Video Game Recommendations

More than anything, I'd want a character who just wants everyone to be happy.

Not having any other context to go with that, I suggest Sora, Yuna, aaaaaand that's actually pretty much it.

Sora, pretty much.

I've got some discount points for a online gameshop expiring soon and I'm wondering if anyone has any cheap/underrated games for PS 3, Wii, Vita or 3DS to recommend. I'm a big RPG fan, particularly JRPGs but I'm not averse to the odd action game. Mind, it's gotta be available in physical format in Europe.

You played Bravely Default? It's an excellent throwback to classic RPG's for the 3DS. Very recommendable if you liked, say, Final Fantasy V.

Thanks, but I already have it and love it to bits.

edited 2nd Oct '14 3:46:39 PM by Lemurian

Hm... How about Fire Emblem Awakening? If you're into strategy RP Gs, it's pretty great. Or since you also like action games, I assume action RPG's are fine? You played any Kingdom Hearts?

Valkyria Chronicles is often called the greatest game for the PS 3 no-one ever played.

Then there is any of the Tales games.

I've been wanting to look into the Tales series, the only one I've played even a little of (Symphonia) hasn't quite aged well enough for my tastes. Are there any for the PSP or 3DS?

^^^ I've been thinking of getting Awakening, but it's a bit above the price range I'm aiming for right now. And for Kingdom Hearts I'm still working on the first game, so it'll take some time before I get DDD.

^^ I have Valkyria Chronicles. And for the Tales-games I have kinda the same problem as Awakening.

But thank you both very much for your suggestions. I think I've found one super cheap one that I'll go for now.

Tales Of The Abyss has an (albeit sligtly bad running) port on the 3DS.

Well they are often for sale, I have seen Graces for 7€ once.

edited 3rd Oct '14 4:11:27 AM by Kiefen

For PS 3, you should check out Dynasty Warriors Gundam.

I'm looking for some good RP Gs for PS 4

bravley default was pretty good for the 3ds.

edited 6th Oct '14 3:32:30 PM by Kiefen

Yeah, there are... few games for PS 4.

Now, if you were asking PS 3, I would have some suggestions (well, a suggestion.)

Kingdom Hearts III isn't out yet, sorry.

Just got a hand-me-down 3DS from a friend the other day, along with Super Smash 3DS.

Any recs on other decent games? Not interested in Pokemon, and Dream Drop Distance is becoming quite a disappointment thus far.

Bravely Default and Fire Emblem Awakening are both great if you like RP Gs. (Yes, I'm repeating myself, but I only have five games so...)

I've already cleared Fire Emblem Awakening (borrowed it from my gf), don't really plan on getting it unless I can do so really cheap.

Bravely Default could be an option, I suppose....

Hrm... to those who've played it, is Project × Zone any good?

If you have a 3DS, is it compatible with basically the entire catalogue of DS games?

It is. In which case The World Ends With Y Ou is a must have.

For the 3DS there is also Devil Survivor .

edited 7th Oct '14 8:50:09 AM by Kiefen

The DS has three excellent Castlevania games — Dawn Of Sorrow, Portrait Of Ruin, and (especially) Order Of Ecclesia.

There's also Scurge Hive, which is quite good despite being an early DS/late GBA game.

Kid Icarus: Uprising is another must-have for 3DS. I also highly recommend Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney, and if you like that, the rest of the Professor Layton series as well.

(On the off chance your 3DS has been rooted to circumvent the region lock or is a Japanese-region one, I recommend basically everything Level-5 has released on 3DS in Japan. Unfortunately, aside from Professor Layton, the rest have mostly fallen victim to Schedule Slip outside of Japan.)

edited 7th Oct '14 11:56:53 AM by PoochyEXE

Does anyone know of a game with a more or less constant difficulty, instead of starting easy and getting harder? This means that, for example, all the mooks and bosses in a rpg have their share of skills and similar stats, in fighting game all the same AI level, in a shrump the bosses have a similar amount of bullets and patters, etc. The player has the same amount of power and arsenal the entire playthrough, so no it can't use the "bigger numbers=better" card (it can, however, start weak unlock it all very early in the game as a tutorial of sorts), making the game pure strategy/skill. Single-player only. The best i can think of are Treasure's Gunstar Heroes (where the player does obtain extensions to its HP) and Alien Soldier. Now i'd like other examples

I recommend VVVVVV, it's a platformer game where aside from the first and last levels, you can do the other levels in any order, and they're all roughly about the same difficulty (including said first and last levels).

Also, to a lesser extent, there's Kid Icarus: Uprising and its Intensity system. You set the difficulty for each stage, and the same setting represents roughly the same difficulty the whole way through. However, you do get better weapons as you progress and for playing on higher intensity settings, so there's still some progression there. But on the other hand, weapons are given a Value rating according to their stats and attributes, and there's a hard cap at 342 and a soft cap around 307, while the max intensity of 9.0 is still very challenging even with a value 342 weapon.

And there are plenty of rhythm games where you can play all or most of the songs across all difficulties immediately. Most Bemani games work this way, save for some unlockable content with little to no correlation between how hard a song is to play and how hard it is to unlock.

edited 9th Oct '14 12:58:22 AM by PoochyEXE