Vagrant Story

Remove the 15 elemental properties, streamline to something like 4.

>>3978241

Make it fully real time instead of semi-real time. Should have been more Zelda 64, rather than Final Fantasy. Playing Dark Souls I was like "yeah, this is what Vagrant story should have been like".

>>3978241
the game is fine as is, it's not its fault most of the people who play it are ADD riddled mongoloids who couldn't be bothered to read the in game manual and later whine about doing zero damage

>the turboautist defense force has arrived

>>3978275
>"waaah why can't I just shit on a game without providing any argument like on /v/ ;_;"

>>3978241
I don't know, OP, I think it's a great and very rewarding game as it is. It's just not braindead like many other games and requires some thinking.

>>3978284
Can't you just say a game is great without shitting on other games calling them "braindead"?

I don't know. Probably nothing.
For the kind of game it is, it lasts as long as it should, works as fine as it can.
If anything, I'd probably just increase the amount of polygons. Or at least change the cutscenes for totally hand drawn stuff, like in the MGS novel for the PSP.

>>3978241
You can't fix perfection, son.

A faster way to swap weapons, that's it

I would probably make it possible to skip spell animations so that buff/debuff/buff/debuff back-and-forth between enemies don't make you want to kill yourself

>>3978241
Nothing. It's not the game's fault retards go into it disappointed thinking it's a 3rd person action-adventure game instead of a 3D SRPG

Morons like >>3978258 are the reason the video game market is so stagnant and nobody tries to do anything new anymore

Weapon leveling system + Weapon degradation

That is why the game is broken, choosing just one would make Vagrant Story a great game.

I would finish the content that was supposed to go between the quarry and the cathedral. I don't buy the "cut almost 25% of the game" claim, but even I found the transition between areas rather jarring. It felt like the story skipped a beat and the pacing sped up abruptly for no clear reason.

Remove that fucking forest.

make the menus not a pain to navigate and probably what>>3978249 said but 4 is a little low maybe 6 or 8

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>>3978241
>How would you fix this game?
Remove Phantom Pain/Raging Ache.
Allow enemies to counter like you do.
Put all the cut content bar party member NPCs back in the game.
Remove wine and wine drops.
Give the localization to someone other than O'Smith.
Make a macro for quick swapping between the 8 weapons you have in the inventory.

There, I fixed Vagrant Story.

>>3978241
git gud and stop sucking at playing it

>>3980561
the snowflies blow in a certain direction anon
>>3980609
it does have the quick menu shortcuts though. you kind of have to realize that it is actually a turn based action rpg on the PSX. it pulls a lot of power from that hardware even as it is
>>3980806
>shit taste, the post
>>3980348
I honestly quite like it when a game gives you a narrow perspective on a broader story, it gives you that sense of wonder and curiosity about the world and goings on that you don't see, these characters have histories and personalities before you meet them that you never get to learn about entirely, that you have to sort of guess at and sleuth out sometimes

that's pretty cool
>>3980292
you can choose neither
>>3980057
use a different buff that they can't debuff
>>3978287
you should see how the game looks on one of the early ps3s that had improved software emulation compatibility for the psx
>>3978249
in game you can use exactly one set of attributes if you really want to, just by stacking that one element as high as possible it will magically become the weakness of everything by covering the spread that would have made a different element better

>>3980806
Remove the block puzzles too.

>>3980932
>not liking block puzzles
get out of /vr and go back to minecraft so you can play with your puzzleless blocks you worthless fucking faggot DO YOU EVEN FORKLIFT

>>3980609
>make the menus not a pain to navigate
This. I just played this recently and the lack of sorting options really got on my nerves.
Also, this was probably a limitation of the hardware at the time, but the fact that you have to save every time you deposit or withdraw is annoying and takes up way too much time.

>>3978241
I would make the last beatable.

>>3981024
>last
*last boss
Fuck me.

The game is good but it could have had the vestiges of useless mechanics completely removed so as not to be distracting OR it could have gone all the way back to development and been remade from the ground up on PS2 so it could have DVD codespace and the processing power to calculate all the complex combat mechanics they wanted, with multiple characters and do it in real time. But then it would have probably just gotten compared to/confused with Summoner

>>3981024
I'm assuming you're talking about the last boss? Having played this game for the first time about a week ago, I beat him on the third try. You just have to learn how to interrupt the attack when he flies over you, or if you miss, use a defense ability to block it.
Otherwise it's just patience and chaining attacks.

Don't overrely on the crafting system, meaning you make weapons from treasure and loot drops just as viable as anything you can craft. That game punished you so fucking much if you didn't devote yourself to the crafting system.

