which is the best jrpg franchise in your opinion?

[lestatdark]

Nem said:

lestatdark said:

Nem said:
The best RPG franchises are:

Suikoden
Grandia

but they are dormant.

From the active ones:

Persona
Tales

Grandia lost a lot of it's potential with Grandia Xtreme. That game was abhorrent to the Grandia name. Though if we go back, Grandia and Grandia 2 were two of the best JRPG gems of their time. 

That and Justin + Feena are one of the best couples in any JRPG .

I loved all 4 of them. Xtreme was light on story but the combat was great as always. The series consistently delivers a great combat system, if not the best.

Though, yeah... the first 2 were the best.

That's the thing. To me, Grandia has been the synonym of amazing stories and compelling characters with great characterization and personalities.

Justin, Feena, Sue, Gadwin, Rapp, Liete, Leen, General Baal, Lily, Coronel Mullen, Ryudo, Elena, Millenia, Roan, Mareg, Tio, Melfice, Selene, Skye, Yuki, Alfina, Dahna, Violetta, Alonso, Emelious and Raven - All of these were amazing characters with amazing stories, characterization and development.

Xtreme lost all of that and only focused on the battle system. The system was great, because Grandia had a near perfect battle system for a JRPG to begin with.