Its JRPG July, /v/. What are you playing to celebrate?

VP Hrist

>>382489301
EO3

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Decided to start up and finally push through to the end.

Final Fantasy VII

On PC.. and I'm cheating..

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Also Strange Journey

>>382489301
Playing Nep-Neps and waiting for DQXI to come out later this month.

I have no idea. Because I haven't played one in quite a while.

>>382490930

Great game, right?

>freedom month
>jrpg
two nukes wasn't enough

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Shadow Hearts 3 and this. Pretty cool game about possession with really fantastic combat.

Looking for the most open world/open progress jrpg that's not xenoblade/FFXII

>>382489389

delet

>>382492723
It has some decent highs but I always crap out midway through. Forgot how snarky Squall can be if you choose the right dialog options.

>>382492897
I need to track down the ps2 rpgs I skipped over.

>>382492990
SaGa.

>>382489301
Right now? Nothing. I'm playing Corpse Party Blood Drive.
I want to play Koudelka.

Mystery Chronicles: One Way Heroics

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>>382489301
Is this still shitty to play on PCSX2? In the first forest I got visual glitches that made it unplayable

I played some Valkyrie Profile game on the PSP when I was much younger. I hardly remember it. I hated it. I remember having trouble with the mechanics. Something about equipment breaking maybe? I don't know. It was a bad time.

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>>382489301

>>382494108
I played the silmeria on ps2, yeah couldn't get into it too

>>382493798
Just buy it on steam

>>382493798
as far as I know, the 1.5 version with the new video plugin is pretty neat

>>382494108
>Something about equipment breaking maybe?

I don't remember that. You can break off pieces of enemies though, or break their guard.

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>>382489301
I've never heard of a special month for JRPGs? Is this a French thing? Well I'm planning to play FF type 0 after I finish P5.

I burned myself out playing DQ1-6 back to back. The thought of starting a 100 hour game in DQ7 just doesn't sit well with me.

>>382494613
Should have just played 7 and 8 and called it a day. They were the best.

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>>382489301
For the first time ever. Some of the best sprite work I've seen.

>>382494403
Plenty of weapons have a chance to break. Wands can only break if you do PWS with them.

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Fairy Fender F.
Never really interested in Compile Heart games but this shit blew away all my expectations.
I love it.

>>382495542
Fucking d, you little cunt.

I tried dragon quest viii but got really bored

>>382489301
Shadowrun: Hong Kong

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>>382489301

how about the one thats best.

>>382495893
Pretty good choice there, guv'na.

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Chrono Trigger DS. Doing the bonus content since I never did it before. I'm at Lavos but decided to waste some time doing the Lost Sanctum side quests.

Question: Should I pick back up Soul Hackers or start up Breath of Fire III again? Both were games I dropped and want to pick back up but not sure which one.

>>382490930
Is it possible to ever beat the giant spider mech at the beginning, or does it just repair itself to full health no matter what?

Not playing any right now but if I was going to it'd be Resonance of Fate. I'll just close my eyes and pretend that sega pushed a pc port.

>>382496615
Not the very first encounter but after that you can kill it if you do enough damage before auto repair finishes.

>>382496612
Currently playing CT on my 3DS as well. It looks good so far asides from some lines and names that got lost in translation.

>>382496615
You can beat it but not in the very first encounter with it. It can only repair 5 times in one battle.
>>382496768
If you reduce it to 0 HP before it runs out of repairs it just instantly heals back up to full. You have to make it repair 5 times.

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>>382489301
I don't think this quite counts as a JRPG exactly, but I've been meaning to replay it ever since someone posted up the Underworld theme a month or so back on /v/, which to this day remains one of the songs of my childhood that has stuck with me. I started this morning and I'm already pretty fucking hyped. It's been so long that I only very vaguely remember it so it's fresh all over again what to do. Even if it won't be a surprise how it goes overall this time around all the little details are still pretty awesome.

>>382496768
>>382496871
I figured it had to be something like that. GF spamming with Boost does a pretty hefty amount but I didn't know there was a limit to the repairs.

