Wapanese RPG

[Dragula]

So are there any modern jRPGs that's worth playing? I tried Eternal Sonata, and holy crap that game sucked ass.

I have a 360 btw. Is Infinite Undiscovery worth? Or Enchanted Arms? Or Blue Dragon? Or something?


Wapanese games in the past I have enjoyed: Suikoden, Chrono Cross, Chrono Trigger, Legend of Mana, Seiken Densetsu III, Secret of Mana, Secret of Evermore, Final Fantasy VI.

 

[bhlaab]

No, even people who like jrpgs hate every current gen jrpg because japanese people have forgotten how to make games.

try Mother 3

 

[Broseidon]

derp

 

[Dragula]

Both of those are only for PS3 so I can't play that anyway. As I said, I have a 360.

 

[Broseidon]

Woops. Sorry. Reading fail. Then I would have to say no. There are no good jrpgs.

 

[Luzur]

just go back to the Snes emulator and play the other million JRPGS.

 

[Dragula]

Thank you but I'm currently using my playstation emulator.



What about Tales of Vesperia?

 

[Clockwork Knight]

Tales series usually have fun gameplay but generic story.

Blue Dragon is generic, but can be challenging on the hardest mode (free DLC, iirc) and has Toriyama's style like CT and CC.

Enchanted Arms is generic so far but I like the grid-based battles and the pokemon golem system.

 

[zeitgeist]

Enchanted Arms is generic so far but I like the grid-based battles and the pokemon golem system.

Seems somewhat interesting, does the grid system actually make battles tactical or is it mostly just for show?

Also, I've been hearing Lost Odyssey recommended as the best jRPG on the 360 a lot, and it's utterly horrible in every way. Don't fall for it.

 

[Luzur]

Thank you but I'm currently using my playstation emulator.

playstation?

heres a list of assorted RPGs.

http://www.giantbomb.com/profile/av_gam ... /46-15285/

 

[Turisas]

just go back to the Snes emulator and play the other million JRPGS.

But... they're all crap.

 

[Bruticis]

I thought Lost Odyssey was decent. It's got an old school JRPG vibe to it. It's still a JRPG though, so at best it's mediocre.

 

[Luzur]

just go back to the Snes emulator and play the other million JRPGS.

But... they're all crap.

he asked for JRPG's, right?

also, Terranigma, Chronotrigger and Secret of Mana wasnt bad at all, actually very playable.

 

[Raghar]

Tales of eternia is fun. It starts with

Spoiler

sky falling, then it continues with a dark matter.

If you played Chrono trigger, Chrono cross can be nice. (Something like puzzle game mixed with RPG.)
Star Ocean 2. (Play Star Ocean first.)
Xenogears.
Legend of Mana.


Kagero deception 2 is a must.

FFT.
Tactic Ogre.

(I doubt you'd survive Persona games on PS, the graphic is horrible.)

 

[Dragula]

just go back to the Snes emulator and play the other million JRPGS.

But... they're all crap.

he asked for JRPG's, right?

also, Terranigma, Chronotrigger and Secret of Mana wasnt bad at all, actually very playable.

Terranigma is probably better than Chrono Trigger. And Final Fantasy VI was for SNES, and it's probably the best Final Fantasy ever.

 

[Dragula]

Tales of eternia is fun. It starts with

Spoiler

sky falling, then it continues with a dark matter.

If you played Chrono trigger, Chrono cross can be nice. (Something like puzzle game mixed with RPG.)
Star Ocean 2. (Play Star Ocean first.)
Xenogears.
Legend of Mana.

Wapanese games in the past I have enjoyed: Suikoden, Chrono Cross, Chrono Trigger, Legend of Mana, Seiken Densetsu III.

Are you fucking stupid or something?

 

[Dragula]

Like, 10 minutes of my life reading and answering I will never get back. Asshole!

 

[Murk]

Persona 2 had a pretty interesting combat system, and modern setting which is a neat change of pace from the usual technomagickkkk. Very anime tho.

FF Tactics and Tactics Ogre are indeed awesome games, I'd also reccomend Vagrant Story, Legend of Mana, Saga Frontier 1 and 2 (2 especially), Azure Dreams (roguelike with city building elements + pokemon), Threads of Fate for some hack'n'slash light hearted fun, Ogre Battle (black queen), and Alundra (zelda 3 clone, but way better).

For SNES: Der Langrisser (squad based tactical jrpg), Terranigma (really fun zelda-like), Treasure Hunter G (has grid based turn based battle system that's somewhat like Rogue-likes), Romancing Saga 3 (non-linear as fuckkkk), Live-A-Live, Fire Emblem, Front Mission, ... there's a lot, to be honest. These are all fun ones too that aren't just FF or DW clones.


Based on your list, Dragula, I'd say you should try Treasure Hunter G (snes), Azure Dreams (ps1), and the GBA Remake of FF Adventure which is actually the first Seiken Densets game - the remake was much more like a mix of SD 3 and Legend of Mana, it was called Sword of Mana.

 

[deuxhero]

Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne/Strange Journey/Devil Survivor/Raidou Kuzunoha vs King Abaddon are all solid, though they are less... "J" then other jRPGs.

(Persona 4 is also fun, though I doubt the Codex would like the dating sim parts)


The World Ends With You is playable, by no means perfect, but playable (the battle system is very good, the dialog ranges in quality but goodish most of the time, plus it mocks the jRPG character design "I wish I had more zippers... so I could tell you to ZIP IT.". Story would have been better if they stuck to a personal quest the whole game. Oh and Sho is awesome.)

 

[Dragula]

I can't believe noone has recommended Secret of Evermore, I actually have that, original and all somewhere. I might replay it. Damn good game.

Good thing I recommended it to myself.

 

[deuxhero]

Likely because it was made in the US.

 

[Dragula]

I honestly had no idea about that. It's still totally awesome though.

 

[Clockwork Knight]

Seems somewhat interesting, does the grid system actually make battles tactical or is it mostly just for show?

Attacks cost points, so you may have to take positioning into account or you could spend a turn unable to do anything. Sometimes you're forced to step back to launch a long-range spell, or get closer to use a melee one. It's pretty fun so far, makes combat seem more lively than usual for a jrpg. There's also great character variety, everyone has their own skills, both humans and monsters.

Persona 2 had a pretty interesting combat system, and modern setting which is a neat change of pace from the usual technomagickkkk. Very anime tho.

Persona 2 is actually divided into two games; Innocent Sin got a complete fan translation a while ago, and Eternal Punishment had an actual release in english. The stories are related, but one is not necessary to understand the other. Persona 1 isn't too bad, either.

Oh, and there's somehing about IS.

edit: For the 360, there's also this, I played the demo and thought it was alright.

Operation Darkness is a tactical role-playing game for the Xbox 360 developed and published by Japanese studio Success on October 11, 2007 in Japan

It also contains some Hitler

except he summons dragons to fight your werewolf soldiers and what the fuck

 

[Murk]

Secret of Evermore's alchemy system was pretty righteous, also had the whole "dog companion" way ahead of the trend. Sept his dog was a fuggin' monstrous dire wolf looking bastard.

This just reinforces by reccomendation of Sword of Mana tho, pretty fun game.

 

[Paperclip]

Secret of Evermore's alchemy system was pretty righteous, also had the whole "dog companion" way ahead of the trend. Sept his dog was a fuggin' monstrous dire wolf looking bastard.

And then later turns into a poodle. BTW it was my first "JRPG".