/vr/ - Retro Games

A good JRPG series to get started in is the SaGa series.

Romancing SaGa 3 for the SNES has a fan translation.

SaGa Frontier 1 can be played on the PS1.

The localized version of Romancing SaGa is a remake of the SNES game which is very good.

Why these games? Might be a bit more familiar because they let you go where you want to go most of the time. Though there aren't anywhere as many choices as you'd get from CRPG's.

Not retro but Unlimited Saga is sort of like a table top game in JRPG form. Having varying skills that need to be checked against certain level traps or chests or item rank, and so on. Though the dice are replaced with a reel thus you have more control on where you get to land on while still having skill levels matter.

>>417892
Yeah, it is a love it or hate it sort of deal with SaGa games. Some people love the fact that they just need to go around and talk to everyone and explore the new places to figure out where to go, finding the quests, then figuring out how to complete the quests. It is understandable if you like other RPG's that give you more guidance on where to go because SaGa tends to go on the extreme end in letting the player figure out where to go.

>>417910
Rikki the monster is pretty hard to do for a beginner, mostly because of how monsters work in SaGa Frontier (much harder to get transformations you want since it is less likely to stumble upon one you like since it is all based upon his move set). Blue the mage is actually a good route as well since all you do is collect magic. It is also a pretty good route because you do have a duel with your brother and even if you die your brother takes your place for the rest of the scenario and absorbs all of the magic you obtained for the entire quest. You can still win against your brother as well and in the developer room it shows how many times you've completed the game and it has one for Blue and another for his brother. Though if you decide to try Blue again, prepare for one hell of an ending. Personally I didn't mind the ending, but for many others it was VERY disappointing, but I cannot blame them since the way it ends is very unexpected.