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Thinking about starting my yearly playthough of Breath of Fire 3.

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>>382496201

the only actual choice

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it's so much fucking easier than when I was a kid
I must have been really retarded
gonna play Origins after this which I never played before

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I'm playing Terranigma. So far I really like it.

>>382497147

why not play one of the best jrpgs instead?

>grandia 1
>star ocean 2

your choice

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>>382489301
Classic mode.

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>>382496818
The translation on the ds version is pretty accurate, more then the snes/ps1 version is. Only a few things were cut, in the Japanese version Ayla makes a comment to Marle that her breasts are too small and that she won't be able to breastfeed her kid, this was cut as I guess that was too much for them. Still it is by far the best way to play it for English only speakers.
>>382497147
Nice, I'm debating starting it again myself. I like the game but damn does it move at a slow pace. I'm more of a IV guy personally, one of my favorote games, but III was cool.

>>382497147
Good taste.
I should go and wrap up 4.

>>382497471
I don't consider it to be the best, but it's my favorite game. Lost count how many times I've done a yearly playthrough, but it's been at least 15.

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I'm gonna start with something simple but more fun then it has any right to be to get me back in the swing of things. Then maybe I'll do ToP or some other SNES classic, then I'll start moving up generations. I have 4 weeks, wonder if I can get in 1 each of SNES/PS1/PS2 generations. Answer is almost definitely "No", since I'm an OCD completionist autist.

>>382497420
You're in for a glorious ride. It was a masterpiece of the era.

What are some JRPGs with a great sense of adventure that give you a world to explore?
I haven't found any that handle this aspect well since playing FFVII.
I'd prefer something on the PC, but PS1, PS2, SNES and other suggestions would be cool as well.

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>>382497825
You should, it's a phenomenal game. There is some padding near the end but the finale is so worth it.

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>>382497147
A classic, but it gets so melancholic towards the the middle of the game.

>>382497242
Is this good? I played like an hour of it when it came out and it didn't grab me so I took it back to the store

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>>382498212
Two anons in this thread are apparently playing it but if you're ok with SNES then Terranigma practically defines "a world to explore". Tales of Phantasia is another SNES one with a pretty fantastic world to cruise around. I mean, if you liked that in FF7 plenty of the other FFs, Chrono series, and so forth might well scratch your itch.

>>382498212
The premise Grandia is going on an adventure. First disc is really good but it doesn't have an overworld if that's what you're looking for.

>>382489301
there's so many i haven't played and i cant stay interested through any of them. save me with good recs /v/.

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>>382498254
>There will never be another BoF that isn't a Gatchapon/Mobile shit game.

I made myself sad.

Dark Cloud 2

>>382498554
I loved it when I played it years ago and I still like it.
Maybe it starts off kinda slow, but the card fighting system is really unique and fun. The pre rendered backgrounds look really great and the music is good.
I guess in terms of story and characters it can be a bit cliché at times but overall I think it's a great game.

>>382498212

grandia is ur game. it embodies adventure. it also has a gergous orchestrated soundtrack. truly a gem that game.

then there is star ocean 2, no shit, it will remind you of ffVIIa lot in that some aspects of it are copied and watered down from ffVII, but others are just plain better.

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>tfw the future of humanity

Just bought Valkyria Revolution, gonna play it in a while. Also Witcher 3 but thats not JRPG.

>>382498212
I think DQ is the most adventurous series. Pretty much everything else throws exploration to the wayside in favor of plot focus.

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>>382498518
They look like generic fantasy games but they have some real substance to them.
>>382498635
Chrono Trigger is THE jrpg. Not my favorite but the defining game of the genre. Dragon Quest III-V are all excellent as well.
>>382498754
I know anon, I know.

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>>382498212
>a great sense of adventure that give you a world to explore?
Phantsy Star 1. It has 3 worlds to explore. Three! That's more than one! Why that's more than double, it's triple of amount of worlds you usually get to explore!

