My fav RPGs are Xenogears, FFVI, FFVII, FFVIII, Xenosaga and the Tales series!!

I need something new to play! ;)

Only can play playstation ps2 snes nintendo games right now..

thanks!

Are you talking 'turn-based' or what?

I'll always recommend 'Chrono Cross' for the PS1, it's a fantastic game.

Lunar: Silver Star Story

Kingdom Hearts

Tales series!!





Tales is all you need ;o


In a serious answer, Musashi: Samurai Legend is a pretty fun short rpg!

Also, you can probably get it for pretty cheap!

Suikoden

Lunar: Silver Star Story

Damn! I was going to suggest that too. You beat me to it Ndi!

Lunar 2 Eternal Blue Complete or Arc The Lad Collection or Vandal Hearts 1 and 2
Or WildArms or Grandia

Legend of Dragoon

Star Ocean : Till the End of Time is pretty epic

I don't mind turn based games some of my favorite are, but I definately don't mind action oriented RPG's either. In fact I think that now a days all epic ass RPG's should have an epic epic fight system like Dissidia :D Imagine running through the awesome world of your fav RPG busting out moves like that !

Yes, Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross. Only played like 5 minutes of chrono trigger and I didnt really understand the battle system :D But everyone says its a good game so I need to give them both a go. Do I need to play trigger first to understand the story of cross?

Lunar: Another game I hear is great, havent played any of them though. Need to look into this :D The Silver Story Complete is a good version to have?

And yes, Suikoden, I was considering suikoden II for my next game as I have nevered played one of those either. I like games with great bad guy characters and I hear the villain from 2 is a good one :D

What Wild Arms would you guys suggest? Graphics aren't totally necessary in a game, but if I am going to play a retro game I still like at least the 2d artwork to have aged well. Suikoden II is an example I think looks this way, Final Fantasy VI as well. That's why I am iffy to start Wild Arms, and was considering starting at Wild Arms 2 or 3. What do you guys think?

Grandia II is another option I hear is really good. and Dr. Faustus yes I have every single Star Ocean already, but have only played first and second departure which I thought were pretty good RPG's. I will probably start on til the end of time right after I finish Tales of the Abyss! :D

snes:
illusion of gaia
earthbound
lufia
lufia 2
the 7th saga (if you want a "verge of insanity" difficulty)
chrono trigger

psx:
suikoden
parasite eve
chrono cross

and specially THOUSAND ARMS.

Secret of Mana

Yes, Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross. Only played like 5 minutes of chrono trigger and I didnt really understand the battle system :D But everyone says its a good game so I need to give them both a go. Do I need to play trigger first to understand the story of cross?

You don't really need to, but CT is a good game regardless.

For action-RPGs I'd always suggest 'Okami' and if your PSP is hacked 'Macross: Frontier'

Star Ocean : Till the End of Time is pretty epicI concur~. The voice acting gets griped with, but the gameplay, story and item creation more than make up for the sub par acting.

'Macross: Frontier'

xD I agree




I will probably start on til the end of time right after I finish Tales of the Abyss! :D

THIS GAME IS ALL YOU NEED!!

Seriously, my favorite game. Are you going to play it to unlock all the cool stuff?

~~

Also; Another BEAR-Y good rpg to play is Persona 4. Get it right now.

Steambot Chronicles is also very fun if you like non-linear games.

Maybe Ms Saga a new dawn or Radiata Stories or even Rouge Galaxy,Suikoden Tactics

Crap,forgot about Rouge Galaxy .
It is pretty epic.

Lunar: Another game I hear is great, havent played any of them though. Need to look into this :D The Silver Story Complete is a good version to have?

It's the only version I've played start to finish. I tried the gba version and it seemed like stuff was cut, I didn't care for it.

Next year they're coming out with a redone version for the PSP that'll have better graphics and more story if you'd want to hold out for that.

also, if you're good with strategy RPGs Disgaea is one of the best games ever.

xD I agree



THIS GAME IS ALL YOU NEED!!

Seriously, my favorite game. Are you going to play it to unlock all the cool stuff?

~~

Also; Another BEAR-Y good rpg to play is Persona 4. Get it right now.

Steambot Chronicles is also very fun if you like non-linear games.


hmm I dunno Im not usually a completionist :D The most important aspect of a game to me is if the setting/story intrigues me. I always like going for getting the best weapons and stuff like that but when it comes to Cooking or something Im not really interested in completing it 100% :D

Give me the ultimate weapon to beat your nemesis with and Im good to go ;)

Ive wanted to get the SMT series a go for a while too but I been trying to decide which one looks the most evil because I wanna get that one :) definately been looking at Persona 4

Secret of Mana

Secret of Mana

I have a game in mind that this might be the title for, but I can't remember. Tell me some of the things you do in the game (I haven't beaten it so don't tell me how the story goes because I wouldn't have a clue) because I would like to get my hands on this game.

