Alright Sup Forums, you're tasked with assigning only ONE game from each of these franchises to get someone interested in them.
They must be considered the best of the best yet also a good entry point to the series for new comers. What do you pick for each one?
>Final Fantasy
7
>Dragon Quest
4
>SMT
Digital Devil Saga
>Tales
n/a
never played one
>FF
X
>DQ
5
>Megaten
Devil Survivor
>Tales
Abyss
FFVII
DQVIII
Soul Hackers
Tales of Eternia
FF7 if they don't mind graphics, FF10 HD if they do.
Dragon Quest 8.
SMT3 Nocturne.
Persona 3.
Tales I don't know shit about since it looks like Sup Forums trash.
>Tales I don't know shit about since it looks like Sup Forums trash.
>suggest Persona 3
Cognitive dissonance?
Persona 3 doesn't look like literal KAWAII UGUU MOESHIT like Tales does.
You have to have brain damage to look at their art styles and say they are the same.
Persona 3 has the mainstream western appeal kind of anime art style. Tales has the moeshit Sup Forums garbage style with kawaii uguu shit.
FFIX
DQVIII
Nocturne
Berseria
If they play the best game in the series, then what's the point of them playing the rest of the games? I'd just tell them to play the first game in the series for DQ and Tales, but for SMT I would recommend Jack Bros.
Oh, I didn't even notice FF there. I'd say try out 3, then, since it's a solid game without too much of the melodrama that comes with the later entries.
Persona 3 for megaten, for sure. Not the very best but easiest to get into. Sets knowledge up for better mainline games.
You can start with any Final Fantasy i think, they're all equally good / easy to get into.
You're an idiot.
>FF
10
>DQ
8
>Megaten
DeSu2
>Tales
They're all mediocre and not worth playing.
The point is to draw them into the series. If they liked what the best had to offer, then they may be more forgiving/open in their search/playthroughs of other games in the series, and at least will get them hyped for future titles in the series.
kill you're self
>Persona 3 doesn't look like literal KAWAII UGUU MOESHIT
did you not see the robot with boobs or the dog party-member or that you spent the majority of the game in a japanese highschool?? just because P3 is "darker" doesnt mean it isnt just as generic anime
>shitty series forced to be extra baggage for the far superior spinoff
Really makes me think.
>FF
XV
>DQ
V
>Persona
4
>SMT
Nocturne
>Tales
I only played Innocence.
I don't understand why you would recommend playing FFXV to get someone interested in the other FF games when it plays nothing like the others.
not him but might as well go with the most approachable, get it out of the way, then have them ditch the series instead of never playing it
Because it's the best FF and every FF is different anyway.
FFV, DQV, ToV, DDS as they're both basically halves of the same game, P3
>Final Fantasy
4
>Dragon Quest
8
>SMT
Strange Journey
>Tales
Abyss
DQ1 sucks.
>FF
6. It captures the feel of the series without being too overly challenging.
>DQ
8. Because the games are very similar in gameplay, it's better to push someone in the direction of the best game first and have them decide later if they want to play the other good ones.
>SMT
Persona 3 Portable so you can actually control your fucking allies goddamn
>Tales
Vesperia. It's a lengthy game that really gives a feel for the series overall. Playing any game after it will make you appreciate the different combat systems of the older and newer games.
It's not about giving them the best in the series first, it's about giving them the game that is both newcomer friendly and represents what each respective series is about
>Final Fantasy
FF9
>Dragon Quest
Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies
>SMT
Strange Journey
>Persona
(^:;
>Tales of
Symphonia
Don't play Final Faggotry
>good entry points while also being great
>DQV
>Nocturne
>Abyss
>Don't play Final Faggotry
Did some kids laugh at you for being bad at Final Fantasy or something when you were a kid?
>Final Fantasy
9
>Dragon Quest
5
>SMT
None lmao Nocturne
>Tales of
Symphonia
>bad at Final Fantasy
Do you even hear yourself?
Don't get upset because someone doesn't like your trash series for normalfags.
DON'T MAKE FUN OF FINAL FANTASY 8
I bet you thought you could beat the dragon didn't you?
>Final Fantasy
IV
>Dragon Quest
III or IV
>SMT
DDS1&2 or Persona3 FES
>Tales
Symphonia
>Devil Survivor
I've played and completed over a dozen SMT games and that's the first one I fucking dropped.
Have the same problem as the other guy. Persona games at least have a more contemporary setting than some generic-ass moe fantasy world.
>Final Fantasy
VI because it might help make their mind up about playing some of the older ones and VI is genuinely a really good fucking game in the series anyway.
>SMT
Persona 3 as much I hate to say it.
Literally no idea about anything else. Have only played Tales of Zestiria and that was enough to turn me off the series.
>6
>8
>DDS
>Vesperia
You should try out literally any other Tales game if you want to give that series another try because Zestiria is the absolute worst entry. It was so bad that the guy who was in charge of the series for a long time was "promoted" to get his hands off the series.
Zestiria is LITERALLY the worst in the series.
Emulate the PS1 version of Phantasia.
>Nocturne
if i had no prior smt experience this shit would have made me drop nocturne easy
ffx
dq8
p4g
Vesperia
ff 11
dq X
smt nine
tales of destiny
>smt nine
Wouldn't Imagine be a better starting point?
V
IV
Strange Journey + P2 Duology
Phantasia
that isnt on consoles
op wants introductions not elitist games
How can you be introduced by a game that doesn't exist?
I've never played a final fantasy or dragon quest game before even though SMT is one of my favorite series and I enjoyed tales games thoroughly.
where should I start? FF12 looks the most appealing. dragon quest, I have no idea.
First, you can't just recommend a game nowadays, since graphic whores and/or lazy "completionists" are now widely numerous. And by "lazy completionists" I mean people who skip dialogues, read walkthrough alongside their first playthrough and use save states continually in games like Fire Emblem.
Once you've identified the kind of person you're dealing with:
A genuine RPG fan
>FF
9 or 6 depending of age
>Dragon Quest
8
>SMT
Nocturne or 2 depending of age
>Tales
Eternia (Destiny 2) or Phantasia depending of age
For nu-RPG fans
>FF
10 or 7 depending of age
>Dragon Quest
9
>SMT
Persona 4 or Nocturne
>Tales
Vesperia
>where should I start?
FF6 or FF9
Don't listen to the FF7 memers
You can start with 12 if you want, but it's not quite like the other games. Outside of that one, 7 and 9 are also good.
7
8
4
Abyss
>Abyss
ABYSSFAGS NEED TO LEAVE THIS FUCKING BOARD ***RIGHT*** NOW
V
V
IV
Symphonia
Is Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker any good?
It's better than half the series and offers a better journey than most of the games from FF and Tales.
Sometimes simplicity is a positive, and DQ1 is a fun 7 hour adventure (most versions, anyway).
I liked it.
i played the original desu2 but it was really good.
give it a shot