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Alundra 2: A New Legend Begins. American Deer Hunter. Although Vib-Ribbon is one of the most visually primitive games ever released for the original PlayStation, ironically it could now most easily be mistaken for a contemporary indie title.
In this minimalist rhythm platformer, you play Vibri, a rabbit who must traverse courses generated procedurally from the music, all rendered in simple, white-line vector graphics set against a black background. Monster Rancher previously explored the use of CDs to generate material, but Vib-Ribbon was the first to integrate the content itself into the game. Well ahead of the curve for both rhythm games and minimalist, procedural platformers, Vib-Ribbon feels nearly timeless now.
FF9 follows the rogueish Zidane, the rebellious princess Garnett, and their assembled friends taking on the sinister Queen Brahne and her world domination plans. Perhaps the most famous entry of the premier Japanese RPG franchise, FF7 was a massive, breakout event for the series by throwing out 2D visuals for 3D rendering.
It reached far wider audiences than ever before. Squaresoft RPG Chrono Trigger is still widely considered as one of the greatest video games of all time.
The game features over 50 recruitable characters, each with a unique quest to follow, making it impossible to see everything in a single playthrough. The connections to the first game are not obvious at first, but ultimately it ties them all together in an interesting and resonant tale that frequently meditates on loss and regret. You play as the amnesiac young man Fei Fong Wong in a quest to save the world from Deus, an ancient planet-killing weapon that gained sentience.
Gameplay features both conventional, Final Fantasy- style active time battles as well as fights in the eponymous Gears giant mecha suits that involve managing action points and developing combos. Like Parasite Eve , it features pausable, real-time combat and the ability to target and be targeted on specific body parts, crippling particular capabilities.
Combined with an elaborate weapon crafting and armor system, it provides a rich and focused tactical playground that players enjoyed experimenting with over the years. Square essentially retconned the game into Ivalice, the world of Final Fantasy Tactics and XII , but even without that, it stands alone as a beloved classic for its mature story and mechanical depth. Following the explosive, global success of FF7 was a tall order, but Square managed to keep aggressively evolving the series for its immediate sequel, Final Fantasy VIII.
FF8 was the first in the series to feature realistically proportioned characters and continued the move from FF7 towards the fantasy-infused sci-fi aesthetics that defined later entries. The story revolves around Squall Leonhart and a party of other freshly-trained SeeD mercenaries in a quest that quickly turns from political to world-ending stakes.
This system draws finite quantities of spells from enemies that you can cast or keep to buff up particular stats. Suidoken II features both standard turn-based party battles in the vein of Final Fantasy as well as large-scale, strategic engagements on a grid more reminiscent of Fire Emblem.
The Secret of Mana series grew up alongside Final Fantasy in the 8- and bit eras. It generally takes a slightly lighter tone and substitutes turn-based battles with more open, action RPG gameplay. Legend of Mana is the fourth entry following the fantastic Seiken Densestsu 3 for SNES, which is still not officially localized in the west.
Players accomplish this quest by literally placing parts of the land — which were previously sealed in artifacts — on the map. Their relative placement affects the world. Instead, the studio filled it to the brim with lush, beautiful 2D graphics. The game is universally praised for rembling an animated film and aging exceptionally well. In its prime, Secret of Mana received criticism for making the story feel too diffuse.
In retrospect, its nonlinear, system-rich approach now feels ahead of its time. Set in the world of Filgaia, you play a scrappy band of wandering adventurers called Dream Chasers. Using both 2D sprites for exploration, and 3D rendered battle sequences, Wild Arms was an interesting transitional game between the and bit eras.
It mostly stands out for its compelling setting, however, fusing science and magic in a way reminiscent of — but also completely distinct from — Final Fantasy VI. In typical genre fashion, he assembles a motley crew for a quest that spirals up to defeating a world-ending god of destruction. The story is standard genre fare. You assume the role of a martial artist from a village at the edge of the world that sets out on a quest to beat back the Mist.
It consumed the surface and spawned countless monsters, pushing humanity to the brink. Legaia stood out for its combat system, which is turn-based but also heavily derives from fighting games. Legaia added a tactical richness to combat that few of its peers could match, and is a franchise worth re-examining. Adapted from a popular, contemporary Japanese novel of the same name, Parasite Eve is a bit of a genre hybrid from developer Square. Equal parts action RPG and survival horror, it follows a New York City cop trying to stop an entity named Eve from destroying humanity through spontaneous combustion.
In retrospect, its infusion of RPG progression systems into a survival horror framework can be seen reflected in more modern games such as The Evil Within , though its pausable real-time combat has been less explored subsequently. Several years before the original Call of Duty game kicked off the now-oversaturated WW2 first-person shooter genre, Medal of Honor set the bar. Steven Spielberg developed the story, working with the same historical military consultants he collaborated with on Saving Private Ryan.
Critics and fans also praised its gameplay as one of the most generally refined shooters released to date. The original Tony Hawk Pro Skater was an enormous success when it launched in , but the follow-up a year later truly cemented it as one of the most beloved skateboarding games of all time.
The action centers around arcade-style gameplay, with the player flipping and grinding over open levels to rack up as many points as possible from tricks and combos within two minutes.
Collectibles and level-specific objectives keep it spicy, and the addition of level- and skater-creation tools give it a ton of replayability. The series continued through the ill-received Tony Hawk Pro Skater 5 in , but for many, the second remains the definitive entry and still one of the most highly rated sports games of all time.
If you need a multiplayer game that anybody can pick up and play, this mini-game collection should definitely be in your library. Bishi Bashi Special is a compilation of Super Bishi Bashi and Hyper Bishi Bashi, containing 85 different button-bashing challenges with a variety of bizarre themes, ranging from kicking mobsters to chucking custard pies at your wedding guests.
If it had simply done that, that would be one thing. But this version did so much more, adding new characters to complete the inclusion of the Super Street Fighter II cast, as well as a World Tour mode that allowed players to customize their characters via fighting challenges.
It felt absolutely stuffed with content back in , and remains satisfying for both lone players and those of a more competitive nature. Is it fair to say that Tenchu was one of the first authentic ninja games ever? We think so. While the shadowy assassins had never been short of videogame representation, they had typically appeared in action games.
By requiring the player to exercise caution and stealthily assassinate targets, Tenchu really re-examined what ninja games should be, and played a part in the growing stealth-action genre. What is the rarest PS1? How many PS1 classics are there? Can you get PS1 classics on PS4? What was the last game for PS1? How many PlayStation games are there in North America?
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