The RPG Thread!

[jabbament]

Yeah, I saw your list, Death. I meant Miso's list as she asked what you'd recommend, so I figured I'd throw my recommendations in there not knowing what she's played.

But anyway, we've got similar tastes in games. I didn't list Breath of Fire and Dragon Quest, as I forgot the numbers of the ones I played. Oh, and I didn't list Blade Dancer, Legend of Heroes 1 and 2 for PSP either.

Its still a bit annoying when the main character never speaks. I mean, it doesn't bug me if its not a game like Grandia where your main characters talk back to random NPCs, but at least let the main character speak during important parts of the time...but I digress. Games are still great even when they're like that.

And Suikoden 2 falls on my top 10 RPG list.

1- Star Ocean: The Second Story
2- Xenogears
3- Final Fantasy 12
4- Suikoden 2
5- Final Fantasy IV (Cecil, Kain, Rosa, etc)
6- Star Ocean 3: Till the End of Time
7- Final Fantasy VI (Terra, Locke, Edgar, etc)
8- Tales of Symphonia
9- Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth
10- Final Fantasy Tactics

I've played quite a bit of Final Fantasy 12 through my girlfriend, and I absolutely love the battle system, its one of the best out there I think...and I'm sorry to anyone who is slow or sucks at real-time battles. The battle system is by far my favorite from any RPG I've played. I love it and its worthy of #3 on my list because of that, not to mention the story isn't half-bad and Ashe is just

 

[DeathcBlood]

Yeah, I saw your list, Death. I meant Miso's list as she asked what you'd recommend, so I figured I'd throw my recommendations in there not knowing what she's played.

But anyway, we've got similar tastes in games. I didn't list Breath of Fire and Dragon Quest, as I forgot the numbers of the ones I played. Oh, and I didn't list Blade Dancer, Legend of Heroes 1 and 2 for PSP either.

Its still a bit annoying when the main character never speaks. I mean, it doesn't bug me if its not a game like Grandia where your main characters talk back to random NPCs, but at least let the main character speak during important parts of the time...but I digress. Games are still great even when they're like that.

And Suikoden 2 falls on my top 10 RPG list.

1- Star Ocean: The Second Story
2- Xenogears
3- Final Fantasy 12
4- Suikoden 2
5- Final Fantasy IV (Cecil, Kain, Rosa, etc)
6- Star Ocean 3: Till the End of Time
7- Final Fantasy VI (Terra, Locke, Edgar, etc)
8- Tales of Symphonia
9- Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth
10- Final Fantasy Tactics

I've played quite a bit of Final Fantasy 12 through my girlfriend, and I absolutely love the battle system, its one of the best out there I think...and I'm sorry to anyone who is slow or sucks at real-time battles. The battle system is by far my favorite from any RPG I've played. I love it and its worthy of #3 on my list because of that, not to mention the story isn't half-bad and Ashe is just

again reminding me of more rpg's to put on my list maybe i should just get off my bum and make a proper list instead of letting you keep reminding me of games i own and just forgot about.

lol yeah i know what you mean and i like the battle system for ff12 also

yeah grandia series was good

 

[destinator]

Star Ocean 2nd story at 1? heared its the worst SO game hm?

 

[DeathcBlood]

Star Ocean 2nd story at 1? heared its the worst SO game hm?

its a bloody awesome game if you know how to play it right, do you read penny arcade by chance?

 

[jabbament]

Star Ocean: The Second Story is an awesome game, des. The main reason its above Xenogears for me is the fact there is a certain amount of freedom granted, and other things...well, here is where the game gets some points:

2 different main characters, and 2 viewpoints of the game.
There are a total of 12 characters, 8 of which you can get in a single play through.
Characters available to recruit depends on your main character and your party.
80+ endings to the game based on your affection levels with other characters.
The ability to pick pocket everyone you come across after a certain part of the game.
Max level is 255 rather than the usual 99.
Extra dungeon appears when you get to the last save point as well as a hidden boss.

And so on and so forth.

Its an awesome game. I love it, and I've probably logged over 1,000 hours on it over the years (I've had it since it came out) compared to about 300 in Xenogears.

