SKY PIRATES

ALPHA STOOOOORMM

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It remains one of my favorite (J)RPGs of all. The setting is great, everything is bursting with vibrant color and character, and the mechanics are pretty cool as well. Ship battles made for a welcome change of pace compared to foot battles.

My only concern is where we go from here. It was a well-contained story with a satisfying conclusion, and Vyse has already done everything of significant note that is to be done in the world; shit, he even proved the world was round by crossing the one-though impenetrable Dark Rift.

>>386453164
The only way a sequel could work would have it either be a reboot and retell the same story "the age of exploration is dawning on Arcadia" or have a story set hundreds of years in the future after some apocalypse and "the age of exploration is dawning on Arcadia" again.

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better sky pirates

>>386452703
What´s with sky pirates and space pirates that awaken the adventure spirit in every man? It seems like a lost concept whenever I try to explain the romance of it all to my female collegues.

>>386453672
Just have it so the silver continent rising fucked up the world and moved all the islands around.

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>>386453164
SPACE PIRATES!

>>386452703
I remember playing the demo I got on a magazine about twenty times. Still one of my favourite games.

>>386455093
Because exploring in three dimensions is more interesting than exploring in two dimensions.

>>386455093
The vast majority of your ancestors are female. Even in modern times women have about an 80% chance of reproduction and men 40%. Simply put, there is no evolutionary pressure on women to seek out mates. If they do nothing and sit around people will come to them and they can reproduce. Men on the other hand need to impress potential mates to prove they're worth it. Exploration was primarily done by men because the scenario is "I'm probably not going to reproduce anyways, but if I can explore and discover riches and survive, I'll be able to win a mate". Evolutionary pressure made men risk takers and women risk adverse and those tendencies are still built into men and women's brains, so when you discuss exploration and adventure your brain sees "a chance a upping my status and increases my chances at reproduction" and a female brain sees "a chance to die and end my genetic line".

>>386453707
this

SEA OF THIEVES WHEN

>>386455261
I'd die for a rogue galaxy in a modern engine with all the amenities that brings.

>>386455093
Duh, I know right. Fuck women xD

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I never asked for this feel

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Someone needs to do a Chad X Virgin version of this. Vigoro is taller, stronger and has better hair than Vyse. Aika also sucked is cock in the deleted scenes.

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So true.

>>386459651
>Aika also sucked is cock in the deleted scenes.
Sauce?
And don't give me no wikipedia fan theory shit
I want legit proof

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>>386459860
It's implied because he's so fucking alpha.

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>>386459860
Aika didn't suck Vigoro's cock, but he was practically manhandling her before Vyse rescued her from the Grand Fortress jail.

>>386453164
>My only concern is where we go from here
Prequel in the distant past with Daccat.

But for what it's worth, there was an interview with the development team back when Skies 2 was still being planned and it seemed like it was still going to feature Vyse and friends. Of course, that was 14 years ago now.

>>386452703
I wanted to try skies of arcadia, but the combat is way too slow and tedious. Is it worth it later on?

>>386462625
When you get your own ship, you can avoid a lot of overworld battles. Dungeon battles can get tedious, and there's no real way around them. So many JRPGs were like that in those days.

>>386462625
Important question: are you playing the Dreamcast or GameCube version?

I really really really want to see this again

>>386463092
>GameCube version
It's hard to appreciate the soundtrack on this version. It's kind of like the Skyrim remaster, with a shitty downgraded bitrate. The music is one of the best things about Skies of Arcadia, so it's hard for me to recommend the Gamecube version, despite the obvious improvements.

>>386463092
gamecube since I already have dolphin all set up

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>>386453164
>>386453672
>>386462090
>>386463471
You fools!
Have you learned nothing from the constant monkey paws?

>>386463767
Well shit, Sega actually admitted it. They really need to get their shit together.
and can someone please tell me why it matters which version I play?

>>386464228
Dreamcast
>Higher encounter rate
>Better quality audio
Gamecube
>Lower encounter rate
>Experience scale reduced to compensate
>Worse quality audio
>No Pinta minigame
>New moonfish sidequest
>Additional bosses
>More bounties

>>386463767
I forgot how this site was called, but it had some really funny parody articles.

>>386463767
>>386464228
>>386464853
P4RGaming, the Onion of vidya news. It's defunct now.

>>386464625
>Higher encounter rate
Well I'm absolutely never touching the Dreamcast version.

>>386456627
>The vast majority of your ancestors are female
Look I'm not a doctor but I have this sneaking suspicion that the number of my female ancestors is exactly equal to my male ones.

>>386461548
What was Vyse's line here? "Hey Aika, do you want me to come back later?"

