Anybody a fan of JRPGs or similar type games?

[tekkenbruh]

Xenogears crew
Vagrant Story crew
FF crew
Chrono Trigger crew
Chrono Cross crew
Breath of Fire crew
Pokemon crew (up to gen 3 tho, just lol @ all the **** that came after)
Legend of Mana crew

[KevC]

The Legends of Heroes series is amazing. The story and characters in the first 5 games are 10/10. Estelle and Lloyd are two of my favorite protagonists ever. The 5th game Ao no Kiseki is my favorite jrpg ever. Cold Steel series is good but not as good as Trails in the Sky or the Crossbell games imo.

Thisssssssssss. Legend of heroes amazing JRPG series. A good place to start would be IMO is Legend of heroes : trails of cold steel, its a fresh story line and the graphics are more up to date then the earlier games

Others include:

Dragon quest 11
Ni no kuni 1 and 2
Majority of the Tales series (tales of vesperia would be a great start)

[sooby]

looked at some of them

actually interested in trying out star ocean, dragon quest and legend of heroes

[Muzzlrpress]

looked at some of them

actually interested in trying out star ocean, dragon quest and legend of heroes

Man, Start Ocean Till the End of Time was the chit back in the day.

[2RDEYE]

star ocean is legit. honestly the first game was the only one where i was like "wow i love this game." everyone says the second is the best, but i found the first to be completely amazing

the series dips hard after that. star ocean til the end of time was awesome but it was all over the place



its on ps4 now pretty sweet



nostalgia

if the series continued with it's design from star ocean 1 and 2 i have no doubt this would have been one the greatest series alongside final fantasy, tales of, persona, fire emblem, suikoden etc

[broseidon]

^ I need to play first departure never did. Did you ever play Star Ocean 4, the last hope? In all my JRPG gaming I have never skipped a cutscene but in that game I literally couldn't help it with some of them. And if you have played it I am positive you can literally never not rehear that 'kaaaaaaaaaay' voice acting.

One game not mentioned

Valkyrie Profile 1 and even 2 were both so good.

[2RDEYE]

^ I need to play first departure never did. Did you ever play Star Ocean 4, the last hope? In all my JRPG gaming I have never skipped a cutscene but in that game I literally couldn't help it with some of them. And if you have played it I am positive you can literally never not rehear that 'kaaaaaaaaaay' voice acting.

One game not mentioned

Valkyrie Profile 1 and even 2 were both so good.

yeah I played all the star oceans so far lol (unfortunately) even the mobile game

give the first a shot. it feels like it's own thing cause in terms of writing it's way better than the others

[J411]

Suikoden II is my all time favorite.

FF VI, VII were great, but almost too obvious to list.
Xenogears was amazing. Too bad Xeno saga went so cut scene heavy.
Star Ocean 2 was top notch. I remember the crafting system being really good.
Chrono Trigger was great and probably the first one I really got in to.
Suikoden I was good.
The original FF tactics is a great game.
Super mario RPG was another solid game.

[BigDeeps01]

Yeah I would have to say all these games listed are among my favorites. This is my favorite genre

Not sure if mentioned but if you've never played the Phantasy Star series on Sega Genesis or Shining Force 1/2 those are outstanding as well

[sooby]

Started playing Divinity 2, am honestly a sucker for medieval fantasy based RPGs, but after that likely Star Ocean is next on my list. Would go back to Witcher 3 but that game just takes way too long to finish lol.

[Archheretic]

I have still not finished FE Three houses, love it, but wish I could change to the "new" difficulty.

[Pumpinmirin]

YS VIII is pretty bloody good.

Was on the fence due to anime graphics but do not regret buying now. Battle system like Kingdom Hearts, world exploration and unlocking similar to Golden Sun. Story isn't too cringe either (has the odd cringe anime trope but nothing excessive).

[Buckley50]

JRPGs used to be really good.

Then somewhere along the way almost every jrpg became "angsty teenager saves the world".

This.

