• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 04:27
CEST 10:27
KST 17:27
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
Code S RO8 Preview: herO, Zoun, Bunny, Classic4Code S RO8 Preview: Rogue, GuMiho, Solar, Maru3BGE Stara Zagora 2025: Info & Preview27Code S RO12 Preview: GuMiho, Bunny, SHIN, ByuN3The Memories We Share - Facing the Final(?) GSL47
Community News
BGE Stara Zagora 2025 - Replay Pack2Weekly Cups (June 2-8): herO doubles down1[BSL20] ProLeague: Bracket Stage & Dates9GSL Ro4 and Finals moved to Sunday June 15th13Weekly Cups (May 27-June 1): ByuN goes back-to-back0
StarCraft 2
General
Code S RO8 Preview: herO, Zoun, Bunny, Classic Jim claims he and Firefly were involved in match-fixing The SCII GOAT: A statistical Evaluation DreamHack Dallas 2025 - Official Replay Pack BGE Stara Zagora 2025 - Replay Pack
Tourneys
[GSL 2025] Code S:Season 2 - RO8 - Group A RSL: Revival, a new crowdfunded tournament series SOOPer7s Showmatches 2025 Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament Sea Duckling Open (Global, Bronze-Diamond)
Strategy
[G] Darkgrid Layout Simple Questions Simple Answers [G] PvT Cheese: 13 Gate Proxy Robo
Custom Maps
[UMS] Zillion Zerglings
External Content
Mutation # 477 Slow and Steady Mutation # 476 Charnel House Mutation # 475 Hard Target Mutation # 474 Futile Resistance
Brood War
General
BW General Discussion BGH auto balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ FlaSh Witnesses SCV Pull Off the Impossible vs Shu StarCraft & BroodWar Campaign Speedrun Quest Will foreigners ever be able to challenge Koreans?
Tourneys
[BSL20] GosuLeague RO16 - Tue & Wed 20:00+CET [ASL19] Grand Finals NA Team League 6/8/2025 [Megathread] Daily Proleagues
Strategy
I am doing this better than progamers do. [G] How to get started on ladder as a new Z player
Other Games
General Games
Nintendo Switch Thread Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Beyond All Reason Path of Exile What do you want from future RTS games?
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Community Thread Vanilla Mini Mafia
Community
General
UK Politics Mega-thread US Politics Mega-thread Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine Russo-Ukrainian War Thread Vape Nation Thread
Fan Clubs
Maru Fan Club Serral Fan Club
Media & Entertainment
Korean Music Discussion [Manga] One Piece
Sports
2024 - 2025 Football Thread Formula 1 Discussion NHL Playoffs 2024
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread
TL Community
The Automated Ban List
Blogs
A Better Routine For Progame…
TrAiDoS
StarCraft improvement
iopq
Heero Yuy & the Tax…
KrillinFromwales
I was completely wrong ab…
jameswatts
Need Your Help/Advice
Glider
Trip to the Zoo
micronesia
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 27921 users

RPGs?

Blogs > TonyL2
Post a Reply
1 2 Next All
TonyL2
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
England1953 Posts
July 23 2008 15:28 GMT
#1
Ok, I know there's been tonnes of threads on RPGs, so I thought I'd just blog it. People recommend me some from the PS1 era and before! I've gone obsessed with putting games on my PSP and soon I should hopefully be getting a 4gb memory stick and so I'll just stick like 5-10 RPGs and I'm happy.

Ideas I've got so far are:
Xenogears
Suikoden 2
Earthbound

I'm not in the mood for FF at the moment as I played them to death on my PS1.

Suggest

Polemarch
Profile Joined August 2005
Canada1564 Posts
July 23 2008 15:33 GMT
#2
I wasn't a big fan of Earthbound (stopped playing halfway through). Xenogears was great except for how slowly the text scrolled. Haven't played Suikoden 2 but I hear it's very good.

