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UltramarineAlizarin
Since: Jan, 2001
24th Feb, 2012 08:10:08 PM
RPGClassics has a list of RPG games sorted by system: here is the list for SNES
. Maybe there's some titles that'll catch your attention.
MissMokushiroku
Since: Mar, 2010
28th Feb, 2012 11:57:26 AM
Thanks a lot! Turns out the game I sucked at for so long was Drakkhen. Looking at it again, no wonder seven-year-old me couldn't get it. Yeesh.
There's an SNES game I had as a kid that I mostly only remember because of how bad I was at it. It was an RPG in a high-fantasy type setting, with a four-member party. I THINK that it had a top-down perspective while exploring. There was no cutscene in the beginning or anything; after the title screen, you got a quick overview of your party (I think there were three dudes and one chick), and then you go out into the overworld, which at the beginning is a grassy field and a lake.
And then there would be a random encounter, during which I would ALWAYS die, because I was 6 years old and couldn't figure out the combat system.
This game was definitely NOT any Final Fantasy game, any Dragon Quest game, any Tales Series game, or Secret Of Mana. My instincts tell me it's probably a Western RPG, but I may be wrong.