Thread 3822355

I'm tired of people talking about the same shit all the time. Post some more Obscure RPGs that you enjoy. Let me see those lesser gems.

Pic Related was really cool for what I expected to be a waifu simulator (which it still is). One of the few JRPGs where you have an abundance of dialogue options and the game even sort of molds your personality around the choices.

>>3822355 (OP)
That game was cool, it felt more like a RTS at times than an RPG desu
Best girls were Meline and Tricia. Silverneil was good too, but her ending was ass.

>>3822355 (OP)
The Precursors.
Went unnoticed due to russian first release, bugs and overshadowed by Mass Effect, but it's Space RPG/FPS while also mixing in secondary elements like space battles pretty well.
Better than Starfield, really

>>3822361
I went with Frayne, I probably would have gone for Tricia, but she is barely in the game honestly.

I mainly like this game for the gameplay; each battle occurs on a unique battlefield and you balance movement vs attacking in a rtwp-like system. You can get really overpowered if you equip the right materia (or whatever it's called). But yeah the girls are nice

>>3822367
You are out of your mind buddy.

>>3822355 (OP)
Arc the Lad collection!
Everyone on this board seems to have stopped at one, but Arc 2 was one of the best games I have ever played and honestly the best of it's era.
>side quests gallore
>monster catching
>battle tower 6 years before pokemon had it in game
>all sorts of minigames
>crafting
>goes from babby's first SRPG to unforgiving relentless battles
>amazing OST by T-SQUARE
I honestly don't get why folks don't mention it as much.

>>3822426
>Everyone on this board seems to have stopped at one,
Can confirm. I absolutely hated Arc the Lad 1 so I never tried the second one.

>>3822355 (OP)
Vandal hearts 2.
Already on my second playthrough and planning a third with a mod that changes the gameplay.
Vandal Hearts 1 was okay but 2 is what hooked me the most.

I loved GL series so much I played them in Japanese.
Best girl was your fairy of course.

>>3822427
it's a prologue to the main game, the thing is that their is a ton of secret shit in one that will make two much more fun.
For example going for the forbidden dungeon will give a secret character that makes things more fun.

>>3822355 (OP)
Are you German?

>>3822355 (OP)
Love this game as well one of the few times were a JRPG is well an actual RPG
>waifu simulator
Eilza was the best one by far

All of them are good.
I like that both routes have different endings with your waifu (Excpet a few ones exclusive to the new route).

>>3822727
i was very disappointed that the other growlanser game don't allow to rename your PC
Why not?
The only one that i found reasonable that you can't rename your PC was G3 as the game asks do you remember your name? if you say name you use the default one if you say no the people that "find" you name you

>>3822728
But they do?
In GL 1 the MC has no default name. Default is player.
GL2 doesnt let you name the MC but the protag of 1 is playable. He gets a default name but you can change it if you talk to an npc.
GL3 lets you name the protag. And you can transfer the protag of 1 if you have a GL2 save.
Important to note Working Designs localized 2 and 3 and they are notorious for altering dialogue and even some systems. In GL case they deliberately removed the choice to name the protag of 1 and 3 due to voice acting concerns (Or lazyness to work around the lack of name).
Growlanser V has several chapters before you play as the protag who can be named.
Growlanser VI protag can be named. The protag of V is a playable character and you can transfer his name and learned skills from V (I think you get to name him regardless but I forgot).

Oreshika: Tainted Bloodlines. Eugenics as a mechanic is a cool concept that should be used more often. Not every games but more often.

>>3823434
your allies kept on dying of old age too fast for me to be engaged with that game

>>3822426
Thanks for bringing this game up. It's one I've been interested in but never tried. Just watched a video retrospective of it and it sounds right up my alley. Will give it a go.

>>3822355 (OP)
are there any differences between ps2 and psp versions? what's the best one?

>>3822440
Is it one of those things where save data carries over?

>>3822428
I fucking love you and I love Vandal Hearts II. It's SO good. I love the original too but II is GOAT. I liked the dual-turn system. Which mod are you using, the one that takes it away?

>>3822426
I like that the save data carries over. I'm going to start with the first game and see how I like it. Thanks for recommending it. After watching videos it looks like something I will enjoy. You make the second game sound great. How is the third?