Chrono Cross / Chrono Trigger are great too if you haven't already overplayed those.
I BELIEVE IN CAPITAL LETTER PUNISHMENT!!!!!
Chill
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Calgary25977 Posts
July 23 2008 15:34 GMT
#3
I really like the SNES Action-RPG style of Soul Blazer, Illusion of Gaia and Terranigma. People are gay for Terranigma but it's my least favourite. Give it a try regardless.

Lufia 2 is one of my favourites; the story is God awful but the length and mechanics are great. Of course FF4 for nostalgia, FF5 for the job system and FF6 because it's literally the greatest game ever. Crono Trigger is a no brainer. There's some decent Y's RPGs if you've never played them. Faxanadu if you want to play a NES Action-RPG. The Tales Of Phantasia and Tales Of Destiny I think are the two good ones. I've never beaten them thugh.

Hmm what else... FF1 is just classic so I'll throw that on. I still replay it every once in awhile.

Anyways that should tie you over for a bit.
Moderator
ToT)OjKa(
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Korea (South)2437 Posts
July 23 2008 15:34 GMT
#4
I went through a phase like this like a week ago. PS1 games i aquired were:
FF8-9
Grandia
Legend of Dragoon (quite like this one)
Star Ocean
Chrono Cross
OjKa OjKa OjKa!
Ghardo
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
Germany1685 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-07-23 16:41:31
July 23 2008 15:39 GMT
#5
Lunar
FF Tactics (played that to death as well?)
Alundra!

thedeadhaji *
Profile Blog Joined January 2006
39489 Posts
July 23 2008 15:42 GMT
#6
ToD is a good choice from PS1
Wild Arms
Arc the Lad II
Popoloclois

are some good ones but... iirc the last two might be region 2 only
TonyL2
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
England1953 Posts
July 23 2008 16:03 GMT
#7
Cool, cool I'll set off to getting these now
Sr18
Profile Joined April 2006
Netherlands1141 Posts
July 23 2008 16:08 GMT
#8
Star Ocean 2. Even after being spoiled by many great SNES and PSX RPG's, this game still blew me away. Get it, play it, love it.
If it ain't Dutch, it ain't Park Yeong Min - CJ fighting!
Taiche *
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
France1963 Posts
July 23 2008 16:15 GMT
#9
If you have a PSP, there's a nice RPG I am playing currently which is named Tales of Eternia.
Manifesto7 Uses ReXplorer, and so should you! : http://repasm.net/rx/
thedeadhaji *
Profile Blog Joined January 2006
39489 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-07-23 16:20:20
July 23 2008 16:19 GMT
#10
ToE I think is called ToD2 in the states iirc.
which is confusing b/c there is a proper ToD2 for the ps2, which I guess is called ToD3 for the states...

I personally loved the plot/music for SaGa Frontier 2 but a lot of pple hate the game as well.

And yea Star Ocean 2 is great.
I have the ultra buggy original version of Star Ocean 3 btw lolol oh god it's soooo badddddd.

Chrono Cross I personally hated but a lot of pple liked it.



man it's been soooooooooooooooooooooo long since I played rpg's properly I dont even remember them anymore . Havent really played any sine HS, so that's like a 5 year hiatus.
TonyL2
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
England1953 Posts
July 23 2008 16:35 GMT
#11
When you have time, go play some again then Haji. Succumb to temptation
Ghardo
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
Germany1685 Posts
July 23 2008 16:38 GMT
#12
if you need more inspiration have a look at the following link: http://www.rpgdreamers.com/games.html

i don't always agree with the rating, but still, you may find something which suits you
JWD
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States12607 Posts
July 23 2008 16:45 GMT
#13
Breath of Fire 2 is an excellent game.
✌
anotak
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States1537 Posts
July 23 2008 16:56 GMT
#14
deus ex
thedeadhaji *
Profile Blog Joined January 2006
39489 Posts
July 23 2008 16:58 GMT
#15
On July 24 2008 01:45 jwd241224 wrote:
Breath of Fire 2 is an excellent game.


