes even sometimes loved all the random battles).

[pedrocasilva]

Unlucky pedro, but keep trying as it's bloody worth it, same goes for the rest of you that have any doubts.I already have... 2 of them :X

One is a NTSC one that I got when we had a shortage in europe, since it has no real value I'll keep it, it has very diferent cover and manuals anyway. Then I snatched a supposedly mint one on ebay for £40, but it was used, and had scratches on disc, aswell as slightly curled manual, it's not bad for used condition, but horrible for my collector needs, so I want to get a mint one, for most games I wouldn't bother... but I think it's worth it for this one.

So yeah, I'll sell my "used" PAL copy for cheap when I manage to get a new Skies of Arcadia PAL.

[KKOB]

is there anywhere where i can find a pretty full synopsis of what happens in ToS.

i've got about 15-20 hours into the first disc and i want to pisk it up again but i cant remember much of the plit ither than Colette is the Chosen of Regeneration, Raine seems a bit dodgey, and the Desians are evil andthats about it . . .

oh wait! i've answered my own question, theres a synopsis feature in game!
woooooo for good design!!!!

:D

[Indie James]

Skies of Arcadia is one of my favourite games of all time. There was a report in Cube magazine about Overworks working on Skies of Arcadia 2 in about 2004ish i think, but nothing has been said of it since. My god I hope they do make a sequel sometime soon. Some of my favourite games will probably never get any(more) sequels :sad:.

I personally don't see why poeple dislike this game. I played it after I played ToS and BK and still enjoyed it a lot. It's got a great story and when you get far enough into the game thats when you can really enjoy it. As for graphics, there isn't much wrong with them. As long as it doesn't hurt to look at then why should we care.

I also don't understand how anyone can dislike this game other than people who obviously don't enjoy rpgs. Its one of the best games ever made imo. I thought the graphics were great! :grin:

[/ nando /]

Hey.. never really played a proper RPG before and I have the opportunity to get Skies of Arcadia for £19.99, a chance I may never get again.. I've always been put off games of this nature because of turn-based fighting and random battles as they do not really appeal to me, but maybe I just haven't given that a chance..

..any advice please?

[Stocka]

Hey.. never really played a proper RPG before and I have the opportunity to get Skies of Arcadia for £19.99, a chance I may never get again.. I've always been put off games of this nature because of turn-based fighting and random battles as they do not really appeal to me, but maybe I just haven't given that a chance..

..any advice please?
I'd never really played a proper RPG before Skies of Arcadia and now I love them(+ it remains my favourite). Go for it!

[/ nando /]

Thanks Stocka, I think I will..

..and I noticed you have an MKDS friend code there.. I may be trying out Mariokart online for the first time tomorrow so if I get it sorted, I'd be happy to have a game with you if you're up for it :heh:

[darksnowman]

Nando, Skies is a legendary game :bowdown: ... you gotta buy it... and you have to love it. Or else ye shall surely be stoned to death *

Interestingly though, I lent this to a friend of mine shortly after I completed it - hes into his RPGs, but he never got into this and barely even started it. Strange one, and it better not be the case with you :cry:

When you get it post your progress and we'll help you along if need be or reminisce of all the areas and stuff you're up to. Vyse is cool... cooler than Lloyd of ToS fame.


* I jest ye not

[/ nando /]

..yeh.. just don't know when I'd get time to play it.. much too busy at Uni :D

..really hope I enjoy it though, would be my first RPG (apart from a short spell I had with Golden Sun on the GBA, but never really grabbed me..)

[darksnowman]

If you still have Golden Sun, try and play on with it. Its quite slow at the beginning like. That didnt put me off though, I kinda expect there to be a bit of that in RPGs before they kick into gear. Forget the Uni work, only final year counts.

[/ nando /]

..I don't have Golden Sun anymore.. was around this time last year that I got it to keep me sane during the breaks between lectures at uni.. up at the 'vantage point' :heh: ..gonna watch some Skies videos now to help make my decision..

[Zero]

..I don't have Golden Sun anymore.. was around this time last year that I got it to keep me sane during the breaks between lectures at uni.. up at the 'vantage point' :heh: ..gonna watch some Skies videos now to help make my decision..
You really should get it. As said before, it's a fantastic game with a good story. I think I might buy it sometime this and play through it again.

