JRPG general discussion

Atelier Ryza 2 getting a PS5 version. Could be a good move for the series. Probably will be one of the first JRPGs on the system and people more willing to take a chance early on when there's feck all on a new system. Could create more Atelier fans.

Fun battle systems. Til the end of Time though drops it's trousers and takes a massive dump all over the story of Star Ocean 1 and 2. Then kicks it in the nads for good luck.

Last Hope is fun if you can stick the god awful story and over long cutscenes.

Xenji wrote: »

Avoid both.

In retrospect, this is probably the more realistic approach.

skerry wrote: »

I've heard that Till the End of Time has a bit of a wacky plot twist alright. Last Hope remaster looks lovely but I've also heard the characters and protagonist especially are fairly bland.

Both descriptions I'd describe as being very nice about those parts of the games

Honestly.... There's so many much better games. They seem like they will be awesome. A sci fi rpg but then about an hour in it goes star trek prime directive and you can't use sci fi stuff or you'll influence the less developed natives and it becomes a standard fantasy rpg.

If you want something good by tri ace then try the ps1 version of valkyrie profile (psp version is a downgrade of the fixes in the western release and look fugly).

RobbingBandit wrote: »

Also reminds me of the Legend of Heroes psp games I believe Falcom published them too.

The XSeed published ones are great. The Namco published trilogy while playing great is unfortunately ruined with an awful localisation. The first release is the second in the series. Then they released the first as the second game and totally ****ed up the translation even more to shoe horn that in.

So I started Ys Oath in Felghana at the weekend again. I forgot just how much fun it is. Falcom really have no peers when it comes to Action RPGs. So much fun.

Some of the bosses though are incredible tough. Just spent the last hour on the fire dragon.

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Someone hasn’t played Hades yet

(said as a Ys fan)

I'm holding off on that game as I know in a few months time it's going to be bigger and even better with updates.

Every boss in Oath in Felghana has been me dying within the first 30 seconds and going 'how the actual **** am I supposed to beat this' to slowly learning the patterns and overcoming it. It's a lot of fun and the fights are short enough and restarts so quick you don't mind the punishment.

Also whoever made the achievements is a prick.

Got an achievement for dying 10 times on the same boss. 'Go consult a FAQ already'. Bastards.

Oath in Felghana beaten. Adored it. You really have to abuse the auto heal power up in the end few dungeons! Really fun with the right amount of challenge and quite short as well.

Started up Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter as it's a game I've been interested in trying for ages. So far it's been really good. The battle system is really interesting. You really have to resource manage as well, it's almost survival horror-esque. I can see how the rogue like elements will play out later as well.

It's a strange game, I'm prepared to die and start over a few times but I can see how it got slated at release when people just didn't understand rogue-likes before the likes of Spelunky. It's a game well ahead of it's time and I think if Capcom did a remaster it would be very well received.

Soundtrack is excellent as well. Hitoshi Sakimoto and his team going a bit more electronic than usual but the atmosphere is top notch.

noodler wrote: »

Finished trails of cold steel 1 there.

I'm not too sure what the hell I just played.

It took 100 hours (I have a feeling the turbo speed boosted that).

Ok one hand it's slow and steady RPG battles bit on the other a fairly deep and lore (though the payoff here took agessss).

I'm not too sure about the last act, the plot twist etc.

Final thoughts. This game needs an editor more badly than a hideo Kohima game. The sheer amount of repetitive dialogue is mind boggling and wasted a serious amount of time.

I have the second bought but not in a big rush atm.

Welcome to the Trails games.

I've only play Trails in the Sky but had a similar experience. It felt like a very long slog through 4 very different storylines until the final chapter when all the plot threads came together and the finale was incredible with an absolutely gut wrenching ending. It was ultimately worth it I fell but it is an investment and not for everyone. It really is more about the plot than the actual game.

Persona 4, trials of Mana, trails of cold steel, ys VIII, digimon story cyber sleuth, valkyria chronicles 4.

I'd normally highly recommend dragon quest xi but the updated S version is coming soon.

Yakuza 7 is out very soon as well and is a turn based rpg now.

sniper_samurai wrote: »

Seems the new versions of Dragon Age XI S retain the reduced visual quality from the Switch version.

It's been known for a while that's the case. Very disappointing but the extra content still makes it the better game.

I started Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter a while ago and the opening didn't grab me. The first two characters can only do basic attacks and the battle system seemed like you just move up to enemies and attack them. The trap system seemed interesting but i didn't find too much of a use for it.

I got distracted by other games but have been meaning to come back to it.

I managed to fit in an hour and a half last night and I'm so glad I did. I lost one party member and then picked up two new party members who are the party for the rest of the game. It's totally transformed the battle system.

Nina can cast magic but there's no direct magic, you have to lay damage zones on the ground and kite enemies into them. Lin can attack from afar and while she isn't the most powerful she can knock enemies back and lay down status effects. Due to the movement in the game speed downs and movement binds are absolutely devastating. When I managed to beat an extremely intimidating boss using a trap made of bombs I placed and finished it without taking a hit I knew this game was special. Enemy AI makes things interesting with some enemies making a beeline to you while others will actively avoid the magic damage areas meaning you have to cast magic behind them and knock them back into it. There's some survival horror mechanics as well with a limited inventory which has you more actively using items and what is actually necessary to carry around.

One weird change in the PAL version I don't like is they removed the temporary save option and replaced it by giving you a few more save tokens at the start. I liked the idea that you could gamble on not using a limited save token to make a permanent save to try and get to the next are to get more rewards for new game + but it's completely gone from the PAL version.

I've had a complete 180 on this game. The battle system is up there with Grandia's as one of the best ever and I'm thoroughly enjoying it now. Loving the Hitoshi Sakimoto soundtrack as well, it's much more ambient and electronic compared to his usual orchestral bombast.