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What JRPG are you currently playing?

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    #452
    Retr0gamer
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    It's made by Matrix who made the DS versions of FF3, 4 the underated four heroes of light and the ipad game which is really good. They know how to make a good FF game.
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    #453
    Sephiroth_dude
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    One of them is the head off scarlet from ff9 :-D

    One more reason to buy a 3ds :(


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    #454
    Retr0gamer
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    Remember all the fanboy whining that SMT IV didn't have Shoji Meguro as the composer? What a load of guff that was especially when you hear how good the soundtrack is:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAbA2IHuVeU
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    #455
    NoviGlitzko
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    Replaying Kingdom Hearts 1 HD for the second time. Can't beat a classic.


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    #456
    Darkglasses
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    Just started another go at FFX on PS2. Never quite finished it the first time. Wanted a change from GTA, COD, and Minecraft.


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    #457
    Ash885
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    Darkglasses wrote: »
    Just started another go at FFX on PS2. Never quite finished it the first time. Wanted a change from GTA, COD, and Minecraft.


    it really is a top notch game, terrible voice acting aside.


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    #458
    Darkglasses
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    Ash885 wrote: »
    it really is a top notch game, terrible voice acting aside.

    Yes it's brutal :o If I could mute it altogether and keep it text-based like the older ones I would!


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    #459
    Retr0gamer
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    The voice acting is grand, there's real talent in the cast. The problem is the script, it's hard to act well with such bad writing.
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    #460
    Darkglasses
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    I am loving the music in it, probably my favourite thing about it.


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    #461
    carbonkid
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    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    The voice acting is grand, there's real talent in the cast. The problem is the script, it's hard to act well with such bad writing.

    I never thought of it like that. Tidus sounded pretty stupid a lot of the time...that could easily have been the voice actor doing the best he could with such a cheesy script.

    Fair point ;)


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    #462
    Retr0gamer
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    carbonkid wrote: »
    I never thought of it like that. Tidus sounded pretty stupid a lot of the time...that could easily have been the voice actor doing the best he could with such a cheesy script.

    Fair point ;)

    When you have people like Tara Strong on your cast struggling with lines then there's something wrong with your script. I can't even blame the localisers for it either. If you look at the japanese voice acting it's quite poor as well, the infamous laughing scene in particular is even worse in japanese! At least it's not all bad, there's a lot of moments when it works but I'd probably chalk them up to good localisation work.
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    #463
    carbonkid
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    I looked up Tara Strong on IMDB...yea it must be the scripts lol. Hard to believe the laughing scene could be worse!


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    #464
    diograis
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    ni no kuni anyone? I mean Miyazaki helped make it, amazing


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    #465
    Retr0gamer
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    diograis wrote: »
    ni no kuni anyone? I mean Miyazaki helped make it, amazing

    He had nothing to do with it. Ghibli designed the graphics and joe hisashi did the soundtrack but everything else is by level 5 and it shows. The story is the worst thing they have done and the gameplay is dull.
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    #466
    diograis
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    woops


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    #467
    NoviGlitzko
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    I played Ni No Kuni. Definitely worth a shot if your a JRPG fan. It gets addictive very easily.


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    #468
    FLOODY777
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    Started Persona 4 Golden last night. 3 hours in...and gripped!


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    #469
    HarryP.8999
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    Right now playing Pokémon Y ;)

    Also Tales of Eternia for the psp along with Final Fantasy XIII :P all glory to the JRPG!!!


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    #470
    noodler
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    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    The voice acting is grand, there's real talent in the cast. The problem is the script, it's hard to act well with such bad writing.
    carbonkid wrote: »
    I never thought of it like that. Tidus sounded pretty stupid a lot of the time...that could easily have been the voice actor doing the best he could with such a cheesy script.

    Fair point ;)

    Tidus is the main problem, Yuna to a lesser extent.

    I tohught Seymour, Auron, Wakka, Lulu were all very good.

    Auron especially.

    I don't want Nolan North or Troy Baker to voice every leading man but Tidus VA was a little bit too pre-pubescient.


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    #471
    noodler
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    NoviGlitzko wrote: »
    I played Ni No Kuni. Definitely worth a shot if your a JRPG fan. It gets addictive very easily.

    I'm not sure thats the word I'd use!

    I played it, admit it is very good and I thought the story was okay in the end (although it took an absolute age for the payoff).

    But major plot developements felt few and far between.

    The battle system was decent for me. The boss battles were a satisfying challenge but the whole familar concept seemed overblown to me - there was no real incentive to use familars earned later on in the game, they just took too long to level up to the level of your originals.


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    #472
    Retr0gamer
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    noodler wrote: »
    Tidus is the main problem, Yuna to a lesser extent.

    Again it's not the voice actors fault. It's hard to play a character not as a whiny pre-pubescent teen when he is written as a whiny pre-pubescent teen like Tidus. There's only so much an actor can do with crappy lines.

    Just look at the two voice actors that played Tidus (James Aernold Taylor) and Yuna (Hedy Burress) and look at their other roles. They've got some really great parts on their CV.

    I'll put it another way, Hedy Burress was the same voice actress that put in a stunning performance as Rosie in Valkyria Chronicles.
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    #473
    Sephiroth_dude
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    Got vahalla knights 3 for 11.99 the other night and have The new YS game on order from amazon.


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    #474
    Sephiroth_dude
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    Started atelier ayesha tonight


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    #475
    Retr0gamer
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    Sephiroth_dude wrote: »
    Started atelier ayesha tonight

    Enjoy. My friend said it's the best of the ayesha games with a surprisingly moving story.
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    #476
    Sephiroth_dude
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    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    Enjoy. My friend said it's the best of the ayesha games with a surprisingly moving story.

    Ya so far so good


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    #477
    Xenji
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    Started playing The World Ends With You again while I wait for Freedom Wars to be delivered, forgot how good it is.


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    #478
    Sephiroth_dude
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    Xenji wrote: »
    Started playing The World Ends With You again while I wait for Freedom Wars to be delivered, forgot how good it is.

    You getting that from japan ?


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    #479
    Xenji
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    Sephiroth_dude wrote: »
    You getting that from japan ?

    Yeah ordered it off of AmiAmi for about €50.


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    #480
    Sephiroth_dude
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    Xenji wrote: »
    Yeah ordered it off of AmiAmi for about €50.

    If I could speak japanese, I'd be ordering a lot of games :pac:


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    #481
    Xenji
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    Sephiroth_dude wrote: »
    If I could speak japanese, I'd be ordering a lot of games :pac:

    Would not say I am fluent, but I can get the gist of things.


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