From time to time, Game Podunk staff takes a look at an older game, previewing it with the same excitement as if it were a new title soon-to-be released. In this installment, Skygear75 takes a look at the niche title Legaia 2: Duel Saga.
PEGI, the European equivalent of the ESRB rating agency, published two ratings for PS4 versions of PS2 classics Legaia 2 and Wild Arms 3, originally released by Sony in 2001 and 2002.
Wild arms 3 is already out in Europe, has been for a few months. (in UK at least)
Legaia 2 though, hell yes :)
HOLY SHIT Legaia 2 i never got to beat it due to behind a child and i would mess the CDs up lol. I CANT WAIT
Yeah it was exciting to learn a new move and working it into a optimized combo.
Yea great game especially for its time, probably underrated as well. Glad I'm not the only one who really enjoyed it.
Oh god, Legaia 2 is bringing back memories of the impossible rice field patch :( Never did get the item for that, from what I remember it was impossible in the EU version. Will still be buying it though :)
Definitely getting both of these. I loved Legaia 2 back in the day, very unique combat for an RPG, especially for when it came out.
The From A to Z series lets our editors go back and take a look at games from past generations that are classics, overlooked gems, or just titles they remember fondly. The idea behind this is to pick five games from each letter of the alphabet, once a week to showcase. This delivers 26 weeks and 130 games to talk about. Hopefully it sparks some conversation, and of course plenty of memories.
Our second series will focus on Sony’s sophomore entry into the console business, the PlayStation 2.
Let’s continue with the letter “L”.
t’s often easy to say that a sequel doesn’t require as much effort as an original game. After all, you have all the blueprints from the original game to work with, as well as a fanbase that will eat it all up.
In reality, however, even more pressure is laid on the sequel of a good game because not only does it have to live up to the reputation of its predecessor(s), it also has to be innovative enough to keep it feeling fresh. Some games accomplished all that in one iteration, but still had sequels thrust upon them for the sake of revenue. Here are some of the games we felt didn’t really need their sequels.
Great review. You pointed out some of the things I loved about this game and then some.