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I wouldn't hold my breath. Mentor characters seem to begin at crazy high levels.
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Since Atelier is being brought up a bunch, I suppose I should mention that Koei Tecmo are conducting big feedback surveys on Rorona+ and the series right now (first link is NA, second is EU).
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I recently got a PSP that came with the Sega Megadrive Collection and I felt like trying out Phantasy Star III. I watched a friend play hours of II and I have played a ton of PSIV which I really enjoyed, but how does III hold up? I also have DQV on my DS and a huge list of other games to play, so I'm not so much desperate for something new as I am as much particularly interested in whether III is worth the time, or if replaying IV will be better on the whole if I did want to play a Phantasy Star game.
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PSIII is bit of a pickle. While it's aged a little less roughly than PSII (those loving teleporter mazes and loving overhead pipes and loving grindathon) it wasn't nearly as good to begin with. It has really neat ideas, which funnily enough kind of coincide with DQ5, but ultimately I'd say maybe read the LP on the archive and play PSIV again, because it's the best 16-bit RPG.
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BadAstronaut posted:I recently got a PSP that came with the Sega Megadrive Collection and I felt like trying out Phantasy Star III. I watched a friend play hours of II and I have played a ton of PSIV which I really enjoyed, but how does III hold up? III is quite easily the worst game in the series and it's only very barely connected to the other 3 mainline Phantasy Star games. The visuals are ugly, the music sounds awful, it looks like a really low effort and unfinished game. The only kind of cool thing about it is that it's set over 3 generations and who you choose to marry at the end of each generation dictates who the protagonist for the next part of the game will be.
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You guys really aren't selling it to me :/ With so much else out there I'll probably pass. For Final Fantasy V and VI,I imagine both of these are much better than PSIII? What's the best version for these - GBA?
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The GBA versions have extra content but the colors and sound take a downgrade from the SNES versions. There are fanmade patches that fix the color scheme and improve the sound to SNES levels which would make them the best versions but that'd only be useful for you if you're playing them on an emulator.
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HGH posted:Since Atelier is being brought up a bunch, I suppose I should mention that Koei Tecmo are conducting big feedback surveys on Rorona+ and the series right now (first link is NA, second is EU). Thanks for the heads up! I made sure to ask for more Monster Rancher in half my responses.
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Mr. Fortitude posted:that'd only be useful for you if you're playing them on an emulator. Maybe I'll do just that. I'll do some googling later. Thanks for the advice. I think it's Dragon Quest for now and then I'll look into patching the GBA versions. How does V compare to VI? Isn't the latter one of the most popular in the series?
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Considering how buggy MRDS was, I think we can just write off Monster rancher as a series. 
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Hey, I just choose to believe there is life for my Suezos out there beyond flash-built timer and IAP-filled mobile games... 
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BadAstronaut posted:Maybe I'll do just that. I'll do some googling later. Thanks for the advice. I think it's Dragon Quest for now and then I'll look into patching the GBA versions. How does V compare to VI? Isn't the latter one of the most popular in the series? They're pretty different. V doesn't take itself seriously at all and has a host of Job classes to use and abilities to learn. It's all about the gameplay. VI is more about the story and while there is some character customization, it opens up a fair bit later on than V and it's all about magic spells than abilities itself. They're both good games but trying to compare them is a bit like trying to compare apples and oranges.
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Falcom PSP action-RPG Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure is getting a Steam port and they're giving free copies to those that vote for it in Greenlight & join their group. http://steamcommunity.com/groups/Gurumin quote:Vote ‘YES’ on the Gurumin Greenlight page and join this group to receive a FREE copy of the game (Steam code) once it is Greenlit and released!
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Done - thanks for the link. Would be cool to see this happen for a range of other old classics too.
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Falcom has several games on Steam, why does that one have to be Greenlit?
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Mill Village posted:Falcom has several games on Steam, why does that one have to be Greenlit? Probably because Falcom can't seem to keep a western publisher for very long and hasn't expanded their publishing branch outside of Japan.
