Help me find the JRPG to finally make it click for me, I feel I've given the genre an honest shot but it keeps not meshing with me
Here's what I've played
>persona 3
Loved
>persona 4
pretty good
>persona 5
Dropped at the space station
>dragon quest ix and v
Found them boring
>nocturne
Boring and easy
>strange journey
Tedious despite promising start, dropped at Erid Anus
>ff 8
Tedious
>ff 7
Cancerous art style and boring gameplay
>ff xii
Love the world and the fact battles just start but I'm at the bunny village and it's pretty mindless
>rorona
super cute and comfy but again brainless battles and crafting
>ff x
Got up to the snowy mountain and dropped it, wasn't into the story and the battle system was unengaging
>let us cling together
started this one and really enjoy it
>awakening
Also really enjoyed it
>chrono trigger
Started interesting but got samey
>earthbound
Really enjoyed
>smt iv
Enjoyed
>ys 1 and 2
absolutely adored these ones
>romancing and unlimited saga
Filtered me but interesting
>digital devil saga
Interesting world and setting but the abysmal encounter rate made me drop it

Pokemon

>>713226151
No seriously

I guess it depends what you want from a JRPG? If you want some deep gameplay to keep you focused and a big world to explore with a ton of replayability I cant recommend Romancing SaGa 2 Revenge of the Seven enough. It's very light on story, but what story is there isnt bad. It's a lot more modern than all the other SaGa games and it's a lot harder to get lost in what youre trying to do.

try etrian odyssey

>>713225997 (OP)
Expedition 33

>>713226515
>J rpg

>>713226542
Je RPG

>>713225997 (OP)
Any of the Xenoblade games, if you liked Earthbound play Mother 1 and 3

>>713226542
What do you think this is, champagne?
You think dark souls qualifies as a jrpg but expedition 33 does not?
You're retarded if you think the country of origin of the game actually matters to the genre.
The genre is named that because Japan popularised it (and possibly invented it, I don't know), not because it's literally an RPG from Japan.

>>713226779
>japanese rpg
>expedition is made by non-japanese
>therefore it is not a jrpg
Simple to understand

Anyone saying NES games is a fat redditor

>>713225997 (OP)
Try FF6, Panzer Saga, Skies of Arcadia, Mother 3, Lunar/grandia (the originals)
>>713227151
Lagrange Point is awesome and a better Scifi Space JRPG than Phantasy Star IV.

>>713225997 (OP)
Grandia

>>713227225
Oh i forgot - try the games by the director of Ys 1 and 2 - Soul Blazer and Illusion of Gaia and Robotrek.

People will also recommend Terranigma coz it's by the same studio but it's not by the same guy.

>>713226542
It plays exactly like a turn-based JRPG but even better because there's real-time elements like perfect dodging and parrying.

>>713227456
Cool, still not a JRPG

>>713227456
Not a JRPG Mr Dev

>>713227536
Fine, faggot. Enjoy your annual Atelier slop, I'll enjoy the best JRPG of the year, aka E33.
Fag. They literally beat Japan at their own genre. Japan and JRPG apologists should be fucking ashamed.

>>713226779
Genres should describe the game. "Japanese" doesn't describe the game, therefore it's not a genre.

>>713227536
>>713227654
t. wapanese
GOMEN NASAI MINNA SAN
Branch out. Even if Expedition 33 isn't a JRPG simply because it's not made in Japan, it's honestly every bit as good as actual JRPGs if not better in many aspects, especially combat and story.

>>713228006
The J in jrpg means Japanese, 33, as well as being trash l, isn't Japanese

>>713228129
>game similar to Persona and even better in some ways is inherently trash because it isn't Japanese
Good god. Do you huff your own farts?

>>713228129
>as well as being trash
So, you've played it, then? What about it was trashy?

>>713228190
It's not better and it's not Japanese
I know Americans are very strange with their concept of heritage, they literally think if their ancestors were Irish then they are, but Japan and France are different countries

>>713228294
E33 is better than the best Persona game. You would enjoy it, if you can wrap your head around the fact that Japan is not the only country good at making that style of game.

>>713227878
Why are you so bootyblasted when I call a spade a spade?

>>713228485
Why are you so far gone as a weeaboo that you can't even venture outside of the slop that the island churns out year after year?

