Good games that are basically just like the old Disciples series, down to the whole Gothic themes and unit building and open world traveling and turn based battles?
>>4011746I'm with you, anon. I despise retards who write declarative clauses with question marks. Zoomers and women do this all the time.
someone is making a disciples mod for Medieval 2 Total War
>>4018262Are they using m2ex?
>>4022524Probably, it was russias, I doubt they care about legality.
So how are you supposed to play this game without save scumming? It seems to me that if you lose your main army ever, there's no way to recover.
Let's talk about Rune Factory!> Rune Factory Archive (comics, official artworks, fanarts)https://forestofbeginnings.tumblr.com/https://mizore.sakura.ne.jp/rff/dat/info.php?p=1> Official X accountsEN: https://x.com/RuneFactoryJP: https://x.com/RuneFactory_PR> Latest releaseRune Factory: Guardians of Azuma (2025)> UpcomingRune Factory 6 (TBD)Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>4021684Mever underestimate the economic power of 4 woolys and working their wool into yarn then handknit hats. Small income stream on top of constant skill leveling every day is good for early game.
There's a thread on /v/ in case anyone is interested.
>>4021937There's always a thread on /v/ but usually it dies very quickly.
>>4021684just defeated horse boss in the water ruinsfeel like I'm getting into the swing of things now
>>4022364I find that it starts clicking once you start forming an itinerary of things to do in your head.
I have seen that Final Fantasy Tactics is really liked. I gave a look at the recently released version present on Steam, but there's people suggesting the War of The Lions one. What's the differences? There's a version playable on Duckstation that is worthy the try?
>>4022476That seems like a much more interesting challenge. I'll have to try that next time.
>>4022476Yeah sure you can play aggressively even without explicitly avoiding random battles and it gets a lot more challenging. Bosses like Zalera and Dycedarg/Adramelk actually require some thought. I enjoy playing both ways, though.
>>4022476If you do a "win every map as fast as possible" strat with your initial recruits in basic classes (e.g. monks and/or black mages) without any JP grinding you can be comically underlevelled for all the main quest stuff, like 20 levels under or more. I know in that Orbonne Monastery fight against Wiegraf it's very hard to prevent him from oneshotting two-three characters on his first action.
>>3992949The remaster is the best version unless you want to heavily mod it.If you want the WOTL content then get the PSX version and mod it in.
>>4022705>The remaster is the best versionDebatable depending on how you want to play. For example if you DON'T want VA, the remake sucks for it due to lacking text sounds and having mouth flapping portraits.
TELL ME THE BEST OPEN WORLD GAMES WHERE YOU CAN JUST GET LOST AND EXPLORE RIGHT NOW>Skyrimno>outwardyou cant invert both cam axis, therefore the devs must die in a fire>minecraftlol
>>4016000The only one of these I have to deal with is taxes. Take out the pride flags and homeless people and the place where I currently live is basically a /pol/ fever dream.
>>3971074>you cant invert both cam axiskill yourself libshit nobody sane wants to move the fucking mouse down to look up in the game
>>3971074Skyrim
>>4022511>exposes itself as a 14yo freak with a fraction of normal man testosterone levelsgrim
Is there any hope for this company?
>>4013826seems more systems focused then anything recently though
>>4013827>seems more systems focused then anything recently thoughYeah, looking forward to engaging with its mechanics.
>>4013749
>>4013760To the casuals it's a weeb game.Just because they "watched" demon slayer doesn't mean they consume every anime divergent game yet Falcom assumes otherwise.
>>4008890Why? She'd just curbstomp everything. The girl conquered her entire school just because she wanted people in her club
Just entered the Grindery. What do I think of it?
>>4016495alright thanks, might get the saturn original instead.
>>3999340what the hell...kyle why you got makeup on.....
>>4000503WoW came out in 2004 and has a npc that has a voice over that calls you infidels
>>4005915>>4005913That's an insane jump in difficulty. The games were really that easy in Japanese? People bashed the PSP remake and GBA port for being too easy but it seems like they just matched the difficulty of the original
>>4016495I actually prefer how Lunar Legend handles some parts of the story
Fuck this game and the horse it rode in on.