I borrowed it from ShadowV7 last time. :p

[ShadowV7]

If you see it,buy it.I tried watching videos of it,but it didn't tempt me at all to get it.So when I was in GAME getting BK.I saw it,picked it up and loved it.You won't regret it.

[/ nando /]

..got it.. disc was scratched useless (worst I've EVER seen.. was like someone had set it on rough ground and rubbed for 4 hours, was even scratched on the top side of the disc) ..didn't work.. had to take it back.. I'll never be able to get this game..

[Stocka]

Sad to hear that :(
Play.com have it in stock for £24.99, and they deliver to Northern Ireland it seems :)
http://www.play.com/Games/GameCube/STTS4/3-/116537/Skies_Of_Arcadia_Legends/Product.html

[/ nando /]

Yeh.. i was a bit annoyed.. my girlfriend went to the trouble of picking it up for me during the week, so when I got home from Uni today we tried it out and didn;t really expect it to work considering the condition.. thanks for the link, I may try to hunt down Paper Mario instead now though if I can get it cheap enough..

[My Buttons are Magic!]

and it was meant to be part of your christmas present too.... grrrrr

actually gonna have to THINK of something to get you this year....
(im his gf btw...)

[The Lillster]

I got SOA a few days ago, i'm currently at this shrine place trying to drain the water in there. It seems like a good game, but I like the battle system that much in Tales of Spmphonia it's a bit difficult to get used to it.

[Sméagol]

I just ordered this game friday night, it was 1 of the (many) games on my wishlist, and I'm pretty sure it won't disappoint. I'll post more after I get the game and had some gametime, hopefully next week ;). Now I just need Baten Kaitos Origins (somehow) and Fire Emblem, then I'll have all the must-buy (tactical) RPG's, won't I?

[Sméagol]

Received the game a few days ago, and had some gametime (and I'll go play immediately after this post again).

The game looks great, allthough I think I still prefer Tales of Symphonia when I'm done with it (I think I've seen people here who think this is the best Cube RPG out there, not?). So I'll just begin with the flaws: obviously the graphics are a bit dated, but that's nothing I can't live with. What does annoy me, is the ehm slowness of the game, it doesn't move fluid enough, I mean concerning gameplay, not story. Battles take too long to load, and too long to finish. Not does this take away my pleasure in grinding, it makes the easy battles in previous areas (when you're backtracking) really annoying, since there's no quick way to get them over with. While in other RPG's, you can just tap A very fast and reap the rewards in a few seconds.

Anyway, that said, the story looks epic, which is just what I was looking for. The whole idea of sailing is fun (unlike in Zelda WW :P), and ship battles are very cool and a nice variation in gameplay. Last things I did in the game, was defeating belleza, after attempting the Recumen battle a few times :D. I crossed the South Sea, and I'm now in Ixa ..Ehh, the forest. I love the shipguild thingy by the way, just another great aspect, hunting down those discoveries and bounties! :D Anyway, I'm off to see the king of Ixa.. The forest. No. The king of all the (purple) monkeys! I'm hoping I can be his friend.

[Hero-of-Time]

Glad your enjoying it. Im one of the people who rate this over ToS and I regard it as one of the best RPGs around. The whole story really comes into its own further into the game and some of the sidequests are class. I wish Sega would get their fingers out and make a sequel....

[ShadowV7]

The thing that really annoyed me was the random battles.At times it was a few steps and a battle.It really annoyed me,though during the game I just couldn't put the control down.
Ages ago they said something about Skies 2 Noriyoshi Ohba said they were considering it and in 2003 he said they were in the planning stages.

[LazyBoy]

The thing that annoyed me wasn't so much that the battles were random, although that was annoying, but that some of the later one were based on luck, not skill. Still the best RPG on the cube though.

[Stocka]

Okay 24.99 was a great price, but now none of you have an excuse not to buy it:
http://www.play.com/Games/GameCube/4-/116537/Skies_Of_Arcadia_Legends/Product.html
Get it now you cocks

[darksnowman]

Good find. I hope to see a good resurgence in this thread now as Im absolutely positive people are gonna be snapping this up.

What a game and what a price.