Is it a PS1 or PS2 game?

hmm I dunno Im not usually a completionist :D The most important aspect of a game to me is if the setting/story intrigues me. I always like going for getting the best weapons and stuff like that but when it comes to Cooking or something Im not really interested in completing it 100% :D

Give me the ultimate weapon to beat your nemesis with and Im good to go ;)

Ive wanted to get the SMT series a go for a while too but I been trying to decide which one looks the most evil because I wanna get that one :) definately been looking at Persona 4

Not cooking xD

I mean like Nam Cobando Island and secret boss Nebilim! Those are my favorites!

I have a game in mind that this might be the title for, but I can't remember. Tell me some of the things you do in the game (I haven't beaten it so don't tell me how the story goes because I wouldn't have a clue) because I would like to get my hands on this game.

Is it a PS1 or PS2 game?

SNES

Are you talking 'turn-based' or what?

I'll always recommend 'Chrono Cross' for the PS1, it's a fantastic game.

Chrono Trigger should be played first =(

Chrono Trigger should be played first =(

I guess for the classic feeling.

But I enjoyed CC more.

I suggest these ones.

FF Tactics: There are plenty of good Tactical RPG out there, but this one has the particularity of an outstanding storyline. It's for the PSX and the PSP, I didn't played the PSP version yet.

Vagrant Story: Also for the PSX. It's a kind of a solo dungeon-crawl with an outstanding storyline. It has a battle system based more on developing your equipment rather than your character, it's a love or hate game for many people, so be careful.

Parasite Eve: What can I say the PSX has the best RPG's out there matching my tastes. This one was an intent to combine survival horror with RPG. The survival horror factor is kind of non existent, but the storyline is great and the battle system is really fun. The sequel kinda blow the storyline.

A note about Chrono Games: If you want to get deep into the storyline play Trigger first, if not, go with Cross and considering that you like Xenogears, you will have more fun with Cross.

I guess maybe this is just a generational thing. I can't possibly imagine liking Cross more than Trigger. It completely blows my mind when people don't think CT is one of the all time greatest games ever of all eternity amen. Like, untouchably good.

It was, once upon a time ;)

If you can, get a hold of Super Mario RPG. Probably one of the best RPGs of the time it was released.

I guess maybe this is just a generational thing. I can't possibly imagine liking Cross more than Trigger. It completely blows my mind when people don't think CT is one of the all time greatest games ever of all eternity amen. Like, untouchably good.

Not really, it's matter of tastes rather than generational. The storylines from these two games have a different style and the gameplay as well. In CC you deal with dimensions and in CT you deal with time traveling. It depends on which you feel more confortable. I personally enjoy both the same way, because I tend to see things as a whole. But the gameplay of CT has more replay value to me. Neither are better than the other, both are equally great to me.

I guess maybe this is just a generational thing. I can't possibly imagine liking Cross more than Trigger. It completely blows my mind when people don't think CT is one of the all time greatest games ever of all eternity amen. Like, untouchably good.
I actually started with FFI as my first RPG, so it's not that.

I played CT long before CC, it's just I enjoyed the battles/music more.

CT is a classic, like 'A Midsummer's Night Dream', and I think it will always be that way.

However, for me, CC is like a more relaxed and enjoyable inspiration version of it, say like, "The Vision of Escaflowne".


While I can appreciate Chrono Trigger as a classic, for me it's one of those games you play through and put down.
It's good for what it is.

Chrono Cross on the other hand is weaker in a lot of aspects to CT (characters, story, and lack of diverse locations for example) but for me it still manages to be a game I want to play over and over again.

There's something about it that brings me back over and over again.

It was the first game I ever bought on impulse (I saw opening movie in a demo disk) and I've yet to regret it.



Anyways, TL/DR?
My paragraph for the day.
:D

do you like turn-based strategy games? i can think of a series that i really like its called fire emblem, its battle style is kinda similar to Final Fantasy Tactics

ActRaiser - I really wouldn't call it an RPG, but it does hold some elements of one. This is a classic SNES title that's both side scroll platform and midevil style sim city where you are god.

Secret of Mana is very high on my list. An action RPG with a beautiful story, graphics and music.

Final Fantasy Tactics is also recommended. One of my most favorite FF games of all time next to...

