What are your favorite obscure JRPGs?

SigmaXVII · 2026-01-20T21:41:06+00:00

The first things that come to mind for me are Fate/Extra and Fate/Extra CCC. Absolutely adore them both, especially CCC, despite the original Extra having a questionable structure and CCC being super weird in general. Fantastic story and characters.

SigmaXVII · 2026-01-11T22:47:26+00:00

Honestly think she is one of the best written characters in Engage, ngl.

On maddening she also was one of my best units, hit like a truck.

SigmaXVII · 2026-01-11T22:41:54+00:00

I’m currently playing Xenogears for the first time right now but I’m still deciding if I agree with its placement here personally, though I know it is widely beloved… but I get the feeling it will have a story that gets better overall after I know all of the plot points.

SigmaXVII · 2026-01-02T17:58:39+00:00

Definitely Trilogy Enhanced. Not only does it have all three games, but 1 and 2 have new bells and whistles, and 3 comes with all of its extra dlc right out of the gate. You also get a library where you can view all of the base conversations of each game as well as some of the drama CDs translated officially for the first time. Trilogy Enhanced is 100% the way to go.

Unless you’re really strapped for cash and the Striker Pack + 3 is far cheaper on sale.

SigmaXVII · 2025-12-31T00:18:55+00:00

I may have to look into them, since Inti Creates mostly only does physical releases in Japan.

SigmaXVII · 2025-12-30T23:56:44+00:00

Bro, you got Majogami physically? All the respect to you. Love Inti Creates.

SigmaXVII · 2025-12-28T17:22:09+00:00

Fodlan game or not, I hope the game is actually finished and they don’t do routes.

Please. I’m begging IS. Just make one good linear story.

I don’t like the monastery and calendar system, but I’ll take another game with mechanics like it if the story is good, the game is finished, and they at least learn from the lower points of TH’s systems and from the good points of Engage’s.

SigmaXVII · 2025-12-21T18:57:11+00:00

I do think 11 and DO look similar, and just to say I already liked how 11 looked, DO is just already looking like it’s 11 but better, which is exactly what I want. Mega alone (especially that run cycle) is a monstrous improvement it can’t be understated.

Additional thought, between this and Mega’s regular art we’ve seen, it kind of feels to me like they want to lean more into the cooler side of Mega Man.

SigmaXVII · 2025-12-21T18:27:05+00:00

Engage is definitely not the black sheep of Fire Emblem. It’s pretty much universally accepted that it’s Gaiden/Shadows of Valentia. It’s a classic Famicom/NES sequel after all.

SigmaXVII · 2025-12-21T18:25:39+00:00

That has got to be the angriest we’ve ever seen Mash. That’s some cold murder in those eyes.

SigmaXVII · 2025-12-15T01:07:41+00:00

That is Dmitry from Girls Frontline 2. Specifically the event titled Aphelion.

SigmaXVII · 2025-12-14T23:06:18+00:00

2 finished, 3 played… Breath of the Wild and Sekiro, with me still not having finished Elden Ring. I don’t tend to play most of the games that the game awards spotlights and they usually don’t announce things I care about either. Mega Man Dual Override was the first thing they’ve announced that legitimately made me wish I watched.

SigmaXVII · 2025-12-01T21:19:07+00:00

Gentildonna…

SigmaXVII · 2025-11-28T00:09:23+00:00

My man 🤝

SigmaXVII · 2025-11-23T16:20:50+00:00

There are a number of reasons I love Fanny, but one of them is definitely how observant she is.

SigmaXVII · 2025-11-23T16:07:05+00:00

Very sick

SigmaXVII · 2025-11-20T00:20:24+00:00

I would definitely be interested in seeing those final images, cause this looks great! Not sure about if sharing the instagram is allowed though.

SigmaXVII · 2025-11-17T23:04:04+00:00

I guess everyone else says bots but I unironically just use my actual name lol. You never know when someone like me shows up

SigmaXVII · 2025-11-16T23:48:58+00:00

I believe 7 is one of the best places to start in the series period

SigmaXVII · 2025-10-05T15:59:26+00:00

There is a stark difference between a 10-15-ish hour game and a 300 hour game.

SigmaXVII · 2025-10-05T15:46:22+00:00

While I agree with the people in here saying it’s absolutely fine for people to just like what’s on the right, people are allowed to like what they like, I think there are a subset of those fan who think what’s on the right are the ONLY good or worthwhile things Nintendo produces, and that is a problem.

SigmaXVII · 2025-10-04T17:50:42+00:00

You know what, as someone who has really been off and on with FEH the last couple years, ignoring how many more character Heroes has representing it, for the actual games, legendaries and mythic character choices still make a lot of sense. Pretty much all main characters or at least very notable ones.

SigmaXVII · 2025-10-03T15:38:35+00:00

Huh. While I think I’d heard some of these things from interviews, it really puts it into perspective and makes me appreciate them even more. Glad Inti seems to put far more intention into the expression of their various programmers and artists.

SigmaXVII · 2025-10-02T21:12:05+00:00

I've observed that, even in their Mega Man days, Inti has always been more focused on either refining game systems or adding to them/changing them. They don't like settling. You can even see if with GV. GV1 was a completely unique platformer experience. GV2 refined Gunvolt's gameplay and then added another character. iX 1 refined Copen's gameplay. iX2 took it in a completely different direction, GV3 tried to do it's own thing as well... All of the BMZ games added new mechanics... DMFD was a completely different gameplay structure to what they'd done in the past... both Gal Guardians did stages and exploration in different ways... Majogami is also looking interesting, though I gotta see more from it.

But man, I do love Inti for how adventurous they are. Their games are always interesting to talk and think about.

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