What JRPG are you currently playing?

_Godot_ · 28-08-2011 1:14am

Started up Xenoblade, I can see why people are liking it.

megaten · 11-10-2011 4:57pm

Started playing Rhapsody: A musical Adventure for psx. Seems very fun so far. Extremely easy though.

ancapailldorcha · 11-11-2011 10:06pm

On Final Fantasy VIII disc 2 at the moment. Squall is actually the complete ball bag he's been made out to be. I'm feeling a bit sympathetic for him but yeah, this is definitely the Twilight of video games.

megaten · 18-11-2011 1:36am

Finished Mother 3 last night. It was good.

Little Yellow · 18-11-2011 11:35am

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

On Final Fantasy VIII disc 2 at the moment. Squall is actually the complete ball bag he's been made out to be. I'm feeling a bit sympathetic for him but yeah, this is definitely the Twilight of video games.

Replaying this as well. Just on the missile base part. I remember now that I really hated Draw. Still do

Retr0gamer · 18-11-2011 12:41pm

megaten wrote: »

Finished Mother 3 last night. It was good.

Wasn't it

Although talking to my girlfriend about it I'm starting to think Earthbound was better. Mother 3 was certainly the better game but storywise I think earthbound was less obvious about it's themes and more ambiguous and fact that it took the entire game before it came together was a brave decision.

Still, both are pretty much essential to any RPG fan.

megaten · 18-11-2011 1:49pm

I thought both mother 1 and Earthbound handled their endings better to be honest. Mother 3's was heart-wrenching but I was surprised that there was no clear closure like the first two games.
I do think Mother 3 is a better game overall. It's well paced and I enjoyed the greater focus on characters.

Retr0gamer · 18-11-2011 3:11pm

Yeah the chapter system that is also used in Dragon Quest 4 kept it really nicely paced.

I had a long hard think about the ending and came up with a conclusion to what it's all about, maybe you'll agree with me:

The whole game is about getting on with your life and not getting hung up on the past. From Flint being a bad father since he gets obsessed with looking for Claus to the people of Tazmily village stuck in their ways forever due to the past being blocked from their minds and many other characters are the same. The magypsies are the exception and accept their fate. I see the ending as Lucas getting on with his life when he pulls the needle. the world is destroyed but they aren't all dead, I think it symbolises Lucas leaving his past behind and starting anew.

Anyway, would like to hear your thoughts. I actually thought it was a very brave ending and totally unexpected. I also loved how

the masked mans identity was really obvious but this was actually a part of the writing were it was obvious to flint and lucas as well but they just wouldn't accept it, another example of the past affecting people that can't let go and get on with life.

ancapailldorcha · 19-11-2011 3:33pm

Little Yellow wrote: »

Replaying this as well. Just on the missile base part. I remember now that I really hated Draw. Still do

Yeah, it can be a real put off to using magic. If I have 100 of any spell, I'm really reluctant to use it.

Retr0gamer · 19-11-2011 4:09pm

If you junction properly and abuse the +1 a level stat boosts that GF's give you when you you concentrate on the stat% abilities then there's absolutely no reason to use anything other than physical attacks throughout the game. It's a problem with FFVIII, it you don't understand how the game works is an absolute bore summoning GF's all the time. If you understand it it's easy to break and it becomes a total breeze.

ghostchant · 22-11-2011 1:08pm

I remember attaching 100 drains to each characters attack and was healing myself for about 6000HP per attack, or something like that anyway. 1-hit KO's were the only real danger then. And there wasn't any regular enemy or boss capable of doing that anyway

Retr0gamer · 22-11-2011 2:40pm

It's not really a complaint against the game, the best thing about it is how broken the battle system is and exploring ways to exploit it.

ancapailldorcha · 24-11-2011 1:00am

On Disc 3 now. Feeling the effects of the

orphanage "twist". I like how the GFs almost surgically erased that specific part of each of their fluiching memories ffs!!

Whoever designed the rules of that wretched card ought to be strung up. Started off as an awesome wee distraction and now it takes me actual hours to abolish some of these moronic "rules".

Retr0gamer · 24-11-2011 1:25am

That 'twist' is the most retarded piece of storytelling... well ever!