>>382489301
FOUR

JOB

FIESTA

FRIENDS

>>382498985
I feel bad about dropping Chrono Trigger. I reached the hub area where you can swap out party members and jump to different time periods, how far through the game is that?

>>382496612
BoF3.

The first hours are *magic*

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How are the GBA versions of the Breath of Fire games?

>>382499265
Oh my god, what is that man doing to that poor skelton?

>>382498754
Still hurts. I got so excited at first then screamed a couple minutes later when I found out what they did to it.

>>382497471
But SO2's plot falls apart in the second half

Like every SO game

>>382498212

It depends on whether you mean "gives you a great sense of adventure" or "actually lets you explore".

For example, Grandia and Wild Arms fit the first criteria really well, but both are linear as all hell.

for Chrono Trigger, should I play the SNES or DS version?

>>382499460
Like every jrpg, really.

>>382499576
DS

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No one will ever know my pain of Everything is awful and almost the whole world gets destroyed anyway. There is not upside to the ending.

>>382499576
Do you want Animu cutscenes?
DS.
Do you want the classical treatment?
SNES

>>382499357
Not very far at all. Please go back to it, it is a beautiful game and only like 20 hours.
>>382499392
Not good. BoFI has the typical snes to gba port problems (worse color, sound, and screensize). BoFII not only has these as well but has the infamous translation that you should avoid at all costs.

Play the snes BoFI version and the retranslation of BoFII. The BoFII English localization is one of the worst ever made, maybe THE worst.

>>382499530
I don't mind linearity two much if the game does it like FFVII and gives you some moments where that pacing is broken up and you can do what you want, or if the game still takes you to many locations.

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>>382496612
>>382497490
>child me with no faq or internet at all even:
>"maybe if I grind everyone to level 90+ on floating mountain I can beat lavos underwater and save Schala!"
>such a fucking waifuaustist and have summer vacation I actually do it
>get my hard won ending that I could have trivially pulled off in a fraction of the time and with more fun by just winning and playing NG+ which of course I didn't know about until I beat it
>it's just dev end
felt bad man. perfect game otherwise tho

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>>382489301

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>>382489301
>be Lezard Valeth
>be the best character in the entire franchise
>be handsome as fuck
>do nothing wrong
>die

>>382499576
Ds, MUCH better translation.
>>382499652
Ds has a classic and modern mode, don't be a nostalgiafag.

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>>382499781
Such a glorious bastard god damn.

>>382499718
You can save Schala, just play Chrono Cross and then suffer the realization that now you can't save the CT cast.

>>382499392
They adjusted the encounter rate to be less god awful but it comes with a worse palette and music. All in all they are fine but you're better off playing one of the retranslated roms.

>>382499594
The drop is rarely as stark as SOs' though. It's usually when we go from medieval to Wacky Space that Star Ocean remembers that it still doesn't know how to do Star Ocean. Oddly, SO3 avoids this by starting with Wacky Space, but then instead veers off into Wacky Metaphysics (this is like 3/4ths into the game though).

Like I can sort of piece together the plot points from Disc 1 from memory, but I couldn't tell you anything about what happened in Disc 2 other than "Err, get an airship, kill the Evil Old Men" . (I also realize how that last sentence applies to most JRPGs, but for SO2 that *all* I remember about disc 2.)

>>382499685
Grandia and Wild Arms pull off the adventure bit by pulling you to many new locations, so there's that.

I really recommend Wild Arms (even though it doesn't get as much love nowadays). The in-game graphics are ass, by the spritework is amazing and the characters and music are lovely. Cecilia is one of my favorite JRPG characters.

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>>382489301
THE GREATEST JRPG OF ALL TIME

>>382497061
Just managed to do it. Seven minutes to spare.

Finishing up Dark Souls 2

FFXV

>>382499998
I believe hacks exist that add these changes in.

The BoFII gba port still has the translation of the snes, I don't think you realize just how bad it is.
http://legendsoflocalization.com/reviews/breath-of-fire-ii-super-nes-localization-review/

>>382499978
I should have been clear, what I wanted was to save her but really all of Zeal, something about that place was really amazing to me, maybe how you arrive at it and the whole leadup and everything. At any rate I wanted some secret non-canon end where you win, save Zeal and Schala becomes queen.

