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Genocyber posted:Mind offering more thoughts on this game? Looks interesting and I'd like to hear more about it from a fan of Etrian Odyssey. It's not exactly Etrian Odyssey, but it is a dungeon crawler with a skill system where you upgrade your skills, pick a party that synergizes, and go to town. The plot's a direct continuation of the PSP games but you don't need to know a whole lot about it beyond 'in 2020, dragons came and killed the gently caress out of the entire world, and then did it again in 2021, and some dudes called Unit 13 stopped them both times'. The plot isn't incredibly complex, but it is at least there, and some of the battles can be quite tough because, as I mention, damage is high on both sides. You also get to build a base which gets a bunch of reasonably likable guys and also a gay cowboy computer programmer in it. You don't have to plan your skills because SP is gained from battles and so can be farmed, but the abilities are very distinct based on class and each has their own gimmicks - Monks build up a 'depth' status most times they hit something, enabling their more powerful moves, while one class is literally a yu-gi-oh battler who draws cards as a secondary mana mechanic and another stocks and burns through bombs. Most notably is the way every class gets a unique React skill - this is a long buff where, while it's up, fulfilling a specific goal will usually net you an extra turn between main turns. The normal battles are incredibly easy but the main draw is that there's 256 dragons in the game and (if you are a completionist) you are out to slaughter them all for world peace / to build your base / for the sheer xp and sp they give. Along the way you get some cool abilities and big numbers. Not a deep game, but it was pretty fun once I got into the swing of mass slaughter while keeping my buffs intact.
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The Colonel posted:Shadow Hearts II: Director's Cut This is a pro choice
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7th Dragon 2020 for the PSP has a fan translation and emulates perfectly if you want more information on the story. I beat it and had more fun than I expected going into it.
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There's also the GBA game, but honestly that one is kinda dirt-slow.
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The biggest problem with VFD is basically that there's no meaningful difference between the dragons in terms of how you fight. There are a lot of dragons but the vast vast majority of them are basically unmemorable and meaningless, while your cast of characters is so strong that you'll basically be repeating the same attack patterns through most of the game with only slight variations once you get to the endgame. Several classes basically can one-to-twoshot almost anything in the game. It's a neat concept but I'd rather have had fewer dragons who require more thought to beat than just pounding through groups of basically-identical enemies.
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ImpAtom posted:The biggest problem with VFD is basically that there's no meaningful difference between the dragons in terms of how you fight. There are a lot of dragons but the vast vast majority of them are basically unmemorable and meaningless, while your cast of characters is so strong that you'll basically be repeating the same attack patterns through most of the game with only slight variations once you get to the endgame. Several classes basically can one-to-twoshot almost anything in the game. I felt that 2020 was significantly better on this front, but maybe that's just because I was trying to use a monk specialized in different counter skills (Fang Breaker, Breath Breaker, Claw Breaker, etc) so I had to memorize their attack patterns. They felt relatively shallow in this game.
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Clarste posted:I felt that 2020 was significantly better on this front, but maybe that's just because I was trying to use a monk specialized in different counter skills (Fang Breaker, Breath Breaker, Claw Breaker, etc) so I had to memorize their attack patterns. They felt relatively shallow in this game. 2020 wasn't that much better. I ran a Samurai, Psychic and Trickster and my boss fights were almost all identical. Lower their resistance to status ailments, spam status ailments on them, watch them die while keeping myself alive. Not to say it was a bad game, I enjoyed it aside from the ghost/zombie dungeon.
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http://gematsu.com/2016/07/conception-ii-children-seven-stars-coming-pc-via-steam-summer I'm sure..somebody's happy about this? 
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kirbysuperstar posted:http://gematsu.com/2016/07/conception-ii-children-seven-stars-coming-pc-via-steam-summer More non-Neptunia JRPGs is always good, and I didn't -hate- the first Conception so there's that.
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Conception 2 isn't really a step up from Neptunia unless "godawful boring" is your flavor. Like it isn't even interesting-bad. It's just boooooring.
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Conception 2 is...I can't say definitively that it's bad, but I didn't even get to the end of the demo before deciding I didn't want to play it anymore, so it's certainly not good
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kirbysuperstar posted:http://gematsu.com/2016/07/conception-ii-children-seven-stars-coming-pc-via-steam-summer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZVa9aEaX-c
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Conception 2 is a game that has literally nothing appealing about it, not characters, story, dialogue and definitely not the gameplay.
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neptunia is a loving masterpiece compared to conception 2
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Tired Moritz posted:are there at least cute boys? no
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Sakurazuka posted:Conception 2 is a game that has literally nothing appealing about it, not characters, story, dialogue and definitely not the gameplay. The half-black hair half-white hair girl has a cute design
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Conception 2 has that one song that is funny and that's it
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conception ii had the most annoying trailer music in akiba's trip: undead & undressed so i hate it
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Conception II is a game that left me bored and uninterested at the demo level, and keep in mind I bought and am still slogging through Sakura Dungeon.
