Must Own PS1 Rpgs

I have played many games in life, including a few rpgs on the playstation. But I never actually owned an Rpg on the playstation itself. I have oer 50+ games. Not one of the an rpg... Ok, I guess the Sentient it a "WRPG" But it is more of a text adventure. So I want to know what PS1 rpgs you think are worth owning ad maybe a little sample of why. But remember, only WORTH owning.

But of course, my tastes in rpgs is weird so a little background may help. I have played many Jrpgs on MANY consoles. I have played a lot. But there is a small problem. I hated the large majority of them. Personally, some were enjoyable, and quite a few I actually finished, but based on the many, many, rpgs I have attempted to play or have finished, only certain games have kept me hooked long enough to not only finish them, but to actually go back and play again.:

Breath Of Fire 1

Breath of Fire 3

Megaman Battle Network 1-6

Phantasy Star 4

Wonder Boy 2 and 3

I have no idea why these JRPGS are the only ones that stand out to me, but prehaps ths may help you recommend me some top notch PS1 Jrpgs so I can own more of the sub-genre than I have. Because I KNOW there is something out there on the PS1 that will interest me and doesn't suck.

Keep in mind that I can't stand Final Fantasy and will not be adding any of them to my PS1 collection. So what games do you reccomend?

Well seeing as how you enjoyed Breath of Fire 1 and 3,I can easily recommend Breath of Fire 4, which I enjoyed. Suikoden, interesting game, but I stillhaven't played through enough of it to recommend it, but just letting you know you should look this game up. Vagrant Story is an excellent, albeit difficult and complex,action RPG game, highly recommend. Grandia is a massive game with fun combat, and a decent story so there ya go. Chrono Cross is a good game, but I lost an incredible amount of interest toward the later parts of the game and, regrettably, it remains unfinished. And then lastly, there's Tactics Ogre, which is more of a Strategy RPG, but still neat. That's all I can think of right now, and I hope it helped.

Definitely Xenogears!

Suikoden, Sukidoen II, Star Ocean, Threads of Fate.

Stop with the FF recommends already. He isn't interested.

Grandia, I can't recommend it enough for anyone who likes RPGs. It's got a colorful and involving story, memorable characters, a great battle system and epic music. The only major problems with it are the lack of difficulty and the poor US voice acting. Check out my review if you'd like.

Grandia, I can't recommend it enough for anyone who likes RPGs. It's got a colorful and involving story, memorable characters, a great battle system and epic music. The only major problems with it are the lack of difficulty and the poor US voice acting. Check out my review if you'd like.

M3tr4nk0

Vagrant Story, Parasite Eve, Chrono Cross, Dragon Quest VII are ones that spring to mind. FF9 is great as well.Allicrombie

Parasite Eve was pretty good.

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Grandia, I can't recommend it enough for anyone who likes RPGs. It's got a colorful and involving story, memorable characters, a great battle system and epic music. The only major problems with it are the lack of difficulty and the poor US voice acting. Check out my review if you'd like.

rawsavon

I didn't think it was THAT bad, but yeah, the first couple of hours aren't that great. It doesn't take long to get better, though!

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Grandia, I can't recommend it enough for anyone who likes RPGs. It's got a colorful and involving story, memorable characters, a great battle system and epic music. The only major problems with it are the lack of difficulty and the poor US voice acting. Check out my review if you'd like.

M3tr4nk0

I didn't think it was THAT bad, but yeah, the first couple of hours aren't that great. It doesn't take long to get better, though!

I wasnt a really big PS1 fan but I reccomend Saga Frontier 1 and 2, Final Fantay 7,8,9

I'm not repeating after this so from now on if you recommend a Final Fantasy game when I clearly said I didn't then you are making me think there aren't any good rpgs on the Ps1. Hopefully, I am wrong and you will recomened good Jrpgs. I never could get into Saga Frontier 1 or 2, I played them, they were alright, but like I said, I don't think it's possible to pinpoint what games I like based on the ones mentioned above so recomeneding games simillar to the above could be a good idea. Ps1 only though.jakandsig

How can you think there aren't any good RPGs on the PS1? Did you even read the other recommendations? I'll say it again, Grandia is a great game, and very different from Final Fantasy. I recommend it even if you aren't the biggest RPG fan. Also, if you enjoyed Breath of Fire 1 and 3, I imagine you'd also like Dragon Warrior VII.

