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JRPG thread: save the drama for yo mama

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  • turtleantturtleant Gunpla Dad is the best.Registered User regular
    Wait, what?

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  • WhippyWhippy Moderator, Admin Emeritus Admin Emeritus
    edited December 2015
    There's a new Summon Night game on the vita, I just saw it when browsing the eshop. Apparently it came out in December.

    Summon Night is a series of weird rpg-ish games with light dating sim stuff mixed in. In America there were two on the gba and one on the ds but there are a bunch we never got. Summon Night 1 is one of my favorite RPGs on the gba and that's really saying something; that system was heavy with jurps. Apparently gaijinworks(bless them) translated the most recent one.

    Whippy on
  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    So is there a reason I should not swap Divisions to Prospectors? Because looking at the rankings for the past weeks they seem to take first place every single day by a ludicrous amount.

  • WybornWyborn GET EQUIPPED Registered User regular
    edited December 2015
    SyphonBlue wrote: »
    Tcheldor wrote: »
    You better like silly vocals because this game is FULL of them. I like silly vocals.

    Oh god really? I was gonna get this game next, but uh

    Probably not.

    The Xenoblade Chronicles X logo and the Tales of Zestiria logo in the OP are both clickable links that take you to different silly vocal songs from XCX

    One of them plays when you fly in a safe environment, the other for the 2-5 seconds you spend picking out which squad you're being deployed with at startup, so the song at the end of the Tales link is only heard in context if you actually sit and listen to it

    This is the song that plays when you fight named enemies, this game's equivalent to You Will Know Our Names

    When you're out exploring in the world, though, you don't usually get vocal songs, you tend to get pieces more like this:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDqmmLaSYyo

    But yeah, if silly anime songs with barely understandable lyrics about two people arguing about their relationship or flying through space or whatever turns you off, this probably isn't your game
    Madican wrote: »
    So is there a reason I should not swap Divisions to Prospectors? Because looking at the rankings for the past weeks they seem to take first place every single day by a ludicrous amount.

    None whatsoever. I moved over last night and got my first Salvage Ticket

    Wyborn on
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  • ShenShen Registered User regular
    edited December 2015

    @Chincymcchilla Yoooooo

    Further deets - up-ressed, autosave, achievements, high speed mode. Seems to be the same suite of additions FF7 received, neat.

    Shen on
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  • UnbrokenEvaUnbrokenEva HIGH ON THE WIRE BUT I WON'T TRIP ITRegistered User regular
    Does Fire Emblem Awakening count as a JRPG?

    Because I just got a 3DS with it for christmas and yo this is my jam

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  • SyphonBlueSyphonBlue The studying beaver That beaver sure loves studying!Registered User regular
    Wyborn wrote: »

    dear god why

    This is really disappointing, the beginning of this song is great! And then

    then it goes real bad

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  • SyphyreSyphyre A Dangerous Pastime Registered User regular
    I totally forgot about the Summon Night series. I rather enjoyed those.

  • TcheldorTcheldor Registered User regular
    Whippy wrote: »
    Holy shit holy shit there's a new summon night game localized? And nobody told me?

    I've played 2 missions. The translation is awkward, but the game seems cool so far.

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  • SyphonBlueSyphonBlue The studying beaver That beaver sure loves studying!Registered User regular
    edited December 2015
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  • RadiusRadius Registered User regular
    edited December 2015
    Summon Night is awesome.

    EDIT: Oh, I guess I only played the spin-offs, the main series is a tactics game?

    Unfortunately the Vita is so maligned at this point there are tons of games that got released/localized on it that I never even know about.

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  • rhylithrhylith Death Rabbits HoustonRegistered User regular
    I played a bunch of ff9 recently but I'll buy that and start over for sure. The textures look so much better!

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  • PeasPeas Registered User regular
    Oh wow I really didn't expect that to ever happen
    Like holy shit man

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  • StiltsStilts Registered User regular
    Peas wrote: »
    Oh wow I really didn't expect that to ever happen
    Like holy shit man

    Oh man, FF9 was in a list of leaks for upcoming Steam games

    Along with the FFX/X-2 remaster.

    I guess those leaks were accurate!

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  • turtleantturtleant Gunpla Dad is the best.Registered User regular
    Whippy wrote: »
    There's a new Summon Night game on the vita, I just saw it when browsing the eshop. Apparently it came out in December.

    Summon Night is a series of weird rpg-ish games with light dating sim stuff mixed in. In America there were two on the gba and one on the ds but there are a bunch we never got. Summon Night 1 is one of my favorite RPGs on the gba and that's really saying something; that system was heavy with jurps. Apparently gaijinworks(bless them) translated the most recent one.

    Damnit, why did it have to be Vita?

    Swordcraft Story 1 and 2 on the GBA were my jam.

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  • OmnipotentBagelOmnipotentBagel floof Registered User regular
    edited December 2015
    Wyborn wrote: »
    SyphonBlue wrote: »
    Tcheldor wrote: »
    You better like silly vocals because this game is FULL of them. I like silly vocals.

