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The Laughing Man
Sep 21, 2016

by WE B Boo-ourgeois

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRcYRsFfXyk

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extra stout
Feb 24, 2005

ISILDUR's ERR
Can't believe no one said Ultima VII yet

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost

Saint Isaias Boner posted:

get any of the ys games, i don't care which they're all ok

Do I need to play them in order to understand what's going on?

FactsAreUseless
Feb 16, 2011

The White Dragon posted:

Tied for first with two other games for me... neither of which came out later than 2008.
It's so good. If Chrono Trigger wasn't basically a perfect game it would be number 1.

Saint Isaias Boner
Jan 17, 2007

hi how are you

extra stout posted:

Can't believe no one said Ultima VII yet

for applewhite? he hasn't earned Ultima VII

Saint Isaias Boner
Jan 17, 2007

hi how are you

Applewhite posted:

Do I need to play them in order to understand what's going on?

i'm going to say "no" because it doesn't matter probably

symbolic
Nov 2, 2014

Pfffft.

poopnanners
May 3, 2016

hey guys lets party

take my life... please! posted:

a great combo of medieval plight and economic dominance is settlers of catan

Not an RPG.

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost

FactsAreUseless posted:

Applewhite: I want something 32 bit or less!

Actual games-liker: Here is a 32 bit game.

Applewhite: Waaaaaahhhh it's ugly waahhhhhhh

I was joking.

Saint Isaias Boner
Jan 17, 2007

hi how are you


thanks that was the reaction i was going for there

Fur20
Nov 14, 2007

すご▞い!
君は働か░い
フ▙▓ズなんだね!

poopnanners posted:

Not an RPG.

gently caress you i roleplay a cattanese wheat farmer

glowstick party tonight
Oct 4, 2003

by zen death robot
The answer you are looking for is Barkley: Shut Up and Jam Gaiden

FactsAreUseless
Feb 16, 2011

The White Dragon posted:

gently caress you i roleplay a cattanese wheat farmer
*TWD carefully hides a handwritten fanfic titled "Wood For Sheep"*

symbolic
Nov 2, 2014

glowstick party tonight posted:

The answer you are looking for is Barkley: Shut Up and Jam Gaiden
The fact that it took until page 2 for Shut Up and Jam to be posted is distressing.

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost
You know what would be really good is if Tabletop Simulator did an adaptation of Arcadia Quest.
I love Arcadia Quest, but my wife is my only IRL friend (who is also nearby and who plays RPGs) and it's not as fun with only two people.

FactsAreUseless
Feb 16, 2011

symbolic posted:

The fact that it took until page 2 for Shut Up and Jam to be posted is distressing.
Too advanced. It assumes you already know the genre.

Saint Isaias Boner
Jan 17, 2007

hi how are you

battle brothers is the real answer here though

Harrower
Nov 30, 2002
Secrets of Grindea is pretty good though still in early trashcess. It's a clear spiritual successor to all the amazing SNES rpg's from back in the day. It's on steam for 16 bucks and there is lots to do though not finished. Also lol if you aren't willing to emulate chrono trigger, earthbound, and lufia 2.

Moon Atari
Dec 26, 2010

Grandia 2. I'm not sure if it has been ported to PC, but you can probably emulate the ps2 version. Characters are good, it has a very unusual and interesting plot and the combat system is unique but familiar. It is real time turn based but apart from attacks and spells it also requires characters to run into different positions, which effects stats. It's not top down perspective though.

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost

Moon Atari posted:

Grandia 2. I'm not sure if it has been ported to PC, but you can probably emulate the ps2 version. Characters are good, it has a very unusual and interesting plot and the combat system is unique but familiar. It is real time turn based but apart from attacks and spells it also requires characters to run into different positions, which effects stats. It's not top down perspective though.

I have been looking really hard at Grandia 2. I loved the poo poo out of that game for Dreamcast, but I never finished it because my Disc 2 was corrupted, so I only played up to the part where whatsisface is going into the machine to get the Horns of Valmar taken out. I really want to finish it, but I don't know if I have the strength to replay everything up to that point.

Fur20
Nov 14, 2007

すご▞い!
君は働か░い
フ▙▓ズなんだね!

Harrower posted:

Secrets of Grindea is pretty good though still in early trashcess. It's a clear spiritual successor to all the amazing SNES rpg's from back in the day. It's on steam for 16 bucks and there is lots to do though not finished. Also lol if you aren't willing to emulate chrono trigger, earthbound, and lufia 2.

I think Grindea is okay but it's really light on the engagement unless you like punching things until the RNG drops what you want. I mean, I realize it's in the title, but it's literally an RPG about grinding drops.

gary oldmans diary
Sep 26, 2005
Crystalis.

Saint Isaias Boner
Jan 17, 2007

hi how are you

shining force 2

Saint Isaias Boner
Jan 17, 2007

hi how are you

wait what are you going to do with this RPG when you find it?

