Topic: Radical Dreamers (Read 2623 times)

Air · « **on:** March 23, 2008, 10:55:39 PM »

Anyone else play this game? I thought it was really cool. Kinda like a good suspense novel played like a hentai dating-sim.

Thad · « **Reply #1 on:** March 23, 2008, 11:05:02 PM »

It wasn't bad. I don't think it really qualified as a game since there was no way to lose.

I DO know that debating whether Guile is Magus makes for some spectacular fights.

Air · « **Reply #2 on:** March 23, 2008, 11:10:02 PM »

Quote from: Thad on March 23, 2008, 11:05:02 PM

It wasn't bad. I don't think it really qualified as a game since there was no way to lose.

Actually, you could lose. Try getting to the other side of the that one room when the fish are trying to eat you, or letting that spiky sealing crush you. Also, you do actually have hit-points, and if they reach 0 you will die.

A² · « **Reply #3 on:** March 24, 2008, 12:09:02 AM »

Quote from: Thad on March 23, 2008, 11:05:02 PM

It wasn't bad. I don't think it really qualified as a game since there was no way to lose.

I DO know that debating whether Guile is Magus makes for some spectacular fights.

I read somewhere that some programmer originally wanted to make it a lot more obvious he was Magus, but then pulled most of it and left it up in the air just to see discussion about the game.

Arc · « **Reply #4 on:** March 24, 2008, 08:26:45 AM »

A haunting affair. Mitsuda's softly textured score along with the overly descriptive narrative linger in the conscious after completion.

That, and Kid calls Lynx a Pedophile.

Bongo Bill · « **Reply #5 on:** March 24, 2008, 11:17:53 AM »

graphcis sucks int his

Koah · « **Reply #6 on:** March 24, 2008, 01:27:51 PM »

I think I liked the idea of Radical Dreamers more when it was canon. Or maybe I just have a massive hate-on for the guy who wrote the Chrono Cross script, what with the whole "also wrote Final Fantasy VII and Xenogears" thing.

Also, I think they came out and said that Gil was Magus in RD. Would make him looking for Kid (who was Schala) make more sense, at least.

Büge · « **Reply #7 on:** March 24, 2008, 05:24:02 PM »

I found the lack of Harle disturbing.

Kayma · « **Reply #8 on:** March 24, 2008, 06:02:25 PM »

Quote from: Arc on March 24, 2008, 08:26:45 AM

A haunting affair. Mitsuda's softly textured score along with the overly descriptive narrative linger in the conscious after completion.

Best part, in my opinion.

Arc · « **Reply #9 on:** March 24, 2008, 07:41:00 PM »

Now look what you made me do.

Air · « **Reply #10 on:** March 24, 2008, 08:36:16 PM »

Quote from: Arc on March 24, 2008, 07:41:00 PM

Now look what you made me do.

Thad · « **Reply #11 on:** March 24, 2008, 09:49:14 PM »

Quote from: Büge on March 24, 2008, 05:24:02 PM

I found the lack of Harle disturbing.

I must be the only one who effing hated Harle.

Possibly even slightly more than I hated Kid.

Air · « **Reply #12 on:** March 24, 2008, 09:51:58 PM »

Quote from: Thad on March 24, 2008, 09:49:14 PM

Quote from: Büge on March 24, 2008, 05:24:02 PM
I found the lack of Harle disturbing.

I must be the only one who effing hated Harle.

Possibly even slightly more than I hated Kid.

How can you hate those two?
Edit: The Image for this topic sucks. Thats from Chrono Cross, not Radical Dreamers. THERES A DIFFERANCE!!!

Brentai · « **Reply #13 on:** March 24, 2008, 09:59:38 PM »

...but...she...

Koah · « **Reply #14 on:** March 24, 2008, 10:00:29 PM »

Well, one of them is an obnoxious confrontational shrew with an annoying accent that tries to come across as some sort of action girl but ends up getting into situations where you need to bail her out repeatedly (her high point is being tricked by Lynx in Serge's body... when Lynx!Serge is wearing his HELLO I AM EVIL outfit), aaaaand the other is an obnoxious creepy friggin' clown (My exact quote was "She's a clown, for fuck's sake. How can you sexualize a clown?") with an annoying accent that brings the plot to a screeching halt whenever she says more than two sentences, largely because she refuses to shut up about anything ever.

But I might be biased a little.

Thad · « **Reply #15 on:** March 24, 2008, 10:03:24 PM »

I don't think you're SUPPOSED to like Kid. I mean, the game rewards you every time you tell her to take a hike.

And let's not forget that the game's biggest plot twist required Schala's hair color to be retconned.

Dooly · « **Reply #16 on:** March 24, 2008, 10:19:29 PM »

Quote from: O. Hakubi on March 24, 2008, 10:00:29 PM

She's a clown, for fuck's sake. How can you sexualize a clown?

Bongo Bill · « **Reply #17 on:** March 24, 2008, 11:00:42 PM »

Quote from: O. Hakubi on March 24, 2008, 10:00:29 PM

with an annoying accent

That is every character in Chrono Cross.

Thad · « **Reply #18 on:** March 24, 2008, 11:37:45 PM »

Well, how ELSE are you going to tell them apart?

Trying to give actual PERSONALITIES to a cast of dozens of playable characters is so Suikoden.

Koah · « **Reply #19 on:** March 25, 2008, 12:03:40 AM »

Quote from: Thad on March 24, 2008, 10:03:24 PM

I don't think you're SUPPOSED to like Kid. I mean, the game rewards you every time you tell her to take a hike.

The game goes out of its way to make it seem like you're supposed to care about her, though. Like if you give up on trying to save her after she gets poisoned (right after Funny Accent #15 tells you the cure doesn't exist anymore), FA15 acts like you're the bastard spawn of Stalin, Jeffery Dahlmer and Stevie Case despite telling you that searching for the cure would be meaningless. Presumably, it's the thought that counts.

Also, the dwarves in that game were assholes.

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