Wild Arms

[dw_slainhope]

Okay....If nobody knows what Wild Arms is on this site....I'm gonna do something drastic. Like....um....become a pirate....or....poke the president or something...

Honestly, this was on of my favorite games for Playstation and I can't talk to anyone about it! I still have yet to find a person who knows what it is.

[Crave]

I know what it is. o_O

[Lucca]

Ah sorry, can't help you there. I've only played Wild Arms 3 and seen the first few episodes of the tv series. I wouldn't be too surprised 'though if someone here has played it.

[Toma-kun]

I played the original Playstation game, but I was never able to finish it because my friend wanted it back. It was unique to say the least. I can't say too much about the newer games though, they just never appealed to me.

The one thing I remember about the game was the main guy, he just sorta stood out.

[Soul_Angel]

Wow. The one thread that I didn't post in and it's 2 years old! Amazing.

I've heard of Wild Arms. Can't say that it was an amazing game. Nor do I really consider it a "retro" game. There may be people here that disagree, but personally anything with 8 or 16 bit graphics should be considered "retro".

[Toma-kun]

It was pretty darn retro, kinda like the Lunar games. Seems like they only used the CD for music and anime cutscenes and not much else.

[Soul_Angel]

Wow. I didn't realize how retro it was until I saw that.

[Lucca]

I suppose the definition of "retro" varies from person to person but yeah, I would say that it was. The graphics were sprite-based, not polygonal. That may seem pretty common for a PS1 rpg, but for a while Sony Entertainment America had a real stigma against 2D games, and wouldn't allow publishers to localize them. Many of the early titles didn't see a release outside Japan. Thankfully, Sony relaxed over time or else we would have never seen the likes of Symphony of the Night or the Suikoden games. In my opinion a lot of these sprite-based games have aged better than some of the polygonal ones.
Er, please excuse my rambling. I just picked up Wild Arms 3 for $5 ....new! Can't really go wrong at that price.

[Soul_Angel]

Don't you just love that? You can pick up a game for a ridiculously low price now.

[UPRC]

Speaking of Wild Arms... It is available for download on the Playstation Store for either the PS3 or PSP.

I played it a bit recently and could not help but laugh at the game. It has aged terribly, but most early 3D console games have.

[Toma-kun]

I played it when it originally came out, never got around to finishing it before I gave it back to my buddy.

[UPRC]

I truthfully found Wild Arms to be very unforgiving. I tried to play through the girl's scenario and found battles to be ridiculously hard on her. I think I could be killed in three hits or so, roughly. I never played Wild Arms enough to know if it was a truly difficult game or not, though.