RPG Discussion thread

I don't know if my brother still has his cards. If I split up my cards and I use my deck vs his makeshift one, he'd be fucked

Man man man.
Somehow I figured how how to make a Sega ID and start the download for Phantasy Star Online 2, despite not knowing how to read japanese.

This is gonna be fun if it actually lets me play :3

Lol, you hacker.

I've never played Phantasy Star Online 1. I'm not even a fan of the games they had on the Genesis

You don't have to have played any of the other games to see this one looks pretty damn sweet.
I haven't played any of the Phantasy Star games, and I don't like MMOs, but I want to play this.

http://pso2.jp/

watch as you need a new computer with like 6gm of ram to play it.

:/
I probably will.
Just look at some of the videos/screenshots of it.
I mainly wanted to play with the character creator and make some kawaii as fuck characters.

Kawaii is the way to go. Though I'm gay when it comes to character creations so I make a normal male character.

Disappointing I know.

A male anime fan playing as a male instead of a kawaii female in an RPG?

What is wrong with you.

I know right? I don't know why I am this way.

I think there's something wrong with you.
You should have that checked out.

I play female characters in pretty much any game.
Except Fable 2. Because by the end of the game your female character is a huge she-hulk.

The only game where you have a choice where I play as the girl is in FF13, though that's because:

A: Lighting is the lead character

B: she's awesome

So I'm making a character for Shin Megami Tensei Imagine Online. I'll go with a girl just cuz you said I should

You know in your heart you truly, truly want to.

the girls aren't kawaii enough.

Still better than playing a guy, unless he's a really cool guy.

Dunno if I wanna continue playing. I played for like an hour and I'm not interested. MMORPG's seem boring to me since it's just lame ass quests, grinding, and click click click

That's true. They are boring.

Unlike normal RPGs which are all about character development and a grand quest or something, MMORPGs are basically all about just building your character with skills and stats while grinding enemies.

I kind of need a story in an RPG, or else I just feel like it's a big grindfest or scavenger hunt.

Same.
The grand stories is one of the best things about the RPG genre.

Is this where I come to talk about Skyrim?

You could, but I don't own Skyrim

I own Skyrim. I just don't play it anymore. It got boring.

I bought Tales of Symphonia 2 today. Didn't play it tho cuz I got distracted playing CoD splitscreen.

My problem with the Elder Scrolls series is that there's so much shit you can do it feels overwhelming and I lose interest in it. It's kind of like a "how long can you play this game without actually playing the game"

Mind you I enjoyed the several hours I've wasted in Morrowind and Oblivion.

It does feel overwhelming at first.
I like to plan out what type of character i'll be, and then almost immediately (after doing a few introductory nearby quests like the Arena in Oblivion) I go join a guild that would suit my character.
Then i'll mainly just wander around looking for interesting shit and stumbling upon many sidequests. I think I have ~100 unfinished misc quests in Skyrim right now.
It's fun to run around in the wilderness, and when a little icon appears on your compass, go find out what it is.

I love when people try to say that the newest game in a series (Skyrim, for example) is the "shittiest" game yet. "They totally dumbed it down for casual people, blah blah, they just wanted sales, blah blah, Morrowind is the greatest game ever, blah blah."
The nostalgia factor isn't in the equation for Morrowind with me, because I never played it until after I had played Oblivion, so I can safely say that it has aged terribly and isn't really that great of a game.

Skyrim does have the best leveling and perk system of all of the Elder Scrolls games, hands down. It's also superior to Morrowind and Oblivion in pretty much every aspect (maybe not terrain. I kinda prefer the greenery in Oblivion to the snow-covered landscape of Skyrim.)
The only thing I don't like as much as Oblivion is the magic.
Skyrim has a better way of actually casting the magic and stuff, but Oblivion has cooler spells and the ability to create your own spells, which I loved playing around with.

I've never played Skyrim so I can't say much about it.

I played Morrowind first, but then comparing it to Oblivion, most of the stuff like mechanics and quests and whatnot is superior into Oblivion. When you swing your sword at someone, they actually get hurt nomatter what. Morrowind, you have to level up said weapon skill to actually do damage without swinging it 20 times. When you have to go to a location for a quest in Oblivion, they mark it down on the map for you, Morrowind doesn't.

I still enjoy Morrowind and think the scenery and graphics look great, but Oblivion > Morrowind.

I still wanna try the Morrowblivion mod.