Turn Based RPG for the PS3Follow

I'm sure bioware and action RPGs have something to do with it. People expect the PS3 to have a wow factor and turn based just isn't wow.

But I already own it for the PSX and the PSP. PSOne games from the PSN aren't an option since I already own them.

I don't know about PS3 but Lost Odyssey for Xbox is a hell of a good game, and you can pick it up for about £10 now since it's a couple of years old.

Great graphics, great battle system. It's actually HARD in places. Which is rare in turn based RPG's.

Storyline isn't groundbreaking but some parts are exceptional (haunted mansion freaked me out a bit). And some of the dream stories really get the old heart strings pulling.

That's probably the last turn based game I played (XIII doesn't count. It barely counts as a game.) and it's also one of the best.

I hadn't heard of Atelier Rorona before, or Ar Tonelico III. Resonance of Fate I had heard of, but remember it being something similar to a Tactical RPG with guns? (Devil May Cry comes to mind every time I think about it). Maybe I'm mistaken. Last Rebellion is a new one in my mind. I'll have to look it up.

I have played Lost Odyssey, Eternal Sonata, Enchanted Arms, Tales of Vesperia, Star Ocean Last Hope, and a handful of other RPGs available on the 360. I liked Blue Dragon as well. Same company (or part of the same company) behind Lost Odyssey. Looks like a Dragon Quest game because Toriyama was the artist behind it.

I do own Valk Chronicles. I've really tried to get into it, but I can't.


Maybe I'll pick up Golden Sun DS while I wait to decide on a PS3 RPG.

Edited, Nov 28th 2010 9:26am by TirithRR

Edited, Nov 28th 2010 9:27am by TirithRR

From what I've heard, Atelier Rorona is like Atelier Annie but you don't keep all the items after you win.

Ar Tornelico is something of a cross between an RPG and a love sim (sans sex). In the first you could develop your relationship (powers) for all the girls, but in 2 after a point you had to pick one and she'd be the only one to get stronger. It's still on my list of games to finish.


Edited, Nov 28th 2010 1:02pm by KingWinterclaw

Because turn based RPGs have developed very little since the SNES and many companies have realized that you can sell RPGs to the FPS demographic if you have active combat.

I liked the idea and setting, but it had significant balance issues and certain missions were poorly designed, like one were you absolutely could not win if the computer arbitrarily decided to complete the objective within the first two turns.

Eh? Sure most turn based rpgs are easy, but they still have a monopoly on hard because all action rpgs are easy. Kingdom Hearts hard mode? Easy. Fable? Easy. Dragon Age Nightmare setting? Mind numbingly easy. Turn based RPGs have games like Unlimited Saga, which is Nintendo Hard².

In all truth, I've been pretty disappointed with RPG's on the PS3. The only one I haven't been disappointed in is Demon's Souls... though that's not turned based, but is the best RPG on the PS3 IMO.

AS for turned based, the last good set I played was on the PS2 and was SMT: Nocturne and DDS1 & 2.

FF13 was Horrid, it took a ridiculous amount of fanboy stamina to get as far as I could before hurriedly trading to to gamestop for 3D Dot Game Heroes.

Doubt I was much help... but the Shin Megami Tensei games from Ps2 are definately worth checking out.

Yea I got about half way through Final Fantasy 13 before losing interest. Farther than I got on Final Fantasy 12 because... ya know I hate Final Fantasy 12 (had to throw that in there for old times sake).

Far as turn based RPG's being easy I guess it depends how you play them. I found if you try to play through them without a strategy guide and without mindless grinding for exp they can be tuff sometimes. Good example was Final Fantasy X. I found a handful of bosses I just couldn't beat without mindless grinding. Then I read an online guide and got a couple of the celestial weapons and the game became stupidly easy (like 2 shot final boss).

Anyways not alot of turn based RPG's on there that I know of. Lost Odyssey was an excellent game although its on the 360. Eternal sonata is a decent (and cheap) game on the Xbox 360 as well although the dungeons were abit mazey if memory serves.

Not exactly turn based but I got Nier recently and the reviews were rather harsh, I'm actually having fun with it.

Tri-Attack is where I stopped the first night. I read the in game tutorial and tried over and over and over to make it work. I couldn't figure out how to initiate the Tri-attack. It wasn't until I busted out the physical manual that I figured it out. The manual in the game cartridge explained it better than the manual in the game. Then it turns out that even though I did the tri-attack, the tutorial didn't count it until I actually killed an enemy with the Tri-Attack.

Today when I played again I started them all over and was able to do it very quickly. I really liked the Smackdown attacks. Then I moved on to my first real battle in the Alley to get some Energy Hexes and finish a few missions.

All I can say is, I was NOT prepared for that first battle.

Usually a turn based RPG starts out with easy monsters that normal attacks can take care of quickly and easily, just to get you a bit of experience and items. That assumption led to me dying in my first two attempts at a random battle. It seems like this game forces you to use the Hero attacks pretty much all the time to avoid damage and to deal larger amounts of damage faster. Leader Attacks are a must, and are not penalized since the other creatures still provide drops even if you only kill the leader. Normal attacks are too slow to start a battle with, the charge gauge doesn't fill fast enough to even let you get an attack off before you are interrupted or your turn runs out.

After realizing I couldn't just take it easy and use normal attacks even on the garbage fights, the game got easier. But I still have only put about an hour and a half into it (40 minutes of which were the first moving around and all the battle tutorials).

So far the game is fun, the customizable weapons look like a nice feature from what I've seen in the Tinkerer/Desynther/Store but I can see it getting quite hard.

The Chapter 1 boss in RoF is kicking my ***, tried three times and gave up, went back and started grinding/farming again. So far I have a hang of things, but I haven't tried fighting the boss again. I found it pretty easy to farm Oil Drums from the Oil Drum Carrier and get Scrap Irons to craft my upgrades and sell for money. I was surprised when I went through my items and found that the Meat that the goblins drop sells for a whopping 500 rubies each, I had a ton of those.

I think I'll have to make better use of healing items to avoid losing my bezels and dying. His cannon just packs a huge punch, and it didn't take long for me to be out of bezels and running around like a scared little girl doing her best to be overly dramatic about being scared. (yes... Critical Condition is ridiculous).

Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but I'm an admin, we can do that

I got Resonance of Fate for Christmas and love the game so far, surprised there wasn't more press about it. Enough familiar RPG elements while at the same time enough new things to make it interesting.

Yeah I have White Knight Chronicles waiting for me as well. Too many games, too little time.