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Johann on 20 March 2009
chris1_16 said:
Johann said:
Well, most JRPG fans I know agree that the best JRPGs are in the past generations. So if you're not willing to go back, even if you do get into this genre (and by looking at your game collection, I doubt you will), you won't be experiencing the true gems it has to offer.

How far back should I go?

At least 2 gens. 3 would be asking too much I think.

@Khuutra: I know I'm coming off a little judgemental and xenophobic, but wouldn't you agree that most gems of the genre are at past gens?

 



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chris1_16 on 20 March 2009
Khuutra said:
chris1_16 said:
Khuutra said:
chris1_16 said:
Khuutra said:

All right, definitely look into Lost Odyssey, or maybe Blue Dragon. Do you like anime?

 anime? I don't hate but I don't like it

Eh, it's not very important.

Yeah, from what I've seen I recommend Lost Odyssey. I have a copy myself but haven't really gotten a chance to jump in headfirst yet.

 Eh, saw some gameplay and thought it looked stupid but I'll give it a shot. How's the story. Emotional?

It's about a guy sentenced to live for a thousand years, so he can't die and has to watch the world change around him while losing all the people he loves.

I hear tell it's pretty emotional.

What looked stupid about it? If it was the gameplay, you might want to try Final Fantasy Tactics on the PSP. That's more strategy style.

That's pretty screwed up. I meant like the enemies and music

 



 

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Khuutra on 20 March 2009
Johann said:
chris1_16 said:
Johann said:
Well, most JRPG fans I know agree that the best JRPGs are in the past generations. So if you're not willing to go back, even if you do get into this genre (and by looking at your game collection, I doubt you will), you won't be experiencing the true gems it has to offer.

How far back should I go?

At least 2 gens. 3 would be asking too much I think.

@Khuutra: I know I'm coming off a little judgemental and xenophobic, but qouldn't you agree that most gems of the genre are at past gens?

....Yeah, I guess so. Fair point, and conceded.

chris1_16 said:

That's pretty screwed up. I meant like the enemies and music

Oh. If that's the case, this genre may not really be for you.

Maybe g-value is right. Look into Tales of Vesperia.



chris1_16 on 20 March 2009
g-value said:
@ chris1_16

Here is some gameplay from Tales of Vesperia



This game is amazing. If you want to know how i feel about this game read my sig.

Nice gameplay. The combat system looks pretty cool.

"We eat guys like that for breakfast"

That was badass lol

Read your sig, what's so deep about the game?

 



 

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chris1_16 on 20 March 2009
Khuutra said:
Johann said:
chris1_16 said:
Johann said:
Well, most JRPG fans I know agree that the best JRPGs are in the past generations. So if you're not willing to go back, even if you do get into this genre (and by looking at your game collection, I doubt you will), you won't be experiencing the true gems it has to offer.

How far back should I go?

At least 2 gens. 3 would be asking too much I think.

@Khuutra: I know I'm coming off a little judgemental and xenophobic, but qouldn't you agree that most gems of the genre are at past gens?

....Yeah, I guess so. Fair point, and conceded.

chris1_16 said:

That's pretty screwed up. I meant like the enemies and music

Oh. If that's the case, this genre may not really be for you.

Maybe g-value is right. Look into Tales of Vesperia.

Well, as long as there are actual enemies (instead of little creatures throughout the whole game) and the story hits me emotionally, I might like it

 



 

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g-value on 20 March 2009
chris1_16 said:
g-value said:
@ chris1_16

Here is some gameplay from Tales of Vesperia



This game is amazing. If you want to know how i feel about this game read my sig.

Nice gameplay. The combat system looks pretty cool.

"We eat guys like that for breakfast"

That was badass lol

Read your sig, what's so deep about the game?

 

The storyline is very deep and mature and deals with real issues that one can really relate to. The characters are among one of the best cast you will ever see in a jrpg with Yuri Lowell (The man that said that breakfast line) being one of the best main characters in rpg history. As you can see the battle system is freaking awesome and is so addicting it like a drug.

