Overlooked PS1 games, preferably RPGs. I've gone through the oft-mentioned classics (Xenogears, FF, Chrono Cross, Grandia) and would like to know about some other classics that aren't named in every top ten list. Thanks! Theme of Thread: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAndtPjTHfg

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Anonymous Mon Jul 29 06:58:45 2013 No.945889 [Reply] [Original]

Overlooked PS1 games, preferably RPGs. I've gone through the oft-mentioned classics (Xenogears, FF, Chrono Cross, Grandia) and would like to know about some other classics that aren't named in every top ten list. Thanks!

Theme of Thread: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAndtPjTHfg

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 29 06:59:15 2013 No.945891 >>945889 Brave Fencer Musashi But it's more of an Action/Platformer with RPG elements.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 29 07:00:44 2013 No.945892 Azure Dreams.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 29 07:02:14 2013 No.945898 >>945891 Whoa! Jump!

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 29 07:02:14 2013 No.945897 >>945891 Looks pretty sweet, though it does seem a bit cartoony. >>945892 Oh man, I totally recognize that character art from somewhere. Delightfully psychedelic.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 29 07:05:44 2013 No.945901 SaGa Frontier is great, different races that develop differently and many worlds to explore. Though be warned, it doesn't hold your hand.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 29 07:09:45 2013 No.945906 >>945901 >The basic concept of SaGa Frontier is based on its Free Scenario System, in which one can play as any of seven different protagonists Sounds intense.

Anonymous Mon Jul 29 07:20:15 2013 No.945913
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Tear Ring Saga: SRPG very much like Fire Emblem (same creator)
Moon: bizarre RPG that explores some of the traditional RPG conventions
Paro Wars: turned-based strategy game based on the Parodius and Gradius games

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 29 07:21:45 2013 No.945916 File: 24 KB, 608x448, samshorpg.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Shinsetsu Samurai Spirits Bushidō Retsuden: RPG based on the Samurai Showdown games

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 29 07:23:14 2013 No.945920 File: 259 KB, 640x480, HVG4PWD[1].png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>945913 mfw i've only started learning japanese two weeks ago

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 29 07:26:14 2013 No.945921 File: 18 KB, 300x220, londonseirei.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] London Seirei Tantei-Dan: RPG that takes place in Victorian-era London.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 29 07:27:14 2013 No.945923 Racing Lagoon....a racing RPG from Square. Import.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 29 07:27:14 2013 No.945925 File: 879 KB, 800x600, dragon_valor.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] A pretty good game Or rather I think it is a good game

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 29 07:27:45 2013 No.945924 >>945921 >>945916 >>945913 I feel like I missed out on great games for the sole reason that i'm not japanese.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 29 07:30:44 2013 No.945926 >>945925 Is that Archer vs Lancer? >>945924 come on over and learn japanese with me https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QkKNc3AYP5sOv23FRjBoCs2dDzHN83BuT1T_aRU21t0/edit

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 29 07:34:49 2013 No.945930 >>945916 Has the guy translating it die or something?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 29 07:35:14 2013 No.945931 >>945897 >though it does seem a bit cartoony It's 100% cartoony through and through.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 29 07:37:44 2013 No.945934 >>945921 Shit mate I'm going to play this and post screenshots in another thread right.

Anonymous Mon Jul 29 07:42:14 2013 No.945946

>>945924
In the case of RPGs, anyone not able to read Japanese is definitely missing out.

I started studying Japanese 10 years ago and can now read novels, etc. without a dictionary, but it's a long road. I'd still recommend it to any hardcore game fans because of the massive number of games you can now play.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 29 08:30:44 2013 No.945987 >>945906 we had a thread about it recently. it's a good game but very unfocused so very little handholding which can be tedious gamedesign wise.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 29 08:34:14 2013 No.945994 >>945906 SaGa games are anything but intense. They're weird quirky things that make no sense whatsoever, neither story nor gameplay, until you slip into the right mindset.

Anonymous Mon Jul 29 08:34:44 2013 No.945993

Wizardry Empire
Devil Summoner Soul Hackers
SMT 2

but if you don't know moonrunes, you're fucked too.

Llygamyn Saga and New Age of Llygamyn are nice then.

Also, Ungra Walker and Battle Hunter.

Battle Hunter is so low budget it hurts sometimes but the game principle is rather solid.

UngraWalker is similar to stuff like Azure Dreams but
no monster companions.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 29 08:36:44 2013 No.945996 Brigandine from Atlus

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 29 08:59:14 2013 No.946020 Who the hell in their right mind likes Chrono Cross for anything aside for the music? On topic, Vandal Hearts.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 29 09:03:44 2013 No.946030 >>945996 That game was a piece of shit.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 29 09:15:14 2013 No.946052 >>945994 They're alright. I personally have very fond memories of what was marketed here as SaGa 1. I liked 2 for Gustave, but the rest of it was so mindnumbingly boring I couldn't make it through.

