Schwaltzvald Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 lol bought both of these earlier today on ebay as a set. Already had part 2 but I could always sell it off. Word of warning, or just a heads up at least... To some they felt in the first game the rate of being thrown into combat was rather high. I was not bothered by it at all personally... Then again I'm both a sadist and masochist in terms of gaming so take what you will... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kizyr Posted February 26, 2010 Share Posted February 26, 2010 In response to the original question, I think we're seeing a bit of a resurgence in turn-based RPGs, but mostly on handheld systems. There're a few I'm looking forward to, or already picked up, for both DS and PSP. Such as... A Lunar SSS remake is coming for the PSP soon, looks like it's got a nice boost in graphic, I hope they keep the heart of the original intact though. This. Lunar: Silver Star Harmony is being released for the PSP. Especially if you've never played the PS1 remakes, then I'd highly recommend it. ...I may be slightly biased, as my sig/avatar indicate, but, yeah, it's pretty good. I've played the Japanese version already, and the English one is going to be released on March 3rd (with some nice pre-order bonuses--use the OCR Amazon Store and search for "Silver Star Harmony Limited Edition" if you want that). There's a demo on PSN if you want to check it out for yourself. KF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC2151 Posted February 26, 2010 Share Posted February 26, 2010 What kinda sucks is that they are remaking Lufia II, an excellent game with great music (which in and of itself is a great thing), but that they are remaking it into a 3D action game. :' ( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kizyr Posted February 26, 2010 Share Posted February 26, 2010 Word-by-word reaction: "What kinda sucks" ??? "is that they are remaking Lufia II" =) "an excellent game with great music" =D "but that they are remaking it into a 3D action game" =O I still don't get all the fixation on 3D and pseudo-3D (isometric views, etc.). Sometimes a classic 2D RPG, designed with a classic 2D interface, works best with the 2D interface. It's like trying to take an old black-and-white movie, colorize it, and make it 3D. KF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Strife Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 So I played some Mana Khemia Student Alliance today and I think I get why some people think it's hard. The alchemy wheel goes around pretty fast, doesn't help that the screen is small too so making out the order of elements can be pretty hard. It's a lot different from Khemia 2, which had the elements spin a lot slower making it easier to pick the one you wanted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwaltzvald Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Gotta have good reflexes man, plus if you're able to, you can use "Anna's" card to actually slow it down or the others to select a particular element regardless of how fast the wheel goes; though I've only ever seen Flay's card in regards to forcing a fire element to be selected. Other then than I've personally had no trouble with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Strife Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Well I have the PS2 version anyways so it shouldn't be a problem. The text on the PSP version is also hard to read sometimes, mostly with the letter b looking kinda like a l. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Strife Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 FINALLY GOT SUIKODEN V! That completes my collection of US released Suikoden games. Gonna be selling off an extra copy of III and IV I got soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KieranCarden Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Well I have the PS2 version anyways so it shouldn't be a problem. The text on the PSP version is also hard to read sometimes, mostly with the letter b looking kinda like a l. Is the first PS2 game and Student Alliance the same thing? I have both PS2 games, but never picked up Student Alliance. I thought the only difference was the title: Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis (PS2) Mana Khemia 2: Fall of Alchemy (PS2) Mana Khemia: Student Alliance (PSP) Also, the wheel isn't that bad at all I thought the timing was pretty easy actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Strife Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Both are the same game, but Student Alliance has some extra features. Multiplayer wireless battles, some extra recipes, quests and monsters I think. Also has longer load times than the ps2 version, though you can load it to the memory stick to make the loads better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KieranCarden Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Both are the same game, but Student Alliance has some extra features. Multiplayer wireless battles, some extra recipes, quests and monsters I think. Also has longer load times than the ps2 version, though you can load it to the memory stick to make the loads better. As long as it has some form of Data Install, like you said, I'll probably pick it up. I tried playing KH: Birth By Sleep without turning the data install feature on and it was horror... pure, never-ending load times horror. Extra quests though, that's a selling point to me. I love side-quests. Also, how was Atelier Annie? I've been wanting to play that for a while now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwaltzvald Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 How was Atelier Annie? I've been wanting to play that for a while now. I've got some mixed feelings about it. More of a "Not sure if want" feeling, though overall it's had a positive reception. Sleeper hit perhaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-RoN Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Try googling Romancing Walker. A great RM2K game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Strife Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Also, how was Atelier Annie? I've been wanting to play that for a while now. Atelier Annie for DS had me playing it almost 12 hours straight the first time I played it, and I only intended to play it for maybe 15 minutes. ____________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcana Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 FINALLY GOT SUIKODEN V! That completes my collection of US released Suikoden games. Gonna be selling off an extra copy of III and IV I got soon. Cool. Suikoden was a fun series, though admittedly I bought Suikoden V and never finished it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Strife Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Actually only played 1 and 2 to be honest, rest are in my backlog. My Suikoden collection isn't too bad I guess, though it's tiny compared to this... http://jjrrs.deviantart.com/art/Genso-Suikoden-Collection-67611595 http://jjrrs.deviantart.com/art/Genso-Suikoden-Collection-Pt-2-116608313 http://jjrrs.deviantart.com/art/Genso-Suikoden-Promo-Posters-114497082 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thalzon Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Cool. Suikoden was a fun series, though admittedly I bought Suikoden V and never finished it. Suiko 5 is really just for the story, honestly. Battles are clunky yet effortless affairs, especially as the game makes it so, so easy to get the best characters (one is literally plopped into your party by the plot -- you probably got her before you quit since she joins relatively early). I beat it once and used a guide to collect all the characters. Awesome story and interesting characters, but it's a shame the battles don't hold up. I'm currently playing Fragile Dreams for Wii. It's not turn-based, but it's a pretty solid action-RPG with some fun survival-horror lite ideas tossed in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Strife Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Suiko 5 is really just for the story, honestly. Battles are clunky yet effortless affairs, especially as the game makes it so, so easy to get the best characters (one is literally plopped into your party by the plot -- you probably got her before you quit since she joins relatively early). Perhaps the same could be said of all relig... Suikoden games, since 1 and 2 had a simpler battle system, III had that weird 2 person pairing thing going on and IV had that 4 person team which I'm not too sure about yet. Also, should be getting Fragile in the mail tomorrow, which I had been looking forward to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwaltzvald Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 seems to be pretty good... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thalzon Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 Strange Journey is quite good. But I feel I must rag on it because I found it funny. 1) You are "treated" to a 30-minute long intro scene/tutorial. As it's all military and the like, it's dry as hell. THIRTY MINUTES. 2) This is spoilery, so... BLACK DUDE DIES FIRST Liking the new demons, though I'm not exactly thrilled with the weaklings they toss you early on. Knocker... Seriously? I guess he's the demon that knocks at your door at 3 am just to scare the shit outta you. Oh, and they don't let you raise your own stats. You do, however, get to choose your alignment and how your stats progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombie Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 With FF13 out i am kind of on a JRPG kick so this thread could be great but Nostalgia for DS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Strife Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 Just need to get the last 2 ending for each character in Muramasa, then I'm gonna start on Fragile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Strife Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 Anyone play Resonance of Fate yet? Looks really good from what I've seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yangfeili Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 Everyone here should just play this: http://www.skipmore.com/freegames/synopsis/synopsis.html An oldschool JRPG with all the filler cut out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC2151 Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 I heard mixed things about Strange Journey, but I AM interested in getting into the Shin Megami Tensei series. I think I might start with Devil Survivor, if I get the time and/or money. A few people from other forums I go to say "It's like if The World Ends with You was interesting." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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