i'm still torqued that i sold my ps2 memory card with my shin megami tensei nocturne save on it. i really want to go back and finish it; i must have been 70% of the way through on hard. i doubt if i can bring myself to grind back to that point...
i'm still torqued that i sold my ps2 memory card with my shin megami tensei nocturne save on it. i really want to go back and finish it; i must have been 70% of the way through on hard. i doubt if i can bring myself to grind back to that point...
I don't get how people have such large backlogs.
For mine it's...
Persona 3 FES(sealed, need to load my original save data to this though.)
Digital Devil Saga 2(stopped halfway through.)
Wild ARMs 5(sealed.)
Grandia 3(sealed.)
Jeanne D'arc(sealed.)
Star Ocean First Departure(sealed. UMD drive isn't working on PSP.)
Suikoden 3(stopped after each character met up. I've made several new files that I've ended up stopping around this point.)
Suikoen 5(couldn't stand the game. stopped after 12 hours.)
Star Ocean 3(couldn't stand the game. stopped about 5 hours.)
Final Fantasy 12(couldn't stand the game. stopped after 10 hours.)
-andrew- -kupomogli-
Eh, too many to count. At least 30 on PS2 alone and dozens across other systems. If each one took an average 30 hours that's 900 hours. Playing about 20 hours a week it would take me almost an entire year to clear just my PS2 backlog, but in that time I'd probably buy 10 more RPGS. But I rarely get to play 20 hours a week of anything and even when I do get to play that much I don't always play RPGS, so I expect to clear my backlog about the 5th of never.
My situation is similar… too many to list, not much time to devote as I'd like, I end up playing a shooter when I should play an RPG
and… I continue to buy more
This is one of my major issues… full time work, children… I am not of youth any longer… while in high school, I was able to knock out games like FFII(IV), FFIII(VI), Lufia, Chrono Trigger, Phantasy Star IV, et cetera… with out issue but these days and times i am having hard times to complete titles
I also notice that RPGs these days are far much longer than the RPGs of old. Games of then use to be about 30 hour now games can reach 80-100 hours of play time!
Quite a few, actually:
Disgaea (both DS and PS2)
Disgaea II
Dragon Quest IV (DS)
Elder Scrolls III
Etrian Odyssey II (was playing it and got sidetracked by Disgaea DS)
Final Fantasy III (DS)
Final Fantasy IV (SNES)
Final Fantasy VI (GBA)
Final Fantasy Tactics
Final Fantasy X
Final Fantasy X-2
Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles
Grandia II (DC)
LOTR: The Third Age
Magna Carta
Shenmue
Shenmue II
Shining Force Neo
Tales of Symphonia
and a ton more, too. I just never seem to have the time to play RPGs much anymore.
Way too many games for me, but here goes (some are simply unfinished, others are games that I've had for a few years and still haven't played). My Mac gets the bulk of that backlog...
Final Fantasy V Advance
Final Fantasy IV Advance
Dragon Quest 8
Neverwinter Nights + Expansion packs + premium modules
KOTOR
Neverwinter Nights 2 + 1st expansion pack
Baldur's Gate 1 + expansion pack
Baldur's Gate 2
Fallout
Fallout 2
Freedom Force
Icewind Dale
Paper Mario 2
Zelda: Oracle of Seasons (although I'm almost finished with it)
Zelda: Oracle of Ages
Zelda: Ocarina of Time (plus Master Quest)
Zelda: Majora's Mask
Zelda: Wind Waker
Zelda: Twilight Princess
Last edited by Lady Jaye; 11-03-2008 at 09:17 AM.
It's really funny, but I never get the urge to play RPGs until the autumn thru winter months, then I crave them. I have the usual ton of backlogged RPGs. Wasted time? How about having 30 hours into Baten Kaitos recently and then hitting a very vile nasty glitch that would not allow me to progress any further in the game? I had no choice but to erase my file. (i'm usually a one-file type of gamer)
Right this moment I'm playing The Last Airbender on Xbox, also available on Wii, PS2 and Cube. (YEP...it's a light, fun full-blown RPG with variable stats and magic and equipables!!!) I'm also FINALLY playing Chrono Cross and I'm finding it to be annoyingly vague as to what to do/where to go next. It pisses me off when an RPG "forces" you to buy or consult a guide in order to play it. After that I'll MAYBE try yet again to play Chrono Trigger. I found it boring and bailed on it.....but a million gamers can't be wrong.
Next will be the Cube version of Twilight Princess, since I didn't care for it control-wise on the Wii and abandoned it. Then Final 8 since I never DID beat the end boss when the game first came out. After that are the two Baten Kaitos games and Virtua Quest on Cube, hopefully with better luck this time around. Then there are various RPGs across all consoles from the NES to the PS3.
My Gaming Collection (Now at Google Drive!)
