Help me choose a DS RPG

HeraldS

So I've got enough store credit to get 2 DS games. One will be Disgaea and I'm not sure what the other should be. Trying to decide between DQ IV, TWEWY, and Sonic RPG. Looking for suggestions, be it votes for these games or others. DQ IV looks fun and refreshingly old school; Sonic looks good but I haven't seen as much praise for it as for the others. Fellow forumers, help me pick a game!

Dehumanized

TWEWY should be the one you get first, of those.

Food

Dragon Quest IV, I choose you!

TWEWY is good also!

darren66

I'm dying to play Lock's Quest. Is that an RPG?

Schide

Everyone is going to say TWEWY. Or at least nearly everyone.

Basically get TWEWY for something really different and unlike pretty much every RPG, DQ4 for a remake of a classic RPG, or Sonic for a game kind of like Super Mario RPG but probably not as good. Note that I'm only 7 hours into DG4 and have only played like 20 minutes each so far of the other two.

But yeah, everyone is going to say TWEWY.

KING LITERATE

This:

B:L

Etrian Odyssey II just recently dropped to $20.

It's great if you like dungeon crawlers and cartography.

Lunker

Schide wrote: »

Everyone is going to say TWEWY. Or at least nearly everyone.

Basically get TWEWY for something really different and unlike pretty much every RPG, DQ4 for a remake of a classic RPG, or Sonic for a game kind of like Super Mario RPG but probably not as good. Note that I'm only 7 hours into DG4 and have only played like 20 minutes each so far of the other two.

But yeah, everyone is going to say TWEWY.

Actually, I was going to come in and say almost exactly this, so :^:. Though I haven't played Sonic and I'd definitely say go with either DQIV or TWEWY first. They both differ enough from Disgaea that they won't feel like you're playing the same game, so it's really a matter of whether you want a highly customizable, modern, Nomura-designed action-RPG, or a classic, high fantasy, dungeon-drawling turn-based JRPG.

EDIT: Oh god, EO2 is only $20 now? Buy whatever game you can, then scrouge up an extra Andrew Jackson and go buy that, because that's also awesome.

Rakai

TWEWY, hands down. It's SEnix's best effort in a long time.

TyrantCow

darren66 wrote: »

I'm dying to play Lock's Quest. Is that an RPG?

I played the demo at PAX

It was pretty enjoyable for a tower defense type game.
My only problem was everything was so big; you have to move the map to get to open area after building one or two things. The graphics look nice; but, I would have actually bought it if I didn't have to spend so much time scrolling across the map with the D-pad.

The little 'poke these dots in this order'-EBA style mini-games involved in combat and repairing are also a lot better than just sitting around waiting for your cannons to destroy the enemy.

urahonky

FYI Toys R US is having a Buy 2 get 1 free sale soon. Maybe you should wait for that?

randombattle

Schide wrote: »

Everyone is going to say TWEWY. Or at least nearly everyone.

Basically get TWEWY for something really different and unlike pretty much every RPG, DQ4 for a remake of a classic RPG, or Sonic for a game kind of like Super Mario RPG but probably not as good. Note that I'm only 7 hours into DG4 and have only played like 20 minutes each so far of the other two.

But yeah, everyone is going to say TWEWY.

Because there is something wrong if you don't.

Lunker

urahonky wrote: »

FYI Toys R US is having a Buy 2 get 1 free sale soon. Maybe you should wait for that?

Shit, I completely forgot about this! So go buy three games for the price of two next week. Problem solved!

Then go buy Etrian Odyssey II.

unknownsome1

I suggest picking up Summon Night Twin Age. I had a lot of fun playing it.

Cucco Leader

I vote for Disgaea and no other game. Sit on the credit or get something for another system. I couldn't imagine splitting my time between Disgaea and something else, let alone another deep RPG. At least, that's my first choice. If you must get something else go for another genre.

Kuribo's Shoe

get Sonic Chronicles

I know, sega is awful and should burn in hell

but as long as they outsource to awesome companies like Bioware they should continue to delay their inevitable implosion

APZonerunner

The only true answer.

darren66

Aren't we tired of FF4 yet?

I wish they made FF5, 6 or 7 on the DS. When I played the GBA release of FF5 I couldn't believe how good it was (I had never played it prior), why does Square ignore FF5?

DeathPrawn

TWEWY and TWEWY. Buy it twice.

(I'd also be willing to consider TWEWY and Disgaea)

Xagarath

DQIV is better than TWEWY.
TWEWY is still pretty awesome.
Both are better than FFIV.

You won't go that wrong with any of the above, though.

Sterica

Get Mario & Luigi. Both of them. Your DS has a GBA slot for a reason, damn it.

Beck

DQIV or Chrono Trigger.

Kuribo's Shoe

not enough of you are saying sonic chronicles

Senshi

Not Contact.

TWEWY.

minor incident

I thought I'd have a snappy answer here, but then I realized that all my recent RPGs have been on the PSP. Um... TWEWY would be my pick, just because I also want to play it.

zilo

I like FF4 quite a lot. If you missed the boat on the snes one it's definitely worth a pickup.

I hear great things about Sonic Chronicles though.

Blowflu

Get FFIV and TWEWY. TWEWY is a no-brainer, but FFIV is fantastic. They added a good bit of replay value with the augment system and new game+ if you're a completionist like me. Also, Chrono Trigger will hopefully be released soon.

