Good "starting" RPGs

saranicole · Post by **saranicole** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 6:01 am

Okay, so I have a friend who is a little behind the times with console games. He likes Final Fantasy X...and that's about all he's played.

I want him to get into RPGs some more but I'm not sure which ones are good to start with. I don't want anything too complex to burn out his brain or else he won't play any others.

By the way, he IS a graphics whore...keep it in mind.

Questionmarktarius · Post by **Questionmarktarius** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 6:12 am

Golden Sun.

saranicole wrote:By the way, he IS a graphics whore...keep it in mind.

If this guy is going to write off a game because it's not supar uber eyecandy, perhaps RPG is the wrong genre to be looking into.

Asaroth Larot · Post by **Asaroth Larot** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 7:04 am

Graphics whore?
Punch him in the face
What an ass.

I'd suggest the classic starters
like FF4 and FF6
Those games are just fun to play

and of course there's always Suikoden

Sephira · Post by **Sephira** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 9:36 am

Agree'd with punching him in the face for graphic whoring.

Earthboooound.

Chrono Trigger.

Or...as a joke to say "Yeah, you graphic whore, play this!" ...Even though it's not an RPG, but fun to play...Q-Bert.

HKK · Post by **HKK** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 1:05 pm

Chrono Trigger and FFVII are excellent starter rpgs. FFIX too. I'd suggest the Suikoden games as well but they're pretty hard to find unless you dig em up on ebay.

Plaztik · Post by **Plaztik** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 1:46 pm

FFVII all the way...but you already know that

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 5:47 pm

Quest 64.

Lord Golbez · Post by **Lord Golbez** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 6:03 pm

Lemmings

Brody · Post by **Brody** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 9:51 pm

Paper Mario

WaWard · Post by **WaWard** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 9:53 pm

oblivion for awesomeness (and graphics whorism)

Undine · Post by **Undine** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 12:36 am

DQ8!!!!@!#~!~

TO · Post by TO » Fri Apr 21, 2006 2:26 am

jade empire

(fuck you faggots JE owns)

Mitsurugi CP · Post by **Mitsurugi CP** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 3:19 am

Dungeons and Dragons

Sephira · Post by **Sephira** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:35 pm

HKK and Plaz, if you START someone on FFVII, they may become one of those insufferable FFVII-whores (You know the ones... "lololo ff7 teh bes n clud seferos r culest caz dey got biiiiiiig sords lolololo i hop sqar neva maeks a difrnt gaem eva gain n jus maeks moer ff7!!111one lolololololo ff7 graetst gaem eva!!!!111one!!!eleven!!").

Start them on a different one first, gives them less chance of becoming a complete waste of air. >___<

Lord Golbez · Post by **Lord Golbez** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 8:28 pm

Even those are better than FF6 whores.

TO · Post by TO » Fri Apr 21, 2006 11:26 pm

...but ff7 IS awesome

Yuka · Post by **Yuka** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 11:56 pm

Yes. But there is MORE awesome RPG's out there. People just blindly follow FF7 because...well, I don't know.

Give 'em Xenogears. Best RPG evAr. (I'm a Xeno-Whore

)

Pendragon · Post by **Pendragon** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 4:05 am

yuka wrote:Give 'em Xenogears. Best RPG evAr. (I'm a Xeno-Whore )

I agree, however most peole have to work their way up to Xenogears. You can't let an RPG newbie start off with XG, it'll scare him off. Especially if he's American since %98 of us are illiterate in the first place...

HKK · Post by **HKK** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 4:10 am

FFVIII ain't a good place to start I think.

WaWard · Post by **WaWard** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 12:12 pm

start him on XS. he'll never play an rpg again.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 1:24 pm

Mystic Quest: entry-level role-playing adventure

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 10:20 pm

But seriously, SMRPG, and all of you lose for not mentioning it.

Jeff 2G6 · Post by **Jeff 2G6** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 8:37 am

Oblivion.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 11:39 am

yuka wrote:Yes. But there is MORE awesome RPG's out there. People just blindly follow FF7 because...well, I don't know.

Give 'em Xenogears. Best RPG evAr. (I'm a Xeno-Whore )

I wouldn't at all recommend that as a first step into the genre

Bee · Post by **Bee** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 6:54 pm

Yeah Xeno doesn't give them much insight into gameplay, only hitting the scroll text button.

And I started on FF7 and I don't blindly follow it

Its good but theres plenty better games!

Endless-Rain · Post by **Endless-Rain** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 10:39 pm

Pokemon Red

Well, it was what got me into them. It's actually very basic compared to most other RPGs. Can't really go wrong with the FF series.

JayDubya · Post by **JayDubya** » Mon May 01, 2006 7:58 pm

Likes FFX, big graphics whore?

That last part is kind of a shame because it eliminates a lot of good classics.

Let's see...

On the PC / Xbox: KotOR, KotOR 2, Jade Empire are all solid RPGs with excellent graphics and a fairly linear game design (like a Final Fantasy game, but also like a Final Fantasy game, expect cinematic plot twists). Oblivion has excellent graphics but The Elder Scrolls series is nothing like a linear japanese console RPG, and there's no party members.

On the Gamecube, I'd highly recommend Tales of Symphonia and Fire Emblem : Path of Radiance. The former more than the latter, but both have solid graphics, and good storylines (Symphonia, to me, heavily invokes FFX's storyline, however).

On the PS2: well, there's at least one easy / obvious suggestion: FFX-2.

KH and KH2 are a completely different animal than a Final Fantasy game, and are enjoyable on some different level (I like them, just don't like them as much, but my wife enjoys them more). The graphics are undeniably stellar, but the Disney content doesn't sit well with me.

Xenosaga ain't bad. Star Ocean ain't bad either, and both are available as greatest hits now.

Honestly, the graphics whore limitation makes it hard to recommend much. One thing worth noting is that many Final Fantasy games have such good plots and rich gameplay that they have replay value even now, and FF1-6 are going to be available on GBA / DS.

Bee · Post by **Bee** » Tue May 02, 2006 4:57 pm

Grandia III, one the finest looking games on PS2 right now and the plot is simple enough for a newbie. Just a shame about the difficulty jump halfway through the game.

Kain · Post by **Kain** » Wed May 31, 2006 10:43 pm

seiken densetsu2,3 earthbound,chrono trigger chrono cross,lufia1,2 ,any final fantasy,warsong,fire emblem(any)

if he dosent like those games because of grapics I recomend not being his friend anymore

KingOfHell · Post by **KingOfHell** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 4:22 pm

kingdom hearts, breath of fire series, pretty much all the FF's, chrono trigger/cross, legend of mana, xenogears/saga are all some good one's that come to mind.

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