Topic: Underrated DS RPGs?

I honestly would not recommend Glory of Heracles. I thought it was dull and boring. The fights are painfully slow, and too frequent. The story is pretty forgettable and the ship travelling parts make me want to tear my hair out. Don't believe me, then ask JayArr who also did not care for the game. Really do your research on this one.

I did.

I tried and failed. It took way too long to get anywhere, which was really frustrating. I wound up giving up on it and moving to something else.

Yeah, I haven't played Nostalgia myself, but everything I've seen it read reminds of things that I didn't like about old-school games. I'd still have to play it, of course, and knowing that it was actually a resurrected Sega Saturn game does explain some things, but I'm still not any hurry to pick it up.

Ooh, Dokapon Journey is fun.

Yeah, I could mention a lot of other lesser-known RPGs on the DS but they're all very hit-or-miss. I don't have any of them either so I couldn't personally say if they're good. Sands of Destruction, Glory of Heracles, Magical Starsign, Nostalgia, A Witch's Tale, Suikoden Tierkreis, Black Sigil.

Oh, and then there are the ones that will never get an English release. Sigma Harmonics and Blood of Bahamut look incredible but they're never getting official translations, and fan translations are highly unlikely due to low demand.

Stay clear of Avalon Code. I just could not get into it. The premise was good but lacked the fun factor!

So I guess we could call it underrated, huh?

Disgaea DS.
It's Disgaea, one of my favorite *strategy*RPG's of all time, ON THE DS.

I second that, even if it is by far the worst version (which didn't stop my from passing over every other version just to play it).

-Final Fantasy CC: Ring of Fates/Echoes of Time - I've seen the crystal chronicles series being bashed in many boards, but I find the games (the ds ones) to be fairly solid games.
-Shiren the Wanderer - may not appeal to everyone, but to those who are fans of the mystery dungeon style games will love it.
-Orcs and Elves - a turn based dungeon crawler with rpg elements. It is a short, but rewarding experience.

• Fighting Fantasy - the critics seemed to hate this because it was too hard, but I loved it. Give it a chance.

I think 4 heroes of light is pretty good for it but it's also my first final fantasy (isn't that an oxymoron)

I wasn't even aware the Chrystal Chronicle games were RPGs. I don't think the first one was, was it? I thought they were all Action-Adventure games more in the vein of Zelda than any contemporary RPGs, even dungeon crawlers.

And I second Shiren The Wanderer, of course. Fantastic game all around, and the first game that got me to like Rogue-likes, which I had always despised before.

Can't say anything about Orcs & Elves, though. I heard it's good from many people, but it's too D&Dish for my tastes.

That doesn't even need to be called underrated. All the time i passed playing it was absolutely boring. Never want to hear that game.

Quit it, you guys are making me want to buy that game just to see if I can prove you wrong.

Agreed. I have the original PS2 Hour of Darkness, but I have a far better save file on my DS copy BECAUSE IT'S PORTABLE.

Ring of Fates and Echoes of Times added a lot of traditional RPG elements to the formula, they're a lot closer to action RPGs but also keep the puzzle solving and have a lot of platforming(and the chalice only pop up in a few dungeons!). I wouldn't class the other CC games as RPGs though.

I am somewhat a fan of Fighting Fantasy Warlock of Firetop Mountain. It's not a great game, but it's retro enough to amuse me.

I also quite enjoyed Deep Labyrinth, a FPRPG. Pretty light on the role playing, but a fun little dungeon explorer.

Also, I appreciated Away Shuffle Dungeon for trying something creative. It's not brilliant, but good enough to be worth a budget purchase.

Other than that I have a few Japan-only releases that, for obvious reasons, don't get a mention here.

Yeah, I have GoH and it really is about as dull as it gets. A few months back I started getting into a big flood of RPG's, and I am playing stuff like Dragon Quest IX, Chrono Trigger, Pokemon SS, so when I tried out GoH, I could really see how it didn't stack up. No worries, I bought it for so cheap, so I guess one day I will finish it when I have nothing else to play, haha. I digress, for the question at hand, an underrated DS RPG...hm, Magical Starsign was pretty fun.