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Mill Village posted:Falcom has several games on Steam, why does that one have to be Greenlit? I believe Xseed published the Ys games and I'm pretty sure they have there hands full working on the Legends of Heroes games with Carpe Fulgur. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong.
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I'm pretty sure Mastiff has the publishing rights to Gurumin, not XSeed. So Mastiff has to go through Greenlight to get the game on Steam.
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OK I'm going to need someone to remind me what to do in Final fantasy 4. I got 6:45 into the game and I'm at Troia castle. One character is in bed and the Epcots (?) have granted me permission to raid the treasure hall downstairs and to use the crystal. I go into the crystal chamber and it's gone (maybe I did this already but it's been months and I forgot I was even here). So where does one head now. Like I say, almost 7 hours into the game with level 25 characters... Where to next? Playing PSP version if it makes any difference.
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Head to the Magnetic Cave to fight the Dark Elf, I think.
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Which direction is that from the castle? Do I need to fly there? EDIT: drat, did I just waste 10,000 on that Member's Writ to watch some stupid dance? Is there any more to it than that? kirbysuperstar posted:play PSIV again, because it's the best 16-bit RPG. Do you mean of all the SNES and Megadrive and whatever else RPGs there were...? BadAstronaut fucked around with this message at 00:59 on Jul 21, 2014 |
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go north to the round forest and catch a black chocobo and fly it east to the magnetic cave. Unequip anything metallic while inside.
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Dross posted:go north to the round forest and catch a black chocobo and fly it east to the magnetic cave. Unequip anything metallic while inside. Note he means everything metallic, not just ferrous metals, except for claws. Silver rings are affected by magnetism. 
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How about bow and arrow set ups? Are arrow tips a problem?
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BadAstronaut posted:Do you mean of all the SNES and Megadrive and whatever else RPGs there were...? Yep! 
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Nope, bring all the arrows you want. It isn't a terribly long area, though, so unless you gave all your Holy Arrows to Rosa, you'll probably have more than enough to get you through it, and it's full of monsters who are weak to Holy element. I swear you can buy them by that point in the game, too, Holy Arrows are like 20GP each.
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And don't forget to talk to the chump in bed to get the super important item without which you cannot beat that next boss fight!
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That is the best beginner trap, because it's like maybe a third of the way through the game and the boss is just so mild looking. His sprite on-map is unique but still just a dude. His sprite in-battle is a recolour of Astos from the very first game. There's seemingly no weird tricks to the fight at all, aside from the metal gimmick. Then he wipes your entire party out by multi-casting mid-level spells for 9,999 damage.
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Trails in the Sky: FC is coming to Steam and GOG next week: http://store.steampowered.com/app/251150/ From https://twitter.com/Hatsuu/status/491638538480259073: "Every major feature from the PSP version will be implemented at launch, save for the Monster Guide, which will be implemented shortly after." evilalien fucked around with this message at 19:10 on Jul 22, 2014 |
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evilalien posted:Trails in the Sky: FC is coming next week: http://store.steampowered.com/app/251150/ 'Bout darn time! evilalien posted:From https://twitter.com/Hatsuu/status/491638538480259073: What's this? Is this something important to the game, something that, if you're halfway through the game when it gets patched in, can be filled retroactively with the stuff you've fought? (assuming it's what I think it is) Morpheus fucked around with this message at 19:11 on Jul 22, 2014 |
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The monster guide is basically a bestiary with info on every monster you fight. It's the one thing that would hold up a release at this point (since the content wasn't in the PC version at all and needs to be ported over by hand, page by page) and since it's a non-critical function and can easily be patched in later, they decided to just go ahead and make it a patch feature rather than delay further for one little thing that wasn't in the PC version to start with.
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I almost exlusively play JRPGs but I've more or less exhausted what's out there: played the Final Fantasies, Personas, Bravely Default, Disgaeas, Pokemons, a whole bunch of PS2 stuff I can't remember and now I'm at the point where I can't find anything too interesting anymore. Very few JRPGs get released now and if I try to dig backwards the timeline, much of the ps1/gb era feels too clunky for a modern gamer. Like Grandia 1 and Xenogears and Golden Sun kinda stuff is just too dated. So where should I look? When I went to the local gamestore, I found a bunch of weird anime games for ps3, probably JRPGs, but I have no idea what they were. Have I missed stuff during the years? Older stuff from ps2 era would be great too, but I guess a lot of it isn't available anymore. Haven't checked PSN for a while now, though.