Anonymous Mon Jul 29 09:29:14 2013 No.946081
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I am literally in tears right now OP.

I finally found IT.

PIC FUCKING RELATED.

When this game came out I was just a wee laddy (6), and this was my first PS1 RPG after playing Breath of Fire on the SNES.

I could never remember the title until just now searching for it again because of your thread. It has taken me the better portion of 10 years since remembering where I got stuck in this game, to recall the title, since I had only rented it.

So I give to you a true gem of mine, memories I've held very close (I played this while my mom was in the hospital, pregnant with my twin sisters), so I had a lot of memories surrounded by this title. This and Star Gladiator, as well as a couple cartoon movies, were rented by my dad for me, since they were leaving me in the care of my grandma.

I'm so happy this thread helped me find this game. I give you my favorite PS1 RPG due to immense nostalgia.

Beyond the Beyond.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 29 09:35:14 2013 No.946090 >>946081 Probably the only rpg from PS1 I didn't play.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 29 09:37:44 2013 No.946091 >>946090 You'd have to have a pretty heavy dose of nostalgia indeed to like Beyond the Beyond.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 29 09:44:14 2013 No.946102 >this entire thread >no Legend of Legaia I am dissapointed in you /vr/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJk-bOO8k-A

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Anonymous Mon Jul 29 10:26:14 2013 No.946159

Since I played most of these and have free time and am bored, I might as well offer a few comments

>>945891
Never considered it a rpg, and honestly the "humor" in the game irked me for some reason.

>>945892
Some people like this one, and to me it was one of the worst jrpgs ever made. I never liked the "one dungeon one town" games, though. Plus the fact that you go down to level 1 each time to leave was just fucking stupid.

>>945901
I loved this game when I first played it. Only later did I see just how bare bones and pretty shallow the game was. Reds, and that Robot guys story were good though, some of the other characters sucked(Lute for instance had no business of even having a story line)

>>945996
I really wanted to like this game, but it just seems like too much effort for little to no payback. I played the campaign with that ice guy, and it lasted for quite a bit, repetitive the further it went along and when I got to the end, there was no real conclusion that made it seem worthwile to play through.

>>946020
Vandal Hearts was awesome. Really an overlook tactical rpg.

>>946101
This one counts as retro? I swear it's like it was yesterday that I played this one. Or did I mix it up with the one on the GBA?

>>946102
Good game, but the fights took forever. That is fine for boss battles(the fights against those three guys that you had to fight one on one were really good) but it's just annoying in random encounters.

>>946113
Whimsical and funny, I liked it.

>>946121
One of the worst combat systems in history of jrpgs. Funny story and likeable characters though.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 29 10:40:44 2013 No.946179 >>946113 Mah nigga. >tfw you will never play the sequel Man...

Anonymous Mon Jul 29 10:52:14 2013 No.946198
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>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 29 10:56:15 2013 No.946208 >>946198 That looks so nice. Is that Suikoden II? I've been wanting to play that one my PSP, the emulated PS1 version. Still wondering if I should play SII or Final fantasy 6.

Anonymous Mon Jul 29 11:00:14 2013 No.946214
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Command and Conquer: Red Alert: Retaliation. Used to spend days playing linked skirmish games with my father and brother. I was also, incidentally, the only one who could do the missions.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 29 11:03:15 2013 No.946215 File: 349 KB, 1280x1024, 1206438055885.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>946208 Play Suikoden 1 and 2, then Final Fantasy 6. They are all great games.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 29 11:12:14 2013 No.946228 >>946215 I'd rather just jump straight to Suikoden II.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 29 11:13:14 2013 No.946229 Legend Of Dragoon The game is really good.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 29 11:15:14 2013 No.946234 File: 159 KB, 1020x765, Hero Circle.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>946228 Alright, your loss.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 29 11:17:14 2013 No.946238 >>946228 Suikoden 2 is a directish sequel with a number of major characters from 1 coming back in 2.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 29 11:18:14 2013 No.946240 >>946234 >>946238 I've read that you can play Suikoden II just fine without having played the first one.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 29 11:19:44 2013 No.946242 >>946238 Is the story in S1 just as good as in SII? In that case I might play it

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 29 11:21:14 2013 No.946248 >>946240 You can, but it's worth playing 1 first. You also unlock stuff from important a Suikoden 1 save, especially one with all the characters obtained. >>946242 No, Suikoden 2 has a better story.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 29 11:25:14 2013 No.946252 >>946248 guess i'll just play suikoden 2 then

Anonymous Mon Jul 29 11:48:15 2013 No.946282

Star Ocean: The Second Story. A great game, although it has a ludicrously tough final boss. You know how you postpone the final fight in your RPGs so you can go around and find all the extra stuff? Doing that is pretty much mandatory in SO2 if you want to beat it. Still a great game with good replay value.

