Jrpg general

[ヤーナム]

lately i've been playing through persona 5 royal

One of my favorite games. <3 If you enjoy Persona 5 you should try Metaphor: ReFantazio next. I prefer the setting of Persona 5 more, but I think the writing and combat systems in Metaphor are a clear step up for Atlus.

[sokil]

I think the Like a Dragon/lost judgement spin offs count as jrpgs.

that makes sense! i can definitely see the similarities more there. i was thinking more along the lines of yakuza 0 at first since that was the one i played most recently which is why i wasn't sure, haha.

One of my favorite games. <3 If you enjoy Persona 5 you should try Metaphor: ReFantazio next. I prefer the setting of Persona 5 more, but I think the writing and combat systems in Metaphor are a clear step up for Atlus.

yeah i definitely want to someday!!! i'm committed to a persona 4 golden playthrough next since i recently bought it. metaphor: refantazio looks like a great game; i don't think it'll run very well on my playstation 4, though XD. playing through p5r sometimes makes it sound like a jet engine! (this is probably a great reminder to myself to eventually clean out the dust....) i've also been looking into emulating some of the older SMT/persona games to play through in the future.

[BlackMageGaming]

do the yakuza and nioh games count as jrpgs?

When it comes to the Yakuza franchise, Yakuza 0 through Yakuza 6 are NOT JRPGs, they are Beat em' ups.
HOWEVER with the release of Yakuza 7 (Yakuza: Like a Dragon), it seems like the new direction the series is heading in is turn-based JRPGs, as both Yakuza 7 and Yakuza 8 (Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth) are both traditional JRPGs. I really like those games, they are a great mixture of the story and open world of Yakuza, with gameplay more like the Persona series.

I think the Like a Dragon/lost judgement spin offs count as jrpgs.

I can't entirely place the Judgement series of games as JRPGs because they play more like beat em' ups than the newer main line games, although it definitely has JRPG elements.

[Julikins]

Big JRPG nerd jumping in. Played a lot of Pokemon but also started Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth recently and really liked it. Played a bit of Digimon World: Dawn on the DS so the jump was pretty easy to become adjusted to.

I had tried SMT through Devil Survivor series on the 3DS and have had Persona 3 on my backlog for the longest time. Wasn't much into strategy/tactical RPGs aside from Shining Force on the Sega Genesis.

[xolta]

Big JRPG nerd jumping in. Played a lot of Pokemon but also started Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth recently and really liked it. Played a bit of Digimon World: Dawn on the DS so the jump was pretty easy to become adjusted to.

I had tried SMT through Devil Survivor series on the 3DS and have had Persona 3 on my backlog for the longest time. Wasn't much into strategy/tactical RPGs aside from Shining Force on the Sega Genesis.

Keep thinking about trying out the digimon rpgs would cyber sleuth be a good start? As I never got into digimon as much as pokemon when I was a lad. But man pokemon has dropping the ball as of late so been looking for replacements.

[Julikins]

Keep thinking about trying out the digimon rpgs would cyber sleuth be a good start? As I never got into digimon as much as pokemon when I was a lad. But man pokemon has dropping the ball as of late so been looking for replacements.

Honestly don't blame you. I would say that CS would be a good start considering the older Digimon games are a bit less accessible unless you're willing to jailbreak your 3DS and grabbing the DS ones. I did enjoy Digimon Story: Dawn and Dusk to the point of trying DigiWorld DS. Had an older half sibling that was so I was - partially into the series?

[villain]

I wouldn't consider myself a big jrpg head but I played a bunch of mid tactics jrpgs on the ds as a teen  I used to pick what to buy pre-owned copies of based on amazon reviews (remember when amazon had pre-owned stuff and reviews were lengthy responses to the quality of a game and not just hundreds of short, probably botted sentences?). The first one that springs to mind is Luminous Arc, which I think even at the time I wasn't huge on the game design. A lot of my tactics involved timing my level ups to restore health, which didn't really feel like the intended way of playing the game? It was very much more about the Girls I think. I also played Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume which is delightfully edgy - check out the opening cutscene. My favourite by FAR was the ds port of Disgaea though - I put over a hundred hours into that thing, the pixel art was a huge inspiration to me and it's funny as hell.
More recently I played Dragon Quest XI (the switch edition with the crazy long postgame). I never actually finished the postgame but its wild how that's when the real story begins, after it took me 90 hours to get to the credits - but I want to hang out with my friends more! I've not played any other Dragon Quests but I'm aware its very much a foundational series - a lot of XI felt like archetypal jrpg but done really well. Big rec from me, I loved the cast and voice acting (especially Rab - it makes me so happy hearing a Scottish character that actually speaks proper scots and is voiced by a glaswegian actor). I've been watching my partner play it recently and its rekindled my love for it.

[xolta]

Honestly don't blame you. I would say that CS would be a good start considering the older Digimon games are a bit less accessible unless you're willing to jailbreak your 3DS and grabbing the DS ones. I did enjoy Digimon Story: Dawn and Dusk to the point of trying DigiWorld DS. Had an older half sibling that was so I was - partially into the series?

Been meaning on hacking my 3ds for a while now. As there are bunch of games I want to try on real hardware, mainly do to me wanting to see what they look like in 3d for a bit. Sadly emulating the 3d effect on my monitor just dose not work.

[Memory]

I've only recently gotten into jrpgs, as my first was Persona 2 IS back in 2020, but I've been playing a lot since. I have a 3DS and PS vita so I mostly play the games available on those.

