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Ya know, I always wondered what is everyone's preferred series after FF. So I made this poll just to see what is the 2nd most popular series in this forum. As for my fave RPG series after FF, it would be the "Tales of..." series. Their storylines are predictable, yes, but they are so much to play due to the battle system.
I voted for Zelda because I loved the games since I was 3, for Chrono Trigger/Cross because they were very fun games, and I loved Paper Mario for the N64.
Chrono series because Chrono Trigger is easily one of my favorite games ever.
Zelda because I've loved those games since I was like 4-5.
I might have said Chrono if I had liked Cross more. Instead I have to go with Persona.
+1 for the Megami Tensei series. That is a huge omission from that list.
2nd vote goes to the Dept. Heaven series, which gets bonus points for being relatively new and having a number of games in it already.
Out of the ones you listed: Breath of Fire, Dragon Quest, Fire Emblem, Harvest Moon, and Mario RPGs.
I'm wanting to list RPG series that you've forgotten, but you've pretty much covered them all. Unless Pokemon counts.
In no particular order, Suikoden, Dragon Quest, Chrono, and Zelda. Although I'm not really sure Zelda counts as an RPG series.
Suikoden is my favorite series ever. The second installment is my favorite game of all-time.
Other notable favorites are Breath of Fire and Wild ARMs.
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I like the Persona series, as you can see in my signature. I think I ought to give some other SMT games a try someday.
Another vote for MegaTen. Especially Digital Devil Saga, the second one is my all time favorite game. Persona, Devil Summoner, and the main series are all great too.
Tales of series need more love. :( Some of my favorite games are from that series like Tales of Symphonia and Tales of the Abyss. I'm in the same boat as The Man about the Legend of Zelda that it shouldn't be listed as a true RPG, like most of the other series you named are... well the same could be said of the Harvest Moon series too.
Harvest moon and Zelda, definately not RPG's as has been said.
Though you could classify the Rune Factory spinoff as a Simulater/Action RPG I guess. :p
Xenosaga takes it since I enjoyed all three games, even II which was kind of the dud of them, and III is arguably my favorite RPG.
The persona Series can't take it for me simply because of how much I disliked 1, though 3 and 4 are a couple of games that could also contend for my favorite.
Chrono Trigger is amazing, though cross is simply decent, it's a bit to bogged down by it's problems to make up for what is great about it.
And instead of Ogre Battle, you should probably say Tactics Ogre, as thats the actual series, Ogre Battle being the spin-off if I remember correctly. And Ogre Batte: March of the Black Queen kicks all kinds of ass.
And Wild Arms has yet to give me a bad game, (I haven't played 1 though, and I know 3 was technically bad, but I still enjoyed it, so meh. :p) but at the same time, even though the other instalments were excelent, especially 2, they couldn't keep up with the shear awesome of any other series I loved best title.
I like most of those choices but if I had to pick one it'd easily be Suikoden. Unfortunately Konami doesn't care too much on the main series anymore and said they're going to focus more on the Tierkreis line so that's a real shame.
From this list, DQ, Golden Sun, Star Ocean, and Tales. The Shin Megami Tensei games and all its subseries are also some of my favorites.
it's lunar you morons.
Wow, the other than Chrono Trigger/Cross (which I absolutely love) the I have only been able to get through Suikoden I, Zelda OoT, and Fire Emblem 2. Everything else I have lost interest in half way.
Starting to think I might be a bit too picky.
MegaTen, I've been replaying through Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne and once again being blown away by how radically different it is. The Persona games are all awesome and I'm looking forward to diving into DDS, Devil Summoner, and Devil Survivor. Really, I feel this is one of the best franchises out there.
Out of the choices above... Chrono is pretty good but like many, I'm not in love with Cross. The story is great but the game has too many little issues that get on my nerves and distract me from enjoying the game.
Wild ARMS was a good series but I fell out of love with it after WA3 kinda let me down. I've been meaning to check out WA4 but the change to sci-fi tones kinda irked me a bit cause despite hating the "Wild West", I always enjoyed the visual themes it gave the series and kinda felt like 4 turned back on what made the series special. Still... I blame this series for why I can't enjoy Golden Sun...
Breath of Fire is a pretty damn awesome series and while I have issues with how weird and generic BoF1 is and god knows BoF2 has some game play mechanics and story issues (why in gods name can't I have Rand in my party!? Why must the game keep forcing me to use stupid Sten who I can't stand!?) I love the Playstation entries and I tend to look at them as guidelines on how you should do game mechanics and storytelling.
Suikoden is just full of win. The numbered entries are all pretty golden even if Suikoden 4 is a bit less shiny. Suikoden Tactics is a pretty fun FFT/Tactics Ogre rip-off but what in gods name is wrong with that? Tiekries is like WA4 in that I feel it strays far from the series roots and drops many of the elements that made the series special. (I get you guys kept the whole 108 stars thing but what about the deep seated politics and True Runes?! Smurf You). This is probably my favorite series of the ones listed.
Xenosaga is also a great series despite the fact it suffered countless production issues and lot of bad decisions. In fact, if you don't live in Japan or import you never got most of the story since Pied Pier was never released here, nor Xenosaga 1*2 for the DS (which rewrote the story a bit mostly Episode 2 and is the actual canon version) not to mention all the online stories that lead into Episode III. The series is like dot.Hack gone horribly wrong in terms of marketing the series through other mediums. Still, the plot is great if a bit preachy and convulated and combat is really solid in Episode I and III at least.
Mine would have to be:
Zelda,
Mario,
Tales of,
Star ocean,
Golden sun.
