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[CertifiedFP]

Valkyria Chronicles 3, I'd venture a guess 15 hours in or so since I don't have the load-save menu up right now.

Really impressed with how the gameplay flows this time around. Difficulty seems to have returned to form with VC1 where interception fire was a threat and single-unit Rambo-assaults usually ended in death. Only problem so far is a few of the levels involving Calamity Raven seem to have been built for someone a bit higher up the progression curve.

On that, VC3 feels much more meaty as an RPG this time around with a noticeable progression curve. One thing you have to face in this VC unlike the other ones is that your units are shit. Your units will be shit. You have to actually invest in your units for them to not be shit. IMO this is a glorious improvement over VC1 where it felt like a turn-based strategy game with lite RPG elements, and VC2 which felt like a poor attempt at translating VC1's gameplay into a MonHun clone. Really enjoying how there's a proper progression in the story and how every mission happens for a reason instead of just being there for the sake of being there. Only major flaw is that it obviously suffers from the same problem that VC2's missions did of being the same maps over and over again, and unlike VC2 it doesn't have the excuse of it all taking place in the same region, since VC3's setting takes place all across Gallia

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and into other countries' territories as well.

Also, Kurt, you really need to find better friends if your Besty is a guy who's first notable action in the game is punching you in the face and walking off with two other jerkoffs. Really, I think the only good thing Unnamed Blonde Guy (Well, he's one of the four named guys playable in the first two missions I assume, but which one is beyond me) has done in the story so far is calling off an order that would have only served to

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get a lot of civilians killed by a panicking enemy force.

 

[bEAST1N_G]

Ni No Kuni, great game so far!

 

[Unparalleled_Mediocrity]

Replaying Final Fantasy X, and man I forgot how much fun I had with this game. The battle system and sphere grid is a helluva lot of fun, meaning I'm over leveling in like every area. Makes bosses slightly less epic than they should be, but still a lot of fun.

Dialogue is still corny as hell but as much as I might get laughed at, I think Auron is really well written. Dem philosophical one liners. The pacing between battle areas and towns/inns is near perfect, I never feel like I'm battling too much or watching too many cutscenes.

Playing the international version so I got loads of post game content to look forward to as well. Getting all the celestial weapons is fun in a sadistic type of way. Can't wait to get my teeth into all dem dark aeons and penance.

While writing this I think I've come to a startling revelation, this may be my favourite final fantasy above VI and VII

 

[Dire]

fun game ! enjoy


how many trophies did you get on your first playthrough ? apart from the story ones

No idea - a lot.

I'm usually extremely OCD when it comes to accomplishments but I didn't really get drawn in very much by the trophy system in Star Ocean 4. A lot of them just feel like pointless tedium for the sake of coming up with another trophy. Spend 60 minutes airborne with a character that has no reason to jump? It translates spending a couple of hours just mindlessly spamming the jump button. I don't really mind the trophies like defeating 30,000 enemies with a single character. That's something you'd do if you really get into a game but a lot of the trophies seem like they just ran out of ideas.

 

[heringer]

Lunar 2: Eternal Blue. Better than SSS so far.

 

[KillerDark]

Breath of Fire 3 with a buddy. We are getting close to the end I think.

 

[djtiesto]

So finally got round to starting up Vesperia tonight. I'm pretty underwhelmed right now which is hard to do considering the woefully low bar set by other Tales games I have played. I was under the impression Vesperia had better characters and story than others in the series but so far its just not grabbing me. I've only just left the starting city though so I'm not calling it a day by any means.

Well, keep playing till you get Rita, at least!

I just started up with Suikoden 3 - beat the first chapter with all 3 characters so far. I like it but not without some reservations. My biggest problems are how linear the areas seem to be - mostly just walk along forking paths... though this gen had me getting a bit used to that in RPGs. Also I don't like how your characters attack in pairs... this is confusing and awkward. Finally, the animation seems extremely stilted. Shame since Suikoden 1 and 2 have some of the best 2D animation in RPG history.