>>4022521maybe you just suck at it
>>4022521It takes awhile for genus to get good spells. I think abyss and vesperia had much better party members control wise
>>4022558If he's having problems with Symphonia then he'll die with Vesperia considering how much the game goes out of its way to limit you on NG. Abyss is another one where you actually need to know what C Cores you're using so you can get access to the tools that free up the combat system.Symphonia is incredibly straight forward in comparison. You have the newbie friendly characters (Lloyd, Kratos, Zelos, Presea), the ones that ones that require a bit of skill (Colette, Regal, Sheena) and the two mages where all you have to do is just wait until when you get their better spells.>>4022521Give everyone at least 1 ex sphere to unlock to higher end techs.Use every arte you get 50 times to ensure you get to unlock the new ones. Arte strength caps out at 250 for the really good ones. There's a degree of optimization you can do which often involves mixing and matching, but if you dont want to think too hard on how to build the castLloyd - SGenis - T on GC, S on any other version due to certain additionsColette - SKratos - SRaine - TSheena - TZelos - SComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>4022574Not the guy you're replying to but I appreciate the advices plus the spoiler alert. You're a good egg.
Being filtered 8-bits games is understandable. Being filtered by 128-bits shows you're mentally inept.
What is it that made the world of Fallout resonate with gamers so much?
>>4002321Three Dawgggggg!!! Aeoooooo!!!!
>>4002321Most people don't know anything about the games they play. Fallout games are popular and thus they have a much lower rate of anyone understanding them. They resonate due to gameplay, aesthetic, music and world design.
Fallout is ugly as shit and all the games are jank trash.
>>4022634What's better in comparison?
>>4022196>Most people don't know anything about the games they play. Fallout games are popular and thus they have a much lower rate of anyone understanding them.The past couple threads on this board have led me to realize that many anons who claim to be “Fallout fans” have actually not played Fallout. Some of them are even proud of this.
Shiren the Wanderer celebrated its 30th anniversary a few days ago, so lets have a Mystery Dungeon thread. Which Shiren game is your favorite, and what would you want to see in Shiren 7?And when the fuck is Shiren Asuka's translation patch getting finished?
>>4017951>https://web.archive.org/web/20250627200017/https://kako.5ch.net/test/read.cgi/smartphone/1319264999>https://web.archive.org/web/20250627200018/https://kako.5ch.net/test/read.cgi/smartphone/1321806764>https://web.archive.org/web/20250627200103/https://kako.5ch.net/test/read.cgi/smartphone/1324571775 >https://web.archive.org/web/20250627200114/https://kako.5ch.net/test/read.cgi/smartphone/1328712370Threads about Rainbow Labyrinth, some links are still up, mostly images, there were links to download the apk, those had a 48 hours deletion period. I found that link just searching "Shiren" on the axfc site, really i have no proof of it being Rainbow Labyrinth or Everyone's Mystery Dungeon besides the upload date and file size (2016, so before Switch/Steam Shiren 5, and is like 50Mb, too small to be Shiren 5 Vita and too big to be the DS games but i could be wrong)
man shiren 4's story dungeon is rough in the later floors, i keep fuckin getting one shot by dudes like 5 floors before the final boss
>>4018126Yeah Shiren 4 is pretty much the hardest game in the series, besides maybe 3. The slow regen, and really strong monsters in general make it really tough
9999F dungeon. Do it Chunsoft
>>4022473Boy do I have the game for you!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-skIBPWOPE
Since a Romancing thread went awhile, how about a general discussion of the assorted SaGa games?The original gameboy series, known as Final Fantasy Legend in the west, the Romancing series on the SNES which the west didn't get until the mobile remasters and Minstrel Song remake, the Frontier series for the PlayStation... and the other stuff that has it's fans probably maybe.A hodgepodge of divergent and experimental jrpgs, from the usual Squaresoft fare and even from it's own series or within each series, made by the annoying contrarians and heretics within Square who got given shoestring budgets and left to make what they want.
>>4022066Nah, FF2 doesn't really care about stat splits unless they're conflicting like STR/INT, SPI/INT is a non conflicting split so you can definitely make it work, my Maria was overly white magic focused so her SPI was almost capped by the end of the game, if I actually bothered to use Black Magic past the early game and checking out Flare she'd probably have an 80/80 split or something since lategame throws stats at you.Also casters can use stuff like Sage's Wisdom/Saint's Spirit for boss fights since iirc it caps your INT/SPI to 99 for the entire fight, it's not really that big of a deal compared to spell ranks.>you can get Flare as a drop from Wizards which means Fynn/Coliseum/Cyclone/Palamecia.Damn, if they spawn in the coliseum that's way earlier than I remembered, didn't get to see any in there so I wonder if it's worth the grind compared to Fynn where they appear a lot more, I didn't get any Flare tome from them so it seems I got really unlucky.
