Your Top 20 J-RPGs All Times

SirDekar · Post by **SirDekar** » Mon Mar 02, 2020 9:20 am

My Top 20:

Lufia 2
Chrono Trigger
Golden Sun
Final Fantasy IV
Xenoblade Chronicles
Final Fantasy VI
Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn
Fire Emblem Three Houses
Octopath Traveler
Golden Sun The Lost Age
Bravely Default
Legend of the Tetrarchs
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy IX
Shadow Hearts Covenant
Radiata Stories
Grandia 2
Fire Emblem Awakening
Monochrome Order
Golden Sun Dark Dawn

Bonus Track: Tales of Phantasia and Bravely Second.

Nemomon · Post by **Nemomon** » Mon Mar 02, 2020 5:29 pm

I already forgot all of the RPGs I have played, but the Golden Sun series (including that super easy Dark Dawn) will always find a warm place in my heart.

Other than that, I think I must mention Radiant Historia (and its remake for 3DS), and Shin Megami Tensei Devil Survivor and Devil Survivor 2 (DeSu 1 had a much better plot IMO). And SMT Strange Journey.

As a bonus track I would mention Magician for NES (for both its OST and difficulty).

Victar · Post by **Victar** » Tue Mar 03, 2020 9:55 am

Journey to Kreisia is at the top of my list because it's "my" top 20, not an objective top 20.

Games after the top few aren't necessarily ranked in order of preference.

Journey to Kreisia
Final Fantasy X
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Super Paper Mario
Arc Rise Fantasia
Grandia 2
Grandia
Legend of the Dragoon
Dragon Quest 11
Dragon Quest 8
Dragon Quest 7
Dragon Quest 6
Dragon Quest 5
Dragon Quest 4
Okage Shadow King
Wild Arms 2
Mario & Luigi Dream Team
Revenant Saga
Justice Chronicles
Unlucky Mage

Nemomon · Post by **Nemomon** » Tue Mar 03, 2020 4:05 pm

I remembered I forgot to include the Boktai series. All four games are pretty fun to play.

SirDekar · Post by **SirDekar** » Fri Apr 10, 2020 11:01 pm

PS2 is one of the best J-RPG machines of all times:

Post by **MPG Annihilator** » Sat Apr 11, 2020 11:22 am

Final Fantasy III
Another Eden
Final Fantasy IV
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
Kingdom Hearts II
Symphony Of The Origin
Final Fantasy X
Journey To Kriesia
Final Fantasy V
Crystarieno
Eclipse Of Illusion
Fortuna Magus
Justice Cronicals
Band Of Monsters
Asdivine Menace
Ferns Gate
Dissidia Final Fantasy: Opra Omnia
Final Fantasy Brave Exvious
Machine Knight
Asdivine Dios

This is due to lack of lifespan, I being only 16.

Post by **Azyleo** » Sun Apr 12, 2020 12:17 am

Honestly I have played action JRPG's more than your traditional JRPG's (e.g. turn-based, even though I have), and I probably won't have whole 20, so:

Tales series (particularly Tales of the Abyss)
Persona series (all of them, but in order from best to good 3>5>4>2>1)
Trails in the Sky Trilogy
Trails of Cold Steel series
Final Fantasy VII (especially the remake)
Star Ocean 1,2,3
Disgaea series
Resonance of Fate (this was a surprise to me)
Dragon Quest series (though mostly XI)
Valkyria Chronicles
The World Ends with You
Valkyrie Profile
Final Fantasy Tactics (and Tactics Ogre)
Golden Sun

Didn't include series like Kingdom Hearts, Nier, Ni no Kuni, FF15,12 because they would be too action-y, even though Star Ocean and Tales is very action-y so I don't know :p.
I have yet to play Octopath, but I have heard its very good.

EDIT: Forgot Golden Sun how weird.

Post by **MSG Commander** » Sun Apr 12, 2020 9:49 pm

@azyleo Would you recommend the Android version of The World Ends With You? I've often considered buying it but it just seems rather expensive for a mobile game...

Post by **Azyleo** » Sun Apr 12, 2020 10:45 pm

@msg-commander its an Android port of a Nintendo DS game so the price is sorta justified with some few exceptions i.e. the whole story is there (including the same cut scenes) however some of the gameplay has been toned down to accommodate touch format. It also lacks the extra scenario which is present in its -Final Remix- version (which is basically extra story content added to the Nintendo Switch version of the game).

If you like fun and intriguing combat system and a really good story line with 20+hours of content, I would say buy it. I would wholly recommend it.

P.S. Other games I would recommend is the Chaos Rings series. Really good games which I would also recommend for its price.

Victar · Post by **Victar** » Mon Apr 13, 2020 4:44 am

I tried The World Ends With You on the DS and sold it out of frustration with its controls. It's possible I'll rebuy it on the Switch and give it another chance one day, but the odds are low.

The World Ends With You is an action-RPG with unique controls. By "unique" I mean, "forces the player to constantly divide their attention" and "every review I've seen of the Switch version likes the extra content but complains that its controls are even more rage-inducing than the DS version."

I recommend closely checking reviews of how the Android version controls before making a final decision.