>>386463767
>>386453164

I wish they'd did a FF/DQ style "sequel", different world but with the same style.

>>386465681
Yes, it was that. That whole prison break sequence managed to be funny, creepy, heartwarming and cool all at the same time, I have particularly fond memories of running on the outside wall of the fortress and riding the elevator as the wall is rotating, it conveyed a massive sense of scale.

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>>386466079
>mfw busting out of the Grand Fortress with the Moonstone Cannon

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>turn based

>>386465486

Do you even know what "ancestors" means?

It includes people beyond those who had sex in your honor retard.

All of whom are shaking their heads at you right now.

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>>386466202
>Grand Fortress held reputation as impenetrable and inescapable
>Symbol of the indomitable might of Valua
>Vyse successfully escapes from the Grand Fortress
>Twice

>>386464228
>>386463767
Can you guys do a 3 second google search before spreading misinformation? This is satire.

Never got to play this back in the day. Is it really, actually good? Or is this Sega's Legend of Dragoon?

>>386452703
THREAD THEME MOFUCKERS
FEEL THE GOOSEBUMPS
THIS SONG IS PURE ADVENTURE
YEAH!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1LAhY_uRnI

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>>386466816
>mfw you talk to townsfolk after escaping and rumors of your exploits begin to spread

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>>386466983
It's really actually good. It's one of those things where it's cliche as fuck if you look at it on paper, but it reminds you why those cliches work in the first place.

Also one of the few examples of a canonical OT3 ending, because Vyse is a fucking boss.

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>>386467137
Fuck me, this game did such an absolutely amazing job of making you feel like you were on an awesome adventure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFcH84oNU6s

>>386466879
No, I don't care enough
not after seeing forces

>>386466983
It was a notable change of pace and atmosphere compared to other JRPGs of the time. Nowhere was this more evident than with the main character himself. Unlike other MCs of his era, Vyse was an upbeat guy and decidedly NOT a pussy about anything; he would call you a bitch to your face if he didn't think you were living up to your potential ("'Impossible' is a word people use to feel good about themselves when they quit").

And like >>386467282 said, it's one of the only instances of a true harem ending: Aika and Fina BOTH won the Vysebowl.

>Friend tells me game is good
>Track down copy on Gamecube
>Exchange all the monies for it
>Game is actually shit
>Awful character models
>Janky animations
>Terrible writing
>Cringey weeb characters
>DAD, DAD, CALL ME CAPTAIN, DAD, DAD, DAD
>Awful camera in combat that's zoomed in so close all you can see is the awful characters faces
>Horrible LOLSORANDOM encounters every two seconds
>Broken combat animations that play before they're even meant to
>Garbage shallow combat that doesn't even take position into account
>Horrible ship piloting mechanics
>Antiquated "save" points
>Tell my friend she's a fat bitch and isn't welcome to suck my dick anymore

JRPG fans are the fucking worst, you're games are shit, your taste is shit and you need to seriously reevaluate your lives if you think JRPG's contain ANYTHING of worth.

>>386466983
Let me put it this way
You know how /v/ is contrarian and loves to shitpost everything?
Skies of Arcadia is one of the very few games that even /v/ considers to be a good JRPG to the point where people have actually said in threads that they don't want to shit it up
That speaks volumes

>>386467282
damn
i'd smash aika so hard

>>386452703
Fucking amazing game.

The only thing I hated was how the final 3 moon crystals are just "randomly" thrown in your face. First 3 is alway new continent, new people, new dungeons, but after that ...

Also the 4th party member is kinda useless. Should' ve kept it about the trio.

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>>386459443
THOSE FUCKING CREDITS

>>386467472
>putting all this effort into a shitpost
kys

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>>386467329
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0F-hJjD3XAs

>>386467628
>Justice Shield
>useless
Nigga that shit was mandatory to survive most of the boss fights

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>>386459443

vastly underrated character

one of the best vengeful father figures in video game history

>>386467472

if you're turning down blowjobs because she likes one game you don't like, that's a pretty strange state of affairs.

the dreamcast version has a better soundtrack.

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*blocks your path*

Was actually about to go buy a gamecube controller and memory card so I could play this today. But it's raining.

Actually do I even need a memory card when playing on a hacked wii?

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>>386467628
I know what you mean.
It kind of felt like they phoned it in with the Purple Moon Crystal.
There was 1 town/dungeon combined and that was it. Boom, we got the Moon Crystal.
In Ixa'taka there were what 2 dungeons, a town, ship battles, a Gigas battle and merchants.

>>386452703
>typically called sky pirates in fiction
>SoA calls them air pirates
This always bugged me.

>>386468090
Hey, don't knock the Purple Kingdom. That's the finale of Drachma's character arc.

