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Recommend a PSone JRPG
Zeromus
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Hi all,
I'm in the mood to play through a JRPG (what can I say?), but I don't really have one in mind.
I'd like it to be a PSX title that's available on the PSN so I can play it on my PSP. Otherwise, I'm pretty open, except:
- I've played the entire Final Fantasy series to death, so none of those, please!
- I've also gone through Vagrant Story, so I know it's excellent and don't need it recommended again!
Being fairly unfamiliar with Breath of Fire, I'm curious about BoFIV, but I don't really know how it ranks in the series and there are so many other options that I wanted some feedback first.
Thoughts?
I'm in the mood to play through a JRPG (what can I say?), but I don't really have one in mind.
I'd like it to be a PSX title that's available on the PSN so I can play it on my PSP. Otherwise, I'm pretty open, except:
- I've played the entire Final Fantasy series to death, so none of those, please!
- I've also gone through Vagrant Story, so I know it's excellent and don't need it recommended again!
Being fairly unfamiliar with Breath of Fire, I'm curious about BoFIV, but I don't really know how it ranks in the series and there are so many other options that I wanted some feedback first.
Thoughts?
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Superb battle system, loveable characters, great graphics, packed with 99% spirit of adventure and only 1% emo.
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I played Grandia II and enjoyed it, but never played the first.
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Edit: yup http://us.playstation.com/games-and-media/games/suikoden-ps3-psp.html
Grandia has a slightly worse battle system (they perfected it in 2) no Ninja Turtle doing the voice acting (disappointing) but a three hundred billion percent better set of characters and story. Ryudo can go die in a ditch, Justin and Feena all the way for me.
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Though my recommendation(and I'm ashamed it's taken this many responses to get to it)- Xenogears.
Fantastic music, pretty fun combat, mechs, animated sequences, angels, ID, it's just a really great RPG.
Yes, the second disc falters a bit, but seriously, if you never played it, do so.
Oh shit, I almost forgot-
CHRONO CROSS.
Play that first. Pretty much all that I said about Xenogears can be said about CC. Yes, it's not exact sequel to Chrono Trigger people seemed to have wanted, but I thought it was just as good, and if you have played CT, there's going to be enough connection to it to make it a blast.
Great, now I want to play both games again.
Oh oh oh yes. I am sorry for not mentioning this sooner
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Not the biggest XenoGears fan, though.
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IV is pretty solid, though the loss of the build-a-dragon system is a bummer
Okay, that's a bit harsh. It's a pretty good game, but there's tons better ones.
Suikoden II is a better game, but it's extremely hard to come by and Suikoden 1 is still very good for the era. It's definitely a sequel where they made some incremental changes to the gameplay mechanics and storytelling and saw great results.
As far as I recall, Suikoden 1 has made it on to the USA and JP PSN.
And Legend of Legaia.
Final Fantasy Tactics? Does that count?
How about Vagrant Story?
Still, what a great game.
FFT is my favorite game of all time and I have utterly demolished pretty much every aspect of it, so I think I'll pass on another go-around via PSN.
I think I may be leaning towards Grandia? I've never touched the series and it seems great based on what I'm reading.
Xenogears!
edit: beat'd =(
I like the cut of your leaning. Lean harder. Fall face first into a giant Grandia pie.
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I've actually played through this!
The best way to think about it is that Suikoden 1 and Suikoden 2 are the same game, just published over time. You can play one without the other, but together they are fantastic.
Suikoden 1 suffers from being released premature, so certain towns, the menu system, and a few other things will seem needlessly clunky or empty, but there is a fantastic game beneath it. Suikoden 2 continues Suikoden 1's story with vastly improved everything and is probably one of the top games released on the PS1.
Both have become a lot cheaper than they used to be to pick up. You won't regret them.
Legend of Dragoon, on the other hand, is one of my all-time favorite games, and is my MOM'S absolute favorite game because of the story (although she loves Chrono Cross's music as well). It's got awesome music, cool timing-based combat, great characters and story... everything about it is just so good. Most of the time Sony's in-house devs make something, it comes out unexpectedly amazing. I really can't think of anything negative to say about this game. If you have access to it, get it. Right now.
Edit: Oh, yeah, I have indeed heard Grandia 1 and 2 are great, but I haven't played them yet. YET, I say.
Also, if you really want to see how far we come, you could try Beyond the Beyond....
There were... divergent opinions at the time.
http://thegia.psy-q.ch/sites/www.thegia.com/psx/lod/lod.html
http://thegia.psy-q.ch/sites/www.thegia.com/features/f010625b.html
I guess it doesn't have to be a PSX title; that's just the era and style of game I'm particularly in the mood for.
I've also recently played through Persona 3, but I haven't heard of your cult picks.
It really is amazing how wrong that review is though! In every way. :P Saying that the models look worse than FFVII is the best part of that review. Haha yeahhhh okay buddy, I think you must have fanboy goggles on or something. I also like the complaints about the battle system (although I always found it really tough to get the right timing on Dragoons' regular attacks, I will admit), including the fact that, whoa, you actually need to buy and use items to heal your characters since not all of them can heal. Oh whatever shall we do? ... Man, I sympathize with some of those reader e-mails (didn't read them all). :P At any rate, even if somebody DIDN'T feel that it was as awesome as we in the thread say it is, it's unquestionably worth the price you'd pay getting it from PSN today. So definitely pick it up if it's available there.
(Also, regarding Legend of Legaia, I remember when I first played it after a friend rented it I thought it was a bad game. I don't feel exactly the same way now, having replayed about half of it, but it's still kind of 'meh' in my opinion. I wouldn't place it at the top of my list by any means.)
Edit: Er, played Half Minute Hero, that is
The reviewer is Nich Maragos, who currently is a localization editor at Atlus. Adds some interesting color to his perspective in the review on the translation.
Legend of Dragoon was amazing. Little known fact about healing items in that game: Blocking restores 10% of your health so you don't often need them.
I would also reccomend the Arc the Lad trilogy (all three games are bundled). A half-Tactic style game/half true RPG it's an engaging plot about the end of the world. One is pretty much a tech demo/prequel for 2 which serves as a prequel to set the tone for the best game, 3.
The later titles released for PS2 were rather poor imitations of the previous games in comparison.
That game is the goodness.