List some decent/good RPGs with *no* random battles

casualsax3 · Post by **casualsax3** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 8:20 pm

I'm looking to put together a list of RPGs worth playing (with the intent of finding a few gems that I may have missed) that don't have random battles. I just don't have the patience for. Where to start? This can include adventure type games like Ys Ark of Napishtm and Zelda, along with games like Chrono Cross and Xenosaga. Suggestions?

Joe Camacho · Post by **Joe Camacho** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 8:30 pm

Tales of Symphonia.

Baten Kaitos and Baten Kaitos Origins.

Lufia II

FamicomFreak · Post by **FamicomFreak** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:24 pm

Grandia 3 for the PS2 or Grandia 2!!! or Grandia 1 AHHH ALL SUCH GOOD GAMES!

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:30 pm

Super Mario RPG
Paper Mario
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
Secret of Mana
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon series
Final Fantasy 12
Pokemon Trading Card Game (If that can even be considered an RPG *at all*)

that is all

Gil_Hamilton · Post by **Gil_Hamilton** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 1:49 am

Crystalis.
Symphony of the Night.
Valkyrie Profile.

Game.
Set.
Match.

Post by **odditude** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 4:07 am

Lunar: Silver Star Story
Lunar 2: Eternal Blue
(the PSX remakes)

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 4:13 am

Mmmm.. Robotrek and Seiken Densetsu 3...

Tallgeese · Post by **Tallgeese** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 4:34 am

Joe Camacho wrote:Tales of Symphonia.

Lufia II

What? Those all have randoms...

Joe Camacho · Post by **Joe Camacho** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 4:39 am

Metatron wrote:
Joe Camacho wrote:Tales of Symphonia.

Lufia II
What? Those all have randoms...

I'm quite sure ToS doesn't have random battles.

But now that I think about it, Lufia II has random battles in the world map.

Tallgeese · Post by **Tallgeese** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 7:07 am

So does Tales I'm pretty sure.

sweener2001 · Post by **sweener2001** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 7:18 am

i'll throw out oblivion and blue dragon, although i can't completely vouch for blue dragon being GOOD. if the game is radically different from the demo in some way, please let me know.

Panzer88 · Post by **Panzer88** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 7:46 am

that was a surprisingly bland demo. I was thoroughly disappointed, I really wanted that game to be hot.

Neo Kaiser · Post by **Neo Kaiser** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 7:58 am

Metatron wrote:So does Tales I'm pretty sure.

Nope! You can see the monsters in the dungeons and run away. In the map it is the same as shadow of monsters appear like The Legend of Zelda: The adventure of Link.

sweener2001 · Post by **sweener2001** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 9:15 am

Panzer88 wrote:that was a surprisingly bland demo. I was thoroughly disappointed, I really wanted that game to be hot.

exactly, the demo turned me off to it, and the lukewarm reviews cemented my position. i'm still holding out hope, though.

and back on topic, i'm also going to mention marvel ultimate alliance. while not exactly deep or epic on the story, it's just way fun to play.

ReRuss · Post by **ReRuss** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 9:52 am

some RPGs can still be decent with gameshark or something to turn off random battles...

Chrono Trigger doesn't have random battles...

casualsax3 · Post by **casualsax3** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 3:58 pm

Hmm, how about some handheld games I may have missed. I'm looking for stuff that I can play on my DS or PSP, so that would include NES, SNES, Genesis, PSX, PSP, GBA, and DS.

corronchilejano · Post by **corronchilejano** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 5:07 pm

Chrono Trigger may not have random battles, but I still find it´s unavoidable battles quite annoying.

For GBA there´s Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, which is not REALLY an RPG, but it´s still interesting, has no random battles but LOTS of unavoidables. Shining Soul?
Maybe it´s dumb, but have you played the Soulblazer saga for the SNES?

Que · Post by **Que** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 8:47 pm

odditude wrote:Lunar: Silver Star Story
Lunar 2: Eternal Blue
(the PSX remakes)

The sega CD originals are better.

Gil_Hamilton · Post by **Gil_Hamilton** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 10:30 pm

Que wrote:
odditude wrote:Lunar: Silver Star Story
Lunar 2: Eternal Blue
(the PSX remakes)
The sega CD originals are better.

True. Very true.

But they have random battles.

Post by **odditude** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 11:36 pm

Que wrote:
odditude wrote:Lunar: Silver Star Story
Lunar 2: Eternal Blue
(the PSX remakes)
The sega CD originals are better.

Never played them. I definitely enjoyed the remakes, though.

Gil_Hamilton · Post by **Gil_Hamilton** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 1:36 am

odditude wrote:
Que wrote:
odditude wrote:Lunar: Silver Star Story
Lunar 2: Eternal Blue
(the PSX remakes)
The sega CD originals are better.
Never played them. I definitely enjoyed the remakes, though.

The jury's out on The Silver Star.

The game had a MASSIVE rewrite for Silver Star Story that completely changes the entire point of the game and makes Lunar 2 fundamentally broken, continuity-wise(parts of EB, even in the remake, assume things happened as illustrated in The Silver Star).

But the original Silver Star has rather crude gameplay, most notably in that your spell list "auto-sorts" by putting them in order of last usage. Which would be NICE if it weren't for the fact that there are NO spell descriptions OR MP costs attached to the names, and the names aren't always descriptive enough.
The fact that it's one of the last great silent protagonist games also throws some people.

Eternal Blue, however, is INFINITELY superior to the remake in almost every way. Including FMVs, as the SCD version has more of them in genrally higher quality due to lack of artifacting(though backgrounds are simple gradients in many of them instead of artifacted-beyond-recognition background images). How a single-disk SegaCD game can beat a 3-disk PlayStation/Saturn game in that regard is anyone's guess, but it's embarassing.

Also: You can rob Mystere of his equipment, party mask excepted.
Which, while causing slight continuity problems, is utterly hilarious.
You can steal Leo's gear right before you get split up, steal Mystere's gear right before he leaves you, then steal Leo's gear AGAIN when he rejoins you. You've just robbed the poor fool 3 times in the space of a half-hour.

About the only downside is that Mystere's role was marginally expanded in the SS/PS EB. And more Mystere is ALWAYS a good thing.

Vault Dweller · Post by **Vault Dweller** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 2:47 am

The Xenosaga games. Though you may want to skip the second one, since the game isn't as good as the others. Though, should you want the full effect of the story you'll NEED to play it.

casualsax3 · Post by **casualsax3** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 6:12 pm

Vault Dweller wrote:The Xenosaga games. Though you may want to skip the second one, since the game isn't as good as the others. Though, should you want the full effect of the story you'll NEED to play it.

Good call! I bought the FMV's on eBay for Xenosaga II, I loved III however, and was glad to see them end the series on such a high note, albeit abruptly.

indignation · Post by **indignation** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 4:58 pm

Corronchilejano wrote:Chrono Trigger may not have random battles, but I still find it´s unavoidable battles quite annoying.

Truce Canyon fucking sucks

I like Lunar: Silver Star Story, and Grandia.

clessoulis · Post by **clessoulis** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 3:39 am

Lunar remakes. Lunar is by far my favorite rpg ever. I own every version of the game made.

Sega CD
Saturn
Saturn MPEG
PSX
GBA
PC

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List some decent/good RPGs with no random battles

List some decent/good RPGs with no random battles