| naznatips said: No, it looks like that's my mistake. I know I remember this claim from someone, but it does seem you always claimed to have played some, but only a few. Right here you seem to have only played a few, ever. Oddly, in this post, only a couple weeks ago, the number of JRPGs you've played seems to have risen quite quickly. You seem to have bought every JRPG ever suddenly. Even been a long time collector. You've gone from a modest "well I haven't played that many but it's good compared to what I've played" JRPG player to "I've played much more than everyone else and thus my opinion is better" JRPG player. I can't say I appreciate the change. |
Few notes for my defense:
@ Euphoria & DMJ:
I'll admit I didn't own a Playstation 1 when it was relevant (did finally get one in 2000-1). However, my best friend (who got me into JRPGs with DQ1 a long time ago) had a PS1, and I played quite often on his machine. Among others, I've played Final Fantasy VII and VIII, Final Fantasy Tactics, Wild Arms 1-2, ,Xenogears and Vandal Hearts among others. When I got a used PS1, I picked up FFT and VII, as I enjoyed both heavily.
@ Naz - I didn't think that, in that post concerning Eternal Sonata, that they were asking for my entire life history on JRPGs...I only posted the relevant ones, and skipped out on 80% of what I've played. You should note that, when talking about Blue Dragon...I mentioned that it may go in my Top-20 list around #15. Kind of hard to do that if I didn't even mention 20 JRPGs that I played...No?
However, since it seems everyone is grilling me as to what I've played, I'll reproduce the list that I've done before, elsewhere:
NES:
- Dragon Quest I
- Dragon Quest III (own)
- Final Fantasy I (own)
- Legend of Zelda 2: Link's Adventure (if you consider it a RPG...It did have those mechanics in it).
- Sweet Home (played via Emu a few years back...Great game)
- Willow
Genesis:
- Might & Magic 2 (not a JRPG. But I'll include it given the fact it was one of EA's few solid WRPGs on consoles)
- King's Bounty (Thank God I bought a copy of this a few years ago...Not a JRPG, but included if for the same reasons as M&M2)
- Phantasy Star 1 (yes, this was a SMS game, but I'll include it...Played it via Emu a few years back)
- Phantasy Star 2
- Phantasy Star 3
- Phantasy Star 4
- Shining Force 1 (emu)
- Shining Force 2 (emu)
- Shining in the Darkness
- Sword of Vermillion (emu)
- Lunar: Silver Star Story (Sega CD. Awesome game).
Gameboy:
- Final Fantasy Adventure
- Final Fantasy II
- Final Fantasy III
- Pokemon G/B
Super Nintendo:
- 7th Saga (gotta add to my 'own' list. Darn difficult and never beat it....Kept dying on one of the other PC's that had a rune :-\)
- Arcana
- Actraiser 1
- Actraiser 2 (would either count?)
- Bahaumut Lagoon (emu. Never launched in NA)
- Brainlord (emu)
- Breath of Fire 1
- Breath of Fire 2
- Chrono Trigger
- Dragon View (emu. Never realized a Drakken sequel made it to the SNES)
- Drakken
- Earthbound
- Final Fantasy IV (II in US)
- Final Fantasy V (emu...Never launched in the US, sadly)
- Final Fantasy VI
- Final Fantasy Mystic Quest (I enjoyed it a lot more than what people bashed it of)
- Gemfire
- Illusion of Gaia
- Live a Live (Emu)
- Lufia 1
- Lufia 2 (emu. Sadly enough, I couldn't buy it when it came out in the US...Despite owning the predicessor)
- Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen
- RoboTrek
- Secret of Evermore
- Secret of Mana (I want to take back the Eternal Sonata Co-Op quote you gave me...SoM was better on co-op. I bought one of those darned 4 player controller ports just for SoM)
- Secret of the Stars (one of the few Tecmo JRPGs I can remember playing)
- Seiken Densetsu 3/Secret of Mana 2 (Emu...Never came to USA)
- Shadowrun (Emu)
- Shin Megami Tensei/Digital Devil Story 1 (Emu)
- Shin Megami Tensei/Digital Devil Story 2 (Emu)
- Super Mario RPG (I didn't add this to my collection...Oddly enough...I do own it).
- Star Ocean (emu. Never launched in NA)
- Soulblazer
- Tales of Phantasia (emu. Never launched in NA)
- Terranigma (emu. Never launched in NA)
- Wonders from Ys 3 (I think that was it? Very difficult game...Never actually beat it legally..Had to use a game genie)
Nintendo 64:
- Quest 64 (ugh. Horrible)
- Ogre Battle 64
Playstation 1:
- Alundra
- Final Fantasy VII
- Final Fantasy VIII
- Final Fantasy Tactics
- Vandal Hearts
- Xenogears
- Wild Arms 1 & 2
Playstation 2:
- Dragon Quest VIII
- Final Fantasy XII
- Kingdom Hearts 1
- Kingdom Hearts 2
- Tales of Legendia
Xbox 360:
- Blue Dragon
- Enchanted Arms
- Eternal Sonata
- Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom
- Lost Odyssey
- Phantasy Star Universe
- Tales of Vesperia
- The Last Remnant
Nintendo DS:
- Dragon Quest IV
- Final Fantasy III
.. Thats the near-complete list. Unless otherwise noted, the games without (emu) beside them were played on the original hardware. There are a few games such as 7th Saga missing from my 'games owned' list that I do indeed own....And I'm sure I am forgetting a few games that may not be considered, or are Western (such as the Xbox RPGs, and X360 RPGs. I did include some of the older Genny titles I played a lot like the EA ones). Also, there are a few others thats' names evade me that I played that may be considered RPGs, but I can't find definitive answers on which ones they are (some older SNES ones).
I think that part of the reason I've been a JRPG snob as of late is that it's my reaction to the bashing of X360 JRPGs. Maybe I'm in the minority, but I enjoy JRPGs regardless of quality....It's always been my favorite genre, and I've played more RPGs than any other genre (I own quite a few PC RPGs as well that I didn't bother listing, FYI). I feel that most of the JRPG bashing is rather dumb, because you can find incredible joy in titles that aren't always the best reviewed. I don't remember people singing the praises of Chrono Trigger or Super Mario RPG until well after they released, and people revisited them and thought they were incredible. I'd say that I enjoyed 90-95% of the RPGs I've ever played, which may skew my view. Now, that's not to say I don't have a Top-10 or Top-20 list that'd almost entirely exclude modern JRPGs, but that's my opinion...And we're all free to have that, aren't we? :)
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.
