>What was your first game? >What's your favorite and why? >What are some things you like about the series? >Was it your first ATLUS series?I got into it because of Persona. I know, I'm a larper, but I am young and I thought it was weird there wasn't a thread here. To me it's basically if Persona had engaging combat and darker tone. Playing IV right now. After about 5 tries, I beat the Minotaur with my whole party wiped except for me and one demon. It was our last turn too, so I was very lucky to have survived I suppose.
>>4067039>FirstPersona 3 Portable, then Nocturne was the first SMT I played, and then Strange Journey is the first one I beat. I dont think badly about Persona on principal but I do think the distinction between it and SMT is needed because of the vastly different concepts they follow>FavoriteRight now I think I'd say Devil Survivor, catch me on a full moon and I might say Strange Journey instead that one's incredibly solid, but I like how DeSu fuses turn based combat with a trpg system to have the best of both worlds, I like the story actually focusing on a normal world shifting into a apocalypse rather than just going "BAM nukes dropped, it's post-apocalypse already lets get this moving", and I actually liked how they handled the routes without going strictly law-neutral-chaos (Even though you can assign an alignment to all of them if you wanted), its funny that even in the end you can still choose to tell everyone to fend for themselves and run away because of course some people would prefer that option.Unofficially my favorite is actually eraMegaten, I think it does a great job of using most every big mechanic in the series in a single TEXT BASED game, the sexy stuff is just a nice bonus>Things you likeFor some reason just the general concept of summoning and controlling demons has yet to lose its flavor to me, I'm always down for shit like that and SMT captures it really well. Fusion autism is really fun too, im the kind of guy who actually likes the preparation parts of an rpg as much as the actual combat, being able to tinker with my party members and perfect them.>First ATLUS series?That would be Persona, unless theres some rpg I buried in my memory that happened to be atlus seeing as they have their hands in a few cookie jars when it comes to that
>firstDemiKids Light Version (had no idea what SMT was at the time)>favoritePersona 1 (which is a real SMT game, unlike the other Personas. I hate P2 and despise P2 fans. P3/4/5 are decent but not for me.)>things you likeDungeon crawlers with good atmosphere and theming but as little story as possible
Thread themehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IguGfZiWfj0
>>4068486ATLUS never misseshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbB8mcM_xS8
>>4067039Emulated SMT1, just because I played most things Aeon Genesis felt like doing a TL hack for in the '00s. Although I may have rented Persona 1 PSX at some point and then never got more than 15 minutes in. The atmosphere of SMT1, particularly the start, was very interesting but I know I almost completely ignored the fusion system and just nuked the game by grinding and directly recruiting and obviously didn't like it much. I hadn't even played pokemon at that point and had no context for monster party games.
The pathfinder series is a kino vrpg of the highest order. And I've never pretended otherwise. We all know all good things come in three !So, when will Owlcat deliver a third game?
>>4061228Death Ward is one of the central key buffs in the game, anon. That along with Resist Energy and Freedom Of Movement are like... generally just considered mandatory to have running at all times. It's not even a secret. It's been like that literally since the dark days of 2nd edition D&D in the fucking nineties... These days, what's shocking about the Vordekai dungeon is that they even bothered to make energy drain stuff in there at all since if I were designing it I would have just assumed it would have been irrelevant, because I'd assume all players would all have death ward running constantly.
>>4054751She's been literally raping and then murdering and then raping men since she was a teenager, anon. Canonically. She's not a virgin. At all. She's explicitly depicted in the act of raping a young man when you catch up with her after she's revealed.... Virgin and pure are the specific two things she is not.
>>4069004Wow. Literally, anon? Are you sure you don't mean figuratively?
>>4052704i never got to play the last sarkorians because i always tell the griffin guy to fuck off because he's so gay
>>4069004I'm pretty sure it was consensual right up to the point where she killed him.Not to say she's never done it, but I don't see why she would have had to.
And the WAITing continues...
