Ahhh, that sucks. I'll just say that when you play Mass Effect 2, be sure to do EVERYTHING before you do the last thing to beat the game, otherwise you'll have party members permenantly die and be unavailable in ME3.

People usually need a second playthrough to get everyone through it alive, but as long as you know ahead of time that you need to do pretty much everything to accomplish that, you should be okay. Just don't rush.

Let's see, gonna list them more for my own reference than anything else.

Mass Effect 1:
Garrus Vakarian
Tali Zorah
Liara T'Soni
Urdnot Wrex
Ashley Williams OR  Kaiden Alenko

Mass Effect 2:
Garrus Vakarian
Tali Zorah
Miranda Lawson
Jacob Taylor
Jack
Thane Krios
Samara OR Morinth
Legion
Grunt
Mordin Solus
Zaeed Masoni (DLC)
Kasumi Groto (DLC)

Mass Effect 3:
Garrus Vakarian
Tali Zorah
Liara T'Soni
Ashley Williams OR Kaiden Alenko
EDI
James Vega
Javik (DLC)

Yeah, now that I look at it, you're given replacements in ME3, since the only people that you'll lose from your playable squad will be Garrus and Tali if you let them die (IMO the two best characters in the game outside of Wrex, so you better not you fucker! )

All the other characters play pretty big parts throughout ME3, though. From what I understand they get generic replacements if you let them die in ME2. Not game breaking by any means, but it's awesome to see these familiar characters in sequels.

I'm just not going to fret over it if it happens. I've yet to really care about any of the characters what so ever, lol.

lmfao, I'm not going to try to kill them off, but I'm going to make the choices I make and if that results in half of them dying, so be it!

Yeah that sounds about right. XIII is near the bottom of my list for sure, that was a real blunder. FF hasn't been right in a decade though, so I mean that's what you expect. FFVII and FFVIII are right near the top of my all time list though, top 5 for sure. I miss when FFs were great, I remember when VIII came out and I was just like, in awe of it. Even IX which I know many people consider their favorite (I think it's somewhere around 6-7th for me) was a great experience, the kind where you start playing at like 8pm and you get up to use the bathroom and realize it's 7am and daylight outside and you're like “shit?”

I actually enjoyed Final Fantasy X. The voice acting wasn't the best, but the storyline was pretty good and I love the Sphere Grid and combat.

Final Fantasy IX is still my favorite, but that's moreso becuse of the characters.

Post edited 5:22 pm – January 9, 2013 by flutebringer

KH2 was awesome. I'm waiting for a KH bundle to come on the PSN. FFX was good, it actually has my favorite battle system. I'm a big fan of summoning and loved how the summons didn't just come do one attack then leave. They actually became party members you could use. FFIX had the hardest final boss battle I've ever played. Mainly because you need to get the abilities to block status effects because he throws everything at you. All this talk about FF makes me want to go back and play some of the old ones. Any suggestions on which FF, between 1-6, to play.

griff said:

KH2 was awesome. I'm waiting for a KH bundle to come on the PSN. FFX was good, it actually has my favorite battle system. I'm a big fan of summoning and loved how the summons didn't just come do one attack then leave. They actually became party members you could use. FFIX had the hardest final boss battle I've ever played. Mainly because you need to get the abilities to block status effects because he throws everything at you. All this talk about FF makes me want to go back and play some of the old ones. Any suggestions on which FF, between 1-6, to play.

If you're going to play a FF between 1-6 the #1 suggestion would be FF6, as it is probably the best of all the FFs (and in my top 3, though not my fav, I recognize it is a better game in most cases than VII and VIII). Also Regardless of what Andy says, FFIV is an amazing game and would be my second suggestion.

As for the talk about KHs.
I loved KH, aside from the horrific camera control. KH2 just took that story and made it so convoluted and ridiculous that it pretty much ruined the franchise for me. Half that shit doesn't make any sense at all. Also the dialog is SO bad, and the boss battles lack all the amazement and fun of KH's. The camera was fixed though… Birth By Sleep I just couldn't get into from the start, I never got more than 3 hours in.

They butchered the story so much with KH2 that they completely lost me. I'll probably never really be into the franchise again, I'm very surprised there has never been a KH3, I mean I know they would have to spend a lot to make it, but it would sell pretty well I think, better than handheld titles do.

Star Ocean is another franchise that's gone into the wastebucket for me in the last two gens. (I really don't like SO4, and 3 wasn't very good for me either) I'm sure lydeck will have something to say about this! lol, I know he loves SO2.

There are really only 2 long standed RPG franchises I think have continued to hold up their ends. Dragon Quest has continued to bed a great franchise (not sure about where it's headed these days though). The other is the Ys franchise which has actually picked up in popularity recently, they released like 2 new games on the PSP and released just about every past one for it as well. the Ys I & II pack is especially great.