But what I do like...? The story seems interesting and it's already going places even so early on. The graphics have this Dreamcast-esque look to them - flat lighting, low geometric count, but high quality textures - that I love. Also, music is a bit more memorable than 2 so far...

 

[drunkendonuts]

tales of xillia, though i took a break when i went home for the holidays. gonna pick it up again when i get back home.

 

[Mihos]

 

[isual]

How much did you pay for quarantine?

 

[The End]

Xillia on PS3 and FFIV (remake) on iOS.

Xillia is just good comfort food, and having never finished FFIV on SNES, it's kind of neat going back and seeing how stripped down IV feels now compared to more "modern" jRPGs.

 

[MilkBeard]

I've been switching off between Dragon's Dogma, Demon's Souls, and The Last Remnant. I've also still got to finish the Artorias DLC for Dark Souls, but I've been switching between all these games so I figured I'd play them for a while before returning to DaS. I'm enjoying all of them quite a bit.

I bought The Last Remnant on Steam for $4, which is crazy (I'm new to Steam so I'm not used to these prices). Picked it up because I heard it was basically a SaGa game with a different name. Not disappointed, it's got a really interesting battle system and is giving me SaGa vibes. Great music too.

 

[The End]

FYI, while Ys I&II is on community choice sale right now, Origins and Oath in Felghana are also like 75% off, and are both far superior games.

 

[Twin Tails]

Think eternal sonata is okay so far.
Making my way through persona 3 portable for the first time (as fmc), love p3 and now loving portable.

 

[mrmickfran]

I'm like 37 hours in Xenoblade. I don't even know how far I'm along in the game since I spent like 7 hours on sidequests.

I'm at the home stretch in Project X Zone.

I also got started in Demon's Souls and Dragon's Dogma.

I have Valkyria Chronicles sealed right now as well hmmm....

 

[Snkfanatic]

Just started playing JRPGs again after being oddly hooked back by Pokemon X.

Right now I am playing Fire Emblem and just picked up a Vita and playing YS. Waiting on P4 to arrive.

 

[Ourobolus]

I really want to start up Dragon's Dogma now that I was able to download Dark Arisen on PS+, but I never finished the base game. What's worse is that I'm in some catacombs, have no idea what I'm doing, and it's been forever since I've played.

Ugh. Time to start over.

 

[DJIzana]

Good man... my favorite GAF'fer of the month, goes to you!

 

[Tenrius]

I really want to start up Dragon's Dogma now that I was able to download Dark Arisen on PS+, but I never finished the base game. What's worse is that I'm in some catacombs, have no idea what I'm doing, and it's been forever since I've played.

Ugh. Time to start over.

Come on, it shouldn't be that hard to get your bearings. You'll never finish the game at this rate.

 

[ohlawd]

Digital Devil Saga 1 done. Took like 43 hours. All bosses done except for the one locked in the 2nd playthrough. I don't think I'll ever bother.

Gonna hold off on DDS2 until I finish Deus Ex HR and Valkyria Chronicles 3.

 

[Memento_Mori15]

FFX HD on the wonderful OLED screen~

I must say, this is one of the few games I actually prefer the Japanese VA. Like in my Xillia 2 run, I missed the English VAs and disliked some of the VA(except for Milla), but in this, I really enjoy the JPN voices. Also, I love running into scenes I never saw years ago because I didn't really go exploring as much. Like when Wakka and Lulu are talking on top of the boat early on in the game. However, winning against the Luca's was annoying! Took me three tries even after reading the whole tutorial(which I never did before)!

Overall, reliving the story is great.

 

[Zach]

I beat Valkyria Chronicles this morning. It was rough, man. Brutally hard game (for me, at least). Pretty satisfying having it cleared and out of the backlog.

Now my son and I just need to wrap up post-game Ni no Kuni nonsense and then I/we will be on to... maybe... Earthbound?! Never played it, but I might just have to get it on the ol' Wii U...

 

[bluecapsule]

Playing FF9 on my Vita for the first time. Loving the Vita for these types of games.

 

[gblues]

Final Fantasy 1 on iOS. Even if it's a little bit of a wonky port, there's still plenty to like:

- The redrawn sprites look fantastic.
- The music is phenomenal, in spite of the shitty 8-bit samples
- Combat is speedy, and the AI is fixed (heroes don't whiff if their target dies before their turn comes up).

 

[z1ggy]

I haven´t played a JPRG since i don´t know, Final Fantasy X.

So after listening a lot of people saying that Xenoblade was the best JPRG from the last gen, i got it and set up Dophin emu to play it at full 1080p glory. Game runs at 30 fps (got to patch because the US version runs at 25 fps).

The first 2 hours i felt like it was as cheesy as many JRPGs out there, but i kept playing and im enjoying it. The battle system is pretty fun and some fights are challenging.

Also, it looks nice with Dolphin enhancements

 

[Tiu Neo]

Finished Final Fantasy VIII yesterday, now I'm replaying Final Fantasy VII on steam.

Thinking about starting Persona 2: Innocent Sin, after that. Or maybe replaying all Suikoden games in order, last time I did that was four years ago.

 

[sono]

Ni no Kuni on PS3 and Persona 4 Golden on Vita they are both incredible. Happy New Year also.

 

[Flying Toaster]

Ni no Kuni on PS3 and Persona 4 Golden on Vita they are both incredible. Happy New Year also.

Both games are amazing. I was truly shocked at how good Ni no Kuni was. I was expecting a less than good game for some reason.

 

[MilkBeard]

I really want to start up Dragon's Dogma now that I was able to download Dark Arisen on PS+, but I never finished the base game. What's worse is that I'm in some catacombs, have no idea what I'm doing, and it's been forever since I've played.

Ugh. Time to start over.

Dark Arisen is the same base game as Dragon's Dogma vanilla, just with tweaks added and an extra end-game quest. Just play Dark Arisen and forget about the first release of Dragon's Dogma.

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EDIT: now that I think about it, I might have misunderstood what you meant. Anyway, I'll keep what I wrote there just in case.

 

[survivor]

About 22 hours into Trails in the Sky, one of the finest games I ever played. I really love how the NPCs dialogues constantly change after certain events so it's always fun to just walk around towns talking to them.

 

[DuncanR2N]

Finished Tales of Destiny not too long ago and I'm now about halfway through Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days and beginning of La Pucelle Tactics.

Took me a while to get into 358/2 but I'm at the point now where I can't seem to put it down. Really enjoying Roxas' backstory leading to KHII

As for La Pucelle, I'm really enjoying it so far. Not quite as complex as Disgaea, at least, not yet. But I'm still in the early parts of the game so that could change. It's interesting cause I recognize several of the voice actors from their later work. Such as:

Prier - Jennifer Hale - KOTOR & Mass Effect
Croix - Quinton Flynn - Axel in KH, Reno in FF VII related stuff and Raiden in Metal Gear
Father Salade - Phil Proctor - Warren Vidic in Assassin's Creed series
Tara Strong is in it as well but she's in pretty much everything so that's not a surprise

Anyway I'm enjoying both so far.

 

[Seda]

Finally got around to Final Fantasy V (GBA). This game has really impressed me - I know the game had a strong fan following even though it's usually not seemingly as commonly well regarded as VI or VII. It's probably in my top 3 for the series already; I am about 40 hours in. Tinkering around with different equipment set ups, classes, and subclass abilities is addicting. Maybe next year I'll join the Fiesta playthrough that people like to do.

 

[TastyOreoFriend]

Playing Evolution: The World of Sacred Device at the moment. It's one of my favorite Dreamcast games and It really didn't get too much love in its heyday, but its one of those quirky jrpgs that seemingly everyone around me but myself hated lol

I'm probably gonna play either Evolution 2 or Skies of Arcadia next. I got the itch to play my dreamcast while the CD drive still works.

 

[Exentryk]

Bravely Default: For the Sequel.

Such an awesome game.

 

[Dark_castle]

About 22 hours into Trails in the Sky, one of the finest games I ever played. I really love how the NPCs dialogues constantly change after certain events so it's always fun to just walk around towns talking to them.

Remember to check opened treasure chests!