I think I put this as my No. 1 GameCube game. Its the epic stuff that legends are made of chaps. You heard the boy, theres no excuse for anyone not to have and love this now. :bouncy:

[/ nando /]

I'm tempted.. but I don't buy things online.. grr

[darksnowman]

I'm tempted.. but I don't buy things online.. grr

No, you are joking right?! :confused: Click click, wave your cash bye bye as you in turn buy buy a fantastic game. :yay:

[/ nando /]

If I could get someone to buy it for me online, and then I pay them the money.. then I would probably consider getting it..

..it would also mean I would have to screw the promise I made to my girlfriend not to buy a game for the next month..

decisions decisions..

[darksnowman]

/ nando / she'd understand. I mean, didnt you get her to pick this up for you ages ago but you had to return it cos it was scratched to pieces? This is your chance. Make the transition. :hehe:

[Jasper]

I love this game. It was hard to find (and I didn't tnotice the thread 'till today), but it was worth the search. I played the game about three years ago now and I'm still in lvoe with it. It looks amazing and mroe challenging than any game ever and the grand feeling of a huge world to discover just can't be ignored. it's a tremendous experience. it's a story that makes you laugh. Like NGC Magazine described it once upon a time: every read a book that let the hair on your neck raise up? Ever heard a song that made you dance just because you loved dancing on it? Ever saw a film that made you cry?

Every single experience in this game, from the first immense story-twist untill the reuniting with old friends and the final blow against evil, is asking - no, screaming - for a place in your heart forever. It makes your spine tingle in every corner. It makes your heart make strange bumps and beats and your fingers twinkle and shake. It makes you sweaty, but it makes you feel good. This is probably one of the best games ever. From the first moment you roam the skies untill you cry after the ship-crash untill the moment you get a ship from a prince whose heart is on the right place.

Nothing to match it. If you lvoe RPG's - get it. Because every single split-second in the game is worth playing it.

Except those where you die and have to try that boss all over again. It mostly seems luck that you defeat them, but still you get a very comfortable feeling from this luck (and from the fact that the battle is over - because one turn extra would have probably bein game over).

My experiences with the game were great. I'll keep them stored in my heart forever...

[/ nando /]

..I'm sold.. think I'll order it later from play.com while I have the chance :yay:

Edit: in fact.. I just did.. hope I did the right thing, I've never had an RPG like this before :blank:

..how long does it usually take to receive your order from Play (with 2nd class delivery)

Thanks for the heads up Stocka :smile:

[Stocka]

No problem, it's my pleasure :smile:
Should take 3-5 days probably, once it has been dispatched.

[/ nando /]

Just thought I would update to say it is now sold out and I'm starting to worry a little as I have now had 2 emails saying that my card details have been wrong.. I have modified them with the only problem I could possibly find with them.. but if they keep telling me it's wrong, they'll stop holding the copy for me.. won't they :wtf:

[ipaul]

NOOOO PLAY.COM HAVE SOLD OUT!! I was considering this as well ill never find it as cheap. Anyone think theyll get them back in stock?

[/ nando /]

I haven't had any emails about card problems today so i assume everything is ok on that front.. but then I haven't heard anything about it being ok either, nor has Skies been dispatched yet.. should I be concerned.. or just wait and see what happens..

[Stocka]

Wait and see, they may get more in stock soon anyway.

[/ nando /]

I rang up a little earlier and I was told my ammended card details have now been approved.. but I never got any word about the game all day and it doesn't say that it has been dispatched yet.. My details were right as of last night so should I not have had word today?

If I hear nothing tomorrow I will probably start to worry that Skies of Arcadia has slipped out of my grasp again :weep:

..but on the site, the status of my order is 'order taken' ..which means i AM getting it.. right..?

EDIT: Friggin hell, I phoned up and they said that because Skies sold out between the time I ordered and the time I fixed my card details, I will not be getting the game that there is practucally no chance of the game becoming available again.. a mini tantrum later and I'm still incredibly pissed off beyond belief.. words can't describe how annoyed I'm feeling right now.. :weep:

[demonmike04]

I got this game on boxing day, finished it yesterday/this morning after a ten hour session, took me 49 hours overall which is probably noob.

The games fuckin awesome, ebay it, go to CEX, check the pre-owned bins, you must have this game.

Just had to get out the final place so I can do some sidequests and the like.

[Nards]

I need to get this off ebay :O I rented it like 3 years ago and loved it but only got like 10 hours in :D

[/ nando /]

..In a strange twist, the now 'Sold Out' Skies of Arcadia from Play.com is now said to be 'Posted' and should arrive with me within 3-5 working days..

