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Could any suggest some good RPG games to me please. I usually stick to the final fantasy games but after playing persona 3 and 4, I want to broaden my RPG horizon abit Suggestion?

2013-04-10 11:57:00 Author: Ash_uk1 Posts: 255

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Dark Souls, if you don't mind dying a few hundred times, a few minutes after you create a character. Edit: Ah yeah it isn't, must've been thinking of something else entirely, my bad!

2013-04-10 13:37:00 Author: Ironface Posts: 432

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^ dark souls isn't on VITA? I believe valkyria chronicles 2 is on the psn cheap available for vita, but bear in mind it was first made for psp so the graphics aren't great. also if story is your thing then maybe you won't be too keen, it's kinda harry potter with guns and the twists are rather predictable. gameplay on the other hand is incredibly strategical and 100% unique to the valkyria series. essentially it's a turn based strategy/ third person shooter with some loot hunting thrown in too, it may be worth checking out a video online somewhere as it's hard to put into words exactly how it is played. the game got great reviews too, 9.0 or 9.5 from ign i believe.

2013-04-10 16:07:00 Author: Smudge228 Posts: 533

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Yeah I've heard of valkyria chronicles 2. Do I need to have played the first one? Growlanser wayfarer of time any good? Its made by atlus so it got my attention

2013-04-10 17:14:00 Author: Ash_uk1 Posts: 255

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never heard of Growlanser wayfarer sorry. You don't need to have played the first, no, they're completely seperate stories set in the same universe and the second has a whole new main cast of characters (though a few squad 7 members do make cameo apperances) I'm pretty sure any key info such as the reveal of princess cordilia are explained at the start of the game in a cutscene. basically all you need to know going in is that the princess of the country has revealed she is a darcsen (valkyrias equivalent of jews) and a few racist families aren't best pleased by her ruling of their country, the rest of the story is self contained.

2013-04-10 20:22:00 Author: Smudge228 Posts: 533

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Ok I am getting Valkyrie chronicles 2 And after watching some gameplay of growlanser I've got that too Thanks

2013-04-10 21:13:00 Author: Ash_uk1 Posts: 255

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Don't have a Vita myself, but I do scroll the Playstation Store every now and then to see what some classics have been released and I do have some recommendations that I do believe are Vita-compatable. Seeing as you already have history with Final Fantasy games, I'll avoid evaluating any of those (though I would recommend VI and Tactics just as well) and as for non-FF RPGs... Breath of Fire IV: Made at the tail-end of the PS1's lifecycle, many would argue it's the best game in the franchise. I'm personally torn between it and 3, but then again 3 isn't available on the store and 4 does have a number of advantages over it. The story is probably the best in the franchise with strong (but not overwhelmingly so) political intrigues, down-to-earth and at times downright disturbing examinations of the human condition and a unique dual narrative structure. The combat system is definately the best, featuring innovations such as freely swapping party members and combination attacks that most other turn-based rpgs would hold off until the next generation. It also features many of the BoF franchises' signature gameplay features such as freely adopting enemy attacks, the master-apprentice system, fishing, the fairy village and the trademark dragon transformations. Also, don't let the fact that this is the fourth game in the franchise intimidate you; while the first three games had a strong sense of continuity, IV works perfectly fine as a standalone game and story and you are required to know nothing about the previous installments (it's actually very questionable whether or not it is even in the same continuity as them at all). My only major complaints are that for all the game has above most RPGs of it's time, it also lacks some of the more minor features that many had that you kind of take for granted. There isn't a whole lot of customization as far as equipment is concerned, and you traverse between different areas/towns/dungeons mostly by way of selecting different points on a large world map rather than having an actual overworld map/world to traverse. Also, having high scores on minigames is vitally important if you want to evolve your dragon transformations, though this is stated nowhere. Parasite Eve: Made in the PS1's early days and very loosely adapted from the Japanese horror novels of the same name and the first in a trilogy, it's generally regarded as the best as well (with the second being more Resident Evil then Action RPG and the third...I'm not going to spare many words). While made by Squaresoft, it was drastically different from most of the company's other rpgs at the time, having a unique turn-based/real-time hybrid combat system, taking place in the modern day (incidently, you also use guns instead of medieval era weaponry), and having very strong female characters serve as both the main protagonist and main antagonist. Aya Brea is arguably the best female protagonist Square, and by extension, Square-Enix has ever produced, being highly competant but humanized and sympathetic while virtually never portrayed in a way that reeked of cheap fanservice (though in that regard, you may want to avoid artwork for the game, and this is another way the second game falls short and a huge reason to avoid the third game, it's just utterly gratuitous). The aforementioned turn-based/real-time hybrid combat system also made this game a cut above many of its contemporaries in the genre with heavy emphasis on movement, timing and positioning adding extra complexity and excitement to a genre where success in combat usually boiled down to resource management and damage output. There is also a fairly robust customization system that allows you to upgrade your guns and armor, which adds an extra degree of resource management but also gives you the option to tweek your equipment in potentially completely ridiculous ways. My only major criticisms is that while characters are rendered as polygonal models you often have to interact with parts of the pre-rendered environment and it can be difficult to determine exactly what you can and/or must interact with at times; also, the "science" in the story is nothing more and nothing less than completely and utterly ridiculous yet several long expository monologues are dedicated to it.

