THE BORE

General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: SantaC on June 06, 2015, 03:32:23 PM

Title: Need a new Jrpg to play
Post by: SantaC on June 06, 2015, 03:32:23 PM
I am really bored and need a new jrpg to play. These are the jrpgs that I have finished:


Final Fantasy III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, X-2, XII, XIII, XIII-2, XIII-3
Tales of Symphonia
Tales of the Abyss
Tales of Phantasia
Tales of Symphonia I &2
Tales of Legendia
Tales of Xillia 1 & 2
Tales of Vesperia
Tales of Graces F
Tales of Innocence
Persona 3 & 4
Chrono Trigger
Secret of Mana
Sword of Mana
Ys 1
Golden Sun 1,2 & 3
Skies of Arcadia Legends
Blue Dragon
Lost Odyssey
Ni No Kuni
Last Remnant
Baten Kaitos 1 & 2
Star Ocean 3 & 4
Dragon Quest VIII and DQ9
Xenoblade
Demon Souls
Dark Souls 1&2
Bloodborne
Paper Mario games
Bunch of Pokemon games
A bunch of games I forgot to list.

I started Type-0 but it was shit, so i am not going to bother with that one.

Not a jrpg, but I am wondering if the Witcher 3 is worth buying? Not a fan of (eastern) euro jank tbh.
Title: Re: Need a new Jrpg to play
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on June 06, 2015, 03:39:11 PM
Dont see Parasite Eve there

That was good
Title: Re: Need a new Jrpg to play
Post by: archnemesis on June 06, 2015, 04:02:59 PM
Atelier series
Dragon Quest 4-6
Etrian Odyssey
Infinite Space
Koudelka and the Shadow Hearts series
Radiant Historia
Shin Megami Tensei 3/4, Digital Devil Saga, Devil Survivor
Suikoden series
Vagrant Story
Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land
Ys Origins

There are plenty of other popular series you could try. Take a look at NeoGAF's list of essential RPGs (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=951760) if you need more suggestions.
Title: Re: Need a new Jrpg to play
Post by: archie4208 on June 06, 2015, 04:31:11 PM
Nocturne
Title: Re: Need a new Jrpg to play
Post by: Cheddahz on June 06, 2015, 04:50:33 PM
Star Ocean II
Vagrant Story
Threads of Fate
and it's not really an RPG (more of an action RPG), but I recommend Steambot Chronicles
Title: Re: Need a new Jrpg to play
Post by: SantaC on June 06, 2015, 05:35:31 PM
thanks guys. I'd like to play Tales of Hearts, but I dont have a vita :/
Title: Re: Need a new Jrpg to play
Post by: Positive Touch on June 06, 2015, 08:15:14 PM
play some old Dragon Quest or Phantasy Star
Title: Re: Need a new Jrpg to play
Post by: demi on June 06, 2015, 08:57:50 PM
Trails in the Sky
Title: Re: Need a new Jrpg to play
Post by: doctavius bonbon on June 06, 2015, 10:01:39 PM
Trails in the Sky
Title: Re: Need a new Jrpg to play
Post by: Joe Molotov on June 06, 2015, 11:03:14 PM
Trails in the Sky
Title: Re: Need a new Jrpg to play
Post by: Himu on June 06, 2015, 11:15:07 PM
Suikoden series (highlights: 2, 3,5)
Ys series (get Felghana)
Tactics Ogre LUCT
Phantasy Star IV
Dragon Quest series (highlights: 3-5, 7)
Shin Megami Tensei series (highlights: 2 - 4)
Digital Devil Saga 1+2
Persona 2 IS+IP
Dark Cloud series
Brave Fencer Musashi
Front Mission 3
Live A Live
Chronic Cross
Lufia II
Terranigma
Vagrant Story
Xenogears
Valkyrie Profile 1 and 2
Mother 3

Pick and choose. All classics.
Title: Re: Need a new Jrpg to play
Post by: qq more on June 07, 2015, 02:42:08 AM
I haven't played a lot of JRPGs but Dragon Quest 4 and 5 were pretty amazing. Dragon Quest 7 (PS1) was pretty interesting and super long, I liked what I've played of that one.

