NipplesAndToes23
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This and Dragon Quest VIII. I played Legaia 2: Duel Saga too, but it's just okay. Final Fantasy X-2 also has a great battle system.
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Which PS2 RPGs should I play?
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This and Dragon Quest VIII. I played Legaia 2: Duel Saga too, but it's just okay. Final Fantasy X-2 also has a great battle system.
potatohead
Member
Dark Cloud 1 is the greatest shit ever.
Glad people going back to it even today.
Glad people going back to it even today.
killatopak
Member
StrangeRoboMemory
Member
How is that Gundam RPG, MS Saga: A New Dawn?
Dr. Giggles
Member
Dragon Quest VIII
It's probably blasphemy, but I've never beaten SMT3. I did go through all of DDS, Devil Summoner Raidou, and Personas. The DDS games were the first I finished, the seemed more like the standard JRPGs someone might be used to, with the SMT twists.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
Nocturne is the best PS2 RPG IMO.
Yup, seconding this. Especially considering OP's name/avatar.
Sanctuary
Member
No need to IMO a fact. Although DQ8 and FFXII aren't far behind.
sixteen-bit
Member
digital devil saga
GAF having a dedicated, relatively large Dragon Quarter cult following is one of the coolest shits about this forum. People of good taste, the game is great. I've always said it should've been a new IP though, then it wouldn't need to carry all that negative baggage from BoF fans.
Where do you come from and how do I get there?
sublimit
Banned
As someone who intends to play this series i'm curious to know why you don't like them.
Burglekutt
Member
The two best rpgs on PS2 are Final Fantasy Xll and Dragon Quest Vlll so.......Dragon Quest Vlll should be at the top of your list.
If you loved Suikoden II, I think you'll be very happy with V. Man, the PS2 had so many great RPGs (most listed already).
Sonic Hill
Banned
good shit. Dark Cloud 2 is one of the BEST RPG's i've ever played. FFX is my favorite and first FF game. Kingdom Hearts 1 was great, and Persona 3 changed my life. ;___;
not a big fan of Disgaea and never tried Shadow Hearts.
you pretty much covered all the games i was gonna mention, ha.
Came in to recommend Shadow Hearts Covenant but I see you have it covered. So I'll just echo some of the other recommendations:
SMT: Nocturne - Great game, huge, punishing, odd, sort of the quintessential SMT experience
Suikoden III - Scandalously my favourite Suikoden
Front Mission 5 - One caveat, its pretty much a love song/swan song for the franchise and doesnt make a lot of sense if you havent played the previous games
Stella Deus - Fun and lovely looking SRPG, rarely see it mentioned
Xenosaga 1-3 - While the games have some variance in terms of mechanics the setting, the characters, the story are all great. Especially if you get all the references, a lot of which can be fairly obscure.
Ar Tonelico - Interesting world, sadly a bit too easy, the later games also got a bit odd in terms of fanservice, but IIRC the first one is ok/tame.
I'd also give the nod to Atelier Iris 3, Rogue Galaxy and Baroque, all three have their flaws but are arguably still worth it. The PS2 really was nuts for quality RPG's and thats just the ones that got localised, I always wanted to play some of the Japan only ones like Dragon Shadow Spell and Pride of the Dragon Peace
SMT: Nocturne - Great game, huge, punishing, odd, sort of the quintessential SMT experience
Suikoden III - Scandalously my favourite Suikoden
Front Mission 5 - One caveat, its pretty much a love song/swan song for the franchise and doesnt make a lot of sense if you havent played the previous games
Stella Deus - Fun and lovely looking SRPG, rarely see it mentioned
Xenosaga 1-3 - While the games have some variance in terms of mechanics the setting, the characters, the story are all great. Especially if you get all the references, a lot of which can be fairly obscure.
Ar Tonelico - Interesting world, sadly a bit too easy, the later games also got a bit odd in terms of fanservice, but IIRC the first one is ok/tame.
I'd also give the nod to Atelier Iris 3, Rogue Galaxy and Baroque, all three have their flaws but are arguably still worth it. The PS2 really was nuts for quality RPG's and thats just the ones that got localised, I always wanted to play some of the Japan only ones like Dragon Shadow Spell and Pride of the Dragon Peace
DealWithIt
Member
Xenosaga is great. 1 has the best in game CCG (you heard me, Geralt) of all time. They really should have kept it in the sequels. I like 2, lots of folks hate it. 3 is a pretty rad game with lots of interesting reveals.
Suikoden 3 is excelkent.
La Pucelle is a step down from Disgaea but still good.
Grandia 2 is a good time.
If you can hunt down Way of the Samurai, it's not an rpg but it is really unique and fun, like a choose your own adventure.
Suikoden 3 is excelkent.
