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So far, um... I'm playing a 90's fantasy anime and it's wholesome as shit.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A lot of hand pain with that tiny device.

[–] LiveLM 2 points 1 day ago

Eh, it depends. Some people swear the 3ds is uncomfortable as hell but I've never felt it.
Maybe I just have small hands....

[–] [email protected] 43 points 3 days ago (1 children)

A crash if you play that while driving

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's fine, it's an automatic.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I think all Civic Si models are manual. Uh oh

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

That's my understanding. Op's playin with fire 😬

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Not game related, but how do you get your legs completely on one side of the steering column like that?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

Lmao. Some cars have more than your civic

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Depends. Is it the version with voice acting (it looks like it; says complete)? Because you'll be in for some cute cutscenes and awesome songs.

I actually only ever played Lunar because I saw it for sale at Walmart in a huge boxed set for like $100, in the pS3 era. I was curious enough as to why they would still have a PS1 game for that much that I had to buy it.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I loved Lunar. I wound up playing the second one first. Then went back to play the first.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

God, I miss my collection of pirated Japanese Dreamcast fighting games...

I did actually buy 3rd strike, though!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

The majority of the ones in the spindle are actual discs I collected with out cases. I need to properly store them at some point.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 3 days ago

A ticket, if caught while driving

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 days ago (6 children)

One of the better JRPGs ever done.

Follow up Lunar 1+2 with Suikoden 1+2, then Golden Sun 1+2.

(Optional) Phantasy Star 1-4.

After that, you really don't need to play any other JRPG.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

And mother 3. Dear God, mother 3.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Username checks out

But really, how could you forget Lufia 1&2?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

As usual, Star Ocean: Second Story gets overlooked (they did do a great job with the remake though).

You're also leaving out the entire SMT/Persona series, but I guess it's not everyone's cup of tea.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Persona is a sore subject for me because they ruined the original North American localization.

"So when you finish a random encounter, you can gain experience, or harvest souls!"

"Polling says Americans don't like random encounters."

"Oh, that's easy to fix, reduce random encounters 50%"

Which made it so you either couldn't get enough experience or harvest enough souls. :(

They also removed the Snow Queen quest for some reason:

https://megamitensei.fandom.com/wiki/Snow_Queen_Quest

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

Breath of Fire 3 is also an excellent, timeless JRPG

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

Lunar is up there with FF 4 and 6 and Chrono. Likely best 4 retro rpgs that exist.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

What a gem, my friend and I played through the first 2 lunar games in university.

I also discovered wild Arms which was pretty good and doesn't get much attention compared to jrpgs like FF and Suikoden.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago

Friends don’t let friends Lunar and drive.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I bought this game solely based on the full page ad in Playstation magazine. I put my hard earned cash down on a pre-order of the complete edition at "Software, Etc." at the shopping mall, sight unseen, with FF7 my only frame of reference on JRPGs. Definitely my favorite JRPG from my childhood.

My only regret is selling it, along with a Ghaleon puppet, on eBay a few years back.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Software, Etc

Holy shit, core memory unlocked. I completely forgot that the Gamestop at our local mall was previously "Software, Etc."

Goddamn.

I regret selling all of my PS1 and PS2 games. Back when the other (standalone) Gamestop in my town growing up was still a "Funco Land," I found used copies of Tactics Ogre, and Ogre Battle (I think it was a two-disc Special Edition or something?) on PS1 for very cheap, and then sold them on eBay for like $150. I remember thinking I was so clever... Now I wish I had just kept them.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

An absolute delight. That’s the very game that got me into RPGs. Until I copped Harmony on PSP my brain focused on nothing but Halo and COD.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

@GhiLA Possibly death when playing while driving.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Completely unrelated but I love the Civic Si, what gen is that one?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I can't answer your question, but I have the RG35XX H arriving in a week, and you may have just inspired the first game to play when I get it. 😊

I actually owned Lunar 1 and 2 back in the day but never got around to playing them.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I’m playing a 90’s fantasy anime and it’s wholesome as shit

Yep, it'll meet those expectations (and probably not exceed them).

As for being wholesome, well...there is a small part of the game that's on the pervy side.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Name a JRPG that DOESN'T have a horny side.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I don't remember Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked being horny, but it's been a while

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I haven't played through that one, but if the demon "Mara" is in it, then you bet your ass it's horny lol.

Giant pulsing/dripping cock on wheels.

Well, plus all the other lady demons basically being naked. I believe most SMT games have succubi of sorts, and horniness is like their one known trait.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Like what Lunar does? It's pretty rare outside of the ecchi/outright eroge subgenres.

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