What are the

God DQ is so fucking boring

Final Fantasy V

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MOTHER 2

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Dark Souls 1 and 3
Bloodborne

It was a huge turnoff for me as well, but I got over it and the game is actually fun.

none
play superior western game
western game good because freedom and you can do anything japanese game no!
western game planescape good haha freedom much things do morrwind wowowo
dragon quest final fantasy no character you not do anything everything

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Off the top of my head:
>Chrono Trigger
>Chrono Cross
>Radiant Historia
>Xenogears
>SMT Nocturne
>TWEWY
>FF5
>FF6
>FF7
>FF Tactics
>Wild Arms
>Most Persona games
>Digital Devil Saga
>Earthbound
>Mother 3
>Kingdom Hearts
>Suikoden 2
>Lost Odyssey
Feel free to add more that I’m forgetting.

You're not wrong. DQ fans are the worst. You could play so many superior JRPGs for the time it takes to beat a Dragon Quest. Shitty story, shitty and uninteresting npcs where they have 4 character sprites for every npc even important ones because it makes the "charm" of the game.

Still playing at least DQ 5 or 8 is worth it but definitely not multiple titles of the series as the series is super repetitive.

Shadow Hearts and Shadow Hearts Covenant

SMT: Nocturne
Breath of Fire IV
Metal Max Returns
Dragon Quest III
Earthbound

Panzer Dragoon Saga, Shadow Hearts, Shadow Hearts Covenant, Phantasy Star IV, and DQ5

Don't make a list of JRPGs you want to play. Never make a video game backlog.

Just pick one that looks interesting and play it.

This is the only MUST play.
>Suikoden II

Persona 4.

Don't bother with 5 unless you like extremely bad writing.

Skies of Arcadia Legends
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Games with awful random encounter rates shouldn't be recommended, mate.

See >Legends

BASED user.

>Valkyrie Profile
>Vagrant Story
>PS2 era and beyond MegaTen games (aside from Persona)
Don't fall for the Persona meme. Persona 3 and the subsequent games are pretty bad unless you're very ok with anime tropes and wish fulfillment. The gameplay and dungeons have very little effort put in, the story is mediocre at best (besides P3) and the game is 80 hours long, with about 65 of it being cringy, padded out dialogue. You are much better off playing the main series games like Nocturne, or the other spin offs like Devil Survivor 1 or Strange Journey (or even just Persona 1 and both P2 games)

If you haven’t played Shadow Hearts, you’re a fag with shit taste and will be until you play it.

>Neptunia VII
don't be silly user.

The must plays are the rebirth trilogy.

Reminder that if you play JRPGs you are low IQ xenophile loser tranny

Not fucking this one, who doesnt respect your time at all.

Definitely DQ I'm buying it again for switch

Summer Yea Forums truly is a wonderous thing.

Based af

Beyond Oasis

LIVE-A-LIVE BABYYYYYYYYYY

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Activate windows

Romancing Saga
Soul Blazer
Illusion of Gaia
Terranigma

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Earthbound
Chrono Trigger
FF4
FF5
FF6
FF7
FF9
Seiken Densetsu 3
Breath of Fire 2, 3, or 4
Tales of Phantasia or Symphonia

these are the ones with mass appeal and that defined the genre.

>Chrono Trigger but objectively better in every regard
I'll never get why this wasn't localized and why it doesn't have a huge following
Oh, right, no Dragon Ball man doing the art

>Chrono Trigger but objectively better in every regard
how can you even make this comparison? The game is a collection of 1-2 hour long snippets. It's extremely unique but there's literally nothing about it that Chrono Trigger didn't do better.

seethe more weeb fag

>Battle system
>Characters
>Art style
>Story
That's a lot of things Live A Live did significantly better, user

It didn't get localized because Square was busy with the localization of FFVI

>battle system
Extremely half-ass tactics combat, it's really not any better. The combat is not the selling point of either game.
>characters
They are all intentionally archetypal characters and are not interesting, how can you even make this claim? Because a ninja and a cowboy are in the same game?
>art style
Similar to above, do you think this because it has all kinds of clashing styles in the same setting? The art style is really nothing special.
>story
Apples and oranges, honestly. Chrono Trigger is a grand adventure about traveling through time and saving the world from evil, Live A Live is a collection of vignettes (and then a final bit about saving the world from evil).

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I mean how am I supposed to care about your opinion when you clearly don't even know about the most important aspect of the game, Oersted's chapter?

Yakuza 0
Judgement

Dragon Quest 4, 5, 6, 7 and 11
Final Fantasy 4, 5, 6, 9

none
jrpgs fucking blow

Valkyrie Profile.
Phantasy Star. All of them, I love the aesthetic.
Vagrant Story.