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ManOfTheYear posted:I almost exlusively play JRPGs but I've more or less exhausted what's out there: played the Final Fantasies, Personas, Bravely Default, Disgaeas, Pokemons, a whole bunch of PS2 stuff I can't remember and now I'm at the point where I can't find anything too interesting anymore. Very few JRPGs get released now and if I try to dig backwards the timeline, much of the ps1/gb era feels too clunky for a modern gamer. Like Grandia 1 and Xenogears and Golden Sun kinda stuff is just too dated. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrW08G1f7nM Since the game's plots aren't interconnected, save for the occasional sequel (like Final Fantasy) you can jump onto it from just about anywhere.
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ManOfTheYear posted:I almost exlusively play JRPGs but I've more or less exhausted what's out there: played the Final Fantasies, Personas, Bravely Default, Disgaeas, Pokemons, a whole bunch of PS2 stuff I can't remember and now I'm at the point where I can't find anything too interesting anymore. Very few JRPGs get released now and if I try to dig backwards the timeline, much of the ps1/gb era feels too clunky for a modern gamer. Like Grandia 1 and Xenogears and Golden Sun kinda stuff is just too dated. I guess I'm lucky in that I genuinely enjoy old, clunky, ugly polygonal PSX JRPGs and the like. I can just keep playing those while waiting for good new JRPGs to come out, and someday that'll happen.  Anyways, you say you've played a bunch of stuff, so I'll just toss out some general ideas rather than going into specifics:
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You could also try Grandia 2, which is one of my favorite games. It was Dreamcast/PS2/PC and was really cartoony, so even though it's on older-gen tech, the graphics aren't really that bad since that sounds like a sticking point with you. Dunno why, you're missing out on some good poo poo passing up stuff like XGS, Grandia 1, and Squaresoft's obscure PS1 library.
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BloodWulfe posted:I guess I'm lucky in that I genuinely enjoy old, clunky, ugly polygonal PSX JRPGs and the like. I can just keep playing those while waiting for good new JRPGs to come out, and someday that'll happen. If you have a PS3, ManOfTheYear, Tales of Xillia is also well worth your time. Also seconding that you shouldn't go anywhere near Star Ocean: The Last Hope. Some more good JRPG's from the last decade or so; Lost Kingdoms 2 (GC) Tales of the Abyss (Get the 3DS version, it fixes a bunch of loading issues the PS2 version had) The Last Story (Wii) (basically a really good Final Fantasy game in all but name, especially as it's made by the original director of the FF games). The White Dragon posted:You could also try Grandia 2, which is one of my favorite games. It was Dreamcast/PS2/PC and was really cartoony, so even though it's on older-gen tech, the graphics aren't really that bad since that sounds like a sticking point with you. Dunno why, you're missing out on some good poo poo passing up stuff like XGS, Grandia 1, and Squaresoft's obscure PS1 library. If you're going to get Grandia 2, don't get the PS2 version because it's buggy as hell. The PC version's also buggy, but I think there's a fan patch or two floating around. The Dreamcast version suffers from none of the issues the other two have though.
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Lost Odyssey for 360 has a pretty good rep around these parts, no?
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If you go to play Suikoden 2 and you're in the US, grab the fan patch that fixes a lot of issues with it. The North American version was somewhat messed up (music don't play correctly, name import is messed up, some battle stuff is incorrect.) http://www.herrvillain.com/suikoden/GS2_Patch_2.01.065b_2013-12-19.zip This is the latest one available. RadicalR fucked around with this message at 04:57 on Jul 23, 2014 |
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RadicalR posted:If you go to play Suikoden 2 and you're in the US, grab the fan patch that fixes a lot of issues with it. The North American version was somewhat messed up (music don't play correctly, name import is messed up, some battle stuff is incorrect.)
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