Anime Boy's first JRPG

[Tacgnol]

Is there a JRPG where you hold TVs for your housemate whilst they go to the shops?

 

[Maxie]

WILL play games with teen protagonists whose trials and tribulations are obviously comparable to that of specifically Japanese youth
WILL laugh at utterly ridiculous monkeys who never shut up about adult mature serious jaded DADDY FIGURES they so sorely lack

 

[Skinwalker]

WILL play games with teen protagonists whose trials and tribulations are obviously comparable to that of specifically Japanese youth
WILL laugh at utterly ridiculous monkeys who never shut up about adult mature serious jaded DADDY FIGURES they so sorely lack

I don't even understand what your post is trying to say. Are you also tripping balls?

 

[Maxie]

WILL play games with teen protagonists whose trials and tribulations are obviously comparable to that of specifically Japanese youth
WILL laugh at utterly ridiculous monkeys who never shut up about adult mature serious jaded DADDY FIGURES they so sorely lack

I don't even understand what your post is trying to say. Are you also tripping balls?

seethe kid

 

[Lord of Riva]

WILL play games with teen protagonists whose trials and tribulations are obviously comparable to that of specifically Japanese youth
WILL laugh at utterly ridiculous monkeys who never shut up about adult mature serious jaded DADDY FIGURES they so sorely lack

I also do not understand this post though.

 

[Theodora]

I also do not understand this post though.

He's implying Liberal feels the need to play as a big, strong, manly man because he was absent a father figure.

 

[HeatEXTEND]

So, what game did OP pick?

Haven't seen any good suggestions yet.

Lufia 2.

 

[Disciple]

He also said earlier in the thread that he does not want to play 'old' stuff. Asking for a "first JRPG" whilst discarding 90s JRPGs is like asking for an entry into prog rock music but only with albums released after 1975.

 

[kaisergeddon]

OP already wrote them off in his mind. He made the thread just for attention and to confirm his bias. Dude didn't even play a single JRPG but already knows they're all "faggy" crap because they risk having playable female characters. Even turned down fucking Yakuza because he heard Japanese in the Japanese mafia simulator, lmao (you'd think an ESL wouldn't be threatened by different languages...). If anyone wants a modern manly JRPG, you don't have to look any further than that. Or perhaps even the lastest Final Fantasy. It was made explicitly to cater to players like him and try to flip them over to the dark side of the Codex.

It turned into a pretty good thread anyways, so it was a win in the end. A lot of good recommendations by some prestigious posters were made here!

 

[flyingjohn]

Tldr:
OP is a faggot but the thread delivered. Seems to be a thing for the codex.

 

[Skinwalker]

OP already wrote them off in his mind.

I checked gameplay footage for every recommendation given itt that wasn't 1. old 2. no English dub 3. female/tranny protagonist, and didn't like what I saw, with the possible exception of Yakuza: Like a Dragon. Don't get butthurt just because your suggestions are terrible.

 

[musouking]

I haven't read all posts. Did anyone mention ASTLIBRA Revision？

 

[musouking]

I haven't read all posts. Did anyone mention ASTLIBRA Revision？

1. new 2. no dub 3. male protagonist

 

[Theodora]

1. new 2. no dub 3. male protagonist

Unfortunately he (feigns that he) 'wants' an English dub, lol. /o\ (Despite not being a native English speaker.)

And he's been offered many male protagonists, but he arbitrarily decided that teenage boys -- so often the protagonist of a jrpg -- are actually all "faggy" or "trannies". It's just a troll post, with increasingly absurd demands.

 

[Tacgnol]

1. new 2. no dub 3. male protagonist

It's just a troll post, with increasingly absurd demands.

The Liberal special.

 

[LarryTyphoid]

Maybe the upcoming Dragon Quest 3 remake will be a good fit, if it ever does come out. It has an adult male protagonist (just turns 18 at the start of the game), no Japanese voice acting, a more western artstyle (I'd say Toriyama's art is more western than most mangakas'), and it's a remake of the all-time classic JRPG.

You should really just play the SNES version of DQ3, though. It hasn't aged a day, it looks great, it has great music, and all the QoL features you could ask for. If that's too old for you then you're just being a fag.

 

[Maxie]

Damn the final dungeon of Chrono Trigger is a drag. I saved game before Queen Zeal hopefully she's cool to fight

 

[Maxie]

Beaten Chrono Trigger for the first time. Wouldn't say it's a particularly good first jRPG to play, there's some moon logic involved chasing quests which may be off-putting. Probably still more accessible than stuff like FF. It's not very challenging, sure.

 

[HeatEXTEND]

there's some moon logic involved chasing quests which may be off-putting.

What exactly? Don't remember any but it's been a while.

 

[Maxie]

there's some moon logic involved chasing quests which may be off-putting.

What exactly? Don't remember any but it's been a while.

The whole Masamune questline is the biggest offender I'd say

 

[HeatEXTEND]

Hmm yeah I do seem to remember running around everywhere at some point, that was probably it lol.

 

[Derringer]

Moon logic quests are guide material, those kinds of things are always designed to get people to discuss the game or sell guides.

 

[Skinwalker]

You should really just play the SNES version of DQ3, though. It hasn't aged a day, it looks great, it has great music, and all the QoL features you could ask for. If that's too old for you then you're just being a fag.

 

[soutaiseiriron]

there's some moon logic involved chasing quests which may be off-putting.

Unpopular opinion, especially here, but anything that doesn't just sidestep the matter by having quest markers will likely feel obtuse at one point or another. It only really takes one vague line of dialogue, one slightly inconsistent context-sensitive mechanic, or one piece of seemingly optional content you didn't do earlier to get completely confused.
Personally, I only really got confused at Geno Dome (didn't realise Robo had to be party leader, as earlier you're locked to Chrono as leader and having somebody just in the party was good enough) and getting Chrono back later on (I assumed the tent was just terrible side content.) Other than that it was a smooth ride and everything was self explanatory enough.

I think it's probably the best first JRPG anybody could ask for since it avoids the sins of a lot of other games, like grinding, heavy menuing or random encounters. Each individual part of CT is just good at worst.

Somebody else mentioned the combat being mindless, and somehow in the same breath mentioned Parasite Eve being great? No fucking idea if we played the same Chrono Trigger or the same Parasite Eve, because PE while enjoyable enough, is a game with really braindead combat where there's really nothing to do but move and shoot. CT is elemental rock paper scissors at its most complex, but PE does not even have that or any real build complexity, let alone multiple characters to optimise.

 

[Jack Of Owls]

I never got far enough into a DQ game to realize it had a central monster catching mechanic for some of its titles and that non-humans make up your party (Pokemon always seemed crude and limited with its one-on-one thing). That's the one thing I did love about Jap RPGS compared to western ones - the emphasis in some of these games on recruiting monsters/demons into your party, sometimes requiring fairly high skill or its own minigame to do so. Took a look at the english translated DQ5 Bride of the Sky on PS2 (PCSX2) and it looks really nice compared to the crappy little DS port which I originally attempted to play a few years ago but gave up on. I might give it a play-through on PCSX2 but is there anyway to open chests without calling up the menu and "search"? I know you can throw containers to smash them open. These old interfaces where you have to fumble through menus just to open a chest or talk to NPCs kind of sucks rocks.