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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.
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Chill
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Calgary25979 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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
5226 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.
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