La Pucelle is a step down from Disgaea but still good.
Grandia 2 is a good time.
If you can hunt down Way of the Samurai, it's not an rpg but it is really unique and fun, like a choose your own adventure.
REALLY bad dungeons (semi-random generated crap with like 5 skins across all four games) and bad combat.
The plot itself would have been fine if not filled with endless padding. (Go at the end of a dungeon to talk to an NPC that will send you to the next dungeon and then go back to the previous dungeon end AGAIN.)
There is also batshit crazy stuff in part 4 that really should be played on emulator, unless you want to go insane with virus cores farming and random game-overs.
It's basically a 60 hours RPG sold as four games, but if you take out all the fillers, it's actually 30 hours long.
G.U. is a little better and actually controls semi-decently, but it still has the same terribad repetitive dungeons/fields and it's basically one game sold as 3.
cat litter
Member
Wizardry Tale of the Forsaken Land first person dungeon crawl with a dark story
Champions of Norrath mindless hack and slash but fun
Front Mission 4 & 5 people recommend 5 and it is better, but I liked the characters better in 4 so
And shouldnt OP wait to play DQVIII on 3ds?
Champions of Norrath mindless hack and slash but fun
Front Mission 4 & 5 people recommend 5 and it is better, but I liked the characters better in 4 so
And shouldnt OP wait to play DQVIII on 3ds?
Sanctuary
Member
Back in the 16-bit days, I ended up getting my aunt hooked on RPGs. I then ended up buying her a PSX when it was released, and she ended up playing literally every single PSX RPG she could get her hands on. Years passed, and I hadn't seen her for a pretty long time. Ended up visiting her in 2014, only to see that not only did she have a PS2 still, but she had a pretty big collection of PS2 RPGs, and when she pulled out a game and said "this was one of my favorites", and it was Nocturne, I couldn't believe it.
Not if they can emulate it now on PCSX2. Plus, not everyone wants to play on a microscopic screen.
Auntie had good taste!
sublimit
Banned
I see, thanks for your opinion man much appreciated!I still want to try them though because from what i've seen i really LOVE the art direction and atmosphere of those games.I also really liked what i've listened of their soundtracks.
SatelliteOfLove
Member
A gaming life that has not had Nocturne in it is a poorly-led one.
A music game? How does that work?
DXLelouch153
Banned
best set aside a few months OP
your gonna be playing for awhile
edit:i plan on playing Nocturne in October
your gonna be playing for awhile
edit:i plan on playing Nocturne in October
It has some sections where you play music with DDR/Parappa style prompts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqE0FDR7fS0
SlaughterX
Banned
SMT Nocturne and Suikoden V are probably my two favorites
This looks ridiculous and amazing.
ChaosZeroX
Banned
DQ8. One of my fav JRPGs ever
Hibiki Kurosawa
Member
Everything SMT. EVERYTHING
the_lizard
Member
Bingo.
Sanctuary
Member
A gaming life that has not had Nocturne in it is a poorly-led one.
The music, the aesthetic, the weirdly Pokemon or Monster Rancher like fusion system.
Steambot Chronicles is and it's family friendly and colorful. Seems right up your alley, if you haven't played it yet.
I really need to get off my ass and play some of these games. Even to this day I have never finished Nocturne or DDS. I started them, but something always came up that stopped my playthrough. Well, I'm currently unemployed and have jack shit to do, I might as well try to start these again.
Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter is a pretty big departure from the norm for the series, but it is also one of the best RPGs ever made. I think it still stays true to a lot of the core themes and aspects of the series, though. It has a narrative that stays true to the themes present in BoF 3 and 4, and characters based on ones that appeared in previous entries.
But it bears repeating that Dragon Quarter is not only a great PS2 RPG, but one of the absolute best RPGs of all time. There is a reason my avatar comes from it; I think every RPG fan owes it to themselves to play Dragon Quarter, regardless of whether or not they are fans of the other Breath of Fire games.
mordecaii83
Member
Dragon Quest VIII, I think it's slowly climbing its way into my favorite JRPG of all time the more times I play it.
SlaughterX
Banned
Yeah I still need to beat DDS2 but the game got so cheap at times it would really piss me off.
I think I'm one of the few that didn't love Suikoden 3. 2 is probably my second favorite game of all time, but something about 3 put me off it. Maybe it was the stories jumping around so much.
My favorite trilogy of all time... prepare yourself for falling in love with this masterpiece.
Make it into duology and cut that second part abomination then i will agree lol.
Vincent Grayson
Member
This is the post I was looking for. I still can't decide between PS1 and PS2 for best RPG machine ever.
Dark_castle
Junior Member
Grandia III is a lot of fun too. Amazing battle system.