>>3981014
inventory auto-sorts and the quick menus let you access the imbedded menus from the game screen

>>3981024
>Dying in Vagrant Story
When will you people learn that you can't die in this game, even if an attack would deal you 99999 damage as long as you have the reflexes to counter with absorb damage/magic you'll still live, you can actually heal yourself using this method especially with Guildy on a fresh file and chip him with 1 damage over and over again, or just use Raging Ache/Phantom Pain if you want to cheese him.

You don't even need to interrupt his Blood Sin attack, just fucking absorb it for god's sake, use your brain.

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>>3978241
The game can be enjoyed as-is even if you ignore half the systems and variables afaik

But I'd change some scenario stuff; maybe give Callo some actual role in the gameplay, even if some escort mission or something. She's literally nowhere to be seen outside the cutscenes

>>3980283
>Nothing. It's not the game's fault retards go into it disappointed thinking it's a 3rd person action-adventure game instead of a 3D SRPG

There's no reason to move at all. Zoning doesn't matter. Once an enemy starts an attack, you stop, and whether it connects is due to stats. It makes more sense to just park youself under an enemy's head, and wail on them, chug potions when need to, and get your chains off.

It's in this awkward position betewen SRPG and Action RPG. And it doesn't do either well right.

>Morons like >>3978258 are the reason the video game market is so stagnant and nobody tries to do anything new anymore

Ocarina of Time just plays better becuase you can actually move around.

>>3980283
>I ONLY PLAY SHIT GAMES - The Post

>>3981705
Why are you even here? Go back to bitching about CoD clones even though you probably guzzle down every new entry released like every other hot load of spunk you're used to swallowing, you 12 year old fuckface.

>>3981696
Moving around gives you the ability to run away, anon. It's not fucking rocket science, brainlet

I know /v/ would say autism, but I love the game because of the depth of the crafting and element system. Simplifying them would take away the thing that makes the game unique and interesting.

It does seriously need a better UI. Specifically some quick method to change weapons that doesn't involve going through multiple menu screens. Fix that problem, give it an HD facelift, and I'd give SE my monies on day one.

tactics combat

>>3981819
>I ONLY PLAY SHIT GAMES - The long-awaited sequel!
Mate, if you think gaming is shit, you are clearly playing shit-tier games.

Post a picture of your physical, or digital, game library.

>>3978241

Id at least like a faster way to swap gear. During a battle it's a real drag

>>3981696
>There's no reason to move at all. Zoning doesn't matter.
So you like getting nuked by Liches and eating Dragon's breaths all day every day, that's cool, everyone has a fetish after all.
>It makes more sense to just park youself under an enemy's head, and wail on them, chug potions when need to, and get your chains off.
Right, try doing that to a minotaur or a statue with a dagger.
You do know many enemies change their routines depending on your position, right?
Harpies are possibly the best example since if you stay close to them they will attack you physically, if you stay out of range with a crossbow they can't do anything, but if you don't hug them they'll begin to spam Banish like no tomorrow.
Liches do the same, they won't spam AoE spells if you stay near them, which makes them much easier and it's the whole reason why they can teleport.
Dragons are made so that if you stay close they will Tail Slam you but if you get out of range they'll begin to use Breaths.
The battle against Death and the Undead Ogre makes death stay out of range for spell spamming while the ogre will stay close to you so that it can attack you physically and make you lose time while Death teleports around.
Even using a lamp post wisely in the undercity is a good strategy because it acts as an obstacle, so that spellcasters whiff their spells by having the spell path colliding with the lamp post.
Gremlins love to abuse their vertical range so that they can spam spell safely, and you won't get near them unless you climb areas or you use magic or crossbows, which surprise surprise, have a better range allowing you to nullify their POSITIONING advantage.

Vagrant Story has many problems, but positioning isn't one of them.

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>>3978241
What did they mean by pic related?

>>3983521
Cut content, cut content everywhere.

Bigger butts

>>3981907
I love how the anon vanished in a puff of smoke when this simple challenge was handed down.

I hated the Risk System because sometimes I would only be reduced to just use the Break Arts, and god Romeo's final fight was a borefest because of this specially because his AI was dumb as hell
Better shortcuts, I hated how sometimes it was a menu navigator simulator, but I apreciate that there were shortcuts a lot of abilities though.
Even so I loved the game a lot and what they intended with it

>>3980806
>Give the localization to someone other than O'Smith.
Why that?

>>3978241
HD texture update everywhere.
Improved particle effects.
Add lense flare everywhere.
Updated voice acting in japanese

Dont touch the controls
Or combat
Or any mechanics.