Move on to the next world (thread)
>>4074277I swear if all these "hints" about suselle not working go nowhere, or worse, people taking the idea of susie just winning the hammer game anyway just being her forcing it to work anyway without issues, I will just never trust any game like DR ever again
>>4074350for some reason I feel a male noelle would post on /v/
>>4074374>>4074379>>4074379What was it?
i've heard a theory stating that ralsei is kris' original soul, which i find funny since it implies that kris is a he/him deep down and its only the body imposing that he's a they/them
How do you think they'll handle this remake? No way it'll be as one-to-one as the FC and SC remakes. They're surely not going to make you watch an hour-long cutscene about Tita's family.
Now I'm not saying an RPG where the MC is between 18-49 wouldn't sell, but why do certain people make such a big deal about it.
>>4064730I used to think that until I hit 35. My hair's got white streaks and my face has visible sun damage. Even comparing myself from five years ago is night and day difference.It really hit me when I was flirting with a 20 something girl and she remarked she wasn't in to older guys. As if I was in my mid to late 40s and chasing after college girls still.
>>4064827I am the anon you replied to, and I must needs be honest with you, I do not like shota porn, as they are too small. I want the man to be a colossus in every aspect, thank you.I do like shota protagonists, but only because it is fun and amusing to see a child go on an adventure. (They are good for horror too.)
>>4064711>>4064690What the flying fuck are you all talking about? You all sound like white women in pink diapers >>4065327>Makai Kingdommostly +30,000 year old gods>DQ 11>DQ8>Every Mario RPG He's mid twenties>Arc the LadOur protagonist was 15 or so but we had party members who were in all stages of their lives throughout both games >FF4's cast was all agesComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>4067050>DQ8Half your party are plucky teenagers, arguably 3/4. Angelo might be super early 20's.
>>4067050I work nights and don't drink alcohol at all.
Red pill me on this game. I've run out of RPGs and want something to play. I remember playing this as a kid and dropped it in like an hour. All I remember is something about gay color orbs in combat. Is it worth trying again?
>>3974337 sucked and everyone hated him
>look mom I bumped it again
>>4047465Chrono Cross did not suck.Everyone did not hate it."It was a bad chrono trigger sequel but it was still a great game" is not revisionism.The game had more than zero broad appeal.The game was better than FF8.You are mad as fuck.
>ChronoCrossfag>"Chrono Cross is my favorite game. I also liked Trigger.">Triggerfag>*incoherent seething*
>>4034531Yes.
>"warning, this game stinks">the game doesn't sell goodwhat made them think this was a good idea?PD: i know it was like, something popular in the context of the 90s, but still
>>4067100>i know it was like, something popular in the context of the 90s, but stillStatistically significant sample size: everyone I personally knew who played SNES RPGs in the 90s bought and liked Earthbound. I never even heard of that ad campaign until online in the 2020s. Did it even happen or is it some zoomer meme?
god these underdeltarune threads just keep getting worse.>>>/trash/
>>4067388kek
What an underrated gem.
Finished Wolfgangs route. It was pretty cool but i wish you would get Wolfgang as a unit. Could not get all mission completes since i didin't know you could still save Arietta and had to settle with the normal ending. Saw the rest on youtube and the big spoiler was pretty wild.
Glownigger II
>>40628294 was longer than it really needed to be. I got bored about half way.
>>4028054>>4028277Soo it's a game with THAT type of translation, huh? Yeah, i think i'm pass, thanks.
>>4068432This is the game that killed Working Designs
I see Wizardry, I see Elder Scrolls, I see oodles of various JRPGs, but naught a single Might and Magic thread...outside of Heroes III, what's ye lot's take on the series as a whole?(Pic is from one of the spin-off games, the puzzle battler one)
Are there any HoMM-likes that play more like King's Bounty? More focus on RPG elements, less focus on empire building. The early missions of both Songs of Conquest and Olden Era gave me hope before returning to the classic turn-based strategy gameplay.
tried the tutorial for the demo of Olden Era... ...feels good. and I mean, access to four of the current game's factions (out of currently six), best thing you can do currently... ...and I THINK there's hotseat gameplay?fer factions, it's just Temple, Necropolis, Dungeon, and Schism that's in the demo, with buying Early Access giving you Growth and Hive.Then again, Sseth made a video about it already, so there's that.
