Poll: what do you think the best JRPG of the last 10 years was?
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The Last Remnant for PC and Final Fantasy XII have been my favourites.joe90 said:
My main problems with JRPGs is that after all that grinding you never get a New Game+ option, which makes replaying a real ***** after you spent all that time collecting the ultimate whatever, only to find that it's only available near the end of the game.
And by then you don't need it.
The last JRPG on a home console that didn't suck was Final Fantasy IX, and that was more than 10 years ago (fall of 2000).
My favorite JRPG (if we're allowed to count tactics/strategy RPGs from Japan) of the past decade was Final Fantasy Tactics A2, for my money the best game on the DS. If not, I'm gonna have to cheat a little and say "Final Fantasy VI Advance." That's right---a remake of a now over 16 year old game is better---by leaps and bounds---than anything to come out of the genre since the PS2 launched.
My favorite JRPG (if we're allowed to count tactics/strategy RPGs from Japan) of the past decade was Final Fantasy Tactics A2, for my money the best game on the DS. If not, I'm gonna have to cheat a little and say "Final Fantasy VI Advance." That's right---a remake of a now over 16 year old game is better---by leaps and bounds---than anything to come out of the genre since the PS2 launched.
Since "Legend of Mana" and "Chrono Cross" came out in 2000 and don't qualify...
I have no fucking clue. Maybe FF13. Maybe. That's the only JRPGs I've played twice, at least.
Made by the man responsible for all FFs before 10, iirc?
I have no fucking clue. Maybe FF13. Maybe. That's the only JRPGs I've played twice, at least.
You ever try Lost Odyssey?SimuLord said:
Made by the man responsible for all FFs before 10, iirc?
Only home console from the last 10 years I have is the Gamecube, which wasn't exactly a well-spring of brilliant JRPGs. As such, The World Ends With You gets my vote.
I guess Final Fantasy XIII. I would say Chrono Cross, but it falls short of your specifications.
I'm not very big into JRPGs.
I'm not very big into JRPGs.
While Fallout 3 wasn?t a JRPG, I feel it had more roleplaying than any jrpg I?ve played in a while. You?re character is a blank page.RAKtheUndead said:
My favorite (S)JRPG of the last 10 years is Valkyria Chronicles. It?s both beautiful and original. Until I played Fallout 3, it was my favorite ps3 game.
Favorite: Suikoden 3
Best mechanics/gameplay: Tales of the Abyss (great story too! Very long central arc.)
Best overall style/presentation: Persona 4
Best mechanics/gameplay: Tales of the Abyss (great story too! Very long central arc.)
Best overall style/presentation: Persona 4
Skies of Arcadia: Legends. I can't explain why I love that game, but I can put aside all my annoyances with usual JRPG issues and have a good time no matter how many times I play it.
Wow.
Number one I can't believe I'm all alone in my pick.
Number 2. I apparently needed to look for Persona 3 and 4.... (I've only played the first one and it WAS excellent, as well it taught me where Angels came from ((the greek goddess Nike)) and had a lot of other excellent mythology) so it was definitely educational.
Not having a PS2 though meant I got to miss any ATLUS game on exclusively that system. Bummer.
So my pick is Shenmue 2. In my opinion, real or purely fictional, any game that teaches the four Wude should be immortalized somehow. I can't do that, and it's unlikely that we'll ever even see one on the current systems, but I can make it my pick. Now someone PLEASE tell me that Yu Suzuki's masterpiece isn't a "JRPG" and more importantly please tell me why that matters.
At. All.
I would like to point out that my pick WOULD have been Fallout 3 yet it is a "WRPG??" apparently and not welcome in this discussion. That's too bad because at least for someone who has been playing various RPGs since I was a child, it is, I believe one of those games that history will label as groundbreaking, artistic, educational, and relevant.
Do the people here think that Japan invented the RPG or something? Not only is that a no, but they also in my opinion, do not make the best ones. I don't understand why there is a constant delineation necessary between J and W ??
Number one I can't believe I'm all alone in my pick.
Number 2. I apparently needed to look for Persona 3 and 4.... (I've only played the first one and it WAS excellent, as well it taught me where Angels came from ((the greek goddess Nike)) and had a lot of other excellent mythology) so it was definitely educational.
Not having a PS2 though meant I got to miss any ATLUS game on exclusively that system. Bummer.
So my pick is Shenmue 2. In my opinion, real or purely fictional, any game that teaches the four Wude should be immortalized somehow. I can't do that, and it's unlikely that we'll ever even see one on the current systems, but I can make it my pick. Now someone PLEASE tell me that Yu Suzuki's masterpiece isn't a "JRPG" and more importantly please tell me why that matters.
At. All.
I would like to point out that my pick WOULD have been Fallout 3 yet it is a "WRPG??" apparently and not welcome in this discussion. That's too bad because at least for someone who has been playing various RPGs since I was a child, it is, I believe one of those games that history will label as groundbreaking, artistic, educational, and relevant.
Do the people here think that Japan invented the RPG or something? Not only is that a no, but they also in my opinion, do not make the best ones. I don't understand why there is a constant delineation necessary between J and W ??
Just put JRPG to narrow the field of answers a bit, as the tpic 'best rpg ever' seemed too broad.mikev7.0 said:
(Also, being a fan of JRPGs, I was looking for recommendations...)
Shenmue could have been a good series, but it met an untimely end, along with the dreamcast.
Thanks for explaining why you wanted there to be a difference. Sorry you didn't take to Shenmue 2, and also thanks for not saying that Shenmue met an untimely end along with SEGA. (That one always stings little....)joe90 said:
For a different recommendation then I would give you Super Robot Taisen OG Saga by ATLUS, and Enchanted Arms which is great but seems (from the other gamers I've talked to who've played it) to have that same love/hate dichotomy that plagues the recent Final Fantasy's but you can pick it up for 10 dollars so to most it's worth a shot and at least that much. I, personally, would have paid full price for it.
Now to talk about a branch of RPGs that really DOES change the RPG mechanics a bit, if you're willing to try a Strategy RPG I would recommend Luminous Arc by ATLUS and Hoshigami Remix by AKSYS in that order.