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Yeah that's a hell of a find, you got yourself 3 solid classics there that are all pretty different, so you're bound to like at least one or two of them.
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Threads Of Fate/Dew Prism was one of my favorite JRPGs back when I was a small 'un. Gameplay isn't exactly number crunching goodness, instead it's a lot like a platformer with light RPG elements (equipment, side quests, free roaming hub area). I definitely put a good 20 hours into it, as did my mam.  I had a lot of fun playing this - it reminded me a lot of the Tomba! games. Anyone else play this or anything similar?
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May 30, 2011 22:33
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Scottish Uncle posted:I had a lot of fun playing this - it reminded me a lot of the Tomba! games. Anyone else play this or anything similar? Meh, it had it's own lil charm but it had clunky platforming and the world felt really empty. Brave Fencer Musashi is better in every way(even though it also suffers from some annoying platforming parts).
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May 31, 2011 03:45
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I actually really liked Threads of Fate. I'm sad it never got a sequel.Drunken Butterfly posted:Brave Fencer Musashi is better in every way(even though it also suffers from some annoying platforming parts). STEEEEEEAAAAAAAMWOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!! 
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May 31, 2011 04:00
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Paperhouse posted:jesus, Suikoden 2 for 50 cents? People sell that game on ebay for like 100 bucks man Nice! The only one I didn't pull the trigger on was Front Mission because I only had a few bucks on me at the time...Also worth 50 cents? Garage sale is over, but dude lives across the street for me.
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May 31, 2011 04:28
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A Nice Boy posted:Hey all, quick question. I was at a garage sale over the weekend and noticed the guy had some classic Playstation RPGs, so I picked up Vagrant Story, Final Fantasy 9, and Suikoden 2 for 50 cents apiece. I figured that even if they sucked...50 cents. Good purchases? Any of them really good? I know that there were some amazing RPG's in the old Playstation days and some really lovely ones, and I never played any of these, and can't remember if they were supposed to be any good. Ho. Ly. poo poo. That is like the turn of the century holy trinity right there.
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May 31, 2011 04:57
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A Nice Boy posted:Nice! The only one I didn't pull the trigger on was Front Mission because I only had a few bucks on me at the time...Also worth 50 cents? Garage sale is over, but dude lives across the street for me. I am actually real life angry that all of those games were available and for only 50 cents. I would say skip Front Mission and go out and see if you can get Front Mission 3 or 4, that's where the series really starts to pick up. There's also a 5 but it's not available in english, although there is a nifty fan translation available at: http://frontmission.info/
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May 31, 2011 05:37
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I've been in the mood for some new RPGs as of late, but nothing's really caught my eye, so I'm up for suggestions. If possible, I'd like something with a large, uh, 'narrative focus'. Or, to say it another way, a goddamn book with the occasional interactive bits. I don't know why, but I'm in the mood for something like that again.
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May 31, 2011 05:46
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S-Alpha posted:I've been in the mood for some new RPGs as of late, but nothing's really caught my eye, so I'm up for suggestions. If possible, I'd like something with a large, uh, 'narrative focus'. Or, to say it another way, a goddamn book with the occasional interactive bits. Have you heard of visual novels? It sounds like they would be right up your alley, although you should stick to the ones listed in the ADTRW thread.
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May 31, 2011 06:01
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Konstantin posted:Have you heard of visual novels? It sounds like they would be right up your alley, although you should stick to the ones listed in the ADTRW thread. Yes. Yes I have. And I've played through most of the stuff in the ADTRW thread. But I was hoping for something a little more, well, RPGish. A recent VN kick is kind of responsible for this urge, to be honest. If nothing else, I can always default back to finishing the one or two SaGa games I missed out on.
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S-Alpha posted:I've been in the mood for some new RPGs as of late, but nothing's really caught my eye, so I'm up for suggestions. If possible, I'd like something with a large, uh, 'narrative focus'. Or, to say it another way, a goddamn book with the occasional interactive bits. Not quite a RPG, but the Phoenix Wright series could be interesting. Interactive puzzles with a lot of reading and a plot. You could always skip to the second disc of Xenogears 
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May 31, 2011 06:09
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Question about Seiken Densetsu 3 since there's been some talk about it. The last time I played it I remember it being quite buggy, similar to FF6. Anyone know if there's a version that fixes the bugs?
