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  • Ghulgothas
    What Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest games would you recommend for someone with no previous experience in either.
    Or with JRPGs as whole for that matter.
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    Thac0
    Thac0
    For Final Fantasy I tend to recommend either V or Tactics to CRPG fans, since they are the ones with the best gameplay. VI is not a bad call aswell since while it has mediocre gameplay it has excellent characters and story. For a good allrounder however, if I do not want to shill my favourite IV again, Final Fantasy X is pretty damn good. You just need to be able to tolerate Tidus as an MC.
    Thac0
    Thac0
    Bigg Boss
    Bigg Boss
    Don't play X first if you never played a Final Fantasy. That is when the series really declined.
    criminally unlikeable and annoying twerp
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    Grauken
    Grauken
    Panda was amusing unlike Maxie
    Lady Error
    Lady Error
    "criminally unlikeable and annoying twerp"

    Pretty accurate self-description, Marxie
    NJClaw
    NJClaw
    Please don't bully Maxie, he is on vacation but can't go anywhere since all his money goes into child support
    WhiteShark
    Read this abomination: イノベイティブなソリューションで、あなたのビジネスをサポートする。
    Thac0
    Thac0
    How much I hate Katakana. Almost feels harder to read when you know English than when you do not, because you assume wrong words to be there.
    WhiteShark
    WhiteShark
    Yeah it really takes a while to get the hang of how they butcher English to be able to consistently recognize what words they're trying and failing to say.
    NJClaw
    You're not allowed to change your rating after an edit. I'm thinking about reporting you to the authorities.
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    Ontopoly
    Ontopoly
    Sometimes you just want to rate something 'shit' twice. I agree with the ability to rate twice
    Thac0
    Thac0
    Ontopoly the kind of person to multiclass fighter with barbarian.
    NJClaw
    NJClaw
    In IWD2 I used to always make a Barbarian/Fighter
    Jinn
    Since you're apparently so shocked by my post, I have to ask: what 5E CRPGs with that level of verticality, environmental interaction, rule-based freedom of movement, and visual representation of numerical mechanics have you been playing (besides BG3, which I haven't touched yet)? Please give me recommendations!
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    Jinn
    Jinn
    And about the verticality: I feel it kind of goes beyond gimmick status for me, simply because I think freedom of movement can add so much more to not only possibilities available in combat, but also a whole new dimension to exploration too. Those are a couple of the most important things in RPGs for me, so an enhancement or evolution of them in a top-down game is a special addition for me.
    Thac0
    Thac0
    Using Jump and Misty Step and Spider Climb to collect hidden chests which then contain +1 shields and the like really is a high point of the game. That was when my opinion shifted from mediocre to good. Shame that all of the other parcour hidden items can be solved by autopathing.
    Jinn
    Jinn
    Yeah, that's the kind of stuff I'm talking about. And I agree that autopathing can take the fun out the more accessible caches. I still try to find my way there one platform or level at a time just because it's more fun.
    WhiteShark
    In case you missed it while walking your dogs, this is a summary of the New Covenant in the words of Saint Athanasius: "God became man so that man might become god."
    Thac0
    Thac0
    I have seen it, it is definitly interesting. It would make sense that the new Christians, who now carry (more of?) a spark of divinity in the Holy Spirit, be no longer subjected to the same rules as the prior Christians.
    Thac0
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    Tweed
    Tweed
    This kind of behavior is only acceptable in blobbers and old RPGs like Daggerfall. There is no excuse for newer games.
    Casual Hero
    Casual Hero
    Nice.
    "The essence of an RPG is using numbers to make calculated decisions..."
    Ontopoly
    Ontopoly
    Never thought we would get the best definition for what an rpg is from the Japanese. I guess the debate is over.
    Scroo
    Warum das "Edgy" rating :cry:
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    Thac0
    Thac0
    Jo stats würfeln im DSA system ist komplett bescheuert. Heutzutage wärs point buy. Heutzutage werden aber leider kaum noch Spiele in dem Stil mehr gemacht ^^
    Ich mag es aus allen Zeiten zu spielen, das älteste was ich im Moment durch hab is nen Jahrzehnt älter als ich. Ich schau mal ob ich noch eins aus den 70ern dazukrieg.
    Scroo
    Scroo
    Spiele aus den 70ern hab ich tatsächlich noch kein einziges gespielt, ich würde aber tatsächlich auch n Textadventure von damals mal testen (falls es sowas damals schon gab lol) :D Und ja, mein Rekord ist auch irgendein Spiel aus den 80ern und somit bevor meiner Zeit ^^
    rusty_shackleford
    rusty_shackleford
    stop speaking Nazi
    NJClaw
    I just remembered that I played Ni No Kuni once and I kinda liked it. Oh my god, am I an anime/JRPG now?
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    NJClaw
    NJClaw
    Also the card minigame in the casino makes for a great drinking game IRL. A shame I couldn't get into the sequel.
    Thac0
    Thac0
    I have not touched the sequel yet myself.
    Combat was never good in Ni No Kuni, but I sure as hell prefer janky ATB wannabe Pokemon with problems to whatever pikmin action disaster Ni No Kuni 2 has.
    NJClaw
    NJClaw
    Stop being a meanie, Maxie. Embrace your soft side
    Ontopoly
    There are a lot of people who have trouble understanding Thac0. Can you give us all an explanation/tutorial?
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    Thac0
    Thac0
    Also it annoys me when you play old DnD inspired crawlers like Elminage Gothic where better AC is negative you are now unsure wether Accuracy is supposed to be high or low to be good. Genuinly had to google that, and there was conflicting information. Fairly certain high is better in that game tho.
    Thac0
    Thac0
    Since most games that use Thac0 and negative AC are good I developed a love/hate relationship with that system. It is genuinly awfull and usurped by so much cleaner systems, but I had fun times with it.
    Ontopoly
    Ontopoly
    @Mods, please change this guys name. He doesn't deserve to be called Thac0 if he can't respect it.
    Lithium Flower
    only 10 eps in but golden wind > all so far holy fuccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc

    I don't mind the art style everyone is shitting on. I liked the way DiU looked, but the characters of GW kind of look like beautiful meth addicts (or ugly twinks? idk one of those) which suits the darker and edgier tone IMO.
    Ol' Willy
    ///99% of post apocalypse is straight up fantasy///
    gimme examples
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    Ol' Willy
    Ol' Willy
    The only unrealistic thing about Radscorpions is their size, and the only thing that prevents them from going bigger is their ineffective breathing system. Fallout just presumes that FEV somehow changed their breathing system and made the growth possible. I'm no biologist, but I think that adding some muscles to scorpion's book lungs may do that.
    Thac0
    Thac0
    The problem is that is exactly what Fallout does for every realism break. I am no scienticist, but radiation is gonna fix it. There is not even an attempt at a string of causality, which is so important to Dick.
    With psionics being possible in Fallout without any good lore explanations it's almost as much a fantasy setting as dark sun.
    Ol' Willy
    Ol' Willy
    It's all about FEV
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