Somewhere along the time around 2010 or so I think JRPGs took a turn for the worst.

They was all I played mostly until around that time.

[anonymous]

star ocean is legit. honestly the first game was the only one where i was like "wow i love this game." everyone says the second is the best, but i found the first to be completely amazing

the series dips hard after that. star ocean til the end of time was awesome but it was all over the place



its on ps4 now pretty sweet



nostalgia

if the series continued with it's design from star ocean 1 and 2 i have no doubt this would have been one the greatest series alongside final fantasy, tales of, persona, fire emblem, suikoden etc

SO and the tales series both peaked early on the SNES, the rest I've played were meh

[Muzzlrpress]

Fayte Leingod

Edge Maverick


Fukking lol @ Star Ocean

[DrBroscientist]

Lunar Legend.
Lufia: The ruins of Lore.

If you don't mind mobile phone ones, Another Eden is a good one.

[elterrible987]

So excited for Tales of Arise. Hopefully more on it soon. Trials of Mana too looks to be awesome

Hmm a new mana game. I havent played a JRPG since FF7 on ps1, srs. Ive only played american rpgs like zeldas, fable, witcher.

I LOVED secret of mana on SNES and was so excited for the remake but it got obliterated in the reviews. Hopefully they do a good job on Trials of Mana, I will buy it if they fixe the issues this time.

[lockdev]

They have been mentioned, but deserve another:

Shining Force 1 and 2

Shining Force CD was better but it's hard as balls to obtain. Best tactical rpg ever made imo.

[Muzzlrpress]

They have been mentioned, but deserve another:

Shining Force 1 and 2

Shining Force CD was better but it's hard as balls to obtain. Best tactical rpg ever made imo.

Loved Shining Force. Beat the first one as a kid with my main guy at level one. I was scared to fight with him since you lose if he dies.

Beat it years later with more srpgs under my belt. This time I made the protagonist one of my best fighters.

Shining Force 2 was more awesomeness.

[BearyManilowe]

DQXI was pretty solid from this gen.

Picked up Three Houses recently and it puts me to mind of the old Shining Force games which I like. Supposedly the whole series is of a similar style which I did not know.

The thing I don't like is that the game is centered around being an old dude who supposedly wants to bang all of your underage students. Which is a super creepy vibe.

[Muzzlrpress]

DQXI was pretty solid from this gen.

Picked up Three Houses recently and it puts me to mind of the old Shining Force games which I like. Supposedly the whole series is of a similar style which I did not know.

The thing I don't like is that the game is centered around being an old dude who supposedly wants to bang all of your underage students. Which is a super creepy vibe.

You choose who you wanna bang, and it doesn't happen until the end and they're legal by then.

But yeah, Three Houses is dope. Did you pick normal/hard and casual/classic?

[BearyManilowe]

You choose who you wanna bang, and it doesn't happen until the end and they're legal by then.

But yeah, Three Houses is dope. Did you pick normal/hard and casual/classic?

I didnt say you chose to bang them all just that you want to lol.

First run through, Black Eagles, Hard/Classic, just finished clearing out Remire Village from the curse that was laid on them.

[sooby]

It's been close to a year lol, during that time span I've played/finished:

- Divinity 2 Original Sin (honestly one of the GOAT games)

- Witcher 3 (also an amazing game in it's own right)

- Chrono Trigger (I liked it, but being an old game I definitely would have enjoyed it 10x more if I played it back then as the mechanics were ahead of their time)

- Final Fantasy 7 Crisis Core (very short game like 10-15 hours or so, but man the story was great and hit me in the feels pretty hard, had to change the difficulty because it was just difficult in a bitch kind of way, like a fight taking 20 minutes of repeated button mashing like crazy)

- Star Ocean: The First departure (honestly not a huge fan of the combat style at all in this game, maybe one of those games I would have enjoyed more if I played it as a kid but I did enjoy the story and the soundtrack, the specialty/skill system was intriguing though)

[sooby]

Fuk these forums srs, I typed all that chit in order for bb.com to say access denied and had to retype it all again because I lost the text. Made sure to copy this time.

