I for one would be delighted to see Gear's take on H'annit's dialogue.Another possibility: try the second Octopath demo and play either H'aanit or Ophelia's intro chapter.
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I for one would be delighted to see Gear's take on H'annit's dialogue.Another possibility: try the second Octopath demo and play either H'aanit or Ophelia's intro chapter.
I think this is the right way to play it
Gaer,
I have traveled here across space, time and dimension to tell you to play Luxaren Allure.
It was made by my friend unity, is completely free, has adorable characters, badass heroines, a robust battle system, and lots and lots of girl romance.
(Don't be scared off by the yuri tag, the game is rated PG-13 at best and there's nothing in the game meant to appeal to gross dudes.)
Alright, I'll bite, and then I'm done, because I realize this is getting afield of this thread's goals.
CSH felt to me that the developers were making a conscious choice to have more female speaking role characters in their game, but perhaps they didn't think much about the typical game industry standards of having male characters look weird/cool while having female characters look conventionally attractive. Of course the game could do better by having female-identifying characters with a wider variety of body types. But it feels bizarre to me to judge a game completely on a knee-jerk like that, especially since it succeeds where a lot of other games, especially within the JRPG genre, fail completely. It feels like moving the goalposts.
I have the answer for you, Gaer: it's CrossCode! It isn't exactly what you asked for (namely, it's an action RPG), but I think it will give you the feeling that you want. It's like discovering an amazing JRPG from the 16-bit era that time somehow forgot about. Except it also has some modern design sensibilities, but seriously, it feels like coming home again.
The best recommendation I can think to make is the Switch port of the original Phantasy Star. It's about as traditional as it gets. Weirdness includes needing to kill medusa and therefore needing to find a mirrored shield, which ultimately requires intermediary steps with a spaceship, a talking cat, and a hovercraft. And there is not one single skeevy design anywhere in sight. Plus said port adds quality of life features like detailed spell descriptions, need-less-grinding mode, and an auto-map in dungeons.
Also thewhole (S)NESflix thing on the switch has Breath of Fire 1&2 going on. Mostly-furries hijacking ancient mecha and such.
That said I'm also still tempted to second the shot-down recommendation of some 7th Dragon game or other. I've only played 3 (the only one actually released in the US), and while it does undeniably have some skanky freakin' character designs, nearly all of these are in the form of character customization options that you can completely ignore because character model, class, and voice actor are totally independent choices (no gender restrictions on body/voice combos even).
Of course on the other hand, the one exception that is an NPC you have to look at at one point is kind of a lot.
I think we've all learned something here from this thread. I know I have.
Don't play JRPGs.
I take it the conditions under which those are made are pretty bad, then.Kemco is right out. I have a friend who reviews iPhone games as a living and my lordt we got to see the Kemco JRPG factory farms up real close.
I take it the conditions under which those are made are pretty bad, then.
I think we've all learned something here from this thread. I know I have.
Don't play JRPGs.
Oh, yeah, that's not really what I was rolling my eyes at. It was more calling it the """"""""right"""""""""??? way to play the game. The right way for a person to play a game is the way that that person has fun playing it.Turtle I'm fine with difficult games, esp RPGs.
It's also peculiar that there are no alien or robotic women among the party.
Also thewhole (S)NESflix thing on the switch has Breath of Fire 1&2 going on. Mostly-furries hijacking ancient mecha and such.
It doesn't really quite fit the bill, and is a PS2 game which you've probably already covered, but I just finished up Wild Arms Alter Code: F. It was a decent enough time, even if I thought the combat was pretty slow.
If they weren't already translated, nope.Anybody, were the JRPGs on the Turbografx mini translated into English?
Off topic a bit, but if any cool indies that buck the usual jRPG traditions are made with or playable via this I would be interested in hearing about them.
FYI, if anyone is looking for TRUE JRPG BULLSHIT, the RPG Maker MV Player is now available on the eShop for free.