Probably some others that aren't listed too. :bigsmile:
Harvest Moon!!! But it is a pity that the female version only come in japanese!!! :(
I voted for Breath of Fire, Star Ocean, and Suikoden. I also give credit to Chrono, because I think both are superb games, but I've never got 'into' them like I have with a lot of others.
I'm with Wolf Kanno's opinions on BoF and Suikoden, though I've not yet played Tactics or Tierkries. I also think that despite having the worst voice acting this side of Resident Evil, Star Ocean is a wonderful and charming series. I think 2 is the best, it really hit that sweet spot for me in so many ways.
Suikoden is far and away the best RPG series.
Honorable mention: Lunar series. Lunar SSSC is one of my favorite RPGs. Lunar 2 isn't as good, but the first one is good enough to make the series notable.
Megami Tensei~~~~
And Zelda is Adventure, not RPG.
Phantasy Star gets my vote which, from looking at this thread, is quite the underrated series indeed. PSII and PSIV rival anything the FF series has done. People that thought Aeris dying in FFVII was a big deal clearly never played PSII.
The Dark Cloud series is also a notable mention. I noticed both Phantasy Star and Dark Cloud weren't included in that poll. Quite the error you made there Crossblades.
I would say Zelda but I didn't really think that was an RPG. I love the Star Ocean Series and definitely Dark Cloud as mentioned above, and one that hasn't been said is Secret of Mana. I love that game :jess:
I don't know how I forgot the Mana series. The two games I've played (Secret of Mana and Holy Sword Legend 3, which was never released in the U.S. and is only available as a fan translated rom) are superb. I even used to use a rabite as my avatar here.
Dah! How could I forget Dark Cloud and Secret of Mana? :eek: I love both of those so very much! :jess:Quote:
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:eek: I've never played that one; what's it like? :cool:Quote:
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The gameplay is quite similar to Secret of Mana but you get to execute more special moves compare to Secret of Mana. You can create a world of your own and do tons and tons of mini quests which most of them are pretty fun and cute at least for me! :bigsmile:
The characters found in the world are very adorable! I really will recommend the game, It is avaliable in the playstation! :bigsmile:
Oooh :eek: That does sound pretty awesome!
Dark Cloud, Mana, Phantasy Star, Mother, Wild ARMs, anyone?
Dragon Force, Shining Force, Dept. Heaven
Stupid poll not having my games on the list
From that list, the only games I've played/completed are Golden Sun. Though there's admittedly a lot I haven't even touched yet (Suikoden and 90% of the Tales and Ogre series)
Right now it's Dragon Quest, tbh I might like the older DQ's better than the older 16-bit FF's.
Before that it was Shining Force. I've always really been into Strategy RPG's, so here's hoping Valkyria Chronicles joins this list.
And has anyone mentioned Pokemon? I'm playing Heart Gold right now and really lovin it.
I can't pick, because I've played only one or two games out of some of these series, or, in the case of Chrono, there are only two and I liked one but didn't like the other.
Chrono stands out though. So does Star Ocean (though never ever for plot).
I love all the RPG's for the PS1, I have quite a collection. Wild Arms is probably my favorite after FF. Parasite Eve comes in after that.
The earlier FF's and Chrono's were epic but Zelda is my favorite for Nintendo. Probably due to the fact that I have all my FF's and Chrono's for PS1.
PSU is the only Phantasy Star game I've played, but from what I hear it's the black sheep of the family. I love it though xD
Ain't Harvest Moon a simulation game?
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As a fan of the old Phantasy Star games I still really enjoyed PSO. I guess that could be influenced by the excitement of playing it online all the way back in 2000. Really do miss those days.Quote:
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I'd say the 'black sheep' of the franchise is either PSIII or PSU. And even then, I still kinda enjoyed those titles.
For a second I almost read it as "Mind-boggling ACTION" and almost laughed.Quote:
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A friend of mine once called Harvest Moon an RPG, because you play the role of a farmer. I responded that Duke Nukem was an RPG because you play the role of a badass.
I think HM is one of those games that creates its own genre. Rune Factory is definitely an RPG, though, and a good one.
Nothing in particular stands out in all honesty, although I will give a thumbs up to Wild Arms and Grandia as possibles.
Poor Ogre Battle.
Never even say it's popularity waning.
Wait, wait... has anyone mentioned Lunar? I forgot about the Lunar series for a moment, but it is definitely my favorite non-FF series. They're funny, and have great characters and storylines.
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I was going to, but I haven't played Eternal Blue. I missed my chances when it was available and only just recently acquired it on the download. I didn't wanna mention any RPG series that I only played one game in :[ Like Grandia, Alundra, Wild Arms, or Mana I've only played one game. But they were really goodQuote:
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But I did love L:TSSC
...I miss Working Designs lol :(
I've heard that Eternal Blue is more disliked, but I personally really loved EB as well. I liked all the characters, and the plot -- I loved the return of Nall. I played something Lunar for Nintendo DS as well.
I could very well vote for everything mentioned.
Is it bad to say I've never played any of them? Well Dragon Quest 8, I did. *votes*
I don't think I have a favorite outside of FF. For RPG series, the only one I've played more than one entry of is KH and I don't consider myself a real fan of it since I've only played 2 games in the series. well I do like Zelda to, but it's funny for me considering as an RPG alongside most of those other games. It combines so many elements of other genres as well and I feel it's RPG elements aren't emphasized enough for me to hold it with the rest.
Shops seem pointless in the games, there is barely any weapon and armor upgrades and even with the ones you get you could do plenty well without them, the only stat progression is in hearts and MP and you probably only increase your MP once or twice in a whole game. Sidequests and talking with townsfolk is plentiful in the series though.
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>>> Tales, Suikoden, Valkyrie Profile, Chrono, Lunar, Disgaea..:luca: