What are the Hottest New RPGs?

[Aran]

Give your opinion on the hottest new RPGs that have just been released or are to be released. What platform are they on (Playstation 2, Playstation 3, XBOX 360, Nintendo DS, PSP, etc.)?

I'll tell ya right now! Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions has got my vote so far! What about you all?!!?!?!?!

 

[Luminier]

What's the cut-off date for "new"?

I haven't gotten any new games in a while... The newest RPG I've played was Luminous Arc, on the DS. It's a tactical RPG, in the vein of Final Fantasy: Tactics.

If I wasn't already saving up my money, I would've gotten Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker.

Games that are on the way... I must say that I'm looking forward to the Dragon Quest IV remake on the DS. I'm not sure if it's coming to the U.S., though. I hope it does. Dragon Quest IX looks fun, too.

As you can see, I love Dragon Quest! :D

Also, my only next-gen game system is my DS.

 

[Marcus]

Mass Effect is pretty much the greatest RPG I've played all year. It completely destroys all the terrible cliches of RPG's including:

1: Boring, stale gameplay.
2: Boring, stale cinematics filled with text boxes and terrible writing.
3: Boring, stale sci-fi universes.
4: Boring, stale world design (because the maps in all RPG's must be flat, one dimensional spaces designed so that only the main character can interact with them).

After playing ME, I will never look at RPG's the same again.

A lot of people seem to have skipped over Brave Story on the PSP which is pretty much the best handheld RPG if you're a fan of traditional jrpg's like Final Fantasy IV n stuff.

The Front Mission port on the DS was alright. The translation wasn't as polished as FF Tactics but it's first official english version of FM.

If you haven't bought Persona 3, do it. Copies are already starting to inflate in price on the internet.

As far as upcoming RPG's go, Kingdom Under Fire Heroes looks downright fantastic. I've always been a fan of the series and the new one is going to be a massive action-rpg unlike the previous action-strategy versions.

Lost Oddysee for the 360 is also being made to cater to both Japanese and American audiences. One side of the story will follow the good ol Japanese "16 year old kid discovers friendship and stuff" storyline while another storyline revolves around a 1,000 year old "god" of sorts who tries to cope with the reality of being, well, immortal.

Eh, RPG's in the "traditional" terms are dying out and for good reason. Nowadays you see the genre being twisted into other genres and I'm a big fan of this. I'm tired of all the generic running around and mashing X until something happens. To me, Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter was like the "eye opener" as far as taking old RPG's and molding them into new directions goes.

 

[Mega Flare]

PSU AOI

 

[Diedrupo]

I bought Mass Effect but my roommate's 360's drive died. Dying to play it because it really does look freakin' incredible and probably is the best RPG in years/since Oblivion.

 

[arcthemonkey]

I thought that, if anything, Mass Effect felt extremely incomplete. The equipment all looked the same, the graphics may have been good but they also produced terrible frame rates all the time, and constant texture popup (which made the game look really ugly for extended periods of time), most of the planets were boring, throwaway quest areas, the hacking system was entirely unecessary, and combat wasn't near as cool as they promised it was.

Don't get me wrong, Mass Effect was a good game. It just wasn't the second coming.

Some other games that are popular right now are FFXII: Revenant Wings and, I dunno, Jean D'Arc for PSP.

Also, I got War of the Lions on launch day and I'm STILL playing it.

 

[Diedrupo]

I thought that, if anything, Mass Effect felt extremely incomplete. The equipment all looked the same, the graphics may have been good but they also produced terrible frame rates all the time, and constant texture popup (which made the game look really ugly for extended periods of time), most of the planets were boring, throwaway quest areas, the hacking system was entirely unecessary, and combat wasn't near as cool as they promised it was.

Don't get me wrong, Mass Effect was a good game. It just wasn't the second coming.

Some other games that are popular right now are FFXII: Revenant Wings and, I dunno, Jean D'Arc for PSP.

Also, I got War of the Lions on launch day and I'm STILL playing it.