    Oh god really? I was gonna get this game next, but uh

    Probably not.

    The Xenoblade Chronicles X logo and the Tales of Zestiria logo in the OP are both clickable links that take you to different silly vocal songs from XCX

    One of them plays when you fly in a safe environment, the other for the 2-5 seconds you spend picking out which squad you're being deployed with at startup, so the song at the end of the Tales link is only heard in context if you actually sit and listen to it

    This is the song that plays when you fight named enemies, this game's equivalent to You Will Know Our Names

    When you're out exploring in the world, though, you don't usually get vocal songs, you tend to get pieces more like this:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDqmmLaSYyo

    But yeah, if silly anime songs with barely understandable lyrics about two people arguing about their relationship or flying through space or whatever turns you off, this probably isn't your game
    Madican wrote: »
    So is there a reason I should not swap Divisions to Prospectors? Because looking at the rankings for the past weeks they seem to take first place every single day by a ludicrous amount.

    None whatsoever. I moved over last night and got my first Salvage Ticket

    I dunno, I can always just wear headphones and put the original Xenoblade soundtrack on.

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    Shen wrote: »

    @Chincymcchilla Yoooooo

    Further deets - up-ressed, autosave, achievements, high speed mode. Seems to be the same suite of additions FF7 received, neat.

    God is real

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  • ChincymcchillaChincymcchilla Registered User regular
    Shen wrote: »

    @Chincymcchilla Yoooooo

    Further deets - up-ressed, autosave, achievements, high speed mode. Seems to be the same suite of additions FF7 received, neat.

    I have a story about this

    I just met a friend in my hometown for lunch and he gave me a framed print of the awesome art he made for my podcast and then told me that ff9 was coming to PC uprezed with high speed and I may have hugged him and cried on him a little

    Thanks for thinking of me! I can't wait

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  • OmnipotentBagelOmnipotentBagel floof Registered User regular
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    Shen wrote: »

    @Chincymcchilla Yoooooo

    Further deets - up-ressed, autosave, achievements, high speed mode. Seems to be the same suite of additions FF7 received, neat.

    God is real

    Yeah, uh, those additional details move that firmly into must-buy territory.

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  • -Tal-Tal Registered User regular
    For a long time there was a rumor that square lost the ff9 source code

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  • GundiGundi Serious Bismuth Registered User regular
    SyphonBlue wrote: »
    Wyborn wrote: »

    dear god why

    This is really disappointing, the beginning of this song is great! And then

    then it goes real bad
    Nah Uncontrollable is great. It's stupid and dumb but it's just the right kind of stupid and dumb.

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  • MaddocMaddoc I'm Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother? Registered User regular
    edited December 2015
    I like Uncontrollable a lot

    But it's no Those Who Bear Their Name

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjDxl5ldtdg

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  • SyphonBlueSyphonBlue The studying beaver That beaver sure loves studying!Registered User regular
    Gundi wrote: »
    SyphonBlue wrote: »
    Wyborn wrote: »

    dear god why

    This is really disappointing, the beginning of this song is great! And then

    then it goes real bad
    Nah Uncontrollable is great. It's stupid and dumb but it's just the right kind of stupid and dumb.

    I vehemently disagree!

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  • MaddocMaddoc I'm Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother? Registered User regular
    I totally underestimated how good medium skells are, as a total aside.

    Starting with 6000 GP is actually a really huge big deal

    The way skell overdrive works, you activate it, but it doesn't consume the 3000 GP until after the overdrive ends; so a skell with 6000 max GP could get to 3000, activate overdrive, and then continue accruing GP up to 6000 over the duration of the overdrive, then overdrive ends and you get -3000 GP... and then you can just immediately activate overdrive again because you're still at 3000.

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  • GundiGundi Serious Bismuth Registered User regular
    It's like Kill la Kill's "Don't Lose Your Way". It's cheesy as can be but people still love to sing along to it.

  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    Gundi wrote: »
    It's like Kill la Kill's "Don't Lose Your Way". It's cheesy as can be but people still love to sing along to it.

    buttrock

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  • Baroque And RollBaroque And Roll Every spark of friendship and love Will die without a homeRegistered User regular
    -Tal wrote: »
    For a long time there was a rumor that square lost the ff9 source code

    This is still the rumor. Possible to rip compressed assets and fuck with them to an extent.

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  • Knight_Knight_ Dead Dead Dead Registered User regular
    Maybe on the PC FF9 won't run like total dogshit like it does on my Vita. I'd really like to give that game a shot but it's glacial speed when it's working correctly. When it drops 20% of it's frames and skips in cutscenes, I couldn't deal with it.

    Here's hoping. High speed mode also sounds great, all rpgs should have a hold down button to increase game speed option. Looks real clean uprezzed as well. Much excitement.

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  • WybornWyborn GET EQUIPPED Registered User regular
    Fearghaill wrote: »
    Does Fire Emblem Awakening count as a JRPG?