Earthbound
Tactics Ogre LUCT
FF Tactics
FF7
FFX

Adding FF12 to the list
Just avoid the zodiac age

extremely good taste

zodiac age is superior

If you want a braindead as fuck easy game sure
Ill stay with International thank you

fpbp

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international version is easy as fuck too
you literally get the best weapon in the game in the first 4 hours

Every FF is easy as fuck
zodiac age is brainless easy as fuck
Ill take the former thanks

cool cope

I dont think thats what cope means but cool
I said I prefer the less easy version as its perfectly logical

None. It's honestly that that great of a genre.

If you want to experience what the genre has to offer, then: Chrono Trigger, Dragon Quest 7 or 11, Grandia 1 or 2, Saga Frontier something. I'd also recommend a Tactics Ogre and a Suikoden as well, although you'd probably want to get further into the genre to try those out. I'll leave recommendations to the others, though, as I don't find most JRPGs to be worth playing.

final fantasy 5 void divergence

Xenoblade Chronicles X
Seiken Dentsetsu 3: Sins of Mana
Robotrek
Legend of Mana
Xenoblade Chronicles
Terranigma
Tactics Ogre One Vision

international is indeed the only good way to play the game

Playing ff6 for the first time and there's this old guy who wants cider and I found him cider but I can't take the cider what do I do

ff6 is a good art school project but a bad vidya without the brave new world patch

expanding on this list:
vagrant story
zhp unlosing ranger
ereghiz roguelike mode

>Chronicles
>listing SRPGs (unless One Vision isn't one)
Good list otherwise.

Great pick.

Atelier games are fucking shit and everyone masturbating to the new MC won't change shit.

Is this the entire party?

Classic:
Chrono Trigger
FF IV VI X (pick 1 atleast)
FF Tactics
Super Mario RPG
Tales of Symphonia
Kingdom Hearts
Persona 3

Modern:
Xenoblade Chronicles
FFXIV
Fire Emblem Awakening
Persona 5

Not definitive but I'd be hard pressed to find someone not enjoying these.

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ff14 is bad and you should feel bad

>Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean
Ignore BK: Origins--it homogenizes the deck system and people who supported this were objectively wrong

No, it's good.

It's missing one.

Based post. Skies of Arcadia Legends is JRPG kino, I love that game.

>modern
>Fire Emblem Awakening
>Xenoblade Chronicles
Dude that was nearly a decade ago

I can't imagine having shit taste like that. If you ever get get over it, dragon quest is some of the best

ahem....FUCK Red Gigas

Red was easy but the green one kept fucking me up with his rock throw because I didn't upgrade my boat like a retard.

that's funny because what got me into DQ in the first place was the artstlye

My nigga.

Suikoden 1-3
Breath of Fire 1-5, especially Dragon Quarter
Illusion of Gaia
Phantasy star IV
Tactics ogre let us cling together
Vagrant story
Parasite Eve 1-2
Dragon quest 3-5
Final fantasy 4-6
Chrono Trigger and Cross
Arcana
Lufia 2 (SNES)
Charles Barkley Shut up and jam Gaiden
Exit Fate
Eternal Darkness
Xenogears
Shadow Hearts/Koudelka

Off the top of my head

I honestly havent played the game since I was much younger, but my little kid brain finally brute forced thru Red Gigas and then flew directly into Blackbeard without saving so I had to do it again and I got super mad...

Trails in the Sky
Trails of Cold Steel
Tales of Abyss
Tales of Xillia 1 and 2
Tales of Berseria
Utawarerumono Mask of Truth and Mask of Deception
Ys VIII
Ys Origin
Tales of Vesperia
Tokyo Xanadu
Valkyria Chronicles 1 and 4
Disgaea 5

smt 1&2
soul blazer
final fantasy xii
legend of mana
star ocean 2

I cant play DQ, the damage formulas trigger me too much.

alright alright, i'll go pirate it and try

enjoy your orange circles, 1-2-3 step combos, copying warcraft's gauges instead of a full combat rehaul, and fighting ancient library enemies that have less spells than on the super nintendo

Lunar 1+2
Star Ocean 2
Phantasy Star iv
Chrono trigger
Shining force iii
Panzer dragoon saga
Suikoden 1+2
Grandia
Final Fantasy tactics
Terranigma
Chrono Cross
Final Fantasy v, vi, VII, IX, X, XII,
Breath of fire iii
Ogre battle 64
seiken densetsu 3
Metal Max Returns
Shin megami tensei ii

Digital Devil Saga 1 & 2

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Earthbound
Mother 3
FF VI, VII, and IX
Chrono Trigger
The 90's and early-mid 2000's were the golden age of JRPGs. I haven't played a JRPG that has come out in the past 10 years that has captured the charm and feel of RPGs of that era. That's not even coming from a place of Nostalgia either because I played Chrono Trigger for the first time all the way through last year and fell in love. There is something about the simplicity of early JRPGs that I love.

