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Please update if you know any for PC!!! Of if anyone knows japanese or asian RPG's for PC. Or not necessarily RPG's, action, shooter, strategy, any kind.

jRPG on PC... there are the aforementioned FFVII and FFVIII. There are also Breath of Fire IV, Grandia II (ooh, this one I like) and Phantasy Star... can't think of any other for the moment.

Japanese games that are released a lot on PC are those "love-simulation" games. Though a few of them do have a nice story, they are, at the core, adult games.

Do you like to watch japanese horror movies? If so, you ought to try Fatal Frame series if you have the chance (Fatal Frame is in both XBox and PS2. So does Fatal Frame 2 but XBox has a slightly better version. Fatal Frame 3 is PS2 exclusive as far as I know).

I've played RE4, Clock Tower 3, Haunting Ground... but none of them gave me the fright. They are just... survival thriller or a shooter with dark atmosphere. Not a survival horror. Fatal Frame is scary. That is the true survival horror to me. The Fear Factor is akin to japanese horror movies and the theme revolves around eastern cult ritual.

jRPG on PC... there are the aforementioned FFVII and FFVIII. There are also Breath of Fire IV, Grandia II (ooh, this one I like) and Phantasy Star... can't think of any other for the moment.

Japanese games that are released a lot on PC are those "love-simulation" games. Though a few of them do have a nice story, they are, at the core, adult games.

Do you like to watch japanese horror movies? If so, you ought to try Fatal Frame series if you have the chance (Fatal Frame is in both XBox and PS2. So does Fatal Frame 2 but XBox has a slightly better version. Fatal Frame 3 is PS2 exclusive as far as I know).

I've played RE4, Clock Tower 3, Haunting Ground... but none of them gave me the fright. They are just... survival thriller or a shooter with dark atmosphere. Not a survival horror. Fatal Frame is scary. That is the true survival horror to me. The Fear Factor is akin to japanese horror movies and the theme revolves around eastern cult ritual.

WOW!!! Thanks!! :bow: Very detailed info, i never expected someone to give me such an answer! Thanks sincerely! I will try all i can, except the adult ones cuz i'm currently living with my sister and nephew, but i don't anyway like adult stuff, unless i have a girlfriend that does. I love japanese horror movies thou i only saw The Grudge and Missed Call(or something like that). They both have Hollywood versions too, i think. Thanks again for all the info!

I'm replaying Samurai Warriors 2 Empires for now. Repetitive but addictive. So it's sort of become a filler -- a game that I play between games. I'm taking a break after replays of Final Fantasy XII. So it's SW2:E time. Completed obtaining 1000 kill medals for all CAW and Unique officers. Done maxing all of them out except Magoichi. Maybe I'll go for DMC3: SE next and check out the improved jump-cancel executions that I heard about. Had the game for ages but never got the mood to play it.

I'm replaying Samurai Warriors 2 Empires for now. Repetitive but addictive. So it's sort of become a filler -- a game that I play between games. I'm taking a break after replays of Final Fantasy XII. So it's SW2:E time. Completed obtaining 1000 kill medals for all CAW and Unique officers. Done maxing all of them out except Magoichi. Maybe I'll go for DMC3: SE next and check out the improved jump-cancel executions that I heard about. Had the game for ages but never got the mood to play it.

Thats exactly what i always do!!! Only that for me the filler after i finish a new game is Heroes V - Tribes of the East. And i didn't either finished Devil May Cry 3 Special Edition thou i had it for ages too. Every time i tried to play it, i have been interrupted by certain events so its become like a tradition to me that whenever i don't have any work to do i play that and something will immediately come up. Its become extremely annoying. :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

Heroes V? As in Heroes of Might and Magic? I used to play those games and the chronicles on PC way back when (and hang around the old 3d0 board). Nice TBS. But later I switched to Might and Magic series. Played MM8 then MM7, MM6 and finally MM9.

vicky20 wrote: I love japanese horror movies thou i only saw The Grudge and Missed Call(or something like that).

There's a LOT of Japanese horror movies around... I have quite a few. Head over to the Japanese movie discussion thread if you want more info.


OT: Played some more FFX last night... lots of fun running around a desert, taking on Sand Worms :bleh:

Heroes V? As in Heroes of Might and Magic? I used to play those games and the chronicles on PC way back when (and hang around the old 3d0 board). Nice TBS. But later I switched to Might and Magic series. Played MM8 then MM7, MM6 and finally MM9.

Yes, now Ubisoft made a newer much better version of Heroes of Might&Magic. You should really look it up if you liked the old ones. Tribes of the East is the second expansion to the Heroes of Might and Magic V remade entirely by them. It has very, very impressive graphics even for today's standards. To play it on a big map or with many NPC's you need a very incredible configuration.

There's a LOT of Japanese horror movies around... I have quite a few. Head over to the Japanese movie discussion thread if you want more info.

