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Seanchan posted...

Nintendo really needs to pull out it's ace up the sleeve and give us a new 3D F-Zero launch game.

Dont you mean a new 1080 Snowboarding game?

Mega Man
Ryu
Leon S. Kennedy
CAPTAIN COMMANDO!

First time playing through Platinum, only three Pokmon accompanied me to the Hall of Fame.

Empoleon
Umbreon (evolved from the free Eevee you get)
Giratina

Next time taking on the Elite Four, it was those three again (Giratina with the Griseous Orb now), as well as:

Espeon (evolved from a female Eevee I went and caught)
Lucario
Eevee (bred from Umbreon and Espeon, the first Pokmon I ever bredyes, just plain old Eevee).

Ifrit posted...

Suikoden 2 is beatable in about 30 hours for a first playthrough if you want to get every character.

Good to know, thank you.

htaeD posted...

Vagrant story is at least not a good startergame due to how difficult it is

Ive heard really great things, but I think at least the combat system is supposed to be quite different from your average fare.

BlackMageJawa posted...

I would heavily recommend playing the first Suikoden before the sequel. It's not like FF where every game is in its own world with no connections to others, there's a shared continuity with ongoing plotlines and recurring characters.

colliding posted...

*make sure you play Suikoden I first

Oof. I definitely do not have the first gamebut, I suppose I could always put II on the back burner in case I come by the first one. I didnt realize the games followed from each other, I thought they might be standalones.

colliding posted...

Chrono Cross... maybe I'll write my standard essay about why this game is disappointing later, but I don't think it's very good. Awesome soundtrack though.

From what I gather (just based on poking around the internet), it gets mentioned as a bit of a disappointment more often than not, but also has a very passionate group of fans who swear by it. Im hoping Ill fall into the latter category when I play it. And to be fair, it not being a clear follow up to Chrono Trigger isnt necessarily a bad thing for me. While there were some aspects of that game that I thought were terrific, overall it didnt hit me quite the same as it seems to hit most people. I dont really have anything negative to say about it, just that it didnt quite reach the hype level for me. Anyhow, happy to read your essay if you feel like posting it.

Appreciate all of the thoughts so far. Aside from Chrono Trigger, other games Ive played that are related to any of the six, even if only tangentially, are FF4, FF6, and Xenoblade Chronicles. So I dont necessarily have the deep wealth of experience with JRPGs from this particular era that most of the people hanging out on B8 do.

Mr_Crispy posted...

They're all worth playing.

Vagrant Story is probably the shortest (like 10-15 hours), and Xenogears is the longest (probably 50-60+).

This actually raises one of the points Im mulling, which is game length. Ive read that Suikoden II has something like 100+ recruitable characters, so I figured that it must be very lengthy if one were hoping to get the full experience. About how long would you say Suikoden II is?

Cant remember how long it has been since I posted here on B8, but I know this is probably still the right place for a question like this.

I have in my possession a number of PS1 JRPGs that Ive never played before, and Im hoping to get some opinions/guidance on things like which one might be best to start with, maybe the full order that anyone who responds would recommend playing them in, even just general thoughts on how good/bad they may be in general. Basically, if anyone has any kind of opinion to share on these, Im interested in hearing it.

The games are:

Vagrant Story
Suikoden II
Xenogears
Final Fantasy IX
Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete
Chrono Cross

Appreciate any thoughts people might like to share. Stay safe!