Looking for a good RPG ona a common emulator

I'm Alec · Post by **I'm Alec** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 10:27 pm

quälgeist wrote:FInal Fantasy VI best 16bit rpg and best Final Fantasy

I personally prefer FInal Fantasy III on SNES. Easily my favorite RPG game ever.

Jon · Post by **Jon** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 11:00 pm

I'm Alec wrote:
quälgeist wrote:FInal Fantasy VI best 16bit rpg and best Final Fantasy
I personally prefer FInal Fantasy III on SNES. Easily my favorite RPG game ever.

I agree with both of you.

Jockel · Post by **Jockel** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 8:25 am

Jon wrote:
I'm Alec wrote:
quälgeist wrote:FInal Fantasy VI best 16bit rpg and best Final Fantasy
I personally prefer FInal Fantasy III on SNES. Easily my favorite RPG game ever.
I agree with both of you.

i don't. FF VI was _clearly_ superior to FF III on the SNES

Matsunaga · Post by **Matsunaga** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 3:36 am

Tactics Ogre, GBA

lgb · Post by **lgb** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 5:16 pm

Live-a-Live.

Ruldra · Post by **Ruldra** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 11:44 pm

Thanks to this thread I got back to Phantasy Star 4. For a long time I wanted to beat it, and finally did it.

Now, there are so many references in it to Phantasy Star 1, I feel like playing it next. I really wish there was an english translation of PS1 Generation, because it looks great. Searched a lot on the web but couldn't find anything.

Guess I'll have to play the Master System version.

neritai · Post by **neritai** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 12:13 am

Terranigma (action RPG like Zelda), Lufia II (faster-paced than many other JRPGs - I've finished it in two sittings when sick).

You could try a fan-translation of Final Fantasy IV on the SNES if you prefer slower games. I don't have the patience for them any more.

Andi · Post by **Andi** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 2:22 am

mr_m0nks wrote:i really like buck rodgers countdown to doomsday on the megadrive

That is a really superb game. Definitely one of the best RPGs on the system. Some other interesting and fun Genesis RPGs include Dungeons and Dragons: Warriors of the Eternal Sun (interesting prehistoric jungle setting, cool monsters, and fun first person dungeons) and Shadowrun (very unique mechanics, interesting setting, very customizable).

Impervious · Post by **Impervious** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 4:08 am

FFIV was remade more times than FFVI.

plus, it's a better game IMO. the japanese version is ridiculously hard [plus, edge looks like he's flipping the bird to the monsters while in the battle

].

but i'm happy for whomever said illusions of gaia. that game takes me back.

and if you can find a good psx emu, get valkyrie profile. that game was way ahead of it's time. plus, i heart it to death.

Aquas · Post by **Aquas** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 8:38 am

EarthBound, yep.

quälgeist · Post by **quälgeist** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 12:06 pm

I'm Alec wrote:
quälgeist wrote:
FInal Fantasy VI best 16bit rpg and best Final Fantasy

I personally prefer FInal Fantasy III on SNES. Easily my favorite RPG game ever.

I agree with both of you.

Maybe we're talking about the same game.

Final Fantasy VI = Final Fantasy III in the USA

The original Final Fantasy III is a completly different game for the NES and only available in japanese.

TLDragoon · Post by **TLDragoon** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 11:06 pm

quälgeist wrote:
The original Final Fantasy III is a completly different game for the NES and only available in japanese.

..and the Nintendo DS remake

Not that I'd recommend it *bleh*

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 5:37 pm

Two pages of 16bit goodness and no mention of Star Ocean yet. Since I haven't played any of them, and First Departure is coming (and poor PSP feels lonely), what's your take on Ocean? It's born from a rib of Phantasia (another one I haven't played) which do you think is more accomplished of the two?

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 6:06 pm

Impervious wrote:the japanese version is ridiculously hard

That's the version released on the PS1 compliation w/Chrono Trigger, right? If so, I didn't find it THAT hard...harder than the original US release/easy version, but manageable (and the rule still applies, if I can beat it, so can anyone).

neritai · Post by **neritai** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 2:51 pm

Two pages of 16bit goodness and no mention of Star Ocean yet. Since I haven't played any of them, and First Departure is coming (and poor PSP feels lonely), what's your take on Ocean? It's born from a rib of Phantasia (another one I haven't played) which do you think is more accomplished of the two?

I feel like Phantasia is more playable on emulator without a gamepad. I played both when the fan-translations (and fixes to make emulation possible) were initially released. I never made it very far in Star Ocean, but I made it most of the way through the game in ToP.

They feel pretty similar to me - Star Ocean is more unusual in its subject matter, but the battle system feels less usable. This might be corrected using a gamepad.

Probably since the two games were started by the same people...