I have never played any of the Tales JRPGs, despite liking the genre. Anyone who has played these - first, how highly would you recommend them? And how good are they as compared to say, Final Fantasy games, or Persona games as a series? And, which game is the best to start with? If I’m not mistaken, it looks like they aren’t related directly, but rather share a common system and themes like those other series. Tales of Berseria is the one that has me the most curious. Not sure if I’m ready to invest in starting a new series, but I was just wondering if anyone likes these. I don’t hear much chatter about them, despite them being highly rated amongst critics.
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Hi guys
I just finished persona 5 and ni no kuni 2, so i am planning to buy new jrpg game
I am thinking about KH 1.5 + 2.5, Hack GU LC, FF XII, and FF XV
Which game i should play first?? Or you have different suggestion?
Thanks for replying
@Spinedestroyer12 I loved FFXV. It has one of the best stories I’ve seen in a game. It does amazing at developing the main group of characters in a coming of age take. The combats good stuff too. My only real problem is that the side-quests could be better.
A lot of people hates the story, but I done see why. Some things could have been better introduced which can feel slightly confusing, but it’s told very well. Get the Royal Edition though, it’s the better deal.
@NecuVise You should be fine. The only ones which really come as mandatory in that sense are the hunting quests, and those aren’t bad. It’s just really fetch quests for this or that. Some you’ll want to upgrade the regalia. But it’s enough or bad enough to be a problem. I didn’t do that many side-quests. If anything I over prepared for he end of the game. I also never died while playing, which is a good thing as I’ve never had a similar game provide and uninterrupted experience line that before. So at worst maybe you’ll die once or twice.
@Jaz007 While the story at its essence is great, the story-telling is lacking. There are also a few gaps here and there. But SE is releasing more story content this and next year, so I am still going to wait until I re-play the game. I also love the story, it is one of the best storylines in a FF game, if the team just had more time to work on the actual story telling after Nomuras time-wasting.
@Kidfried I’m a little late, but I’ll chime in — I definitely liked Rise of the TR. I think the story is weaker than the first reboot game, but personally the gameplay was just as good. It does drag on a little bit long toward the end I think, and with all the DLC that’s included it is quite a lot of game there. I only played 2/5 of the DLC and was ready to move on. For some reason I read a lot of people on here that say they didn’t like it, despite liking the first, but in my experience it was great. Maybe not quite as transcendent as the first, but in many ways it’s a deeper game. I think you’ll quite like it.
But ....
The other games on your list are mint as well. I have been pretty vocal about my love for Nier Automata. That game does some fascinating things I’ve never seen a game do. Lost Legacy is fantastic, especially if you like Uncharted. It’s much shorter than Rise of the TR, but probably a more polished overall game, but more linear and with that characteristic Naughty Dog strong story. I thoroughly enjoyed both. And last but not least, Persona 5. The only one on your list that doesn’t have a strong female protagonist; Push Square editor’s GOTY last year. A worthy entrant as well, but I will have a hard time fully endorsing it because I have yet to finish it. Caught up sometime in the middle of the students school year during the 3rd palace dungeon, I got side-tracked and never finished. The game oozes with style though, and some of the best art direction I’ve seen in a game. It is completely different style-wise than the other 3 — turn based combat, sprawling sim of time management and relationship building when you’re not in the dungeons. I’m sure you know all this.
Don’t forget AC Origins too, which I’ve been considering starting up soon as well. But I might wait for you since I have tons of other backlog too.
I would recommend TR first (given Shadow is coming soon and Rise is so cheap) then Nier to put some distance between the adventure 3rd person shooters, then LL then P5. (With ACO mixed in somewhere.) But with all these excellent titles, you really can’t go wrong.
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@JohnnyShoulder Sure thing! I’m good at organizing other people’s lives. Just don’t look at how incredibly chaotic and disheveled my own life is! Lol.
Nah, but it was unusual that all those games he was considering were ones I actually played. I feel like I’ve gotten so far behind in my own gaming that it was rare that I actually have experience with a bunch of games that someone else doesn’t have. Most people on here are typically much more qualified for give recommendations. 😜
@Kidfried Yakuza 0 is one of the games I’m going to start this week I think. I’ve been traveling and then swamped at work and whatnot and finally will have a little more time this week and I am going to put Bloodborne out of its misery. I slayed MWN on Monday night finally. For as easy of a boss it was supposed to be, I actually struggled with it. Kept getting to the last sliver of its health and then I would do something stupid and go down. But I have to say MWN was my favorite boss as far as character design. Very cool looking.
Anyway, I’m interested to hear how you like Lara Croft’s adventure.
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@Jaz007 Don’t worry. It’s not as onerous as it sounds. I’ll try to avoid spoilers as best I can, because the game really needs to be experienced in its fullest due to the absolute unique nature in which it tells the story. But, without going into detail, some of the endings are simply doing a specific act that results in a quick death or end to the story and a brief animation or text scroll saying what happened because of what “wrong” choice you did or how you died. The majority are brief and then you reload right back to your last checkpoint. So it’s not as overwhelming as it sounds. To experience the game to its fullest though, you need to plan on at least 3 playthroughs or “routes” where you get to the real meaty endings. If you don’t do those three, then you won’t get the full impact of the story. So plan on about 40-50 hours maybe to do all that. (That’s a guess, because it has been a while since I played it)
Ok so this is a tough one but maybe someone can help here.
My son recently has been playing Fable 2 on the Xbox One and he asked me if there is a game similar to Fable either on the PS3 or PS4. Now I don't mean similar as in an open world RPG, cause if that's the case there's Skyrim, Dragon Age, Witcher III etc. What I mean is something the "feels" like the Fable series similar tone not the dark fantasy tone that RPGs have become.
I already did a Google search but got sames like Skyrim, Witcher III etc. and as I said those are good they just don't feel like Fable.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
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@Tasuki I haven’t played Fable so this is a shot in the dark — maybe consider Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning on PS3. That is a fun open world RPG with much less grittiness than Skyrim or Dragons Dogma. It’s got magic and swords, elves and dwarf like races, a whole lot of customization of your character and equipment, and is a very long game. I rather enjoyed it. The art style seems kinda similar to what I saw with Fable, but I’m not sure.
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