Anyways ...

Right now I picked up Legend of Heroes: Trails of the Sky for $10 on steam. The pacing of the game seems a bit slow in the beginning but I'm kind of glad it gives you a tutorial/rundown of things. Only a few hours into though but so far enjoying it. I think this is gonna be good no spoilers pls.

Overall it's just hard to go back and play old JRPG's or similar past 15 years old, even if they are remakes. Eventually they just age way too much which sucks because you know you would have enjoyed it if only you had been introduced to it earlier. Not even sure if I want to play DQ8 which is apparently one of the GOATs b/c it looks aged, but may be worth it IDK.

Since basically everything is closed up during this scamdemic, and I'm basically on LDAR mode. Next on my list is perhaps some more of the Legend of Heroes games. I want to play through Persona 4 and 5 as well. Probably DQ 11 is on the list but saving that for last cuz apparently that one is long af. Normally it would take me about a month to finish a 30-40 hour game (average 7-10 hours a week of games) but now I'm probably double that at this point lul.

[Muzzlrpress]

Fuk these forums srs, I typed all that chit in order for bb.com to say access denied and had to retype it all again because I lost the text. Made sure to copy this time.

Anyways ...

Right now I picked up Legend of Heroes: Trails of the Sky for $10 on steam. The pacing of the game seems a bit slow in the beginning but I'm kind of glad it gives you a tutorial/rundown of things. Only a few hours into though but so far enjoying it. I think this is gonna be good no spoilers pls.

Overall it's just hard to go back and play old JRPG's or similar past 15 years old, even if they are remakes. Eventually they just age way too much which sucks because you know you would have enjoyed it if only you had been introduced to it earlier. Not even sure if I want to play DQ8 which is apparently one of the GOATs b/c it looks aged, but may be worth it IDK.

Since basically everything is closed up during this scamdemic, and I'm basically on LDAR mode. Next on my list is perhaps some more of the Legend of Heroes games. I want to play through Persona 4 and 5 as well. Probably DQ 11 is on the list but saving that for last cuz apparently that one is long af. Normally it would take me about a month to finish a 30-40 hour game (average 7-10 hours a week of games) but now I'm probably double that at this point lul.

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[BigBallsMcgee]

playing tokyo mirrage sessions now on switch,
basically persona light. Pretty good

[supup]

I have golden sun and never got more than an hour in. Did i done goofed?

[sooby]

https://voca.ro/1nJlxVxHoepd

thanks for the rundown brah

playing tokyo mirrage sessions now on switch,
basically persona light. Pretty good

heard of it, but haven't checked it out

I have golden sun and never got more than an hour in. Did i done goofed?

BRO you fooking goofed

probably in my top 3 of JRPGs of all time. It's a bit slow at first with all the talking and dialogue. It really starts to ramp up and become amazing once you get your 4th party member. The combat/djinn system is so unique even to this day, can create so many different builds with fun spells. Golden Sun 2 is even better and that's where everything makes sense and comes together. Great story, great soundtrack, isn't just about the combat but the puzzles as well. I have a few gripes about the game like back tracking and random djinni encounters but overall amazing srs.

[supup]

thanks for the rundown brah



heard of it, but haven't checked it out



BRO you fooking goofed

probably in my top 3 of JRPGs of all time. It's a bit slow at first with all the talking and dialogue. It really starts to ramp up and become amazing once you get your 4th party member. The combat/djinn system is so unique even to this day, can create so many different builds with fun spells. Golden Sun 2 is even better and that's where everything makes sense and comes together. Great story, great soundtrack, isn't just about the combat but the puzzles as well. I have a few gripes about the game like back tracking and random djinni encounters but overall amazing srs.

Welp guess ill readd it to the ol backlog

[OptimusTrajan]

The Xeno series is my favorite, followed closely by SMT/Persona.