Are there any JRPGs that are actually good?

Dragon Quest, any of them

They're all mindless shit where you just run through random encounters until you fight a boss
And I love it

i liked this one for reasons i dont remember https://store.steampowered.com/app/589360/Ni_no_Kuni_II_Revenant_Kingdom/

>>712868247 (OP)
Tales of the Abyss

>>712868695
Don't listen to this guy. Tales of the Abyss is a button masher with one of the worst casts of any game.

>>712868247 (OP)
persona 4

>>712871397
scooby doo tier story with pokemon weakness exploit battle system

Dark Souls

>>712868247 (OP)
No JRPG has genuinely good gameplay. None.
Any JRPG being good is entirely subjective to how much you like the world and characters. Even if one is lofted for having a good story, it's not worth trudging through dozens of dozens of repetitive mindless content so you have to really like the characters, music, aesthetics, etc otherwise you're not gonna have fun.

>>712868247 (OP)
lillia's blooming season

>>712868247 (OP)
J'Francais Role Playing Game

>>712868247 (OP)
Growlanser 4

Paper Mario

>>712872508
Expedition 33 had good gameplay

>>712868247 (OP)
Yakuza

>>712872650
i said JRPG not FRPG dumbass

>>712873184
No it doesn't.

>>712868247 (OP)
Romancing SaGa

>>712873696
fun turn based combat with active commands like parries, dodges, QTEs etc was super fun. Building the characters w lumina was fun too. So yeah youre a retard

>>712868247 (OP)
Violated Heroine

>>712873758
All of those mechanics are superficial and actually take away from the already boring gameplay. Putting a rhythm game in a jrpg does not = real gameplay, not does it make it more fun because at the end of the day the actual gameplay is the same. The rhythm aspect doesn't magically make your commands more interesting or defense have more depth

>>712873909
Why was it so fun then? Dumbass

>>712868247 (OP)
legend of legaia and skies of arcadia I guess

>>712871218
And he should listen to you instead because...? Also
>button masher
lol, lmao even

>>712874683
old. pass.

>>712868247 (OP)
Expendition 69 or whatever

>>712873184
This, play Exp 33 if you're good enough you can no hit run the entire game.

>>712874259
Because you're a simpleton who would be entertained by seeing glowing lights pass in front of your eyes

>>712868247 (OP)
I like........... Grandia.

>>712868247 (OP)
Dark Souls
Ys
Crystalis
Final Fantasy Adventure
anything that eschews turn-cringe combat, basically

>>712875061
Imagine being filtered by one of the three thinking man's genres

>>712872508
SaGa games have good gameplay, EO has good gameplay, Shiren has good gameplay, plenty of smaller games and indie JRPGs that actual japanese games and not weeaboo garbage have good gameplay.

>>712868247 (OP)
Clair Obscure Expedition 33 is the only good jrpg

>>712868695
Not Abyss. You are going to try to use the game's mechanics with the AI and you'll never be able to do it and it will frustrate you. Unless you have friends for multiplayer, then you'll have an absolute blast.

>>712875325
>You are going to try to use the game's mechanics with the AI
What. Tales are popular by people that play 'em multiplayer with friends sure but plenty of people, the vast majority in fact, play them solo as 99% of other JRPGs. It's like saying you can't play Symphonia or Vesperia or Graces without friends.

>>712875214
>SaGa games have good gameplay
No they don't

>>712875758
They do, you're just too stupid for it.

Bloodborne

>>712875214
Okay go in depth and describe what specifically makes the gameplay good in any of the games you listed.

>>712874683
legend of legaia is great, my favorite non squaresoft rpg on the ps1, they even did the mist clearing trees thingy before ff9

>>712875150
>turn-based
>thinking
if you think 4 niggas in a row requires any amount of thinking, you might be retarded. i do much more thinking playing dark souls than dragon quest

>>712873184
It's a WRPG

>>712876873
>Dark Souls
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

>>712876353
>Freeform, meaningful character customization, also a shitload of customization
>Enormous casts of recruitable characters with their own specific niches and quirks
>Nonlinear progression with next to no barriers whatsoever
>Every battle feels rewarding due to the granular growtystem
>Every game tries something different, whether it is alternate combat systems or different game frameworks entirely, one game might play like an average console RPG, another one is designed like a virtual tabletop
>Satisfying core mechanics that are also original and ahead of their time, each game manages to not just try something new but also build on the series' legacy and fix or polish what other games didn't get right
>Lots of interesting choices at all levels of gameplay, from character builds to questlines or general progression
>Excellent enemy design on average
>Enormous replay value due to the games being designed with roleplay in mind, having multiple main characters with their own stories and having campaigns designed in a way so the world feels like a giant puzzle for you to figure out
>Game mechanics that are actually intertwined with game narrative, Red's story being a popular example
>Some games feature very interesting racial mechanics, with each race being actually radically different instead of being humans wearing fursuits, green paint or pointy ears
It's peak RPG ludo, simple as

>>712871218
>one of the worst casts of any game
t. retarded speedreader filtered by Akzeriuth

Funny how even a low effort RPGMaker like Fear & Hunger took the JRPG formula and immediately made a better game than all of Japan, then destroyed his legacy with the next game

>>712868247 (OP)
breath of fire iv

>>712877232
>good games are hysterically funny
?

