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4900114 No.4900114 [Reply] [Original]

so... what rpg would you recommend to play to a person who is an absolute virgin in the genre?

>> No.4900135

chrono trigger if you wanna try jrpgs

>> No.4900138

>>4900114
All rpg players are virgins in general.

FF9 for jRPGs. Baldur's Gate for baka gaijin ones

>> No.4900145

>>4900114
Dragon's Dogma
Baldur's Gate 1-2
Knights of the Old Republic 1-2
Mass Effect 1-3
Dragon Age Origins
Diablo 2

>> No.4900148

>>4900114
ys 1&2 and Lunar are pretty nice to start with

>> No.4900153

Fallout 1

>> No.4900157

Final Fantasy 4.
Chrono Trigger.
Earthbound.

>> No.4900162

Earthbound's good if you want something different from the Tolkien-derivative or cyberpunk settings of the average JRPG

>> No.4900165
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4900165

Wizardry

>> No.4900168

>>4900114
The genre varies too much. I would ask them why they want to try the genre and what they want out of a game then go from there.

>> No.4900175

>>4900114
I'm gonna mention Final Fantasy Mystic Quest, as it was literally designed as an entry-level rpg. Unless you feel it insults your intelligence too badly, because it is quite dumbed down compared to typical entries in the genre.

>> No.4900185

If you want something super easy that explains the mechanics upfront, the Mario and Pokemon RPGs are a good start. Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, EarthBound and Chrono Trigger are other good starts. And this is just JRPGs. I have too little experience with WRPGs to be of any help, but there's a lot of good ones too.

>> No.4900212

>>4900135
This unironically.

Ff7 i guess if you cant stomach the old graphics.

Western Rpgs and jap rpgs are totally different btw. Its good to experience both

But nothing..nothing compares to being swept up in a good JRPG. So much soul.

>> No.4900251

>>4900168
>why they want to try the genre
I'm bored as fuck
>what they want out of a game then go from there
fun I guess?, I look for something entry level

>> No.4900285
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4900285

If you want to try a dungeon crawler, play World of Xeen.

>> No.4900406

>>4900251
Okay so you're just a complete retard then. Super Mario RPG will suit you great.

>> No.4900414
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If you play this, you already played all of them

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>>4900114
Paraiste Eve II. It`s a fucking unique blend of action with rpg, with a interesting story in the times Square did things right. Pick up your M4A1 and go shoot fireballs in some creeps with your new waifu, Aya Brea.

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>>4900114
Have a gander at this, I personally do not like western rpgs from the 80's, I like the ones around the mid 90's. I tried most of these dungeons and dragon games, most made by SSI has aged like milk desu

>> No.4900636

>>4900414
Isn’t this the one that has monster trucks and sniper rifles?

>> No.4900890

>>4900135
Okay, should I play with real time combat on or off? Will it stress me the fuck out?

>> No.4901291

Showed my normie girlfriend Arcanum and she fell in love with it. She'd never really even played a video game before, but she became a huge fan and even insisted on using turn-based mode. Really fun game to explore and make choices in, I think newbies might like it a lot.

>> No.4901318

>>4900890
Wait mode is for pussies.

Active mode is for Chads.

>> No.4901386

Diablo 1 & 2
Fallout 1
Daggerfall & Morrowind
Might & Magic 3
Arcanum

If you want a JRPG that isn't pure weeb cancer, try Dragon Quest 3.

>> No.4901496

>>4900406
>so you're just a complete retard then
>>>/v/

>> No.4901505

>>4900135
well, I'm going to play this, do I emulate the snes version ?, I'm sure the Steam version is butchered somehow

>> No.4901516

>>4901505
DS version has better translation, the PS1 cutscenes (you can turn them off if you don't want them) added dungeons, and an extra ending.

>> No.4901526

>>4901505
Steam version had a terrible graphics filter that's since been removed, but I think it still has the trashy phone UI.
SNES version is fine, the DS one has extra content which is usually considered not so great (partly for story reasons and tie-ins to Chrono Cross, which you'll have no opinions on, partly because one of the bonus dungeons apparently involves running up and down a mountain twenty times - serious fun). You can do without the latter.
Just avoid the PS1 version, it's bad. Horrible load times.

>> No.4901531

Phantasy Star II for the sega genesis.
Great story, great characters!
It’s a JRPG but trust me you won’t mind.

>> No.4901706

>>4900625
>Gothic 1 not in god tier
Shit list.

>> No.4901718

>>4900145
You forgot Icewind Dale series, The Temple of Elemental Evil, Planescape Torment, Neverwinter Night series.

>> No.4902225

>>4900114
>>4900165
this

>> No.4902853

>>4900625
>most made by SSI has aged like milk
wut, the SSI games are still GOAT, especially once you grab the companion program

>> No.4902862

>>4902853
In some ways those high-tier gold box SSI games have aged really well, particularly the combat mechanics. But the interface can be very tedious and I find the fonts to be ugly.

