Compared to FF6 or Chrono Trigger?

[Junker-2047-]

Having been a teenager during the pinnacle of jrpg madness I was blessed with a company named Squaresoft that delivered to me classics such as Final Fantasy 6, Chrono Trigger, and the Mana series. That company is long gone and I can't help but wonder what happened to the jrpg genre that many of us grew up with.

I'm talking old school jrpg here. I want beautiful hand-drawn 2D isometric graphics in HD with grand orchestras and 60+ hours of character development and plot turns for the 30-something that had to save up $70 (in 12-year-old kid early 90s dollars) to buy the game that would keep him occupied for the summer.

But alas, this genre has devolved into RPG maker fanfare or bad CG cinematic 3D experiences that I don't want any part of.

I see this game is rocking some 3D but it looks like it might have some old school charm to it. Anyone in my boat that has played this game and would like to compare it to the 16-bit masterpieces of old?

[Rucent]

Nothing can compete against nostalgia, but once the plot gets rolling in this game (which takes a while), it becomes amazing in my opinion.

[SchwartZero]

Nostalgia can also just be people that are stuck in the past. Not wishing to experience better things. Not wanting to believe that there are better things out there.

But yeah, give it a try.

[Admir]

If you like playwrights and operas like the one in FFVI, you'll like this one. Take it as, a demonstration of what "SNES JRPGs could've been" if it had more processing power back in the day. That was just an opinion of course.

[vulmen.matrias]

What they said. It's been a long time since I played a new, 'good' rpg. I've been missing the style for awhile, getting the latest FF games in vain hope they went back to a good design...only to be let down time and time again.

And so I picked this up, when I saw it on sale awhile back. Yes, as others say, the game's overall plot takes awhile to pick up, and it seems a lot of people feel they 'drag' through the early portion of the game. However, personally, loving character depth and interaction/growth, I actually loved the charm of this game from the get-go. And it only enhanced that charm once the plot picked up, all the way to the end, as the characters continued to grow and react.

Plus it's pretty nice there's a sequel in the works for Steam release that picks up exactly where this left off...that I'm dying to see and will buy the moment I see it. Good luck; hopefully this game can fill that missing niche for you as well.

[Theswweet]

I'd recommend it, but the ending rips out your heart in just the right ways.

Second Chapter can't come soon enough!

[Ǵ̶͓̂͑lí̴̤̀̄́tcĥ̸]

FF6 and Chrono Trigger have plots that take off almost immediately, which will get more immediate interest. They were both amazing games and two of the best RPGs ever made, without a doubt.

But this game - well, this game has very much emphasis on dialogue and character progression in terms of story and interactions. When you get to cutscenes (not anime ones or anything, just dialogue exchange), which are many, you will spend upwards of 15 minutes or more reading text, walking to the next guy, and reading more text, which makes this game feel like an interactive book with turn-based fights strewn throughout. If you like character progression and interactions, and character building, this game is amazing. If you don't like reading, you will find it slow more than likely and difficult to get into. I personally loved it, and I liked every character in it which can't be said about many other games.

I will say however that this game is more of a prologue to the real masterpiece which is SC, second chapter. In that game the story really takes off and I can almost guarantee you will love it. That alone makes this one worth playing.

[kikixeni]

This game is absolutely what you're looking for if you can handle the slow pace of First Chapter (this game, Second Chapter is coming in winter).

[Bilibili]

Much better than FF6, no offense but FF 6 and DQ 1234569X are the worst games ever made by SE. Xenoblade is the worst made RPG ever in history.

[DarkeoX]

Yuzez původně napsal:

Much better than FF6, no offense but FF 6 and DQ 1234569X are the worst games ever made by SE. Xenoblade is the worst made RPG ever in history.

Well the plot compares to FF VI and beats it in many areas for sure but let's keep things in proportions...

[IBJamon]

If you are looking for something to scratch that oldschool JRPG itch, this game absolutely does that in spades. I highly recommend it.

Yes, the plot takes a while to get going, but that's a feature not a bug. ;)

(I'm 36 and very much relate to the OP.)

IBJamon

[Motoki]

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Much better than FF6, no offense but FF 6 and DQ 1234569X are the worst games ever made by SE. Xenoblade is the worst made RPG ever in history.

Uh, not sure if serious and I guess it takes all sorts, but I couldn't disagree more. Xenoblade to me was the best post 2000 JRPG by a long shot. I love the old ones like the OP and most in the last 15 years just didn't really do it for me but Xenoblade gave me that old feeling again I got with those old JRPGs.

This game seems decent enough but drags early on so I keep getting distracted and putting it away for a while then having to make myself go back to it. It's one of the better JRPGs I've played recently but then again I don't like most modern ones so I suppose that's not saying much. For me it's no Xenoblade though. At least not yet.

[MR STEAL YO BOY]

This game takes the classic JRPG and takes it several steps further in regards to plot and character development. Its definitely slow to start up, but it takes the time early in the game to lay the groundwork for the characters and the world, and develops them both while slowly developing the plot, mostly in the background and through a lot of foreshadowing. Once you hit the point where the plot actually picks up and hits high gear, you care enough about the characters and the world that you wanna see things through, not just cuz you wanna see the next big plot twist (of which there are a good few) or just cuz you wanna beat the game, but cuz you want these characters to succeed and you want to do what's best for this world.

Oh and I did NOT just see someone diss DQ, ESPECIALLY not DQ5. DQ5 is one of the best RPGs EVER made. Even better than FF6 and CT (though I don't think FF6 is even the best FF. CT is wonderful though)

[RADKILLA[420]]

square soft is now square enix,best merger in jrpg history,try dragon quest 10,or atlier iris series,as well as grandia.im a older die hard jrpg fan from the glory days of the genre.you cant go wrong with those titles.or buy a ps1 and get suikoden ,wildA.R.M.S.SERIES.epic awesomeness!!!!!

[thunderpeteii]

The gameplay's much much better than FF6.

The characters are a lot more developed and you know their personality a lot better imo. The designs of the FF6 characters however are better.

The story is worse overall than FF6. But this game has much better dialogue and world building imo. The world just isn't as interesting.

The music is also a lot worse than FF6 or xenoblade, (or pretty much any FF game imo). It's a decent soundtrack.

That said, I prefer this over FF6 since it's not boring to play.

[Some Random Guy]

it's very similar to the Lunar series in terms of gameplay, battles take place on a grid, character's can only move so far in a turn, different attacks have different area of effect, and character's turns change dynamically depending on what you do in your turn. you have the ability to customize each character's art's using a system that's not unlike materia from FF7 but more complex. I didn't particularly find it extremely difficult myself, but i practically breath these types of games, and you unlock harder difficulties after you beat it

as far as the character's and story is concerned, it's a lot more grounded and less over the top compared to a lot of JRPG's

if you're a fan of SNES/PSX era JRPG's this is definitely worth your time