>MUST play

Pokemon HG/SS
Dragon Quest VIII
FE Path of Radiance
FF X
Persona 5

FFT and

It helps no one to be reductive.

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I wouldn't recommend ff6 on my worst enemy

dreadful game

Star Ocean series (they're all worth playing)
Final Fantasy V
Metal Max Returns
Tales of Eternia
Tales of the Abyss
Sweet Home
Ys series
Explorers of Sky
Radia Senki

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Based Xavier

it helps everyone who i save from being cucked into trying that game, nigger

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What is the best ys game to start with?
Also what's the verdict on the he romancing saga games? I like the art style but havent read or heard much about them.

only played DC2 as a kid. Probably the best rpg ive ever played.

the atelier games before they went 3D were max soul, amazing characters and great story, both mana khemias but especially the second are must plays, atelier iris 2 is almost as good as them as well.

FFV-X minus 8
SMT: Nocturne
SMT: Strange Journey
SMT4
SMT: Digital Devil Saga 1+2
Tokyo Mirage Sessions
Persona 3-5
Mother 3
Chrono Trigger
Digimon cyber slut
Pokemon HGSS

ok boomer

persona 4 felt like a very overwritten earthbound to me its definitly a classic. smt 4 is overrated and i wish digimon would stop trying to be persona and that holds true for fire emblem and especially xenoblade chronicles too

Chrono trigger. Alternatively, playing with the Hard Mode mod gives it a bit more of a challenge, it's not necessary to grind if you adapt, but you can grind and overcome challenges through sheer force. impossible mode forces you to grind AND learn the game's ins and outs. Not recommended for a first play through.
Golden Sun&The Lost Age, they have rebalance patches out there that make them a lot more reasonable.
Super Mario RPG is a personal favorite of mine, the art style, the super simple, super defined timed hit system is something that revolutionized the genre. Other games had done it before but it made it so smooth. Paper mario also gets an honorable mention for this.
FF and DQ both have games that are great, but which ones are great and which are shit is largely subjective, it's hard to recommend any particular one. My personal favorites for FF are 6 and 7, and DQ are 3 (SNES or GBC) and 9. Take that as you will.
If you want something more modern, Octopath traveler has a lot of really neat features akin to a saga game, but with the gameplay of a more traditional jrpg like ff. I'd recommend waiting till it's $30 or so if you get it.
Tales of Vesperia definitive edition came out recently, also pretty good though it's not turn based.
There's too many to name in one post. what's your poison, tactics games? dungeon crawlers? text based? traditional jrpgs (IE console style, ff/dq), action rpg (tales/star ocean), what?

Alright, now that you idiots have posted literally every jrpg ever made, post the ones that are MUST-PLAY.
Hint: Limit yourself to 1-3. If a game plays exactly like another game, choose the better game to put on your list.

Not DQ11 English. The translation and voice acting are fucking awful.

If you're asking for what games to play you're obviously a NEET and will finish most games in a few days, just fucking play them all dipshit.

Yikes. Maybe develop some taste.

Trails in the Sky 1 + 2
Trails of Cold Steel 1
Zero no Kiseki
Ao no Kiseki
Trails of Cold Steel 2 + 3 + 4

all those games are fucking terrible with some of the worst gameplay ever. The stories are passable at best. Why does everyone always recommend them?

Look at which posts generated a bit of discussion and play those.

Not everyone has bad taste like you

>just play a few hundred hour jrpgs in a few days
let me get right on that, retard

Chrono Trigger. FFTA. PS4. There, ATB system, Strategy, and Turn base.

Still, you should do a list a play what others said, because you have enough games for years.

You should explain why they're good instead of just listing all of them off despite them being either generic high fantasy with LE SO UNEXPECTED TWIST into scifi, or full stop high school simulator garbage. That's their primary defining traits, cause it's certainly not the generic gameplay that does literally nothing new.

play kemco games then.

>hundred hour
literally no jrpg is 100 hours unless you're certifiably braindead. Not even 100%. 80 hours is the absolute max I've ever seen any jrpg take, and that was dq7, the most padded piece of shit out there.