>>4022357>Shields + UnarmedI hope you werent trying to make her cast offensively like that. Most versions of FF2 have penalties for wearing specific types of gear while casting. Shields are definitely worth wearing for a while, but eventually you're going to have to take them off to maximize spell performance outside of I think GBA and PSP.As a result, the best weapon type for a damage caster is knives, since you'll eventually get the Main Gauche which helps with evasion.
>>4022393I'm aware of that, but even with the Diamond Shield on Holy hits for around 1K on crits and 600 raw which is very good, I put it on since I got a very lucky drop from the Adamantoise in the frozen cave and couldn't be bothered to take it off ever since.The real kick in the nuts when it comes to spell scaling is armor that isn't robes since you can stack so many more pieces and the casting penalties are way more severe, it's one of the many tabletop carryovers that I'm glad did not survive past FF2, when even staves nerf your spell scaling you know the system has to be trashed.Also I just remembered all the silly one use "magic items" like Notus, Bacchus Wine, Hellfire etc., another thing that was decent on paper but fucked over by horrible balancing, and for some reason you keep getting them all the way into Pandemonium...
>>4022452>staves nerf castingNot quite. Most staves are fine for casting but a subset of them do hamper casting. I think its like the maces or whatever they're called.As for shields, its an incredibly massive penalty (70%) for wearing one.
saga frontier 2 has one of the best OSTs of all time
What are the best golden age CRPGs? Ones that are still worth playing today?
>>4021252>golden agewhich is the golden age? i think it used to be the 1990s/late 80s, because of le Goldbox games. but now, some might say 2000s for the decent open-worldish ARPGs.personally it's Desu Sex 1 and Ultima Underworld 2: Labyrinth of Isekais.and Moraff's World for cutting edgy SUPER VGA!!! 768p graphix back in 1993!!!
>>4021252Might and Magic 3-5 are as playable as a SNES game, although if you have zero DOS crpg experience get the command card
>>4022220The golden age is anything until the mid 90's.
>>4021252the VGA versions* of Quest for Glory games hold pretty well IMOthey are also a very unique type of game and somewhat short games so playing the series is a very smart time investment for anons interested in broadening their horizons* there is a fan remake for the 2nd game that never got the VGA version
Darklandsare also cool as fuck
Go crazy with it. Imagine you have unlimited resources and time. I'll start. >Large sandbox RPG >Set in Roman Empire during 3rd century crisis>Large focus on historical authenticity >Basically Red Dead Redemption meets Kingdom Come: Deliverance, but set in 3rd century Rome and with character customisation >Gigantic scale sandbox comprising the entire Roman empire plus some fringe areas like Germania>Choice of starting province and profession to determine race, skills and starting loot>Start as a mercenary (in place of gangster/outlaw)>Recruit crew, take contracts, choose between special story missions for generals to influence the outcome of the game>Buy land, property, slaves, equipment>Create passive income with slave farmers, whores, gladiators etc>Gain status through achievements, sacrifices, donations, marriage etc>End game is to become a general and help restore Rome
>>4012672Liberal Crime Squad
Sengoku rance clone but in medieval fantasy europe. Dungeons, events, war, items, etc all play out the same. >Protagonist is more like Alex from evenicle 2 though, in that he's a good guy but still heroic and professional. Dialogue options would be nice.>can start in one of 5 major nations; england/france/hre amalgamation, viking pagan nation, byzantine/roman nation, egyptian (ancient and medieval), and turkish/south caucasus. Endgame threat is demonic mongols. Various minor factions (flanders, italians, sicily, poles, etc). >each faction has it's own characters and storyline much like the rance routes except you start in them instead of in oda>dungeon diving for relics, tombs, excising demons, etc
>>3930323What you described OP is just Warband with Rome mods such as "Aut Ceaser aut nihil" or "457AD"
>>3930323>its just phantasy star online 2 but with infinite content
>>3957602I like this idea; we need more Bronze Age-themed games, although I would add the 'shoot fireball' magic but make it extremely unstable. The users who use it aren't like your typical fantasy wizard, but insane men who just discover the means to destroy their foes with powers beyond their control, but also are just on the tipping point of bursting themselves into flame if they get carried away in battles at any moment And maybe also a civilisation that just discovered the means of making iron tools, but their iron quality is crap, so nobody believes they're going to be replacing the mighty bronze metal, yet
>make character, start game>slog through 10 gorillion millennial humour dialogue options around pretending not to have amnesia>talk to NPCs in starting area, learn about plot and shit>go to crime scene to investigate>kid tells me to fuck off>my character gets blackpilled and ragequits, game over>no save game, have to start againWhat the fuck is this commie bullshit?
