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  1. How is it that an old-ass PS2 game with 8MB of storage gives me 99 save slots, yet modern games can only give me like 10-15 slots when I have over 100,000 times the amount of storage?

    #talesof #jrpg #videogames #gaming

  2. I love how much of a doofus Stahn is in this.

    The PS1 original suffered from a pretty rushed localization with stilted dialog, so it's nice to see the characters more personable here.

    #talesof #jrpg

  3. The upgrade from the 16-bit-style chibi sprites of the PS1 version is amazing. I think the PS2 era was the pinnacle of pixel art.

    One thing I noticed that I thought was pretty clever: the characters' weapons are 3D polygonal models. This way, the weapon changes when you swap equipment, but they don't have to make new animations for each one.

    #talesof #jrpg #videogames #gaming

  4. I'm impressed at how much of an improvement Tales of Destiny DC is over Tales of Rebirth. The combat and exploration are both vastly improved. It's a shame the Tales of Destiny 2 translation project seems to have been abandoned; I would have liked to experience the two together.

    #talesof #jrpg

  5. Finished with Tales of Rebirth. Glad I was finally able to experience it, but I have no desire to ever play it again. The random encounter rate and awful AI just kills it, and the combat only gets decent at the end of the game after doing the terrible side quests and minigames and tons of grinding. I'm not going to bother with the bonus dungeon, since it requires playing through the game a second time to complete.

    #talesof #jrpg #videogames #gaming

  6. I'm glad they made discoveries better in Graces and Zestiria, because there ain't no fucking way anyone could ever possibly find more than like 4 of them in Rebirth without a guide.

    #talesof #jrpg #videogames #gaming

  7. I can see why Namco skipped Tales of Rebirth for a western release. Sure, it sucks we missed out on the context of these characters in subsequent cameos, but I'm really struggling to enjoy it.

    So far, I think Legendia is a better 2D Tales game, and of course Abyss is one of the best JRPGs on PS2.

    #talesof #jrpg #videogames #gaming

  8. Trying to get into tales of vesperia . Wondering if I'm just not a jrpg guy.


    #gaming #talesof #switch2

  9. It seems like the main philosophical difference between #jrpg and Western #rpg is that in JRPGs, your team of teenagers with attitudes uses the power of friendship to defeat God, and in Western RPGs, your lone grizzled muscly protagonist uses the power of his or her awesomeness to become God. What do you think?

    #jrpg #wrpg #crpg #finalfantasy #dragonquest #persona #talesof #elderscrolls #bg3 #skyrim #fallout #masseffect #dragonage #fable

  10. While everyone's celebrating the Tales of 30th anniversary, let's also remember that Suikoden released on the very same day. Happy 30th to two of the greatest JRPG franchises.

    #suikoden #talesof #jrpg #videogames #gaming

  11. Tales of Graces originally released on this day in 2009 for the Nintendo Wii as a Japanese exclusive. An enhanced version released on PS3 in 2010, and a remaster is available on current systems.

    It's one of my favorite Tales of games with a great cast of characters, plenty of humor, and one of the best battle systems in the franchise.

    You can watch my full playthrough of it on YouTube.

    youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBp

    #talesof #jrpg #videogames #gaming

  12. Well, since I accidentally nuked all of my old images, I guess this is a good time to make a new #introduction post!

    I'm a middle-aged nerd who is running my own
    #sharkey instance. I make robots for a living, but I also take care of a bunch of cats and am learning how to draw. I mostly draw my own OC, Yomiko, but sometimes you'll see me drawing other things with furry ears and tails.

    上手じゃないけどちょっと日本語わかります。

    I'm a superfan of
    #Utawarerumono, but I'm also a fan of retro/quirky/niche JRPGs in general (like #TalesOf, #Ys, and #BreathOfFire), anything that has #kemonomimi in it, #furry media in general, and stories that make me feel things. I've also been playing in and GMing #TableTopRPGs for decades.

    Things you'll see me do here:
    - Boost art that I like (sometimes spicy but not 18+)
    - Post pictures of my
    #cats
    - Post my own
    #art
    - Talk about
    #VideoGames or #anime
    - Somewhat less often, talk about
    #ttrpgs, #Linux, #programming, or #robots

  13. We're baaaaaack!!!!

    In an hour and a half, STREAMS RETURN!!! We'll be playing one of my favorite games in the #TalesOf series which I haven't replaued in YEARS (hopefully I remember how to not suck lol)

    Stream will be on Twitch and YouTube!

    twitch.tv/itsrogueren

    youtube.com/@roguerenlive