/vr/ - Retro Games

Beyond the Beyond, Quest 64, Tactics Ogre

>>9967732
pardon me anon, but don't those games suck?

>>9967713
Super Mario RPG and Final Fantasy VII are obvious answers. A little less obvious but very much a 10/10 is Vandal Hearts.

dragon quest 5

Both Lunar games. PS1 for Lunar 1 and Sega CD for Lunar 2 is your best bet.

FF Tactics PS1

>>9968256
It's so fucking slow

>>9967713
Final Fantasy 1. It may be lower tech and less story-heavy than the later entries but it is a pure high grade enjoyable fantasy role playing adventure experience. I've replayed 1 more than any of the others and I still enjoy it thoroughly.

You don't need to play remakes or fixes, the original NES version is fine. There are many quirks in the original game but they won't detract from your experience. After all, the game became a smash hit success that spawned an empire regardless.

Phantasy Star IV

Always liked Breath of Fire 2. I think it's an only slightly flawed masterpiece. The story is very cozy and bittersweet even with the original translation (which I prefer, but yeah I won't be terribly surprised, just this once, if people would rather have a retranslation patch).

How does Skies of Arcadia for Dreamcast compare with the goats?

For me, there is nothing better than Dragon Quest 2/3/4, NES versions

>>9967713
You need to play Dragon Quest 3, this one is not negotiable

>>9968446
>for Dreamcast
I bought a Dreamcast JUST for that game, that's how hype it was.
Never got more than a chapter or two into it. The loading times are UTTERLY HORRENDOUS. Literally the worst I've ever dealt with in a game. Maybe better under emulation, but... ugh. You get in your airship and move 2 pixels, suddenly random encounter, HUGE loading sequence, combat zone appears, each enemy loads in ONE AT A TIME with the machine overheating with each one even though they're identical enemies... you activate your special attacks, which are the obnoxious 30-second cutscenes that were the style at the time, even for the simplest abilities, and they can't be skipped. Enemies finally defeated, another long disc-crunching load back to the overworld, move 2 pixels, encounter again.. Simply unplayable.

Thank god I discovered JSR, Shenmue, Project Justice, and all the other Dreamcast classics soon after. Shenmue had loading times too but at least they meant something.

>>9967713
final fantasy tactics

>>9967713
I gotchu senpai

No wrpgs yet?
Fallout 1+2. Fallout 1 doesn't take too long to beat and it's a great condensed experience. Fallout 2s biggest strength on the other hand, is all the side content.
>>9967824
>>9968465
My niggas. If DQIX was /vr/ I'd throw that in too.

Suikoden II (PS1)
Xenogears (PS1)
Chrono Trigger (SNES)
Final Fantasy Tactics (PS1)
Suikoden I (PS1)
Final Fantasy VII (PS1)
Alundra (PS1)
Chrono Cross (PS1)
Vandal Hearts II (PS1)
Final Fantasy X (PS2)
Kingdom Hearts (PS2)
Arc the Lad Collection (PS1)
Lunar 2: Eternal Blue (PS1)
Suikoden V (PS2)
Final Fantasy XII (PS2)

>>9968425
Seconding FF1

>>9968481
https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/5314/
this says gamecube but a forum I found said it's actually for dreamcast. idk.

Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song
SaGa Frontier
Romancing SaGa 2
Fallout
Shadowrun (Genesis)

>>9968446
Personally i loved it. I played the Gamecube version in 2019 for the first time and it became one of my favourites. It has a lower encounter rate than the DC version

>>9968985
Based list. The PlayStation was where JRPG's grew up.

>>9968973
>dqix and dqiii
Godlike taste. I spent a ton of time on that game when I was younger.
>dq5
Probably also very tasteful, but I haven't played it.

>>9968425
Based beyond belief, FF1 is amazing.
I'd also add 3J in there, it's solid.

>>9967817
>SmRPG 10/10
Ok anon

>>9967817
>vandal hearts
Dolf...

>>9972296
NTA but I had something like 600 hours in DQ9 when I finally got sick of the post-game.

>>9967713
final fantasy tactics on ps1
god tier plot, even if it is a little on the nose
the skirmishes and battle scenarios were epic

>surrounded
>pouring rain
>out numbered
>female white mage casts holy
>saves the entire party at the last second

few games have evoked such a feeling

>>9967713
SMT Nocturne
Pokemon Crystal
Chrono Cross?

>>9967713 (OP)
SMT Nocturne

>>9967713
Shining?