Kenryoku_Maxis on 10 May 2010
| famousringo said: I'm going to have to go with The World Ends With You. I had pretty much given up hope of ever enjoying a JRPG again after a decade of disappointments, though I'll admit I didn't console game much, and I didn't delve deeply into the more obscure JRPGs (and SRPGs will always be a different matter  ).TWEWY was the breath of fresh air that made me believe in the genre again. The action was fun, the setting and story were unique (despite the use of a couple of cliches). It had honest-to-God character development and striking artwork. The gameplay was very customizable! You could manage the top screen or ignore it at your discretion, adjust the difficulty up and down and rewards would scale up and down, use the powers you like and forget the others. |
A decade? There were plenty of good ones last gen on the PS2, GC and GBA, most notably Dragon Quest VIII, Suikoden III, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and Final Fantasy X. And well, there's been tons on the DS this gen. A lot more than just The World Ends With You. At the very least, most of the best JRPGs from the NES and SNES have been ported or remade to the DS.
Only trouble we've had this gen is JRPGs on consoles. But even then, there's been some good ones.
Six upcoming games you should look into:
