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Title: Summer RPG playthrough
Post by: Rman on June 04, 2010, 02:09:02 PM
I wanted to know if any of you guys are interested in doing a collective RPG playthrough, similar to the "GAF Plays" threads on NeoGAF.  I thought this would be a good time since summer is more conducive to actually finishing a RPG. I'm game to any, western, JRPGs, SRPGs.

These are some of the most recent ones that I haven't played or finished.

Multi:
Star Ocean 4
The Last Remnant
Dragon Age
ME 1/2
Fallout 3

PS3:
Demon's Souls
Valkyria Chronicles

360:
ME 1/2
Lost Odyssey

DS:
Strange Journey

PSP
I can't think of any right now.

Wii:
Ditto

I'm open to any recommendations. 
Title: Re: Summer RPG playthrough
Post by: Bebpo on June 04, 2010, 02:23:07 PM
I've been doing Year of RPG playthrough

Jan - KH BBS, Tales of Graces
Feb - DQVIr
March - Classic Dungeon
April - Zettai Hero
May - Resonance of Fate
June - Alpha Protocol, Valkyria Chronicles, SRW OG Saga Lord of Elemental

My rpg goals for the rest of the year:

PC:
-Last Remnant
-KoTOR2 w/restoration mod
-The Witcher
-Mass Effect 2
-Fallout New Vegas

PSP:
-The Last Ranker
-Tales of Phantasia X Narikiri Dungeon

PS2:
-Tales of DestinyR DC
Title: Re: Summer RPG playthrough
Post by: Don Flamenco on June 04, 2010, 02:32:39 PM
I'm gonna play Persona 3 Portable whenever it comes out.  Otherwise, I'm pretty caught up on RPGs I'd like to play...
Title: Re: Summer RPG playthrough
Post by: archie4208 on June 04, 2010, 02:33:33 PM
I'm in the middle of Chapter 3 of The Witcher, so I am making some progress on my RPG backlog.  :-\
Title: Re: Summer RPG playthrough
Post by: Mr. Gundam on June 04, 2010, 02:40:24 PM
I'm going to play through Resonance of Fate, Star Ocean 4 (about half-way through it right now) and Ryu Ga Gotoku 4 over the summer, if anyone is interested.
Title: Re: Summer RPG playthrough
Post by: Beezy on June 04, 2010, 02:54:29 PM
I can do Blue Dragon, Last Remnant and Strange Journey since I started them and never finished. I should also be getting Resonance of Fate from gamefly soon.
Title: Re: Summer RPG playthrough
Post by: Mr. Gundam on June 04, 2010, 02:59:05 PM
Quote from: Jinfash Akbar on June 04, 2010, 02:53:45 PM
How's SO4, distant? I have it right here, still sealed. Thinking about trading it for now.

Trade it in and pick it up when it's cheap.
Title: Re: Summer RPG playthrough
Post by: Junpei the Tracer! on June 04, 2010, 03:05:08 PM
I can do a handful of those games. I'm like 5 hours into Blue Dragon.

Title: Re: Summer RPG playthrough
Post by: tiesto on June 04, 2010, 03:14:40 PM
Currently playing Resonance of Fate and Bowser's Inside Story, pretty far into both. I absolutely LOVE Resonance, Bowser's Inside Story is OK, but combat drags on faaaar too much and the game gets a bit too minigamey/gimmicky at points.

some RPGs I'm planning on playing through the remainder of this year:

-Muramasa: The Demon Blade
-DQ Swords (not really an RPG)
-Rudra's Treasure
-Ys IV: Mask of the Sun
-Fable 2
-3D Dot Game Heroes
-The Witcher
-Digital Devil Saga 2
-Radiata Stories
-Growlanser 2 and 3
-Fallout 1 and 2
-Vagrant Story
-Wild Arms 4
-Planescape Torment
-Persona 3 FES

And of course I will be dropping everything for DQ9 when that comes out.
Title: Re: Summer RPG playthrough
Post by: Bebpo on June 04, 2010, 03:23:21 PM
tiesto, you should check out Alpha Protocol.  Knowing your taste in jrpgs and wrpgs I think you'd like it.
Title: Re: Summer RPG playthrough
Post by: demi on June 04, 2010, 03:25:59 PM
I'd do one sure. I finished most of the 360 games and the only console I would even remotely consider playing is DS. Nobody plays Wii or PC games... get real
Title: Re: Summer RPG playthrough
Post by: Junpei the Tracer! on June 04, 2010, 03:27:47 PM
Quote from: tiesto on June 04, 2010, 03:14:40 PM
-Muramasa: The Demon Blade

lol this isn't a rpg. it's a good game though.
Title: Re: Summer RPG playthrough
Post by: demi on June 04, 2010, 03:28:25 PM
When I get a triple I would also consider that option
Title: Re: Summer RPG playthrough
Post by: tiesto on June 04, 2010, 03:59:47 PM
Quote from: Bebpo on June 04, 2010, 03:23:21 PM
tiesto, you should check out Alpha Protocol.  Knowing your taste in jrpgs and wrpgs I think you'd like it.

Actually I was just looking over the GAF |OT| (tm) for the game, was surprised to see many big names from the Japanese side of things post in there (duckroll, Aeana, you, Cep, Llyranor or whatever his name is)... not a big fan of stealth, awkward combat systems, or really unpolished games, so that has me a bit worried.

But, it's SEGA... and I tend to absolutely love the RPGs they publish.
Title: Re: Summer RPG playthrough
Post by: Rman on June 04, 2010, 05:05:05 PM
Quote from: tiesto on June 04, 2010, 03:59:47 PM
Quote from: Bebpo on June 04, 2010, 03:23:21 PM
tiesto, you should check out Alpha Protocol.  Knowing your taste in jrpgs and wrpgs I think you'd like it.

Actually I was just looking over the GAF |OT| (tm) for the game, was surprised to see many big names from the Japanese side of things post in there (duckroll, Aeana, you, Cep, Llyranor or whatever his name is)... not a big fan of stealth, awkward combat systems, or really unpolished games, so that has me a bit worried.

But, it's SEGA... and I tend to absolutely love the RPGs they publish.
Tiesto, are you gonna play the PS2 version of P3FES?  Or are you just gonna wait for the PSP game?
Title: Re: Summer RPG playthrough
Post by: demi on June 04, 2010, 05:18:29 PM
Divinity 2 is $20 at GS. We are all gonna do that
Title: Re: Summer RPG playthrough
Post by: archie4208 on June 04, 2010, 05:33:33 PM
The Witcher is awesome, but oh man it has that 'janky Euro RPG' feel to it.  As an example
spoiler (click to show/hide)
some elves and dwarves were trying to rob a bank, and I told the human sidekick that I would negotiate.  He got pissed at me and left, but the elves and dwarves attacked me anyway then the human came back and told me I did a great job.  ???
[close]

Quote from: demi on June 04, 2010, 05:18:29 PM
Divinity 2 is $20 at GS. We are all gonna do that

Does that apply to the PC version?
Title: Re: Summer RPG playthrough
Post by: demi on June 04, 2010, 05:36:07 PM
Sure if you want. I just want more of a reason to go out and buy it today rather than tomorrow

The sale? No, only the trey nasty
Title: Re: Summer RPG playthrough
Post by: drew on June 04, 2010, 06:03:32 PM
i can barely find the time to play fluff videogames like forza or crackdown during the summer 8) :pimp
Title: Re: Summer RPG playthrough
Post by: iconoclast on June 04, 2010, 09:18:18 PM
As for RPGs I'd like to finish in the immediate future, I've got:

Nier
Magna Carta 2
Disgaea 3
Spectral Force 3
Devil Summoner 2

I'm almost done with Resonance of Fate, and then from there I'm going to start up Nier. I've been meaning to replay Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon, and Tales of Vesperia for ages too.
Title: Re: Summer RPG playthrough
Post by: Mr. Gundam on June 05, 2010, 03:21:30 PM
I'd do a Nier playthrough if I can find it cheap.
Title: Re: Summer RPG playthrough
Post by: Ichirou on June 06, 2010, 01:00:45 AM
I finished Dragon Age yesterday and I restarted it as an evil city elf rogue.  It's awesome talking about how much I hate humans.  Alistair (a fellow grey warden) keeps reprimanding me for randomly killing people. :lol
Title: Re: Summer RPG playthrough
Post by: archie4208 on June 06, 2010, 08:16:45 AM
I came across an awesome quest in The Witcher that shows how awesome its moral system is.

spoiler (click to show/hide)
A knight's sister was missing and I was investigating her whereabouts.  Come to find out, she joined a brothel.  The brothel is actually ran by vampires, who witchers are supposed to destroy.  The knight thinks she was brainwashed, but his sister and the vampire leader say that she came out of her own choice.  I end up killing the knight because he is pissed that I sided with the vampires.  I also got some vampire sex out of it!
[close]

I love that there was no clear 'good' or 'bad' response to that quest.
Title: Re: Summer RPG playthrough
Post by: Junpei the Tracer! on June 06, 2010, 01:10:33 PM
i like how no one brought up FF13.
Title: Re: Summer RPG playthrough
Post by: demi on June 06, 2010, 01:26:18 PM
Cause we all played it?
Title: Re: Summer RPG playthrough
Post by: Mr. Gundam on June 06, 2010, 01:28:06 PM
Quote from: Junpei the Tracer! on June 06, 2010, 01:10:33 PM
i like how no one brought up FF13.

We all finished it already.
Title: Re: Summer RPG playthrough
Post by: Bebpo on June 06, 2010, 01:29:00 PM
and the people who haven't have no interest in ever playing it.
Title: Re: Summer RPG playthrough
Post by: Junpei the Tracer! on June 06, 2010, 01:46:14 PM
Oh.
Title: Re: Summer RPG playthrough
Post by: Madrun Badrun on June 06, 2010, 02:29:54 PM
Quote from: Bebpo on June 04, 2010, 02:23:07 PM
I've been doing Year of RPG playthrough

Jan - KH BBS, Tales of Graces
Feb - DQVIr
March - Classic Dungeon
April - Zettai Hero
May - Resonance of Fate
June - Alpha Protocol, Valkyria Chronicles, SRW OG Saga Lord of Elemental

My rpg goals for the rest of the year:

PC:
-Last Remnant
-KoTOR2 w/restoration mod
-The Witcher
-Mass Effect 2
-Fallout New Vegas

PSP:
-The Last Ranker
-Tales of Phantasia X Narikiri Dungeon

PS2:
-Tales of DestinyR DC

aren't you a law student?  how do you have time for all this?
Title: Re: Summer RPG playthrough
Post by: Bebpo on June 06, 2010, 03:34:50 PM
rpgs are how I relax at night when I'm done with work :)
I'd say full time law school takes up about 40-50 hours a week and I get in about 20-30 hours of gaming a week on top of that.
Title: Re: Summer RPG playthrough
Post by: Tucah on June 06, 2010, 06:11:06 PM
Right now I have these in my backlog:

Nier
Demon's Souls
FFXIII

I will probably never finish FFXIII, I think 20 hours of that was enough.

Might buy Dragon Age at some point, always been interested and need a WRPG to get away from the JRPGs.

I have way too many games in my backlog though, fuck my irrational buying habits.