 

[DeathcBlood]

i think im gonna go play it right now

 

[destinator]

Omg 1000 hours is a bit crazy...well I am too addicted to all the SNES rpgs...

tales of phantasia
star ocean
secret of evermore
secret of mana 1/2
zelda
chrono trigger
ff parts
Terranigma
Illusion of Time
Treasure Hunter G
rudra no hihou

and so many more which i just forgut now... =)

 

[Gold Knight]

I forgot all about this thread :x

Cool to see we have so many RPG lovers here. I've tried Star Ocean before in the past, but somewhere along the way I got stuck - I think in an arena of some kind. I typically like "pure RPG" games more than ones that require you to mash your controller's buttons at some point - which could be the reason I wasn't as fond of FF7 as I am of FF6. There was a point in FF7 where I gave up and didn't come back to it until much later - the train scene.

I do like the Kingdom Hearts games, though. But I'm still kind of a kid at heart when it comes to Disney stuff, and I never imagined I'd be playing a Final Fantasy type of game with Donald Duck and Goofy as supporting characters! XD

 

[WarmIce]

Xenogears is the best RPG IMO> The story and execution was really grand, I'm still not quite believing it's even existed. It's hard to imagine a story of this scale can be integrated so seemlessly into a game. You have to beat it to believe it, but it is a masterpiece.


Well strangely enough, I find myself not that into RPGs as much as 4 years ago. Thinking hard, I don't think RPGs are very fun at all since they're not very actiony or social. Something like Tekken 5 in the arcades fill the appetite better.

 

[Gold Knight]

I have to admit that after a while of playing RPGs, I do tend to find myself wanting to play action games too. But for me it usually lasts only a little while. For such phases though I find X-Men: Legends games pretty satisfying.

 

[DeathcBlood]

never actually played terranigma couldnt find a copy

 

[Gold Knight]

Just reviving this thread, since it's been a while.

Playing Final Fantasy XII right now, and having an absolute blast. I agree with Jabbs, the battle system is by far one of the best in the series I've experienced. If anybody recalls Iwanin's review on FF XII, well, I hate to say it man, but I totally disagree with you. I'm having a great time with FF XII.

 

[ibra87]

My favorite was definitely FF6. Kefka was pwnage, and the plot was great (especially the esper and terra part, then the last part with kefka). Then comes Final Fantasy 8. For some reason I find Cloud pretty cool and the story is in my opinion, unlike many others, pretty damn good.

I have to admit though, no villain in the whole Final Fantasy series beats Sephiroth. That guy was absolutely nuts :O.

As for RPGs I have played, I really can't remember. But it's a lot. A loooot~. I tend to forget most of them The rpgs I remember Other than (almost) the whole FF-trilogy are:

Chrono Trigger,
Breath of Fire 1&2,
Terrangima,
Secret of Mana 3,
Ocean Stars,
some rpg where you could make your own spells by writing its name (unique magic system), Star Ocean,
Stars of Phantasia,
Dragon Quest 5 & 6

That's all for now!

 

[white silver]

OH SHIT!! Excuse my language. I've TOTALLY forgotten about FINAL...FANTASY XII!! I've sent my one and only PS2 to my brother in the Philippines. Oh, crap, I should've PLAYED it first. *sob* *sob*.

 

[Ayah]

*Pats Silvy's shoulder* Do you have a friend there in Hong Kong whom you could borrow his/her PS2 (and maybe, a copy of FF XII ) from? If I weren't so preoccupied with school and MH, I would have gone back to playing. Come here already, Christmas break!

 

[white silver]

*Pats Silvy's shoulder* Do you have a friend there in Hong Kong whom you could borrow his/her PS2 (and maybe, a copy of FF XII ) from? If I weren't so preoccupied with school and MH, I would have gone back to playing. Come here already, Christmas break!

*Ummmm... no* *sob* Thanks for comforting me. You know, I'll tell you when I go back to the Philippines! Heck I'll be staying in Manila for awhile so maybe I can get to see you sometime!

 

[zypher]

When Wiil you get FF XII in US??

Wii in europe will get in mabye feb-mar 2007!!
i want FF XII now damit >_<

 

[Venom65437]

RPG's are my favorite games.

I can't pick a favorite one really, but my favorite series is Final Fantasy.

I also enjoy Grandia (even if 3 sucked ass), Dragon Quest, Wild Arms, Suikoden, Zelda (well SOME people think it's an RPG), Breath of Fire, and more.

 

[Ayah]

When Wiil you get FF XII in US??

Wii in europe will get in mabye feb-mar 2007!!
i want FF XII now damit >_<

FF XII is already out in the US.

 

[zypher]

damit why can't i live in the US >_<