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Whoops, derp, I managed to edit out my list of things I had played and was looking for something similar to, and forgot to put it back in. The extra plot thing is just a side request at this point, I guess. -Xenogears/saga -Every translated SaGa game ever. -Suikoden -Similarly every FF. -Mana Khemia 1/2 -Ar Tonelico 1/2/3. To be honest, the more obscure it is, the better. I've played a lot of crap.
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May 31, 2011 06:19
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S-Alpha posted:I've been in the mood for some new RPGs as of late, but nothing's really caught my eye, so I'm up for suggestions. If possible, I'd like something with a large, uh, 'narrative focus'. Or, to say it another way, a goddamn book with the occasional interactive bits. Outside of RPGs, The Longest Journey is good for a book-like game. Definitely one of my favorite adventure games.
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May 31, 2011 06:22
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S-Alpha posted:Whoops, derp, I managed to edit out my list of things I had played and was looking for something similar to, and forgot to put it back in. The extra plot thing is just a side request at this point, I guess. Do you own a PSP? Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky is pretty good and has tons of story to it. There's a good bit of battling as well though.
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Is Resonance of Fate any good? It catches my eye every time I head to the game store, and, I wouldn't mind beefing up my PS3 game collection (frankly, I've been using the damned thing as a glorified dvd player after I gave up on FF13), but I don't want to spend the cash if it isn't worth keeping.
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the_steve posted:Is Resonance of Fate any good? It's pretty decent. The amount you'll like it depends on how much you like the combat system, since it's basically the entire game. The plot is minimal (But surprisingly not bad, it's more of a slice-of-life JRPG than anything), and almost all the sidequests are more combat, though sometimes with twists. I'd say get it, it's really fun, even though it gets a little repetitive near the tail-end of the game. Plus, you can add like 50 scopes to a gun and they all stack!
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the_steve posted:Is Resonance of Fate any good? Its... different. Imagine, if you will, bizarro FFXIII. You start the game with all the moves you'll ever have, your full party, and access to the world map. Sidequests abound constantly and the game is split into chapters with clear sub-goals and arcs. Combat involves focus on positioning and proper set-up while weapons are to be tricked out to absurd levels rather than constantly replaced. On the down-side, it has some wonky balance issues, an early mission is complete bullshit (gently caress you escort mission of a statue), and the game expects you to be pretty competent with the battle mechanics very quickly and to have read the tutorials. Expect to redo a lot of fights because you messed up.
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I enjoyed both games, but Resonance of Fate is pretty much the exact opposite of Final Fantasy XIII in every way, and not in a good way. Instead of a twenty hour tutorial, you get a couple of bad text screens that don't really explain anything (and you can get attacked on the way to read those screens!).Instead of pressing x to battle through trash you have to set up complicated group attacks to beat anything, which really gets old by the end of the game. Instead of having a convoluted story line and no side quests, you get no story line and everything feels like a side quest.
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May 31, 2011 07:24
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Volitaire posted:Question about Seiken Densetsu 3 since there's been some talk about it. The last time I played it I remember it being quite buggy, similar to FF6. I don't recall any gamebreakers in it. Unless you're a nitpicker for "oh why does this one specific lovely spell not work" or "why does this exploit work," it's perfectly fine. And I don't even know of any features that don't work; just that there was some translation patch text display errors that you just gotta live with--it's a translation patch, you can't seriously expect AAA budget display solidity--and the only exploit I know of only applies to the optional Dark Rabite superboss.
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Barudak posted:(gently caress you escort mission of a statue) If you continue with the recover your health option the statue recovers it's health, too. I ended up having to do that on the last screen. I thought the game was really fun to play and the slice of lifey story was awesome as well, but I like difficult games and doing side quests. If you try to just attack the game(especially without going through tutorials) it will probably kick your rear end.
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Drunken Butterfly posted:If you continue with the recover your health option the statue recovers it's health, too. I ended up having to do that on the last screen. Oh I know, its just it costs like 50,000 points which is a huge amount even if you did all the sidequests. Ended up learning how to perfect every room except one and taking down the boss in less than 3 turns. Felt good when I did it.
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A Nice Boy posted:Hey all, quick question. I was at a garage sale over the weekend and noticed the guy had some classic Playstation RPGs, so I picked up Vagrant Story, Final Fantasy 9, and Suikoden 2 for 50 cents apiece. I figured that even if they sucked...50 cents. Good purchases? Any of them really good? I know that there were some amazing RPG's in the old Playstation days and some really lovely ones, and I never played any of these, and can't remember if they were supposed to be any good. Vagrant Story is the best PS1 RPG, just read an FAQ on how combat and weapon types/bonuses work because the game is super obtuse about explaining these and you'll end up going through the game wondering why you're doing 1 or 2 HP damage to enemies all the time.
