I never got to finish legend of dragoon, i might emulate it so i can finish it off. I was probably about halfway through the game, i would assume almost the end of the 2nd disc is where i stopped playing.

Lightwip

United States5497 Posts

January 30 2012 04:04 GMT

#82

Chrono Trigger is one of the best games I've ever played.
But for your sake, I suggest that you do NOT ever touch Chrono Cross. Just pretend it never happened.
As far as decent modern RPG's, one I really liked was this one.

PS: If you didn't exclude it on purpose, I hope you're planning on playing Yoshi's Island for the SNES.

BLinD-RawR

ALLEYCAT BLUES50106 Posts

January 30 2012 04:05 GMT

#83

On January 30 2012 09:51 TheGiz wrote:
Final Fantasy X had a perfect battle and upgrade system and a lot of challenging battles in and out of the story. That absolutely deserves a mention. To be perfectly honest though I think FFXIII wasn't bad (not amazing) and I thought it slotted in well with the Final Fantasy feel. The only thing missing were towns. I grew to enjoy the battle system after a while and the art direction is superb. There were also some pretty hard battles;I still haven't beat Orphan, and motherfucking Barthandalus battles are nightmares. Comparing Barthandalus with Seymour the only Seymour battle I had trouble with was Seymour Flux. Barthandalus was difficult every time.

I can't say much about Bioware games because I've only played KOTOR, which was awesome. There was an intense thread on /v/ the other day talking about how deep and philosophical KOTOR 2 is, but I heard it's incomplete.

All I know is that you should stop being such a cynic and look at things with a like vs. don't like mentality a la Day[9]. Don't compare games to others, just evaluate them on their own merits. Skyrim, for example, is buggy, but it's a solid game otherwise. Notice how I don't have to go HURRR MORROWIND 4EVAR when playing the game. It's just like my idiot friends who write off Minecraft for the graphics when they don't realize the beauty and potential of the game.

Just learn to enjoy things for what they are.

yeah but then the TSL mod came to be and the game suddenly got so different and so better.

OP if there is any new age RPG you should play its Kotor 1 and Kotor 2 TSL.

ChaoticBlack

Australia288 Posts

January 30 2012 04:09 GMT

#84

On January 30 2012 12:49 koreasilver wrote:
I've actually been wondering if there are any good RPGs for the PS3. I had FFXIII but that was really bad.

Recently the ones I dedicated quite a bit of time into was Dark Souls and Valkyria Chronicles

Dullahan

United States248 Posts

January 30 2012 04:14 GMT

#85

On January 30 2012 11:22 HuKPOWA wrote:
who remembers when you actually struggled with some levels on video games? now i beat most games in a day or 2....with work :\

Play Etrian Odyssey 3! It's a dungeon crawler on the Nintendo DS with a super unforgiving difficulty and learning curve, but it is sooooo satisfying overcoming each challenge. Here's the review that inspired me to check it out:
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/129052/etrian-odyssey-3-now-includes-ships-robots-and-old-people/p1

Other DS games:
Rune Factory 3 - It's a Harvest Moon derivative with a surprisingly fleshed out RPG system - farming is one of the simplest ways to increase your battle stats, though if you want, it's possible to complete the game with very minimal farming - lots of different ways to approach it. The best part though is definitely the character designs - the town feels so alive and there's quite a variety of personalities to cover a range of tastes

Radiant Historia - has been mentioned a number of times already in this thread, though personally I couldn't really get into it. I guess the plot is interesting enough, but the battles started to get too repetitive for me (stack 'em up, smack them around, rinse and repeat ad nauseum).

The World Ends With You (TWEWY) - interesting action jRPG that makes use of both screens; namely you get to fight 2 battles simultaneously, one on each screen. Multitasking ftw?

And some Atlus GBA (I believe both of these also later had PSP releases) games:
Riviera: The Promised Land - unique item-focused RPG; also known for the infamous bath scenes

Yggdra Union - technically this is more of a TBS RPG. Known for the massive overload of information for beginners, but if you really like mastering the nitty-gritty details, it's quite fun to setting up perfect formations to smash through enemy lines

rel

Guam3521 Posts

January 30 2012 04:14 GMT

#86

No Grandia II?

MooMooMugi

United States10531 Posts

January 30 2012 04:16 GMT

#87

Jade Cocoon and Digimon World are pretty good RPGs similar to pokemon if you enjoy them.

