What JRPG are you currently playing?

funky penguin · 18-07-2012 12:58pm

Bought this on the PSN a few weeks ago and really want to start it.....but still playing Gravity Daze, True Ogre, Ys 7 and Persona 2......I blame you and your recommendations Retr0........ :P

cloud493 · 18-07-2012 1:18pm

Is gravity rush considered an RPG? I'm counting it if it is :pac:

animaX · 18-07-2012 8:08pm

cloud493 wrote: »

Is gravity rush considered an RPG? I'm counting it if it is :pac:

I wouldn't really class it as an RPG, though it does have character/ability levelling.

I've been tempted to buy FFIV but not sure how the gameplay holds up in these modern times

Retr0gamer · 18-07-2012 9:00pm

animaX wrote: »

I've been tempted to buy FFIV but not sure how the gameplay holds up in these modern times

It's still fantastic, definitely one of the best playing FF games.

You should check out the DS remake as well which changes the gameplay and enemy encounters quite a bit and makes it an even more challenging game.

ghostchant · 18-07-2012 9:41pm

Currently back to playing Persona 2: IS on the PSP. Having difficulty getting into the combat and fusion system, though only about 6 hours in. I made it through the original Persona last year without too much fuss so surprised at this, though playing P3P in the meantime might've softened me up a bit

animaX · 18-07-2012 10:27pm

I felt exactly the same - found it hard to play persona 2 after persona 3.

ancapailldorcha · 19-07-2012 1:06am

Which do ye prefer, the PSP or DS remakes. I've beaten the DS version and the PSP is tempting me.

Retr0gamer · 19-07-2012 9:32am

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

Which do ye prefer, the PSP or DS remakes. I've beaten the DS version and the PSP is tempting me.

They're quite different games. The DS version is kind of like an expert mode where the battle system and levelling system has been changed just enough that it's a different experience from the original game especially the end game bosses on the moon.

The PSP version is pretty much a straight port of the original japanese version of the SNES game with the GBA versions translation, which is quite good. It does look gorgeous as well.

I prefer the PSP version I have to say. I'm playing the downloadable version so there's no load times where as the DS version has load times before battles. It makes the game much snappier. Also the DS version has more elaborate cutscenes that drag on for too long. The story is rubbish and doesn't need such exposition while the PSP is much snappier and faster paced. You also get the after years games in the PSP version although I hear they aren't that great.

dmcdante · 19-07-2012 8:56pm

ghostchant wrote: »

Currently back to playing Persona 2: IS on the PSP. Having difficulty getting into the combat and fusion system, though only about 6 hours in. I made it through the original Persona last year without too much fuss so surprised at this, though playing P3P in the meantime might've softened me up a bit

I am the same i finished persona 1 started number 2 played for about 10 hours and i just can't get into it so i am just playing persona 3 now which is a cracking game

_Godot_ · 20-07-2012 1:02am

I just started up my first Ys game, Ys The Oath in Felgrana, which I bought in the Steam sale. Loving it so far.

ancapailldorcha · 21-07-2012 11:49am

I was quite fond of the DS version. Should probably not spend any more cash on games for the time being.

PJTierney · 26-07-2012 1:49pm

I'm halfway through XIII-2 at the moment (first playthrough). Game's a lot more interactive than XIII.

Lahinchians · 31-07-2012 1:16pm

around 10 hours into DQIX decent game so far. cant help but think i might have the story figured out tho, which disappoints me a lil. i tend to only play rpgs to get through the story

Retr0gamer · 31-07-2012 2:01pm

Lahinchians wrote: »

around 10 hours into DQIX decent game so far. cant help but think i might have the story figured out tho, which disappoints me a lil. i tend to only play rpgs to get through the story

The main storyline is pretty formulaic alright but when you play most Dragon Quest games you are playing more for the sub stories in each town you visit which in the case of 9 are all really good.

Lahinchians · 31-07-2012 3:23pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

The main storyline is pretty formulaic alright but when you play most Dragon Quest games you are playing more for the sub stories in each town you visit which in the case of 9 are all really good.

have to agree with that alright, the DQ games really do rpg towns properly.

i do find the experience system a lil frustrating tho. when i get to a new area i generally have to grind a lil before im able to take on the "boss". I'm at garth goyle now and am having to solo grind with each of my chars to lvl em up as it would take far too long to do it as a team. tis a minor complaint though

Retr0gamer · 31-07-2012 3:55pm

Lahinchians wrote: »

have to agree with that alright, the DQ games really do rpg towns properly.

i do find the experience system a lil frustrating tho. when i get to a new area i generally have to grind a lil before im able to take on the "boss". I'm at garth goyle now and am having to solo grind with each of my chars to lvl em up as it would take far too long to do it as a team. tis a minor complaint though

If you need to grind quick, find some metal slimes and their variants.

Sephiroth_dude · 02-08-2012 2:37pm

If I download jeanne de arc from the us psn store on my ps3 Is there a way I can get it onto my vita?

penev10 · 02-08-2012 4:12pm

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

If I download jeanne de arc from the us psn store on my ps3 Is there a way I can get it onto my vita?