A lot hidden, humorous script there.

 

[Jhoan]

Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride and Shin Megami Tensei IV on my 3DS XL.

In Dragon Quest V, I got to the titular part and chose to marry

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Debora for her physical strength.

It's been pretty good; the world has opened up more since that point since I have a means of transportation and a lead. It's too bad I'll never be able to get all the strangers' knick knacks.

In Shin Megami Tensei IV, I've been doing nothing but side quests putting the story on hold as result, but I plan getting back to the story mission soon since I'm getting a bit bored of the fetch quests/kill x monster quests. Otherwise, it's tough as is should be.

Definitely been enjoying equally. The DS/3DS is JRPG heaven and I'm loving it.

 

[Arcblast]

Fate/Extra CCC. Got it right when it came out earlier this year. Played for about 4 hours before giving up due to language barrier.

Played it again yesterday and find it a lot more accessible now. So I will be playing that for awhile.

 

[demidar]

EOIV, which I picked up on the Atlus sale. I've warmed up to it a bit, but I sure wish I could turn off encounters for areas I've already cleared, or at least minimize them.

If I had access to Bravely Default though I'd totes be playing that instead.

 

[IndustryX]

Persona 4 Golden

Logged about 10 hours the past three days and I'm loving every minute of it!! My first JRPG I've been hooked on not called pokemon. I really dig the battle system and the mature themes in the game, never watched a single anime series in my life or been into Japanese stuff but I really love this game, could be a stepping stone to other JRPGs for me! (I did have a 25 hour crush going with Ni No Kuni however the young cast kinda killed it for me after a while)

 

[Jinto]

Chrono Cross. Started it a couple of days ago. Only managed to play for a few hours and haven't had much time to play since. I'll try to finish it in a couple of weeks.

 

[Femto.]

About 12 hours in on Persona 4 Golden.

After hearing so much praise for this game I finally picked it up. I'm realllyyy enjoy it thus far. Its a quite challenging game too when played on a high difficulty.

 

[SlickVic]

Persona 4 Golden. I think I'm still in the early parts that's supposed to be slow (

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just fought Shadow Yosuke

), but I'm already digging the story a lot. I enjoyed P3P a lot so I'm not surprised how much this is clicking for me.

 

[Japanmanx3]

FF XIII-2 (finally started lol), Project X Zone, Crimson Shroud, KH 1.5 HD ReMix, Pokemon Y...

 

[coopolon]

Persona 4 golden. For some strange reason i am just not getting hooked. I LOVED persona 3, like couldn't put it down. But every time I have to force myself to back to p4g. Still in the first month.

Thinking about putting it aside for awhile and trying eo4.

 

[Jucksalbe]

In Dragon Quest V, I got to the titular part and chose to marry

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Debora for her physical strength.

It's been pretty good; the world has opened up more since that point since I have a means of transportation and a lead. It's too bad I'll never be able to get all the strangers' knick knacks.

Don't forget to use the Party Talk feature from time to time. She has some great dialogue.

 

[isual]

Don't forget to use the Party Talk feature from time to time. She has some great dialogue.

there's a party talk feature ? dafuq ? played that game straight through without using it at all.

alol

 

[Tenrius]

there's a party talk feature ? dafuq ? played that game straight through without using it at all.

alol

The party members have something to say after nearly every conversation in the world, so you did miss on a tremendous amount of stuff.

 

[Red Liquorice]

Just started Ni no Kuni, takes a while to get to the gameplay, but it looks lovely and plays like Dragon Quest meets Pokemon meets Tales.
I would usually play with Japanese audio if given the choice, but I like Drippy's Welsh accent so switching back and forth for now.

I want to get back to Bravely Default, but since downloading Mario 3D Land that's taken over my 3DS, so it will have to wait.

 

[kamakazi5]

Ys Book II. It's simple but I love the combat and the music is excellent. I've only played Book I but I hope the series continues with the great music.


Plus, I love being able to save anywhere. *looks angrily at FFIII*

 

[Puru]

Started Ys I, kinda shocking when coming from Ys Origin but it was expected. Still kinda fun.