NipplesAndToes23
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Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits
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.
Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits
Perhaps try an SMT game, SMT: Nocturne (Lucifer's Call in EU) is widely praised, or try one of the spinoffs like Digital Devil Saga or Raidou.
They are pretty different from Persona 3/4 but you'll be familiar with some of the terms and mechanics already.
Some of those games are available on PSN for PS3 if that's a better option for you.
Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter has one of the better combat systems of any JRPG I've played (nice meaty turn-based tactical system), great music by Mitsuda and Sakimoto, and an unusual setting (far-future underground civilization). Give it a shot!
Nocturne is the best PS2 RPG IMO.
I'm amazed with people recommending BoF: Dragon Quarter. The game was a complete departure from what Breath of Fire was about (which is commendable but...), and the game was very frustrating with its system. Maybe it's just me, but I feel like this game is BoF in name only.
Considering OP seems to be a BOF fan, maybe it's a game worth playing through to see what it's about, but I'd play some of the other great RPGs on the PS2 first before taking it on.
Dragon Quest XIII
Xenosaga trilogy
Shadow Hearts: Covenant
Hack games: lol nope
Right, definitely will play these. I bought III on PSN when it came out but haven't gotten around to it. Suikoden II might be my favourite PSX RPG after FF9.
So back when the PS2 came out I got one for Christmas, but my dad lost his job shortly after that and I ended up getting very few games for the console. As a huge fan of RPGs missing out on one of the best RPG lineups should be something I correct. I have played and enjoyed:
Final Fantasy X and XII
Dark Cloud 1 and 2
Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2
Persona 3 and 4
Disgaea
Shadow Hearts
As someone who intends to play this series i'm curious to know why you don't like them.
SMT: Nocturne - Great game, huge, punishing, odd, sort of the quintessential SMT experience
And shouldnt OP wait to play DQVIII on 3ds?
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.
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.
Steambot Chronicles It is a really underrated gem that only got two psp spin-offs. It has a water-color aesthetic to it (think Valkyria Chronicles) and plays like a mix between a life sim, a mech game, and a music game.
A music game? How does that work?
It has some sections where you play music with DDR/Parappa style prompts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqE0FDR7fS0
Wild Arms games. Front Mission 5. Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter. Steambot Chronicles. Suikoden III & V. Valkyrie Proifle 2: Silmeria. Xenosaga Episode I & III (watch a movie of Episode II...)
A gaming life that has not had Nocturne in it is a poorly-led one.
Apart from Dark Cloud, are any of the games mentioned action RPGs?
I'm amazed with people recommending BoF: Dragon Quarter. The game was a complete departure from what Breath of Fire was about (which is commendable but...), and the game was very frustrating with its system. Maybe it's just me, but I feel like this game is BoF in name only.
Considering OP seems to be a BOF fan, maybe it's a game worth playing through to see what it's about, but I'd play some of the other great RPGs on the PS2 first before taking it on.
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.
My favorite trilogy of all time... prepare yourself for falling in love with this masterpiece.