>>3930108
You can play 1, it's pretty solid. I liked 2 more than you did but whatever - 3's still my favorite out of them.

4 and 5 are kinda fucked. 4 at least is fucked in an interesting way (and it's pretty short) so I'd say give it a try if you're interested. 5 imo is too long and really boring. Aside from the music - which is great for every wild arms game - there isn't much of anything that's worthwhile in 5.
I haven't played XF. Can't really comment on it aside from it's a tactics strategy game instead of your more traditional jrpg.

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>>3930108
>mfw searching for locations on overworld

why you played anything other than 1?

>>3930200
5 has great girls too

>>3930246
The game often literally tells you which direction to go, and your next destination is basically a straight line from where you are directed.
>"Those ruins are southeast of here."
>Walk southeast for 6 seconds, scan, find ruins.
The game has real bullshit, like the alien side quest or the myriad optional bosses. Arioch in particular.

>>3930404
>Invisible sky fortress that moves around the world map.

>>3930200
>>3930270
I did play 1, just not recently.

>>3930108
>Excluding Alter Code F, I already know it's a shitty remake
Gameplay wise, its a refined version of WA3. There are interesting things they did there like Emma's monster skills and the Abyss dungeon being less straightforward marathon but at the same time, they did something wrong like putting the steal skill from Jack to Jane, so item hunting will be around late game.
Weird thing also is that NG+ will fuck up Jack's Fast Draw leveling since you'll retain his level from previous playthrough but resets his Fast Draw skill level and you have to grind it again but his high level will make it extremely hard because the skill exp you'll get from using it from high levels is just 1.
Simply put, consider Alter Code F as a new game.

>>3930108
I like WA3

>>3931445
Yeah, I thought everyone liked 3.

>>3930108
4 and 5 are also okay. I never played the PSP game. Alter Code F is fine, and includes a bunch of new stuff that's fun.

>>3930385
This is objectively false
Carol is annoying as fuck, Rebecca is annoying and whiney, and what's-her-face is so incredibly boring that I'm not even going to bother looking up her name to remind myself

>>3931523
>Yeah, I thought everyone liked 3
I think it shows me why I liked WA1/2 but especially 1, although I forget now, their dungeons with a simple variety of puzzles and steady treasure rooms is satisfying. It makes it more fun to push forward through random encounters, cause I can even predict which room will be the treasure.
And the constant boss battles make the story exciting, I see a cutscene where the Masked Man says he's sending the Huskarls after you, that's not some slow buildup that you see a couple hours later. You start the next area and they're blocking your way, they're the story of that dungeon.

>>3930108
>2 was pretty shitty but 3 was alright.
so you don't actually like the wild arms series, you just like generic jrpgs.

>>3931815
1 and 2 are a lot closer to generic jrpgs than 3 is. 3 does a lot of wacky stuff

>>3930108
I dunno man. You don't like 2 which is kinda the best in the series, even with abysmal graphics and a very low effort translation.

1 - classic, great music, fun characters, for its time an alright story. Graphics kinda bad for its time.

Alter code- people talk a lot of shit. I liked the remake. It does its own thing, adds three more party members. It changes some stuff for the worse for the original, but for newer generations, its more than a good and faithful remake. Fuck the haters.

2- best in the series as far as I'm concerned. Really good characters, story that takes some turns, no character is useless, some fuck yeah moments. It's just good, even with the problems I mentioned.

3 - alright. I personally wasn't that much of a fan, but it has its spot. Virginia is a good nut juice extractor, story is kinda rehashed ( all wild arms games pretty much repeat the same thing).

4 - you are probably gonna hate the combat system, most do. It had a sword waifu that I liked and a bitter sweet ending that kinda turns the main characters into hypocrites.

Didn't play the psp and 5 but generally you either like it or hate it, no real middle ground.

>>3930108
I liked alter code f it just made the first game using 3s engine. Shame it's like a $120+ game

Watch Symphogear

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>>3932034
>Didn't play the psp and 5 but generally you either like it or hate it, no real middle ground.
XF gets undue flak. The story is solid and there's some proper kino in there. The problem is people look at the screenshots and make the assumption that it's "FFT on a hex grid" when it plays more like a puzzle/tactics hybrid. The classes have more distinct roles and it's got a notably greater variety of missions than its contemporaries but the problem is this all leads back in to the puzzle aspect, which in turn leads to frustration when you're expecting the solution to be "hit it harder".

I'll admit the first mission to filter me was when you had to stop a bunch of barbarians that were trying to charge past your position, my generalist party was doing pretty well up till that point. Must have played that mission a good dozen times over before I wised up and switched my skills and classes.

>>3932786
Why?

>>3932821
It's peak (and has development team overlap and consequently references to Wild Arms)

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>>3932786
No.

>>3932809
It's in my to play list. I liked all wild arms games to varying degrees.

which one is the most overtly Cowboy/Western in theme?

>>3933426
3 feels the most cowboy-y. 4 probably feels the least

>>3933484
thanks hoss

>>3933426
None of them.
Like 3's main plot device is nanomachines.

>>3933878
Actually it’s Dreams
And yeah, they all are a mix of Western/Sci-Fi/Fantasy in various amounts, and some are more upfront about it than others, but I’d still say 3 wears the Western on its sleeve the most.
The environment is a lot more deserty/wastelandy, all the characters use guns as their weapons, you ride horses (and can fight on horseback(!)), and outside of the set-dressing, they constantly play on a lot of the traditional western characters and themes.

>>3932034
>no character is useless
Brad and Kanon are garbage and never worth using when you don't have to. Marivel is only good if you use guides.

>>3935062
>Best two characters in the game
>useless in favor of a meme character

Okay.

>>3935062
Uh oh that was my party..

>>3935618
Neither of them are even close to the best regardless of what conditions you set. Kanon is definitely the worst but the only thing stopping Brad from tying is his early join time.

>>3936061
Fastest character in the game with a lot of dps and a literal fucking truck of a guy. Only person arguably better is Ashley and that's in the very late phase of the game.

>>3937022
Brad's damage sucks even if you dump all your money into upgrading his shitty ARMs.
>Only person arguably better is Ashley and that's in the very late phase of the game.
LOL

>>3937184
Railgun solves problems

>>3937359
Railgun sucks. Doesn't even hit over 5k.

>>3937668
>Railgun sucks. Doesn't even hit over 5k.
Ragu-Ragu is the only enemy where that matters; for everything else, there's Mastercard.