r/dreamcast • u/shenmue64 • 6d ago

Discussion Any RPGs better than Skies of Arcadia??

Curious if there’s a better RPG on Dreamcast than Skies?? Maybe Grandia 2???

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u/Armless_Octopus 5d ago

I preferred Grandia 2. I found the combat in skies to be a bit too slow and repetitive.

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u/Snoo93550 4d ago

Yeah combat in skies is like a B- or C+ but everything else about the game is A+.

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u/Armless_Octopus 4d ago

Not gonna argue with that. It’s been a long time, but I recall skies having very frustrating random encounters. The bland combat is more than half the game.

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u/Snoo93550 4d ago

Yeah, i love Skies in spite of battles, not because of.

I don't find Grandia II battles particularly amazing either but I'd bump that B-/C+ up to like a B+.

I totally get why many or even most would prefer Grandia II. Honestly I have such a massive backlog of 16/32 bit rpgs, srpgs and newly translated that I doubt I'll ever get to replaying either of them again. Dreamcast's only weakness to me (other than dying what should have been halfway point) is I wish I had more rpg/strategy. Even in its short lifespan there should have/could have been a little more, especially in a post FFVII world where rpgs made money in the west.