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Looking for a DS RPG
Indica1
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I haven't picked up my DS since Shiren the wanderer came out, and I want a good RPG. I've beaten chrono trigger about 10 times, and I'm not really looking to play a remake anyway (unless there's one I have to play)
Looking for epic jrpg kind of game with great atmosphere. Does that exist on the DS yet?
Edit: oh and not pokemon.
Looking for epic jrpg kind of game with great atmosphere. Does that exist on the DS yet?
Edit: oh and not pokemon.
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Haven't played it, but it gets tons of great reviews and I've been meaning to pick it up
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I would say pick up the Golden Sun games for GBA. Easily some of the best rpgs (even more so the second Golden Sun) I've ever played.
Also, Dragon Quest.
This.
Also, I hated The World Ends With You.
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It's completely separate, aside from the option to import your old guild name and I think one or two completely optional pieces of equipment.
To the OP's point, the remakes of FFIV and DQIV are both excellent and would fit your requirements, though if you've played the originals to death and don't want any remakes I can't put a gun to your head. FFIV DS was specifically retooled for people who loved the original to death, though, and is not only a lot tougher but also tweaked the boss battles to screw with the old classic strategies.
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As mentioned above, Etrian Odyssey I and II are both excellent old-school first-person dungeon crawlers, like A Bard's Tale and Wizardry. Make a party from different classes (essentially D&D-esque archetypes like fighter, wizard, healer, etc.) and throw yourself into the fray; it's got deep and flexible character customization with a variety of skills and the ability to have up to 25-30 characters (up to 5 in your active party at any point), plus the game doesn't pull any punches—it's fuckin' hard. I love them, though I haven't finished either one. They're very light on story and characters (all can be pretty much ignored), but you make your own party and the fun is in the adventure adn exploration. The mapmaking on the touch screen is surprisingly engaging, too.
Contact was entertaining, I thought.
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The Castlevania games are great Action/RPGs. The last one released (Order of Ecclesia) is especially well done.
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I don't really understand. Why eliminate the best on the system? If you've played them all, well...what would you like to know more about?
Pokemon is still a great RPG even if OP doesn't like it.
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon is fun if you like roguelikes.
Mario & Luigi games are good though Partners in Time is a little less good than the original.
Rune Factory is an awesome sim/RPG hybrid.
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker is fantastic in its presentation.
Crystal Chronicles is a lot of fun and also a great looker.
There are a ton of great SRPGs such as FFTA2, Disgaea, Hoshigami, and Rondo of Swords. RoS is a ripoff of Fire Emblem but it's got a unique strategy to it.
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And of the two FF remakes, which do you guys think is better?
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Conversely I am a HUGE FFIV fanboy (best in the series!) and I hated the DS remake. Just FYI.
Never played the original FFIV, absolutely loved it on the DS. Hated TWEWY's visual style and horrible control system.
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I hated the FFIV visual style. Much, MUCH rather have had DQIV's style.
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Very much so. The idea is that you are using your DS to control your character. Like.. really. This crazy scientist dude crashes his spaceship and contacts you for help via the DSes wi-fi, getting you to take control of this kid to do what needs to be done.
And you change classes by putting on different outfits, like chef and pilot.
It's definitely quirky, but quite a bit of fun if you can a grasp on the system.
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Yeah, I think I might just do that next time I return to the game. The story is very interesting, I like the visual and music style, and having such a large number of spells & attacks is fun, but the dual screen battle system seems to requires Geometry Wars 2 levels of concentration to do well at. That is all fine and good when you're playing a shmup that's made to be played in short bursts, but not so good when you're playing an RPG that's many hours long.
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I can vouch for him, that game kicks so much ass. My brother got it for me for christmas a couple years back and I had no clue what it was but damn was I happily surprised.
I find it hard to think anyone can hate TWEWY's controls, considering you can customize every single battle input to a command that you like. Unless you mean the whole dual-screen pat-your-head-while-rubbing-your-tummy battle engine in general.
Yeah, it's pretty fantastic. I've heard a lot of people complain that you don't have enough control of your character in combat - "I got sick of watching my character fight." - but I didn't find that to be the case at all. The combat is quick anyways, and you're mixing in cool little special attacks the whole time anyway.
Great game.
Zelda Phantom Hourglass (if that counts)
Disgaea DS
Dragon Quest IV
Final Fantasy Tactics A2
Final Fantasy III
Final Fantasy IV
Final Fantasi XII RW
Chrystal Chronicles Ring of Fates
Mario and Luigi Partners in Time
Dragon Ball Origins (if it counts, kind of zelda-like)
Dragon Quest Heroes Rocket Slime
Lunar Knights (action rpg)
Pokemon Diamond/Pearl/Whatever
Etrian Odyssey
Etrian Odyssey II Heroes of Lagaard
potentially Sonic Chronicles
potentially Luminous Arc 2
potentially Izuna
potentially Izuna 2
potentially the pokemon Roguelikes (mystery dungeon games)
I guess the OP's already played Chrono Trigger and Shiren the Wanderer. There are also a great number of story-driven Adventure games, but I guess they're not technically RPGs.
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The game reminds me of the shitty NES Hylide: Your only main battle options are to run into the enemy to damage it (while it damages you at the same time), or click on a button to heal yourself. The entire game is a battle of attrition: Run into enemies until you run out of healing supplies, go back to town/home base, replenish supplies, rinse and repeat.
I was really hyped for the game before release, which is why I feel so badly burned by the game.
EDIT: Like pretty much every other Grasshopper-related game, you will either love it or hate it with the passion of a thousand suns. Also, IIRC, it's a Grasshopper Manufacture game but Suda51 wasn't really involved at all with the game's development.
That's strange, cause I found myself constantly using the special abilities, which is where most of my combat damage came from.
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Contact on the other hand was really rad. didn't finish that one, but was definitely pleased with it.
It's been a while for me; I played maybe 6-8 hours. Were those the stickers or the other weapon-specific abilities? I just remember running out of those attacks really quickly and being reduced to sitting in attack mode and weathering all the beatings.
The whole game seemed very one-dimensional; I really liked the hook and basic setup, but the actual gameplay was just so stiff that I couldn't bear to go on.
PMD is basically kiddy Shiren, and by kiddy I mean stupidly easy. Given that 80% of a rogulike is the sense of satisfaction from beating tricky situations that's kind of a big negative for me.
PMD did do some interesting things, like the team AI settings, but the whole package is just too easy to be worthwhile for me.
Though he did say he wanted atmosphere, and A2's story and characters are the worst kind of generic garbage.
Still, its gameplay is addictive enough to sustain anyone for a good long time. I spent something like 50 hours on it, even despite my complaints about the writing. It's not a challenging game, mind you; more like a completionist min/maxer's wet dream.