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Edit::Ohh, Hotel Dusk looks fun, it may not be an RPG but I've seen it for 5 Euro so I'll probably get a copy of that one as well.
But as far as recommendations to avoid: Luminous Arc, FFXII: Revenant Wings (pretty, great soundtrack, awkward and unfulfilling gameplay).
If we're doing homebrew Rogue-likes, then I think Powder might be a good idea as well. Nethack's interface would, I imagine, be really hard to use on a DS; Powder at least is designed with portables in mind. Also, pretty tile graphics.
Shiren seems to get a lot of love; P:MD a lot of hate. I think Dungeon Explorer is closer to Diablo, and I think the consensus is that the PSP version is better (they're very different). Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker is more Zelda, and it is made of win and awesome and
Or did you mean Rocket Slime?
Hey. Hey. Some of us are old.
Seriously, of course you're right about the base mechanics (first-person dungeon wandering with constant random battles). But the principal thing that too many traditional RPGs forget is that if the game is not hard enough, a JRPG is an exercise in tedium, like watching an anime series that takes 60 hours to finish instead of 10. Very few games get this right. The Shin Megami Tensei series does so consistently: random battles can often kill you. Etrian Odyssey is a little less consistent: once you get past the first few levels, you're in less constant and immediate danger, but you still need to husband your resources carefully to explore as far as you want. I contend that if Etrian Odyssey feels like a mindless grindfest where you walk the same corridors 10 times in a row, you're not managing resources efficiently enough to get to the next major point, or not mapping carefully enough to find the shortcuts.
Fixed. Seriously. I got dizzy from the dialog on a regular basis. It had some (edit: Well, not even quite decent, but not bad) story in there, but that's like trimming 1000 pages of walking out of the Lord of the Rings and calling it a non-stop action trilogy. Some GBA games trimmed dialog to save cart space, and I really wish Golden Sun would have done that. The mechanics are pretty interesting, though. I kind of liked having to use spells to move through areas instead of just for combat.
As for Pokemon, the single player aspect hasn't much changed since the first games, but if you're interested in multiplayer, you can injure yourself just talking about the levels of complexity it gets into.
Seriously, awesome roguelike, and you can rescue other people who've died.
PA Shiren thread full of amusement
I'm not going to defend XII:RW as some amazing game, because it wasn't; but wasn't bad, and most of the time was fairly fun.
I think the problem here is that it is not an rpg to begin with.
Any more than Warcraft III is an RPG just because the Hero gains levels and experience.
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Wel, good is subjective, but there's also
Tales of Eternia (port of the original PS1 game)
Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology (Tales fan appreciation game with thin story)
Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure (cute action adventure)
Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth (direct port of the PS1 original, with some added CGI cutscenes to tie it to the Ps2 game)
Wild ARMs XF (SRPG, with more of an emphasis on the strategy part, rather than just pure grinding)
and there's also the original Wild ARMs on the PSN store, so if you've never played it or the PS2 remake it's an
enjoyable RPG. And hopefully all the companies will get a clue and put all the rest of the PS1 RPGs on to the PSN store (although it seems they're sticking with single disc games at the moment, but that still includes a fair bit of good stuff).
Oh man, thanks. I'm probably going to go buy Valkyrie Profile and Wild Arms when I get off work.
I also may have just come out today... or last week, one of the two.
When do the Star Ocean remakes come out?
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I totally did. Sorry~~
They're both already out in Japan, but as far as I know neither have been announced to be coming out in North America, which means that SE don't really like money, or they just don't care about anything that doesn't have the words 'Final' or 'Fantasy' in the title. Especially since SO3 sold enough to become a Greatest Hits title, and I think SO2 also did(not sure tho). I know I would buy them both as soon as they come out.
Gameboy/DS:
Golden Sun/Lost Age (Excellent puzzle/dungeon system, Ditto music.)
Shining Soul (Great SRPG)
Final Fantasy VI (Hey, its VI.)
Pokemon Diamond/Pearl (The most polished ones so far. Internet play too.)
Fire Emblem/Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones (Sacred Stones is easy to find, regular Fire Emblem not so much. Try to get ahold of the first though, it is excellent, more importantly, has Hector.)
