What JRPGs are Good?

[garuda166]

yes that is true but now i think that the best jrpg is without a dout no way no how to beat legend of dragoon!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[EvilDmitri]

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They didn't make any changes since the TO on the SNES was called March of the Black queen, the Knight of Lodis is a completely different game. I remember how damn hard Black queen was, Lodis was far easier until you get to the very late parts of the game though. So this isn't a port is that is what you think it is.

March of the Black Queen is Ogre Battle, not TO; TO is part of the Ogre Battle world but is a different game, yes. Both are excellent games though.

But i'm not refering to March of the Black Queen; Tactics Ogre was originally for the SNES, though it was never released in the U.S. as such, only in Japan (technically the Super Famicom but we know it better as the SNES). Instead, they released a port of it on Playstation and I believe Saturn as well. It's a translated port but it is exactly the same as the SNES version as far as I have played in both of them.

 

[z121231211]

I've only played a few JRPGs. I forget the name of one of em. You basically were invited to do (I think music) at a wedding or ceremony. The twist was every time you got to the wedding the time line got restarted all over again by the man who hired you. You had this one companion named Remy but I can't for the life of me remember the games name.

That's the exact one I'm trying to remember. If anyone knows please PM me or reply.

 

[Khazoth]

There has been only one good JRPG.


Septerra Core, go find it.

 

[NeutralDrow]

There has been only one good JRPG.


Septerra Core, go find it.

The irony, of course, being that it's an American game. ^_^

While I disagree that it's the only good one out there, I certainly can't fault your taste for liking that one. The card system was fun to play with, the equipment was fun to enhance, the story was pretty good (except for the ending, which came out of nowhere), and I wish more RPGs used its style of leaked experience. Nine characters, and they all share the same experience progression...even the ones you haven't recruited yet!

 

[Paragon Fury]

I have to say I'm kind of enjoying The Last Remnant, even with the annoying combat FPS drops.

 

[EvilDmitri]

I've only played a few JRPGs. I forget the name of one of em. You basically were invited to do (I think music) at a wedding or ceremony. The twist was every time you got to the wedding the time line got restarted all over again by the man who hired you. You had this one companion named Remy but I can't for the life of me remember the games name.

That's the exact one I'm trying to remember. If anyone knows please PM me or reply.

That game is called Ephermeral Phantasia, it wasn't all that great, the load times are awful, but it is an early PS2 RPG

 

[Gestapo Hunter]

radiata story.IF you like kicking random people in the shins

 

[Karlott]

As someone who generally hates JRPGs and almost everything that says "Square" on it, I have to recommend the Etrian Odyssey games as good old fashioned Wizardry style dungeon crawls, the first two Phantasy Star games (4 was decent, 3 was garbage) and the Mother series is amazing.

 

[Ethanor]

Persona 3 and 4 are awesome JRPG's, but my favorite series is Final Fantasy

 

[richard misiak]

does pokemon count ?

 

[MalevolentJim]

If Yahtzee is to be trusted (which he is), none of them are.

We clearly know why you're on this website then.


I don't really like many JRPG's/
Mainly Lost Odyssey and Pokémon however were amazing.
I shall definatley be picking up Final Fantasy However.

 

[Caimekaze]

I'd rather not list ones to avoid since I don't wanna offend anyone

Oh come off it; you can safely diss a game that you are certain no one likes. Like Shadow Madness. Have you ever played Shadow Madness? Absolutely terrible, buggy game. People on this forum will not be offended, they will simply have more to talk about.

OK I sorta lied when i said that, AND I didn't want to make my post as long winded as it already was But in all seriousness Most JRPG's that I have played I have enjoyed, very few have gotten on my bad side. BUT if you must know which game I recommend no one ever play due to how terrible it is, it would have to go to Final Fantasy 8 *shudders*.

I found it so insufferable that I am surprised I managed to pretty much beat the game. The story was complete garbage, made very little to no sense, and was so convoluted that it's probably responsible for some JRPG hate no doubt. The characters where so unlikable, I hated ALL of them beyond redemption. I didn't care about anyone, by the time I should care for Squall it was too late, too much bullshit had happened that made me not care. Those Laguna sequences pissed me off and served very little point, and the whole "we used to know each other when we where kids, but smoked some GF and forgot" pushed me over the edge. It had one of the worst stories I have ever experienced in an RPG and I fucking hate it with a fiery passion, I kept playing it, giving it a chance but it never payed off.

Oh but it's not just the terrible ass story that made me hate, but the gameplay was equally terrible. It was so overly and needlessly complex that it just implodes on itself. The draw system was retarded and made fighting more of a chore...A CHORE!!! something combat should NEVER be unless your going out of your way to grind. The alternative means to acquiring magic were equally cumbersome making it not worth it. GF's were pretty overpowered when I played seeing as I could GF spam my way through a good 70-80% of fights. Junctioning was annoying and was so needlessly complex and slow that I could not find any enjoyment from customization.

Seriously aside from the sound track and the graphics, the game was torture, 30 hours I want back of my fucking like. You know how nerve wracking it is to play a game and hating it, only hoping that all this crap will come together, make sense, and pay off only to NOT!? It will forever be the worst FF in my books and is a JRPG that shouldn't be experienced by anyone, it will make you hate JRPG's and realize where some of the stupid stereotypes come from.

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Thirty hours? Try one hundred, only to have completely screwed myself over and starting again, to do another sixty and then kill the boss in half an hour.

Want to know the funny thing? I loved every minute of it. I loved the over-complicated junctioning system, the ways to level up perfectly, all of it. Something about that game just called out to me.

Then again, I adore Disgaea, so that may say something...

 

[Vrex360]

Do you Role Play in these Games? If so then the answer's yes.

Just because he* doesn't like them doesn't mean it's true, even though I myself am not a big fan either.

*you know who.

 

[Skeleon]

I love Secret of Mana, Link's Awakening and, to a lesser extent, Pokemon.

 

[knightguy123]

3 words:shin magami tensei best jrpg maker better games than final fantasy game exersona series,digital devil saga,devil summoner,nocturne all great games

 

[syltman]

Mario RPG and the Paper mario series if you ask me. Even ZP recommended that you get those games (he only recommended Paper mario however Mario RPG is basicly the same)