>>3822727
How much of a waifu sim is it?

>>3823516
PSP has more content(characters, events for characters/nps and routes).
The only possible downside of PSP may be that you feel the extra characters don't always fit the flow as well (like Tricia at times feels like an obvious extra tacked in), but I do not think it detracts enough to not play PSP version

>>3823653
Played it first in English and now in my language Spanish.
I am talking of the mod that turns it into a normal your turn then the enemy srpg.
So many people seemed to dislike the unique battle system. I really liked it for how unique it is and didn't find it that easy, at least not wantingbto lose units/MC.
Found the series last year and 2 is already one of my favorite games.
Also the fucking king from GoT debuted in VH2 lol.

>>3823671
Its more involved than say Fire Emblem or Persona thats for sure.
Basically your choices always have an effect on relationships during the story.
Game every now and then gives you "vacations" where you hang out around the village.
During these you usually do the events related to the characters so you are always working on your relationship.
Eventually after you do them and when the game almost ends you choose who to be your lover.
Go on a date scene and now the waifu will be blushing in the status screen!
And then the ending based on the character you chose. As there are 2 ending with completely different outcomes. The original ending gives you a nice CG.

>>3823516
PS2 has nothing that isn't in the psp game.
What does have is a sequel visual novel called Return.
After you read it you can transfer the save from the rpg to the visual novel to get new unique ending CG with characters you romanced.

>>3823651
Yeah exactly!!!!!
>>3823461
https://www.angelfire.com/rpg2/cgamingden/ArcHelp/ArcOnehelp.html

One more thing, you can easily miss one romancing stone, that mailbox one after iga is a bitch so check it every time you meet a spirit..
You don't need the silk belt, it's not the end of the world if you don't have it.

>>3823661
The third could be better, the world felt too safe in comparison to two. Also it didn't have the monster arena and as many weird party members. It was good to see how everyone was doing post second game though.

>>3823461
>>3823661


>have Poco do something every turn
like buffs, because not using him is going to bite you in the ass in the second game

>always check the mailbox at arc's house
there is a stone you can miss, the third in specific


>save all your revival tonics
You will need them, they revive characters with full mp, and will be useful in a certain dungeon

>kukuru and chongara
Get kururu high enough level to have revive and then don't bother, don't worry about leveling chongara

>do all the training secessions at Amidar
You get some great prices.

>Revisit the Forbidden dungeon when you are above level 40
Don't just level arc and tosh, cycle everyone in battle /and when they run out of mp have them killed off, then have kukuru revive them, and when she runs out MP then use the revival tonics.

The reward at the bottom is astronimonical, but destroy the chest on the bottom floor before defeating the boss or else you will never get a chance to get it again.

Tips for arc 2


>TAKE YOUR TIME
Don't be in a rush to progress with the story. Whenever you are in a new town, check the hunter's guild. Do the missions before progressing with the plot, some disappear after certain plot points. You can do hunters missions even if you don't have a hunter in your party......Also there will be a party of the game when many countries are open for exploration, just dick around and look everywhere.

>Search for diekbeck ruins
His final upgrades make him really useful, so be sure to enter each one if you find it

>Tame monsters
Catch anything and everything and replace them with better monsters, once you completed enough auto battles in the arena you will be able to enter your real party members, which means EASY LEVELING. You will be fighting monsters 40 lvls above your's with no equips so you will be apple to level up really quick


>Choko/time forest
you can get her as early as the first time you are on Palencia isle.
> Enter the time forest and head to Tokoko Village (west,east,west,east,west,east,north,south,north)
> Meet Choko and her Father and spend the night
>Choko leads you to the Graveyard (talk to her every screen and read the headstone)
> At the entrance, Choko should mention a journey
> When you leave, she should be in your party.

>>3822727
Man, I played this game like 10 years ago and I remember like half these characters. How many of them are playable characters that I just missed?

>>3822355 (OP)
I liked 2 and 3 but really wanted to like 4 more than I did. It's just kind of really long and uninteresting. The previous ones were super short but stuff usually felt more impactful.

