Morkonan wrote:I haven't played any JRPG since the old PS1+2 days. I can't remember which ones I played. One was especially memorable, too.
I recommend checking out the 2 Trails in the Sky series if that's the case. You'll feel right at home. If you look at the review for these games, you will see there is a reason why all of them have overwhelming positive review rate for both long term and short term data.
Frankly their story quality is a reason why I haven't really gotten into more modern RPG in general, since I consider they lack certain substance, even among tittles like Final Fantasy. Grand? Yes, but somehow also hollow and empty. These old school RPG are more personal and heart walming. I cried during that series, and it wasn't because someone was dying. Something that modern writers seem don't know how to do. The experience is a lot of more holistic.
And just to tell you the level that you can expect. This series Trails of Cold Steel are divided into 4 arc.
- I suspect the one you just looked up is the first: you play with a cast of fledgling students recently admitted to a military academy.
-The second arc put the cast to the front line of battle.
- The third arc still have you play the same character, but now a decorated war heroes and acting instructor of the very same class that you started out in, protecting and guiding the next generation. Your old comrades (classmates) spread out across the country holding important positions.
And they actually have a 4th arc planned beyond that. Each arc is a stand alone game that by themselves are already longer than most games these day. And you see all happen in between, their grown, their development, even falling in love ...etc... Needless to say, it's hard to find games that are this expansive these day. Mass Effect was great, and there is a lot of relationship grown there, Garult is my favorite. But even then I would consider it static, like the Sheppard in ME1 is the same Sheppard in ME3. But here, you pretty much see someone as a teenage through his journey into adulthood.
Oh, and I'm pretty sure your toaster can run them too.