The Renovation Best to Worst

I personally in general like Renovation titles, minus Todd adventures in Slime World which I rather dislike, and Dino Land which I have no recollection of (and probably haven't played).

I liked Traysia. The story is pretty generic, but i thought the battle system had potential (traditional jRPG play/movement on the maps, but battles play out like a small scale Stratagy RPG). I can only recall one other game with a set up like exactly like this one (Astonisha Story for the PSP), and that game wasn't as much fun.

I will just say that I bought several of the titles from 5233 when he was selling them and he was an awesome dude to work with, he helped my fill out a lot of the ones I was looking for.

But out of the titles they released I really enjoyed El Viento. If we're counting Sega CD releases then I would say Time Gal is my favorite though.

Out of what I've played:

Best - Gain Ground and Granada. The former is in my top 10 Genesis games, maybe top 5, and the latter's great too.
Good - El Viento (would be great but those bats are maddening!), Sol-Deace.
Underrated - Earnest Evans (a broken-but-beautiful mess, though the CD version is better), Arrow Flash (very easy but still fun)
Bad - Exile (seldom have I been more offended by a game; it's short, shallow, and stupid)

Couldn't get into Final Zone, and I've only played Dino Land, Gaiares, and Jennifer Capriati Tennis a little bit. The others I haven't played much or at all, though I did beat Ys III on the SNES over two decades ago (gulp!) and enjoyed it.

I've been thinking that I'd like to get a complete set of Renovation games. Right now I'm at 12/23, though I'm missing manuals for El Viento and Arrow Flash, and have the Beast Wrestler case and manual but no cart.

Could someone expand upon why Granada is so good? I hear nothing but stellar praise for the game.

It's a neat little game but I just don't get why it's in people's top 10 lists. I think it's okay, but what makes it absolutely great in everyone's mind? Just curious about what I'm missing.

Renovation have my respect for such great releases and especially for Gain Ground, which is game that need to be played with another person for the best experience possible.


About Sol-Deace, i heard some good things about it but i've never played it.
There's also a Sega-CD version. Anyone has played that one?

Does the Genesis version of Exile suck that bad? I played the PCE version and thought it was great.

Own it (Sol-Feace). Pretty much the same thing. S'alright.

No one loves you like I do, Elemental Master.

I also dig Whip Rush and Arrow Flash. They're kind of simplistic, but still plenty of brainless fun. Arcus Odyssey is an old favorite, and YsIII is better than the SNES game.

I have japanese versions of arcus odyssey, gain ground & Granada do they differ from the US versions apart from language? Also I have the US version of vapor trail sadly without a "cough cough" manual "cough cough" :-)

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Originally Posted by nemesis enforcer

What would be your take on master of monsters? worth buying?

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I love this game, and that's coming from a guy with zero interest in strategy games. It's simple, easy to get into, and doesn't have a bunch of micro-management crap to bog the gameplay down. It has some beautiful music pieces too.

The sequel seems to be a bit rubbish. Lots of game crashing bugs, the monster combining thing doesn't really go anywhere, day to night transitions are confusing, and where can move your master outside of the initial starting area completely screws the pooch.

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Originally Posted by nemesis enforcer

What would be your take on master of monsters? worth buying?

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Play this at my funeral on July 9th. What other md games did this composer work on ?

That music is BAD ASS.