>>712873184
It’s a middling at best game trying to ape its betters. Its the epitome of a one and done gamepass game that people will fittingly remember for a few seconds when go through their xth run of their actual favorite and superior jrpg. I went straight back to xenoblade as a palate cleanser

>>712871218
the main character has redemption hes like that on purpose

>>712868247 (OP)
Crystal Project
DQ11
Yakuza Like a Dragon

I need a recommendation for an Anime game to play after work to de-stress and chill out to, I'll take literally anything that isn't the Tales series.

>>712868247 (OP)
Langrisser
haven't tried it but it looks fun

>>712868247 (OP)
I like Chrono Trigger.

>>712878110
You can try Trails, which is pretty different from Tales. There's a good-looking remake of the first game coming out this september. If you can't wait you can play all of them on steam.

>>712873184
Oh you made the third worlders seethe with this post, they really don't like Exp 33 do they? Kek

>>712868247 (OP)
La Creatura...

>>712875615
Using the circle of fonons or whatever was impossible last time I played it. AI allies never used them even if they were right next to one, allies never generated them in places that you could use them properly

>>712875150
What games are these beside slay the spire

>>712874753
Fang Blade! Fang Blade! Fang Blade!

>>712875150
>card games
>intelligence based
Good picks for the middle column though. Port Dia, my beloved.

>>712879512
RPGs, descending, are SMT: Nocturne; Fire Emblem: Fates; and Final Fantasty Tactics (80% sure on this one). Middle left is some Yugioh game.

xenoblade
SMT

are there any other jrpgs besides exp33 that have a more adult feel? I don't want any gay anime shit

>>712881380
matsuno's games

>>712872326
and this is a good thing

>>712877860
haha bro xenoblade is literally fucking gay and you must be a fucking fag if you like playing that gay little anime girl game

>>712881380
>exp33
>adult
You're practically in diapers. Your brain is tricked into believing the game is more adult than other JRPGs literally just because it uses a realistic style. If E33 had an anime style literally no one would think it's story is any more "mature" than most other JRPGs.

>>712881804
yeah they would kike

>>712882068
>it's le MATURE because it's le DARK and there's le BLOOD and it's le SERIOUS (only sometimes tho)
How is it anymore mature and serious than final fantasy 7?

>>712868247 (OP)
Dragon Quest 4 for the Nintendo DS

>>712882197
uhh and why's that

>>712868247 (OP)
Wizardry games
Expedition 33
Crystal Project

for me, it's paper mario, the best JRPG

Look Outside is some RPG Maker kino. Up there with Expedition 33 as one of my favorite games this year and in the past couple years.
Not Japanese though.

>>712881047
Can someone please tell me what this thing is and why I keep seeing it everywhere

>>712884824
It's probably a good game but I can't get over the ugly ass art style

>>712884824
I hope we get more Sybil content.

>>712885709
She definitely could use some fleshing out for the tail end of the game and/or the parking garage I guess maybe?.
In general it'd kind of be nice to know what happens to a lot of the rest of the characters. A roll call. I don't know.

>>712868247 (OP)
Lufia II(Ancient Cave only)
Final Fantasy Tactics(sped up on emulator
Space Funeral

That's basically it... Though Final Fantasy XII will trick you for a while before all the gameplay depth flattens out and every character ends up with the same build.

>>712885251
pale lady from Scary Stories 3.

>>712877882
Luke did nothing wrong and the only reason shit happened is because everyone was too braindead to tell him what was going on and deliberately left him out specifically.

>>712887591
can someone actually give me a real fucking answer?

>>712881380
Play anything by Masato Kato or Yasumi Matsuno if you want that “adult” feel without the waifu crap. Vagrant Story, Final Fantasy Tactics, Tactics Ogre — all heavy on politics, war, betrayal, and don’t babysit the player with spiky-haired teens screaming about friendship. Also worth checking out is Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne if you can handle the minimal handholding and oppressive atmosphere. All of them actually feel written by someone over the age of 16.

>>712888345
Lady Mormont

>>712876927
Have any of the expedition 33 devs stated that the game took inspiration from WRPGS. The director said the game was inspired by ffx, demon souls, and persona.

>>712888345
The girl who plays Ellie in the last of us tv show

>>712879926
>Port Dia
who

>>712873184
Not a Japanese Role Playing Game

>>712868247 (OP)
Skyrim

>>712868247 (OP)
This post spiked my cortisol with how unnecessarily mean it was

>>712868695
Based, I kneel

>>712868247 (OP)
>Are there any JRPGs that are actually good?
Everything Kagura games sells on steam

The dragon quest games are pretty fun. Pretty comfy fantasy medieval adventures

>>712868247 (OP)
You wouldn't get it.