>>713225997 (OP)
breath of fire 3

>>713227456
>because there's real-time elements like perfect dodging and parrying.
So it's not a JRPG then

>>713226542
>>713226923
>>713227536
>>713227654
>>713228129
>>713228294
>>713228650
Two nukes were not enough.

>>713228581
lol
seethe, queer

>>713228650
would you call star ocean 2 a true jrpg?

>>713228581
let these retards miss out. they miss out on chink/gook kino also

>>713225997 (OP)
Lost Odyssey

>>713227878
>They literally beat Japan at their own genre.
>Steal shitton of elements from Jrpgs
>Slap on a shallow pseudo intellectual story that appeals only to midwits
Look Reddit we're winning.

>>713228581
OP asked for JRPGs not western RPGs with JRPG characteristics, I didn't even say the game you're so enthralled with that you'd rather seethe on /v/ was bad btw

>>713228778
What didn't you like about the story? (Assuming you played the game)
>>713228791
Again. Two nukes. Not enough. Should have shattered the island to pieces before Tezuka Osamu could even make Astro Boy.

>>713228778
that's a lot of words to tell us you are not white
>>713228791
>>713227878
the fingers of a semen guzzling faggot typed these posts

>>713228718
My YN
Lost Odyssey rules

>>713228471
>it's better
How so?
>just is
Woah

>>713228890
>What didn't you like about the story? (Assuming you played the game)
I didn't say I liked it or didn't like it. I said it appeals to midwits. Clearly you're on the lower end of midwits since you can't read very well.

>>713228890
>>713228906
Simmering

>>713228975
The story isn't jap crap sloppa

>>713229002
>I said it appeals to midwits.
So, a JRPG then?

>>713228906
>that's a lot of words to tell us you are not white
Yep us whites have to stick together and praise fellow white rpgs like E33 to stick it to the yellows and browns.

>>713227956
It does describe the genre tho. You think chinese restaurants import all of their food from China?

>>713228718
Is this backwards compatible on xbox one?

>>713229092
>You think chinese restaurants import all of their food from China?
Funny thing is most chinese restaurants all use the same chinese supply chain. It's why their prices can be so crazy low.

>>713229024
Use your big boy words, what makes it even comparable to Persona let alone better, considering the difference in tone, theme, characters and story between them
I mean the more salient comparison would be with Tactics Advance but implying you even know what that is lmao

>>713229143
Should be. Backwards compatibility is the only thing going for Series X.

>>713229221
I really do wish Japan got wiped off the face of the earth so wap fags wouldn't have something to idolize this fucking hard.

>>713229368
All I did was to ask you to actually qualify your statement using examples

>>713229368
>Enjoy Japanese food
>Think French food is overrated
>Retard-kun thinks I only eat Japanese food
>Retard-kun thinks I idolize Japan and want to move to Japan and become Japanese

>>713229074
Jrpgs have a wide audience because of how diverse they can be. Chuunis, edgelords, self-insert fags, moe fags, even pseuds.

Now that idiocy is over can someone actually help me

>>713230262
Play Baten Kaitos.

>>713225997 (OP)
>persona 3
>"""""Loved"""""
stopped reading here, you have shit taste in JRPGs

>>713230330
Then what do I play

>>713225997 (OP)
for me it was ff7 rebirth. I realized i dont like turn-based games which most jrpgs are.

I will play the non turn based jrpgs though. rebirth is the most fun ive had in a long long time

>>713232073
Any recs for action jrpgs that aren't just button mashers?

>>713232113
Ys series on Nightmare difficulties. you can pick whichever one looks interesting, but i highly recommend playing Ys VIII first

>characters just stand there and get hit
lmfao meme genre

>>713225997 (OP)
>persona good, ff vii/viii/x bad

its not the genre for you bro. stick to FIFA, minecraft and GTA. or just eating crayons.

>>713230262
The best I can help you with is to avoid mainline Pokemon games, yes they are jrpgs. Some of the spinoff games are good I've heard like mystery dungeon.

>>713225997 (OP)
hearthstone im not joking

>>713233639
>ignores everything else

>>713225997 (OP)
oh and dragon quarter

>>713233879
Anon enough shitposting

>>713235051
both are turn based
i dont see problem

>>713225997 (OP)
I don't think jrpgs are going to work for you, zoomie bro

>>713235564
I like action games and puzzle games, not even a zoomie

>if you want to actually play a game instead of watching cutscenes then you're a zoomer
Lol?