[General Discussion] Getting Involved With The RPG Video Game Genre For The First Time.

I am intrigued by how many people in the thread started with the free Dragon Warrior + Nintendo Power deal. Unfortunately, as the only game I bothered with for NES, given my age, was the given Mario Bros + Duck Hunt package, I had to wait until the SNES period to savour the sweet, sweet fruits of the RPG genre.

It was pretty much a random rental from the local movie place, Jumbo Video. I had already saturated myself with random fighters such as World Heroes 2, Art of Fighting, Street Fighter 2 and such so I wanted to change it up a bit. I think as late as Grade 4 or 5, I got Final Fantasy VI because it had a cute white creature (now known to be a moogle) on the front. The front was simple and elegant, while the back was amply gorgeous.

I remember puzzling over the manual and how long it was. Taking in all that info for the first time, which would eventually become standard rpg fare knowledge one day, was a lot! I brought it over to a friend's place after I thought I understood it and remember saying about how "hard it was to get used to, but how good it was after you get used to it." I happily pressed A on Fight over and over, using Runic whenever magic was cast.

In addition, the rental copy had a save file at the last save point and everyone was maxed out and learned and had everything, but at the time I was confused. Shortly afterwards, the rest is history and I went on a binge, retroactively progressing to Final Fantasy IV. Steadily building and coming across treasures such as SMRPG and Secret of Mana, both of which I admittedly rented a minimum of...5 times each ^_^; Earthbound and Breath of Fire also come to mind.


On a side note:
The interesting part was through rental copies, I had goals to aspire to, since they'd come along with the experiences of everyone who's played them. People would usually have final save points which were mostly good. They'd be stupid sometimes (Earthbound - Ness in Magicant with no other weapon other than the Gutsy Bat ;_; ). They'd be well off most of the time (Secret of Mana - Kakarra Desert, Super Mario RPG - Valentina's Castle). Sometimes they'd be hilarious (Earthbound - Ness Special = PSI Sex Omega!)

Jam it back in, in the dark.