..I don't know whether to laugh or cry.. I was told I wasn't getting it, but I never cancelled my order and.. well.. now it seems I am getting it..

..so while it is great I am actually getting it (:yay:), it's £17.99 I wasn't expecting to disappear from my bank account..

..it's time to SAVE SAVE SAVE :D

[darksnowman]

Thats great news / nando / boy, see if you don't love the game after all this turmoil, you don't deserve it.

You'll never find the time to play it all though - took me about four or five months to do the thing and I still didnt get all the discoveries nor crew members. Huge game, with graphics that may put you off - between N64 and GameCube quality.

Enjoy. :awesome:

[/ nando /]

..there's no chance of the graphics putting me off :heh: ..I'm just not that shallow :grin:

..and it's a lifetime investment.. I'll get to the end... eventually :bouncy:

[Stocka]

I remember when I (luckily) got it for my birthday shortly after it was released, took over my life for a couple of months, and the memories will never fade away. LEGENDARY

[Patch]

There's no shortage of people singing this game's praises, so my post is probably a bit redundant here.

But this game is that good that I would consider it an injustice not to come on here and tell you that it's the best RPG on the Gamecube hands down and second only to Chronotrigger for all-time best RPG.

If you're into darker games, you might not get into it - although Ramirez scared the pants off me. This is a game that cheers me up every time I think of it; it's effortless exuberance and enthusiastic characters sweeps you along on a magical story that is truly varied and epic. There are bits I have never seen in an RPG before. It demands your attention from Minute 1 and grabs hold of you like a starving monkey until the 70-odd hours are up.

Buy it however you can. Now!

[Hero-of-Time]

There's no shortage of people singing this game's praises, so my post is probably a bit redundant here.

But this game is that good that I would consider it an injustice not to come on here and tell you that it's the best RPG on the Gamecube hands down and second only to Chronotrigger for all-time best RPG.

If you're into darker games, you might not get into it - although Ramirez scared the pants off me. This is a game that cheers me up every time I think of it; it's effortless exuberance and enthusiastic characters sweeps you along on a magical story that is truly varied and epic. There are bits I have never seen in an RPG before. It demands your attention from Minute 1 and grabs hold of you like a starving monkey until the 70-odd hours are up.

Buy it however you can. Now!


What he said ^^

[/ nando /]

..I'm really looking forward to it.. and have never really properly experienced an RPG like this before..

Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door is like an introduction to the genre for me.. and I love it (thank you, magicbuttons :smile:) ..When I get back to university next week I'll be getting really stuck into it.. stuff uni work :heh:

..Skies of Arcadia should be arriving some time next week, but since I will be away at university I won't see it until next weekend.. but the more you guys talk about it, the more I want it.. :hehe:

[Stocka]

Before Skies of Arcadia i'd never properly experienced a true 3D RPG either, and it now remains my favourite ever. I think the way people say your first big RPG will be your favourite is perhaps true (to an extent).

[|Laguna|]

Before Skies of Arcadia i'd never properly experienced a true 3D RPG either, and it now remains my favourite ever. I think the way people say your first big RPG will be your favourite is perhaps true (to an extent).

I agree, and seeing as (I'm pretty sure that) Final Fantasy VII was the first ever proper 3D RPG, it is why many people look on it with so much love. However, that's not to take any from the magnificence of Final Fantasy VII, plot-wise, even today it beats many other RPGs.

Stocka, you should really play a 3D Final Fantasy game at some point. I remember you saying that you had never played one. :(

[Stocka]

Stocka, you should really play a 3D Final Fantasy game at some point. I remember you saying that you had never played one. :(
Funny you should say that, one of my friends who is a massive final fantasy fan wants me to get into them so much, but like I said "i don't have a ps2" + "i'd have to play them all through from I-XII, because i'm awkward like that." I'm very tempted to get a ps2 and get them all but also part of me would rather not. If I was to get them i'd get a ps3 instead but then i really don't need one..

[Oxigen_Waste]

I just saw the thread title... and had to come post something. This was probably the game that got me into RPGs. I bought it almost 6 years ago, for the Dreamcast... and it remains one of my favorite RPGs of all time.
Damn this game is good. It was good on the DC and it remains good on the GC(although I never played it on the cube).

