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[Anonymous No.3938243]

Here my SNES JRPG backlog. What should I prioritise? What shouldn't I bother with?

[Anonymous No.3938248]

Skip everything except Terranigma.

[Anonymous No.3938261]

Those are all good, I'd say prioritize terranigma and lufia 2. Dqv, tales and star ocean all have remakes. Dq5 is fine on snes but the ds one really makes it shine. And tales for PSX is infinitely better. Star ocean I'd say play SNES personally.

[Anonymous No.3938262]

>>3938243
>prioritise
Evermore, Terranigma and Lufia 2.
FF V and Star Ocean aren't bad but play those other 3 first.
>What shouldn't I bother with?
BOF2 - very mediocre game with rubbish writing, the re-translation patch doesn't make it much better.
DQV - Good but play the PS2 version instead
Phantasia - Play the PS1 version instead

[Anonymous No.3938265]

>>3938243
Reminder that if you're going to play Terranigma be sure to apply the NTSC patch
http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/541/

[Anonymous No.3938267]

>>3938261
>ds one really makes it shine
The translation is terrible.

[Anonymous No.3938271]

>>3938243
Prioritize Terranigma as it's the shortest game out of those, and also the fastest to play since it's an action RPG.

If you crave more action gameplay go with Evermore, or skip it and transition into RPG gameplay with Star Ocean and Tales of Phantasia.

Then it's up to you. Do you like great gameplay and can stomach increasingly stupid stories? Go with Final Fantasy V or Lufia II. Do you like good stories (or at least stories with more than three seconds of planning put into them) with plenty of twists and wish to go with an almost purely traditional gameplay? Go with Breath of Fire 2 or Dragon Quest V.

Also, you better be playing the Breath of Fire 2 retranslation, if nothing else for the ability to dash.

[Anonymous No.3938279]

>>3938243
FFV first, Terranigma second, do whatever you want past that EXCEPT skip SO and ToP and play their remakes. Both of them are shit due to insane encounter rates with incredibly shitty balance.

[Anonymous No.3938284]

>>3938271
The story in Final Fantasy 5 isn't even marginally worse than Breath Of Fire 2.
>Hurr religion is bad, original.

[Anonymous No.3938285]

>>3938271
The story in Final Fantasy 5 isn't even marginally worse than Breath Of Fire 2.
>Hurr religion is bad, how original.

[Anonymous No.3938297]

>>3938271
>>3938248
>>3938261
>>3938262
Seems pretty decisive, I'll start with Terranigma. Thanks

I like my JRPG's to feel dramatic and epic, so I get the feeling FFV might not be for me

[Anonymous No.3938306]

>>3938297
You're missing out the best Final Fantasy combat in the series, FF5 has plenty of epic moments, nigga. Just listen to this song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CMTXyExkeI

[Anonymous No.3938309]

I hate that these threads devolve into bashing FF5 for not having a stupid shonen story.

[Anonymous No.3938312]

Who the fuck even cares about story in videogames? They're all horrible anyway.

[Anonymous No.3938314]

Terranigma really falls apart when you get to the end of the human era and the Beruga arc begins.

[Anonymous No.3938381]

When did Terranigger become so overrated? Barely anyone even talked about it years ago.

[Anonymous No.3938524]

>>3938381

It's literally one fucking autismo constantly talking it up every fucking chance he gets, even ahead of other Quintet games.

OP, I'd say skip Terranigma and Lufia II, and play Star Ocean directly after Tales of Phantasia (trust me on this, k?).

As for what to play first....I mean, it's tempting just to blat out "Tales of Phantasia!", but that'd be letting my bias do you a JRPG disservice; Tales of Phantasia and Star Ocean are flawed masterpieces or diamonds in the rough, and you have several others there that could be considered more "ol' reliable". I'd say start with either Dragon Quest V or Final Fantasy V, depending on whether you value gameplay or story more in your RPGs.

>>3938248
>>3938261
>>3938262
>>3938265
>>3938271


Whatever you do, do not listen to these dumb niggers. Terranigma is a waste of your time and even >>3938314 's assessment of it is charitable (something can't fall apart when it was barely holding together to begin with).

[Anonymous No.3938530]

>>3938297
While FF5 is pretty tongue-in-cheek it has plenty intense moments like the other guy said. You should give each of those games at least 10 hours.

[Anonymous No.3938772]

>>3938243
>JRPG
>Terranigma

[Anonymous No.3938780]

>>3938772
wewest of lads

[Anonymous No.3938793]

>>3938243
Breath of Fire II with re-translation patch is the best out of these if you don't mind a bit outdated gameplay.

[Anonymous No.3938798]

>>3938793
>BoF2 Monster Editor
Here you go, grinding problem solved. Works with re-translation patch.

[Anonymous No.3938820]

>>3938243
skip ToP, SoE and BoFII
the rest are ok

[Anonymous No.3939067]

My picks are Terranigma, then FFV and DQV

DQV does have some ports/remakes you might want to check out instead though.

>>3938524
Shut up lol

[Anonymous No.3939076]

>>3938243
>Play
DQV
Terranigma
>look into
Evermore
FFV

Don't bother with the rest. Lufia is mediocre, tales and star ocean are unbalanced as fuck, and BoF didn't get good until III.

[Anonymous No.3939715]

Terranigma is *ok*, but it's really not as great as everyone makes it out to be.

[Anonymous No.3940596]

>>3938243
Dont bother with tales

[Anonymous No.3942391]

Star Ocean & Tales of Phantasia are better on PSP.

[Anonymous No.3942410]

>>3942391

>>3942391

You blasphemous motherfucker.

[Anonymous No.3942853]

>>3942410
SO and ToP have severe issues on the SNES. I was getting attacked what felt like every 2 steps in the final dungeon in SO -with the anti-encounter shit on- and Dhaos' castle in ToP, and to top it all off the enemies had padded HP and did insane damage to make it even more tedious. It's not even strategically engaging.

[Anonymous No.3942892]

>>3942853

Tales of Phantasia is best experienced on the PSX. Couldn't say regarding Star Ocean.

[Anonymous No.3944320]

>>3938243
Most of those games have better versions in other platforms, imo.