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barkley: shut up and jam: gaiden is the best rpg
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i dont know how to tell you this but most people don't play the same video game seven times
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Jan 1, 2016 05:33
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I enjoy JRPGs less than I did as a child. I assume this is because games have changed, and not me
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Jan 1, 2016 05:43
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lufia 2 is a really great game about a dumb adventurer who decided that ditches his childhood friend to nail a royal wizard, and when the big bad shows up to abduct your newly born son, you immediately go on a murderous rampage, killing every monster on the planet to hunt him down eventually you recruit a loving elf and a scientist and a whole bunch of poo poo happens, and not once along the way do you go "loving puzzles, again?!"
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Jan 1, 2016 05:56
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Kokoro Wish posted:Breath of Fire 3 was like, my favorite J-RPG on the PSX, yo. Grandia 1 was also pretty enjoyable. i have beaten bof 3 like 4 times and each time i enjoy it about as much as the time before
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Jan 1, 2016 05:57
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Kokoro Wish posted:Breath of Fire 3 was like, my favorite J-RPG on the PSX, yo. Grandia 1 was also pretty enjoyable. I want to like Breath of Fire 3. I really do. But then I start it up and nobody uses periods and it's like an entire game of GBS posts cheetah7071 posted:I enjoy JRPGs less than I did as a child. I assume this is because games have changed, and not me I mean, this isn't necessarily wrong. I played Grandia 1 for the first time this year, no rose-tinted glasses, and it was definitely my poo poo.
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Jan 1, 2016 06:05
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is Stella Glow good? I haven't used my 3DS in a while and was thinking of buying something for it.
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Jan 1, 2016 06:14
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Gamma Nerd posted:is Stella Glow good? I haven't used my 3DS in a while and was thinking of buying something for it. Yeah I wouldn't do that.
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Jan 1, 2016 06:17
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Nakar posted:I'm not sure I can even distinguish which games were PSX and which were PS2 anymore but I'll try. I would also answer differently in terms of "most fun to play" vs. "most influential." Some that might fall kind of in the middle of the two points would be like Valkyrie Profile, Legend of Mana, Parasite Eve, and the early Tales games. There's also stuff like Chrono Cross, Final Fantasy Tactics, and the first two Star Oceans that I'm not sure where I'd categorize them on that continuum, and I'd probably put Suikoden 1&2 in with them somewhere, wherever that is. And influential but extremely flawed games like FF7-9 and Xenogears, and experimental games of mixed success like the SaGa Frontiers and Vagrant Story. If Symphony of the Night is considered an RPG that's a big one too, but I'm not sure whether I consider it one (I suppose Parasite Eve is also questionable).
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Jan 1, 2016 06:18
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Gamma Nerd posted:is Stella Glow good? I haven't used my 3DS in a while and was thinking of buying something for it. from what i've read it's an above average although not exceptional sprg. im waiting for a sale
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Jan 1, 2016 06:18
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The White Dragon posted:I want to like Breath of Fire 3. I really do. But then I start it up and nobody uses periods and it's like an entire game of GBS posts Rascyc posted:Ya I see where you are coming from in that all of the games you list did something unique in a sense. To me the uniqueness of Suikoden 2 is that it tried to sculpt a decent story in an epic that spanned two games, and I think it was successful in that regard so I consider it a mostly great game for its time.
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Jan 1, 2016 06:19
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Gamma Nerd posted:is Stella Glow good? I haven't used my 3DS in a while and was thinking of buying something for it. buy the dragon quest games for the ds instead
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Jan 1, 2016 06:19
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Gamma Nerd posted:is Stella Glow good? I haven't used my 3DS in a while and was thinking of buying something for it. I heard that it's decent fun but probably not worth the Atlus Tax. Wait about a year for it to fall into the "gets put on sale every other week" category.
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Jan 1, 2016 06:19
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Nakar posted:I suppose if you look at it as a whole series there is a lot there in terms of striving for continuity and progression, even if 4/T and 5 stepped away from that and more toward fleshing out the world. Had Suikoden built up to the thing its original creator was hinting toward it might be different for me, since it'd be fairly unique to have a 4 or 5 game series that builds an epic confrontation up and then pays it off in the final game.