You'll need to use the same psn account on your Vita as on your PS3. Connect the two then click on the icon for the game on the PS3 and then the Content Manager on your Vita should start popping up. Click on it and follow the wizard to transfer it.

Make sure the game is Vita compatible (it'll say it in the description on the PSN store). Not all PSP games are.

Sephiroth_dude · 02-08-2012 7:28pm

damn wont be getting it so

Retr0gamer · 02-08-2012 8:08pm

Shouldn't have sold that PSP.

Sephiroth_dude · 02-08-2012 8:19pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Shouldn't have sold that PSP.

I still have it

animaX · 03-08-2012 12:51am

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

damn wont be getting it so

Jeanne D'arc is playable on vita, it's just not on the official list.

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=316058
http://gbatemp.net/topic/327424-unofficial-psp-vita-compatible-games-list/

But again, you have to do the old account switching trick on the vita (described in a sticky thread in the playstation forums I think)

Retr0gamer · 03-08-2012 9:42am

Finished FF4, it's still a great game. I didn't bother with the new optional dungeon. Went straight to the FF4 Interlude which is a pile of ****e. You are basically shipped between 3 dungeons and it gets exhausting since there's no break in between. Also 2 of those 3 dungeons are the sealed cave and tower of Babel, the two most annoying dungeons in FF4. Started the after years and it seems to start a bit better at least.

ride-the-spiral · 04-08-2012 3:14am

Just started playing Valkyrie Chronicles 2: Silmeria. I got it a few years ago but always had it in the backlog. It's pretty good, the battle system takes some getting used to and I'm still sussing out some aspects of it. There's quite a lot to manage at each time but it's not too hard to get a party/equipment configuration that is effective. Can't stand the voice acting though, but without the voices the cutscenes seem to go much slower. I'll stick with it for the moment as well, hopefully the story will get interesting.

Should probably finish FF4, I'm in the Tower of Babel in the DS version but haven't played it in a while.

Sephiroth_dude · 04-08-2012 2:47pm

ride-the-spiral wrote: »

Just started playing Valkyrie Chronicles 2: Silmeria.

I still have that game in my ever growing to play pile too

megaten · 07-08-2012 12:27am

Played the first two hours of tales of vesperia. Seems enjoyable so far.

ride-the-spiral · 07-08-2012 1:13am

Well I gave up on Valkyrie Profile anyway, may get back to it at some stage. The battle system is fun enough, and I like the way you unlock new items in the shops, but the way the einherjar works I'm finding a bit annoying. Having to change the team every time you find a new one gets a bit tedious, I guess I just don't really like the idea of boosting your characters by omitting them from your party and leveling up other ones instead.

Anyway I decided to stop playing a game with an original gameplay style and picked up Lost Odyssey which I hear is quite good. If The Last Story is anything to go by it should be.

Retr0gamer · 07-08-2012 9:16am

Don't let it put you off playing the first Valkyrie Profile game which is much, much better.

As for Last Odyssey, I ultimately enjoyed it but it has problems and isn't that great. It takes absolutely forever to get going and it starts off very slowly. The storyline isn't that great. However the short stories are excellent and it's got some good characters, especially Jansen who starts off being really unlikable.

Alactric · 09-08-2012 12:13am

ride-the-spiral wrote: »

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Anyway I decided to stop playing a game with an original gameplay style and picked up Lost Odyssey which I hear is quite good. If The Last Story is anything to go by it should be.

Finished Lost Odyssey like 2 weeks, it's a grand yarn, well for 3 of the 4 disks anyway. It is unashamedly old school though, and I have no idea why. There is no form of ATB even, just a little quick time event for regular attacks.

It's alleviated by a fantastic leveling system though, basically, half you crew are mortals, the other half immortals. The mortals gain skills at preset levels. But the immortals are blank slates. So the immortals have to learn skills off mortals. I tinkered around for ages building an army of wizards

It makes the game piss easy towards the end though...you can literally have 4 immortals and 1 mortal in the party.

As for me, I just finished my first playthrough of Xenoblade, I'm on NG+ and wow, I havn't seen such a robust NG+ since Dark Souls. It's insane. New Bosses, new armor and a kickass new weapon

Retr0gamer · 14-08-2012 1:09am

Started Kingdom Hearts 2 again with the intention of beating this time. 5 hours in and it's one of the worst games I've ever played. It better pick up because it can't get worse than this.

chopperbyrne · 14-08-2012 10:09am

Started Legend of Mana recently. It's weird.

Retr0gamer · 14-08-2012 10:41am

It's not very good as well. It's got a weird FF Tactics Advance and Saga vibe to it what with the world building. It's a Kawazu game as well so it's very experimental and frankly not very good like most of his stuff.

manicmonoliths · 14-08-2012 5:31pm

I'm thinking of giving FF VI another shot. Unfortunately the only copy I've got is a cheap knockoff for the GBA that I unknowingly bought on eBay, seemed to do the trick at the time but now the thing can't hold onto a save file once the power is shut off. Given the extortionate price of an authentic GBA copy, I'm considering the version on the Wii Virtual Console. Has anyone played this version? Seems to be a straight port of the original, (given that it's titled FFIII), does anyone know if it's plagued by the load times the PS1 version is supposed to have? Any thoughts on it would be welcome

Retr0gamer · 14-08-2012 5:40pm

It's a straight port of the SNES version, no load times. Probably the best way to play it outside of on original hardware or emulation through BSNES.

manicmonoliths · 14-08-2012 5:49pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

It's a straight port of the SNES version, no load times. Probably the best way to play it outside of on original hardware or emulation through BSNES.

