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Posted July 28, 2020
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Posted July 28, 2020
If we're pushing a JRPG, I'd definitely put the Trails in the Sky series over Caligula. The translation is stellar, the gameplay is fun, and there are so many homages that fans of the genre will probably find a new one every playthrough.

Oh, and Estelle is a great character. Even better than Joshua. Brooding dude with a dark past? Meh, been done. Girl who squees at anything kawaii but still lives up to her father's martial legacy? Sign me up!
Posted July 28, 2020
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Lone_Scout: The point of RPGs is playing a character. This character does not need to have the same personallity, behaviour or thoughts as the player. You can play an a***ole and enjoy the experience. Being a different person is fun.
So, no wrong in that point unless the whole game itself has a clear message supporting such ideas.
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dtgreene: From what I can tell, it's not just the character you play as; other characters are transphobic, to the point of deadnaming the character in question.

Also, even if the game doesn't support such ideas, they still should at least provide a trigger warning, so that the possible players can decide if they are prepared to handle such issues mentally. Even a game like Secret Little Haven (which is about a trans woman and was written by a trans woman) has, right on the game's itch.io page, "[CONTENT WARNINGS: Parental conflict, gaslighting, flashing visuals]". (Note that the game I am referencing here is not an RPG.)
your kind already tried this sort of stuff and it had the opposite effect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parents_Music_Resource_Center

you tell people something is "wrong" and they will want to check it out
Posted July 28, 2020
Well this is a peculiar list. Personally...

>sees dtgreene is at it again<

Ah. Right. I see.
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Posted July 28, 2020
I wish we'd get the other two entries in the Dragon Age series aswell. And the Mass Effect games.
Posted July 28, 2020
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Draugnaut1847: So what you are saying is that everyone should play Caligula Effect. Thanks man.
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DeadlyRamon: DT's negative review makes me want to play The Caligula Effect now!
I don't care... but Ultima 7 is the next Ultima that I'm going to play...or maybe Underworld 1.
Posted July 28, 2020
Yeah, the 3 first entries + KotDP could arguably be considered some of the best RPG.
I wouldn't have PoE2, though the author argument that it's real time or turn-based could be acceptable.
Iratus? I haven't played it, so I can't say for sure, but from what I understand from various reviews, it's not spectacularly better than Darkest Dungeon.
As for Caligula Effect, the only reason I can see is that the list hasn't been made by people who play games but by the marketing dep: even if you wanna have a JRPG on the list, there are so many better choices on GOG: Dragon's Dogma, the Legend of Heroes series, the Ys series...

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Crisco1492: If we're pushing a JRPG, I'd definitely put the Trails in the Sky series over Caligula. The translation is stellar, the gameplay is fun, and there are so many homages that fans of the genre will probably find a new one every playthrough.

Oh, and Estelle is a great character. Even better than Joshua. Brooding dude with a dark past? Meh, been done. Girl who squees at anything kawaii but still lives up to her father's martial legacy? Sign me up!
Posted July 28, 2020
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DeadlyRamon: DT's negative review makes me want to play The Caligula Effect now!
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teceem: I don't care... but Ultima 7 is the next Ultima that I'm going to play...or maybe Underworld 1.
Ultima 7 has some great CRPG moments, but the realtime combat (without pause, if I remember correctly (haven't played it since 1994)) is pretty hard to handle. I beat the first Ultima Underworld in 1995, and started the sequel soon after, but never got very far. Great stories in both, though.
Posted July 28, 2020
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dtgreene: "The Caligula Effect: Overdose", contains transphobia and fatphobia.
Cool, thanks for the recommendation.
Posted July 28, 2020
I vote for the Divinity series, Darkstone and The temple of elemental evil!
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Posted July 28, 2020
I could never get into Dragon Age, and I tried 3 times. There's just nothing that stuck with me about the story, other than murdering that one guy in the initiation, which just made me pissed.

My favorite game that gen was Fallout New Vegas, which for a game with this level of jank, means a lot. Absolutely worth playing just for the world and atmosphere.
Posted July 28, 2020
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dtgreene: Also, the last game on the list, "The Caligula Effect: Overdose", contains transphobia and fatphobia.
Please keep your garbage politics off of GOG.
Posted July 28, 2020
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dtgreene: fatphobia
Well, that's a new one, or at least I haven't heard that "word" before. I see your kind is still making up words to "safely" call people you don't like names. Good thing that actual phobics aren't on your "protected" list.

Fact is, I don't recommend Caligula Effect, either, but that's because I don't like having to become "best friends" with 300 virtual high school students (the social aspect of the game). Also, the pacing is a bit slow, at least in part due to that stupid social aspect. Also, I don't know Japanese, so the fact that the environmental text isn't translated bothers me. I also don't care for the music much, which I only mention because everyone says it has great J-Pop (a way too generic term) soundtrack.
Posted July 28, 2020
Star Wars Knights of the old republic looks interesting, but I'll much rather get the DOS game Star Wars Dark Forces.
Posted July 28, 2020
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darktjm: great J-Pop
Now there's an oxymoron if I ever heard one.
Posted July 28, 2020
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dtgreene: Edit: Why the low rating? Could you please explain what was inappropriate about what I said?
You said bad things about Ultima 7. You have upset a lot of gamers around here :P
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