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GamingChartzFTW on 30 March 2009


After jrpgs went 3D, I've had a hard time immersing myself into the new 3D Manga/Anime-ish protagonists. When I play Fallout 3, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion etc, I always create a character that I deem suitable for the 'game's mood' and the ingame 'environment'.

I'm sure I'm not the only one who want to be able to do that in a jrpg, so if you know about such a game, then please inform us all. I wanna play 'flexible' jrpgs.


Chrono Trigger & Secret of Mana 4 Ever :D

Edit:

I'm thinking of 'Custom Face Creation' etc.

 

 



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Rei on 30 March 2009

White Knight Story allows you to create a character which silently follows the main hero throughout the whole game and plays no role in the story. Dragon Quest IX(DS) and Demon's Soul(PS3) I think allow you to create your hero also.

  



griffinA on 30 March 2009

Valhalla knights lets you choose between 5 races and 4 classes...is that what you meant?



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GamingChartzFTW on 30 March 2009

I was thinking of Custom Face Creation etc.



emilie autumn on 30 March 2009

JRPs usually have CG cutscenes or anime cutscenes so creating your own character and then having someone else show up in the cutscense wouldn't feel that good.



 

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Oniichan on 30 March 2009

WKC and Demons Souls has custom face creation. Those are the only current gen games that have a face creation similar to Oblivion.

WKC doesnt stop at the face as you can customise the body as well. While Demons Souls is only customising the face.



GamingChartzFTW on 30 March 2009

Great! Oniichan

I'm reading about it right now.

 

Why won't japanese developers cater more to us western gamers. JRPGs have a huge potential!



Oniichan on 30 March 2009

If your planning on getting Demons Souls then buy the Asia version as it has full english support. Japanese version has only english speech.

Its a game that caters to the western world as its very much like Kings Field. Its also quite a hard game to finish (well until you figure out the bosses attack patterns). It also has online play which is a big part of beating most bosses faster.



GamingChartzFTW on 30 March 2009

OK thanks ^-^



piggychan on 30 March 2009

phantasy star universe and phantasy star online lets you design your characters