Final Fantasy Tactics - Not too far into this one
Final Fantasy 6 - Opera House
Final Fantasy 9 - Desert Palace
Dragon Quest VIII - outside some market town where a house burned down
Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door - Big-boobed ghost girl's place, I think
Chrono Cross - saved out at sea, no idea what I'm supposed to do.. I'm considering starting over
Sonic Chronicles: Dark Brotherhood - right at the beginning
Lunar: Silver Star Harmony - Kyle and his bandit's hideout
Skies of Arcadia - Right after the Red Gigas
Persona 4 - The first dungeon.. I want to punch that bear in the face
Last edited by SpaceHarrier; 11-08-2011 at 08:12 PM.
3 years later:
I've officially abandoned just about every JRPG I've purchased since my first post in this thread. I could probably count on one hand how many I've finished since then. I stopped buying them completely earlier this year. It's just recently that I've been able to finally accept the fact that I don't have the time or interest for JRPG's anymore. I most likely never will again. It's sad because Disgaea 4, FF13, and Tactics Ogre PSP all look like fun (collecting dust on my shelf).
That being said...western RPG's are still my thing. Loved the ME's, Oblivion, and Fallout series. Totally plan on sinking every minute of free time I have into Skyrim. 5 1/2 years of waiting and only 4 days to go!
"One of the ways I gauge a DS game is by recharges. "...Tycho (Penny Arcade)
My Gaming Collection (Now at Google Drive!)
My new way of doing things makes it so there will never be any abandoned save files. I'm recording the footage of what I am doing. If I wait too long and forget what I was doing, all I have to do is go back and watch my gameplay footage till I remember.
Anyone able to knock off some from their rpg backlog since we last met?
My Gaming Collection (Now at Google Drive!)
If anyone's curious (or desperate) to try out, here's my method for handling my huge RPG backlog:
Step 1: Pick 20 games. Number them 1-20.
Step 2: Take a 20-sided MtG die and roll it 5 times.
Step 3: Place all 5 numbered games into one pile. Put the rest away.
Step 4: Play them!
Step 5: Rinse, lather, repeat.
Here's the rules I follow:
Rule 1: Never play any other "NEW" RPG.
Rule 2: Wipe away any or all existing unfinished save files and start over at the beginning. (This one's a personal rule. It help keep focus on the story easily since I find harder to enjoy a game when trying to catch up on 10+ hours of forgotten story and item collecting but that's just me.)
Numbers and preferences may vary but to each their own.
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I've finished Star Ocean First Departure. I've got a few PSPs since my original post. I've added plenty games since, finished some, but my backlog is much larger. Nothing really old is on my backlog as all have been completed, but new titles have been.
Persona 3 FES(sealed.)
Digital Devil Saga 2(stopped halfway through.)
Wild ARMs 5(sealed.)
Grandia 3(sealed.)
Jeanne D'arc(sealed.)
Suikoden 3(stopped after each character met up. I've made several new files that I've ended up stopping around this point.)
Suikoen 5(couldn't stand the game. stopped after 12 hours.)
Star Ocean 3(couldn't stand the game. stopped about 5 hours.)
Final Fantasy 12(couldn't stand the game. stopped after 10 hours.)
Added games and games I may not have added previously.
White Knight Chronicles 1 played from White Knight Chronicles 2. I stopped this one half way. It's a good game and one thing I like they have a star that shows you exactly where you need to go next, except at this one part where they want you to talk to everyone in the town to find whoever. So I talked to literally everyone and can't find where to go. After going back and forth repeatedly talking to everyone in that town wasting about two hours I saved then quit. I'll go back to it, because I liked the game, but damn if that part wasn't stupid as hell.
Star Ocean the Last Hope. Didn't get very far into this at all. Graphically it's a downgrade from Star Ocean 3, but the gameplay itself is fortunately much more enjoyable. The boring storyline at every turn is what had me set it down.
Eternal Sonata. Sealed.
Astonishia Story. Sealed.
Hexyz Force. Sealed.
Persona Portable Sealed.
Persona 2 Innocent Sin Portable. Sealed.
Persona 3 Portable. Sealed.
Lunar Silver Star Harmony. Sealed.
Riviera the Promised Land GBA and PSP
Yggdra Union GBA and PSP. GBA version sealed.
Legend of Heroes Prophecy of Moonlight Witch. Sealed.
Legend of Heroes Song of the Ocean. Sealed.
Legend of Heroes Trails in the Sky
Ys 1 and 2 Chronicles. Sealed.
Valkyria Chronicles 2. Sealed.
Final Fantasy The Four Warriors of Light. Sealed.
Dragon Quest 6. Sealed
Dragon Quest 5. Sealed.
Black Sigil Blade of the Exiled. Sealed.
The games below are shit and aren't going to be completed.
Resonance of Fate
Final Fantasy 13
Glory of Heracles
I think that's about it.
This is the year I think I will finally get around to Torment! Just as soon as I finish Phoenix Wright 3. And the Binding of Isaac expansion coming out this month, maybe.
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