Final Fantasy VI. They just don't make 'em like this anymore.

ActRaiser - I really wouldn't call it an RPG, but it does hold some elements of one. This is a classic SNES title that's both side scroll platform and midevil style sim city where you are god.

YESSSSSSS! ANOTHER FAN!
I freaking LOVE those 2 games.


I wish there was a 3rd one (maybe for XBLA/PSN) or maybe for the DS!

What about Parasite Eve 1 & 2 Or the Breath of Fire series Or koddelka, Legend of Legaia
Threads Of Fate

Some more good RPG options

Yeah, I have ActRaiser on my Wii virtual console, but I still need to find an actual cartridge for my SNES.

I own both.

They were pretty hard to find, but a random yard sale and tah-dah; boxes/booklets n' all.
Too bad I don't have room for all my gaming up here, or I'd be playing them old school, not emu.

i played and beat CT long before even CC was in the making.
probably before the psx was even thought of.
and yet, while i enjoy CT like a madman, CC has something so special, so magical, that everytime i achieve a 100% on it, i delete the save and start over.
no other game has made me done that voluntarily.

I own both.

They were pretty hard to find, but a random yard sale and tah-dah; boxes/booklets n' all.
Too bad I don't have room for all my gaming up here, or I'd be playing them old school, not emu.

Gotta love Ebay for being able to track down older games from (My personal opinion here) the BEST 16 bit console ever! :D

No, that that's done lol... I'd recommend the following:

Super Nintendo
Breath of Fire
Breath of Fire II
Secret of Mana
Final Fantasy IV (packaged as FFII in the US)
Final Fantasy VI (packaged as FFIII in the US)
Chrono Trigger

PlayStation
Koudelka
Vandal Hearts
Vandal Hearts II
Suikoden
Suikoden II
Legend of Legaia
Thousand Arms
Lunar Silver Star Story
Lunar Eternal Blue
Chrono Cross

PlayStation 2
Shadow Hearts
Shadow Hearts Covenant
Legaia 2: Duel Saga
Suikoden IV
Suikoden Tactics
Suikoden V
Star Ocean: Til the End of Time

If you can, get a hold of Super Mario RPG. Probably one of the best RPGs of the time it was released.

Actually Super Mario RPG was my first RPG ever. And I got into it for a while before I played other RPGs. I was so young playing this game I probably didn't even know what an RPG was, which is why I didn't get into other RPG's for years to come...

But man did Super Mario RPG take up some of my early childhood lol. I had this friend named Kuni who was an exchange student from Japan, and he showed Super Mario RPG to me, and it blew my little 8 or whatever year old mind. Bowser joinin you, the sword bad guy, aaah those were the days ;)

I had to get that game the moment I played it at his house ;)

Secret of Mana I need to play for sho I have it and played a bit of it but havent got more than like 30 minutes into the game.

Another good series that a lot of people outside of Japan don't know about is the Ys series of games made by Falcom. Ys book 1 and 2 can be found on the turbografx CD or on Wii virtual console. they are up to Ys 7 I believe plus a few non numbered games mixed in on various systems and the PC.

Ys 1/2 were also given a DS release, weren't they?

Ys(6): The Ark of Napishtim is for the PS2.

only on japan, and as of january 2010, europe.

Nope, wrong:
Legacy of Ys: Books I & II
Release Date: February 10, 2009
http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/ds/legacyofysbooks1and2

and thats why i have to look down a bit more in game searches, i just looked up YS book in gamefaqs, listing only the two separate DS games ys 1 and YS 2 which only saw japanese and european release.
however, an article i read yesterday seems to state that ys 1 and ys 2 for the ds (separate) are not the same and ys book 1 and two.

That's pretty weird.

Course, what's really bad is that I checked my inventory and I own the stupid game.
>_<
So my bad on saying 'I think'.

Knights of the Old Republic

It's combat is real time turn based.

Be good or evil.

3 different starting classes.

3 different Jedi classes.

And unlike nearly every other RPG EVERY person from main charactors to the "I AM ERROR" space fillers have voice overs, which for the most part is top tier i.e. Bastila Shan is voiced by Jenifer Hale and Jolee Bindo is voiced by Keven Michael Richardson.

Too bad the 'good' and 'evil' are so polar in the game.


I thought, personally, that 'Jade Empire' was a bit more fun.

Too bad the 'good' and 'evil' are so polar in the game.


I thought, personally, that 'Jade Empire' was a bit more fun.

Ya, I really just wanted to let all the Jedi die and then kill Malak, destroy the Star Forge and start my own force order, with black jack, and hookers!