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Can somebody awesome recommend me my first RPG?
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As for my suggestions, I have two depending on whether or not you want to play a PC RPG or a console RPG:
PC: Planescape: Torment
Console: Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga (vol. 1 at least).
SMT: Digital Devil Saga is a PlayStation 2 game. Planescape: Torment is probably still highly available in some kind of 8-10 dollar jewel case form. SMT: Digital Devil Saga, a PlayStation 2 game, will be a little harder to find.
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I wish.
But you can get the remake of 1 for the GBA, which you can play on your ds.
Which I do.
All the time.
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Correct!
Now that I have done so, I shall make an appropriate suggestion.
Honestly, I feel like Nintendo and company have rather dropped the ball on RPGs for the DS. I'm not sure I can make a suggestion as to which is "best" so I'll just have to defer to less awesome people on this particular issue.
Now that I've said that, I realize I'm a hypocrite since I own the PS2 version that came out years ago, and I haven't even opened it, let alone played it.
Also, can't go wrong with the Pokemon games. If you've never played one, do yourself a favor and get one. They aren't kid games by any means. It just appeals to kids more than adults because they are "cute" but it can be played causually or very hardcore.
It's easy and short. Plus, if you want to ever play another RPG again after that, you'll know that it's a genre you must really like.
Anyways, Puzzle Quest. A million times Puzzle Quest. It's a brilliant game and a great introduction into RPG mechanics and you can play it a battle or two per sitting easily. DO IT.
Also, I'd agree with those who suggested the Mario & Luigi RPGs. Those are great as well.
Agreed. For a system that has been out for over 3 years and is dominating Japan like no other system to date, I'm shocked at how few quality JRPGs there have been for the system. Things seem to be changing though: The World Ends with You and Rondo of Swords both look like awesome, Square-Enix has some high quality remakes of classic games coming up later this year (FFIV & DQIV), and the Sonic RPG looks like it has the potential to be incredible.
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Yeah, I can't think of a better example than Puzzle Quest. It's the RPG I would give above all others to a "newbie".
The combat is good. I would actually love a game in this style where you only controlled one fucking character on the overworld. It's actiony-turn based though... gotta have damned good timing, etc.
I really hate to say it but yeah, sigh, Pokémon. It rules. It will ruin your life. I had never tried it pre-DS. Because it was pokemon, and really who wants to admit to playing pokemon. I had to stop. The plot is bullshit. sure. It can be deceptively and even optionally deep, which is a plus and a minus depending on how you're feeling.
Otherwise I'm wild about Etrian Odyssey but it will destroy you.
Also, yeah yeah maybe not an RPG in the traditional sense but Rocket Slime is a fucking blast, a little Zelda-y. I highly highly highly recommend it.
I appreciate these games because they're pretty good, and the timing-based minigame battles are fun, but I can't say I enjoyed myself the whole way through. It just got... boring. The stories were so lame, I found it pretty tough to care about anything going on. Partners in Time is one of the few games I've ever sold. I mean, I beat it first but yeah, sold. Super Paper Mario will be my first title on Goozex. I don't know, they just don't do it for me.
I haven't played a Pokémon game since Red/Blue. They were a lot of fun but I've avoided all the new ones. Not sure why.
Honestly, I'd say start with Chrono Trigger. Great game. Or my original almost joking suggestion, Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest.
Now Pokemon is a little too deep for me, though I am always tempted to pick up a used one when I go to Gamestop.
Puzzle Quest is a great one too. I have it on the 360.
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Good choices, my friend. FFIV's story is going to kick your ass.
Why did you have to bring that up? I'd completely forgotten that game existed, UGh.. Now I have to remember again. I hate you.
Don't you wish someone had warned YOU to steer clear of it? I sure do. It still sits on my shelf, unbeaten, mocking me.
As for the OP, good choices, although I'd have waited for the re-remake of FFIV. The GBA version is fine, however.
I really want ff4 on handheld, but I heard they're remaking it for DS the same way they did with 3, so I'm waiting for that...but waiting's so hard! Especially since I saw 4 on sale, used for 20$ the other day
Yeah, isn't it coming out soon, like, june or something.
No, wait. FFTA2 is coming June, FFIV remake July 22nd. DQIV prob August. Talk about saturation. FF:CC DS and that TWEWY thing just hit, too. Never mind Crisis Core, etc.
Holy crap this summer on the DS it's like:
Drone Tactics
new Summon Night
new Harvest Moon
EO2
FFTA2
FFIV
Izuna 2
DQIV
!!!! At least four of those are must haves for me.
edit: and who knows what'll be announced. And yes, the DQIV date is rumor/speculation so don't go fuckin quoting me. But it makes sense.
edit edit: I think I also see another pair of those Mega Man rpgs
Where did you find Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga for GBA?
I've been looking for something similar (also for the DS). I haven't found much. It depends on what you're willing to flex on.
Have been told to get, haven't played: Final Fantasy III, Final Fantasy Tactics Advance (for GameBoy Advance but plays on a DS as well).
Have gotten, haven't played yet: Puzzle Quest
Planning to get: Fire Emblem (if you've played Advance Wars on the DS or GameBoy, it's pretty much that, but with knights and witches instead of tanks and artillery. I have no idea whether you can explore, or if that's important to you.)
I'm currently playing Advance Wars, which gets me my turn-based whack-stuff fix, and has a better story than most I've seen in an average strategy game. It is turn-based strategy, not turn-based RPG, though.
Hope that helps. Good luck!
Oh, and duh (since I work at BioWare): The Sonic RPG for the DS is coming out sometime this year. I haven't seen the combat, but I know that the core concept is "My first RPG", something that kids can comfortably get into, but which won't tick off adults with lameness.
Second hand from Play.com, it was £18. That's a UK site though, so if you're elsewhere it might not be much use...