Wild ARMs

TomStrife · 11-29-2005, 12:14 PM

This game series is so good. The plotline is average at best for the most part but the gameplay is great. Has anyone else had the privledge to play these games?

T.G. Oskar · 11-29-2005, 12:38 PM

I do. The premise is surely original. Definitely, the Wild American West doesn't look like a good setting to an RPG (shooters are more likely to have this setting), but Wild Arms proves otherwise. The first game makes a decent use of typical Western icons, but also adds castles and medieval settings. Wild Arms 2 adds even more Western standards to the game, such as Ashley's proper cowboy outfit, the indigenous Zoa tribe, and most part of the game's beggining feels like a Western setting. The feeling gets lost as the game progresses. Wild Arms 3 i haven't played, but I have seen it. The game map is almost completely a desert, and all the characters have proper Western attire.

As for the gameplay...once the game is loaded, the movie plays, like if it was a intro for another episode of a Western series. Nice touch, but quickly gets old. The battles are very original, adapting FF's idea of "last resort" moves in the way of Force abilities, and eventually making Force the propellant of the character's moves. They also adapted the Summons idea from FF, and gave the Guardians a compelling story. And talking about story...the game has well developed original storylines, hardly ending into cliché. 'Course, the games usually end with the typical "save the world from the menace that threatens it" (and Wild Arms 2 has quite a lot of this instances), but when you realize the plot twists, the typical scenario gains a new meaning.

Strong Bad · 11-29-2005, 12:48 PM

Just wondering...

Is Wild Arms the series with the 3 main characters... (2 Guys and a Girl?) and one has a purple hamster? If so, Then I think I've played it before.

I think I rented the 3rd game a long long time ago, (In a galaxy far far away) and for the most part, I enjoyed the game. I thought one of the characters was a "Treasure Hunter" (The character with the purple hamster) Oh well.. that's how the game starts off anyways.

Yeah, if we're talking about the same game, they're great! Hours of fun, indeed.

TomStrife · 11-29-2005, 01:01 PM

Never played the first but i have the second and third.

The third is much better than the 2nd IMO, and the opening theme doesn`t get that old because you can skip it and when you complete each chapter the opening theme changes.

11-29-2005, 03:08 PM

OMG!!!!! I love all the wild arms games I HAVE THEM ALL!!!! the frist is the best, it cool how the remake of the frist one redid every thing i thought was weird in the game(big heads) the second was good (liked ashly's tramformtion in to that knight) haven't really played the 3rd that much, i'm stil in teh beging.*sigh* i can't wait for # 4!!!

TomStrife · 11-29-2005, 03:30 PM

The 3rd is my favorite, but as I`ve stated before I have yet to play the first.

11-29-2005, 05:57 PM

yea just get the remake on ps2 if you want to play it not as hard to find:it;s called Wid ARMS: Alter code F(weird i know)

TomStrife · 12-01-2005, 12:21 PM

Yes, that game has been on my christmas list since I found out it existed.

I think the F means "First" like the "First Game".

12-01-2005, 03:15 PM

Well, I'd say I like the series, but I've only gone through slightly over half of the 3rd game, and only a little ways into the remake of the first. The reason for this would probably be that I didn't have a PS1 the first time the game came, and only borrowed a PS2 by the time the third was released. But still, I'd have to say that this series is one I really enjoy thus far.

TomStrife · 12-04-2005, 10:31 AM

How is the remake?

Leroy · 12-04-2005, 04:18 PM

-Points to name-

Jet Enduro ring a bell? Wild Arms 3 is still one of my favourite games. As I recall, my first sig on this site, had an awesome picture of Jet in it. Awesome gam

Simply"Kit" · 12-06-2005, 04:40 AM

***Yeeeehaw!!! Ride em cow boy!!!***

*Yeah man Ive played the game and never got to finish it...I was stuck in the middle of disk 2...the mission where your supposed to find a temple or something...hoooh I gave up...then luckily my brother baught a Final Fantasy IX and completely forgot about Wild arms...

*Sadly thougth I think the game just copied from FF...the lead character has a gun like sword thing like Squalls gunblade!what a copycat!grrrr

***Well I enjoyed playing the game....especially playing that guy who copied Barret!again a copy cat!grrrrr

***HALLER BACK!!!***sons and daughters of your parents!MMMWWWAHAHAH!!!

T.G. Oskar · 12-06-2005, 06:43 AM

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Originally Posted by TomStrife

I think the F means "First" like the "First Game".

Actually, "F" stands for Filgaea, the world in which the story develops. The "Alter Code Filgaea" stands for the first story, the first menace to the world. "Another Code F" seems to add a sense of continuity into the story.

I'm also looking for it too, sadly I won't be able to buy games until later on, and my first on the list isn't WA:ACF. I wish to see how the game was revamped, and if I actually have some luck into passing that cursed Photosphere!!! The only thing that stopped the development of my game. I'll be sad to see how some of the tools have been changed, but revamped spells and Fast Draw skills should compense.

Actually...did any of you guys changed the names of the spells? I changed them into their FF counterparts...and if I get my hands on the new version, and spells can be renamed, surely the spells will be renamed.