Anonymous Mon Jul 29 11:49:45 2013 No.946283

Can anyone tell me some general "good or bad" qualifiers for these games my brother recently picked up?

Threads of Fate (Squaresoft, PS1)
Alundra 2 (sort-of Climax Ent., PS1)
SaGa Frontier 2 (Squaresoft, PS1)

SaGa Frontier 2 is pretty cool so far, and I have a sneaking suspicion that the first Alundra is better (though I love the goofy VA), and don't know anything about Threads of Fate.

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Anonymous Mon Jul 29 14:46:45 2013 No.946594

>>946283
Threads of Fate is pretty good. You choose between two characters and each has his own story to go through. Male character is darker, while the woman has more light hearted moments.

Alundra 2 is a travesty of a game that has nothing to do with the first one. Hell, even without anything to do with it, it's awful.

Saga Frontier 2 is okay. I liked the first one more, personally, but I find people that enjoy the second one more exist, and I can see why as well. Gustaves story is awesome, and the rest of the game is so so.

Anonymous Mon Jul 29 15:14:15 2013 No.946638
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>>945930
No, people were constantly shitting on him on the NeoGeo forums because he was taking too long to release the translation, so he said "fuck it" and gave up. The usual story.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 29 15:15:15 2013 No.946646 >>946594 I personally love Alundra 2.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 29 15:22:15 2013 No.946669 Tactis Ogre. always a good choice and a better game than FF Tactics.

Anonymous Mon Jul 29 15:22:45 2013 No.946665

>>946283
>Alundra 2 (sort-of Climax Ent., PS1)

It's such a shame what happened with this game. I like Alundra a lot. if they did the right thing it could have become a franchise that rivals anything Zelda but Alundra 2 didn't even have the old Alundra elf dude to play as.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 29 15:26:46 2013 No.946675 Legend of Dragoon of course. King's Field 1 and 2 Shadow Tower

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 29 15:31:15 2013 No.946681 >>946646 Well, sorry to say, but you have terrible taste.

Anonymous Mon Jul 29 15:58:45 2013 No.946730

>>946594
>>946665
re: Alundra 2

Well, I think I might tell him to stick with Threads of Fate and SaGa Frontier 2. After the cat boss we sort of saw how the game's controls are going to get in the way of actually enjoying the game. The best part is that your attacks slide you into the boss, doing damage to yourself each time you hit.

it's a real shame because the localization is nice and goofy - they were clearly trying to ape Working Designs, which is not a bad thing at all.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 29 16:09:15 2013 No.946762 File: 129 KB, 1024x768, Riding Coolon To Glory.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>946675 >>946229 my niggas

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 29 16:35:16 2013 No.946807 >>945921 I had this game in my backlog for a longtime, is it any good? I love detective games like Mikagura Shoujo Tanteidan.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 29 16:39:45 2013 No.946815 >>945994 >They're weird quirky things that make no sense whatsoever, neither story nor gameplay Or until you read the manual that comes with the game.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 29 16:41:45 2013 No.946824 >>946675 >King's Field 1 and 2 >Shadow Tower This

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 29 17:05:16 2013 No.946891 Final Fantasy 7

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 29 17:08:45 2013 No.946897 File: 371 KB, 1435x1460, persona 2 innocent sin.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Persona 2 Innocent Sin and then Persona 2 Eternal Punishment They don't play like 3 or 4 so don't go in expecting that

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 29 19:43:45 2013 No.947384 >>946897 I tried those games in the past, but the combat was really tedious to me.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 29 19:54:15 2013 No.947416 Legend of Mana is my favorite on the system

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 29 23:08:38 2013 No.947761 >>947384 SMT combat really is ridiculously slow paced. The vast majority of the enjoyment I get from those games comes from the preparation and demon pokemon outside of combat. Once you're actually in battle, shit gets really, really stale.

Anonymous Mon Jul 29 23:15:39 2013 No.947779

Hoshigami is definitely worth a playthrough, if only because its one of the few SRPGs ever made where the developers sole intention was to kick you in the dick. Its very rare to not feel like a weak piece of shit in that game, and nearly every map is stacked against you.

Star Ocean 2 is a fantastic game, with a deeper crafting system than the shitty Atelier games of the time that revolved around it, and a combat system that made spamming one move over and over more fun than you ever thought possible. I always felt like it was what Tales games should have been.

>>	Shaithis !ceYOYlFZoU Tue Jul 30 08:54:15 2013 No.948635 File: 73 KB, 235x279, 1350419472205.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>946307 ma nigga

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 31 12:39:50 2013 No.951625 bump

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