Best console option for JRPGs?

nesf

Have an XBox 360 but not using it much. But I would be interested in some time sink games for various reasons and am wondering if a PS3 or a DX might be an idea.

Retr0gamer

Best two JRPG consoles at the moment are the DS and PSP. Other than the fantastic Valkyria Chronicles on the PS3 there's actually more good JRPGs on the 360 than PS3 and as you can tell it's slim pickings. PSP and DS are swimming in superb JRPG goodness such as Radiant Historia, Dragon Quest 4,5,6 and 9, Shin Megami Tensei Strange Journey, Etrian Odyssey, Tactics Ogre, Final Fantasy Tactics, Jeanne D'Arc, the three Ys games, Legend of Heroes Trails in the Sky, Mario and Luigi, Valkyria Chronicles 2, Persona 3 Portable, etc. Get yourself both of this consoles and enjoy!

nesf

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Best two JRPG consoles at the moment are the DS and PSP. Other than the fantastic Valkyria Chronicles on the PS3 there's actually more good JRPGs on the 360 than PS3 and as you can tell it's slim pickings. PSP and DS are swimming in superb JRPG goodness such as Radiant Historia, Dragon Quest 4,5,6 and 9, Shin Megami Tensei Strange Journey, Etrian Odyssey, Tactics Ogre, Final Fantasy Tactics, Jeanne D'Arc, the three Ys games, Legend of Heroes Trails in the Sky, Mario and Luigi, Valkyria Chronicles 2, Persona 3 Portable, etc. Get yourself both of this consoles and enjoy!

Cheers. Got an extended trip to hospital coming up and was hoping you'd suggest some portables for choice.

nesf

Actually which would you recommend, a PSP or a DS? My wife would kill me if I got both, though my 5 year old would be very happy with me...

Retr0gamer

It's really just pick the one you prefer. Both consoles are fantastic for RPGs and you can't really go wrong with either of them. It's a sophies choice question for me

nesf

You're no use.

Retr0gamer

Get them both, don't tell the wife

nesf

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Get them both, don't tell the wife

Unfortunately she used to be a gamer, so she'd spot it fairly quickly. That and my son would notice very fast and start demanding a chance to play on the one I wasn't using etc.

I'm playing this off as "Look, even if I get sick of it and don't use it, the kids will get years out of it..."

Monkeyto

I would recommend getting a PSP if you had to choose. The fact that Persona 3 is available on PSP will be enough to keep you going for a loooooong time.

One of my most favourite RPGs to date.

EDIT: I've just read your psp thread :S nevermind

Mario007

If you can get a 3DS tomorrow, the price will be cut to around 169euro which means it'll cost the same as a DSi. There's not a lot of games out yet but Zelda should deffinately be worth a look plus some greats games such as Kingdom Hearts or an entry from the Tales Of series are coming up. Also 3DS plays all the DS games so you've got a huge library of games there already

Naphiel

They are region locked though, so you can't play some DS games that didn't come out over here.

megaten

Naphiel wrote: »

They are region locked though, so you can't play some DS games that didn't come out over here.

The region lock only applies to dsi and 3ds games. Just make sure any ds games you import don't have any dsi enabled features.

Sephiroth_dude

Get urself a psp,fairly cheap now days

RyDar

Here's the best one:


Back on topic, has to be the psp hands down, if for nothing else than it's ability to play ps1 games flawlessly, some of the greatest jrpg's on there *cough*ffvii*cough*

HarbinSnowfall

nesf wrote: »

Have an XBox 360 but not using it much.

I hope you, having said this, have already played the heck out of Tales of Vesperia.

Breloom

The xbox has plenty of choice for JRPGs! There are the obvious choices, i.e. Final Fantasy XIII, but there are also some excellent others. I've played the **** out of Lost Odyssey, Star Ocean IV, Eternal Sonata, and Enchanted Arms! There's also games like The Last Remnant, Infinite Undiscovery, and of course, Tales of Vesperia.

nesf

HarbinSnowfall wrote: »

I hope you, having said this, have already played the heck out of Tales of Vesperia.

Couldn't find it in physical stores, have Enchanted Arms to play through first.

chopperbyrne

What's the best RPG available for download for PS3 for under €15?

Mario007

nesf wrote: »

Couldn't find it in physical stores, have Enchanted Arms to play through first.