My favourite jrpg of all has to be Tales of the Abyss, such a beautiful and amazing game. Played most of it on public commute and I'm so glad I decided to do the final dungeon at home because the ending made me cry so much. Right now I'm playing Tales of Destiny DC and I'm currently at the infamously horrendous final dungeon Well, the game has been great otherwise. I love the real time battle system, it's very fun. My favorite feature of this series is the optional skits. You find out more about the world and the characters or just get to watch a funny/charming scene. I wish more games aped this mechanic.

I also love the Shin Megami Tensei series, particularly Strange Journey and SMTIV. I really love the stories and gameplay loop, I've always loved mythology so I love learning about it through the demons as well. There still hasn't been one demon originating from my country so sometimes I draw art of my ideas.   I've played a lot of other SMT games but never finished them because the story hasn't gripped me as much. I plan to return to them at some point though. I'd like to figure out a way to mod the Etrian Odyssey games on 3DS to replace the portraits with SMT characters. I think it'd be cute to draw them in the EO style. Atlus has already made a few as DLC for the steam releases and they're very cute, but there's no Strange Journey representation despite SJ being a crossover between the SMT team and the EO team 

The Disgaea games are also incredibly fun. The first one I played was Disgaea 2 and later Disgaea 4's mobile port (didn't have a Vita yet and the vita Disgaea games are still broken on emulator iirc) and the game required online connection to play. Which is absolutely ridiculous for a PAID game on a portable device. It's a bit heavy on weird fanservice which I really dislike but they're amazing games otherwise. I love the gameplay and the silliness of the world. The characters aren't deep but they're charming and likeable.

Does Shiren the Wanderer count? It's the most addictive roguelike I've played. I never got into the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon games because of the (to me) uninteresting story getting in way of fun gameplay so Shiren is perfect. It's my new public commute game and it's so addictive that I've nerly missed my station multiple times.. XD

[ffix]

My favourite jrpg of all has to be Tales of the Abyss, such a beautiful and amazing game. Played most of it on public commute and I'm so glad I decided to do the final dungeon at home because the ending made me cry so much. Right now I'm playing Tales of Destiny DC and I'm currently at the infamously horrendous final dungeon Well, the game has been great otherwise. I love the real time battle system, it's very fun. My favorite feature of this series is the optional skits. You find out more about the world and the characters or just get to watch a funny/charming scene. I wish more games aped this mechanic.

aaaaaaaa I love Tales Of, and Abyss is definitely my favorite! The skits are such a great feature, I feel like it's so easy to get attached to Tales characters because of how many little details you learn about them through skits. And I'm always a fan of really over-the-top attacks in RPGs, so the battle system is so much fun (especially on co-op)

Aside from Tales I'm also am a huge Final Fantasy and Golden Sun fan ^_^ I have a big Golden Sun shrine on my website

[Memory]

aaaaaaaa I love Tales Of, and Abyss is definitely my favorite! The skits are such a great feature, I feel like it's so easy to get attached to Tales characters because of how many little details you learn about them through skits. And I'm always a fan of really over-the-top attacks in RPGs, so the battle system is so much fun (especially on co-op)

Yess! Exactly, they're a big part of what made me love the games so much. Rarely ever in any media that isn't slice of life do I see characters just hang out and interact with eachother in a way that isn't there to serve the plot. That has always been a big gripe for me. Skits do so much for character development, make the characters feel so much more real, and flesh out relationships between characters who don't usually interact in the story scenes. The voice acting adds a lot and makes me wish the side quests were voiced too.

I've never played any of the games in co-op but it sounds like a very fun feature. I don't understand why they removed it in Arise?! Apparently Arise has ruined skits as well. What happened...

[virtualpet2001]

I'm always meaning to play more jrpgs but theyre such a big undertaking LOL
a couple months ago I got decently far into Jade Cocoon for the PS1 which is a monster-raising jrpg where you can combine creatures in virtually infinite ways and have them fight for you. it's an absolutely GORGEOUS game and the monster fusion mechanic is remarkably in-depth. The plot suddenly takes a bizarre turn halfway through and the stakes become much higher...AND they prevent you from accessing the prior areas, which is what prevented me from finishing in the end because your monster selection becomes extremely shallow from that point on T_T I really should go back and throw myself at it again, though

[konamiesque]

I've been on a serious Megami Tensei kick for the past two years at this point. I've tried some of the newer stuff (SMTIV, SMTV:V) and didn't like it all that much, but I have a real soft spot for the 2D first-person dungeon crawler stuff. I'm playing the original Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner right now (I LOVED Soul Hackers and RK vs. The Soulless Army), and I think I'd like to play Megami Ibunroku Persona after that.

I've also been wanting to give Bravely Default another shot...... I played it a few years ago and really liked it, but I got stuck on a boss and kind of forgot to pick the game back up when I put it down to take a break.

[ffix]

I've never played any of the games in co-op but it sounds like a very fun feature. I don't understand why they removed it in Arise?! Apparently Arise has ruined skits as well. What happened...

aauugh, yeah i was sadly pretty disappointed by arise in a bunch of ways ;-; if you can manage to wrangle some friends into playing w you tho, i would def recommend trying out co-op in the other games!!

[myladon]

i've been playing through Digital Devil Saga 1 on the PS2. AS IN I'VE BEEN STUCK AT THE FINAL BOSS!!  IT'S TOO HARD I NEED THAT SKILL THAT NULLS MAGIC IT'S A LOT TO GRIND FOR
its like a demon with several phases and a phase that has 7 elemental rocks of every type of the game
so you cant just directly hit the boss and the with a Ma skill because some rocks null certain magic types. it sucks but i'll get thru it some day

each rock gets a turn btw it's like 8 turns total iirc