 



memory2zack on 20 March 2009

Play Chrono Trigger on a SNES emulator on you PC. It´s not cliched, with freedom, not convoluted story. It also has a nice pacing between gameplay, cutscenes. Once you play that and like it you could move to more "stereotypical" JRPGs. I don´t recommend you FF1-5 to start with since they are a loop of fighting-cutscene-buy new equip-net dungeon. Same thing with DQ, it´s traditional battle system is generally seen as old nowadays. FF6 on the other hand is good for starters.

I don´t recommend you any JRPG considering the consoles you have. ToV, LO, TLR are not good for starters. SO4 would be the only JRPG you could try, though it´s a bit anime-style, doesn´t have the freedom the first 2 in the series had and is slightly cliched. Though it does have many optional stuff to do, much more than just extra dungeons.



g-value on 20 March 2009
memory2zack said:
Play Chrono Trigger on a SNES emulator on you PC. It´s not cliched, with freedom, not convoluted story. It also has a nice pacing between gameplay, cutscenes. Once you play that and like it you could move to more "stereotypical" JRPGs. I don´t recommend you FF1-5 to start with since they are a loop of fighting-cutscene-buy new equip-net dungeon. Same thing with DQ, it´s traditional battle system is generally seen as old nowadays. FF6 on the other hand is good for starters.

I don´t recommend you any JRPG considering the consoles you have. ToV, LO, TLR are not good for starters. SO4 would be the only JRPG you could try, though it´s a bit anime-style, doesn´t have the freedom the first 2 in the series had and is slightly cliched. Though it does have many optional stuff to do, much more than just extra dungeons.

 

What are you talking about? ToV is a great way to start getting into the jrpg genre because of its battle system. SO4 seems like a great way to get into the jrpg genre as well though. You should just get both and see where that gets you.



chris1_16 on 20 March 2009
g-value said:
memory2zack said:
Play Chrono Trigger on a SNES emulator on you PC. It´s not cliched, with freedom, not convoluted story. It also has a nice pacing between gameplay, cutscenes. Once you play that and like it you could move to more "stereotypical" JRPGs. I don´t recommend you FF1-5 to start with since they are a loop of fighting-cutscene-buy new equip-net dungeon. Same thing with DQ, it´s traditional battle system is generally seen as old nowadays. FF6 on the other hand is good for starters.

I don´t recommend you any JRPG considering the consoles you have. ToV, LO, TLR are not good for starters. SO4 would be the only JRPG you could try, though it´s a bit anime-style, doesn´t have the freedom the first 2 in the series had and is slightly cliched. Though it does have many optional stuff to do, much more than just extra dungeons.

 

What are you talking about? ToV is a great way to start getting into the jrpg genre because of its battle system. SO4 seems like a great way to get into the jrpg genre as well though. You should just get both and see where that gets you.

I think I'm going with ToV because the battle system seems bad ass and the story is emotional (I guess)

 



 

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Khuutra on 20 March 2009
chris1_16 said:
g-value said:
memory2zack said:
Play Chrono Trigger on a SNES emulator on you PC. It´s not cliched, with freedom, not convoluted story. It also has a nice pacing between gameplay, cutscenes. Once you play that and like it you could move to more "stereotypical" JRPGs. I don´t recommend you FF1-5 to start with since they are a loop of fighting-cutscene-buy new equip-net dungeon. Same thing with DQ, it´s traditional battle system is generally seen as old nowadays. FF6 on the other hand is good for starters.

I don´t recommend you any JRPG considering the consoles you have. ToV, LO, TLR are not good for starters. SO4 would be the only JRPG you could try, though it´s a bit anime-style, doesn´t have the freedom the first 2 in the series had and is slightly cliched. Though it does have many optional stuff to do, much more than just extra dungeons.

What are you talking about? ToV is a great way to start getting into the jrpg genre because of its battle system. SO4 seems like a great way to get into the jrpg genre as well though. You should just get both and see where that gets you.

I think I'm going with ToV because the battle system seems bad ass and the story is emotional (I guess)

If you end up liking it, make another topic. You'll get recommended a lot (lot) of Tales games at that point, but it will at least mean you lke JRPG combat and storytelling enough to start getting into the heavy stuff.