Is GBA to PSP the real answer?
One question has gotten the retro gaming fandom up in a tizzy, and now the community is trying to decide what the biggest generational leap in gaming history really was.
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Gary Green said: You’ll be forgiven if you haven’t heard of the Ar Tonelico trilogy. The previous two games arrived so late in the PS2’s life-cycle that they simply went unnoticed. While most were tinkering with their shiny new PS3s, Ar Tonelico: Melody of Elemia and Ar Tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica were being ‘returned to sender’ by your local Game stores. Luckily, you won’t need to have played them to understand and appreciate this third and final chapter, Qoga (pronounced k-yoga) tells the story of a racial war between humans and Reyvateils, a breed of biologically produced female cyborgs capable of reproduction, while still having a digital mind.
Oh my god. I kinda wish this would get a remaster on PS5, it would be awesome. One of my favorite games on PS3.
That and 3D Dot Game Heroes. It's a shame that some stuff is stuck on PS3.
Ar Tonelico 3 is good I still prefer the first AT game. The music is solid in all the games and Akiko Shikata is a very talented singer bringing life to the game. Only annoying part is well I find is Saki I always choose Finnel or Tyria. KOEI so needs to HD remaster the franchise along with Ar Nosurge and Ciel Nosurge since it never came to North America. I would day one the Ar Toneliceo games and Ar Nosurge if they were remastered.
I still have the limited edition of Qoga unopened. Unfortunately it never went up in value like I had hoped all these years.
8/16bit (2D era) to 32bit (3D era) is what I found to be the most significant. Everything after the 32bit was evolutionary more so than revolutionary.
It's a toss up for me personally from the 2D>3D or SD>HD leap. From an objective pov going 3D for sure, it changed quite literally EVERYTHING, but as someone who is obsessed with game development technology, the HD era came with so much nerdy tech that really got and still gets me hyped when something new comes along
For me it was the HD era and all the bells ‘n’ whistles that came along with it.
Technology and graphics wise the gameboy to psp is the biggest leap then 32 bits(Super Nintendo) to 64 bits(PlayStation)is a close second, 480p to 720p to 1080p to 2/4K was nice but it was just a tv catching up little by little with pc monitors.
In my opinion it is the jump from gen 4 to gen 5. Yes gen 5 lacked polish because 3D gaming was new and many kinks had to be worked out during said gen. Nevertheless, gen 5 changed how games functioned in a way no console generation has.