/vr/ - Retro Games

>>1687051
Live a Live.

>>1687058
okay thanks

Eternal Filena.

Secret of the Stars is possibly the worst game ever. And it's an RPG.
Also, try the translated rom for Mystic Ark. And Romancing Saga 3. And, believe it or not, Sailor Moon RPG.

Rudra no Hihou
It has unique magic system.
Basically you have a spell book where you can write spells with snes pad. Yeah it means that you can have ANY magic even at the beginning of the game...

>>1687051
I wouldn't really call it obscure at this point but try out the Saga games

A few series I like:

Metal Max
Shiren the Wanderer
The Legend of the River King
Shin Megami Tensei
Romancing Saga
Destiny of an Emperor

I didn't play this but it looks so damn cool.

I just started playing the older Shin Megami Tensei games (not Persona... though I have played those too), and I'm really liking them. I'm pretty far through the first one, and I started Devil Children (even though I have no idea what the hell is going on cause I don't talk moonspeak), and I think they're excellent, yet a tad bit repetitive.

The ones that haven't been translated.
Like Aretha and Oni

>>1687051
try ogre battle, if you want something different. don't expect an easy ride, though.

other than that, there's a bunch of fantranslated RPGs that might do it for you. try star ocean, tales of phantasia, FEDA - the emblem of justice, chaos seed, dual orb II. those are all worth it, IMO.
or go here, if you want to search for all the fantranslated ones http://www.romhacking.net/?page=translations&genre=14&platform=9&languageid=12&perpage=50&order=Status

>>1687051
Secret of Evermore is not a JRPG, but it's worth playing and is similar to Secret of Mana. Lufia is good, and there's also Breath of Fire which is a classic.

No love for Arcana?

>>1687181
seconding old school SMT

I would also add tales of phantasia. Also-also, i haven't played it, but i've heard 'the violinst of hamelin' is preddy gud.

>>1687212
oh I forgot about BoF, played both to death

but otherwise thanks for all the recs guise

>>1687203
muh nigga.

>>1687064
>Sailor Moon RPG
It's a very nice game actually.
You still need to grind like crazy once you move to a new location, ESPECIALLY during the solo segments.

>>1687051
If you play Breath of Fire II, be sure to play the retranslation

>star ocean, tales of phantasia

This.

Also, you might try the PSX once you're really done with anything worth your time on the SNES. Lots of great JRPGs and sequels to SNES games.

>>1687051
Bahamut Lagoon
Der Langrisser
Emerald Dragon
Live-a-Live
Shin Megami Tensei
Seiken Densetsu 3
Treasure Hunter G
Treasure of the Rudras

I'm surprised no one recommended EarthBound. Not exactly my cup of tea, but lots of people love it so you might give it a shot.

>>1687425
Well Earthbound is hardly obscure

>>1687203
The Ogre series is the shit.
I prefer Let us cling together to any of the battle ones, but you pretty much can't go wrong with any of them.
>the last new game was 13 years ago
Fuck.

>>1687051
I have recently gotten into Shining Force witch is a strategy JRPG

>>1687051
Earthbound

>>1687545
How many SRPGs aren't also J?
Almost all western games I can think of are way more S than RPG.

>>1687578
Earthbound is about as obscure as pants.

The Glory of Heracles series. Only the fourth game remains untranslated and they are in the process of completing said translation.

>>1687051
Bite the bullet and try to play through a Dragon Quest.

>>1687051

SUPER MARIO RPG

Or did you just forget to mention it?

>>1687618
>I've exhausted:
>anything FF
>anything DQ

ain't stand for dairy queen

>>1687372
>played both
What about the PS1 ones?

Hourai High is really fun and unique.

>>1687618
yeah that's right you better run

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaiLcaXXff4

ROBOTREK

>>1687382
>>1687064
It's funny, I came to this thread to mention the Sailor Moon RPG but you guys beat me to it.

Front Mission, if that counts.

>>1687215
I love Arcana.

>>1687215
I, too, love arcana.
Dat Bintel theme

>>1687051
read
>>1559243

>>1687051
Day of the Idea

It's like Earthbound in it's setting (Urban Fantasy), but deals with many more different themes.

One section involves carrying Nitroglycerin to an Oil site in a truck so you can get fuel for a Helicopter. If you run into anything on the map, the truck explodes.

Another has a Fight Club esque setting where a Sumo Wrestler (One of the Heroes) helps break up an illegal underground fighting arena

Yet Another has you going into a Volcano to stop sacrifices to some being called Nupopo.

Sadly the game isn't translated.

Super Ninja Boy

It's a jrpg+side scrolling platformer beat-em-up.

Only problem is the game uses a shitty passcode system (with loooong tedious codes) instead of saves. So, you might have to use savestates.

>>1687101
>Metal Max

HNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGG! Damn it, translation for these games when?

Played the ever-lovin' Hell outta' Returns and even tracked down a copy of Metal Saga for the PS2, but I would love to play 2 (or Reloaded) and 3.

Has anyone else who doesn't read moon tried this? Is it doable?

>>1688363
Metal Max Returns has a fan translation. None of the others do, shame that it is so, because those are great games.

Who is she?

>>1688897
oh that's Boobie McCurveye, she is a frisbee trainer at the denim dog school in japan.

>>1687051
There are ALWAYS more RPG's on the SNES :)

Try these perhaps
Brandish 2
Metal Max Returns
Holy Umbrella: Dondera no Mubou
Romancing Sa-Ga 3
Rudra no Hihou
Lennus II: Fuuin no Shito
Eien no Filena
Fushigi no Dungeon 2: Fuurai no Shiren
Nekketsu Tairiku: Burning Heroes
Shadowrun

And many more...

