Are there any whimsical RPGs out there?

honestly, i'm so fed up of action-RPGs all-realistic crap like Mass Effect and Skyrim. are there any whimsical *but mature* RPGs out there?

where are games like Breath of Fire 4 or Xenogears or Chrono Trigger? too much focus on 3D and realism and physics. i want a sense of adventure and exploration. with Skyrim you're stuck in one map, and with Mass effect you can go there but for one linear mission only and once you're done you can't go back.

are there any good whimsical, magical RPGs out there for PS3? i wanna buy one, but so far only the PSP has them.

you might want to give tales of graces f a shot...at first your the main character Asbel as a child, the the story progresses seven years to when you're almost a full fledged knight. The story is cool and the battle system is addicting to say the least, i got it because i wanted something different from skyrim, witcher 2, and mass effect myself and im def. satisfied.

you might want to give tales of graces f a shot...at first your the main character Asbel as a child, the the story progresses seven years to when you're almost a full fledged knight. The story is cool and the battle system is addicting to say the least, i got it because i wanted something different from skyrim, witcher 2, and mass effect myself and im def. satisfied.

theru8543

Ni No Kuni is just too far away. i might give it a shot but...i dunno...i saw the Gametrailers review and it said that some quest items might not be of significance until later, and if you ever sold those accidentally you can't buy them back or retrieve them...

and i do have Tales of...games on the PSP. is it largely the same? i might as well wait for Xillia..

Most JRPGs share that quality.

Tales of Graces f looks like it has a improved battles system. It looks like the best actual rpg on the ps3.

But for great rpg's you will have to buy ps2 games. Dragonquest 8 is simply flawless & Rogue Galaxy is amazing.

Tales of Graces F battle system is awesome but everything else is a little lacking. Get excited for Ni No Kuni, its gonna be the best JRPG on the system.

Yakuza 4 (main story is mature themed but most of its side stuff are 100% hilarious and whimsical).

Resonance of Fate (one of the main character, Vashyron has amusing personality).

Have you tried Star Ocean Last Hope International? It gets bashed a lot but the battle system is fun, story is typical JRPG fare, etc. I have it and enjoy it. It's a bit repetitive and there is a lot of time between save points sometimes but it may be up your alley.

Have you tried Star Ocean Last Hope International? It gets bashed a lot but the battle system is fun, story is typical JRPG fare, etc. I have it and enjoy it. It's a bit repetitive and there is a lot of time between save points sometimes but it may be up your alley.

roboccs

Try it, like you said, I also love exploring and doing sidequests, and having stuff to do when I complete the main story. Star Ocean has all that, plus a very nice Item Creation system. Give it a try, it's my PS3 favourite.

Also, like someone said, if you wanna play good RPGs you may have to play PS2. My PS2 recommendations are:

Star Ocean: Till the end of time (even better than Tle Last Hope)

Rogue Galaxy

Grandia II

Valkyrie Profile 2

Breath of fire dragon quarter

I'd recommend Star Ocean as well. In my opinion, it's the best jrpg on the PS3. Sure tha story and dialogue makes you cringe but no other game this generation has as much "Ps2 jrpg" feeling as Star Ocean does. It features the typical PS2 jrpg environment. Many different areas, green, red... It has treasure chests and it has open areas a la PS2-jrpgs. It has several towns with talkable npcs and from what I can remember, it has a decent amount of actual non-grind side quests (Xenoblade-mmorpg style). Of all the jrpgs I've played this generation, Star Ocean, Eternal Sonata and (wii) The Last Story are the only jrpgs that stays true to the path of the old PS2-styled jrpgs we all love and all wanted this gen (but did not get grrr).

Ya, Star Ocean isn't bad, until you get Lymle that is. Lymle is the most terrible annoying peice of trash character ever. Plus the main character becomes a little panzy.

Ya, Star Ocean isn't bad, until you get Lymle that is. Lymle is the most terrible annoying peice of trash character ever. Plus the main character becomes a little panzy.

ristactionjakso

I just hate how Lymle says "Kay" after every sentence... it's sooo stupid sounding. Her monotone no personality kind of reminds of Presea from Tales of Symphonia but her voice and the "kay" make her unbearable where Presea was freakin great. If they just did not put that in there, she would have been ok. I like her in battle so far.

A few suggestions-

• Folklore
• Valkyria Chronicles
• Yakuza 3 and 4

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Ya, Star Ocean isn't bad, until you get Lymle that is. Lymle is the most terrible annoying peice of trash character ever. Plus the main character becomes a little panzy.

roboccs

I just hate how Lymle says "Kay" after every sentence... it's sooo stupid sounding. Her monotone no personality kind of reminds of Presea from Tales of Symphonia but her voice and the "kay" make her unbearable where Presea was freakin great. If they just did not put that in there, she would have been ok. I like her in battle so far.

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Ya, Star Ocean isn't bad, until you get Lymle that is. Lymle is the most terrible annoying peice of trash character ever. Plus the main character becomes a little panzy.

ristactionjakso

I just hate how Lymle says "Kay" after every sentence... it's sooo stupid sounding. Her monotone no personality kind of reminds of Presea from Tales of Symphonia but her voice and the "kay" make her unbearable where Presea was freakin great. If they just did not put that in there, she would have been ok. I like her in battle so far.

I'm not that far yet actually. I just got Baccus in my party and have been rolling through that dungeon. I can handle the emo stuff, that's standard fare in most RPG's. I got through and really like Tales of Symphonia 2 and Emil was a huge panzy for most of the game. I don't mind a little drama.

i do have some games in mind

Star Ocean

Resonance of Fate

Cross Edge (or X Edge)

Last Rebellion

Record of Agarest

the Atelier games

Ar tonelico

Zill Oil

Eternal Sonata

Enchanted Arms

Disgaea 4 (note that i played Disgaea 1+2 about 3 years ago so it's still so fresh)

i already played Valkyria Chronicles and quite didn't like it because the Scout class is just overpowered. i hate little things like that. and yes i stopped at Ch. 7 sue me. but hey, i bought it when it first released and it was $70 and no one was buying it. :)

can someone pick 1-2 games from that bunch? or recommend something they think is better. :)

Too lazy to format properly:

Star Ocean -- Go foor iiiit

Resonance of Fate - Only played 10 hours but the exploring is rather boring and reminds you more of a board game. The cutscenes were entertaining to watch but unfortunately, these cutscenes are very few and it's a a very very battle oriented game

Cross Edge (or X Edge) - budgety B-game at best. made by the companyNISA, which means it's a milkage game. The exploring is a horrible complete grindfest, game is maximum grind.

Last Rebellion - Have not played, has a meta score of 4.4 which is not surprising because well, it's a NISA game after all...

Record of Agarest --

the Atelier games -- /NISA-game

Ar tonelico -- /NISA-game

Zill Oil

Eternal Sonata - Go fooor ittt

Enchanted Arms

Disgaea 4 (note that i played Disgaea 1+2 about 3 years ago so it's still so fresh) - No need to waste money on Disgaea 4 if you've already own two other games, Disgaea is pretty fun to play but it's laughable to see how little these games have changed.

Personally, if'd probably check out the PS1 (and PS2 maybe) available on PSN since they offer some higher quality jrpgs... This generation has not been kind to the jrpgs.

I can recommend Star Ocean, Eternal Sonata and must have soon to be released Ni No Kuni.