Castlevania style. Mm, Symphony of the Night.

Some advice: Choice E, "Behind The Heroes Style" can be found in all of the Phantasy Star games. ^^

and lunar: dragon song :3 dunno about the other lunars tho..

it had slipped my mind ^_^; haven't played PS in forevah
the latest one I've played is PSO

for the DC

I still can't forgive them for abandoning the classic Phantasy Star line for that... blegh. I've played it; it's a joke compared to the other games.

well III loved it

Dragon Quest 8 or Phantasy Star 2 style, which on this board would be E ^,^

When I was but a wee lad, the chance to get a view of leotarded cat girl bottom whenever she lept up to attack (Phantasy Star 2) was one of the highlights of my day.

You should check out Phantasy Start IV...same type of character, but better graphics, and if I'm remembering correctly, she wears something like a thong and boots...you can se more of her.

Of course I was more interested in Chaz, now that I think of it...not that there was much to see.

I'm between that one and the Zelda style. Isometric has its advantages, too, but might be hard to implement...for exploring a castle, I kindof tend to like a top-down type view, and either on-screen/on-map combat, like Zelda, or else battles pop up, like the Phantasy Start style (E). I guess isometric could work, tho, since I think Landstalker was done that way (another Genesis game). So I guess I vote for that one. You can have a pretended 3-D environment, without really having to do so much.

x3 yah, the only problem I'd have with Isometric (now that I think about it) would be jumping, and suspended platforms

F.
why you ask? tis very simple, even though i hate star ocean, 3D FTW everytime.

Tough choice, big fan of castlevania, but love the game play of Star Ocean. I'm going with G.

heehee <3 good choice

but why?

Well, I always have loved playing the castlevania games. I own pretty much most of them and they just keep getting better and better, plus I just like the factor of walking on a two dimensional plane while I whip or slay stuff.

Depends on how much graphics is going into the game. if you have the knowhow and plan on getting really complex then I'd say Star Ocean Style F. But if it's going to make it nice and simple I'd say Final Fantasy III style or Zelda style. There's a lot to be said for those old games. They're a hell of a lot of fun! ^_^

heehee, well as much graphical prowess I can get in, I'm a master of GFX, the programming's gonna be teh bitchy part

and it's gonna be for the PC, so I've got next to no graphical limits

then by all means, I say Star Ocean, if you know how. I'd still love to see some of that old school game feel though.

I wonder, what programming language are you gonna use?

I find it the other way here. xD

VB, as far as I know

Would the Breath of Fire style be considered the same as Boktai's?

nope, boktai is an isometric action RPG, breath of fire is a mission based tactical RPG. woudln't work in this game ^-^;

Mission based?
Aren't you thinking of Ogre Battle?

...fire emblem... sorry ^-^;; er, no, still not the same thing ^-^;;;

Oh! XD
Alright then, Castlevania!

heehee, why?

It'd probably be much easier for the outcome compared to the other ones.

... Dang, I dunno. Depends on what the game's gonna be, I guess. Like, the castlevania and zelda choices are kind of their own genres ... but if you're going with a turn-based combat system, I'd probably choose FF3. I've never played Star Ocean, so I can't comment on it.

and why do you pick.. these?

I've never liked style D and E in games, never played Star Ocean, and FF3 seems to be the most refined of the rest of the turn-based systems.

I like the Golden Sun style. Basicly its over the heros shoulder with the stats at the bottom. It woiuld be a mix of C and E. Also I like having access to all caracters via FFX.

x3 well, I could just classify that under C, actually, and prolly not gonna have access to all characters, that'd make things a bit too simple in certain parts

i stay with zelda style

why do you say that?

because i love that style

x3 I guess that works

I'd go with something simple, like the Zelda and Castlevania styles, totally. But, if ya can go hardcore, I'd say Zelda tOoT, or Castlevania SotN or LoD.

x3 well I'd hafto, I was just using nes screens for simplicity of editation

and actually that's castlevania 2 (the first one to stress exploration)

Hmm, okay. Totally wish ya luck, bra :)

But hey, if ya go the RPG route, I'd suggest checking out Grandia/Grandia II, Breath of Fire IV and V, and Valkyrie Profile for some cool variations on using more action elements into a traditional console RPG battle format :)

grandia II's format's kinda cool, but a bit bothersone, and I've never even heard of valkyrie profile >.>; breath of fire seems to have a fairly ordinary system, as well

Hmm, try BoF IV and V. The one in IV has a decent combo system that came off rather nice. In V (Dragon Quarter), it's more of a management system, where you gauge how far you can move, and how much you can attack, then combo, based off of stamina points. Totally dug them both <3

eh, to complicater :p and never seen IV's system

It's a lot like 3's, but has a system where you can combo attacks together that fit. Like, a sword strike after another party member casts strength on the attacker, or a fire spell on the monster might chain into a double-strike or firestrike.