I'm actually one of the apparently rare fags on /v/ who really liked CT but also liked CC quite well too, even if it wasn't CT2. Some parts of it did leave me kind of unsatisfied though that included.

>>382500585


What is it about CT's music that causes it to have so many remixes in pop culture?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKWFvbgkWls&t=47
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEmCZHk2ZjI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHEFrWspqIM

>>382500585
I get you. I don't hate CC but as a game it just isn't very fun to play. I appreciate what it tried to be as a sequel, a game that didn't feel it needed to be everything it's predecesor was, but fails as a actual videogame.

Sorry to shill but this article does a great job I feel of summing it up exactly. A bit old, from 2010, but holds true I feel.
http://socksmakepeoplesexy.net/index.php?a=cross

>>382499781
>do nothing wrong
He's a great character but he deserved what he got.

>>382500928
I still mostly stand by my argument that Chrono Cross is more of an adventure/story game than an RPG.

>>382501329
Honestly Kato, the lead writer of all three chrono games, is more of a writer then a game designer. He's actually famous for being the guy who made the cutscene's in the nes ninja gaiden game, his idea. A brilliant man but he needs a good designer to work with, why CT was as good as it is. I believe after CC he quit as square and him had a ton of disputes. Not sure what happened to him since.

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>10 days left

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>>382500928
Nothing wrong with an older article on such an old game, hell that's actually a pretty new article for PS1 era. I respect your feeling there, and I know that article sums up how a large contingent on /v/ feels too, but I can't say I agree one bit either. This may be a key bit:
>The fact that it means to be a direct continuation of Chrono Trigger's story in spite of being so radically different almost seems an affront to its predecessor.
It never felt like it meant to be a "direct continuation". If anything they seemed to go out of there way to NOT make it a direct continuation. They stuck it off in its own entire side area and specifically made it impossible to have anything to do with the mainland, they even changed the one same character you might have had (Magus) to be a new one instead. Yeah it's the same universe, but given that there are multiple dimensions shown it's hard to say which of the two, if either of them given the events of the game, would actually be "canon". To me it really felt like
>"We can't possibly make a CT2 that will live up to CT, but the universe is still cool, so let's try to make something that'll be different enough to be judged on its own with only loose inspiration from CT."
And I appreciated that. I remain glad to this day that Squaresoft of back then DIDN'T do what modern AAA companies would 100% do, which would be pump out direct sequels with zero deviation until they drove it into the fucking ground.

For a PS1-era JRPG I also though the game system was pretty fun fwiw. It didn't have the perfect gelling and magic that CT did but I absolutely think it's still a top tier JRPG.

>>382501329
>I still mostly stand by my argument that Chrono Cross is more of an adventure/story game than an RPG.
Now this really makes no sense to me. I can get a lot of disappointments people have, but in pure trappings how is it different from any other JRPG of that era whatsoever? It's got a bunch of characters you follow along, some main ones and some side ones. You find out their stories. You use them in turn-based combat. You level them up and use different mechanics, collect special weapons/armors/items for them, etc to make them stronger and decide what role they'll play. If you don't consider CC "an RPG" I don't get how you consider any of the PS1 FFs RPGs either, or most of the other games in this thread.

Replaying Resonance of Fate, probably one of the most underrated JRPGs ever made, because casuals.

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I'm hung up on what I'm going to be diving into after SoM and Gotcha Force since I have a lot I've taken hiatuses from.

I might play any combo of .hack IMO (no Q yet), SMT, or FFVIII, IX,or XII and some Ace Attorney since I got the trilogy.

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>>382500418

You should try playing good games.

>>382498754
Goddamn it JAPAN! WHY!!!

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No relation to this unfound holiday,but I finished Xenogears today!


my millenium faggot ass used to hate jrpg until i tried out 5th gen JRPGs,It's a shame there aren't any new rpgs that come out with experimental mechanics like games such as SaGa frontier used to do.