>>4059635ok, so Olden Era's demo does NOT have Hotseat... ...still, it's quite a bit it has.
so Ubisoft finally put in the actual version of Heroes 3 on Steam... ...only to ship it with just the launch executional file, and nothing else.Quite the derp.Problem has been fixed already.Me, I got it on GoG.
>>4055255Yeah this is what I'm looking for too.
What are some games where unique, high-quality or rare equipment can remain useful for large portions of the game, if not the entire game? Especially if it can be obtained relatively early on. An example from recent memory is the falcon blade in Dragon Quest 11. It can be found like halfway through the game's first act and has comparable damage to swords with much higher attack power thanks to its unique ability to strike twice, making it useful throughout a good amount of the second act.
>>4049251Lyn's Mani Kati in fire emblem.
>>4049251>>4057465Speaking of Castlevania, Heaven's Sword from Portrait of Ruin comes to mind. You can get it as early as before the fifth boss as a rare enemy drop, it's fast with a ridiculously good reach and holds up as one of the better non-holy weapons even during the endgame.
>>4051577had no idea, tyvm
>>4063675No problem. It's hilarious just how busted of a character you can make once you understand what drops at what levels and how they interact with other items.
>>4049251BG3 for sure. Phalar aluve's shriek is useful for a cleric throughout the entire game, and you find it in act 1. Arguably, several classes can exploit speedy light feet and linebreaker boots (especially eagle/stallion barbarians). Psychic spark also improves for MM builds, and you can exploit the club of hill giant strength and titanstring bow for almost the entire game. Not to mention trickery clerics and the shapeshifter's boon ring. You can literally double dip bless for skills with that. Also, the whispering promise ring from Volo is good for the entire game too. Hell, BG3 have tons and tons of items that are exploitable until the end game.
Discussion:How do we feel about save scumming in RPGs?I.E. reloading past saves to optimize battles or dialogue to ensure the desired outcome for your character or the story.For me: usually on first play through I like to make choices and live with the consequences, unless I literally walk into an ambush and cannot live through the encounter without some strategy.If you are committed to the 'role' do you ban yourself from acting out story decisions from a place of perfect knowledge of outcomes? Obviously in second or third play throughs this becomes harder, unless you are feigning ignorance.
>>4067003>Savescumming to bypass legitimately bullshit design is almost valid... except at that point you should realize the game is shit and just refund the game. Like, why play the game if the designer has clearly demonstrated their incompetence?Did you accidentally stumble into the wrong board? We don't do competent design here. We cream our pants over flavor text and dialogue stat checks, call it "roleplay" and proclaim shit like >>4067020 as an undisputed masterpiece.
>>4067396Bro we beat Tarnesh when we were children. He is not a difficult fight. You just suck.
>>4067507What the fuck does difficulty have to do wtih anything, retard? Also nobody gives a shit that you got filtered by tutorial caster encounter as kid, you can put that insecurity to rest and stop getting all worked up and defensive whenever it's brought up.
>>4067625Are you high, or just dumb?
>>4067628Answer my question.
