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Chrono Cross, Grandia, Wild Arms, Suikoden, Vagrant Story, and Xenogears. Some of the best RPGs I have ever played.
Suikoden... I read in the Playstation magazine that it's a pretty good game. Is Suikoden II as good as the first one?Kcinz
It is, but most people will be hard pressed to get it, at least at a game store or on ebay; it goes for over $100 pretty consistently.
Grandia is certainly my favourite RPG on the original PlayStation, even though it wasn't exclusive to the system.
Suikoden... I read in the Playstation magazine that it's a pretty good game. Is Suikoden II as good as the first one?Kcinz
It takes everything about the first game and makes it better. Many consider it the best of the series, myself included.
Grandia , Lunar 1 and 2 , Breath of Fire 4 ,
theres also Vagrant Story and Chrono Cross, but I never managed to get into those.
good PS1 RPG games
Suikedon 1 and 2
Parasite Eve
Parasite Eve 2
Beyond the Beyond
Threads of Fate
Legend of Legaia
Grandia
Thousand Arms
Star Ocean 2nd Story
Elemental Gearbolt - not sure if its RPG technically or just a game where you use the lightgun optionally
I'm a huge Western-RPG guy, and I've seen absolutley ZERO mentions of Western-RPGs here. You guys realize that RPG doesn't mean just random encounters and turn-based battles, right? Anyways, here's my recommendations:
Brave Fencer Musashi - An excellent action-RPG that mixes the gameplay of The Legend of Zelda and the RPG sensibilities of SquareSoft, with just the right amount of cartoony humor thrown in.
Dark Stone - If you like Diablo, you'll like this game. Nuff said.
Diablo - It's Diablo. If you play RPGs, and you don't know what Diablo is, you need to go play the game, immeadiatly. And if that's not an option, at least look it up on YouTube. This game created an entire sub-genre of RPGs, that many games have since emulated. Games such as Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance, Dungeon Siege, Neverwinter Nights, Marvel Ultimate Alliance, and others. In the game, you are a lone adventurer, tasked to stop the Lord of Terror himself, Diablo. You venture further and further underground, until you arrive in Hell itself. Along the way you will grab tons of loot, level-up your character, gain spells and equipment, battle tons of enemies, and fight some pretty interesting bosses. Might be a bit dated by today's standards, but I doubt you care much about that if you're looking for PS1 games.
King's Field 1 & 2 - Any chance I can get, I praise this truly unique RPG series. It is far too unique, and far too well made of games to just be forgotten. At the same time, it's one of those games you either absolutely adore, or grudgingly despise; there is no middle-ground when it comes to King's Field. It's an action-RPG played from the first-person perspective, in a fully 3-D, open-world environment. The game has a high-emphasis on exploration, and doesn't explain a dang thing to you or help you out and has a high learning-curve. This is a big reason why many people dislike it, for me it's exactly why I like it.
Legend of Legaia - So this one is traditional JRPG in it's gameplay and sensibilities. Sue me, I can like a few JRPGs in addition to my love for Western-RPGS. What sets this game apart from other JRPGs, IMO, is the battle-system. There is this command line (which will get longer as you level-up) where you can place different combinations of buttons. If you do the right combinations, you will be able to unlock special moves and magical attack. You also earn some along the way, or will find people and/or scrolls that tell some of them, so it's not completely guesswork. But this make the random-encounters seem a lot less tedious, because you are CONSTANTLY experimenting with the system in hopes of unlocking a new move.
Parasite Eve - Great mixute of RPG and survival-horror. The story in this game is the main-draw, and it's a doozy of one. I can't explain it all here. But basically you're a cop, investigating a bizarre series events at an opera house where people suddenly burst into flames, and animals morph into monstrous creatures. The gameplay is pretty unique, as it combines random encounters with real-time battle one the random enounter begins. And the graphics are stunning for the PS1.
I and, likely, almost everyone else here would disagree.Suikoden II isn't worth the price of admission.
hakanakumono
[QUOTE="hakanakumono"]I and, likely, almost everyone else here would disagree.Suikoden II isn't worth the price of admission.
Legolas_Katarn
That's fine. It's a mediocre RPG with a weak story. If you want to spend $100 on that, by all means.
I already own most of the Final Fantasy games for the PS1, so are there any non-Final Fantasy RPGs that I should look into buying?KcinzBO3 all other games. no..... Well maybe dragon quest. The above 2 are assuming you don;t like terrible filler to the plost and terrible implemention of certain things in the games.
I and, likely, almost everyone else here would disagree.[QUOTE="Legolas_Katarn"][QUOTE="hakanakumono"]
Suikoden II isn't worth the price of admission.
hakanakumono
That's fine. It's a mediocre RPG with a weak story. If you want to spend $100 on that, by all means.
I'm curious...what would you have considered a strong RPG story from that era for comparison's sake, hakana?
For the record, I disagree with you, but you're not the only person that I'm aware of that didn't care for Suikoden 2 specifically, or the Suikoden series in general. Just curious why you think what you think, and what your point of comparison is. Also, if you just think that $100 is too much for any game, that would be fair enough (assuming you're in the US).
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