JRPG's that just got everything right
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I do have a PSP, but never bothered to get P3P. I knew it improved some areas, but if I was going to buy the game again I'd try and track down FES so I could get the additional story content, more battle control as well as still get the anime cutscenes.Et3rnalLegend64 said:
I do want to track down a copy of Persona 4, in part because the re-release is going to be for the Vita, not the PSP, and given it's the only game I want for it, I might as well save some money and just buy the original if I can.
One of my favorite games when I was about 12.Shoggoth2588 said:
I'm not sure if I would be able to play it again today though. Back then i'm pretty sure I grinded for 10 hours straight just so i could wipe the floor with the next boss. Honestly don't know how I did it seeing as as you said the combat was about as basic as it gets.
Something about the combat animations and the fact that you can (theoretically) max out your level no matter where you are in the game made the fights easier to bare. Also, the fights were pretty quick compared to other JRPGs: no cool-down bars just picking your attack and, target 2 - 4 times and waiting for the animations to pass by. Gotta love those simple pleasures.SebbyGVS said:One of my favorite games when I was about 12.Shoggoth2588 said:
Xenosaga Episode 3. It managed to fix that godawful battle system. Make the skill tree fun. The game finally feels epic. I blew through it in a month and I always wanna go back to it again.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but FES does not have party control, it's still all AI controlled.Vivi22 said:
Probably obvious titles like Chrono Trigger and Persona 4, but my personal favorite is Tales of Symphonia, a game with a deep story, great characters, and good voice acting (the English version, anyway).
Tales of Symphonia, Tales of Phantasia, Vesperia are all my ideal JRPG. However Eternal Sonata blew my mind when it came ot aesthetics and game play and story. Symphonia still remains my all time favorite though. Just stay away from dawn of the new world. Stay away from it like it is the plague, biggest let down of life.
Tales of Vesperia... check!SebbyGVS said:
Resonance of Fate... check!
What else is there to say? You already played the 2 best JRPG games on the Xbox360.
I've also played all the games you mentioned.
Eternal Sonata had a beautiful soundtrack and had nice artwork. But it was short, linear and, as you have said, cheesy.
Lost Odyssey was a pretty decent attempt. Nothing too special, but nonetheless I enjoyed the game.
The only game missing on your list is Star Ocean. Although it's a mediocre RPG. It's still fun to play through once as a die-hard RPG fan. But don't go expecting too much from it.
Lastly, the Wii has a few awesome RPG games. I haven't played them myself, but I have heard good things about them.
I actually think that Dawn of the New World wasn't bad, just a crappy sequel with an annoying main character. If anything, I recommend playing it first, then playing the original so you don't get that disappointment of how bad a sequel it was in terms of story. It wasn't great, but it had great gameplay, decent story, and okay music.Nayr said:
The best JRPG I ever played was Record of Agarest War.
It had some of the best writing I've ever experienced in a videogame and hands down the best acting. (All be it Japanese actors, and since I can't speak Japanese it might have just been a really really good translation job.) But the way the game perfectly balances the ridiculous campyness in some of the funnier scenes with the seriousness in the heavier scenes with out any of it seeming out of place or any actions seeming out of character for any of the 34 characters it's simply astounding. And the turn-based combat was really good too, with most of the emphasis being on figuring out where your attacks would land you in relationship to your other characters made it feel a lot like a game of chess.
Another unbelievable JRPG is Tales of Vesperia. (I love all the Tales games but Vesperia was the best to me)It had really good writing to and the combat was more Hacky-shashy button-mashy so it didn't get that boring (Unless you're picking away at a boss with a million hit points and you just spam title wave at him for half an hour)
And does Dark Souls count as a JRPG?
If it does that's another one in the top list. It didn't have a story that mattered but the mechanics more than made up for it.
It had some of the best writing I've ever experienced in a videogame and hands down the best acting. (All be it Japanese actors, and since I can't speak Japanese it might have just been a really really good translation job.) But the way the game perfectly balances the ridiculous campyness in some of the funnier scenes with the seriousness in the heavier scenes with out any of it seeming out of place or any actions seeming out of character for any of the 34 characters it's simply astounding. And the turn-based combat was really good too, with most of the emphasis being on figuring out where your attacks would land you in relationship to your other characters made it feel a lot like a game of chess.
Another unbelievable JRPG is Tales of Vesperia. (I love all the Tales games but Vesperia was the best to me)It had really good writing to and the combat was more Hacky-shashy button-mashy so it didn't get that boring (Unless you're picking away at a boss with a million hit points and you just spam title wave at him for half an hour)
And does Dark Souls count as a JRPG?
If it does that's another one in the top list. It didn't have a story that mattered but the mechanics more than made up for it.
Hmm, not sure where I heard that then. May have confused that fact with P3P somewhere along the way. Still, it's not like it would make or break the decision to buy it when the extra content is the more interesting part for me. More control in battle would be nice, but not a deal breaker when you consider how good P3 was without it.Il_Exile_lI said:
Persona 3 and 4, if combined together, would be the end-all for JRPGs. Persona 3 had the epic plot and dark scary atmosphere, and P4 had the character development and consistency that P3 never had.
Chrono Trigger is pretty well-rounded. There's a reason it often makes lists like "top N RPGs ever."
Chrono Trigger is pretty well-rounded. There's a reason it often makes lists like "top N RPGs ever."
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance was the only jrpg i truly LOVED. i play a bunch of others, and even liked a few, but something about the story, mechanics, and interface of Tactics Advance made me fall in love with it.
the sequels weren't quite the same. War of the Lions made me die a little inside.
FF12 was pretty good, too, but i never got past that bird thing that i had to cast darkness on all of my party to beat.
the sequels weren't quite the same. War of the Lions made me die a little inside.
FF12 was pretty good, too, but i never got past that bird thing that i had to cast darkness on all of my party to beat.
Actually I would have to agree with you on a lot of that. I really enjoyed the combat, even a bit more then in the first one. I just could not stand Emil, and that the other characters like Lloyd were maxed at level 50, even if Emil was 200. The use of monsters in combat, I did not care for either. But the game play was solid, if only I could roam the map once more.DeltaEdge said:
Oh, I agree, and to me that's the beauty of RPGs. I've played the Final Fantasy series more than any other, so they're what I'm familiar with most I suppose. Whilst they're certainly not as open world as Skyrim, I've never really thought "this is a linear game" while I was playing until XIII; and even then it didn't really bother me much. But then I'm also one of the few people who didn't want to strangle Vanille or Hope, so maybe I'm getting easy-going in my old age.j-e-f-f-e-r-s said:
Hell, I remember playing VII for the first time back in 1997 and spending what felt like hours running round Midgar (which seemed huge). Then I came out and the world map was there and my head almost exploded. It's weird. Even though there was a definite path you followed - you couldn't get beyond the next village until you'd got the buggy, then the plane, then the airship etc - I never felt like I was being railroaded down a certain route. I'm more aware of it now though, but again that's probably age talking.
For what it's worth, I don't have a preference for linearity or open-worldedness (it's late at night and I appear to be making up words), as long as the execution is well done. I try and enjoy a game for what it is, rather than what I expect or want it to be. I love Final Fantasy for the experience they give me, but I've also enjoyed Xenogears, Secret of Mana, Dragon Age, Mass Effect, Suikoden, Dungeon Master, Alundra...
Augh, now I want to go play one of them for a bit.