>>382502780
Could be worse, could be nothing but pachinko. That's the other fate of good franchises owned by evil.

>>382502810
Now it's time for you to dive into perfect works and gawk at what could have been

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Playing SMT IV for the first time(23 hours in) and getting the P5 plat on my 2nd run, also SMT II on my phone from time to time

Can't decide which to play, SMT Nocturne or DQ8 3DS. Send help

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I almost want to play Chrono Trigger again but I was in the middle of DQIV then I've got FF7 and Lost Odyssey on the backlog. I was at the part where you get the transformation spell and track down Psaro Manslayer after meeting his sister but I have no idea where to go. Have never played any FF and I started Lost Odyssey with those Kaim dream things giving me feels right out the gate but I want to play an rpg that's not too long and not too short like Chrono Trigger so what do I play?

Is Lost Odyssey this fucking heavy the whole time? >mfw

>>382503058
Nocturne first, hands down

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Gonna try and actually finish Lost Odyssey finally. Last time I tried I lost disc 3 and couldn't finish it, although I also wasn't reading all of the memories. I just finished reading Hanna's Departure and was surprisingly affected by it, which is rare for me since I typically find Japanese writing to be laughable.

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>>382502023
I remember being younger and always hoping for a new chrono game but as I've got older I've started to feel the very opposite. I think the game is a bit of a mess but I'm happy that it does serve as a proper ending. If anything I would wish for a remake, the game seems pretty rushed in sections and it really could have used more time in development.

>>382503142
>>Is Lost Odyssey this fucking heavy the whole time?

Not even remotely. The memories are the heaviest (and best thing about LO), but the game's actual story is your standard jrpg fare.

>>382503058
DQ8 is pretty boring compared to Nocturne, both story and gameplay wise

>>382503242
Not sure who wrote the actual stories, but I recall it being said that they got an actual writer/professor to do the translations of them, which is why they turned out so great.

>>382503058
Nocturne.

I know I'll be crucified for this but DQVIII is overrated in my opinion. It is a great game but I probably wouldn't even put it in my top five DQ games, I don't know how it makes people's top jrpgs.

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I'll play this again and probably some Fire Emblem.

I want to get back into Final Fantasy but the only games people have recommended are V and III. I'm supposed to wait for the eventual VII remaster and VIII is supposed to be really good but not worth the accreditation of a recommendation.

>>382503219
>>382503452
>>382503541
Well then, Nocturne it is. Basically all I know about it is Matador challenging you to a duel at some point so this should be fun. Thanks!

>>382493798
This looks really comfy. What game is this?

>>382503575
>I'm supposed to wait for the eventual VII remaster
It's going to be a completely different game, there's no reason to wait for it.
And there's no reason to follow people's recommendations in general, just fucking play what you want to play. You're not going to like exactly what other people like.

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>>382501867
>tfw have it pre-ordered
don't even have a PS4

I just started Lost Dimension on the Vita. Interesting little game. It feels pretty cheap/low budget but the JRPG/Danganronpa mix thing seems intriguing enough to keep my interest

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>>382503748
>tfw I need to preorder still
I want that steelbook nigga. I should stop being lazy and get on it.

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>>382503716
I don't want to play any of these JRPG's lol

That's why I'm taking recommendations. If it's not Tales of or a Mana game I don't really give a fuck. That's why I want to get back into Final Fantasy, I haven't given it a fair shot at all.

>>382503691
Looks like either Suikoden 2.

>>382498883
Muh nigga i started that today

>>382503913
>I don't want to play any of these JRPG's lol
>I want to get back into Final Fantasy
You're silly and you deserve to be confused.

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>>382503906

I thought it sold out like a month ago

>>382503918
Thanks

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>>382503913
>a tales or mana game
Of all series you love these? I guess it's better then nep at least.

>>382504000
trips confirm

surround yourself with only what you like and you will be infallible

>>382504016
>>382503906

It was restocked recently

>>382504016
You might be thinking of the super special collector's edition with the Judge busts.