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Jan 1, 2016 06:31
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I'm so mad I missed anime talk!! Best anime-like game is Mana Khemia. Edit: Awww, I got reminded about how much I liked FFIX with that trailer. Tired Moritz fucked around with this message at 06:39 on Jan 1, 2016 |
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Jan 1, 2016 06:34
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Rascyc posted:I honestly don't care about S3 and beyond cause it feels like they started to bend backwards to make it work. S1+S2 felt like a planned story and much of the cast has overlaps. Suikoden is kind of like FFT in that it's at its best when it's more grounded politically and kinda loses something when it tries to be more magical. To its credit the series often uses the protagonist's rune power as an actual driving force for the story rather than just a thing that makes them awesome, and as a source of conflict (Soul Eater and Punishment threatening the protagonist's life, Bright Shield and Black Sword being destined to oppose each other, etc.). Tired Moritz posted:I'm so mad I missed anime talk!!
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Jan 1, 2016 06:41
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Gamma Nerd posted:is Stella Glow good? I haven't used my 3DS in a while and was thinking of buying something for it. like luminous arc was 7/10, stella glow is 8/10
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Jan 1, 2016 06:45
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Nakar posted:People said Atelier Shallie's combat was like Mana Khemia's but it's a pale imitation of it. Not that it's bad, but MK1 is one of the more entertaining turn-based systems I've ever seen with some very clever mechanics and it doesn't stack up to that.
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Jan 1, 2016 06:45
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Endorph posted:escha and logy has the best atelier combat
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Jan 1, 2016 06:48
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The party member mechanics were cool and I generally like systems that let you use the entire (or at least most of, considering the DLC and the fact that you have one guy just kinda hanging around) party in some way or another. Positioning was barely a thing, but I didn't really mind. And yeah, Double Draw was busted.
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Jan 1, 2016 06:50
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I liked that, in a game about alchemists, alchemy was stronger than hitting things with swords
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Jan 1, 2016 06:52
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Using the whole party is a good thing, yes. That's what I liked about Mana Khemia, how swapping in and out frequently was not only encouraged but optimal. I also liked some of the mechanics like timecard manipulation. There are ways to create and destroy timecards in the Dusk games (at least in E&L and Shallie, I almost never used any items in Ayesha) but it's not the same as "this character can block an enemy timecard and damage the enemy that set it up, or cancel one of your beneficial timecards to heal or buff." Actually I think that sort of gets at why I preferred MK1 to MK2: The characters were more skewed in what they did and the MK2 cast is a bit less unique in terms of their abilities. It's pretty awesome getting Anna to take a dozen turns and then guessing when the RNG's not going to favor her so you can start a chain. cheetah7071 posted:I liked that, in a game about alchemists, alchemy was stronger than hitting things with swords
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Jan 1, 2016 06:53
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I want to say that pricing Stella Glow at $50 was dumb, but I guess it makes sense for Atlus since it probably won't sell much and there won't be any future titles, so might as well make the most out of what sales you can get.
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Jan 1, 2016 06:54
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hubris.height posted:buy the dragon quest games for the ds instead i hate dragon quest
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Jan 1, 2016 06:56
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Dragon quest 5 was really cool but I came imagine the other games have half as much charm and I know they all have the same boring rear end combat
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Jan 1, 2016 06:58
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I enjoyed Dragon Quest 8 but that's partially because I hadn't played a Dragon Quest since 3. I imagine it's a tough series to binge on unless you just really love how it plays.
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Jan 1, 2016 06:59
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cheetah7071 posted:Dragon quest 5 was really cool but I came imagine the other games have half as much charm and I know they all have the same boring rear end combat why would playing and enjoying a game in a series make you instantly assume that the rest are significantly worse?
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Jan 1, 2016 07:00
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Endorph posted:escha and logy has the best atelier combat
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Jan 1, 2016 07:06
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Motto posted:why would playing and enjoying a game in a series make you instantly assume that the rest are significantly worse? I find that writing/story quality doesn't actually carry over mitch between entries in a series. Gameplay quality usually does.