Earthbound, although flawed mechanically, is another game I would recommend. The quirky world and clever dialog is what makes it worth playing for sure. I've heard greater things about Mother 3 though!
Title: Re: Need a new Jrpg to play
Post by: Yulwei on June 07, 2015, 02:46:57 AM
Fourth'ing Vagrant Story
Title: Re: Need a new Jrpg to play
Post by: tiesto on June 07, 2015, 08:32:39 AM
Shadow Hearts, Terranigma, Wild Arms series, Soul Hackers, Emerald Dragon, Energy Breaker
Title: Re: Need a new Jrpg to play
Post by: D3RANG3D on June 07, 2015, 08:57:14 AM
Resonance of Fate
Title: Re: Need a new Jrpg to play
Post by: SantaC on June 07, 2015, 09:47:18 AM
Isnt dq7 Japan only?
Title: Re: Need a new Jrpg to play
Post by: Rufus on June 07, 2015, 09:50:14 AM
The 3DS version, yeah, but the PS version was released in the US too.
Title: Re: Need a new Jrpg to play
Post by: archnemesis on June 07, 2015, 09:50:49 AM
Isnt dq7 Japan only?
Only the 3DS version. The PS1 version was released in North America.
Title: Re: Need a new Jrpg to play
Post by: SantaC on June 07, 2015, 10:06:54 AM
Isnt dq7 Japan only?
Only the 3DS version. The PS1 version was released in North America.

I see. Looks extremely dated though. Worth it?
Title: Re: Need a new Jrpg to play
Post by: Positive Touch on June 07, 2015, 10:08:20 AM
yes absolutely. it's fun as fuck and is a gigantic game.
Title: Re: Need a new Jrpg to play
Post by: Himu on June 07, 2015, 10:15:50 AM
DQ7 is more than worth it.

It contains:

- Excellent difficult balance
- Excellent stories and vignettes, perhaps the best the series has to offer
- Is in many ways a continuation of what Horii originally started with Chrono Trigger - he was the original planner and came up with the concept. You could in fact call it a full on spiritual successor given the Toriyama art and Horii involvement due to its incredible use of time travel
- Incredible music
- Incredible battle animations despite the rest of the game looking pretty muddy by today and even yesterday's standards

It has pacing issues (it takes 4 or so hours to get into your first battle, but no worse than anything in say, Persona 4 for instance, which I know you're a fan of; on the other hand, it takes quite some time to unlock the class system, at least 25-30 hours). The translation also is quite dated and not the best, but at least it's translated, yeah?

It's more than worth it and an rpg gaming classic. For all intents and purposes, when talking about the virtue of its time traveling story only, and not the pacing or anything like that, DQ7 knocks Chrono Trigger out the park.

Highly suggested if you can get past its flaws.
Title: Re: Need a new Jrpg to play
Post by: archnemesis on June 07, 2015, 10:16:12 AM
I see. Looks extremely dated though. Worth it?
It's good, but also very slow and long. You will likely need more than 100 hours to complete it.

Get 4, 5 or 6 for the NDS instead.
Title: Re: Need a new Jrpg to play
Post by: Himu on June 07, 2015, 10:18:51 AM
3-5 are much better entry points than 7 for sure.

Also, don't buy 4 on ds. 4 mobile is better. ds version in NA and EU is missing a large feature: party talk. mobile version has party talk.
Title: Re: Need a new Jrpg to play
Post by: qq more on June 07, 2015, 11:06:32 AM
3-5 are much better entry points than 7 for sure.

