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Can somebody awesome recommend me my first RPG?
Gripper
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Okay, so I want to get myself an RPG for the DS, but have no idea which one to go for. I've never played RPGs before apart from messing around on the odd demo, but I want something I can sink the occasional hour into to get a break from uni work. I really have no knowledge of this genre apart from there's this thing called Final Fantasy and supposedly it's pretty good...
Stuff I like the sound of:
Pick up and play - I'll never be playing it for more than an hour at a time, so something I can jump in and out of with a good save system would be great.
Depth - something that has lots to discover but isn't too daunting for an RPG virgin
Good storyline.
Something tactical and turn-based.
Okay, that's all pretty specific I know, but its just a general idea of what I'm after. The only thing I really want is a good introduction to the genre that won't put me off completely, as it seems like a bit of a minefiled. Help me out, good people at Penny Arcade.
Stuff I like the sound of:
Pick up and play - I'll never be playing it for more than an hour at a time, so something I can jump in and out of with a good save system would be great.
Depth - something that has lots to discover but isn't too daunting for an RPG virgin
Good storyline.
Something tactical and turn-based.
Okay, that's all pretty specific I know, but its just a general idea of what I'm after. The only thing I really want is a good introduction to the genre that won't put me off completely, as it seems like a bit of a minefiled. Help me out, good people at Penny Arcade.
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However, Final Fantasy 4 Advance is probably a much better introduction to the genre. There's a lot less to worry about since the game is decidedly linear, there's no "choose your party" until the very end, the game selects it for you. There's not a whole ton of customization to do, your characters progress in a predictable fashion, and they all have fixed abilities. It's not especially difficult, but it still makes you strategize quite a bit in a number of the boss fights. It has a great plot with at least three moments guaranteed to make you cry, and even more guaranteed to make you laugh.
In short, start with FF4, then move on to something else.
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Oh, and I think they should be $20 by now.
You can get a remake of 1 for the GBA which is amazing.
But yeh, the original versions on the Mega Drive were my first exposure to the genre when I was younger.
They're amazing.
And you can save whenever you want.
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Rocket Slime has the added bonus of being fairly easy, though it doesn't have the plot-centric structure most of the genre does.
Ignore Xeno.
Says someone who recommends a game that's hardly an RPG at all!
What's next? Madden is an RPG because you play the role of an American Football player? :P
Fine then. Easy. RPG. DS.
Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time.
Pokemon Diamond.
Or on the GBA
Pokemon Emerald, Fire Red, Leaf Green, Ruby, Sapphire.
Final Fantasy: Dawn of Souls (especially good for a first game!) FF IV Advance, FF V Advance, FF VI Advance.
Golden Sun.
and finally the gold star mac daddy of them all, a game that combines awesomeness with ease of learning.
Mario and Luigi:Superstar Saga.
Also has the added benefit of being one of the ten funniest games of all time.
Assuming the OP wanted games with an experience mechanism, stats you had to build, and so forth, Rocket Slime fits.
I think it sends a mixed message on what most people think of the genre.
I actually believe that everygame is a role playing game. They just used that to mean "Pen and Paper Dungeon Crawl ala Dungeons and Dragons" because PaPDCaDaD doesn't quite roll off the tongue.
Pokemon is basically devoid of story. "Sup kid, go look at as many of these pokemon as you can. Get back to me. Later!" To me Pokemon has played like a single player MMO (timesinks and grinding galore) with the promise of playing against people when you're done.
I only recently got my DS so I can't say much about RPGs on it, but if you can find FFVI or FFIV for the GBA they're both great RPGs to jump into. (Though IV is coming out for the DS soon I believe.) FFIII is out on the DS and it's decent but it may be a bit daunting for a first timer with the job system and moderate difficulty.
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Pokémon
I am not particularly a fan of RPGs and I loved those three games. They're easy to get into and great fun, with the first two having good stories and characters and the third just havin' that lovely pokécharm.
edit: okay I missed the 'DS' bit. That explains things.
What? Etrian Odyssy is hard as nails.
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Because it is not available on the DS.
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Seriously.
It's ten times deeper an rpg than 90% of its playerbase realises.
If we pretend it is, maybe it WILL BE.
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Seriously, this is one of the best rpg's I've ever played. The battles are involving, the humor is amazing and the boss battles are epic. Get this and you won't be disappointed, I guarantee it.
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I'm gonna go play this again right now.
I'd also advise getting This. It's a very hard ps2 game and worst case scenario if you decide rpgs arn't for you wait a few years for the ebay market to bubble again and profit.
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No mission has taken me longer than 30 minutes so far and it's fairly forgiving with the missions. It lets you keep experience if you save and quit or retry mid-mission, so even if you took a half hour only to realize you can't possibly win the mission you won't be out the time.
My only problem with the game is that (as a fellow SRPG newbie) many of the features of the game are not self explanatory, and the tutorials are a joke.
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It's also a 2nd tier RPG.
Personally, I would go with Final Fantasy IV Advanced, but the remake is coming. So maybe Final Fantasy VI Advanced would be a better choice, and just hold off on IV for a little while. Avoid III.
Pokemon Diamond or Pearl is also a good choice, but I don't love it nearly as much as most people here do. Red is still my preferred version of pokemon when it comes to the singleplayer portion.
I'm pretty sure that was a joke. :P
I'm sorry, I could have sworn you just wrote that "the remake is coming." In reference to Final Fantasy IV.
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Really??
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_IV_(Nintendo_DS)
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I'm sure the world must seem so bright out from under that rock.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_IV_(Nintendo_DS)
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Where have you been?
They said it'll be here around early 3rd quarter I think (here as in state-side atleast). Its polygonal like III was, but better. It even has Voice Acting during cutscenes. There is a trailer floating around somewhere, even in the thread for it which is probably on the 3rd or 4th page here.
edit: July 22nd apparently
edit2: http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=54879 Video is halfway down
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Too bad it's DS, I'd much rather it be on PS3. Of course, I don't have either, but my point is that I'd rather play a remade version of FFIV on a home console, rather than on a small screen.
But that's sick, regardless
But it wouldn't be on the DS.
But I'd go with Shiren the Wanderer or Mario and Luigi.
Dude his post was a joke, Shiren is also very hard too. (permadeath unless you can gut someone online to come rescue your sorry ass.
Let me tell you about Demon's Souls....
I haven't played the DS one, but I've liked all of the Paper Mario games, dug the one on the GBA, and Super Mario RPG as well.
Can't see them completely screwing this one up.
But really.
This guy should get something by Level 5. Dragon Quest VIII maybe. Or Rogue Galaxy. Or Maybe Tales of Symphonia. Or Earthbound.