The_Atomik_Punk!
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So I have a shortlist of Console JRPGs I'm considering starting, and I'd like to get the input of the Codex to help direct my choice - all insights are welcome.
So I have a shortlist of Console JRPGs I'm considering starting, and I'd like to get the input of the Codex to help direct my choice - all insights are welcome.
Golden Sun - A puzzle based RPG, I have finished it but it always felt like a chore to me. It was a game which was great for the gameboy advance and it looks like Shining force a bit but play shining force instead.
Only problem with the original game is difficulty. In that there really isn't any. You might lose a battle once or twice, but it will be due to RNG (eg Bowie gets double attacked twice in a row or something), and if you die you just teleport back to town and keep all exp earned. That said, it's still a really fun game, so... Oh, and it's pretty linear but don't think that means you shouldn't explore. There are secret areas (including entire hidden villages), secret characters, alternative class upgrade items, and if you start collecting mythril there is eventually a hidden place where you can forge weapons that can't be found anywhere else.I'm leaning towards SF2 from the get go. Any mods recommended, or just play vanilla?!
Only problem with the original game is difficulty. In that there really isn't any. You might lose a battle once or twice, but it will be due to RNG (eg Bowie gets double attacked twice in a row or something), and if you die you just teleport back to town and keep all exp earned. That said, it's still a really fun game, so... Oh, and it's pretty linear but don't think that means you shouldn't explore. There are secret areas (including entire hidden villages), secret characters, alternative class upgrade items, and if you start collecting mythril there is eventually a hidden place where you can forge weapons that can't be found anywhere else.I'm leaning towards SF2 from the get go. Any mods recommended, or just play vanilla?!
edit- I don't know about any difficulty mods, but I don't really recommend playing SF2 for the challenge. Better off getting a recent fire emblem game and playing on insane difficulty or something if you're looking for that.
As far as Skies of Arcadia, just play the DC version. I played it when it first came out and the original game is a masterpiece, so any further content is either unnecessary or will detract from the original. The faster speed is nice, but, as you've said, it's almost certainly better to play for an extra 2 hours with lush music than to play 45 hours with compressed shitty music quality.
I voted but my real answer is Uncharted Waters: New Horizons because not only is it the GOAT jrpg but it's an actual rpg, as in your stats/equipment/character sheet actually matter and if you don't like the main story you can run off to become a spice trader or pirate. While the main quest (there are six routes, you pick a protagonist at the beginning and each has their own campaign) for each character is linear, the side stuff is more than enough to keep you busy. I only played the SNES version though, not sure about PC.
Searching the forums and this obscure game is also barely known here, which is a crime, so I will take it upon myself to shill this game whenever I get the opportunity. Note: the first game is not nearly as impressive and can be skipped unless you REALLY want the lore.
Lunar The Sliver Star...is this Lunar The Silver Star Story Complete? If so, that is a classic JRPG with lots of pure anime moments and loveable characters. Linear, pretty simplistic turn based system. "Bromides" (somewhat revealing, unauthorized photos of mostly the female cast) were a bit dodgy though .
I'm not familiar with the Genesis version. The best character to pick for your first run is Ernst von Bohr, he's a Dutch cartographer and his campaign is literally just map the whole world, so you can complete the game with him simply by going around exploring, trading, fighting, etc. as you wish and filling out the map as you do.
lufia 2 is the best jrpg
I have a model 1 Sega CD and a copy of Lunar, so I'm good to go.Lunar is good, but I would recommend playing the Sega CD version first and later try the PS1 edition.
Out of those on your list I would say Lufia 2.
But it would help if you told us what you are looking for.
Jesus, could you perhaps add some poll options that released after 1989? :D
Not going to count the Zelda series as JRPG's, but as an idea that series is my jam when it comes to console gaming. This is indicative that I prefer exloration, dungeneering (is that a term), and puzzles, and detest shitty repetitive JRPG tb combat.