They're also from the era of game manuals. In fact I think some of them even reference journal entries in the printed manual and such instead of making the text available in-game.

>> No.4902870

>>4900114
Final Fantasy IX
>>4900890
My first RPG I had atb on and I think it's fun but if you want to ease your way in just do wait mode. Just whatever you do don't play the fucking PSX port of Chrono Trigger, get the SNES or DS one.

>> No.4902880

>>4900114
Just want to say, as someone who has played every Final Fantasy from 1-9 except for 8, I would definitely NOT start with 9. It's a very slow game and has a lot of flaws that series fans tend to overlook.

>> No.4902912
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4902912

Chrono Trigger for japanese RPGs.

Everything about this game is amazing. The soundtrack is one of the greatest of all time, the story is good, every single character is memorable, the battle system is fun and fast paced, there's little to no grinding, a fuckton of replayability. Even Toriyama's character design is somehow better in this than in every single Dragon Quest game.

The one drawback I can give to Chrono Trigger is that it is perhaps TOO good and not fully representative of the genre; most retro jRPGs will be considerably longer, filled with random battles and require a lot more grinding.

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>>4902912

Fallout 1 for western RPGs.

This was the first cRPG I played. I was a console gamer for most of my life and downloaded Fallout 1 from GOG on a whim back in 2009. It blew my fucking mind. This is maybe the closest the industry has ever been to replicating a true tabletop experience. The combat isn't that great, but the world feels so alive and organic and actually reacting to your character's actions and decisions.

Fallout 2 is bigger but not better, I think.

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>>4900114
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. It's laid-back, witty and fun.

>> No.4903593

>>4900114
crpgs and jrpgs are very different. Do you like japanese stuff? Do you like simple games?

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Just in case you run out of ideas.

>> No.4903609

I recommend classic hentai JRPG.
Cobra Mission
Knights of Xentar

Not classic:
Brave Soul
Rance VI

>> No.4903641

>>4900625
>list takes into account the immense powergap between the core NWN games and their expansions

Great list tbx, still I think that core NWN and NWN 2 being at the same tier as Skyrim is kinda stupid considering the online capabilities of the NWN games which easily make them high tier without expansions

>> No.4903647

>>4900114
I would recommend you steer clear from that shit-tier genre for low-i.q tards.

>> No.4903671

>>4903647

master b8r

>> No.4903672

pokemon red/blue/yellow
it's the only rpg i've ever been able to tolerate for some reason

>> No.4903679

>>4903672
Weird, they bore me to death but I love traditional 8-bit JRPGs. I've never finished a Pokemon game.

>> No.4903682

>>4902870
Whats the difference?

>> No.4903808

>>4902862
>some of them
pretty sure all of them did, but that was standard for the time

>> No.4904393

ARPG: Darkstone (easy to get into and very diablo like)
WRPG: Strahd's Possession (2nd best d&d module) or KotOR 1
JRPG: Literally any mainline FF, Wild Arms 2, Phantasy Star IV or Shining Force if you don't mind perma death.

>> No.4904546

>>4903647
>I would recommend you steer clear from that shit-tier genre for low-test dorks.

Fixed.

>> No.4904559 [DELETED] 

Golden Sun and Golden Sun: The Lost Age (They were planned as one game)

and Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars.

>> No.4904592 [DELETED] 

>>4904559
>Golden Sun

NOT RETRO

>> No.4904601

>>4901386
>Daggerfall & Morrowind
I dont know about that. Morrowind mayyyybe, Daggerfall hell no.

>> No.4904604

>>4901531
Are you crazy. The dungeons are fucking brutal.

>> No.4904631

>>4900114
Ultima 6
Ultima 7
Ultima 7 Part 2
Ultima Underworld
Ultima Underworld 2

That shit is so amazing that it'll spoil you on the genre and (almost) nothing else will be able to live up to it.

>> No.4906130

How movie-like are the PSX Final Fantasy games?
I don't like being interrupted by FMVs every few minutes.

>> No.4906159

Why do people feel the need to ask so many damn questions before playing a game? Just play something

>> No.4906165

>>4903682
Every menu, map, scene takes an extra 10-15 seconds to load and it's annoying as fuck

>> No.4906179

>>4906159
I'd agree with you if we weren't specifically talking about games that may require over 50 hours to beat.

>> No.4908206

>>4906159
I asked one (1) question and I chose to play the first answer

>> No.4908332

>>4900625
*SNAP*

Daggerfall and Arena are way better than Morrowind, mm2 isn't low tier, and bane of the cosmic forge should be God tier. Cringe.

>> No.4908337

Super Mario RPG got me into the genre and gave me an appreciation of story in vg

>> No.4908338

>>4906159
Because I'm not a NEET