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Disposable Scud posted:Star Ocean 2 original or PSP? I don't like the PSP's new art but I can deal with it if it has improvements. The White Dragon posted:original. the only improvement is that you can do an air combo, and (presumably) that the rooms with a high disc read error rate are fixed. they also remove the item crafting animations. not worth it imo Yeah, I'd rather put my old SO2-discs in an emulator so I can avoid the hosed up crash rooms via save states then playing the "improved" version. Especially since the PSP-version also includes the most annoying character in the world as a "bonus". The worst offenders I remember offhand: -Removing item crafting animations (WTF? Those were cool!) -That One Character -The art (yeah of course, turn the character martial arts fighting enemies with her bare hands into a dainty girl who looks like she never lifted a hand in anger in her life, what is wrong with you guys) Those things alone soured me enormously on the PSP-version of the game. The sad thing is, I liked Welch in SO3. Her showing up in the "reworked" SO2 is like character assassination.
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JagerNinja posted:I don't mind RTWP, though I often put the combat on easy because I tend to find it tedious. Apparently Torment is turn-based, but reviews also say that the combat is simultaneously difficult and boring, so that's no bueno. I'll probably play PoE since it sounds like the the best realized as a complete game, and also has a sequel that seems pretty good if I decide to do that. enemies are sometimes tough in a vacuum especially in the modron area but the toolkit you get to deal with them and keep your party in one piece is ludicrously overpowered even by d&d standards
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How much do Valkyrie Profile 1 and 2 connect with each other, story-wise? Will I miss all the context if I just play the sequel?
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Jack Trades posted:How much do Valkyrie Profile 1 and 2 connect with each other, story-wise? Will I miss all the context if I just play the sequel? Hm, you'd definitely get more out of it from playing VP1 but I think 2 infers enough of what matters (and is a prequel, mostly).
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The only thing that really connects them is Lezard, who works fine in the context of VP2 by itself. That said, VP1 and VP2 are both about equally good imo.
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Nov 7, 2020 12:08
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I tried playing Valkyrie Profile 1, after someone suggested it because I really liked Indivisible, but I really didn't find the gameplay that interesting unfortunately.
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Nov 7, 2020 12:45
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I just learned that Welch is a real character name. It sounds like some exotic slur
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goblin week posted:I just learned that Welch is a real character name. It sounds like some exotic slur It means to give up or dishonerably back out of a deal or a agreement you made, and probably comes from the word Welsh so it kind of is.
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goblin week posted:I just learned that Welch is a real character name. It sounds like some exotic slur Since her full name is Welch Vineyard I always just associated that with grapes.
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Nov 7, 2020 13:09
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Jack Trades posted:I tried playing Valkyrie Profile 1, after someone suggested it because I really liked Indivisible, but I really didn't find the gameplay that interesting unfortunately. Hows opposite world working out for you
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Nov 7, 2020 13:11
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i mean VP's battle system is pretty OK but that's not really the main attraction at all
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Nov 7, 2020 13:22
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I beat Indivisible but couldn't finish Valkyrie Profile despite 2 separate attempts so sadly my hands are tied here but Indivisible is the better game. I also learned today I have an achievement in Bards Tale IV that only 74 other people have and Im honestly a little mad.
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Nov 7, 2020 13:54
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Barudak posted:
Was it finishing the game? :P I actually liked that one but I got distracted (I think Deadfire came out?) and when I was looking to return to it it looked like they'd put out a new updated version that made some weird decisions and I just kinda lost interest.
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Nov 7, 2020 13:57
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Srice posted:Since her full name is Welch Vineyard I always just associated that with grapes. I'm not sure about America, but in Canada we have a well known brand called Welch's that sells grape products. 
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All the Valkyrie Profile games seem on paper to be pretty much exactly my jam when it comes to games, but I have bounced hard off each one.
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Im surprised at the lack of cross section between FE and Valkyrie Profile fans
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Zushio posted:I'm not sure about America, but in Canada we have a well known brand called Welch's that sells grape products. Welch's has its headquarters in Massachusetts. Yes, it's a major brand in the states.
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Was it finishing the game? :P You're joking, but yes. Specifically beating the game with only 3 characters in your party. It does not count double for the achievement for "beat the game with a party of 6 characters" so I don't have all the achievements in the game (I guess I should... fix this?) and leads me to believe if you make a party of 1,2,4, or 5 characters you probably get nothing.
