That doesn't mean Europeans are oblivious to what's popular in North America. All you needed to do was be a part of a well known or a gaming community with a decent size to know that Radiant Historia wasn't some hidden gem and it was the RPG to get because of how constantly it was being praised. Kotaku, Destructoid, Siliconera Gamespot, IGN, etc various sites made articles or forum users like here on GAF made tthreads on how the game was so popular it needed to be reprinted.
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What's the best JRPG that most people don't know about?
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That doesn't mean Europeans are oblivious to what's popular in North America. All you needed to do was be a part of a well known or a gaming community with a decent size to know that Radiant Historia wasn't some hidden gem and it was the RPG to get because of how constantly it was being praised. Kotaku, Destructoid, Siliconera Gamespot, IGN, etc various sites made articles or forum users like here on GAF made tthreads on how the game was so popular it needed to be reprinted.
Mine is Legend of Legaia, sooo good. The fighting-like combo combat system was so satisfying. There was a sequel, but it was pretty mediocre. It's a Sony IP, so I'd like to see it revived, I think it could work well on mobile.
You guys ever play the first one? It's loads better, imo.
You guys ever play the first one? It's loads better, imo.
From a quick glance, most of the games I loved and played have been listed already, Though there was a PS1 rpg that I absolutely loved and it had multiplayer.
Blaze and Blade.
Yeah this game was really fun in co-op.
I tried playing Mother 3 but I honestly couldn't get into it's battle system. Legend of Heroes: Garghav Trilogy it's such a sad tale that we couldn't just play the original games and have a decent localization! sigh.... One day I'll be decent enough at Japanese to just play the originals. I love Falcom from the bottom of my heart!
Live A Live and Mystic Ark both sound awesome, adding them to my list ^__^
Muffdraul
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I came in here to see if Baroque was mentioned. I only knew of it because The GIA once did a write up about it, back when it was only a Saturn/PSX JP release. I really wanted to play it back then, I had no idea it was ported. Sorry to hear the ports were altered/toned down. I learn something new every day.
It's definitely worth experiencing the newer version.
The very first release is really difficult by comparison (it doesn't even have an item storage system). Tone-wise it's darker and the forced first-person perspective also adds atmosphere, but the plot is pretty much unchanged IIRC (didn't get very far in the original). I actually prefer the newer version. Wii/PS2 Baroque's still pretty intense (if much less difficult) to play on Easy, so I really appreciate that as I would rather beat the game in a dozen hours than have to grind like crazy to experience the story.
But then, I didn't read any resources on the game until I had played for a few hours, so I didn't know how to save my equipment between runs. Whoops.
For those more curious about Baroque...
Sting still has a huge repository of pages on each version of the game (e.g. character page for PS1 ver) including some side stories / prequel stories. All Japanese, and some are images so google translate won't get you everything. Even though I prefer the Wii/PS2 version, I prefer the original character designs.
There's a Baroque manga (same guy that did the original Persona 1 manga) with a scanlation out there (suppose I should disclaimer, I worked on it once upon a time).
There is also a JPN-only VN that takes place a little before the Great Blaze, although there aren't many familiar faces from the game. Both the VN and the original PS1 version are purchasable on the Japan PSN for play on PS3/Vita, if you're really feeling dedicated. There are newer mobile phone games that I'm not familiar with - apparently Baroque was ported to iOS? That's pretty crazy.
Movalpolos
Banned
Digital Devil Saga 1 + 2
YES! Those games are fantastic and I remember trying to hunt down a used copy for months until one popped up at an EB games and it cost like $80, still have my copy today.
Mihos
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Man, you took my post!
I loved a lot of the PSP RPGs, still play them a lot.
I have a sealed version of 2, but I don't have 1. I may look into that today .
One of my favorite SPRGs – Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume. It keeps the common Valkyrie Profile system of having to sacrifice characters but it feels so much more impactful in this game.
Game peaks immediately with its opening line
"And so begins a tale,
Of Vengeance and betrayal.
Destiny by sinner sought,
Tragedy by power wrought."
As a huge SRPG fan, I really wanted to like it, but it just feels like everything new they tried to do with the genre was more frustrating than anything else >.<