>>3447368
>Gamecube, purely for lower encounter rates, but also it has additional content.
Everyone always says this, but I played both versions back to back, and if there's any material difference in the encounter rates, it's borderline unnoticeable. You can tell because they increased EXP and gold payouts for the GC version to compensate for the alleged decrease in encounters, but all it does is make you richer and more overpowered even faster.

The biggest reason to still play the Dreamcast original over the GC port is the music. Common misconception is that the music simply suffers from compression due to the smaller disc size, but that's not quite it; there was a specific audio software utilized to handle the dynamic music effects in the game, but no console has used it or been compatible with it since the Dreamcast. The result is that all the music in the GC port sounds a bit "off" for lack of a better word. Some instruments are muffled or off-key, and certain layers of some tracks will cut out, or won't even play at all. The only reason I even mention it is because the OG Dreamcast audio design is phenomenal, and if you're an audiofag with a nice sound system, you might consider it worth your while to play the original version.

>>3447361
Ignoring the audio issues I detailed above, the extra content in the GC version is totally worth it. You get a bunch of challenging yet extremely satisfying bounty hunter battles that level up exponentially the longer you put them off, and they're probably some of the hardest turn-based battles I've ever done in a JRPG. There are more discoveries, a new collectible sidequest, and you get some bonus backstory to boot. I personally find the decreased encounter rate negligible, but the random battle load times certainly are faster.

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