Spinoffs better than main series Anonymous 03/13/15 (Fri) 23:29:55 13a345 No. 2549
I've only played pic related, but it was really something special. Humorous, enjoyable rpg twist with pretty decent rhythm gameplay in battles depending on hand-eye coordination ability.
Anonymous 03/13/15 (Fri) 23:55:24 ba4753 No. 2550
Almost every Final Fantasy spinoff
Anonymous 03/14/15 (Sat) 00:09:13 73f556 No. 2552
At least in more recent times, Sonic spinoffs
Anonymous 03/14/15 (Sat) 00:11:02 ba4753 No. 2553
>>2549 >are all of those worth playing? Maybe not Partners in Time, it's the weakest entry but I still liked it.
Dream Team is IMO the best, it's not as funny and has too many tutorials but the combat is great and so are the music and general art direction
Anonymous 03/14/15 (Sat) 00:11:25 dc631b No. 2554
>>2549 >I know there are a handful of DS games of these spinoffs that have been released as well, are all of those worth playing? I recall hearing that while Partners in Time is a bit hit or miss, Bowser's Inside Story is pretty enjoyable. That said, I honestly still need to give the Mario and Luigi series a try sometime, so I can't speak from experience.
Anonymous 03/14/15 (Sat) 00:26:31 a35e25 No. 2555
>>2549 Bowser inside story is good. Not as good as superstar saga, but maybe it is nostalgia talking as I've played them with some time between
Also I second
>>2552 , especially Sonic Battle, is a god tier battle games with card moves customization a la megaman battle network
And megaman battle network I guess
Anonymous 03/14/15 (Sat) 00:31:24 4e6da0 No. 2556
I remember finding this game knowing absolutely nothing about it. I just saw it as another Mario platformer but was I in for a nice surprise. Easily one of my favourite games of all time, I replay it near enough every year.
Anonymous 03/14/15 (Sat) 01:58:52 920d0d No. 2573
All of the Mario and Luigi games are worth playing. Partners in Time isn't the best but it's still an all-around decent game. The only Paper Mario not worth playing is Sticker Star.
Anonymous 03/14/15 (Sat) 02:09:08 13a345 No. 2576
>>2573 I got explorers of sky about a month ago, it's really cool.
How the fuck do I beat
dusknoir+sableye with no items? I can't heal or revive, I feel like I'm fucked now.
Anonymous 03/14/15 (Sat) 02:11:59 0b8fc5 No. 2579
>>2573 Plenty of PM fans hate Super Paper Mario, too.
Proceed with caution after TTYD.
Anonymous 03/14/15 (Sat) 04:42:15 312c00 No. 2604
Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon
Anonymous 03/14/15 (Sat) 08:11:38 1b1d81 No. 2642
Super Mario RPG. If it wasn't for this I don't think Paper, or the other RPG-esque Mario games would exist.
Anonymous 03/14/15 (Sat) 11:36:38 81fd5c No. 2651
>>2573 These were good. I only played Blue Rescue Team, but it had great music, simple and non-gimmicky gameplay and a decent plot.
The downside was how friggin difficult it was to recruit mew. Jesus Christ.
I'd have preferred it if so much content weren't gated behind the final mission. Gating evolution in particular was just ridiculous.
Also the evolved starter mon didn't have portraits, so I didn't ever evolve
Anonymous 03/14/15 (Sat) 14:02:51 fc6c22 No. 2655
>>2549 What makes this game better than the main series? I haven't played it yet, is it worth a
pirate ?
Anonymous 03/14/15 (Sat) 14:55:32 a35e25 No. 2658
>>2655 I by main series you mean different from the platformers it's not really better, as it's totally different game but it is a top tier RPG that you wouldn't expect. If you mean different from the paper mario series it is very similar but it has a different style and the mechanics are changed since you are accompanied by luigi the whole time
Anonymous 03/14/15 (Sat) 16:20:59 920d0d No. 2666
>>2576 I used moves like Lava Plume that hit the entire area around your Pokemon. If you have any moves like that those are your best bet.
Anonymous 03/15/15 (Sun) 09:16:05 fa5ca1 No. 2766
>>2549 I see /v/ shit on Partners in Time nearly any time these games are brought up, though I forget the reasons, is it really not that great? I enjoyed it.
Anonymous 03/15/15 (Sun) 09:20:27 1b1d81 No. 2767
>>2766 >is it really not that great? I enjoyed it. You played it anon, you should be able to tell us. How is it?