I imagine you'd also like Dragon Warrior VII.

M3tr4nk0

Xenogears. The game i got with my PS1 in around early 2009, just to see what the big deal was with this system.

70 - 80 hours long, it took me a good amount of time to beat it, since i played it on and off, a hour - 2 hours a day. And it's pretty much one of the greatest, immersive and extremely unique piece of gaming i have ever experienced. This game will forever be embedded in my mind.

It's time for a second replay soon enough.

besides the usual Final Fantasy recommendations

Grandia

Xenogears (I haven't played it much but from what I did play its good)

Breath of Fire 4

Lunar Silver Star Story Complete

Lunar 2 Eternal Blue Complete

ones Im not a huge fan of , but alot of people seem to like

Vagrant Story

Chrono Cross (I like the game, but I never found it to be that amazing)

Definitely Xenogears!

hakanakumono

I second that!

• Brave Fencer Musashi - Mix-in some Legend of Zelda with Final Fantasy and throw in some comedy to boot and you have Brave Fencer Musashi. A great little action-adventure RPG set in a fantasy world.

• Castlevania: Symphony of the Night - Okay, not really an RPG in the traditional sense. It's more of a 2D action-platformer. But it has a lot of RPG elements: A free-roaming environment, character level-up system, and new weapons and armor to equip. And it's one of the best games on PSX and one of the best game in the Castlevania series.

• Diablo - Great hack-n-slash type action-RPG. Tons of weapons, armor, spells, and items to find. And tons of enemies to fight and characters to buff as you battle your way through hell. This game inspired many action-RPGs to come after it including fan-favorites like Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance and Champions of Norrath.

• King's Field 1 & 2 - Very unique action-RPG series that is played from the first-person perspective. It has a high-emphasis on exploration and figuring things out for yourself and gives a great sense of solitude to the game. The 2nd game is the better of the two.

• The Legend of Legaia - An early fully 3D RPG that is similar in many ways to JRPGs, except that the combat system is very unique. It has a combo system used that keeps the random-battles from getting repetitive. You are constantly experimenting with new combos to try and unlock new special and hyper moves. The story is pretty good, too.

• Mega Man Legends - A great little action-RPG set in a 3D world based on the Mega Man characters, but totally set apart from the rest of the Mega Man games and timeline.

Keep in mind that I can't stand Final Fantasy and will not be adding any of them to my PS1 collection. So what games do you reccomend?

jakandsig

Why can't you stand FF?

Get :

Xenogears

Grandia

Star Ocean : The Second Story

Tales of Destiny II

Legend of Dragoon

1 final fantasy 7 all the final fantasys acutally are good on ps /gba/ds

2 chronotrigger series

3 parasite eve series

4 star ocean series

man theres to many justy look them all up alot of them are pretty good from the players opionion me i only played a few of these so

I like how people keep recommending Final Fantasy games in every post.

Anyway, I'll definitely second the recommendations for Vagrant Story and most especially for the Persona games. Very, very good stuff there. Persona 2 is actually 2 games, Innocent Sin and Eternal Punishment. Unfortunately, only Eternal Punishment made it out of Japan, but there are rumors that Innocent Sin may be coming soon. If you like SRPGs, you could also try the Vandal Hearts games and Kartia, a little game with a cool (but very difficult) battle system that gets no love.

I might get flamed for this, but castlevania Symphony of the Night was my favorite Ps1 Rpg. And for people that dont count that an Rpg, then next up I am going to say either final fantasy VII and legend of dragoon. Leaning more towards legend of dragoon

I like how people keep recommending Final Fantasy games in every post.

Anyway, I'll definitely second the recommendations for Vagrant Story and most especially for the Persona games. Very, very good stuff there. Persona 2 is actually 2 games, Innocent Sin and Eternal Punishment. Unfortunately, only Eternal Punishment made it out of Japan, but there are rumors that Innocent Sin may be coming soon. If you like SRPGs, you could also try the Vandal Hearts games and Kartia, a little game with a cool (but very difficult) battle system that gets no love.

drochnathair

Not in my post. I hate turn-based RPGs.