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Tired Moritz posted:Im surprised at the lack of cross section between FE and Valkyrie Profile fans i am a fan of fire emblem and valkyrie profile
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same I'm a fake vp fan though, i only like 1
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I like all 3, and I got all the endings in Covenant
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I also like all 3, though I made the mistake of doing the hardest route first in covenant so I didn't really feel the need to do the others after.
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The Colonel posted:i am a fan of fire emblem and valkyrie profile
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I was watching a Valhalla gameplay video and got really excited about a feature where you develop your settlement as you adventure and go on quests and realized I’d love a RPG that had that feature. I know there’s several. But managing a town as you play sounds awesome. Dark Cloud 2 I’m not sure if it holds up. I haven’t played that in nearly 20 years so I don’t remember much of the development in that. Then I thought of DQ Builders 2 but I think that might be more Minecraft like? Any thoughts or games that would scratch that itch.
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Any of the Suikodens.
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How emulatable are the DS Dragon Warrior games? Do they use the touch screen a lot?
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fadam posted:How emulatable are the DS Dragon Warrior games? Do they use the touch screen a lot? I played through 4-6 DS and I am pretty sure I never had to use the touch screen. Maybe there was a minigame that used them and I'm forgetting? But the only Dragon Quest minigames I care about are poker and slot machines.
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fadam posted:How emulatable are the DS Dragon Warrior games? Do they use the touch screen a lot? I don't think they use touch at all
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Disappointing Pie posted:I was watching a Valhalla gameplay video and got really excited about a feature where you develop your settlement as you adventure and go on quests and realized I’d love a RPG that had that feature. I know there’s several. But managing a town as you play sounds awesome. Dragon Quest 7 has the Immigrant Town, which you get access to fairly early (for DQ7; it's a LONG game) and you ask people to move in. In the original PSX version the town even has multiple end-forms depending upon who you ask to move in. IIRC at least one of the DS remakes of 4-6 has an Immigrant Town, too, though 7's is the most involved. Bravely Default has you rebuild Norende after it's destroyed in the beginning of the game. Bravely Second has you rebuild the moon, IIRC. This may not be what you're looking for, though, because you only interact with your settlement through menus and never actually go there. It's weird. Xenoblade Chronicles has the Colony 6 sidequest. Ni No Kuni 2 has an entire kingdom-building thing in it, but I haven't played that game so I can't say much about it. fadam posted:How emulatable are the DS Dragon Warrior games? Do they use the touch screen a lot?
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Would all the alien race quests in XCX count?
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Disappointing Pie posted:Dark Cloud 2 I’m not sure if it holds up. I haven’t played that in nearly 20 years so I don’t remember much of the development in that. I guess it depends what you're looking for, though. I like simulation games, so I wanted it to be more simmy than it is, but maybe that's not necessarily a good fit for a game that's an RPG first.
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Georama in concept is cool but after DC1 it felt like it was kinda just there to be there. I can't even remember what function it had in WKC1/2. It was your online mode hub?
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Georama was absolutely better in Dark Cloud and it doesn’t help that Dark Chronicle has it competing with eight other subsystems, none of which really got enough time in the oven except probably Spheda.
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Yeah the georama in 2 is absolutely just something you quickly get out of the way because you have to. it's not very fun to mess around with and you barely have any freedom. way more checklisty and less fulfilling than it is in 1.
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Mr. Maltose posted:Georama was absolutely better in Dark Cloud and it doesn’t help that Dark Chronicle has it competing with eight other subsystems, none of which really got enough time in the oven except probably Spheda. gently caress yeah golf
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It's been a long time but I seem to remember White Knight Chronicles having a homestead or something you built and could specialize in different directions, and you could visit other players to reap the benefits of theirs.
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Been itching to play some old RPGs. Not sure what I'm in the mood for, but I suddenly had a thought about Radiata Stories, and how I wish there was another Radiata Stories that wasn't...Radiata Stories. I wanna live in a town full of people and kick them and have more fun with it!
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Kind of more an action game with RPG and strategy elements, but if you haven't played Actraiser for SNES its worth trying out
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Yakuza 7 is the best Dragon Quest game ever made
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