>>382504052
They're what I grew up with.

I didn't grow up with turn based rpg's. Action RPG's were all I emulated and rented.

>try to pick up breath of fire
>I n c r e d i b l y s l o w t e x t s p e e d
Fuck this I'm going back to Yddra Union

>>382504016
I thought it did, too, but that was on Amazon a while ago. I checked the squeenix store and they have it there.

>>382504189
Eh, I find the mana games haven't aged well in my experienced, though I only played SoM and SD3.

Try the Gaia trilogy if you haven't. It contains Sky Blazer, Illusion of Gaia, and Terranigma. Not perfect game but something really incredible.
>>382504275
Which one? BoFI?

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>>382503913
You mean you'll play anything except Tales or Mana games, right? Because being interested solely in those two is well, questionable. I'd say you have a long way to go if it was. But I myself am also interested in getting into FF, hence why I'm downloading Bravely Default as we speak.

I already know that about the twist and that the second half is a reused asset shitshow, and yet I've heard in spite of it it's a better game than End Layer. But if it doesn't end up to my liking there's always Xenogears, which I need to play before picking up the new Xeno game.

>>382504456
No mana games are pretty good

Tales of games are even better. Next to those two series not many others compare. Kingdom Hearts and Disgaea are kind of pale comparisons, and other games like Radiata Stories, Odin Sphere, Muramasa and stuff are hardly contenders.

>>382502234

Well this goes into my pedantry/idea of what defines a RPG (let's say JRPG for now). Follow along if you're bored.

First let's go ahead and do away with the notion that a game can only be one genre. Games, especially modern games, are a hybrid of a whole bunch of systems. GTA V has RPG mechanics but isn't an RPG. That said, we'll say a game belongs to a genre if it *focuses* on certain mechanics. Tales are (action-)RPGs because they focus a lot on the RPG bits. GTA is a sandbox game because it focuses on sandbox bits.

Second, I'll just go ahead and throw out my definition of JRPGs now: 1) Story/Adventure. 2) Ways of progressing your characters without progressing the game/story. Both elements need to be heavily emphasized for a game to be a JRPG.

The first point is straightforward (although there can be a separate discussion about it), but the second is key. A "leveling" system is the most obvious non-story progression system. It can be skill points or upgrading parts or proficiencies - it doesn't matter. Non-story progression is an important bit, and this includes things like side-quests since they're expanding on side-stories. The player has to be able to influence how strong they are through *labor*, without having to progress the game. (My own thinking is that this ties with how Japanese students/salarymen are expected to "grind" away at their work/jobs - and that's the established "path to success".) If you get stronger just because in Stage 10 you get a bigger gun, that's not a JRPG. That's just a different stage in the adventure game. If you can go out into the field and kill rabbits until you grow a gun, then you might count as a JRPG. In other words, if you can't grind, it's not a JRPG.

>>382502234
>>382504836

(Part 2)

How about games with currency systems? FPSes where you kill things for money then buy better guns? Aren't those non-story progression systems? Well that goes back to the "emphasis" - are you expected to get better at shooting, or grind to better equipment? Is that the emphasis of the gameplay?

Are most Final Fantasies JRPGs? Yes, there's story/adventure and you can grind.
Are most Zelda JRPGs? No. You can't grind other than something like buying more arrows. You have to do shrines or sidequests to get more hearts.
Is Mega Man 7 an RPG? No. Sure, you can grind to buy parts, but that's not a major part of the game. The emphasis is on platforming and jump-and-shootan.
Is Mega Man Battle Network an RPG? I would say yes, although border-line. Yes, your progression is certainly constrained by the story by the selection of chips you can get, but you can be expected to grind your way into a better chip-set at any point in the game.

By this point it should be clear to you why I don't consider CC that much of a JRPG then - its "progression" system is heavily tied to the story. CC's Star system means that your progression is almost *entirely* tied to story progression. The minor stat increases are capped by your Stars, which basically means they're just some extra work to "unlock" your level. How powerful you are is almost completely determined how many bosses you've fought and side-quests you've done.