omg FU I want to play BoF IV so baddd
Myrmidon
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
United States9452 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-07-23 17:40:46
July 23 2008 17:30 GMT
#16
Shameless link to own blog for RPG reviews (some is PS2 though and I need to get back to adding entries)

From the era you're talking about...
Best traditional style, turn-based combat, etc.:
Breath of Fire 3 -- solid game all around, characters are quite different, nice skill system, awesome dragon system, etc....BoF4 is pretty much the same but a little less polished

Best turn-based battle system:
Grandia 1 -- everything other than awesome strategic battles is kind of meh though

Best action-battle RPG:
Seiken Densetsu 3 -- (see blog); Star Ocean 2 and Tales of Phantasia of different style, also really good, awesome music especially with ToP

Best action/puzzle adventure pseudo-RPG:
Alundra (better than Soul Blazer/Illusion of Gaia/Terranigma, which are pretty good) -- action is not amazing, but it's decent, puzzles are great, and plot is surprisingly good

Best puzzles in a traditional RPG:
Lufia 2 -- hands down (see blog)

Best TRPG:
Tactics Ogre -- the king! (see my blog, don't be fooled by FFT)

Best plot, director work:
Vagrant Story -- in the paraphrased words of the creator, the art film to FF's summer blockbuster

Best character design:
Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete -- last Lunar 1 remake features nice light-hearted plot, pretty good battles, no random encounters, generally a solid game; has a really snappy translation

Game that takes its plot seriously with large plot focus (with varying degrees of success):
Xenogears -- lol they really didn't copy NGE?; dungeons, music, graphics, battles all decent but not special

Best overall RPG:
Valkyrie Profile -- its port to PSP is called Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth so you don't have to emulate it; groundbreaking battle system, awesome 2D platforming/puzzle dungeon exploration, great plot events (every character you "recruit" is after watching a 2-30 minute cutscene about how they died), awesome soundtrack...edit: okay I admit there's a couple battle skills that are a little broken, but that's the biggest complaint to be had

Suikoden's generally not that interesting unless you're really interested in its war plot and recruiting all those characters. Battles are pretty shallow, as is individual character advancement/customization. Earthbound is a very mediocre, unremarkable RPG other than the fact that the atmosphere is balls-to-the-walls crazy. Unless you really need to experience that firsthand, you can skip that.

edit: Oh yeah I ignored FFs and CT because I've assumed you've played them or at least have already considered them.
thedeadhaji *
Profile Blog Joined January 2006
39489 Posts
July 23 2008 17:33 GMT
#17
oh man i loved the 'speed' of grandia II's battles
Cloud[rA]
Profile Joined June 2008
Canada60 Posts
July 23 2008 18:18 GMT
#18
I can't belive it hasn't been said yet (unless I missed it in a post) but Secret of mana it's up there with Chrono Trigger and FF6 on my scales. such a good game.
Treasure Hunter G was also pretty cool but my name got deleted like 15 hours in and I never tried replaying it again.
XCetron
Profile Joined November 2006
5225 Posts
July 23 2008 18:19 GMT
#19
where is Tales of Destiny 2 in this, that game was great!
PoP
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
France15446 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-07-23 18:37:23
July 23 2008 18:34 GMT
#20
On July 24 2008 02:30 Myrmidon wrote:
Best action-battle RPG:
Seiken Densetsu 3 -- (see blog); Star Ocean 2 and Tales of Phantasia of different style, also really good, awesome music especially with ToP


Meh. I thought Seiken Densetsu 2 (Secret of Mana) was about 34 times better in almost every aspect except graphism. SD3 has a lame and extremely predictable scenario, totally useless NPC's (you're a lot better off playing alone than having to feed them sweets and chocolates every 30 seconds) and I hated how the characters were all slowed down in battle phases. :x

Best action/puzzle adventure pseudo-RPG:
Alundra (better than Soul Blazer/Illusion of Gaia/Terranigma, which are pretty good) -- action is not amazing, but it's decent, puzzles are great, and plot is surprisingly good


imho Landstalker (Genesis) rips it apart. To me it's the best action/adventure/puzzle/platform game ever, hands down, and will probably remain untouched. Only my opinion though.