>>1687051
Lagoon

How does the PSP remake of Star Ocean compare to the original?

>>1687419
>Treasure of the Rudras
Is that the one with name generated spells?

>>1689526
Yes. And believe it or not, that isn't the only reason to play it.

>setting somewhat similar to FFVII, before FFVII even came out
>animation is fluid as fuck
>ability to drop an entire storyline midway, go to another, and come back to it later
>Keita Amamiya, the man behind Kamen Rider, actually directed this. Was his only game.

I liked 7th Saga but I know a lot of people dislike it. It's worth looking into at least.

Magic Knight Rayearth

>>1687203
The screenshot reminded me of The Magical Land of Wozz. One of the seriously obscure SNES JRPGs (though it still got a fantranslation, I've literally never seen any discussion or mention of it outside of the fantranslation enthusiast circles). Aside from being a standard JRPG that looks at lot like Breath of Fire, it has an unique feature in the invention/crafting system that allows you to create various items, equipment, robots and vehicles to allow you in battle and travel. It also doesn't take itself seriously and has a fun, humorous and lighthearted feel. I've played it ages ago so I can't say much more about it, but if you're like me, have played all the mainstream and """""obscure""""" """""hidden gems""""" (Romancing Saga, Live-A-Live, Bahamut Lagoon) and are starving for actually obscure games there's very little information about, it should be right up your alley.

>>1689612
Another obscure one I'd like to put forward is Arabian Nights. It's an pretty unique little game based around Arabic mythology and genies. It has a very nice pronounced Arabic style and flair you don't see too often and has an unique gameplay feature in the form of cards your party can collect and use in battle to affect the battlefield (for example, for it to damage enemies every turn or to boost your defences), and the enemy parties, even the random battles, also use cards of their own to knock yours out of the battlefield and impose their own global effects. It was released close to the end of the SNES' lifespan and the graphics are beautiful and charming (though the battle animations are very cheap even with the decent spritework). The game feels a bit rushed, a lot of features feel kinda misplaced mostly due to the extremely botched difficulty: it's too easy to actually bother with using cards and summons, your characters near one-turn KO any boss without any overleveling. But it can be lots of fun to play through, especially if you avoid unnecessary leveling completely, and it's certainly unique.

>>1688903

>>1687539
>tfw we could have had a newer Ogre game instead of FFTA2

>>1689536
>Kamen Rider
Okay I am hyped.

>>1687051

Ranma 1/2

>>1688363
What >>1688879 said. Also there is Metal Saga for the PS2 which got a NA release. The gameplay is still basically the same retro gameplay as the other Metal Max games, even if it uses PS2 graphics.

>>1689523
I enjoyed it. It's a big improvement on the first game at least. I played both the SNES and PSP version of the first game, and really prefer Second Story's gameplay mechanics. It's good enough that even if you dislike the voice acting, cutscenes or the change in art style, you'll probably have a better time with the PSP version. I did sort of miss the lush 2D backgrounds though, I remember they looked really nice. They got replaced with the pre-rendered 3D you see like in Second Story.

All that said, I'm still afraid to touch Second Evolution. Even with nostalgia I can recognize the English voice acting in the original game is pretty terrible. Not sure if the new voice acting is better (probably is) but they also changed the art style from that classy 90's anime style to something you'd expect out of a moe slice of life. It just really bugs me for some reason. I'll follow up with a picture of the new art style.

>>1693713
I'm sure it doesn't completely ruin the experience and I'm probably just over-reacting. But it's not like they added anything great in like with the first remake, as far as I know. In fact it's apparently easier because the character you control gets a normal attack that's an actual combo, raising the amount of damage you can dish out even though the enemy stats are all still the same.

>>1693718
Different anon here, but SO2 is one of my favorite games of all time Along with FFT, MMX2, and KOTOR and I actually felt a little uncomfortable playing the remake.

Not enough to not give them my money for my favorite franchise, but because Rena looks like such a loli now.
Like her 90s design was awesome, I'd even say actually cute. But remake is so moe it hurts.

And I just don't get why they went that route because the designs for First Departure are so good.

>>1693732
Thanks man, that fills in some gaps about what I knew. By the way, how is the voice acting? I like Precis's backstory, personality, sprites and she has some neat moves. But actually using her in battle in the PSX version puts you through the torturous experience of hearing her terrible voice acting. I couldn't stand it and had to swap her out of my main team.

It's an SRPG, but if you're a /m/an you should really take up some Super Robot Wars.

1-3 are the only retro ones translated (and with some odd/amateurish ideas in speech as opposed to the non-retro for some reason), but once you play a few you can get through the others more than alright if you can't speak moon.

>No mention of Tales of phantasia

>>1694256
Does that count as obscure?

Also, Is the PS1 with translation king?

Brain Lord.

>>1687051
Try the 1st 2 Shin Megami Tensei games.

>>1694257
>Also, Is the PS1 with translation king?
Yep.

>>1687051
>Mixam. Look at this flower!
>Mixam
>Mixam
Dyslexia...?

>>1694257
PS1 translation is great. Even works perfect on the burned CD.
Wonder how many CD's i've used up for ps1 games...I don't think i've ever actually bought a ps1 game.

>>1694268
No, don't, that isn't a very good game, anon.

>>1695025
Waht are you tlinakg aoubt?