JRPGs

[entrerix]

persona 2 is really great but VERY VERY grind heavy

[Drowsy Emperor]

JRPG's are all very similar in some respects so burn out is expected if you play them constantly.

 

Years have passed since I last took up the genre and by the time I'm through with the next few I have planned it will probably be years again before I pick it up.

[entrerix]

best jrpg in recent years:

 

Dark Souls

[Drowsy Emperor]

persona 2 is really great but VERY VERY grind heavy

 

I don't know what's wrong with SMT designers. Every game I played in the series has an obscene encounter rate. Persona 3 has a 250 floor randomly generated dungeon FFS. Don't know whose bright idea that was in this day and age.

[Labadal]

If you're looking for a good JRPG, then you should try Radiant Historia. It might get a bit repetitive sometimes, but the story makes up for it. The characters are well written, and the main character can actually think for himself.

[HoonDing]

Definitely Operation Darkness.

[NOK222]

Persona 4 had a more natural grind.

[Drowsy Emperor]

If you're looking for a good JRPG, then you should try Radiant Historia. It might get a bit repetitive sometimes, but the story makes up for it. The characters are well written, and the main character can actually think for himself.

 

Wiki says its Nintendo DS. Do you have one to lend me? :D

[Keyrock]

best jrpg in recent years:

 

Dark Souls

While Dark Souls was made in Japan so I guess by definition it is a jRPG, I've never thought of it as such. It feels so much more like a western RPG.

[Labadal]

If you're looking for a good JRPG, then you should try Radiant Historia. It might get a bit repetitive sometimes, but the story makes up for it. The characters are well written, and the main character can actually think for himself.

 

Wiki says its Nintendo DS. Do you have one to lend me? :D

 

Can't, I only have a 3DS.

[entrerix]

best jrpg in recent years:

 

Dark Souls

While Dark Souls was made in Japan so I guess by definition it is a jRPG, I've never thought of it as such. It feels so much more like a western RPG.

 

i agree, my post was partly intended to poke fun at the genre "japanese role playing game" being a genre at all

[Calax]

*Insert Suikoden V praise here*

[Mamoulian War]

best jrpg in recent years:

 

Dark Souls

While Dark Souls was made in Japan so I guess by definition it is a jRPG, I've never thought of it as such. It feels so much more like a western RPG.

 

heh, last time I played a WRPG which resembled Dark Souls, was Wizardry 8... after that everything made was piss easy excuse of a game... game as this would never been make in the west in the first place...

[Mamoulian War]

... All too often they fail at resolving the storylines or resort to cliches, shallow characters and rely on far too much grind to add more length to gameplay...

 

That describes pretty much every single WRPG I played after KOTOR II.... with the exception of the grind... which makes you to throw away the game even sooner...

[Nordicus]

Though most of my friends say I'm not missing much, I'm thinking there is some JRPG gem out there that is not totally some sick mess of "Saki puke on a story board, sexualization of 14 year old school girls, adrogynous ansgty teen, ridiculous outfits and hair, mini-game/quick time event" crap.

 

Is there something out there worth checking out? Or am I just to jaded?

Well, there is one game that I think is on 360, and has become a cult classic due to its almost Witcher-level of depressing storytelling, and the 2nd playthrough punching you in the gut emotionally.

 

The game was however met with bad sales and lukewarm reception because it had a lot of samey, rather boring side-quests as filler for the stellar character development

 

The game I'm talking about is NIER and it has one of the best soundtracks I've ever heard

 

Game intro and my favorite song under the spoilers

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8XTbluLDyE

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEtz4K7JpsE

 

[greylord]

OMG...NIER...that is one hell of a depressing game.

 

You have to beat it three times to find out the actual story though...twice only gets you half the way there...

[Labadal]

You don't have to replay from the start. You start from the middle of the game.

[Mamoulian War]

Nier is comming next wednesday to me Thanks for recommendations

[AGX-17]

*Insert Suikoden V praise here*

 

*insert visceral hatred for Suikoden III here*

 

*insert ambivalent disappointment in Suikoden IV here*

[Yes Man]

Persona 4 is the only JRPG I've ever gotten in to.

[Drowsy Emperor]

I was going to play these three to the end:

 

Final Fantasy XII

Persona 4

Digital Devil Saga 2

 

and then I'm done with JRPG's for the foreseeable future.

 

Now, I know I'm going to play FFXII to the end because I'm almost there. I'm not sure I can slog through DDS's grind, and am hanging on only due to the promise of a good story. Just spoiled the ending on YT on purpose, and decided that its not worth it. A few nice ideas but in typical anime fashion, all jumbled up. Meh

 

I'm even more skeptical about Persona 4 because out of the 70+ hours that it takes to finish Persona 3 at least 50 were spent on grinding social links, grinding attributes and grinding combat. By the time the game ended I was physically and mentally exhausted.

 

I don't want to go through the same process again for a storyline with a potentially crappy outcome.

Edited November 19, 2012 by Drowsy Emperor

[Mamoulian War]

Maybe you are doing it wrong then, try to play the games in shorter sessions and combine it with games like God Hand or God of War, to get your head cleared, but do not take to big break or you forget the story

 

I know what I am talking about, got 450 hours in White Knight Chronicles 400 hours in Star Ocean 4 and 250 hours of gameplay of FFXII over the course of last 5 years, and I am still enjoying them, when I get back to them

 

Currently playing my 2nd playthrough of Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2. 40 hours only combined time

[Drowsy Emperor]

You have a lot of time on your hands apparently

[Mamoulian War]

I wish I had . Two years ago I changed my job and I am so much busy, that I really do not have much time to spend anymore, my average gaming is 2 hours a day, which is still over 700 hours spent with gaming in a year

 

But after I stopped to play MMOs, I have like 10 times more of free time than before

[AGX-17]

I know what I am talking about, got 450 hours in White Knight Chronicles 400 hours in Star Ocean 4 and 250 hours of gameplay of FFXII over the course of last 5 years, and I am still enjoying them, when I get back to them

 

I can't... why... how is this... even possible? I'd understand if it was something with built-in replay value/long scenarios like Super Robot Wars, but this...