Enchanted Arms isn't that great to be honest. The battle system is pretty nice but from the technical point of view the game is a mess (at least my PS3 port of the game was).

chopperbyrne wrote: »

What's the best RPG available for download for PS3 for under €15?

Pretty much any Final Fantasy from the PSOne Classics. I'd get FF 7 and Vagrant Story since that's only aroun 4.50 so that'll give you a grand total of 14.50 which is a steal.

chopperbyrne

Mario007 wrote: »

Pretty much any Final Fantasy from the PSOne Classics. I'd get FF 7 and Vagrant Story since that's only aroun 4.50 so that'll give you a grand total of 14.50 which is a steal.

Sorry, non PS1 games. I get them from the US store instead, so I can play them at the proper speed.

Retr0gamer

Valkyria chronicles should be cheap.

keane2097

What would peoples' top recommendations for JRPGs on the 360?

Tales of Vesperia seems to be high on the list?

Retr0gamer

Tales of Vesperia is getting very expensive though. Lost Odyssey is also great but takes a while to get going. Eternal Sonata was great from what I played. Other than that the rest are a bit crap.

megaten

Not actually an jrpg but Nier is good as well. It can scratch the same itch.

CorkMan

Tales of Vesperia is on Xbox live. It is well cheaper than the £50+ options you get on amazon.

Sieghardt

PS3 is your best bet going forward, Disgaea 4, Atelier Totori and Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny are all out next month, Tales of Graces F, Tales of Xillia, Ni No Kuni coming in a while

Naphiel

Sieghardt wrote: »

PS3 is your best bet going forward, Disgaea 4, Atelier Totori and Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny are all out next month, Tales of Graces F, Tales of Xillia, Ni No Kuni coming in a while

Namco are known for their trolling. Don't be surprised if it's not released over here.

Retr0gamer

Yup. There's two teams making Tales games, the original team and a new team. Namco have a history of releasing only the new teams games which are **** and not releasing the orignal teams games in the west (those guys are responsible for the good stuff like Vesperia and Symphonia).

megaten

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Yup. There's two teams making Tales games, the original team and a new team. Namco have a history of releasing only the new teams games which are **** and not releasing the orignal teams games in the west (those guys are responsible for the good stuff like Vesperia and Symphonia).

Apparently Tales of Graces F is very good.

Sieghardt

Graces has a great battle system and stuff but the story and characters are pretty weak.
I'm pretty sure Xillia will get released in the west, , it's the same pattern they followed the last 2 gens

Mario007

Can someone tell me more about the Tales of series? I've never head a chance to play one and having both a 3DS and PS3 I'm thinking of giving it a shot but I know next to nothing about the series besides for internet praise.

megaten

Mario007 wrote: »

Can someone tell me more about the Tales of series? I've never head a chance to play one and having both a 3DS and PS3 I'm thinking of giving it a shot but I know next to nothing about the series besides for internet praise.

I finished Tales of the Abyss on PS2 a few months ago. Very anime inspired (as in heavy in the melodrama department.) The soundtrack is weak until the final quarter of the game but overall I really liked it. It's coming out on the 3DS in November if you want to pick it up. I plan on picking it up for a second play though.

Sieghardt

Mario007 wrote: »

Can someone tell me more about the Tales of series? I've never head a chance to play one and having both a 3DS and PS3 I'm thinking of giving it a shot but I know next to nothing about the series besides for internet praise.

Tales of the Abyss is fairly decent, the main character is a bit of a whiny git but Tear and Jade are excellent characters. The final boss is pretty anticlimactic but the journey is pretty fun, lots of nice towns and character interaction

Tales of Graces has pretty poor characters and story but a great battle system.

the battle system in all the games is a sport of actiony beat 'em up-ish styled random battles, pretty fun if you like action RPG, not so great if you're a strategy fan

Naphiel

Mario007 wrote: »

Can someone tell me more about the Tales of series? I've never head a chance to play one and having both a 3DS and PS3 I'm thinking of giving it a shot but I know next to nothing about the series besides for internet praise.

Tales of Symphonia is one of the greatest games of all time. Thought it's on the Gamecube, so I'm not sure if you have one (or a Wii) to be able to play it.

It just had to be said. >_>

Mario007

Thanks for the help everyone! Is Tales kinda like FF in that every game has a standalone story and characters or are they interconnected?

Naphiel

Mario007 wrote: »

Thanks for the help everyone! Is Tales kinda like FF in that every game has a standalone story and characters or are they interconnected?

Yes, though Tales of Symphonia got a direct sequel.