Well let's be honest here, would you really compare some handheld games to a console RPG experience? I'm thinking even if Mass Effect has some minor graphical flaws, it will still come out on top as a great experience unmatched by any other RPG released this year.

Of course I haven't played the game yet. When I do play it and find it less than satisfactory, I'll eat crow.

 

[arcthemonkey]

Like I said, I liked it. It may even be the best RPG this year. However, that's not really saying much.

And crows could be tasty.

 

[Despain]

all rpg's suck unless they have the final fantasy name

ALL OF THEM

unless they are final fantasy

in which case they are flawless

 

[Cruelty]

disgaea afternoon of darkness.

apparently it's a port from ps2?? maybe I heard wrong. either way, i hadn't played it before now, so it's new to me. badass game, too. :}

 

[Skyla Doragono]

Yeah, Afternoon of Darkness is a port of the first Disgaea for PS2. Which pisses me off, 'cause it took me forever to find a copy of the original.

I guess the last great "new" game I played was Oblivion. Super Paper Mario (I guess you could classify it as an RPG) was good, but it was too short; the other Mario RPGs were much longer.

 

[arcthemonkey]

Afternoon of Darkness also has more characters, and Midna mode!

I would have mentioned it, but damn have I been playing a lot of strategy RPGs recently.

You know what was really good and is kinda new? Eternal Sonata. I loved that game. I didn't love the mind-blowingly bad exposition (why did that chick take like 30 minutes to die?!) but that game has personality.

 

[Hero]

What's the cut-off date for "new"?
Games that are on the way... I must say that I'm looking forward to the Dragon Quest IV remake on the DS. I'm not sure if it's coming to the U.S., though. I hope it does. Dragon Quest IX looks fun, too.

I'm pretty sure it might come to the US, seeing as hackers have reported seeing files that have partial translations of the game in different languages.

Anyway, the last good RPG I've played is Wild Arms 5. Although the story might not be that great, it makes up for my loss on Wild Arms 4. WA4 wasn't so bad, but the fact that it feels more like a platform than an RPG turned me off. Also the fact that it's missing an overworld map exploration and it doesn't feel like it's part of the series (If you've played it already and you've played others, you'll know what I'm talking about) killed it for me .

EDIT: Revising the last sentence.

 

[arcthemonkey]

I, for one, preferred the Wild Arms 1-2-3 battle system better than the hex thing.

I also think Wild Arms needs to get away from the extremely young hero downslide.

That being said, I thought Wild Arm 5's characters were likeable, and the game was fun.

I had completely forgotten about it ^_^

FFXII came out in 2007, too, didn't it?

 

[arctrooper48]

all rpg's suck unless they have the final fantasy name

ALL OF THEM

unless they are final fantasy

in which case they are flawless

Pokemon.

 

[Luminier]

all rpg's suck unless they have the final fantasy name

ALL OF THEM

unless they are final fantasy

in which case they are flawless

Pokemon.

Sarcasm.

Also, constructive. [/Hypocrisy]

 

[Mega Flare]

I, for one, preferred the Wild Arms 1-2-3 battle system better than the hex thing.

I also think Wild Arms needs to get away from the extremely young hero downslide.

That being said, I thought Wild Arm 5's characters were likeable, and the game was fun.

I had completely forgotten about it ^_^

FFXII came out in 2007, too, didn't it?

nope, October 31st 2006

 

[the7k]

Persona 3 is the best damn RPG I've played. Never before have I been so involved in a game before, never. Get it if you want to know what a game should be.

And I pray to whatever deity out there that will listen that Persona 3: FES comes here.

 

[Third333strike]

Mass Effect is simply amazing - and thats an understatement.

Also oblivion was GREAT.

I beat Blue Dragon a couple days ago, it was really good, like an old school RPG.

 

[Anonymous]

oblivion was terrible. mass effect has ALIEN TRIBADISM with the magical writing of drew karpyshyn (the man who made throat-slitting erotic) but i haven't played the game so i can't say much.

the witcher seems pretty badass.