    Because I just got a 3DS with it for christmas and yo this is my jam

    100%, if you wanna talk about it here

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  • OmnipotentBagelOmnipotentBagel floof Registered User regular
    Knight_ wrote: »
    Maybe on the PC FF9 won't run like total dogshit like it does on my Vita. I'd really like to give that game a shot but it's glacial speed when it's working correctly. When it drops 20% of it's frames and skips in cutscenes, I couldn't deal with it.

    Here's hoping. High speed mode also sounds great, all rpgs should have a hold down button to increase game speed option. Looks real clean uprezzed as well. Much excitement.

    For all it's flaws, Bravely Default set what I want to be the standard for random encounter RPGs. Full control over encounter rate, the ability to set a rigidly-controlled auto-battle, and fast-forward/slow-down controls.

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  • RadiusRadius Registered User regular
    Fire Emblem Awakening is the most JRPG game in a series of JRPGs.

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  • Knight_Knight_ Dead Dead Dead Registered User regular
    Knight_ wrote: »
    Maybe on the PC FF9 won't run like total dogshit like it does on my Vita. I'd really like to give that game a shot but it's glacial speed when it's working correctly. When it drops 20% of it's frames and skips in cutscenes, I couldn't deal with it.

    Here's hoping. High speed mode also sounds great, all rpgs should have a hold down button to increase game speed option. Looks real clean uprezzed as well. Much excitement.

    For all it's flaws, Bravely Default set what I want to be the standard for random encounter RPGs. Full control over encounter rate, the ability to set a rigidly-controlled auto-battle, and fast-forward/slow-down controls.

    Totally agree, that was the best part about bravely default and why it's the furthest i've gotten in a jrpg in a decade.

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  • WybornWyborn GET EQUIPPED Registered User regular
    Maddoc wrote: »
    I like Uncontrollable a lot

    But it's no Those Who Bear Their Name

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjDxl5ldtdg

    I actually prefer it to You Will Know Our Names

    Of the three major "named enemy" battle themes I've liked in the past few years—That Person's Name Is, Uncontrollable, and You Will Know Our Names—I think YWKON might be my least favorite

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  • PaperLuigi44PaperLuigi44 My amazement is at maximum capacity. Registered User regular
    Wyborn wrote: »
    Madican wrote: »
    So is there a reason I should not swap Divisions to Prospectors? Because looking at the rankings for the past weeks they seem to take first place every single day by a ludicrous amount.

    None whatsoever. I moved over last night and got my first Salvage Ticket

    It's so dumb!

    In other news I finally beat Telethia Plume... and it respawns with full health again, ticking down one on that enormous counter. C'mon, game. Still, I said I'd give my Skells names when I defeated it so I can tick that off my to-do list.

  • OmnipotentBagelOmnipotentBagel floof Registered User regular
    Wyborn wrote: »
    Maddoc wrote: »
    I like Uncontrollable a lot

    But it's no Those Who Bear Their Name

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjDxl5ldtdg

    I actually prefer it to You Will Know Our Names

    Of the three major "named enemy" battle themes I've liked in the past few years—That Person's Name Is, Uncontrollable, and You Will Know Our Names—I think YWKON might be my least favorite

    God, the asterisk battle theme is SO GOOD.

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  • WybornWyborn GET EQUIPPED Registered User regular
    How tough is the Plume exactly? I've never been able to do much to it. What'd you bring to that fight? I wonder if I can just Overdrive it to death

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  • turtleantturtleant Gunpla Dad is the best.Registered User regular
    Radius wrote: »
    Fire Emblem Awakening is the most JRPG game in a series of JRPGs.

    Least till Fates comes out.

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  • ShenShen Registered User regular
    Yeah - Robin may not have feet, but at least he wears shoes.

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  • PaperLuigi44PaperLuigi44 My amazement is at maximum capacity. Registered User regular
    Wyborn wrote: »
    How tough is the Plume exactly? I've never been able to do much to it. What'd you bring to that fight? I wonder if I can just Overdrive it to death

    Myself and Lin were in heavy Skells and Alexa had my hand-me-down start one (Elma I haven't given one yet). I don't recall my full Skell gear set but the shoulder charge, the slow arts debuff and the fold-out rifle blast were helpful, I just got in close and hacked away with the Heat Edge. As for difficulty it's pretty tough, but I dunno if it's abilities are random or what, I beat it handily and whittled it's health down to 50% again before time ran out, but my previous attempt it easily crippled my heavy skell within a minute. Overdrive definitely helped.

    It has topple and sleep abilities that are pretty annoying, otherwise it wasn't too bad.

  • DidgeridooDidgeridoo Flighty Dame Registered User regular
    Shen wrote: »

    @Chincymcchilla Yoooooo

    Further deets - up-ressed, autosave, achievements, high speed mode. Seems to be the same suite of additions FF7 received, neat.
    Shen wrote: »

    @Chincymcchilla Yoooooo

    Further deets - up-ressed, autosave, achievements, high speed mode. Seems to be the same suite of additions FF7 received, neat.

    Yes yes yessssss this is fantastic news

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