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Good PSP RPG?
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| Monster Hunter Frontier Unite!
| Disgaea
| Is Valkyria Chronicles really something that falls into anime aesthetic?
| ^it is, even if it is not, the story and character of the 2nd game on PSP is really anime trope-y. Main guy is the genki shounen protagonist, main gurl is air headed gurl, main guy's rival is the smart and straight type.
The setting of the 2nd game is school and most of the time they just fucks around doing nothing relevant to the war
| Op here. By Aesthetic I also mean the overall story/narrative/etc and I was reeeally disapponted with Valkryria 2 after seeing the warzone setting of the first game
Disgaea's loading screen kinda ruin it for me. And the battles feel pointlessly grindy?
| ^maybe try disgaea on PC? I barely notice any loading for the PC version. Main story is not that grindy if you know what you are doing.
Anyways, maybe try monster hunter? Idk if you'll find it grindy or not.
| Dragoneer's aria is p. Good, but since you're avoiding anime aesthetics your mipeage may vary
| Persona 1 and 2. Be warned though: they replaced the persona 1 soundtrack with trashy jpop.
| Oops, when I read Valkyria Chronicles, Valkyrie Profile came to mind. Go check out Valkyrie Profile and report back, OP. I want to hear what you think.
| You can get Tactics Ogre on PSN for really cheap for PSP or Vita. Jeanne D'arc was pretty good, too!
| Op here
> Persona 1 and 2
I am absolutely in love with Persona 2, its annoying battle system and cursed encounter rate notwithstanding. Think I'll enjoy Persona 1?
> Valkyrie Profile
Hmm. From the screenshots, its atmosphere looks like a huge bummer? But I'll check it out.
> Tactis Ogre
Been thinking of that. How does its gameplay compare to Disgaea or FF Tactics? FF Tactics is a bit too slow for me
| There is dissidia duodecim
| To some extent it is a really dope rpg
| Valkyrie Profile is a little melancholic, but I wouldn't say that's a fault. It isn't something you see often, that's for sure.
| >>90811
Still counts an rpg because of lvl up and item and equipment system, it's a good hybrid, like it was with bioshock
| >>91144
Bioshock is even less of an RPG.
Look, if it has certain RPG elements, it doesn't mean that it's a fully-fleshed RPG. It should still be classified as fighting/action (with RPG elements)
| Try out Final Fantasy Tactics or Tactics Ogre: Let us Cling Together. Both are great PSP Rpg titles.
| I thought FF7: Crisis Core was pretty good back in the day.
| >>90343 I don't get it OP. You want to avoid anime aesthetic but you love P2 and P3P.
Maybe you just hate grindy games.
Trails in the sky is not as grindy as persona btw...
| >>90343
Persona 1 is very interesting conceptually, but it kinda falls flat in a lot of ways. The balance of the game is pretty broken, some personas are completely useless and others can just reflect all magic damage with no downsides (and the persona I'm thinking of is level 8) and the story is a bit of a mess.
That said, I find it to be a fascinating game just because of all the things they tried to do, rather than what they succeeded in doing.
| >>91993
Op here. I'd say P2 (and P1?) is weird enough and far enough from mainstream Anime Aesthetic that it doesn't feel like it?
For P3P, I just love the battles in it for some reason. Could be the music, sound effects, or its weird monster designs.
| >>FF7: Crisis Core
All I know about FF7 is that Aerith died. Will that be a problem?
| >>106325 I'm playing Tactics Ogre right now. It was a really slow burn, but now that I'm into it, I really like it. It's not FFT, but still good. The one negative I will say is that you level CLASSES and not CHARACTERS. So when you get a new class, you have to grind like hell to get the on up to speed with your existing classes.
| Phantasy Star Portable 1 and 2
| I second FF7 Crisis Core, I actually want to buy a PSP and the game (but will probably just get the ROM) so that I can relive all of its glorious moments. (as for knowing about Aerith dying, I'd say still play it)
| I third Final Fantasy 7: Crisis Core. One of my favorite games ever and it's what got me started on the rest of the FF franchise.
| Zettai Hero Project
| Rengoku
| >>94013 Mhp3rd has:
>Good moonster selection
>Actual difference with subspecies, instead of just recolors
>SwitchAxe
>Great Jaggi
However:
>Less content
>No G-rank
>Great Jaggi
| Op has no idea about Monster Hunter and which version is which. But, umm is going to start the one called Freedom Unite?
Thanks so much for the recs by the way, everyone
| ^ that's op talking btw
| >>95330
I mean, I've clocked in around 180 hours already on a fresh save and haven't even gotten to amatsu yet, so lack of g-rank and content overall doesn't quite hurt as much. And GJaggi is okay. I actually like her "family" of monsters more than *dromes.
| Freedom Unite isn't bad. I'm not a huge fan anymore, but it's good fun. Quit the game when you get to high rank unless you really want to keep going with it, as there's no change beyond damage numbers there. Move to P3rd after.
At least, that's what I'd do in your position.
| >>97047
At least P3rd gad actually meaningful shit in high-rank, like actually different subspecies of monsters and new bosses :^)
| the 7th God of Dragons ?
| As some anons mentioned you can truly never go wrong with disgea
| >>97561 Yeah, that's what I said. High rank in FU is only changes to damage numbers, so there isn't much of a point to investing that kind of time there, as opposed to P3rd which changed behaviour a bit if I remember correctly.
| >>98217 some monsters also have new moves in MHFU higher ranks, but it's true that behavioral chamges are more noticable in p3rd
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| I know it's old but it's what I got.
I got like 200 hours on Persona 3 Portable, but I wonder if there's anything else that's good? Preferably something with good gameplay/battle system
Not really into the Anime Aesthetic so something like Valkria Chronicles and Trails in the Sky are pretty unappealing to me