2017-09-15 at 4:20 AM UTC
I just finished playing Faery which is a charming game but very short and very lackluster in the RPG department. I'm looking for something with gud story gud mechanics gud game. What do you recommend I play and why?
Have been playing Valkyria Chronicles as well and its okay, but its kinda soft on the turn-based aspect and RPG aspect. I'm looking for something with good boss battles and potion stocking and microwave beeps between turns yada yada. System doesn't matter I can emulate emus all day.
2017-09-15 at 4:22 AM UTC
aldra
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do Baldurs Gate and co count? Battles are realtime but you can pause and issue commands. I recently fired up Icewind Dale for the first time.
the only strictly turn-based one one that comes to mind is Chrono Trigger, though I'm also a big fan of the tactical RPGs like Fire Emblem
2017-09-15 at 4:27 AM UTC
Not into Baldur's Gate type things. I did try the early Fallout games a while back but it isn't the itch I'm looking for.
Chrono Trigger is fucking great but I ran into a game breaking glitch in the dystopian level place. Maybe I'll give it another shot. What is Fire Emblem like? I looked it up but just ran into a bunch of ads for some new 3ds game
2017-09-15 at 4:30 AM UTC
aldra
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it's a long running series - if you want to give it a try, get the original Fire Emblem for GBA. it's hard to describe if you're not familiar with tactical RPGs, but I guess... think X-Com? with more focus on character development and less on equipment.
2017-09-15 at 4:33 AM UTC
I'd say it's more akin to Battle for Wesnoth. Or Final Fantasy Tactics (ADVANCE). But I only ever played one of them on Gameboy or Gameboy Advance, a long time ago.
2017-09-15 at 4:35 AM UTC
aldra
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yeah, I was looking for a more mainstream comparison, sounded like he wasn't familiar with the genre
2017-09-15 at 4:40 AM UTC
McFuck this I am not googling all of those. I'm going to try Fire Emblem for GBA tomorrow and see how it is. You're right that I'm not at all familiar. If anybody has any other solid suggestions just say them and I will go in blind if I don't get sucked into Fire Emblem after a few hours.
2017-09-15 at 10:59 AM UTC
Final fantasy tactics is my favorite, not much of a story to it though
I love grid based strategy RPGS like that. Shame there are so few
Tactics advance 2 was my favorite but that's probably just nostalgia glasses as it was the first final fantasy game I ever played
2017-09-18 at 3:56 PM UTC
I havent played as many turn based RPGs as I wish I had. That said... FF IX, Persona 4 Golden, what ive played of P5.
2017-09-18 at 6:04 PM UTC
I know you said Fallout wasn't what you wanted, but pretty much everything I wanna recommend kinda falls into that category of old school RPGs. Fallout 1 & 2, Baldur's Gate, Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura. Tyranny is pretty good but it's (sort of) real-time... and more recent.
Best recommendations I can give are Shadowrun Returns, Shadowrun: Dragonfall, and Shadowrun: Hong Kong but even these are kind of old school, isometric stuff.
Try other games from the same developer and see if they're any good? D:
2017-09-18 at 6:09 PM UTC
Oh yeah Fallout is kind of my life. Shadowrun was good but I got 1/4 of the way in and never finished it.
I reeeaaalllly like XCOM:EU and EW, and XCOM 2 seems legit thusfar. Just never get very far into stuff.
2017-09-19 at 10:09 PM UTC
Shining Force 2 and Mario RPG.
Beat Chrono Trigger a few months ago.
2017-09-20 at 1:23 AM UTC
Originally posted by Semiazas
Shining Force 2 and Mario RPG.
Beat Chrono Trigger a few months ago.
lol. Did §m£ÂgØL summon you?
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2017-09-20 at 1:40 AM UTC
No, he refused to talk to me because I was on a bit of a booze bender. Then he chimped out when I posted about him relapsing a while back, which he 100% did and I know because I was on the phone with him when he was high.
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2017-09-20 at 1:41 AM UTC
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Alan What?
[annoy my right-angled speediness]
Golden Sun and Golden Sun 2 for Gameboy advance.
