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Mar 14, 2012 - 03:39 PM |
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Console RPG recommendations? |
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OK, here's the thing: Stephen is looking forward to a summer off, and he's looking for at least one modern console generation RPG to play.
What he's mostly looking for is something that is either turn-based or modified turn-based. Or even an action RPG, if it's mostly button-mash-y goodness, and doesn't need to navigate menus for magic. What he doesn't like is first-person games (so no shooter RPGs). I know this is a tough question, since most of these games are now handheld-exclusive, while what we get on consoles is some other genre with some sort of RPG mechanics added on (either a lot or not so much).
What we already own for this console generation:
Blue Dragon
Lost Odyssey
FFXIII
The two chapters of the Penny Arcade game (which he's not going to play because he doesn't like the fact that it doesn't finish, and I can't say I blame him, honestly; sure, it's fine that they wrote the ending, but there's definitely something missing without having the player character as mish-mash of the Only Sane Man and Deadpan Snarker.)
Most of what we have in terms of RPGs nowadays are either on handhelds or the PS2. I mean, if ours wasn't on its last legs, he'd probably play P4.
Oh, and he wasn't a huge fan of the demo of Costume Quest. He's also not 100% on the Tales of... games, unless they're more hands-off on the other party members than past games have been.
Thanks much, considering that this is a slightly difficult question, given the nature of the game business right now.
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