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Japanese RPGs: Is there a good one? by Jerry Whorebach 02/14/2007, 3:24am PST I played Final Fantasy III and Chrono Trigger for a few hours each back when they were first emulated. I couldn't tell what was going on or what about them wasn't gay and stupid. Sadly (for them), I had no interest in learning. Then a couple years later I downloaded the first Pokemon game. I chose Charmander and we had many fanciful adventures and slayed several Metapods and I guess it was fun but not enough to keep me from not finishing it. That's pretty much my entire experience with JRPGs, I've never bought one, never read a manual, never made an effort and so on. I used to play a lot of Western CRPGs, but I gave up shortly after Baldur's Gate II came out and it was even stupider than the first but everyone said it was the best thing ever and I could tell just by reading the hype for retarded shit like NWN and Dungeon Siege that THE GENRE and I were moving in different directions. I like fantasy novels but I wouldn't touch anything with a dragon or a vampire or a two-handed broadsword on the cover with a ten-foot reading pole, I don't give a shit about my avatar's power level or batting average or chemistry classes, and I haven't been tempted to share my game experience with anyone else since Ultima Online launched/failed. On the other hand, I like Diablo 1 and Fallout 1 and X-COM 1 and Planescape Torment, and Japanese-style adventure games like Super Metroid and Beyond Good & Evil, and I have a very high tolerance for queer. So I can't tell if my character is an effeminate boy or a masculine girl? Awesome, that means I can both identify with and fantasize about it at the same time! As long as the game plays well, I'm fucking there. The point is, I need Caltrops to recommend something fruity and impenetrable for me on PS2 or 360. I don't care if it's staunchly traditional or frighteningly innovative, it doesn't matter to me, I have no point of reference. And don't bother suggesting anything that isn't an RPG, I have all of those. Except sports games, I don't know anything about them either, maybe I would be better off trying whatever passes for Punchout!! these days instead? Either way, help me out, because I'm counting on you.

Japanese RPGs: Is there a good one? by Jerry Whorebach 02/14/2007, 3:24am PST     Fable is non-American. Close enough? Actually it might be too good. NT by Fussbett 02/14/2007, 3:39am PST         Seconding this. by motherfuckerfoodeater 02/14/2007, 7:14am PST     Star Ocean 2? by Flavio 02/14/2007, 4:15am PST         Rogue Galaxy by Lizard_King 02/16/2007, 12:28am PST             sweet by Flavio 02/16/2007, 3:31am PST                 25 hours + in by Lizard_King 02/19/2007, 12:01am PST                     Re: 25 hours + in by Ethan Steele 02/19/2007, 2:26pm PST                         Re: 25 hours + in by Lizard_King 02/19/2007, 10:07pm PST     Magna Carta? NT by Mysterio 02/14/2007, 7:32am PST         Awful. Beyond the pale. by Lizard_King 02/19/2007, 12:07am PST             I'd also like to recommend NOT Star Ocean 3 NT by Flavio 02/19/2007, 2:22am PST                 3? I thought you kind of liked 2 or something? I forget. NT by Lizard_King 02/19/2007, 4:00am PST                     Re: 3? I thought you kind of liked 2 or something? I forget. by Flavio 02/19/2007, 4:49am PST                         Shit by Lizard_King 02/19/2007, 5:24am PST             I guess it was the relationship simulator that hooked me. :) by Mysterio :/ 02/19/2007, 10:17am PST     No. by Mischief Maker 02/14/2007, 8:48am PST         Ooo I forgot Dark Cloud 2! by Zseni 02/14/2007, 8:50am PST     FFXII is pretty good... by Zseni 02/14/2007, 8:49am PST         Re: FFXII is pretty good... by Flavio 02/15/2007, 11:43pm PST             Re: FFXII is pretty good... by Zseni 02/16/2007, 7:08am PST     Thanks for all the suggestions. Keep them coming! NT by Jerry Whorebach 02/14/2007, 8:22pm PST     Re: Japanese RPGs: Is there a good one? by Last 02/15/2007, 1:05pm PST         I know that Jhoh likes Earthbound too, so add his vote during his WoW absence. NT by Fussbett 02/15/2007, 1:22pm PST             Thirded, the freaky backgrounds alone during fight scenes = great. NT by Zseni 02/15/2007, 2:02pm PST                 You need to use prayer against the final boss. by Worm 02/16/2007, 12:47am PST             If anyone's going to play Earthbound remember that you need a walkthrough. by Jhoh Cable o_O 02/21/2007, 6:48am PST         NOT excepting 3! by Mischief Maker 02/15/2007, 1:37pm PST             You are such a girl. NT by Zseni 02/19/2007, 1:14pm PST