To make it worse

Irvine knew about it all along, he was there in the orphanage but, you know, didn't bother telling anyone that the person they are trying to kill was Cids wife and looked after them all when they were younger because he didn't think it was important. What a berk.

animaX · 24-11-2011 6:19am

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

Whoever designed the rules of that wretched card ought to be strung up. Started off as an awesome wee distraction and now it takes me actual hours to abolish some of these moronic "rules".

Yeah I hated those rules too! I would usually spam the square button to speed up the card starting conversation without realising that I had agreed to annoying rules.

That said, the basic card game in FF8 was too easy and boring once you got decent cards (i.e. character cards, or GF cards). It gets to the stage where its impossible to lose. Its just a matter of "claiming" the corners with A-A or 9-9 cards.

That's why I preferred the card game in FF9. It was always a bit more random and unpredictable. But if you had decent cards and placed them well, you had a statistically greater chance to win. I've only recently discovered how the hexadecimal numbering system works and have been playing it lately on the train.

Retr0gamer · 24-11-2011 12:07pm

Some of those rules though wouldn't allow you to claim corners like that. I know my rules got totally ****ed up everywhere I went with Random everywhere and weird rules about how to turn cards. Meant that nearly every card battle had to be very strategic and usually ended up in a planned combo at the last minute.

Really hated the rules for getting some of the rarer cards. The one where you had to lose Ifrit was a real pain especially when I had Random cards and take a random card when you win in that area at the time. Had to keep playing until I got Ifrit in my deck and then if I did I usually ended up fluking a win in the last move by accident or he'd win and not take the right card. Then there was the pain in the ass of trying to win it back.

ancapailldorcha · 29-11-2011 9:58pm

I missed the Missing Score in FFVII and was raging when I found out that part of Midgar was a one time only thing. I ended up using a guide (just to avoid missing out on items like this) for VIII. The plus rule is evil, just plain evil.
I reckon Squall was a good idea for a character. I was picturing a Shelldon Cooper type of lone wolf soldier with poor social skills. I'm guessing that they'll have him end up as

caring and sensitive because he gets together with Rinoa.

They just went too far with the lone wolf thing and if that is how it ends (I don't know yet) it'll be a bit hard to believe.
It's been said before and it needs saying again: Irvine is a fluiching tool.

megaten · 26-12-2011 2:51pm

I got Trails in the Sky as my Christmas JRPG and it's pretty damn good. Hopefully the sequel get to the west at some stage.

evanSpiddal · 26-12-2011 7:33pm

Playing FF VIII as well, on the 3rd disc, the part where

You arrive in Esthar for the first time, and you go to the dreamworld

Hated the draw function and junctioning as well!

noodler · 01-01-2012 4:54pm

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

On Disc 3 now. Feeling the effects of the
orphanage "twist". I like how the GFs almost surgically erased that specific part of each of their fluiching memories ffs!!
Whoever designed the rules of that wretched card ought to be strung up. Started off as an awesome wee distraction and now it takes me actual hours to abolish some of these moronic "rules".

Very true.

The card game was so addictive at the beginning but the spread of the rules really ruined it near the end.

Aurongroove · 06-01-2012 2:34am

I'm currently playing through VIII. There are too many ways to exploit the system for it to be fun though.

That's another feather in IX's cap; unlike VII & VIII there is only one exploit I know about (Quina's lv5 death vs Grand Dragons) that you could really consider being 'breaking' the game, and even that one is troublesome enough to be considered just good strategy.

VIII always feels like everything you do is breaking the game.

Vokes · 13-01-2012 12:32am

megaten wrote: »

I got Trails in the Sky as my Christmas JRPG and it's pretty damn good.

Got TITS over Xmas too. But only starting it now, and have just passed the Bracer Exam. Seems to be standard JRPG-fare so far but its quite promising. The soundtrack is top notch.

_Godot_ · 16-01-2012 8:16am

Currently playing Dragon Quest VI.