>he doesnt read the dialogue, talk to the NPCs, search for all the treasure chests, collect all the achievements and secrets, max out his characters, and start newgame+
Literal garbage. you're not qualified to tell ANYONE what a good jrpg is.

pokemon red, yellow or crystal
breath of fire iv because it's a pretty game

Secret of Mana
SMT Nocturne
maybe
Pokemon Emerald if you are desperate.

Wasting your time on non-content is just stupid, and you wouldn't know good gameplay if it smacked you in the face. I bet you're one of these retards that thinks NPCs that have slightly varying text makes the game great, when they serve absolutely no purpose and if they didn't exist in the game, would not change it at all.

>doesnt even get the full experience cause he speedruns it
lol user you missed all the lore. casual.

Xenoblade Chronicles
Persona3/4/5
SMT3 Nocturne
Dragon Quest 5
Chrono Trigger
Final Fantasy 3/4/6/7
Mother 3
Gen 5 Pokemon

based and adventurepilled

I have to say that buying a Switch just to play Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is totally worthy, just don't get a Switch Lite, the game is unplayable on handheld mode.

Has anyone played Ys V? Which version is best, ps2 or snes?

TWEWY
Chrono Trigger
Radiant Historia
These games play nothing alike and are some of the most fun I’ve had with JRPGs.

>Iris and MK
>amazing characters and great story

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>FFX
>FF Tactic
>Xenoblade
>Chrono Trigger
>Golden Sun (1&2)

This is just from my experience. Also
>Everyone saying Mother 2/3
Earthbound/Mother is a bit over rated due to its cult appeal. It doesn't have as much charm and wit as people want to believe and the battle system is dated even for its time. Earthbound can be exceptionally annoying at times and some of the best weapons you have to grind for. There are better games in the genre, but if you must play it, have save states. Mother 3 is slightly better than Mother 2 but it's not better than most of the games listed.

Been playing this recently and it’s actually fun as fuck. Definitely recommend this one.

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Super Mario RPG
Secret of Mana
Golden Sun
Legend of Legaia
Breath of Fire 2

I love the pawns, they say such amusing thing.
>It would be queer to bear such a meeting in day light.
>I'm drenched :3
>IT BEARS THE HEAD OF A COCK!

its a hack and slash you stupid nigger

Meant for

DQ8
Chrono Trigger
FFT

>JRPGs you must play
>replies are almost exactly the same as "worst JRPG you've ever played" thread from yesterday

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>Yea Forums is full of contrarian faggots
What else is new?

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Best game to start with is probably Oath in Felghana for a good grip of the series. OiF, Origin, and Ys 6 all use the same engine. Play 1+2 then Origin if you like Oath. 1+2 can be iffy for a lot of people, but I personally love them. If they're not for you then they're okay to skip but worth a shot. The modern games (Celceta, Ys 7, and 8) use a different engine and party system but are also great. The stories aren't directly connected per se, but there's an overarcing lore to the entire series and some games made small nods to the others. So order doesn't matter with the exception of 1+2 and Origin being directly related to each other. I just recently got in to the series this past year and did OiF, 1+2, Origin, Ys 6, Ys 7 in that order. Really' great series though, give them a try user.

Should I even bother with Suikoden 2 if the first one bored me to the point of never finishing it? Everyone praises 2 so much, but they also say you need to play 1 to appreciate 2 and I couldn't stomach the first one at all. The music sucked and combat was beyond easy even for a JRPG so that you just had to auto-battle every non-boss fight. Also the whole 108 recruitable characters thing just seemed like a gimmick because most of those have no impact on story or just seemed to have a few lines of dialogue and then sat in your castle the rest of the game.

>only one person mentioned Wild Arms

God damn people. 2 and 5 are must-plays, 1 and 3 are good. 4 is the black sheep but still not that bad. Also XF was a fantastic SRPG on the PSP.

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these games suck

FFIX. Finally halfway through disk 3 and the game finally feels like it's going places. It doesnt nail the rotating cast like FFIV did desu. And half the cast is just...nothing. But the other half are all really strong and interesting.

Kinda just trying to beat it to check it off the list, ya know?

Holy shit how is Vivi consistently the best character in this game, maybe the best in all of FF?

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FF7
Chrono Trigger
The World Ends With You
DQ3

Just realized, I thought this was a basic /whatyaplayin/ thread. My bad.

Must plays if im limited to 3
FF7
Persona 4
Chrono Trigger

Does Etrian count?
series is comfy as fuck

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never played this, but if Rab isn't the old man with the walrus mustache, I'm going to be pissed

>male Akko as the main character
Lenna should have been the MC.

>that texture on the deck at 0:48

toriama faces are so fucking weird

My nigga right here