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Underrated RPG's

NoBSGamers writes: "Some RPG's get a lot of great press, and while most of the ones worth the time you'll spend playing them get that attention every once and awhile a game worth playing slips through the cracks so today we will look at some RPG's that missed the hype but are still worth a look."

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Chris3996270d ago (Edited 6270d ago )

I'm a huge fan of the Shadow Hearts games. Even though Nautilus (the studio who developed the game) is closed, I sincerely hope that we see another title in the series.

P.S. According to Wikipedia, the creative staff of Nautilus went on to form Feelplus! Now I know why I liked Lost Odyssey so much, and where the "ring" system in that game came from.

Baka-akaB6269d ago

Only part of it i heard , they scatterered in a few place . Which imo it only kept the ring , but none of the quality of shadow hearts .

I may seems harsh but yeah i didnt enjoy LO . I felt the story was awful and generic , hell generic is the only word that i seems to be able to associate with LO .
i'll get disagrees as usual , but the only exceptionnal thing about the game seems to have been the star cast of creators like Sakaguchi , and it's final fantasy level budget .

Anyway back to topic , i agree about Shadows hearts wholeheartly . It's easily one of the top 10 jrpg series . Even it's weakest link , the 3rd game was awesome , and only dissapointed because of two previous stellar opus .

I'd remove Dark alliance from the list and replace it with Planestscape Torment .

Then i would add Xenogears , wich got a cult status , but not nearly enough the sales it deserved .
And likewise it's parent serie Xenosaga . Xenosaga I was good though with many flaws ... the 2nd one wich many disliked improved on many things , but sadly made some step backward on others . And the 3rd one , a excellent fusion of both previous title , and removing their last flaws , was ignored because of negative opinions about the second game .

Anyway Xenosaga plays as a whole obviously , and a whole that meshes perfectly and make for an epic and great story with a good gameplay .

Finally i'd add Tactics Ogre in all its form and versions . It was overshadowed by the excellent yet much more simplified Final fantasy tactics and later even forgotten with Disgaea .

Then Front mission . After a pretty crappy 4th episode , Square didnt bother with translating the excellent Front mission V on ps2 . Thank gods it didnt stop fans from translating it .

And finally , despite the Persona craze nowadays ... Persona 2 . Only half of it was released in the us , the other only recently entirely translated again by fans . NOw that a psp remake of the first game is underway , let's stop they'll do us the favor of doing a PSP persona 2 remake (and with luck with both chapters on the same disk)

DragonWarrior465346270d ago

most underated rpg of all time is Xenogears.

Snatcher6269d ago

Terraningma on the SNES is very underrated.

Gue16269d ago (Edited 6269d ago )

Who was the stupid who disagree with the guy?! ;-|
Terranigma's awesome and very underrated! Illusion of Gaia it's another very underrated but really great game.

Those 2 are good examples of how great Enix was before it got acquired by Square. Another games to add to the list of greatness are Star Ocean 1(Snes/PSP)-2(PSX/PSP), Valkyrie Profile(PSX) and E.V.O.(Snes)

BTW Everybody liked Mario RPG and the game wasn't developed by Nintendo... It was Square-Soft who made it.

ChampIDC6269d ago (Edited 6269d ago )

I really liked the Grandia series. I hardly know anyone that has played any of the games.

Gue16269d ago

I only have Grandia II and I love it! The third was a piece of crap though.

Argento-Nox6268d ago

@ChampIDC

Bubbles for you, I happen to have grandia 1,2 and 3. I also have all 3 shadow hearts games. Both titles are very underrated, both have that semi-real time attack bar that I love, especially shadow hearts with their semi-real time combo bar.

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Theo11303015d ago

There's a PS3 emulator that can run it. PC is getting close now that hackers can use patron to work full time on that stuff.

aarogree3015d ago

But you wouldn't need an emulator if it was ported, now would you?

SegaGamer3016d ago

I would be so happy if Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King came to PC, it's one of my favourite JRPG's of all time. Saying that, i could just play it on the emulator PCSX2.

aarogree3016d ago

Yes, but wouldn't you rather have an officially supported version of the game?

ShadowWolf7123015d ago

Only if it keeps the additions from the 3DS version.

ClanPsi13015d ago (Edited 3015d ago )

All I want is a Valkyria Chronicles 2 & 3 (fully localised) HD remaster collection.

TheColbertinator3015d ago

Suikoden could use another chance on Steam

aarogree3015d ago

It's on GOG. Pretty sure that's better than being on Steam.

TheColbertinator3015d ago

From what I understand,that was for China and Japan not the US.

aarogree3015d ago

Sorry, my mistake. Was thinking of another game.

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10 PS2 JRPGs We Want to Appear on PS4

"Now that Sony is bringing PS2 games upscaled in 1080p and also includes trophies on the PlayStation 4, many JRPG gamers got excited with this idea as the PS2 had some of the best JRPGs ever released on any platform. If you grew up playing JRPGs on the Playstation 2, now is the time to get excited as maybe your all-time favorites will make a debut on the PlayStation 4." - JPS

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DarkOcelet3812d ago (Edited 3812d ago )

How about every JRPG released on the PS2? That seems about right.

And i want FFXII on PS4 now!

Square! Give me my HD version please.

Chaos_Raiden3812d ago (Edited 3812d ago )

1) Suikoden III, Suikoden IV, Suikoden V
2) Final Fantasy XII International
3) Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne, Shin Megami Tensei III: Digital Devil Saga, Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2, Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 FES, Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon
4) Wild Arms 3, Wild Arms 4, Wild Arms 5, Wild Arms Alter: Code F
5) Xenosaga Episode I, Xenosaga Episode II, Xenosaga Episode III
6) Tales of Legendia, Tales of the Abyss
7) Disgaea 1, Disgaea 2
8) Dragon Quest VIII
9) Star Ocean: Till the End of Time
10) Mana-Khemia, Mana-Khemia 2
11) Valkyrie Profile 2
12) Ys VI: The Ark of Naphishtim.
13) Dark Cloud 2
14) dot Hack series
15) dot Hack GU series

PS2 era is the golden era of JRPGs, so it would be awesome if these games are released for PS4 as well.

I3loggs243812d ago

May i add to your list

16) Shadow Hearts 1, Shadow Hearts 2: Covenant, Shadow Hearts 3: From the new world
17) Magna Carta

theofratus153434d ago

yeah .. mana khemia its good to make that 3D like final fantasy . wish its true. :D

ninsigma3812d ago

Quite liked one of the hack games. Never finished it and haven't a clue where it's gone so I wouldn't mind giving that another go.

kevnb3812d ago (Edited 3812d ago )

Not upscaled, rendered in 1080p. All upscaled would mean is that the game takes up the entire screen instead of only the pixels it would require (or maybe set to a 4:3 aspect)

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Top 5 RPG Series Worth Your Time

RPG's have a tendency to be a long drawn out gameplay experience, Jon has provided a list of 5 RPG's that are worth sinking your valuable time into.

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karlowma4676d ago

Baldur's Gate, Elder Scrolls, Final Fantasy, Knights of the Old Republic, The Witcher, Mass Effect + Dragon Age (the first ones anyway)...

thorstein4676d ago

Icewind Dale II, Neverwinter Nights, Shadowrun (NES & Gen) (Shadowrun Returns is tomorrow BTW), ...

Jyndal4676d ago

What?!
No Dragon Quest?!

Shenanigans! I call Shenanigans!!!

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