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I was about to start a similar threat asking for JRPGs recommendations because I have never played one. It’s like one of the very few genres I haven’t really experienced. I’m not a big RPG person in general but there’s been a couple of western RPG that I played and loved like The Witcher 3 and Dragon Age but it was mostly because of the stories and characters. I tried playing Chrono Trigger once and couldn’t get into it. There’s just something about the mechanics that always throws me off and makes me lose immersion, like enemies popping out of nowhere every 5 minutes and locking me in this turn based screen (with usually zero instructions or tutorials)

I don’t know if every JRPG is like that or if there’s any that has a more real time combat or a great story that is worth experiencing even I play in super easy or if I can skip combat altogether.

I’m currently playing “Fantasian” (on Apple Arcade) from people who did the Final Fantasy games. It is turn-based (I prefer turn-based RPGs). It does have random enemy encounters BUT has a feature which allows you to delay the fights. I’m really enjoying “Fantasian”, a great game for me. Different games please different people.

danigar - 14 November 2021 10:13 AM

I was about to start a similar threat asking for JRPGs recommendations because I have never played one. It’s like one of the very few genres I haven’t really experienced. I’m not a big RPG person in general but there’s been a couple of western RPG that I played and loved like The Witcher 3 and Dragon Age but it was mostly because of the stories and characters. I tried playing Chrono Trigger once and couldn’t get into it. There’s just something about the mechanics that always throws me off and makes me lose immersion, like enemies popping out of nowhere every 5 minutes and locking me in this turn based screen (with usually zero instructions or tutorials)

I don’t know if every JRPG is like that or if there’s any that has a more real time combat or a great story that is worth experiencing even I play in super easy or if I can skip combat altogether.

Two of my favorite jrpgs of all time are Skies of Arcadia and Grandia 2. if you’re looking for more contemporary games the cold steel series is good and I love Persona 5. If you’re looking for more real-time combat you might like the tales of series or the Final Fantasy 7 remake

Adv_Lvr - 13 November 2021 11:16 AM

How about you? Have any favorite JRPGs? Want to share?

I liked Shining Force. Yeah, it was probably a Final Fantasy rip-off but I hadn’t played that at the time and I liked the characters and world it was set in made it incredibly addictive for after-school marathon play sessions.

Besides, I think FF basically created its own genre, similar to what Sierra and Lucasarts did with adventure games. There are variations, but everything goes back to them.

Currently playing Dragon Quest XI. Love the game. Great story, characters and visuals. Combat is a bit too easy for me but still fun enough.

Gonna start Ni No Kuni and Ni No Kuni 2 after this. Visually the games look stunning so looking forward to it.

And then finally finished the Final Fantasy XIII series by completing Lightning Returns. Loved XIII (not as good as X though) and XIII-2 but was not a fan of Lightning Returns at all. Hated the game.

I got through 75 percent of the dragon quest game and quit. I found it painfully generic and boring. Im playing tales of arise and i love the combat.

Adv_Lvr - 31 January 2022 10:40 PM

Jdawg445 - 23 January 2022 12:36 PM

I got through 75 percent of the dragon quest game and quit. I found it painfully generic and boring. Im playing tales of arise and i love the combat.

I need to give Tales of Arise a go.

I love the combat but the story is pretty Tropi and generic but the characters are nice.

just wanna send big THX love the ‘Fantasian’. Spend great time playing that game.

Great another person who liked “Fantasian”!

For classic JRPGs, I loved Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy X

In term of newer JRPGs, I also really liked Persona 4 Golden and The Legend of Heroes Trails in the Sky (but that’s a very very long serie)

I haven’t had much time to play lately though