>>382502234
>>382504836
>>382504878

Now you ask - why isn't the "star" system just considered a series of level caps? If I allow MMBN as a JRPG even though your option for getting stronger clearly progress with the game, why doesn't that apply to CC? After all, stars are basically mini-level-caps for your stat gains. Here, I go back to the emphasis argument. In almost every FF you have a maximum of 99 levels. In CC you have a maximum of 99 stars. Let's by honest - your stars are your levels. Your stat gains just need to warm up to get activated.

What about magic? Grinding for magic isn't really a big part of CC - more of it has to do with arranging and setting up your attacks/magic. Having good magic obviously helps but grinding for it is rarely key. Ditto for equipment.

tl;dr CC has almost no "leveling" system. So it's more or less just an adventure game, with equipment.

tl;dr tl;dr I'm bored

>>382503307
>yfw CC could have been a kooky fun SRPG without the CT baggage

>>382504878
>>382504926
It's a interesting discussion, sadly one that can't be done on /v/.

I have seen quite a few definitions of it. I think one that stuck out to me was "if your character talks then it is not a rpg". I don't agree with it but I find ot interesting still, I guess it really highlights the strength of silent protagonists and the change in the fifth gen, where jrpg protagonists started talking and, quite a lot at that.

>>382503575
If you like job systems V is good. (I wouldn't recommend Bravely Default until you've played V and other FFs.)

If you like story, VI and IX are good. X is also good, although I think VI/IX are easier entry-points. X has a couple rough patches.

If you like old-school, FFIV is good. FFI is good if you like even more old-school.

>>382504275
son do you even know L I T T L E M O N E Y

>>382504456
Don't fall for the "you need to replay the game 3 times" meme.

That part of the game is basically a boss rush and side-quest time. You're expected to turn off encounters (an ability explicitly given to you in the game), kill the bosses (with new dialogue and setups), and speed through those segments. Because that's also around the point in the game where you become completely broken.

And enjoy the job system, music, and awesome UI son. I wish I could experience Bravely again for the first time.

>>382505224
I'm gonna try V because it's the town favorite here. I tried before but I stopped for whatever reason.

Then I'm going to play VIII. I don't know if I can stomach VII because of the graphics.

I've already played VI and X, I have a copy of XIII that I enjoyed already and I'm supposed to like XII but we'll see how far that gets me.

>>382505191
True, /v/ moves too fast.

People get too stuck on the "role-playing" aspect of RPGs. I could go into how "role-playing" has two distinct meanings (which nicely ties into the JRPG/WRPG split), but let's just say that RPG is a label and don't read too much into the wording.

>>382504663
from both series there's been very few entries I really enjoyed to the point I'd say I was a fan. the only mana game I liked was SD3. with Tales it was Abyss. So I at first got really excited to try other games in those series but found them mostly underwhelming. I wouldn't say those are the *only* good games but they seem to have a couple of flukes and a lot of duds overall. The Disgaea games and Vanillaware stuff are the opposite, there's 1 or 2 duds but they're pretty consistent quality-wise.
>>382505424
That's what I figured, it doesn't sound all that unusual from JRPG fare. The only FF games I've played are Tactics and I really liked the job changing in that, so I'm hoping the overall aesthetic of BD will ease me in before picking up something like FFV.

>>382505463
For graphics I always say give it half-an-hour or so for your eyes to adjust. If not you can wait, but I think it's not so bad.

Wait, you enjoyed XIII so I'm not allowed to like you as a person.

>>382505613
My recommendation to your is to exploit every system they give you. BD adds in a ton of things and people who instinctively react that those systems are "stupid" end up not making full use of them. (Like complaining that encounter rates are too high when they give you a way to adjust encounters)

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Any Live A Live fans here?

May sound weird but sometimes when not even playing a game it'll get stuck in my head and become a constant subject of thought. Been thinking about LaL a lot lately and I feel so weird about it. I like it but still, there is still some real flaws. I can't think of many games I feel so mixed about as this. Interested in /v/'s thoughts on it.