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost

Was literally about to post this. I played and beat Shining Force 2 for Sega Game Gear and I loved that game to death. Maybe it's time to revisit it.

Saint Isaias Boner
Jan 17, 2007

hi how are you

Applewhite posted:

Was literally about to post this. I played and beat Shining Force 2 for Sega Game Gear and I loved that game to death. Maybe it's time to revisit it.

first time I played through i used slade and that turtle thing and they got real powerful. Every other time after that they were complete turkeys. apparently they're really crappy and I got lucky the first time round

Hogge Wild
Aug 21, 2012

by FactsAreUseless
Pillbug
nahlakh

Saint Isaias Boner
Jan 17, 2007

hi how are you

darklands

KiteAuraan
Aug 5, 2014

JER GEDDA FERDA RADDA ARA!


Final Fantasy XIII oh wait gently caress, yeah seconding Grandia 2.

Fur20
Nov 14, 2007

すご▞い!
君は働か░い
フ▙▓ズなんだね!

Crystalis is the epitome of Japanese 80s post-apocalyptic science fiction fantasy. I love it so much. And then you remember that the game is set on Earth in 2097 and you start thinking about where it's supposed to take place, and you think oh maybe it's the Japan and when you cross over to Swan then you're in the Asiatic mainland--no, it's the Fertile Crescent because of the pyramids--no, it's :psyduck:

maybe that's just me when i get really high though

Saint Isaias Boner posted:

wait what are you going to do with this RPG when you find it?

search r34 of the main character

Izzhov
Dec 6, 2013

My head hurts.
OP, I would highly recommend LISA: The Painful RPG. It actually came out around the same time as Undertale, and there are a striking number of both similarities and large contrasts. Like Undertale, you have turn-based combat w a bevy of funny and likeable characters, in a world where your choices really matter. Unlike Undertale, the world of LISA loving sucks. It's a post apocalyptic hellhole where most everyone's addicted to drugs, people are all killing each other for their stuff, and grotesque mutated abominations roam free. It's called the painful rpg for a reason: it's not easy, and the choices you make are often between "bad" and "worse".

I came out of the game feeling repulsed, but strangely moved.

Three-Phase
Aug 5, 2006

by zen death robot
Lisa the Painful RPG or Space Funeral.

extra stout
Feb 24, 2005

ISILDUR's ERR

Saint Isaias Boner posted:

for applewhite? he hasn't earned Ultima VII

I think we all got owned by Applewhite and he's just pretending to ignore Ultima VII (or care about this thread) while he saves all this data about our favorite RPGs. In the future at one of the big goon cons, he'll have copies in his trunk and sell them to us for an overpriced rate in bitcoins while we are drunk

Two Free Toppings
Jul 1, 2007

SUCK
THE
SHIT
OUT
OF
MY
OWN
ASSHOLE
I just downloaded and played a game called Suidoken 2 on the playstation network. I normally am not a great jrpg fan but I played the whole game in just a few days. Lots of cool character collecting and neat base building based on who you end up recruiting. You should try to check it out if you have a chance. The story is pretty fun and there are cool combat tricks you can pull off.

Fur20
Nov 14, 2007

すご▞い!
君は働か░い
フ▙▓ズなんだね!
Oh yeah Suikoden is good fun too. Not the best of the best, but it's great all the same. If you play 1 before 2, the world lore continues and you get to see parts of the country you led the revolution for in the first game, and you can even recruit the super overpowered hero from Suikoden 1 to help you out. It's such a shame the rest of the series went so off the rails because the lead designer left.

The Laughing Man
Sep 21, 2016

by WE B Boo-ourgeois

Harrower posted:

Secrets of Grindea is pretty good though still in early trashcess. It's a clear spiritual successor to all the amazing SNES rpg's from back in the day. It's on steam for 16 bucks and there is lots to do though not finished. Also lol if you aren't willing to emulate chrono trigger, earthbound, and lufia 2.

The Dregs
Dec 29, 2005

MY TREEEEEEEE!
Final fantasy tactics. Story is a little convoluted, though. Otherwise, it's great.

Heath
Apr 30, 2008

🍂🎃🏞️💦
The perfect RPG is SaGa Frontier, which features a cool robot, some half-vampire lesbos, an entire dimension that is a casino, and a plotline where you can devour your brother for his magical power.

KiteAuraan
Aug 5, 2014

JER GEDDA FERDA RADDA ARA!


Also, if you are okay with emulating, SMT I and II are both classics. Excellent stories, great classic turn-based gameplay and fantastic first person dungeons with a typical overworld.

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Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost

Saint Isaias Boner posted:

wait what are you going to do with this RPG when you find it?

Probably nothing as I don't get much time to play video games, but it would be nice to have something I can chip away at for the next several years.

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