Game that takes its plot seriously with large plot focus (with varying degrees of success):
Xenogears -- lol they really didn't copy NGE?; dungeons, music, graphics, battles all decent but not special


Xenogears is all about the characters and the story. You can feel it was rushed towards the end, but it's still a fucking masterpiece overall and a unique experience.

Suikoden's generally not that interesting unless you're really interested in its war plot and recruiting all those characters. Battles are pretty shallow, as is individual character advancement/customization.


Suikoden 1/2 are among my favorite RPGs personally. They're tons of fun--perfect balance between battles, adventure, dialog, dungeons, everything. I couldn't stop playing them until I saw the end screen, which rarely ever happens to me usually.
Administrator
1 2 Next All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Next event in 1h 3m
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
Livibee 135
mcanning 134
ProTech63
StarCraft: Brood War
Mong 1456
BeSt 1241
Sea 1028
actioN 306
EffOrt 273
Leta 113
Sharp 46
sSak 31
hero 24
Nal_rA 23
[ Show more ]
ivOry 7
HiyA 6
NaDa 6
zelot 3
Dota 2
BananaSlamJamma386
XcaliburYe343
Fuzer 227
League of Legends
JimRising 612
Counter-Strike
Stewie2K1152
shoxiejesuss713
Heroes of the Storm
Khaldor159
Other Games
C9.Mang0891
XBOCT450
crisheroes339
Happy233
Mew2King150
Lowko15
Organizations
Dota 2
PGL Dota 2 - Secondary Stream5599
Other Games
gamesdonequick629
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 15 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• LUISG 24
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
• sooper7s
StarCraft: Brood War
• Airneanach6
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
League of Legends
• Stunt443
• HappyZerGling107
Other Games
• WagamamaTV46
Upcoming Events
GSL Code S
1h 3m
herO vs Zoun
Classic vs Bunny
The PondCast
1h 33m
OSC
12h 33m
Replay Cast
15h 33m
OSC
15h 33m
WardiTV Invitational
1d 2h
OSC
1d 4h
Korean StarCraft League
1d 18h
SOOP
2 days
sOs vs Percival
CranKy Ducklings
2 days
[ Show More ]
WardiTV Invitational
2 days
Cheesadelphia
2 days
CSO Cup
2 days
GSL Code S
2 days
Sparkling Tuna Cup
3 days
Replay Cast
3 days
Wardi Open
4 days
Replay Cast
4 days
Replay Cast
5 days
RSL Revival
5 days
Cure vs Percival
ByuN vs Spirit
RSL Revival
6 days
herO vs sOs
Zoun vs Clem
Replay Cast
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

CSL Season 17: Qualifier 2
BGE Stara Zagora 2025
Heroes 10 EU

Ongoing

JPL Season 2
BSL 2v2 Season 3
BSL Season 20
KCM Race Survival 2025 Season 2
NPSL S3
Rose Open S1
CSL 17: 2025 SUMMER
2025 GSL S2
BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025
ESL Impact League Season 7
IEM Dallas 2025
PGL Astana 2025
Asian Champions League '25
BLAST Rivals Spring 2025
MESA Nomadic Masters
CCT Season 2 Global Finals
IEM Melbourne 2025
YaLLa Compass Qatar 2025
PGL Bucharest 2025
BLAST Open Spring 2025

Upcoming

Copa Latinoamericana 4
CSLPRO Last Chance 2025
CSLPRO Chat StarLAN 3
K-Championship
SEL Season 2 Championship
Esports World Cup 2025
HSC XXVII
Championship of Russia 2025
Murky Cup #2
Esports World Cup 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall Qual
IEM Cologne 2025
FISSURE Playground #1
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2025 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.