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Jan 1, 2016 07:07
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Nakar posted:I enjoyed Dragon Quest 8 but that's partially because I hadn't played a Dragon Quest since 3. I imagine it's a tough series to binge on unless you just really love how it plays. I liked Dragon Quest 8, but mostly because Yangus at one point exclaims, "You what? Yer 'avin' a girraffe, intcha!?" and that just had me in stitches. Also my entire party were unarmed throughout, people could go super saiyan and the Jessica could get a spell that was basically this.
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Jan 1, 2016 08:13
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i'll probably get EO2U instead of Stella Glow but I can't resist the allure of a Mitsuda soundtrack, especially not if the game is anime as gently caress
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Jan 1, 2016 09:04
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To answer the original "what PSX rpg's were great" question, the answer is FF7, FF9, FFT, Parasite Eve, Xenogears (notice a trend?), BOF3, Suiko2, Tactics Ogre, Wild Arms, Saga Frontier... Having trouble thinking of others, but I'm sure there are plenty I never played.
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Jan 1, 2016 11:05
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bloodychill posted:To answer the original "what PSX rpg's were great" question, the answer is FF7, FF9, FFT, Parasite Eve, Xenogears (notice a trend?), BOF3, Suiko2, Tactics Ogre, Wild Arms, Saga Frontier... Having trouble thinking of others, but I'm sure there are plenty I never played. Can't make that list without Vagrant Story in it.   I slightly prefer BoF 4 over 3, the dragon stuff was a lot better in 3 but the dungeons could really drag on in that game and I can't help but appreciate what a hilariously dark game 4 was, it's just a non-stop rollercoaster of depression. Also while I recognize that it probably doesn't belong on that list, I'll always have a soft spot for Legend of Dragoon. Lavitz was a true bro.
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Jan 1, 2016 11:45
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I always say Vagrant Story is my favourite RPG (or sometimes Xenogears) but unfortunately it's a lot more fun to remember it than to actually play it nowadays. :/
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Jan 1, 2016 11:49
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Sakurazuka posted:I always say Vagrant Story is my favourite RPG (or sometimes Xenogears) but unfortunately it's a lot more fun to remember it than to actually play it nowadays. :/ I played and finished it about a year back and it's still a great game in my opinion, the only legit annoying thing about it is the fact that your container is saved on your memory card which makes transferring items for crafting a lot more tedious than it ought to be. That part aside I found that it has aged a lot better than most PS1 games, though it helped that I actually understood the affinity system this time around instead of ignoring the tutorial about it and plinking at bosses for 1 damage at a time. Plus I love atmospheric games and that game oozes the stuff.
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Jan 1, 2016 11:58
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Any suggestions for RPGS/JRPGS that would scratch my itch for Earthbound like games? I'm on this trend because of Undertale, and LISA the Painful/Joyful. Played Mother 3 before, mostly looking for newer games if possible. I'd be down to try RPG maker games as well if they are any good.
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Jan 1, 2016 12:04
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Nakar posted:The translations of the earlier Breath of Fire games were usually okay, if pretty simplistic and literal. But every now and then they'd swerve hard and end up in that untamed wilderness where Ar Tonelico 2's translation dwells. I can't remember which of the first three was the worst in that respect but I vaguely recall it might've been 2's. The translations of the first three games aren't that great but 2 was the worst offender yeah. While BoF 1's translation had abbreviations everywhere and was inaccurate, BoF 2 was overly accurate to the point that it sounded like complete gibberish, even if it was technically correct. I could only play through it with a relocalization patch which also added a sprint button to the game.
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Jan 1, 2016 13:01
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Gamma Nerd posted:is Stella Glow good? I haven't used my 3DS in a while and was thinking of buying something for it. I like it quite a bit, but I also Gamefly'ed it. I think 50 bucks might be too much but it's a pretty solid game overall. It even has SRW style skill points which is neat because instead of rewarding points for an ending, it gives you bonus items which can help you along.
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Jan 1, 2016 13:20
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It's definitely not worth 50 bucks, especially with how frequent Atlus drops their price. You can either wait a couple months for fire emblems, or try the devil survivor 2 (that's on sale of sorts) if you really need a sprg fix.
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I just finished To The Moon, which is not really an RPG but it's an enjoyable enough RPG Maker product to get some love here. Worth it for any of you who have not played it. Great way to spend 4 or so hours.
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