Wanna share a little known RPG you loved with others? Post about obscure RPGs here so others can discover them!My submission is CHRONICLES OF RADIA WAR on Famicom.Tecmo dropped this fucking banger in '91 and it got left behind in Japan because the West was transitioning to 16-bit. A English localization was actually almost finished before it was scrapped. It abandons turn-based battle for real-time action combat with zero random encounters. You actually see enemies on the field, walk up, and beat their ass. You get a full 4-man party with on-the-fly tactical AI commands—tell your party to back off, focus fire, or heal while you tear shit up.The late-era Tecmo anime cutscenes done ala Ninja Gaiden look incredible for 8-bit hardware and the story actually has momentum. Check out this cool anime TV commercial from Japan:https://youtu.be/HQGQpf54IX0?is=oOzYoenNDT6QmM-5 [Embed]Is it perfect? No. The difficulty drops off a cliff in the second half, the gear customization is pretty basic, and the fan translation is a little rough around the edges. But the pacing is fast as hell and it puts many western-released NES RPGs to shame.Get the fully patched English ROM here:https://archive.org/details/radia_202504
>>4063863Definetively heard of Radia before but never bothered looking up, it does sounds fun to play tho One that might not be really that obscure since people have played it quite a bit on YouTube but still pretty niche and relatively unknown is G.o.D. (Growth or Devolution)Its a rather wacky scifi jrpg about a group of characters awakening to pyschic powers in a post-apocalyptic modern-day world, it gets weird fast and I love it for it
>>4064887Only the PS1 Saiyuki will ever be "it" for me in terms of video games that seek to tell and put their own spin on Journey to the West.
>>4063863idea no hikind of glad it'll never be translated because westoids would hate it for its clunky equipment system and its handful of transphobic moments
>>4066324Can we please not have another thread derailed by off-topic debate about trannies?
>>4066324Would the totally unoriginal "crossdress to gain access to gender-exclusive areas" thing really cause so much of a fuss? Sure, the game is pretty crass, but the sexism is depicted as strictly negative. There's more to take offense with when Judd slaps the shit out of his girlfriend than in the entire warring same-sex cities arc.
Vyse is the best JRPG protagonist.
>>4066282Truth
>>4066282Someday we'll get that perfect SoA version with Gamecube additions, and the Dreamcast soundtrack.Right?And yes Vyse is the perfect protagonist.
>>4066282I honestly don't know how he didn't rape Fina when he had her cornered on his own ship in the middle of the sky with no escape. He's a better man than me I guess.
>>4066558He’s the kind of guy who gets two marshmallows.Unlike your plastic-poisoned brain.
I fucking kneel, Vyse is a chadI played Skies of Arcadia a few years back and I was blown away by the qualityVyse walked so Rex could pick up where he left off
Why did no one play or even talk about this game? I feel like it went completely under the radar. I got it during the steam sale and it's probably the best JRPG I've played since SMT V: Vengeance
>>4048392That reminds me i still have to do the post-game dungeon and also run the WHOLE main dungeon backwards to get my highscore high enough to get the best guns in the game.I won't because it's been 4 years since the last time and i've forgotten everything about the game.Also i'm still mad the ps4 version doesn't have the homeroom teacher bath scene.
>>4047043I played it, finished the post game contentIts not bad, I like the aesthetic and I much prefer the class specialisation setup to Experience games that want you to multiclass a lotBut its also very easy compared to its peers, I don't think I lost a single fight until the post gameI'd play a sequel if it came out but I also wont lose sleep if it doesnt>>4048392man I need to go back and play this, I picked it up years ago and never finished it
>>4064683>spoilerdoes the steam version
>>4047043It's boring.
>>4067339It's in the game but i dunno if it's enabled
I wanted to try this series out for the cool mech designs and the more unique take it has on turn based strategy compared to FE or FFT. What should i play first?
>>4060107What does that even mean? That's how canonically the protagonist of the first game dies.
>>4060114It means that the fantranslators made it up and Roid or any of the other Canyon Crows never appears in Front Mission 2.
>>4059969If you read the walkthrough and other comments/reviews, I forgot from where (probably GameFAQs), and then play it yourself, you'd most likely end up agreeing with them that... Front Mission 2 is not as good nor as engaging as FM1 or FM3 (gonna leave it just as this to avoid any potential spoilers), and what they're saying is true but you can just skip it and play other games instead.That's all I remember about it, DESU. Sorry if this wasn't helpful.
>>4024920How janky are the remakes?
>>4067487At least FM1 was early access fan game bad at launch with a nonsensical tlSupposedly much improved
