The Quarterly JRPG Club - Let's 'Grind' Down that Backlog!

Thank you, fixed - I was hoping someone would do a spot check as it's easy to miss!

I'm going to go ahead and pick:

Suikoden II
Final Fantasy X-2
NIER
Alteir Totori
Resonance of Fate

Wembley wrote:
damnablebear wrote:

OP (and second post) updated!

You have child of light on there twice.

damnablebear wrote:

Thank you, fixed - I was hoping someone would do a spot check as it's easy to miss!

I'm surprised you don't alphabetize it. A little more work up front but I think it'll save you a lot of effort in the long run.

I'm just running it by votes, and since it changes so much, it's just easier to have all the ones with most votes at the top. It will just make more sense so I can skim the top of the list for ones to add to the bingo cage when it becomes drawing time.

I want to suggest some Dragon Quest, but I know some are tougher to get now.

I'm pretty sure that everyone and their mom have DQ8. Heck, my mom probably does.

I meant more the DS ones. They didn't have the benefit of being packed in with a Final Fantasy demo.

J.C. wrote:

I meant more the DS ones. They didn't have the benefit of being packed in with a Final Fantasy demo. :P

Aren't they available on the iOS App store and the Google Play store? I know for sure that IV is...

bobbywatson wrote:
J.C. wrote:

I meant more the DS ones. They didn't have the benefit of being packed in with a Final Fantasy demo. :P

Aren't they available on the iOS App store and the Google Play store? I know for sure that IV is...

1-4 and 8. Prices ranging from $3 to $23. 5 and 6 are strangely absent.

Well, didn't 5 and 6 never come out in the US? Unless I'm having a massive stroke...

damnablebear wrote:

Well, didn't 5 and 6 never come out in the US? Unless I'm having a massive stroke...

They came out here. I've got them both on DS.

Oh, DUH. Stroke it is then. I own them too.

If you own Dragon Quest V and haven't played it, then Light help you!

Add me for:

Child of Light
Final Fantasy XII
Xenoblade

Farscry wrote:

If you own Dragon Quest V and haven't played it, then Light help you! :cry:

I'm in the same boat. I keep putting it off, even though I know I will probably like it.

I've played 4 and 6, but if 5 ever gets picked, I'm playing my fan translation copy on SNES!

Put me down for Child of Light. Just rediscovered it in my Steam library!

My votes:

NIER
Suikoden
Atelier Totori
Resonance of Fate
Etrian Odyssey Untold

Updated.

You guys, thank you for contributing to this. This is making the idea of the thread really fun and I'm already wrought with anticipation to see what gets chosen. This is possibly more fun than the playing of the games themselves!

I'll throw my votes to:

Resonance of Fate
Tales of Xillia
Suikoden II
Tactics Ogre
Final Fantasy X-2--I was planning on playing the HD version on the Vita early next year anyway so I'll put one of my votes here

Thanks for organizing! This is a fun idea...even if I'm a little behind on the current game.

bobbywatson wrote:

I'm in the same boat. I keep putting it off, even though I know I will probably like it.

damnablebear wrote:

I've played 4 and 6, but if 5 ever gets picked, I'm playing my fan translation copy on SNES!

The 3 of us can mini-GC it up if need be! I started it a while ago and got sidetracked, as tends to happen.

So many mini-GCs. So far I've got Gauntlet, potentially Freedom Wars, the Monthly Game Club, the JRPG Club, and then this. *keels over*

damnablebear wrote:

So many mini-GCs. So far I've got Gauntlet, potentially Freedom Wars, the Monthly Game Club, the JRPG Club, and then this. *keels over*

We can go through Freedom Wars pretty quickly if you want, I have a high-level minigun that does a lot of damage

Edit: And I can bring a friend.

*cheers*

damnablebear wrote:

So many mini-GCs. So far I've got Gauntlet, potentially Freedom Wars, the Monthly Game Club, the JRPG Club, and then this. *keels over*

You can't do them all (if you're me, you can barely hope to keep up with one), but it does mean a better chance of finding a group that aligns with your interests.

If you guys end up voting Child of Light and making it two games in a row that I've completed recently I'm going to have to start my own Quarterly JRPG club - with blackjack and hookers.

Clusks wrote:

I'm going to have to start my own Quarterly JRPG club - with blackjack and hookers.

...but I don't think The Witcher is a JRPG, right?

Spoiler:

This came up in IRC, so I thought I'd mention it here: Child of Light is probably too short for a quarterly game pick. It's fairly brief and might make a great selection for SallyNasty's game of the month club, but stretched out over three months just wouldn't work.

Geez Clock, I'm actually all for a game club pick I can be ahead on and beat! That would make me feel awesome - especially how it seems a lot of us burned out and faded away on VC.

I'll go with the group of course, but my vote for Child of Light stands.

I'm kinda sad that so many burned out and faded on Valkyria Chronicles (at least the PS3 one; I don't know how grueling the PSV one is in comparison), because the quarterly pick gave me the impetus to finally buckle down and play through it. And I enjoyed it more than I expected.