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A Nice Boy posted:Nice! The only one I didn't pull the trigger on was Front Mission because I only had a few bucks on me at the time...Also worth 50 cents? Garage sale is over, but dude lives across the street for me. Front Mission isn't bad, but the DS remake is better in pretty much every way, being based on the PSX remake that had a bonus campaign.
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It was actually Front Mission 3...Forgot to type the 3. Sorry.
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A Nice Boy posted:It was actually Front Mission 3...Forgot to type the 3. Sorry. Good news, Front Mission 3 is even better.
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The White Dragon posted:I don't recall any gamebreakers in it. Unless you're a nitpicker for "oh why does this one specific lovely spell not work" or "why does this exploit work," it's perfectly fine. Not game breaking, but certainly annoying. For one the Agility stat is hosed. It's suppose to raise your critical hit rate and your evasion. Problem is by all reports, evasion does nothing and critical hits are non existent. The evasion bug also makes Light Duran's shields pretty useless, since they don't raise Def or Mag. Def, only Evasion. I think they are also suppose to give elemental protections, but those are bugged too. On top of that I remember there being some glitch with the way the days of the week interacts with elemental sabers. It's something like if cast an elemental saber on the corresponding day of the week, it actually increases enemy's damage to you, rather than the other way around. So casting Diamond Saber on Gnome's Day is actually a very bad thing, when you'd think it would be good. These are just the one's that I can remember, but I know there are more. Like I said, its a similar situation to FF6. The game is perfectly playable with the glitches, but it'd just be nice to have them fixed.
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Barudak posted:Its... different. Imagine, if you will, bizarro FFXIII. You start the game with all the moves you'll ever have, your full party, and access to the world map. Sidequests abound constantly and the game is split into chapters with clear sub-goals and arcs. Combat involves focus on positioning and proper set-up while weapons are to be tricked out to absurd levels rather than constantly replaced. Man, this sounds exactly like a game I'd really enjoy. Stupid console exclusivity bullshit, just let me play your god drat game
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Isn't there a bugfix patch out for Seiken 3? I know there are bugfix patches out for FF6 and it makes the game much more interesting.
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VDay posted:Man, this sounds exactly like a game I'd really enjoy. Stupid console exclusivity bullshit, just let me play your god drat game We're talking about Resonance of Fate? It's not console-exclusive.
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Brannock posted:Isn't there a bugfix patch out for Seiken 3? I know there are bugfix patches out for FF6 and it makes the game much more interesting. That's what I was wondering. I played the fixed version of FF6 and it was great, and since SD3 is a fan favorite I figured there might be one for it as well.
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Morpheus posted:We're talking about Resonance of Fate? It's not console-exclusive. Holy crap you're right. I thought I looked it up a couple of months ago and it was PS3-only. Guess I'm just thinking of something else.
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Brannock posted:Isn't there a bugfix patch out for Seiken 3? I know there are bugfix patches out for FF6 and it makes the game much more interesting. A quick search of romhacking.net says that such a thing doesn't exist, only the translation patch and the multitap patch. Sorry, guys. I guess the knowledge of these bugs isn't widespread enough.
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The White Dragon posted:A quick search of romhacking.net says that such a thing doesn't exist, only the translation patch and the multitap patch. Sorry, guys. I guess the knowledge of these bugs isn't widespread enough. Check zophar. I got the bugfix patch from there once.
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I cannot get over how much better Star Ocean 4 would be if they had just removed Lymle entirely. Ugh. She's so loving creepy.
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amaranthine posted:I cannot get over how much better Star Ocean 4 would be if they had just removed the story/characters entirely Fixed that for you
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That's what skipping cutscenes was for. Seriously, the game pretty much encouraged you to do it, it even gave a summary of what happened and what you had to next whenever you skipped a cutscene. Oh and thanks for the Trails in the Sky recommendation earlier in the thread The Black Stones. I beat it a couple of days ago and thought it was great. It's rare that an rpg can hold my attention for a full 60 hours (I play slowly) but it did.
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The Black Stones posted:Fixed that for you I don't really hate any of the other characters (ok, maybe meracle), should I?
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Stelas posted:Edge Maverick would be okay if he had a grizzled beard and gave no fucks and blew up all of the bad guys with a minimum of angst and basically deserved the name 'Edge Maverick'.
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