Also worked with Magick; usually on an elemental level. Fire chains into air, then into water, then into earth, then into Holy... So on. It was really well thought-out :)

...what?

lol Rent the game and try it out :/

x3 you actualyl expect me to have moneys? what system?

BoF IV - PSX, BoF V Dragon Quarter - PS2.

But U MUST hav munnEz!

x3 or the 5 finger discount ;3

J! All of the above!

What? That's not a choice? Crap.

Honestly I don't know. :P

x3 what's your favorite game out of the choices?

See, now you just complicated it even more.

I like, Castlevania, Boktai, Final Fantasy, Phantasy Star, The 7th Saga (Behind Monsters Sometimes!), Star Ocean, AND Zelda.

Also another choice is "Tales of..." system, but that might be a bit much. :P

x3 damn, so you've played boktai? how about boktai II?

That was more interesting that Boktai! It was the fact that you could use more than just the gun that made it really fun! :D

YUSH! and a quick menu <3 and vampire form <3<3

Consider that Star Ocean and Tales of Destiny series both use an alteration of a whole ENGINE for battling.. If you want your characters to move around as much...

I don't like any of these, because the best one of "Exploring a castle" has already used the most-likely Zelda, Final fantasy, and Castlevania. :x

At best, Breath of Fire or Boktai? I dunno.

boktai's my personal choice, if you've ever played one of the 3 games (shin bokura no taiyoh, number 3, was only released in japan ;.;) but basicaly it plays similarly to zelda, but it's isometric, and you can use powers based on the amount of sunlight hitting the solar sensor (on the cartridge) with it you can enchant your weapons with elemental spells, and junk like that. it's pretty cool :3

also it's impossible to finish off the bosses without sunlight

search 'solar pile driver' if you wanna know more about that :3

G and H look good to me. :)

why so?

I guess the zelda design is a classic, and platform style games remind me of Super Mario Brothers, as a little duckling it's all I ever seemed to play from the moment I was hatched. ;)

Plus I like the colors and the graphics.

x3 well I'll be changing the graphics QUITE a bit :3

That's cool. I've tried my hand at making games before, although it's very hard work, especially trying to debug the code. Very satisfying though.

Changing the graphics is just one of the processes, need to find one that suits the game. :)

:3 yah

G, H, or I...

Well, mostly because I'm more into actiony adventure games like Castlevania and Zelda than I am RPG fan *shrug*

x3 ther'e all RPGs, castelvania and zelda are just action RPGs

Zelda for the win! ^^

and why :3?

because I totally loved that game... Man, seeing the screen-shot makes me want to play it again :)

Would love, if I could play something with a simular system ^^

x3 well just hop on the emulator express, and throw in your favorite cart ;3

My Personal Opinion is Side Scrolling Sprites i seem to Miss those Games the Most.. I Loved All Kinds of them Hehe Blaster master, mario, castlevaniai could go on.. and on.. not only that but it makes it pretty simple for Sprites and Such not to Mention the Controling system makes it alot Simpler to play ^_^ iono. Hehe Thats just My Opinion ^__^ you got Music for This game?

nothing GOOD yet ^-^: hoping to get some music making volunteers >.> aint got no money

i write music.. Heh oddly Enough.. i Enjoy writing Music for Video games.. ya' Know like themes Such as "in a Damp Dungeon" and stuff like that.. i have about 600 songs on my laptop XD maybe some time soon we can talk ^_^ Hehe

you, sir, have caused me to close my DS... you have NO Idea how hard that is to do when I turn it on O.o *pulls you into my office* if you wanna take it, you've got the job :3

just mail me on heavyblues0[at]gmail.com

ok ^_^ i will email you LOL

Behind the heroes, definetely. I <3 Phantasy Star... Though Star Ocean was luvly too ^^

heehee, finally something not zelda, or castelvania x3

Heh, well, I am rather 'exotic' so to speak ;)

Its between G and F for me.

Ghouls and Ghost style!

Present it in the style of Shadow of the Colossus, complete with the graphics D:< don't you dare skimp on me boy! (fake anger joke)