Kmatt

United States1019 Posts

January 30 2012 04:18 GMT

#88

Don't think it was posted yet, but "The World Ends With You" ("It's a Wonderful World") came out back in '08, I believe, and while it was much more action-oriented than other JRPGs, it was simultaneously unique (dat combat system) without any glaring flaws. However, you have to actually try to play it out to get the full experience. If you just blitz through the game without stopping to "smell the roses", it dumbs down the effect a lot. I restarted once I found myself at the "Square Enix door of not-being-able-to-save-past-here-because-it's-the-last-boss", after a week of playing (kind of funny when you think about it... I played for a week, then started over) because I could tell there was a lot of content I missed. The music was one of the things that sold it for me. Granted, there were a number of songs I didn't like, but the ones I did, I really enjoyed.

It's out for DS, I'd recommend it if you get the chance, probably my favorite DS game, so far.

EDIT: Oh lol, the guy above me mentioned it TT. I feel dumb now.

EDIT AGAIN: Two people mentioned it. Have you ever herp'd so hard that you derp'd?

Arisen

United States2382 Posts

January 30 2012 04:25 GMT

#89

Really, you find all newer RPG's boring? There have been some really great ones, mostly bioware games (best being mass effect, star wars kotor, and dragon age origins). TO things not on the list, baldur's gate and it's sequel Shadows of Amn is probably the best RPG ever made (imo).

dartoo

India2889 Posts

January 30 2012 04:38 GMT

#90

^^ Agreed! Actually there's this game called planescape torment that I really love too :D!

Of newer (comparatively) jrpgs, the smt: persona rpgs were quite cool. Havent really played any of the new ones on the ps3/360, I heard even the sakaguchi ones werent that great. I havent had time to play ff13 yet, probably during the summer....

Hall0wed

United States8486 Posts

January 30 2012 05:13 GMT

#91

Tales of Vesperia WRECKS ToS fyi. I loved ToS but Vesperia just blew it out of the water. The characters in Vesperia are unbelievably good and there aren't really any annoying characters.

HeeroFX

United States2704 Posts

January 30 2012 05:15 GMT

#92

I have to agree with you, So far the rpgs i have played haven't really been as amazing as i remember when i was a kid playing on my PS1. I think the devs got lazy with story, and just focus on pretty graphics. but i guess thats how it goes....

Spazer

Canada8029 Posts

January 30 2012 05:18 GMT

#93

I made this blog for you.

Nevuk

United States16280 Posts

January 30 2012 05:18 GMT

#94

On January 30 2012 09:56 atmuh wrote:
final fantasy X was HORRENDOUS

I agree. The "twist" in the story to FFX actually makes the game unplayable. I've never met someone willing to play the game through after hearing the twist.

Planescape Torment is the best western rpg as far as story goes. I've heard Baldur's Gate 2 mentioned a lot as probably being the most fun overall.

Persona 2 Innocent Sin is probably the most well flowing JRPG (there's a translation patch floating around, there's also a psp version coming out), Eternal Punishment was the sequel and was less controversial so it was translated and released. (PS1 games. Both are excellent, but the battle system is a little trying at times). Shin Megami Tensei 2/3 deserve mention as well, especially Nocturne(3) if you have access to a ps2 (first one is a SNES game). The Devil Survivor game for DS was excellent as well, though I wasn't a fan of strange journey (smt 4).

edit :
Oh, and yes, Chrono Trigger probably gets to go down as the best 16 bit rpg.

liberal

1116 Posts

January 30 2012 05:19 GMT

#95

On January 30 2012 09:32 atmuh wrote:
And FFVII isn't as good as the others in the series anyway. It's incredibly overrated.

This is where I decided that offering you good RPG's would be a waste of time. If you dismiss one of the greatest RPG's of all time as "overrated," your taste must be terrible.

Nibbler89

884 Posts

January 30 2012 05:21 GMT

#96

As has been said Super Mario RPG is a pretty sick rpg. There's good replay value too since there's lots of easter eggs and such. Every setting is pretty unique, good story , good characters. Has remained my favorite rpg throughout the years.
Geno is a boss.

Divinek

Canada4045 Posts

January 30 2012 05:25 GMT

#97

On January 30 2012 14:21 Nibbler89 wrote:
As has been said Super Mario RPG is a pretty sick rpg. There's good replay value too since there's lots of easter eggs and such. Every setting is pretty unique, good story , good characters. Has remained my favorite rpg throughout the years.
Geno is a boss.

x1000

I think the newest games I've played and really enjoyed were disgaea and so3

But I love the list in your OP, please add as many as possible because it's nice to have a list for when I have free time and wanna emulate!