2013-04-10 22:37:00 Author: Dapiek Absaroka Posts: 512

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I'd agree BoF 4 is a great game, but I'm pretty sure it's not available on EU psn at the moment? If it is then that was (alongside spyro 1-3) my favourite game as a child, and it's probably still in my top 5, the combat is one of the most refined traditional styles and the sprites are easy to relate to as characters. also, it's one of few games I cried at

2013-04-11 15:39:00 Author: Smudge228 Posts: 533

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Thanks for the suggustions Dapiek-Absaroka. They aren't on the EU pan. I've been waiting for parasite Eve 1 for ages along with chrono trigger and chrono cross. BOF 3 fo PSP mite get that anyone know if gungnir is any good? Loved FFT, I think it is also an srpg

2013-04-11 18:29:00 Author: Ash_uk1 Posts: 255

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Huh, just checked out a list of PSOne Classics available on Wikipedia and I'm surprised how many fewer titles the EU psn has compared to the NA one (then again, the JP psn dwarfs both). But anyway, yes it would seem you can get BoF III on the Vita via psp reverse compatability and again it is one of the best in the franchise. Gameplay and story-wise it definately feels like a step backwards at times though both aspects of the game have its own unique flavor. In regards to gameplay, while combination attacks and member swapping mid-battle are non-existant just about everything else that applies to 4 is present and the series' signature dragon transformation system is at its most diverse and robust in 3. In regards to the storyline, it actually feels somewhat shallow and barebones at times but there is something that I have come to appreciate well after I beat the game so long ago. Unlike just about every rpg of its time, or indeed most any rpg period, the world the game takes place in ... doesn't need saving. While there is danger and immorality present in the setting, there are no evil gods, despotic overlords or even any major civil conflicts present in the world and this is all very deliberate. Compared to previous installments of the series and the preceding one, BoF III is not a story about saving the world from the forces of evil or imminent destruction, its a story about the main character coming of age, finding one's place in the world and self-discovery of the cast as a whole. In regards to flaws, again at times the plot feels bare and as a result seems like it has no real sense of direction and in terms of gameplay a major problem is that the party members are very imbalanced in terms of utility. Every BoF game has a character named Ryu as the main character who is naturally usually one of the best given their role as the protagonist but this Ryu, if you play your cards moderately well, can become an incredibly overpowered (though to be fair, it is actually perfectly justifiable in regards to the story); meanwhile, your primary spellcaster and your (in theory) heavy hitter can quite easily be reduced to near obsolesence.

2013-04-12 00:32:00 Author: Dapiek Absaroka Posts: 512

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Ok I got BOF3 gonna complete the other two first then ill start it Thanks for the replies/recommendations

2013-04-13 14:10:00 Author: Ash_uk1 Posts: 255

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