>>3824045
Not all there in pic are playable.
There's like
Crevaniel.
Remus.
Valery (Missable)
Hien.
Sideburns guy (New route).
Frayne.
Eliza.
Leona.
Regina.
Meline (New route only).
Tricia (New route only).

>>3824045
>>3824108
Then you have Silverneil who only gets events on the new route, and the familiars of which you only see one per rununless you let the original die you monster

>>3822355 (OP)
speaking of waifu simulator
this reminds me of agarest war

>>3824172
I replayed the game several times on PS2 and PSP.
Had to spoiler for variety's sake.
The fairy MD is the only one who gets an ending added in the old route too.

>>3822355 (OP)
What happened to careersoft? Last I heard of them was devil survivor

>>3824511
They worked on the sequel of Soul Hackers.
Dont think they were still called team career even during DESU.
Probably absorbed into the SMT team or something m

>>3824321
Absolutely nothing alike, thankfully.

>>3822428
VH2 is a grossly underrated game, despite some issues in terms of combat system it is easily one of the best actually dramatic war stories in the genre to this day, no idea why people glaze Matsuno's games so hard for that but VH2 gets no mention anywhere despite being much better written.

>>3825154
My personal experience is that the plot was retarded with drama for the sake of drama, but maybe I am the pleb in the scenario

>>3825157
The drama is actually fairly well constructed until the very end where there's a couple of details that are kinda stupid.
The part where Joshua accidentally reunites with his sister and has a mental breakdown after leaving her and remembering his childhood was incredibly touching and felt very human.

>>3825157
In what way?
Maybe you mean the whole Yuri thing or the MC/Adele arc?

>>3825154
It is indeed very underrated.
I also like that unlike FFT or TO is that VH2 looks the part. Cant take the serious moments of FFT with that chibi art or TO with the characters with oversized botoms.
VH2 is very gritty and gruesome and the art direction really complements that.

>>3825158
Absolutely the best part of the game.
I was expecting more from the childhood friends, namely Yuri and Clive, but they needed more.
Nicola on the other hand is very interesting and involved.
Funny enough the recent drama with FFT Remaster is no spanish translation as it was never translated I think but we did get VH2 localized.

>>3825198
Fuck what are the chances of a VANDAL HEARTS remaster? Guys that would blow my fucking mind.

>>3823769
Thank you. I saved that advice to a notepad. I hate missing shit especially if it will screw me later.

>>3827302
Vandal Hearts deserved better as a series

>>3827302
Never.
Konami is no longer interested in stuff like this.
Suikoden has a lot of reputation so it got remasters.
Vandal Hearts are super obscure. I still have no idea why Flames of Judgment was actually greenli. Surely they didn't think that game could spark a revival or something.
The Saturn version was translated so I guess I'm gonna play that.

>>3822355 (OP)
I got filtered by the art.

>>3830003
Flames of Judgment looked pretty bad. I tried the first battle of two and it seemed okay but I never went on to finish it. I was surprised it ever got made either, I only heard of its existence years later.

>>3830037
>filtered by Urushihara
Pleb

>>3831577
no u

>>3831577
Thanks

>>3831577
I got a filtered by the new art.
I got the artbook that was released shortly after the localized game.
I was dissapointed they put the PSP Remake art instead of the original.
This art isnt even in the PSP version so it should have been in the misc section, not the main art.

>>3838254
Nowhere near as cute as the original.

>>3838254
>>3838255
Both are pleb filter for me I guess

>>3838255
could be worse. *cough Langrisser*

Not sure if this one is quite obscure enough to fit the thread but I certainly never hear anybody else bringing it up.
Loved this game.

You ever play Rudra no Hihou? It's like Square took Final Fantasy and Chrono Trigger and smashed the two together, along with a fun magic system where you type nonsense into a text box and get a random magic spell.

>>3838750
Not obscure enough, I think everyone with a PSP esp. in this board must have played it

Uncharted horizons if it counts.

>>3839425
That was a big one back in the earlier days of fan translations and emulation. Designs from Keita Amemiya is also a plus.

>>3824321
>>3825106
First Agarest was fun until the last gen.
Rex was a more perfect and boring Leonhardt and his relationship with the women was somehow way more shallow.