Which PS1 classic RPG to play?
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True, the early to mid game can be 'crush your controller into a fine paste' hard, since you don't have access to many (levelled) jobs and their best abilites yet. Some missions in particular can feel downright unfair your first time through (and not using a guide).Raddra said:
Once past that though, things will ease up once you'll start unlocking certain jobs, abilities, items and characters that'll let you turn your party into a bunch of nigh unstoppable deathmachines. The Calculator/Mathematician job is a particularly powerful example if played smartly, letting you nuke everything on the map, one-shotting a lot of enemies, while healing your own troops.
Persona! Sorry, somebody to do it. Plus they basically scream it the entire game. The first couple Persona.. Personae for PS1 were among my favorite RPGs. They were fucking hard, tedious, cryptic, but had a very complex, rich progression system where you had to converse with demons and convince them to join you (you would then get to summon them to do attacks).RaikuFA said:
Legend of Legaia imo, the combat system in particular was super fun.
Since others have thrown in recommendations here's a few more: breath of fire 3/4, grandia 1/2, Star Ocean 2
Don't know why I never heard of it but damn I need to look into that.
Since others have thrown in recommendations here's a few more: breath of fire 3/4, grandia 1/2, Star Ocean 2
Legaia had a sequelTheLaughingMagician said:
Don't know why I never heard of it but damn I need to look into that.
Final Fantasy Tactics all the way, just make sure to play the PSX version and not War of the Lions.
Never particularly liked Legend of Legaia. Well, I suppose it was Ok on the first play through, but doesn't really add much on further plays. I think it suffers from a bit from repetitive-combat-itis. Plus, I found much of the story/characters to be pretty average, you know?
By all means go for it again if you liked it, but I don't think I ever finished a replay of that one. And I have enjoyed replaying some more trashy RPGs all the way through.
By all means go for it again if you liked it, but I don't think I ever finished a replay of that one. And I have enjoyed replaying some more trashy RPGs all the way through.
PS1? Vagrant Story or FFIX were always fantastic. Grandia?
If you have access to a PS2 or emulator, I can certainly suggested Drakengard 1, however. I only played it for the first time 2 years ago and was blown away by the experience. The graphics were terrible, the gameplay clunky (though Dragon Riding was fun), but the story.... dear god. Never seen anything like it. Nor has a party of companions ever contained such an assortment of freaks. And the multiple endings, where the first is considered the 'best' ending, and all the ones after that are bad, baddest, badderest and "holy crap flying demonic telepathic cannibalistic babies in the sky" level fucked up. You will never see a weirder, more unique game that'll stick forever in your memory and make you want to tell everyone about what you lived through by the end.
If you have access to a PS2 or emulator, I can certainly suggested Drakengard 1, however. I only played it for the first time 2 years ago and was blown away by the experience. The graphics were terrible, the gameplay clunky (though Dragon Riding was fun), but the story.... dear god. Never seen anything like it. Nor has a party of companions ever contained such an assortment of freaks. And the multiple endings, where the first is considered the 'best' ending, and all the ones after that are bad, baddest, badderest and "holy crap flying demonic telepathic cannibalistic babies in the sky" level fucked up. You will never see a weirder, more unique game that'll stick forever in your memory and make you want to tell everyone about what you lived through by the end.
