If you could turn back time to replay a JRPG at launch for the very first time again, what game would it be?
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If you could turn back time to replay a JRPG at launch for the very first time again, what game would it be?
If you mean specifically "at launch", then Persona 3. I was really late to the series and I'd love to experience it for the first time again, but much earlier.
Really?
P3 wasnt a hyped event when it came out. I picked up the version with manual from a ghetto Gamestop when it was new, they seemed to stock it on a whim.
I only heard about the series online and only knew it existed cause I had rented Nocturne.
There wasnt any real online community or fan art or anything.
Kingdom Hearts 2 was a bigger deal when that came out, it was sold out of some stores.
That's exactly why. I wish I could have experienced it when it was niche. And then I could have played Persona 4 at launch too. I didn't get into the series until very recently and it makes me sad it wasn't in my life much earlier.
It was niche but there was plenty of discussion online. Atlus had a reputation with JRPG fans, you'd assume the their games would go out of print quickly and shoot up in price. I owned Persona 1 and 2 back in the day and was going to pick up P3 but only got around to it a couple years later. There was a big jump in fandom when P4 came out but there was already lots of P3 fan art and you could discuss the game with people on forums.
I didnt realize it but I had gotten the version with the art book and cd from Gamestop at regular price.
I had figured they just did it cause no one really knew how it was going to be.
I had tried to see if I could buy the ps1 games after I finished it but those were nowhere. The social links were so novel, I wanted more but didnt realize what a jump they had made with 3.
Man, this thread is making me remember how nostalgic but also a pain in the ass it was to get physical copies of games.
>BACK IN MY DAY
True. The upside though was that if you were lucky/persistent you could score good/rare games second hand at game shops and thrift stores. Nowadays the retro game market sucks and even regular people selling stuff on Craigslist/ebay/Facebook know to google what they have. I have a ton of PS1/PS2 games that would be marked up to an insane degree now but no one gave a shit about in 2006.
Granted, I personally don't care about collecting and emulation is easier than ever now.
Go back.
Wrong board
you first
Wild Arms so I can be 10 and not screw up my life this time
you need to let it go anon. its in the past, it is behind you.
Arc the lad collection, that game was off the chain.But I would need a guide, either that or Legend of Mana with a guide.
Ff7 or FFT
I am sorry, but no kid is getting through FFT without a guide, that shit was hard as frick. There were other srpgs one should have started off with.
>I am sorry, but no kid is getting through FFT without a guide, that shit was hard as frick
>this is what squamorons actually believe
I did, but it helped that CRPGs had taught me good save hygiene (multiple saves before, say, a certain castle)
this hardcore you could easily get stuck at certain points and completely locked into an unwinnable battle.
There were many pitfalls you could easily tumble into in game.
>all monsters aside from two event party members,were virtually useless,
training them would be a waste of time
>you only needed 3 nameless units,
having anymore would weigh you down/ you would have to get rid of them anyway to make room for story characters
>some classes were utterly worthless or only useful in certain situations
Namely archers, and thieves. You only need to steal some of the time.
>There were many pitfalls
Almost nothing that grinding couldn't save you from. The only exceptions are the few battle sequences where you're locked into a series and can't go out and grind, especially if you made some really boneheaded decisions about how to build Ramza. I never realized how many people were oblivious enough to not have a backup save, but whatever, it's not a big deal.
The game can be a little tough at first and if you're smart you definitely don't NEED to grind, but if you can't figure out ANY way through the game you just don't get the very basic elements of a JRPG at all.
> I never realized how many people were oblivious enough to not have a backup save,
like I said, I would be screwed if I didn't.
>but if you can't figure out ANY way through the game you just don't get the very basic elements of a JRPG at all.
As one's FIRST JRPG, this isn't for beginners!
>I never realized how many people were oblivious enough to not have a backup save
You also overlook the very real scenario that people played these games as kids, and maybe FF Tactics was someone's first game to even HAVE a save feature. Most people don't play with the expectation of having to save themselves from the game's own poor design.
Opoona.
I always wanted to play it. Worth going back to? Allegedly there was a remake coming, but...
It's alright. It's a pretty simple game but the game has a very slow start and the first city is a pain to navigate. It's got a real nice soundtrack at the very least.
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Skies of Arcadia so I can redo my life
I would never turn back time tbh. I have many JRPGs to play for the first time still anyhow
Based Dark Cloud 2 enjoyer. I've been meaning to replay it.
To answer, probably Dark/Demon Souls. The invasion and pvp interactions are the best when people are still experimenting.
I’d give one of my nuts to go through the Demon’s Souls launch again. I have great memories of Ganker threads and Justintv streams of people playing the Asia release. They announced the NA version before I could even seriously consider importing, thankfully.
Xenoblade X
Probably either Chrono Cross or Shadowbringers/Endwalker (not sure which of the latter two if I had to only pick one though).
Freelancer if you count it as an rpg
Dragon Quest 8 otherwise
Both of those games consumed my childhood and gave me a sense of wonder
Pretty much all ps2. So few were instock and most the games that I played were pre-owned bundled games form stores and 99% of them weren't JRPGs.
The first persona. I don't like anything after eternal punishment, but that first persona I got Xmas of 96... it was one if my fondest gaming experiences and even though I beat the psp remake, I still prefer the horribly localized original.
Bloodborne
The time I spent playing the .Hack// franchise was probably the comfiest most care-free time in my life.
FFVIII again.
So I can go around telling everyone that it will age like a fine vintage wine and decades on people will autistically argue about it's hidden genius.
All of them that gave me a brain stiffy.
Final Fantasy XI.
I got to it too late and private servers aren't it.
It's one of the games I think I can say is worthwhile to play at launch because you can always play a single player game blind but an RPG like this before guides. I have games that I loved and played to bits and I'd like to spend another couple thousand hours with them in that era too but spending a few hundred hours with say Nocturne isn't on the same scale.
It's not just the experience of partying to level up or playing a game before new systems and jobs and expansions were implemented but a new world that hasn't been explored yet, everyone is experiencing it fresh and that knowledge that'd make its way into wikis and being shared on forums is happening in realtime. I've heard from people who played WoW classic that the way content played out there was very different as things had largely been solved and players were optimising.
FF7 (OG not shitmake)
The excitement of exploring Midgar (it seemed huge back in the day), the sadness after the death of Aeris (I was like, am I really sad because of a videogame??). Good times.
Mother 1
>wasn't into JRPG as a kid because I was too autistic about menus
>ended up missing a ton of golden age JRPG greats
>Finally decided to take the plunge over the past 5 or 6 years or so
>weed becomes legal in my state
>before I play any game, I get so fricking high I don't even remember what year it is anymore
>play JRPG and feel like a kid again
I'm honestly very blessed, bros. I've played so many classics that have made me feel like a kid again, and even the few JRPGs I had played when I was younger feel new all over again. Drugs are so frickin' cool.
I have never played Dark Cloud 1 or 2. I always skipped it when I was renting games. Should I play it ?
The first is one of my favourite games of all time, but for someone who didn't grow up with it the combat might feel a bit clunky. Most of the fun comes from the weapon customization, the town building, and enjoying that late 90s fantasy anime feel and atmosphere. Try it on emulator, you might like it a lot if you enjoy dungeon crawlers. The second game is a lot more polished but I always felt it didn't have as much charm as the first, though from what I've seen and played most people agree it's a technically better experience.