JRPG's that just got everything right

[WhiteFangofWhoa]

My favourites list, along with my least favourite things about each of them:

Wild Arms 3 (becomes much too easy after chapter 2)
Chrono Trigger (too easy period)
FFX (some asinine sidequests, can't skip cutscenes on repeat playthrough)
Lufia 2 (last 10% of the game was VERY rushed; one of the final area's graphics are actually so glitched you can't see properly)
Breath of Fire 3 (the desert of death segment, a lack of bonus content)

If you can forgive these problems, any of these 5 will give you a rocking good time if you let them.

 

[MailOrderClone]

As great as the characters and the story of Tales of Symphonia were (and goodness, they were), it was the combat that really hooked me. Playing a JRPG that didn't feature that same archaic turn-based combat system was really refreshing.

If you have some spare cash and a Wii, you really should try to find a copy of this game somewhere. It's well worth your time to find it.

 

[CulixCupric]

Chrono Trigger and The World Ends With You, perhaps the last two Dragon Quest games as well.

I second Chrono Trigger and TWEWY.