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  • Timmy 11 Mar 2006 17:54:56 9,031 posts
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    Did any of you play this?
    I've got it for the second time, rather cheaply I might add and I don't remember it being so slow and sluggish.

    Worth £2.50 though!
  • technos 11 Mar 2006 19:12:34 1,345 posts
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    Great game!

    Yeah, it's somewhat slow.. but.. GREAT
  • Timmy 20 Mar 2009 10:45:07 9,031 posts
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    technos wrote:
    Great game!

    Yeah, it's somewhat slow.. but.. GREAT
    After buying it back for a third time, I'm inclined to believe you. Loving ROR at the moment.
  • Cappy 20 Mar 2009 10:58:19 11,130 posts
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    Take advantage of the suspend save feature.

    On the longer battles it's actually easier to save then use the PS2 soft reset if the battle goes wrong rather than start the battle from scratch. Some of the scenarios take well over an hour.

    Brilliant game, very time consuming and slow though.
  • repairmanjack 20 Mar 2009 17:24:42 5,816 posts
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    One of my all-time faves. \o/
  • michaelius 24 Mar 2009 09:17:04 809 posts
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    I bought it for 2 pounds but still lies on my "to play when you free time" shelf :)
  • Oh-Bollox 18 Oct 2009 16:56:55 5,048 posts
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    The slow pace lulls me into playing it for hours. It's been 5-6 years since I've played it and I don't remember it being such a time sink. Brilliant little game.
  • Cappy 18 Oct 2009 17:26:39 11,130 posts
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    I still haven't beat this game, some of the battles must stretch out towards an hour and a half later on.
  • Oh-Bollox 18 Oct 2009 18:59:01 5,048 posts
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    And beyond!
  • itamae 18 Oct 2009 19:21:50 9,730 posts
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    The first game I bought for my PS2, that and Silent Hill 2. Good times!

    It's twice as good when you turn off the music and replace it with some epic power metal, by the way. And even better once you figure out the melee unit 'cheat'.
  • Deleted user 18 October 2009 19:53:19
    Oh-Bollox wrote:
    The slow pace lulls me into playing it for hours. It's been 5-6 years since I've played it and I don't remember it being such a time sink. Brilliant little game.
    Yeah, sweet mix of PC and console styles, does for SRPGs what Vagrant Story did to JRPGs, flip the script and leaves you wishing it wasn't a one off. Reckon if Konami were to port Ring of Red to the PSP it would have a Disgaea type revival of interest among many gamers who passed on it first time around.
  • Oh-Bollox 18 Oct 2009 20:00:03 5,048 posts
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    It's great to see similar ideas surfacing today in games like Valkyria Chronicles, albeit in a different style.
  • Timmy 27 Oct 2009 23:35:12 9,031 posts
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    itamae wrote:
    And even better once you figure out the melee unit 'cheat'.

    Only just noticed this. What's this 'cheat'?

    /intrigued
  • itamae 27 Oct 2009 23:48:49 9,730 posts
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    Okay you know there's different range zones, far/medium/close/melee, right? And as soon as you land a punch (for massive damage) the battle is over. Alright, so here is the trick:

    1. As soon as the battle begins, mash forward to move from medium to close range.
    2. When you get in close range, immediately use that leader skill that propels you one range zone forward.
    3. Punch punch punch!

    In all the dozens of times I used this strategy the enemy did not have time to do anything at all with his AFW or ground troops, meaning that you get 100% guaranteed damage with your melee units. And since those units are ridiculously powerful, and you get plenty of skill points later in the game, one or two of your close combat AFWs can eliminate the entire enemy platoon.

    Was quite proud of myself when I figured that out, and of course I totally abused it from then on. \o/
  • woodnotes 27 Oct 2009 23:55:20 4,802 posts
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    This comes free with every 360.

    I'll get my coat...
  • Deleted user 22 March 2011 19:53:45
    Started playing this again, still a lot of fun but damn these battles sure take ages, thank goodness for mid battle saves.

    Looking back at the earlier posts, think Konami missed a ticket by not porting this to PSP, but its still crying out for another chance, NGP or PSN/XBLA would be ideal.
  • oldschoolsoviet 27 Oct 2011 16:54:44 4,931 posts
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    $10 on the US PSN. Haven't played it in years. Can't wait.

    Looking forward to seeing more (cult) PS2 Classics.

    You can read this ? You've helped ruin the place. :(

  • coda 4 Nov 2011 05:34:17 1,868 posts
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    I bought this for 49p ages ago, I still haven't gotten round to playing it..
  • jabberwoky 4 Nov 2011 21:21:20 276 posts
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    Well, I nearly played it. I remember standing in shops checking out the back and wondering whether to get it. It was so close.
  • SlackMaster 4 Nov 2011 21:48:13 3,102 posts
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    Been a long time since i played it but i remember it being good. Valkyria chronicles reminds me of it.

    PSN ID: To_Many_Rules

  • Venatio Gaming Manager, Gamer Network 4 Nov 2011 22:00:11 4,380 posts
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    I remember buying this back in the day when Edge gave it a great review. It's really good fun. Title still makes me grin like an idiot though.

    "sounds like a public school ponce"

  • Rajin 4 Nov 2011 23:01:56 428 posts
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    @SlackMaster -

    Same develepor as Valkyria Chronicles so no wonder:) Loved the game but only rented it, back then(9 years ago) we could still rent games in The Netherlands......

    Edited by Rajin at 19:53:39 05-11-2011
  • Machetazo 4 Nov 2011 23:24:12 6,372 posts
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    You should play this game. Run, don't walk, etc! It's brilliant.

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