No mention of the Mario RPGs? Of particular note are Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars and Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Hell, even Yahtzee likes them.
JRPG's that just got everything right
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Tales of Vesperia was awesome. Overlimit is broken as fuck though, ability to chain artes infinitely at the first tier? lol. I used to just spam Azure Blast with Yuri, a lot. Deals a lot of damage and often gets enemies, even bosses assuming they don't have invincibility to flinch/stagger in some cases. I've killed bosses on Unknown Mode that way, which is insanely hard... Try it. Bosses have about 5 times the normal health and normal enemies kill you in two hits, even if you also choose 10x experience and are technically overleveled for the whole game.
I have 990 GS in it, only missing the travel 100,000 kilometers one. REALLY? That annoyed the fuck out of me. It's that one achievement that holds me back from Vesperia Master. I hate distance travelled achievements and challenges in every game, because the developers almost NEVER add an ingame counter to it and use metric units that you can't even measure in game, only guess.
It also doesn't carry over with New Game+.
Tales of Symphonia was also great, one of my favorite games on the GC. I never sold that wonderful game. I played it through at least 20 times, did some speed runs. Story is great, characters are great, combat is good, though inability to move freely bothered me. (Actually, it only bothered me after replaying at after playing a Tales of game with Free Run) Lots of hours of gameplay, sidequests, and a lot off stuff for completionists like in every 'Tales of' game.
Also, fuck you Namco. Y U NO RELEASE EXTRA CONTENT IN AMERICA? I believe ToV got at least 3 extra dungeons, a new super boss, playable Flynn and another new character, a few new artes, new titles, lots of costumes, new weapons, blah blah blah etc.
I have 990 GS in it, only missing the travel 100,000 kilometers one. REALLY? That annoyed the fuck out of me. It's that one achievement that holds me back from Vesperia Master. I hate distance travelled achievements and challenges in every game, because the developers almost NEVER add an ingame counter to it and use metric units that you can't even measure in game, only guess.
It also doesn't carry over with New Game+.
Tales of Symphonia was also great, one of my favorite games on the GC. I never sold that wonderful game. I played it through at least 20 times, did some speed runs. Story is great, characters are great, combat is good, though inability to move freely bothered me. (Actually, it only bothered me after replaying at after playing a Tales of game with Free Run) Lots of hours of gameplay, sidequests, and a lot off stuff for completionists like in every 'Tales of' game.
Also, fuck you Namco. Y U NO RELEASE EXTRA CONTENT IN AMERICA? I believe ToV got at least 3 extra dungeons, a new super boss, playable Flynn and another new character, a few new artes, new titles, lots of costumes, new weapons, blah blah blah etc.
Probably Final Fantasy Tactics(the original one). I loved pretty much everything about that game, even the blunt translations.
I'm especially partial to games by GUST, Inc. Ar Tonelico, the Atelier series, Mana Khemia.
Ar Tonelico
Fascinating setting, interesting characters, good story, decent to good battle system, and one of the most gorgeous soundtracks ever (the game series originated out of the music, so one would hope it's good in that department). I can't judge the 3rd game, but the second game...major technical glitches that don't break the game, but do a good job of damaging it.
Atelier
The series has a quirky soundtrack, well-developed characters, and every game in the series has a deep crafting system. Stay away from Iris 2 and 3 though.
Mana Khemia
A JRPG that in no way, shape, or form involves the awakening, resurrection, rising, or otherwise appearing of a dark lord figure. Some of the music is obnoxiously catchy, and the characters are all fleshed out well. The sequel made some excellent system changes, but it spread itself a bit too thin and so the characters aren't as well developed. The series has a creative leveling system, based on crafting.
Ignoring ones that have already been mentioned, I'd recommend Lufia 3 for the Gameboy Color, probably the best non-Pokemon RPG for the Gameboy or GBC.
Ar Tonelico
Fascinating setting, interesting characters, good story, decent to good battle system, and one of the most gorgeous soundtracks ever (the game series originated out of the music, so one would hope it's good in that department). I can't judge the 3rd game, but the second game...major technical glitches that don't break the game, but do a good job of damaging it.
Atelier
The series has a quirky soundtrack, well-developed characters, and every game in the series has a deep crafting system. Stay away from Iris 2 and 3 though.
Mana Khemia
A JRPG that in no way, shape, or form involves the awakening, resurrection, rising, or otherwise appearing of a dark lord figure. Some of the music is obnoxiously catchy, and the characters are all fleshed out well. The sequel made some excellent system changes, but it spread itself a bit too thin and so the characters aren't as well developed. The series has a creative leveling system, based on crafting.
Ignoring ones that have already been mentioned, I'd recommend Lufia 3 for the Gameboy Color, probably the best non-Pokemon RPG for the Gameboy or GBC.
wouldnt dark souls techicaly qualify as a JRPG if so i choose dark souls.
BTW FFX had a terrible plot.
BTW FFX had a terrible plot.
Ah, I did get that wrong, didn't I? In which case, best of luck hunting down FES and P4. Hopefully you can get them for $30 US like I did and not some exorbitant price.Vivi22 said:
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.
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.
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.
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.