Thanks for the tip! I'll look around.

long time guys.

soo who picked up gta4 for the ps3?
anyone getting metal gear solid 4? i might pick it up since all my other friends are getting it, and plus it will be my first mgs game ever.

does anyone else play cod4?

any of you Oblivion players ever have NPC randomly attack you?
one time i was walking around the Imperial City Market and a mage in white robes came at me :crazy: .
just last night i quick traveled to a dungeon between Skingrad and Kvatch. when the screen loaded i was attack by a Land Dreugh, a Spriggan(and her bear) and a NPC :hehe:

In Oblivion i was always annoyed by the guards until i found out that the red hand means stealing!!! LOL :rofl:
If you want there are other new RPG's around. Did you play The Witcher? Its one of the best of his time! Thou i could barely play it on my PC!!! :banghead: :shamefulcry:

a-nesuto wrote:any of you Oblivion players ever have NPC randomly attack you?
one time i was walking around the Imperial City Market and a mage in white robes came at me :crazy: .
just last night i quick traveled to a dungeon between Skingrad and Kvatch. when the screen loaded i was attack by a Land Dreugh, a Spriggan(and her bear) and a NPC :hehe:

Lol, NO! Not unless the NPC is evil. Or, any NPC has the potential to attack you if you throw a spell on them, or hit them with your weapon (even if it's by accident).
I'm level 37 (I think), and never had this happen (been attacked loads of times by bandits, necromancers, conjurers and the like).

One spell which I recommend is an Invisibilty one (should be possible for you to get, as you must be quite a high-level character to be getting Land Dreughs). I can avoid lots of confrontations with that. Even if something's already seen me, it can forget me when I go invisible, hehehe.

What quests are folk doing? I'm concentrating on Fighters Guild and Daedric quests right now.
I've completed all the Mages Guild stuff, The Knights Of The Nine and the main quest. :victory:

Keps wrote:One spell which I recommend is an Invisibilty one (should be possible for you to get, as you must be quite a high-level character to be getting Land Dreughs). I can avoid lots of confrontations with that. Even if something's already seen me, it can forget me when I go invisible, hehehe.

i dont use invisibility much. my 117 sneaking +chameleon can be just as good.:)

What quests are folk doing? I'm concentrating on Fighters Guild and Daedric quests right now.
I've completed all the Mages Guild stuff, The Knights Of The Nine and the main quest. :victory:

ive been doing mostly miscellaneous and settlement quests.
ive completed the Mage Guild and Dark Brotherhood quests.

a-nesuto wrote:
i dont use invisibility much. my 117 sneaking +chameleon can be just as good.Smile

Whaaaat! How did you get 117 sneak skill? I'm impressed. :applaud:
Mines one of my lowest numbers (something really poor I can't think of right now).

ive been doing mostly miscellaneous and settlement quests.
ive completed the Mage Guild and Dark Brotherhood quests.

Ooh, I feel weird about the Dark Brotherhood. I feel funny about the idea of murdering folk (even though they're not real, lol). I think I will do the quests, but leave them until last. :hehe:
I've done quite a few settlement quests - the only one I can think of I haven't done is the Go Fish one - argh! Really really hard for me. I've killed one Rumare Slaughterfish ages ago - then I gave up as I was too angry :sweat:

I've done lotsa miscellaneous quests, too.
:victory:


ETA - oh my, my sneak skill's only 45! :shocked:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24467354@N07/2511506829/in/set-72157605184411341/

Yes, now Ubisoft made a newer much better version of Heroes of Might&Magic. You should really look it up if you liked the old ones. Tribes of the East is the second expansion to the Heroes of Might and Magic V remade entirely by them. It has very, very impressive graphics even for today's standards. To play it on a big map or with many NPC's you need a very incredible configuration.

I used to like the series. But then after Heroes IV, there was still not much improvement and it got stale. I don't care much for the graphic when it comes to certain genre (That includes TBS such as HoMM). In fact, I may hate beautiful graphic if it pulls down the frame rate and/or cut out contents/features (unit variety, campaign editor etc). But if there are noteworthy improvement (gameplay, not graphic) after Ubisoft took over the series from NWC, it just might spark my interest.

The main problem is my PC. It has became obsolete since I don't know when. 4 years ago? 5 years ago? Old Pentium III with old 128MB RAM and old GeForce. The last one that I played was Heroes IV. Even then, it lagged and got choppy in XL map. Upgrading is out of the question with my old architecture motherboard. I have plan to build a new one. But not in the near future.

Keps wrote:Whaaaat! How did you get 117 sneak skill?

gifts from the Dark Brotherhood :)

I've done quite a few settlement quests - the only one I can think of I haven't done is the Go Fish one - argh! Really really hard for me. I've killed one Rumare Slaughterfish ages ago - then I gave up as I was too angry :sweat:

i done that one. its easy if you make it your active quest and use detect life. it will show you right where the fish are.

ETA - oh my, my sneak skill's only 45! :shocked:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24467354@N07/2511506829/in/set-72157605184411341/

follow a guard around for a while and it will level like mad :D

a-nesuto wrote:gifts from the Dark Brotherhood Smile

Lol. :hehe: But what debauched stuff did you have to do to get them? :rofl:

i done that one. its easy if you make it your active quest and use detect life. it will show you right where the fish are.

Aye, I did this, but the fish seemed so hard for me to hit. :sweat:

follow a guard around for a while and it will level like mad :D

Thanks for the good tip! I did this today, and gained a couple of extra sneak points. :victory:

Keps-chan, what's that character in your avi? I was watching Japanese TV using Keyhole TV the other day and I saw the same thing on an anime that was on at the time.

OT: Still grinding away on FFX... and on Rappelz.

Anime Dad wrote:Keps-chan, what's that character in your avi? I was watching Japanese TV using Keyhole TV the other day and I saw the same thing on an anime that was on at the time.

It's Sgt Frog (aka Keroro Gunso)! Originally a manga by Mine Yoshizaki (it's fab, and still going), and then an (on-going) anime. :victory:
The anime has no official English-language releease yet, although I think ADV (or someone) made some noises about it. :sweat:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgt._Frog

Ah, OK! Thanks Keps-chan. I had NO idea what was going on in the anime, as I didn't see the start of the episode. It looked pretty random though :P