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.

[Julie]

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.