>>4018048Art style doesn't do it for me, looks like it's trying to be too cool.>>4018010I liked how Disco has merits both on the superficial look at it with the cop stuff and the communism and on the deeper end where it's really just about Harry coping through getting his heart broken 20 different ways and doing an heroic amount of drugs.
>>4008281>>4008293>>4005675horseshoe theory was right
>>4016623not exactly redditors, but pretentious snobs who think they are smarter than others for liking it4channers are more likely to do so than redditors
>>4022408there is a demographic overlap for sure.
>>4005742>The real truest fact that they cannot stand is that Humans are Animals.We have consciousness unlike animals, so no. You dumb jew.
I played Final Fantasy Tactics and Tactics Advance, loved both. I played Advance Wars 1 and 2 and also enjoyed both. I played a random Fire Emblem GBA game and liked it but I can't recall much about itWhat should I check out next in the strategy/tactical RPG realm? Fire Emblem and Disgaea are well-liked but they have so many entries in each series that it seems daunting to just pick one and dive in (and idk if I want to go one by one starting at the beginning)What would you suggest for someone who's not a complete virgin to the genre but only had one real boyfriend and he used a condom?Side question: what is the general distinction between strategy RPGs and tactical RPGs? Are they supposed to be synonymous or are they used interchangeably out of ignorance?
>>4020391Play fire emblem in release order from the one you left off which means>Sacred Stones, doing one route is fine>Path of radiance>Radiant dawn>Skip shadow dragon unless you care for the story connects with the next title>New mystery of the emblem>awakening, just keep in mind this is easily the worst entry in the series if you’re in it for the strategy aspect>Fire emblem fates conquest, you can skip birthright its worthless, revelation is optional if you want the full context of the plot >You can skip shadows of valentia but this is a nice grinding game if you’re in the mood for it>Fire emblem 3 houses, i recommend only doing one route but its fine doing all 4 if you enjoyed it, verdant wind and silver snow have the most satisfying conclusions and explain the most about the overall story>Fire emblem engage, if the story gees too bad to tolerate just skip it, the gameplay of this game is top notch and the best in the series so its worth experiencing for just thatIf you want to experience the older entires:>fire emblem binding blade, plays just like the gba game you played but harderComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
SRW Z is the best isometric japanese tactics game
>>4020391Try Triangle StrategyI was a huge fan of it
>>4021767without verticality it wouldn't even scratch Fire Emblem level of strategic depth
>>4022320SRW is not really a strategy game and its more about the fanservice and hype moments.Its fine if you want to play something easy and falls under the category of srpg like FFT or if you’re a super robot fan.
Nerds think a game is good just if it is hard to enjoy. In reality, a game is good when playing it releases tension and makes you forget the real world. Todd Howard knows how to make Fallout work but for some reason it's baseddevs like these and the Disco Elysium failed author drunkards and others that thrive.What makes Fallout, Fallot? What makes an RGP game and RPG game?
Another extremely high-quality thread on this high-quality board.
The Toddler makes games for his fellow toddlers, Sawyer and Cain aim slightly higher.
>>4022187crpgs aren't difficult, you just need to specialize in a build/role. It's a culture shock coming from JRPGs that handle it automatically for you
>>4022187Because Tim and Sawyer make games that have layers of depth to them. But these layers are just very thin and superficial. Once removed all that is left is the same sterile ideas that you've seen a thousand times.Playing a Sawyer game is like visiting a doctor's office, once you remove the thin layer of personality its the same sterile environment made for pure fonctionality.
>>4022187Growing up is realizing Todd makes the best RPGs and the rest are literal cock gobblers