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END ME SCOOB posted:Conception II is a game that left me bored and uninterested at the demo level, and keep in mind I bought and am still slogging through Sakura Dungeon. why
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I don't like Wizardry clones but do like dungeon crawlers, hoped I'd get something decent. I did not get something decent. It's actually some 80s-rear end era gameplay that gets repetitive real fast. I basically just play a floor here and there and leave for town, then shut it off. I'm slowly making progress.
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Verranicus posted:More non-Neptunia JRPGs is always good, and I didn't -hate- the first Conception so there's that. Your taste is impeccably shite as ever.
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Verranicus posted:More non-Neptunia JRPGs is always good, and I didn't -hate- the first Conception so there's that. You are the most doth-protest-too-much ever in this thread I think
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I'm unreasonably excited for the new SAO. I want a version of Hollow Fragment that's actually up-to-date and lets me make my own character to dick around for fifty hours.
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 Also I was gonna play Witcher 3 now that I'm done with Ys Origin but I figure I may as well let a little sunlight into my soul instead. Popcorn JRPGs.
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ImpAtom posted:It's a neat concept but I'd rather have had fewer dragons who require more thought to beat than just pounding through groups of basically-identical enemies. For the record this post is 100% true, but I think it's enjoyable enough as a popcorn jrpg.
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Stelas posted:I'm having another try at XCX and good loving god I wish it was a little kinder in its autoattack ranges so that I don't get dumpstered immediately whenever I want to try to poke around some of the weirder places, as a level 60 legend thing decides to kick my rear end after dropping from the ceiling or whatever I haven't gotten to this game yet (I only recently beat the first, and I've no interest to immediately jump into another 150+ hour game), but does the game not have you determine to start attacking by pressing the B Button like the first? I liked it in the first game since it just lets you determine when you wanted to fight.
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I can't help feeling like "popcorn JRPG" is a redundant phrase
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Ventana posted:I haven't gotten to this game yet (I only recently beat the first, and I've no interest to immediately jump into another 150+ hour game), but does the game not have you determine to start attacking by pressing the B Button like the first? I liked it in the first game since it just lets you determine when you wanted to fight. I don't know - I mean, you can immediately sprint off in a lot of cases and you'll successfully evade the battle, but some areas are just lousy with surprise enemies out the blue.
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Verranicus posted:Suggest me some import RPGs and SRPGs for PS1, PS2, PSP, DS or 3DS that aren't already on this list. No nepnep. My personal backlog Ningyo no Rakuin The Granstream Saga Manic Game Girl Front Mission 5 (full English I believe) The Hanjuku Hero games (PS2 ones good to start) Dragon Shadow Spell Seven Molmorth no Kiheitai Knights in the Nightmare ZHP Unlosing Ranger (I don't know if this is "nepnep" but it's a cool roguelike)
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Genocyber posted:Mind offering more thoughts on this game? Looks interesting and I'd like to hear more about it from a fan of Etrian Odyssey. As someone who really likes Etrian Odyssey, I found VFD to be a decent game, but dragged down by a bunch of issues. The random encounters were so mindlessly easy that they just end up wasting your time while you go through dungeons. They do get more threatening at the end of the game, but by then your party is so powerful that aspect doesn't even matter. The dragon fights (they're kinda like FOEs, but unlike in EO, you're expected to take them on immediately) are interesting at first, but they get a lot less tough as the game goes on. Also the level design in the game is really bland. Your characters have in battle animations, which are kinda cute at first, but there is absolutely no way to skip them or speed them up. And some classes, like the Duelist, have excessively long animations for all of their skills. On the plus side, it's easier (and encouraged) to make backup parties in the game. Araxxor fucked around with this message at 13:07 on Jul 22, 2016 |
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 Guys I'm like 3 minutes into this game and my habit of mashing the jump button has REWARDED ME WITH PERKS. This game is made for me.
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Lotish posted:There was an LP of Shadow Tower Abyss going in the subforum that I lost track of. It did finished or dropped? It died when Dark Souls 3 came out, sadly. Shame too, I think the LP was about halfway to two thirds of the way through the game.
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Verranicus posted:Suggest me some import RPGs and SRPGs for PS1, PS2, PSP, DS or 3DS that aren't already on this list. No nepnep.
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END ME SCOOB posted:
Boing! Boing! Like a kangaroo!
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Verranicus posted:Suggest me some import RPGs and SRPGs for PS1, PS2, PSP, DS or 3DS that aren't already on this list. No nepnep. If you can stand 2hus get Genius of Sappheiros. The Vita version (GoS V) is the most up-to-date one, but the PC version (GoS Weekend) has an english translation patch.
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