read the title. Basically this is a genre that I have never gotten involved in. To be honest, other than some Final Fantasy VII, X and XIII I haven't really played any JRPGs. Escapists what is a really good JRPG game or game series. I have all the platforms except a PSP and last generation games (PS2, gmaecube, xbox) are fine too. Suggestions?
Can anyone suggest some JRPGs
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I've just started playing folklore its not really a JRPG but the story has been enjoyable thus far.
Lost Odyssey was a treat, really enjoyed that game.
Valkyria Chronicles is good still got to beat it but its a good game so far into it.
I don't have too many JRPG's but those are ones i've played and liked.
Lost Odyssey was a treat, really enjoyed that game.
Valkyria Chronicles is good still got to beat it but its a good game so far into it.
I don't have too many JRPG's but those are ones i've played and liked.
You might consider trying Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door. Follows the basic premise of a JRPG (Here's your character, go engage in turnbased combat until the enemies are gone and you uncover the plot) and is really quite fun and polished while doing so. Maybe not a "traditional" JRPG but you'd likely have fun with it nonethelesss.
Yeah, either of first two Paper Mario's. They're absolute gems. Also Golden Sun, as has been mentioned, or the early Final Fantasies.
I second that. Pretty much all the Mario RPG games (both the console and handheld ones) are a good time. They're very polished and well put together/thought out, but they don't take themselves too seriously, and they're some of the few genuinely funny games out there.Georgie_Leech said:
Speaking of things on the GameCube, I was pleasantly surprised by how good the Baten Kaitos games were. I had as much fun with them as with most Square games (and more so than the newer Square ones, which I haven't liked as much as their older stuff). Despite both being loooooooong games, they kept my interest the whole way through, and while I figured that the "you're not actually one of the characters in the game but their guardian spirit" angle would be a gimmick, they actually took pretty good advantage of it in terms of what it allowed them to do from a storytelling point of view.
As far as older Square stuff, there's the obvious stuff everyone always says like the FF games and Chrono Trigger, but outside of FF6 and FF7, I'd say I had more fun with Chrono Cross, and for the more actiony side of things, Secret of Mana and Legend of Mana.
Most stuff I've played from the Tales series (which isn't too much) has been pretty entertaining, too.
Any recent Shin Megmai Tensei games you can find ( Seriously, don't even bother with older ones. Their hard as hell, and even harder to acually find.)
Also, Earthbound and Chrono trigger. The two best rpgs on the snes and the 2nd and 3rd best rpgs of all time ( Shadow Hearts takes first). Chrono Trigger can be found cheap on the DS and good luck tracking down Earthbound. Your better of just emulating it.
Also, The Shadow Hearts Series. THIS IS A MUST.
I also must recommend Lost Odyssey. I just finished recently and i have to say it is the best next gen JRPG I have played so far. The world is detailed and beautiful, the spell-casting and monsters are breathtaking, the voice acting well-done, and an a real in-depth story on how its like to live for a thousand years.
I also heard good things about Nier.
Also, Earthbound and Chrono trigger. The two best rpgs on the snes and the 2nd and 3rd best rpgs of all time ( Shadow Hearts takes first). Chrono Trigger can be found cheap on the DS and good luck tracking down Earthbound. Your better of just emulating it.
Also, The Shadow Hearts Series. THIS IS A MUST.
I also must recommend Lost Odyssey. I just finished recently and i have to say it is the best next gen JRPG I have played so far. The world is detailed and beautiful, the spell-casting and monsters are breathtaking, the voice acting well-done, and an a real in-depth story on how its like to live for a thousand years.
I also heard good things about Nier.
Lost Odyssey is the best jrpg to come out in 10 years. Other classics are final fantasy IV (my personal favorite jrpg), final fantasy V and final fantasy VI. You can emulate all of those on snes and gba. Though I never finished chrono trigger, many people enjoy it as well.
Final Fantasy 4 and 9. 9 is my absolute favorite of the series.
Radiata Stories is a JRPG that's a little on the odd side but I and my roommates greatly enjoyed it's attempts to stand out as a unique game and it has a wide variety of characters, alot of interactivity being able to kick practically everything in the world around you, and an interesting battle system. It's definitely an acquired taste, but I liked it.
StarOcean: Til the End of Time is a title that I have to say is good all the way up until the WTF ending. Seriously, terrible plot twist at the end but if you can look past that and play for the story up until that point you'll find another good title in this one.
Chrono Trigger/Chrono Cross are both very good, I personally prefer Cross but most prefer Trigger. Legend of the Dragoon is another older but enjoyable title.
I have a friend who loves Disgaea (I can't play it because I despise grid battle systems) but the story looked rather good.
Persona 3 and Persona 4. EXCELLENT games. Anything Shin Megami Tensei tends to be well worth the buy, you don't have to play P3 before P4 but you definitely appreciate the improved battle system and little allusions to the previous game in P4 if you play P3 first.
Radiata Stories is a JRPG that's a little on the odd side but I and my roommates greatly enjoyed it's attempts to stand out as a unique game and it has a wide variety of characters, alot of interactivity being able to kick practically everything in the world around you, and an interesting battle system. It's definitely an acquired taste, but I liked it.
StarOcean: Til the End of Time is a title that I have to say is good all the way up until the WTF ending. Seriously, terrible plot twist at the end but if you can look past that and play for the story up until that point you'll find another good title in this one.
Chrono Trigger/Chrono Cross are both very good, I personally prefer Cross but most prefer Trigger. Legend of the Dragoon is another older but enjoyable title.
I have a friend who loves Disgaea (I can't play it because I despise grid battle systems) but the story looked rather good.
Persona 3 and Persona 4. EXCELLENT games. Anything Shin Megami Tensei tends to be well worth the buy, you don't have to play P3 before P4 but you definitely appreciate the improved battle system and little allusions to the previous game in P4 if you play P3 first.