[WardyBoy14]

Before Skies of Arcadia i'd never properly experienced a true 3D RPG either, and it now remains my favourite ever. I think the way people say your first big RPG will be your favourite is perhaps true (to an extent).

Couldn't agree more. Golden Sun on GBA was the first real RPG I played and if it could ever be downloaded on the Wii VC I would buy in an instant.

I've started buying all the old GC games I either never bought or had to pawn for cash and want back. Just recently bought Baten Kaitos and am thinking of gettin this again and Tales of Symphonia.

There is one part (you all know which) where this goes from being a very good game to being a classic masterpeice which no other PRG I have played comes close to.

[Jasper]

Before Skies of Arcadia i'd never properly experienced a true 3D RPG either, and it now remains my favourite ever. I think the way people say your first big RPG will be your favourite is perhaps true (to an extent).

Jup - Skies of Arcadia was second in the line in my play, but I had the Golden Sun experience and I wanted something similar. And Skies just gave me the orgasm of the month. Back in the day, off course.

[Anolis E]

Despite the fact that many people here seem to have trouble finding this game, I have somehow managed to grab a copy but have committed the crime of not playing it yet. How did it get this far? Many years ago, a port of skies was announced for the PS2. Given the fact that I'm a huge RPG fan and anything from the dreamcast simply *had* to be awesome, I couldn't wait to get this game. Hence, I was majorly pissed off when the port was finally cancelled. Enter last year, when I found out there actually *had* been a port of skies, but only for the Cube. Since I wanted to buy a wii, and I was still pissed of about not having been able to play it on PS2 all those years ago, I got this game (a brand new copy) when I actually saw it lying in a store. The situation has changed, however, from the one all those years ago. For years I've pretty much been playing nothing else but RPG's, and since I finished FF7 (my first big RPG and which I still consider to be the greatest game of all time) for the second time about five months ago, I decided to take it a little easy for a while. I've been pretty much fasting since then when it comes to RPG's, waiting for that one gem to arrive that will be able to impress me again as FF7 once did. So here I have skies lying around in my room, and my question would now be: is this game worth it to break the fasting?

(sorry for the long post, and yes, this is my first post on this forum)

[darksnowman]

Anolis, Skies of Arcadia is the game you've been waiting for. Get stuck into it instead of procrastinating! :hehe:

[/ nando /]

..don't starve yourself any longer.. you've wasted enough time coming on here to make that post when you could be slipping the Skies disc into your Wii, watch the discs whirr for a few seconds on the screen, remembering you need to go find your GC memory card (you do have one.. right? :shakehead)

Play/Eat it now. And if you don't have a memory card, play it all in one go. Then in the early hours of sunday morning when you finish it, tell us about your feast.

[The Lillster]

I want to like this game, it's just that the battles take ages to start. Is there no way to skip that animation at the start of every battle?

[Anolis E]

Ok, I'm convinced. I'm first going to finish zelda:TP (which I consider to be an adventure, not an RPG, so it was alright for me to play it) and after that I'll start with skies. At the eighth dungeon right now, which actually took me around 88 hours. I want to get at least 100 hours out of the game, which shouldn't take much more than a week or two.

[Ten10]

Well tos does it for me but if I brought this instead of castlevania I would probably be singing a different tune.

[ace77799999]

I am stuck in Ixa Taxa and cannot find the golden statue at all.
All the guides say it is near the king's hut, but i cannot find it.
Someone tell me the exact location PLEASE

[Nards]

They need to bring this to VC! >.<

[Stocka]

They need to bring this to VC! >.<
DC/GC games are not on the VC. Just buy the GC version already

[Darkspine S]

I am stuck in Ixa Taxa and cannot find the golden statue at all.
All the guides say it is near the king's hut, but i cannot find it.
Someone tell me the exact location PLEASE

Its on top of one of those mountains, next to the Hut. Follow the direction of the finger to find whatemacallet (forgotten the name).

[Sméagol]

Finally finished the main quest yesterday, or the day before. But there's still plenty of stuff to do. Jeez, that last set of battles, allthought not really hard, calls for some endurance.. But epic it was. Actually, that fight with lord Zyvilin (?) Bane, just before the big battle, was quite a bit harder. I was totally unprepared too, there wasn't a savespot in the near vicinity, and I didn't know I was going to encounter him.. Good thing I defeated him first time around then I guess, but it may have been the hardest battle for me up to that point (I was at a point, where only Drachma was alive, with very little HP, I really don't know how and why I still recovered :D).