Anonymous 03/15/15 (Sun) 09:23:16 fa5ca1 No. 2768
>>2767 Thing is, the last time I played it was forever ago and maybe I'm forgetting something.
Anonymous 03/15/15 (Sun) 09:35:20 9ca72e No. 2769
I had more fun with The Misadventures of Tron Bonne than the Legends games.
Anonymous 03/15/15 (Sun) 13:31:58 4e6da0 No. 2776
>>2768 It's a good game. Not great but it's still good. I haven't played it for a while myself but from what I remember the exploration wasn't that interesting.
Anonymous 03/15/15 (Sun) 13:47:18 d08572 No. 2778
>>2769 I love both, but there was definitely a lot more things to try out in Misadventures. Damn shame we'll never get another one like it.
Anonymous 03/15/15 (Sun) 17:56:59 441b2c No. 2794
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I'll probably catch some shit for this, but I enjoyed Metal Gear Rising a lot more than any of the MGS games.
Anonymous 03/15/15 (Sun) 18:22:28 d08572 No. 2798
>>2794 I felt like it captured the feeling of a good Metal Gear game than V or GZ does. Even if the gameplay was completely different. It had a serious story, but it was irreverent and over the top like MGS should be. Good characters with weird and interesting quirks too.
Anonymous 03/15/15 (Sun) 21:45:55 085685 No. 2834
>>2642 I don't think NV was a spin-off at all, could've been called F4 but probably wasn't since beth seems to want to keep in the east coast (despite F1 and F2 being in the west coast)
An actual spinoff of the fallout series would be brotherhood of steel
Anonymous 03/15/15 (Sun) 23:24:51 9817ef No. 2885
>>2794 Same here but I also didn't like any main series Meal Gear prior to Ground Zeroes
Anonymous 03/16/15 (Mon) 03:50:43 fa5ca1 No. 3063
>>2776 That must've been it. I can remember at least 5 side-quests/activities in Superstar Saga right off the top of my head, yet I can't seem to remember any from Partners in Time.
I really hope we'll see their Firehand anf Thunderbrand powers make a return sometime, sure they have fireballs in other games, but it's just not the same.
Anonymous 03/16/15 (Mon) 07:34:38 1b1d81 No. 3090
>>2834 I think it could fairly be classified as a spin-off.
>Not a main entry in the franchise >Alternative location of the world Confirmed, Beth is east coast obsidian is west coast. And yeah don't bother thinking too hard about it, Bethesda has no clue about any of the fucking Fallout lore and break it willy nilly.
>>2794 I liked it too. Although not an MGS game in gameplay, it was certainly an MGS game in style.
Anonymous 03/20/15 (Fri) 21:40:55 d73c77 No. 4537
I adore the main series games but this and it's sequel are just better in every way
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Anonymous 03/21/15 (Sat) 03:25:49 68c6d0 No. 4910
>>4888 Nice trips.
Is HoMM really a spinoff though? It's a pretty lengthy series of its own.
Anonymous 03/21/15 (Sat) 03:30:38 e0e45a No. 4912
>>4910 Its a spinoff of Might & Magic, the classic RPG series
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Anonymous 03/21/15 (Sat) 08:20:16 7e8364 No. 5009
Final Fantasy is a great series with some fantastic games, but the spinoffs will always be better. Especially the Mana series.Damn you, backlog DAT FUCKING TWIST. The story was okay but there are moments of hair-pulling frustration when the characters go full retard.
Anonymous 03/21/15 (Sat) 08:50:56 ade4e4 No. 5019
>>5009 BD, Mana and SaGa aren't spinoffs from Final Fantasy though
Anonymous 03/21/15 (Sat) 09:05:46 7e8364 No. 5022
>>5019 Mana started as Final Fantasy Mystic Quest. SaGa started as Final Fantasy Legend. Naming trivialities aside, they share similar game elements, made by the same studio, with a lot of the same staff working on them. Often any pretense of individuality is tossed out the window with direct references in either story or setting elements.
Fair enough, it's not "Final Fantasy: SaGa Frontier II." Maybe we just have different definitions of "spinoff."
Except for Bravely Default. It's basically Not-Final-Fantasy. I'd really like to see an explanation for Bravely Default and Final Fantasy not being related.
Anonymous 03/21/15 (Sat) 10:09:30 c22366 No. 5031
I hate Persona and rented this out of reaching the bottom of the barrel in my handheld backlog, but I'm having more fun with it than I did with EOU. I guess it counts as a twofer for this thread's topic.
