Thread 717568454

This game worth playing for a 29 year old dude who's never played a JRPG before?
Sell me on it please

>>717568454 (OP)
Its pure fucking shit

>>717568454 (OP)
Its pure fucking kino

its ok

>>717568454 (OP)
No it's a massive slog. Even with emulation fast forwarding it's mind numbing.

>>717568454 (OP)
I never played it but I liked Shining Force. So it's probably good.

>>717568612
What gameplay oriented jrpg would you recomend for me than?

>>717568454 (OP)
It was my first real rpg at 13 years old

Its basically what FF would've been if 7 never happened and they kept refining on 2d.
Which is likely why it went to shit when it went to 3d.

If you are able to sit through walls of badly written text, it's pretty good otherwise.

That being said, their many better jrpgs you could start with instead. Even on GBA (like FF5/6)

>>717568454 (OP)
How do you make it to age 29 without playing a single jrpg? How many games have you played? I assume less than 50.
Don't play it.

>>717568454 (OP)
It was great as a kid, but all of its selling points (like 3d animation on a gba) aren't anything to write about nowadays.

>>717568851
People say golden sun has better gameplay than ff that's why I decided to set my sights on it rather than ff 5 or 6. Could be biased opinions on reddit though.

>>717568654
FF7 for PS1.

>>717569007
Never was into jrpg, more of a crpg medieval enjoyer white dude. I like the Witcher, bg 2, oblivion, dos, poe, ect. The high fantasy gook settings never really tickled my fantasy.

>>717568454 (OP)
It was only ever notable for being like the only full fledged RPG on the GBA with 3d graphics.

>>717568454 (OP)
combat is slow as hell sadly
when you're a kid with infinite time it's fine but not nowadays

>>717568654
good mix between story and game is what makes a good jrpg.

from oldest to recent i suggest
FF4
tales of symphonia
xenoblade1
nier automata

>>717568513
>>717568612
Tasteless faggots

>>717568454 (OP)
God no.
It's extremely childish and generic.
Don't start with that one at your age for god's sake, unless you're into shounen anime.

>>717569174
Who's your favorite character from golden sun and what's your favorite personality trait they have?

>>717568454 (OP)
>great dungeon design, art and music
>mediocre combat
>wordy as fuck writing, though not as bad as GS1 or Dark Dawn (and there are long stretches of gameplay where nobody says anything)
>need a transfer code from GS1 or you permanently miss a whole lot of meaningful things, including classes
I think it's a decent game let down hard by the transfer requirement. Nothing else really does dungeons like the Golden Sun games though.

>>717568454 (OP)
Nah, you have to play trash like this when you are 8 to not see the glaring flaws.

>>717569183
Than recomend me some nigga

>>717569102
Fast forward is a thing

Ah yes, nier automata the famous jrpg

>>717568454 (OP)
It's ok. I liked it as a kid but it's story kinda drags on. Then again you could probably play it on an emulator to rush past that stuff. It's class system is really cool, one of the most unique I've seen, so that's a major plus for it. The over the top summon animations are pretty cool to. It's overall difficulty was pretty good paced from what I remember as well. Nothing in the story should have you full on stuck but they might make you have to rethink your tactics here and there.

i've played those games multiple times
play the first one then that one
skip the DS one

>>717569019
They are. I would never recommend Golden Sun to a grown man who never played a jrpg. Play Final Fantasy 5 instead. There's a heavy bias towards GS that's undeserved--it was just a decent original jrpg with massive flaws that people who grew up with it either forgot or completely ignored.

>>717568513
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>>717568589
/v/

>>717568454 (OP)
... why start with the second game?

>>717568513
Fpbp

>>717569225
The combat is pretty solid. Sadly it takes a fucking difficulty romhack to make it actually shine. (Golden Sun Reloaded)

>>717568454 (OP)
Its a masterpiece, but start with the first game.

>>717568454 (OP)
Story is fine, world exploration , searching for djinns, and environmental puzzles are really cool (the only place where I think they overdid it was inside area of Air Rock, holy shit that place was so layered with puzzles upon puzzles to unlock the way through), combat is nice and flashy even if not too difficult. I replayed the games like 5 years ago when I built my Raspberry Pi for emulation, and still had a lot of fun with them.

>>717569206
I don't like the game for the story or characters, it's just a good game
Good combat
Fun djinn system
Fun puzzles (mostly)
Fun exploration
Just a good game. Simple as

>>717568654
go for balance between gameplay and story
gameplay oriented jrpgs (like Octopath Traveler) are boring as hell and repetitive after a couple hours and you'll struggle to find a reason to finish them
you can go for easy picks like Final Fantasy 4/6/7/9/10, or Dragon Quest 8/11

>>717568454 (OP)
Combat quickly turns into a repetitive slog and the characters and plot are extremely bare bones. It was probably cool if you were 13 at the time it released because it looked really good for being on a handheld, and collecting djinns can be a neat time sink. I'd rather play ff7, ff10 or dq11 for a first jrpg today

>>717568654
Gonna swing outside the park and say Final Fantasy 12. It's largely considered a misfire but it's very gameplay orientated (it's essentially an autobattler with a big job grid) and the new versions fix a lot of the problems the original PS2 game had. If you're set on a more old school JRPG then I can't recommend Dragon Quest enough. They pretty much all follow the same format, but 5, 7, 8 and 11 are really good. 7 has a 3DS remake that is very cozy.

Obviously Final Fantasy VII is legendary, but it only really opens up towards the end of the game, the story is pretty heavily laid on but it's engaging and never stops for too long. FF9 is a personal favourite and it's set in a "classic JRPG" world. But it has a pretty limiting character system (they're very locked into their roles) so you can't be that creative with builds etc. I think it was a response to FF8 - which was set in a "modern fantasy" world and had a character build system that's a little overly complex and fiddly.

Other ouliers of the genre are games like Suikoden 2 - which is very story heavy while also hang having a lot of secrets and variety in gameplay. I dunno if I'd recommend it as a first. Tales of Symphonia is also classic but the action combat can feel a bit spongey

>>717575126
Final Fantasy 12's combat is painfully boring though. It only gets any interesting in the very few tough fights where you may actually have to do individual commands.
The gambit system expects you to automate the combat as much as possible and even then you'll still just sit there watching your characters doing basic auto-attacks 80% of the time.
Story and character designs are KINO however.

>>717568454 (OP)
I thought it's boring as fuck even back when I liked playing jrpgs
It's only praised by tendies because it's on their console

>>717575305
To be honest I left very little to the gambit system and constantly paused to give commands. But you're right, the world and setting of 12 is the main reason i like it. An interesting or inviting setting is half the appeal of JRPGs to me.

>>717568454 (OP)
>great soundtrack and visuals
>good combat system
>djinnies allow a great degree of skill customization, although it's mostly trial and error
>djinnies are hidden everywhere, making exploration rewarding
>some skills have overworld effects, which are used for environmental puzzles
>dungeon puzzles are generally good

>>717568654
EBFs are peak JRPG combat games