>>382504275
If it's an older BoF you're playing it on an emulator and you can just use the accelerate/fast forward function.

>>382505901
I'm afraid I only ever gave it a brief shot then got distracted by something back when the fantranslation was new. I should probably try again though, no game with a special move called "Pissed Fist" could be all bad.

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>>382505613
Oh no, I enjoyed Secret of the Sword, Sword of mana ad Dawn of Mana.

Secret of Mana is the only one I haven't sat and played. Outside of that I pretty much enjoy the series. I tried Disgaea and I think I put the game down in less than half an hour. So it really only comes down to Tales of, Mana games and Dark Cloud games.

>>382494385
New video plugin, what?

Just started Golden Sun. Not bad. Does what it does well, decent battle system. I absolutely love the theme of the secret element crystals or whatever they are.

>>382503913
>giving a fuck about tales of

Thinking of playing Phantasy Star IV

Want to get Tokyo Xanadu but I'm torn as while the PS4/PC version has WAY more content, I'm 1000% more likely to actually finish a game on a portable system to begin with

fable 2

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>>382506250
They're fun games.

I like my JRPG's to be less quirky and more rigid. That's something FF games actively try to avoid.

Fuck. I just realized I ordered a standard edition of FF12. Wanted ps4 steelbook to go along with the ps2 release steelbook. Is my best bet going to a retail store the day it releases or am I fucked?

>>382506126
A MUCH better translation has been released. This new one had a lot of work put inti it, even gives each chapter a unique font. Check it out anon.
>>382506241
I personally find them insufferable. I have never played something so painfully mediocre in my life as GS. Even shitty game are entertaining in thier shittiness but GS was just mind numbingly boring. Maybe if it didn't have so much painfully boring text for what ultimately is a generoc story I would be a bit forgiving but the text is just unforgivable.
>>382506404
Not trying to sound like a dick but I'm sure there won't be a crowd fighting to get them. Unless you live in a populated or trendy area you should be fine. I live in a major city so I have to be careful about collector's editions sadly.

>>382505901
It was good, but playing it was a lot of work. Such a unique work though.

(Oddly I think HBO could probably somewhat easily adapt this into a mini series)

>>382506764
I'm probably overreacting but I feel like an idiot for making a simple mistake.

>>382506404
>>382506764

Only somewhat related but my favorite part about Amazon prime is pre-ordering games, having them arrive late, and then badgering Amazon into giving me another month of free Prime.

I've done this for like 3 games in the past year already.

>>382506992
Honestly just depends where you live. As I said, if in a major area it might be worth the trouble of fixing your order. If bum fuck nowhere I'm sure even a FF game's collector's edition won't sell immediately.

>>382507049
My favorite part is accidentally getting duplicate copies at no extra cost.

>>382506907
>Queen of superstitions making a televised adaptation to a cult classic RPG

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>>382507271
Also had that happen once. Sold it back to amazon for like $24.

Xenoblade Chronicles

>>382507415
Why not just return it? you could have gotten all 60

>>382507697
...fuck

Now I feel dumb

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Finished this yesterday. Really underrated gem. A shame no one talks about it.
Any other games in the series worth playing? Was thinking about trying III later.

I've been diving into Japanese only JRPGs. Currently playing Popolocrois then I'll continue with ToDR and then probably Far East of Eden.

>>382508072
Yea I don't think I've ever seen anyone talk about the growlansers.

>>382508619
>>382508072
Start talking about how the artist for the series does porn and you'll draw people out.

>>382506241
Great games. They have the best environmental puzzles the genre has to offer (especially in TLA) and the best class system ever ruined by its bad balance.

>>382506764
That's fine, not everybody likes everything. The plot isn't much but I admire how relaxed the game is about conveying it. Long conversations that take their time to characterize what's happening. This game takes its time, and I like that.

>>382508850
I like the puzzles. Simple, effective palate cleansers. Nothing challenging but well integrated into the story.