Thanks Retro, sound advice as always!

PJTierney · 14-08-2012 6:06pm

Finished XIII-2, got all Achievements etc.

It was shockingly easy to max out, 10 days on this playthrough infact.

_Godot_ · 15-08-2012 2:10am

Started playing FF9 again on my PSP. I just left Eiko's home.

snausages · 15-08-2012 11:53am

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Started Kingdom Hearts 2 again with the intention of beating this time. 5 hours in and it's one of the worst games I've ever played. It better pick up because it can't get worse than this.

The combat is fun, but it's not the type of game that I'll ever return to. Fighting Sephiroth was a lot of fun. Nomura's belt and zippers fetish is in full force in KH2. Near enough every villain is just a variation of Sephiroth with a different looking hairstyle.

Retr0gamer · 15-08-2012 12:32pm

The first 5 hours are absolutely horrendous. It's starting to get better now but they absolutely destroyed the combat in the game with the parry move. Basically it's x to attack and x to parry. However the parry has not timing so mashing the x button is an I win button. Sure there's reaction commands as well but I see absolutely not reason to use anything other than the x button and reaction commands. A shame because the combat in KH1 was the perfect kind of challenging.

penev10 · 27-08-2012 1:38pm

Got Y's 7 after the recommendations on here and have been dipping in and out of it for the past two weeks whilst on holiday. Only about 5 hours in but it's a great little game. Bosses are the highlight, the battle with the insect guy in the

Sacred Tree

was intense!

The Monster Hunter-esque weapon/item creation is nice too.

Retr0gamer · 11-09-2012 4:11pm

Dipped into Etrian Odyssey and have reached the 2nd Stratum. It's a superb dungeon crawler, probably the best I've yet played. Tough but very, very rewarding.

Lahinchians · 15-09-2012 6:11pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Dipped into Etrian Odyssey and have reached the 2nd Stratum. It's a superb dungeon crawler, probably the best I've yet played. Tough but very, very rewarding.

I'm still playing the second one on and off, really good game. can be very tough though as you said. dark spire is another one thats supposed to be quite good, has anyone played it?

Retr0gamer · 16-09-2012 11:26pm

Lahinchians wrote: »

I'm still playing the second one on and off, really good game. can be very tough though as you said. dark spire is another one thats supposed to be quite good, has anyone played it?

I heard it's a lot more old school and tough than even Etrian Odyssey. You have to grind like crazy in it. There is a mod for the game that increases exp gain x4 which supposedly makes the game far more playable.

ghostchant · 16-09-2012 11:35pm

Continuing the Atlus dungeon crawling theme I'm currently playing Strange Journey, which I'm absolutely loving. Have the 3 DS Etrian Odysseys to work through too, as well as trying to finish Devil Survivor and starting its sequel.

penev10 · 17-09-2012 10:49am

ghostchant wrote: »

trying to finish Devil Survivor

Which route did you go for?

ghostchant · 17-09-2012 10:52am

I'm stuck at the battle at the end of
The 6th day, right before you have to choose. Need to grind a bit but it's a pretty slow process.

penev10 · 17-09-2012 11:04am

ghostchant wrote: »

I'm stuck at the battle at the end of
The 6th day, right before you have to choose. Need to grind a bit but it's a pretty slow process.

Yeah, the free battles give you feck all EXP it's more the Macca you get that matters so you can re-summon the demons you've used as fusion material. If you waste an expensive demon fusing a less-than-useful one it can really set you back hours.

Retr0gamer · 17-09-2012 9:41pm

I just beat Dragon Quest IX. It's a great game if a little disappointing. the town stories are good but not up to the usual DQ standards except for the final one which was really sweet. Also the game was quite easy and I felt the game didn't let you unlock enough skills before the end game. However I have to say the real meat of the game is in the post game quests and treasure maps which are really addictive and this section of the game is superb and I'm going to keep playing the game for a long time I feel. Also hoping to pick it up for my GF so we can play through the game in co-op.

penev10 · 28-09-2012 11:38am

Finished the 4th dungeon in Ys 7 (the

Wind Dragon

one). The size of the dungeons is spot on imo as any longer and the repetitive combat would begin to drag . They're smaller than most and only feature one real "puzzle" but each environment has its own unique flavour and the variety in the enemies is pretty good.

The bosses are still the highlight. Each is a real challenge of your fingers' stamina!

Sephiroth_dude · 30-09-2012 11:24pm

_Godot_ wrote: »

Started playing FF9 again on my PSP. I just left Eiko's home.

Gonna buy that soon on the vita

What JRPG are you currently playing?

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