GMaster7

FFIV is pretty sick - Never played the SNES version, and I've been loving 4. It's like 3, but with a real story! And it's better in every respect, basically. Also just got back into FFTA2 tonight, but that doesn't answer your question. I've yet to try TWEWY, but yes, the response is overwhelmingly positive... Is it an acquired taste, though? Just how weird is it?

Exarch

EO2 if you're looking for a really fun challenge.

Chrono Trigger if you can wait for it, a contender for best RPG ever.

abstl

Seeing as how developers have completely abandoned the console RPG , which handheld has the better RPG's? DS or PSP?

urahonky

abstl wrote: »

Seeing as how developers have completely abandoned the console RPG , which handheld has the better RPG's? DS or PSP?

Depends. Do you like RPGs or SRPGs?

RainbowDespair

abstl wrote: »

Seeing as how developers have completely abandoned the console RPG , which handheld has the better RPG's? DS or PSP?

I'd say it's pretty much tied at the moment at least. DS has TWEWY, DQ4 remake, FF4 remake, Chrono Trigger, the Etrian Odyssey games, Sonic RPG, etc. PSP has FF7: Crisis Core, the Sega Genesis Collection (contains Phantasy Star 2-4), Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth, FFT remake, Jeanne D'Arc, etc. Both systems have Disgaea & Puzzle Quest. Some upcoming games on the DS include remakes of DQ5 & DQ6 along with the all new DQ9. On the PSP front, we've got Parasite Eve 3 & a FF13 side-game.

In short, if you want portable RPGs, you'll probably want to buy both systems.

And developers haven't abandoned console RPGs. The 360 is getting plenty of RPGs (both Western and Japanese) and the PS2 is still getting a few quality games like Persona 4 and Eternal Poison. Admittedly, the pickings are slimmer on the Wii & PS3, but they'll probably get better as time goes by, we're still fairly new into this generation.

randombattle

RainbowDespair wrote: »

abstl wrote: »

Seeing as how developers have completely abandoned the console RPG , which handheld has the better RPG's? DS or PSP?

I'd say it's pretty much tied at the moment at least. DS has TWEWY, DQ4 remake, FF4 remake, Chrono Trigger, the Etrian Odyssey games, Sonic RPG, etc. PSP has FF7: Crisis Core, the Sega Genesis Collection (contains Phantasy Star 2-4), Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth, FFT remake, Jeanne D'Arc, etc. Both systems have Disgaea & Puzzle Quest. Some upcoming games on the DS include remakes of DQ5 & DQ6 along with the all new DQ9. On the PSP front, we've got Parasite Eve 3 & a FF13 side-game.

In short, if you want portable RPGs, you'll probably want to buy both systems.

And developers haven't abandoned console RPGs. The 360 is getting plenty of RPGs (both Western and Japanese) and the PS2 is still getting a few quality games like Persona 4 and Eternal Poison. Admittedly, the pickings are slimmer on the Wii & PS3, but they'll probably get better as time goes by, we're still fairly new into this generation.

It's not tied because DS has TWEWY and PSP does not.

Xagarath

randombattle wrote: »

RainbowDespair wrote: »

abstl wrote: »

Seeing as how developers have completely abandoned the console RPG , which handheld has the better RPG's? DS or PSP?

I'd say it's pretty much tied at the moment at least. DS has TWEWY, DQ4 remake, FF4 remake, Chrono Trigger, the Etrian Odyssey games, Sonic RPG, etc. PSP has FF7: Crisis Core, the Sega Genesis Collection (contains Phantasy Star 2-4), Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth, FFT remake, Jeanne D'Arc, etc. Both systems have Disgaea & Puzzle Quest. Some upcoming games on the DS include remakes of DQ5 & DQ6 along with the all new DQ9. On the PSP front, we've got Parasite Eve 3 & a FF13 side-game.

In short, if you want portable RPGs, you'll probably want to buy both systems.

And developers haven't abandoned console RPGs. The 360 is getting plenty of RPGs (both Western and Japanese) and the PS2 is still getting a few quality games like Persona 4 and Eternal Poison. Admittedly, the pickings are slimmer on the Wii & PS3, but they'll probably get better as time goes by, we're still fairly new into this generation.

It's not tied because DS has Rocket Slime and PSP does not.

Better

Hexmage-PA

I've been thinking about getting Dragon Quest IV as well, but the last DQ game I played was DQVIII, and I got tired of it really quickly due to the boring combat and incredibly dull plot.

urahonky

DQ4 is amazing and you should play it. Lest we point and laugh.

Beck

I'm really surprised so many people came away impressed from TWEWY

I don't like Persona either, though, for pretty much the same reason

(TEENAGERS)

urahonky

You honestly didn't like Persona because they were teenagers? Man that sucks. The Persona series is great!

RainbowDespair

Beck wrote: »

I'm really surprised so many people came away impressed from TWEWY

I don't like Persona either, though, for pretty much the same reason

(TEENAGERS)

I find this amusing since Persona is one of the few Japanese RPG series where there's a game where all of the playable characters are adults (Persona 2: Eternal Punishment). Admittedly, the other Persona games all focus on teenagers, but hey, it beats the pre-teens in other RPGs.

Chen

Does Golden Sun count? Cause it's most excellent and, darn it, we're in need of a sequel.

Renzo

MAKE UP YOUR OWN DAMN MIND