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>>386467282
>Also one of the few examples of a canonical OT3 ending, because Vyse is a fucking boss.
TORRENTING RIGHT FUCKING NOW

>>386468239
Hey now, I never said it was bad
I', just saying that compared to the other Moon Crystal quests, it was lacking in content

>>386468212
"Sky" implies ground. There is no ground in Arcadia, none that we can see.

It's just a really fun adventure, yeah there are some parts where the gameplay goes downhill or becomes to easy or just boring (because of encounter rates) but the adventure keeps on going and keeps you interested and things somewhat open up gameplay wise later on to keep it a bit fresh.

>>386463628
is it possible to mod the gamecube game and add music from the dreamcast?

>>386467628
It felt like the purple + yellow crystals together only took as long as one of the previous ones. That said, it makes sense for the purple crystal since it was in a completely abandoned continent and the yellow one was just completing the exploration of the Valuan continent you had already done in parts three other times throughout the game. Silver crystal was fine since you got to explore the Great Silver Shrine and Soltis anyway.

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>>386468935
>Valua could use a little rain

>>386468331
Aside from the "submarine" part.

>>386456627

christmas cake

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>>386455093
>>386456096

this burn is thefunniest shit i've seen on /v/ in months

>>386469175
>think Belleza's crush on Galcian was just a minor character quirk
>Galcian uses it to manipulate her into getting killed by the Rains of Destruction
>she survives
>her payback towards the end
Lots of characters and everyone felt memorable and essential

>>386466983
Gameplay is pretty dated in some areas but if you can get over that then its an alright game.

>>386467850
The classic post boss boss

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You guys makes me want to play it again.

Are there some hacks/mods/textures packs/whatever to make my new run better on Dolphin, or it's just the base game and that's it?

Too bad the only Skies of Arcadia thing in recent times was the Rogue's Landing track from Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed. But they did a great job with it. When they showed it to the director of the original game Shuntaro Tanaka he cried tears of joy because of how accurately they captured the spirit of the original game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNdWk3yeQII

Maybe Sumo digital could make a good sequel.

>>386473614
Sumo specializes in racing games mostly. They nailed the visual design, but outside of the visual assets the game itself would be better off in first-party hands.

>>386464625
Didn't the Gamecube version have an additional playable character?

>>386474397
Nope

>>386474397
There were rumors Piastol was initially meant to be playable, but she was just an important new side character.

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>>386473614
>flying in formation with the Delphinus
It's fucking beautiful

Honestly, I really like the game but it's hard to recommend to people because of the encounter rate and really slow combat. I'd like to see a remake if only to improve the battle system.

>>386474851
This made no sense, because 4th party members rarely mattered for most cutscenes, so putting another line in for her a couple times couldn't have been that tough.

>>386475198
Skies of Arcadia would be 10x better if they copied Tales of Vesperia combat system and made enemies appear on the overworld instead of using random encounters.

It would also be cool if they had a skit system near save points like Graces F.

>>386475198
I assume she would've just been selectable for the endgame when you need to go to Soltis, like you can with Drachma, Gilder and Enrique, since you need to finish Dangral Island to complete her questline anyway. It would've been pretty useless to get her at that point, a shame there was no postgame to make use of such a feature.

>>386475618
As long as they didn't do it on the overworld, too. One of my favorite parts of the game was the "holy shit, what is that?" when seeing one of the few giant monsters flying around. Actually, I wouldn't mind them doing away with random encounters on the overworld altogether.

>>386475747
This would have been nice, even to have it as a useless option. I pretty much always dragged Enrique along for his justice shield anyway, which kind of made things boring sometimes.

>>386475618
>random encounters
It was probably a result of hardware limitations. Grandia II on the Dreamcast did this, but it had a shitty Isometric perspective. Skies was full 3D man. Although, if they managed to have 3D models roaming around villages, it begs the question why couldn't it work in dungeons... maybe not in the open skies though.

>>386475961
So did I on my first playthrough (although I played it so many times I brought all three along over multiple playthroughs), but the game pushes Drachma for the endgame, in the cutscene before it he says he'll go with you while Enrique says they'll stay behind and cover you with Gilder at his side.

>>386467763
you know he is just ahab right?

>>386475618
>>386475961
Go ruin another game with your weeb ez mechanics.

>>386467137
best village theme coming in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrofKFM5EOs&list=RDgr9EXnpqGKA&index=2

>>386452703
I played a jrpg before that had the same premise but I REALLY don't think it was this one

the protag had red hair and I remember one of the first scenes being on an airship with some goofy cartoon villian pirates talking

the train scene during your first escape from GF was amazing

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>>386475618
>Skies of Arcadia would be 10x better if they copied a game released 8 years later