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Dr.EisDrachenJaeger on 13 October 2013

Dat Mistwalker, dat sakaguchi^



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aryu on 13 October 2013

All I can say is play Persona 3 if you haven't played it as of yet.



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outlawauron on 13 October 2013
KingdomHeartsFan said:

So basically I've realised there is no way I can play all the JRPGs I want from this gen, my backlog is just too big and its getting out of control and a large portion of the games are JRPGs that are gonna take a long time to beat.  So basically I wanted to list off the games I'm on the fence about and you guys could tell me which ones I have to play.  Btw I'm getting all the games probably soon because the gen is coming to an end and games are cheaper than they ever wil be.

The Last Story

Resonance of Fate

Star Ocean: The Last Hope (Is there a difference between PS3 and 360 versions?)

Eternal Sonata (Difference between PS3 and 360 versions?)

Pandora's Tower

FF XIII-2

Hyperdimension Neptunia

White Knight Chronicles 2

Bue Dragon

Rune Factory Frontier

Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny

If there's any that I missed that are really good let me know, if its a popular game that I missed then that probably means I already own it, thanks!

In my opinion, in this order.

FF13-2

Resonance of Fate

The Last Story

Eternal Sonata (PS3 version is much better than 360)

White Knight Chronicles

Hyperdimension Neptunia

Blue Dragon

and then go dumpster diving before you play Star Ocean 4.

I haven't played enough of the others (or at all in the case of Rune Factory) to give an opinion.

 

You likely haven't played Nier and that's better than everything on the list.



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Vasto on 13 October 2013

Dragon's Dogma, no other JRPG comes close.



outlawauron on 13 October 2013
Soriku said:

I can definitely vouch for Resonance of Fate. Great battle system and amazing soundtrack, good characters and unique setting. The story is minimalistic but still decent.

Ishiki mentioned that the battle system doesn't change but I think that's missing the point. What makes battles in RoF unique throughout is the different battlefields, the types of enemies, and enemy placements. Every RPG gets repetitive at some point yet despite the criticisms of RoF being repetitive, I'd honestly say RoF has more unique encounters than a lot of RPGs. Unfortunately some people can't really see that...

Be sure to try it at some point.

That's about as kind and delicate as you can be with describing the story in RoF.



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KingdomHeartsFan on 13 October 2013
Slade6alpha said:
I hear you. JRPGs burn you out so it's hard to play them all. Out of that list I'd say objectively, Last Story and Eternal Sonata. I personally love FFX13-2, but many hated it. The rest are meh to me, or not worth that much time unless you are REALLY into JRPGs. I quit Blue Dragon on Disc 3, and I never finished Star Ocean.

Do you plan on getting both consoles at launch? Judging by your post and games listed, you have both systems. Are you planning on putting one away? Selling one? I mean the next gen consoles are going to have droughts, so you can always come back to them.

I'd like to add Lost Odyssey (my favorite JRPG this gen), Ni No Kuni, Tales of Symphonia Chronicles, Xillia, Xillia 2, Graces F----> Anything tales of :D

I never get consoles at launch, Ill probably get a PS4 next year, my backlog is 30+ games so I need time to widdle that down.  I'd like to finish my current gen backlog before I get a next gen console but that's wishful thinking.  I tend to buy every console in a generation so I never have any droughts of games lol.



aryu on 13 October 2013

I found it difficult to get into Star Ocean 4 and this is coming from someone who really enjoyed the first three. The English dubbing was ridiculously poor and the characters were extremely difficult to like.



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KingdomHeartsFan on 13 October 2013
outlawauron said:

You likely haven't played Nier and that's better than everything on the list.


Nier is an RPG O_o?  I thought it was an action game.



Shido on 13 October 2013
ishiki said:

Final Fantasy XIII-2 is my favorite. It's story is silly and dumb, but there's a lot of fun with alot of fun mechanics.

Pandora's Tower isn't really a JRPG any more than zelda is a JRPG, but it has the best story and characters out of those by a lot. It's gameplay gets stale though. But This would be my 2nd choice. If story is what you want then this easily. But, if you're going to include this as "JRPG" I'd put zelda in the same category and I think both TP and SS are a lot better.

Star ocean International is  better it has japanese voices... And the English VA is aweful, some of the worst in existance. And I think the game is aweful too. But get PS3 version if you must.

Neptunia, WKC2, BD ick.

Resonance of Fate is good for about 20 hours. But doesn't evolve and actually devolves (takes away gameplay mechanics instead of giving new ones)... humor is decent, story is bad. You can dress up your characters :P. It has some really cool mechanics though.

Not on your list. Lost Odyssey, Xenoblade, Valkyria Chronicles, Both Soul's games, Tales of Vesperia, Tales of Xillia (which you've played) are good.

This

Only play Blue Dragon if you like Akira Toriyama's work(Dragon Quest) its ok, its not Chrono Trigger but you can give it a try, its a bit childish
I havent played Pandora's Tower, Dragon's Dogma and and The Last Story yet, so I cant give my opinion
Ni no kuni its the same scenario as Blue Dragon, but this case its Studio Ghibli work, but I like it a little bit more than BD

Play Persona's franchise as well, doent matter it's on PS2, great games.



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Xen on 13 October 2013
outlawauron said:
Soriku said:

I can definitely vouch for Resonance of Fate. Great battle system and amazing soundtrack, good characters and unique setting. The story is minimalistic but still decent.

Ishiki mentioned that the battle system doesn't change but I think that's missing the point. What makes battles in RoF unique throughout is the different battlefields, the types of enemies, and enemy placements. Every RPG gets repetitive at some point yet despite the criticisms of RoF being repetitive, I'd honestly say RoF has more unique encounters than a lot of RPGs. Unfortunately some people can't really see that...

Be sure to try it at some point.

That's about as kind and delicate as you can be with describing the story in RoF.

Haha. How did I miss that? Yup.