Anyway, still plenty stuff to do, but there are some other games waiting to be finished (or even getting started on), so I think Piastol has to wait for a while (allthough I wish I could get her and Belleza in my party instead of Fina and Aika :P).

I guess now I can go to the beginning of this thread though, and read all the spoilers..

[Hero-of-Time]

Congrats on beating one of the greatest RPGs around. You are right though, there is still plenty for you to do. The bounty missions are an awesome addition to the Cube version and I recommend to everyone that they get involved with them.

[darksnowman]

Good going Smeagol! What kept you?!

You must have been well levelled up by the end, cos I found it gruelling from both a difficulty point of view and endurance - it took me a whole day to get through the final set of battles! But wasnt it worth it?! And, I did die once and had to redo it all hardy-harr-harr.

Lord Bane was a right pain, you're right to say that.

I really liked the end sequence/ credits. Super game.

[Darkspine S]

Beat it again yesterday to see the ending. God, Zelos is a stubborn bastard.:angry:

[Sméagol]

Good going Smeagol! What kept you?!

You must have been well levelled up by the end, cos I found it gruelling from both a difficulty point of view and endurance - it took me a whole day to get through the final set of battles! But wasnt it worth it?! And, I did die once and had to redo it all hardy-harr-harr.

Lord Bane was a right pain, you're right to say that.

I really liked the end sequence/ credits. Super game.
What kept me? Ha.. Zelda TP.. Some Fire Emblem (also still not finished), some Magical Vacation (also not finished).. And some other still. Damn, I always intended to play 1 game at a time, but I always used to have 1 new game at a time :D. Now I'm trying to catch up on Cube games (and DS games to some extent), so I have plenty stuff to do.. I think I'll make finishing Fire Emblem my priority, then Magical Vacation, so I can properly start Resident Evil 4 en Final Fantasy 3. Oh and finish Phoenix Wright 1! But I got stuck at that one..

Anyway, I don't know what is considered a high level in this game. I normally like to grind, but I was glad I could finally avoid the random encounters while sailing in the end (by sailing in upper or deep sky). My Vyse was level 53 or 52, Aika & Fina were 52 or 51 I think, Drachma, which I had at the moment of the final battle, was level 40. I forgot what level Enrique and Gilder were, obviously something in between.

It was enough to make the final battles a breeze (also, for the ship battle, I had a stock of around 70 complete kits..). I kept dragging it out though, I didn't simply want to beat him, but I wanted to completely obliterate him, but he was too anoying for that (constantly eliminating my positive status changes).

It's the bounties in the game, that are hard though. After finishing tthe game, I checked out the Ice lands, and encountered ehh.. That guy with his lucky cat. He completely wasted me, I was trying my usual routine (first turn Fina's eternal blessing, then all next turns Aika's delta shield and Vyse's skull shield, the others will raise spirit, untill I can cast blue rogues). But his 2 sidekicks proved too much om my first (and only for now) try.

Oh and, my playtime is around 60 hours at the moment, dunno the exact number.

[Sparko]

Well I finally got around to getting this, I just won it on ebay! After reading this topic I'm really excited about it, can't wait to play it.

[Roostophe]

I've been playing this again for the last couple of weeks now, and I wish I could play the Dreamcast version again, as it would probably put me into a time warp and it'll be 2001 all over again.

Skies of Arcadia: Absolute. Fecking. Genius! :bowdown:

[Retro_Link]

Selling my copy of Skies if anyone is interested?

http://www.n-europe.com/forum/showthread.php?p=560029#post560029

It's currently on ebay,
but anyone without an ebay account could make me an early offer!?

[3p!c3ntr3]

I have played this game I think vyse is really gar do want

[Tellyn]

Goddamnit I could have gotten this game today. I saw it for 20 pounds, and my mate was letting me buy some stuff with his store credit, he didn't think there'd be enough for it so he just got me Soul Calibur II and Metroid Prime 2, but in the end there WAS enough. Damn it. :(

[thomaschung]

I've got this game, but I think it's well overrated. May have been good at the time, but after playing both Tales of Symphonia and Baten Kaitos, this game was just not very good. I hated the Ship battles. Also, hate the random battles.

[Mascot1063]

i love this game, but i play it on the dreamcast