Super Robot Wars I&II (SRPG involving giant customisable robots. I'm a whore for giant customisable robots.)
Tactics Ogre (Outstanding SRPG, but very hard to find.)
Shiren DS (Roguelike)
Advanced Wars/Dual Strike/Days of Ruin (Another great series, Days of Ruin is the most RPG of the lot story wise.)
Puzzle Quest (Buy this buy this buy this. I'd go with DS over PSP as the PSP has a bug that won't let companions help you.)
PSP:
Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core (Best game out on the PSP right now.)
Final Fantasy Tactics (Remake of the original classic)
Disgaea (Be warned, it can consume lives.)
Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth (Port of one of my favourite ever RPGs. Totally worth it and cheap to boot.)
Tales of Eternia (Port of another of the Tales series.)
Jeanne D'arc (SRPG of Joan of Arc. Not as much customisability as FFT or Disgaea, but good lighthearted game.)
Metal Gear Acid 1&2 (Sort of odd, card based tactics game. And they only cost like $8 each so you can't go wrong.)
I'm sure there's a ton of GBA and DS RPGs I'm missing here still though. The GBA in particular was a gold mine for them.
Keep in mind, you have to import Tales of Eternia from the UK. It was never released here but the version released there is basically the port of our english translation from back in the day. Its slightly dated as far as Tales games go, but the story line is incredible if you like a JRPG and the combat is going to keep you entertained. Just be prepared to deal with atrocious voice acting if you are picky about dubs. Its old ps1 stuff you know
I would avoid Tales of the World unless you are a BIG tales fan. And I mean like importing and stuff big. Its basically a quest based game with a slightly dumbed down version of Abyss' combat that will ocassionaly dangle some lovable Tales characters in your face with some interesting interaction. And its especially generous for Symphonia fans, but much of this story is pretty much few and far between after the first few hours, and there is tons of pointless quest grinding. I personally only wanted to attempt it to see Tales of Rebirths characters in an American game, but I am too busy playing the rebirth import to get around to it.
Get Valkyrie Profile. This is older RPG awesomeness that translates over to portable perfectly. Disgaea is a win too, but this will eat up more time than you probboly want.
Apparently SO2 was a direct port, which is fine by me. The game was awesome, WAY better than 3. But if they were to bring it over it definately would need a much better translation. SO wasnt really big on story, but the translation we got made it even worse.
SO1 would be nice though. We never got that, and it was apparently done over so it looks better than 2 now :O.
It would be stupid to not bring these over, especially because I am sure Squenix has the money to throw around to take a few chances and not screw us out of games anymore -_-
It is the closest they've come to the glory that was SoTN.
Really enjoyed it, and I don't like portable games.
Everything he's said is wrong.
yeah, good luck with finding that
I never asked for this!
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I think it may have gotten a reprint for the PAL release over here.
Check the Aussie Ebay, they've been on sale at EBGames here in the two for fifty dollar sale for ages so there should be a fair few there. If you have trouble, my local EB had 5 copies last I looked, I can probably pick one up for you.
Also, I totally forgot Phantom Hourglass. If you haven't got it you should grab a copy.
Also, I have to agree with everyone in that everyone who owns a PSP needs to own Crisis Core. Even if you hated FF VII, you still must buy this game. It is the reprieval of the Series IMO. Things were going south since FFX, but this has brought my faith back into the series.
Tales of the World is ok, but definitely made for hardcore fans.
Oh, really? Shining Soul is not a strategy rpg.
edit: or a particulary good game.
Maybe I'm getting it mixed up with another one. I'll have to dig through and find the one I'm thinking of.
They both take a couple hours to get into, but they're pretty rewarding, well-made games to play. Yggdra Union has a ton of little mechanics to take into consideration when planning out strategies: morale, formations, movement, and the cards.
Both are available on GBA or PSP.
I'm pretty sure you're thinking Shining Force: Dark Dragon's Resurrection or some such. I'm not sure what the subtitle is, but definitely Shining Force.
Also I have to mention Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation and Original Generation 2 for the GBA. Strategy RPG with super awesome giant robots.
Also, Final Fantasy V on GBA, because I don't think I saw it mentioned, and the job system is pretty fun.
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