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Wagram on 11 February 2013

I strongly.. and I mean STRONGLY disagree.



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weaveworld on 11 February 2013

I'll start the game saturday, when it arrives. I seriously doubt that though, seems story is tremendously lacking and thus not a great Jrpg in my book.



Netyaroze on 11 February 2013

Xenoblade/Demon/Dark Souls and Ni no Kuni are the best we got from Japan JRPG wise this console gen but last gen we had FF10 and 12 (I love 12) and half a dozend of other great JRPGs. Ni No Kuni is no doubt great but between it and FF6 came tons of good stuff.



Salnax on 11 February 2013

From what I've heard, it is arguably not even the best JRPG of Q1 2013, let along in generations.



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Carl on 11 February 2013

Its a good game, but its not THAT good.

Suikoden 2
Final Fantasy IX

Those 2 JRPGs stand above all for me. Suikoden 2 just edging it...



                            

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SvennoJ on 11 February 2013

After 60 hours I'm in the post game and still going but I can see the end looming. It is a great game, best artwork in decades for sure.

But as game mechanics go Dark souls was better. And I spend more time with ff12. I wish I could program the AI like in FF12 since they have no sense in pacing themselves mana wise. (pretty annoying in the no item arena stages)

Field battles become too easy as well just like any other rpg, press x button a few times to win. Unfortunately necessary to level up new familiars and farm necessary items. At least if you don't want to you can easily skip them later. Most of them will run away from you, or you can outrun them and there are plenty shortcuts and ways for travel.

The huge amount of great Boss battles make up for the field battles though. There were some epic ones I was sure I was going to fail but somehow managed to juggle everything just right to pull it off.

Definitely one of the best jrpgs in a long time. Great story quest with some solid side quests with the best ones saved for post game. And flying over that beautiful world never gets old.



brendude13 on 11 February 2013
badgenome said:
Nope. Persona 4 is.

I'll be getting both in the coming weeks.

Yay me!

Anyway, I'd say it's unlikely, but I haven't played it yet, so I won't judge. It has tough competition.



bevochan on 11 February 2013
ROBOTECHHEAVEN said:
Not a chance , I would put it in my top 35 RPGs but that's it. It's a very good game, but it has a few amount of flaws and issues in my opinion. Would score it a 8.2/10
Lost odyssey
Final fantasy 10
Final fantasy 8
Skies of Arcadia
Beaten kaitos : eternal wings and the lost ocean
Final fantasy 10-2
Star ocean the last hope
Final fantasy 13
Enchanted arms
Infinite undiscovery
Persona 3
Persona 4
All the above games and many more are better in my opinion , just like all topics like these they are based on opinion.

final fantasy 10-2 and 13?  come on, man!

I haven't played star ocean nor lost odessey but I heard they were about average.  Not a fan of the persona games.




cunger on 11 February 2013

Xenoblade is rated higher.



cunger on 11 February 2013
Netyaroze said:
Xenoblade/Demon/Dark Souls and Ni no Kuni are the best we got from Japan JRPG wise this console gen but last gen we had FF10 and 12 (I love 12) and half a dozend of other great JRPGs. Ni No Kuni is no doubt great but between it and FF6 came tons of good stuff.


Lost Odyssey is sick too. You gotta give that game props.