Lahinchians · 16-01-2012 6:14pm

Kinda juping back into FFVI, been sooo long since i played it. forgotten where to go to do stuff n everything. its honestly like playing for the first time.

ghostchant · 18-01-2012 12:31pm

Have jumped back into Devil Survivor after almost a year, in preparation for the sequel next month. Only on the third day, but definitely my favourite SRPG in a good while

penev10 · 18-01-2012 1:58pm

ghostchant wrote: »

Have jumped back into Devil Survivor after almost a year, in preparation for the sequel next month. Only on the third day, but definitely my favourite SRPG in a good while

Devil Survivor is fantastic. The multiple endings/routes are all worth doing. One of the routes is impossible if you dont have the right demons, think its the cult leader girl one, which is a bit of a pox

Isn't the 3DS one just like a special edition rather than a sequel?

Retr0gamer · 18-01-2012 2:22pm

penev10 wrote: »

Isn't the 3DS one just like a special edition rather than a sequel?

Yes, it's not even in 3D except for the movies. It's got an extra Day 8 scenario. It's better off to think of it like Persona 3 FES to Persona 3.

ghostchant · 18-01-2012 3:40pm

Yeah Overclocked is just a remaster really. Devil Survivor 2 is out for the DS next month in the states though.

penev10 · 18-01-2012 4:52pm

ghostchant wrote: »

Devil Survivor 2 is out for the DS next month in the states though.

I didn't know this!:eek: 28th Feb can't come soon enough.

Apparently it's more like Persona 3&4 in the battle system and with character relationships etc.

Sephiroth_dude · 18-01-2012 8:50pm

I got chrono cross off the usa psn store today,has anyone played it?

martineatworld · 19-01-2012 11:33am

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Yes, it's not even in 3D except for the movies. It's got an extra Day 8 scenario. It's better off to think of it like Persona 3 FES to Persona 3.

Is the 3DS version of Devil Survivor coming to PAL regions?

megaten · 19-01-2012 12:02pm

martineatworld wrote: »

Is the 3DS version of Devil Survivor coming to PAL regions?

Unlikely. very few of the Atlus DS games came out here. Though the 3DS might be different.

ancapailldorcha · 27-01-2012 9:41pm

Just finished FFVIII and the incredible Demon's Souls. Moved onto FFVI and Dark Souls.

Lahinchians · 31-01-2012 11:02am

since my last update Ive gone a lil mad. I finished FFVI then started the ds version of 3, I'm around 20 hours in. Then I started devil survivor, great game, on day 2 i think. Now ive just started FFII GBA version, just been arsing around in it leveling up Firion. I also have FFI, FFIV DS, FFV, FF tactics advance, FF tactics ds, 3 gba/DS fire emblem games, Valkyrie Profile and SMT strange journey all waiting in the ranks to be played. should be an interesting couple of weeks

dibkins · 31-01-2012 4:46pm

martineatworld wrote: »

Is the 3DS version of Devil Survivor coming to PAL regions?

THe DS is region free. I imported it from america...and then left it on an airplane:( Great game.

At the momoent I'm playing Etarian Oddesy (so difficult) and Valk Plume (2nd run throuhg to see the endings).

Lahinchians, I found the GBA versions of Fire Emblem and FF Tactics to be better than their DS counterparts - especially in the case of FFT, the DS one was so dissappointing.

Lahinchians · 31-01-2012 5:44pm

dibkins wrote: »

Lahinchians, I found the GBA versions of Fire Emblem and FF Tactics to be better than their DS counterparts - especially in the case of FFT, the DS one was so dissappointing.

I played a bit of the gba fft really enjoyed it but lost my copy. only recently got it again. its why i got the ds one. sure i'll be giving them a go anyway, will post n say what i though when im finished.

Retr0gamer · 31-01-2012 6:37pm

I really hate the Tactics Advance games. They're too easy for their own good and the battles are therefore really unsatisfying. Really hate the shop interface as well.

penev10 · 05-02-2012 7:11pm

Have parked Xenoblade Chronicles and gotten back into Persona 4 over the weekend. Forgotten how good it is. Such a great story with almost perfect dubbing. I always opt for the original Jap voices if possible but this is one game where that isn't neccessary.

RobbingBandit · 08-02-2012 5:11am

Legend of Heroes is $19.99 on US PSN as of tonight. Anyone with a US account get it while it's hot.

noodler · 08-02-2012 11:03am

Playing PSP Version of Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions

Have finall gotten to grips with the dodgey camera angles and barely visable squares.

Really am spending way too much time on menus though.

