JRPGs

**Some Stupid Japanese Name** · 06 Mar 2013, 10:04 PM

I've got Hyper Dimension Victory preordered.
That's the only one I'm getting day one. We will see about the rest.

**ChaoofNee** · 06 Mar 2013, 10:26 PM

Originally Posted by Yoshi

There are a ridiculous amount of PS3-exclusive JRPGs coming this year.

Of course one of them is a Tales game. It's been 6 months since the last one, hasn't it? We're about due.

**Will** · 07 Mar 2013, 01:43 PM

Originally Posted by Thief Silver

It's good, I actually just started playing through it again. Has a myriad of problems such as having to go into the skill menu every like 5 battles to learn a new skill. But there's a lot of fights where you could grind, but if you use your head it'll be a lot more fun.

Also some great characters, and the mini-novels can be really fucking good stories. I have not beat it yet though so maybe it takes a dump later on. There are however, god awful puzzles.

Originally Posted by Diff-chan

Lost Odyssey is good. The only thing I didn't like was loading, but I heard installs helped.

Originally Posted by Thief Silver

Yeah it does help a lot. Also that game has some ugly/dumb character designs. Hell designs in general, the cars in the beginning of the game that have six wheels up front, then a giant elongated back that looks like it should tip over at any time?

I'm definitely sold on Lost Odyssey, I like the mix of Highlander meets Final Fantasy.

The character designs from what I'm seeing aren't the most appealing but I guess it'll just take some getting used to. The only problem I'm having right now is finding it new for a reasonable price given it's "out of print" status. Also, the way they packed the discs in looks pretty retarded:

Originally Posted by Yoshi

There are a ridiculous amount of PS3-exclusive JRPGs coming this year.

Indeed.

Originally Posted by ChaoofNee

Of course one of them is a Tales game. It's been 6 months since the last one, hasn't it? We're about due.

Tales of Xillia looks pretty good, the graphics style is a little flatter than I would like but the art direction is still appealing.

**Fe 26** · 07 Mar 2013, 01:48 PM

RPG maker is 50% off on steam for the next hours. Any of you have any thoughts on it? I was thinking about getting it for prototyping.

You know, maybe make a small demo of something, put it up, see if I can get a kickstarter or something for a full game.

I've heard you can expand the engine using ruby too. It would be a good excuse to learn a new language.

**MechDeus** · 07 Mar 2013, 02:35 PM

The scripting is pretty robust considering how the program initially appears to be, almost every single "rule" the engine has can be broken. Some people have made 3D villages similar to the look of FFT, and custom scripting can also make the game work like Diablo or Zelda if you so choose.