Anonymous 03/21/15 (Sat) 10:21:32 acc8b0 No. 5032
Final Fantasy Tactics for sure. The original, not the AWFUL PSP version with half-speed animations and hideous fake-widescreen that squishes and stretches everyone into short, fat blobs.
Anonymous 03/21/15 (Sat) 10:26:33 0084d4 No. 5033
>>5022 >SaGa started as Final Fantasy Legend. They only called it that stateside to sell more copies. Saga is a totally different franchise.
Anonymous 03/27/15 (Fri) 02:56:42 7dfedf No. 7911
I dont see the superstar saga as a spinoff series, but yes. The other Superstar games are great. Bowser's Inside Story is a personal favorite of mine just because you get to play as Bowser from time to time.
Anonymous 04/02/15 (Thu) 04:18:55 0d1c93 No. 10248
>>7911 >Play as Bowser. He's absurdly powerful, doggy special makes every boss a joke >End game fight against bowser. He sucks.
Anonymous 04/07/15 (Tue) 17:05:22 6e1f58 No. 11868
>>2579 Super Paper Mario isn't as good as TTYD, but it's not bad. Definitely worth playing if you liked the previous two games.
Anonymous 04/07/15 (Tue) 17:05:41 6e1f58 No. 11869
>>10323 >dark messiah of might and magic My basketball american.
Anonymous 04/07/15 (Tue) 20:13:43 7b9cef No. 11905
>I know there are a handful of DS games of these spinoffs that have been released as well, are all of those worth playing?
Anonymous 04/07/15 (Tue) 20:35:27 7d22f0 No. 11913
>>5009 Crystal Chronicles didn't have the best combat system, but it absolutely nailed multiplayer and atmosphere
And the soundtrack is 10/10
The DS games did combat a bit better I think, but I honestly can't remember much about them as I barely played either since they were otherwise dull as shit, also since no more multiplayer for DS games
And then there's the fucking wii download titles
Japan sure knows how to make great spinoffs and then crush them completely
Anonymous 04/13/15 (Mon) 16:46:35 68c6d0 No. 13385
I just finished the climb of the mountain in shaymin village in Explorers of Sky.
Anonymous 04/13/15 (Mon) 17:52:46 fcda0c No. 13402
Does the Mario series count a a Donkey Kong spinoff?
Anonymous 04/13/15 (Mon) 19:08:13 8bd535 No. 13410
Mana Khemia is wayyyy better than the Atelier games.
>>2642 Bowser's Outside Story is, bar none, the most engaging RPG I've ever played.
Anonymous 04/13/15 (Mon) 20:43:52 914903 No. 13423
>>2549 I wasn't really fond of Partners In Time, but Bowser's Inside Story is great, especially if you liked Fawful.
Dream Team I still need to finish, but so far it's really good as well.
Superstar Saga and Bowser's Inside Story are tied for me for best in the series so far, BIS has better writing and playing as bowser is pretty radical. but SS has a lot of its moments and it has the best Bros. Attack animations in the series, though Luiginary attacks in Dream Team are a close second.
Anonymous 04/13/15 (Mon) 22:10:52 a7f895 No. 13432
>>2573 Was the first thing I thought of when I saw the OP, was the new PMD on the 3DS any good?
Anonymous 04/13/15 (Mon) 22:28:33 68c6d0 No. 13439
>>13432 I heard it's crap.
Red/Blue and Sky are the only ones worth.
Anonymous 04/13/15 (Mon) 23:25:06 4f77de No. 13451
>>2794 Same but I wasn't a huge MGS fan in the first place.
Anonymous 04/14/15 (Tue) 00:21:18 375730 No. 13472
>>13402 The mario vs donkey kong?
Anonymous 04/17/15 (Fri) 00:51:25 a58b9c No. 14105
>just finished shaymin village in explorers of sky
Anonymous 04/18/15 (Sat) 07:52:47 fcda0c No. 14405
>>13472 No. I'm saying does the Super Mario series count as a spinoff to the original Donkey Kong arcade?
Anonymous 04/18/15 (Sat) 08:01:52 7dfedf No. 14407
>>13402 >>14405 I think it's all one series thanks to Rare filling in the gaps. When the DKC series came out, they turned DK from the arcade games into Cranky Kong and DK Jr. into the Donkey Kong we know today.