What JRPG has the best story?

[Michael-5]

JGarret said:

Michael-5 said:

You're 5 years older then me, so you may have gotten into JRPG's at the same time I have. I for the most part beat a good amount of PS2/Gamecube JRPG's, with few exceptions. I didn't get into JRPG's until I was a teenager, and when I did I started with SNES/GBA. As a result I've beaten most of the better 16-bit JRPG's. Now it's time to move onto 32 bit

I agree with you about Square Enix, GBA and PSP are great systems, but when you look at their libraries, half of the games are SNES/PS1 remakes. SNES/PS1 was the era of quality Japanese games. When you look at Final Fantasy, and the JRPG's SE makes now....it is sad. I mean 3 of the best console JRPG's from the 7th gen aren't even Square Enix (XenoBlade, Lost Odyssey, Valkyria Chronicles). I would even put Namco above Square Enix since the Tales of franchise has been really enjoyable last gen.

Also P.S. with all the games we've mentioned between us, I know I'll love them all. I've either beaten games in those franchises, or played a solid couple hours into each game to know I'll love them. Damn.....I'm not going PS4 any time soon.

I totally agree with you on the SNES/PS1 being the era of quality Japanese games.It was precisely in the PS2/GC/Xbox era when Western games started taking a big piece of the pie, something that got way bigger last gen.

My library of games in the 5th gen was 90% Japanese games.Last gen it was almost the complete opposite, if it weren´t for Nintendo games.

It seems like the start of 'the HD era' was like twisting a knife in the back of Japanese developers.

It's their own fault, the people who run Square Enix now don't give any of the new guys a chance to develop games. Thus all the high budget games just end up being pretty looking, but bad games. I mean FFXIII has auto battle......wth?

I'm sure Japanese games will continue to exist in the future. They just probably won't be developed by Square Enix that much anymore. I mean FFXIII was still the best selling JRPG last gen, but look who the runners up are now. Dark Souls, Valkyrie Profile, Lost Odyssey, XenoBlade....they only sell 1-2 million units each, but still. Just like WRPGs restructured since the 90's, I expect the same to happen to JRPG's.

Anyway good talk.