Lahinchians · 08-02-2012 11:04pm

My DS charger has bitten the dust :mad: Wont be playing anything till i get a new one. ebay here i come

Lahinchians · 12-02-2012 8:58pm

Lahinchians wrote: »

My DS charger has bitten the dust :mad: Wont be playing anything till i get a new one. ebay here i come

got a spare charger off a mate along with radiant historia, which ye all seem to be raving about. thats next on my list, every thing else is taking the back seat until ive finished that.

ancapailldorcha · 12-02-2012 9:49pm

noodler wrote: »

Playing PSP Version of Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions

Have finall gotten to grips with the dodgey camera angles and barely visable squares.

Really am spending way too much time on menus though.

Is it any good? I got it in the FF sale off PSN.

noodler · 13-02-2012 12:00am

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

Is it any good? I got it in the FF sale off PSN.

Its okay.

The graphics could have done with a bit more spit and polish for the PSP version and the camera can be awkward to negotiate.

The story is interesting so far (although it can be a little difficult to get to grips with the olde English names and clans etc).

Save evey chance you get of course.

Retr0gamer · 13-02-2012 12:23am

Finished FFT years ago. One of the best games I ever played but damn hard. I heard the difficulty has been tweaked for the PSP release.

I have heard people being disappointed with that game that had played Tactics Ogre first since it's a much better game but still think it's well worth playing.

animaX · 13-02-2012 12:24am

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

Is it any good? I got it in the FF sale off PSN.

Tactics Ogre is a much better option in my opinion

penev10 · 15-02-2012 12:37pm

Finished Persona 4 but got one of the crap endings

Was sure I answered all the questions correctly. Will have to back and get the proper ending.

Have moved on to Radiant Historia. Good story / characters so far. The time travel thing is nicely implemented too. Hopefully the combat develops a few more nuances.

seraphimvc · 16-02-2012 11:31pm

playing chapter 3 of Orge Tactic on psp

you can really tell that Matsuno excels in making amazing political style story if you let him have all the power on the script writing. also it seems that when his team moved over to Square, Square's battle system designer must have helped him out abit. I keep getting a strong feeling that FFT is like a streamlined version of orge tactic (as in menu/battle system/job system being distinct and better to play with), which makes perfect sense too since FFT is matsuno's later work. but FFT story is so much fail after the first half, maybe because he was forced to throw in some 'fantasy' element.

i heard that the psp version improved/fixed alot of gameplay and i absolutely love the going back system and allowing you to save multiple quick saves (and some minor things like you are allowed to stop at any town between your destination) . There is one thing i dislike the gameplay very much is that the new recruit will be downgraded to the same job level that you currently have......and i notice that there are so many things to click in battle due to the clunky design of the battle menu. Overall i prefer FFT's battle/job system (duh, mages are useless in mid/late game but at least he can be a good healer but in Orge tactic they dont allow you to do so, i may change my mind when i get the Lord class) but orge tactic wins the story medal hands down, unless....the final boss is another flying succubus from some hentai.......

some pros and cons in both game, i'd love to see what can matsuno create if he was given another chance to do another 'tactic' game.

Retr0gamer · 17-02-2012 3:14am

The only problem with the old tactics ogre was some severely bad balancing issues. Enemies levelled with the main character who always raced ahead in levels compared to the support characters making them useless unless you went into a training stage and leveled up for hours by throwing stones at each other

The PSP version has been given a big overhaul.

As for Tactics Ogre being a great political story, well it would want to be considering it's just a retelling of the 1990's war in the Balkan region with fantasy elements

noodler · 18-02-2012 5:59pm

noodler wrote: »

Its okay.

The graphics could have done with a bit more spit and polish for the PSP version and the camera can be awkward to negotiate.

The story is interesting so far (although it can be a little difficult to get to grips with the olde English names and clans etc).

Save evey chance you get of course.

Getting a bit pissed off with it now.

Stuck on a particular mission and the AI just seems to be cheating.

Strength weak enemies taking just what they need off my characters with normal attacks to kill them (I have 23 HP the mage somehow takes exactly 23HP from me with his staff).

Worse than anything else though is how often cure or other support spells miss. Its like 2/3 for me in favour of misses and in a tight battle its just stupid.

Watching stupid cut scenes I can't skip everytime I have to repeat a battle isn't helping either.

What JRPG are you currently playing?

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