Also, don't buy 4 on ds. 4 mobile is better. ds version in NA and EU is missing a large feature: party talk. mobile version has party talk.
Woah what. Is this on android? I would love to replay DQ4 for the party talk.
Title: Re: Need a new Jrpg to play
Post by: SantaC on June 07, 2015, 11:09:05 AM
DQ7 is more than worth it.

It contains:

- Excellent difficult balance
- Excellent stories and vignettes, perhaps the best the series has to offer
- Is in many ways a continuation of what Horii originally started with Chrono Trigger - he was the original planner and came up with the concept. You could in fact call it a full on spiritual successor given the Toriyama art and Horii involvement due to its incredible use of time travel
- Incredible music
- Incredible battle animations despite the rest of the game looking pretty muddy by today and even yesterday's standards

It has pacing issues (it takes 4 or so hours to get into your first battle, but no worse than anything in say, Persona 4 for instance, which I know you're a fan of; on the other hand, it takes quite some time to unlock the class system, at least 25-30 hours). The translation also is quite dated and not the best, but at least it's translated, yeah?

It's more than worth it and an rpg gaming classic. For all intents and purposes, when talking about the virtue of its time traveling story only, and not the pacing or anything like that, DQ7 knocks Chrono Trigger out the park.

Highly suggested if you can get past its flaws.


Is there any cool weapons, abilities and super attacks in the battle system?
Title: Re: Need a new Jrpg to play
Post by: Positive Touch on June 07, 2015, 11:52:44 AM
there's like 50 different classes, including the ability to transform into various monsters. each has tons of abilities, and there are even cross-class abilities if you level up multiple different jobs. there are tons and tons of different moves.
Title: Re: Need a new Jrpg to play
Post by: Positive Touch on June 07, 2015, 11:53:16 AM
3-5 are much better entry points than 7 for sure.

Also, don't buy 4 on ds. 4 mobile is better. ds version in NA and EU is missing a large feature: party talk. mobile version has party talk.
Woah what. Is this on android? I would love to replay DQ4 for the party talk.

yup available right now for android and ios
Title: Re: Need a new Jrpg to play
Post by: Himu on June 07, 2015, 02:12:07 PM
DQ7 is more than worth it.

It contains:

- Excellent difficult balance
- Excellent stories and vignettes, perhaps the best the series has to offer
- Is in many ways a continuation of what Horii originally started with Chrono Trigger - he was the original planner and came up with the concept. You could in fact call it a full on spiritual successor given the Toriyama art and Horii involvement due to its incredible use of time travel
- Incredible music
- Incredible battle animations despite the rest of the game looking pretty muddy by today and even yesterday's standards

It has pacing issues (it takes 4 or so hours to get into your first battle, but no worse than anything in say, Persona 4 for instance, which I know you're a fan of; on the other hand, it takes quite some time to unlock the class system, at least 25-30 hours). The translation also is quite dated and not the best, but at least it's translated, yeah?

It's more than worth it and an rpg gaming classic. For all intents and purposes, when talking about the virtue of its time traveling story only, and not the pacing or anything like that, DQ7 knocks Chrono Trigger out the park.

Highly suggested if you can get past its flaws.


Is there any cool weapons, abilities and super attacks in the battle system?

it's dq.
Title: Re: Need a new Jrpg to play
Post by: archie4208 on June 07, 2015, 02:17:45 PM
The 3DS version of DQ7 will never come to the west.  :fbm

Maybe SE will bring it to mobile in a few years.
Title: Re: Need a new Jrpg to play
Post by: SantaC on June 07, 2015, 02:26:59 PM
DQ7 it is, thanks guys!

It will probably hold my attention for a few months then.
Title: Re: Need a new Jrpg to play
Post by: tiesto on June 07, 2015, 08:27:24 PM
The 3DS version of DQ7 will never come to the west.  :fbm

Maybe SE will bring it to mobile in a few years.

Thankfully, a fan translation is being worked on.
Title: Re: Need a new Jrpg to play
Post by: Positive Touch on June 07, 2015, 09:06:20 PM
to be completed in 2148