General Role-Playing Game Thread

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[quote name='Rodimus']Shenmue was magical. If you hate it then your soul is black.

Yakuza is a poor man's Shenmue.[/QUOTE]

That doesn't make any sense since Yakuza is better than Shenmue in every way.
 
Started playing Legend of Wukong this morning. If you don't know what that is it's a Geneisis/Mega Drive RPG made by a Taiwanese company years ago. It recently got localized by Super Fighter Team. It's pretty cool to play a brand new Genesis game on my CDX.

The formula is your typical 16-bit RPG. Random battles, towns w/ shops, etc. As for the story you're a kid that hijacks a time machine and gets sent back to ancient China. Once stranded there you have to find a way to get back home. I'm only about 2 hours in and I have a few nitpicky complaints, but for the most part it's a solid game for anyone who likes old-school RPGs. There's some grinding at the beginning but battles are quick and you level up pretty fast. As you level up you gain magic spells and use money to buy weapons, armor & items. Like I said, typical. If anyone is intersted check out there website.

http://www.legendofwukong.com/
 
I think Yakuza is just a better Shenmue.I did like the 1st Shemue, but I enjoyed Yakuza more. For the record Skies>Shenmue!
 
[quote name='Jest']Any suggestions for a turn based RPG on DS or PSP that isn't an old Final Fantasy, old Dragon Quest, or dated?[/QUOTE]

My World My Way
 
[quote name='G33']I checked my saved game, and I took 28.5 hours, finishing at level 77. This includes completing the bonus dungeon and obtaining the majority of the items (I skipped a few in the maze-like dungeon). There are several missables, but nothing that you can't get in your second playthrough. The only items I recommend using a guide to obtain are the music pieces, as it is a pain to find them yourself. You can get up to 340 achievement points on your first playthrough.[/quote]

That's kinda low achievement wise. I'm not playing through the game two times. RPGs are way too long to do that kind of stuff. How's the story? Does it hold up?
 
Eternal Sonata's story holds up until the end. By that time, you're already in too deep.

As for the achievements, it's par for the course for most JRPGs on the 360. Finishing the game and finishing the optional dungeon will only get you one third of the available points. Finding all the EZI items give you a whopping 200+ points for one achievement. It's one of most retarded achievements in history.

Started Tales of the World Radiant Mythology earlier this week and I'm very very disapointed. I knew what to expect going in but it's much worse than I thought. The fetch quests are retarded. The whole nameless protagonist thing is super dated and none of the familiar Tales characters have voice actors that sound anything like the originals. It even looks like they cut and pasted Reid's picture from Tales of Eternia instead of updating his little dialogue pic. What a disappointment.
 
[quote name='RelentlessRolento']just beat Crisis Core right now... wow.

fucking sad.

Zack became my new fave (behind Cid Highwind) FF(#) character ever, so I was pissed about the ending.[/quote]
I might have been angry if it wasn't for the fact I had ten years to let it sink in. But I will say I was actually surprised at how Crisis Core handled it... I figured it would have been one long cut scene. I almost shed a tear at some parts.
 
At the end, where you have to keep killing all th Shinra troops? I knew what the outcome was before it even happened, but I was still kinda sad throughout the entire thing, since Zack had grown on me so much by then. Hated watching him die.

Man, it's really obvious how much cooler Zack is than Cloud.
 
[quote name='ninja dog']If you think that's said, his girlfriend dies in FFVII! I forget what her name is...[/QUOTE]

Cloud dies!?!?
 
[quote name='Moxio']WTF RolentlessRelento? Did you even play FF7? What were you expecting?[/quote]

From what I heard, it's the futility of Zack's fate that makes the ending heartbreaking. You know what's going to happen no matter how badly you don't want it to.

I'm dying to play Crisis Core but I don't have a PSP. Thinking about getting one as soon as it hits Greatest Hits.
 
watchu talkin bout willis!!

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[quote name='ninja dog']If you think that's said, his girlfriend dies in FFVII! I forget what her name is...[/quote]
She was asking for it!
 
[quote name='Jest']Should I play Eternal Sonata or Tales of Vesperia first?[/quote]

Both are great, I am trying to find an SE copy of Tales... did you by any chance find one?
 
[quote name='willardhaven']Both are great, I am trying to find an SE copy of Tales... did you by any chance find one?[/quote]

Check Gamecrazy. I've seen one at every one I have been to.
 
[quote name='galvatron2k1']Check Gamecrazy. I've seen one at every one I have been to.[/quote]

I will try that, they're a bit far from me but if I can get one it will be worth it.
 
[quote name='Jest']Should I play Eternal Sonata or Tales of Vesperia first?[/quote]

IMO Vesperia is a much better game. Both are real time battles, but ToV is just so much fun. ES lacked character interaction while ToV does it 100% better. As for the story both are the same ol' JRPG dribble, but ES's story falls apart terribly near the end. It stops making sense and instead becomes pretentious.
 
[quote name='Jest']Should I play Eternal Sonata or Tales of Vesperia first?[/quote]

I was thinking the exact same thing. I went with ES (longest intro ever!) and am about 3 hours in. I had already started ToV but put it aside for Fable 2. It felt good to finish Fable 2 since I hadn't had time to finish a game in a long while.

I need to finish up FFT:A2 so I can start playing Fire Emblem: SD (out this week). I haven't finished FFT:A2 because I started playing Jeanne D'Arc on the PSP. I really need to get my shit straight and concentrate on one game at a time... well, atleast one each for 360 and DS/PSP. I will easily put aside Jeanne D'arc, which I was enjoying, for FE.
 
[quote name='RelentlessRolento']just beat Crisis Core right now... wow.

fucking sad.

Zack became my new fave (behind Cid Highwind) FF(#) character ever, so I was pissed about the ending.[/quote]
the coolest part about that game is how my name is in the credits even though i was only on the project for 3 weeks.





you know what?
dq5 comes out this week!

people need to get hype about that. dq5 and dq6 are seriously top tier RPGs.
 
[quote name='kainzero']
you know what?
dq5 comes out this week!

people need to get hype about that. dq5 and dq6 are seriously top tier RPGs.[/QUOTE]
So those two games are fun unlike every other game in that series?
 
I'm on a wicked RPG kick lately. I just polished of DQIV and am almost balls deep in Chrono Trigger. My question for you guys, those whom I see as the RPG experts ;) Is the Star Ocean remake worth my time and money?
 
[quote name='Rei no Otaku']So those two games are fun unlike every other game in that series?[/quote]

Once again you read my mind. Even though we have completely different tastes, we're on the same page regarding DQ.
 
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