Never played a JRPG where should I start?

>>3776835 (OP)
I started with Final Fantasy 4 myself OP. Try that.

>>3776839
do you think it will go on sale?

>>3776835 (OP)
It's like philosophy, you should start with the Ancient Greeks. But in this case the Ancient Greeks are Japanese NES games.

>>3776842
Is this only on the switch?

>>3776841
Download the PSP version, that’s the best one

>>3776853
okay thanks anon

>>3776835 (OP)
Dragon Warrior Monsters was an early love for me, I don’t think I ever finished it as a kid, and as an adult I hear people say it gets really tough so it may not be a great jumping off point, but what I did play back then, I loved.

Also, Chrono Trigger - but this could set your expectations for other jarpigs too high.

>>3776835 (OP)
Final Fantasy 10, Chrono Trigger, or Pokemon.

>>3776835 (OP)
FF6
Chrono Trigger
Lufia 2
Super Mario RPG
Suikoden
Grandia
Skies of Arcadia

thank me later.

Generally at the beginning. Games are weird if you start them in the middle.

>>3776851
It's an NES game but there are remakes available for it on newer platforms but they go by the name "Dragon Quest I" instead of Dragon Warrior. You can just emulate the NES version or the remakes, I don't know anywhere you can purchase a Dragon Warrior/Quest I game.
It is the single most influential JRPG though, pretty much all other JRPGs are derivative of it in some way, like Tolkien and D&D for the WRPG or the genre as a whole.

>>3776835 (OP)
entry level:
Persona 5R
SMT IV
E33
Dragon quest 11
Octopath Traveler
Disgaea 5
Trails of Cold Steel

>>3776835 (OP)
FFX is probably the best for newcomers. Persona 5 is probably second best.

>>3777047
are you trying to scare OP away from the genre?

>>3777117
They’re very entry-level. Someone who has never played JRPGs isn’t going to start with one from 20-30 years ago and suddenly love the genre, you and I both know the truth.

>>3777121
it's not about being entry level; it's that you recommended a bunch of soulless, bland, or otherwise niche games.

>>3777123
I liked all of them. There's nothing wrong with recommending games that fit my tastes.

>>3776835 (OP)
>Never played a JRPG where should I start?
Kamidori

>>3777159
Jumping straight into eroge might scare someone off, even if it does take 30 hours to get to reach the first scene.

>>3777189
Rance X is the best JRPG ever made, he needs to slowly ease into eroge if he wants to experience the peak of the medium.

Chrono Trigger is the perfect baby's RPGs.
Above average in everything but is perfectly serviceable. Not a masterpiece like some of the cumguzzlers online said though.
I won't suggest Persona 5 or the persona games because it's more of a creature-collector high school sim
FF4 is a great intro as well since it is pretty purely linear without too many quirkiness that the hardcore JRPGs have, although boss fights can be pretty difficult unless you are knowledgeable at certain stuff

>>3777159
based

>>3776835 (OP)
I was going to give a real and earnest response where I axtually asked questions about what the OP likes about gideo games and what they were interested in (instead of just randomly shilling crap like the rest of the thread) but if you look at the image used by the OP and check it on the archive you can see that this is a fake thread made by a schizo and not a real question.

Don’t waste your time giving recommendations or thoughts - no one’s listening.

>>3776835 (OP)
Ff4, as fpbp says or unironically yakuza 7. I'd skip ff4 2 and 3, just ff4 1.

>>3777777
wasted

>>3777777
Yakuza 777777

>>3776835 (OP)
the Rance RPG.
or one of the classik SRPGs like Fire Emblem or Langrisser.

>>3776842
>>3776918
it literally ripped off Wizardry and Ultima though?
the ancient greeks were united statians.

>>3776835 (OP)
Wizardry 1-4

>>3777819
>>3777844
OP is asking about JRPGs though, not RPGs in general. retard. Dragon Quest is one of the earliest points of divergence between JRPG design and WRPG design, so it's one of the best games to play to get a feeling for the JRPG genre.

>>3776835 (OP)
dragon warrior 1&2 or dragon warrior 3 for game boy color.

>>3776842
game crashed after I stepped into the dragon castle or what's it called

>>3778124
DQ is THE jrpg.

>>3778124
you're the one who mentioned ancient greeks and derivatives, my dude. if you care about the TRUE origin of JRPGs. you should play early Ultimas and Wizardry.

>>3777844
Which version though?

>>3776835 (OP)
FFX
Golden Sun

>>3776835 (OP)
Don't bother.

>>3778538
now ur talking about the origins on a genre and not an actualy genre. Ultima is a crpg, Wizardry is a drpg. DQ is the first jrpg, no other perspective is needed.

>>3778662
>Ultima is a crpg, Wizardry is a drpg. DQ is the first jrpg, no other perspective is needed.

if your ultima mom fucked wizardry and gave birth to dragon quest, your mom is greek and the mom of JRPG. and also a slut.

>>3777777
Congrats on your super lucky roll.

pedit5

>>3776842
It better be the famicom version or else you're cheating

>>3776835 (OP)
>if you aren't an NPC
depends on what you like
but since you had to ask here and therefor are an NPC: Sheeple Trigger or Bandwagon Fantasy

>>3776835 (OP)
Pokemon is actually a really good place to start with JRPGs. The Gen 1 remakes (Fire Red and Leaf Green) are probably the best ones to start with but any game in the main series will probably do.

>>3780369
Pokemon is garbage, the only good thing about it is gooning to the girls

Earhtbound or Mother 3

>>3780440
Pokemon has more engaging mechanics than most other games posted on this board

>>3780482
perhaps, but it has no character development, plot, or any other redeeming characteristics. monster catcher games are their own subgenre and should only be compared to other monster catchers.

>>3780554
Sun & Moon is the only one with character development

>>3776839
this is the best choice. it's a jrpg by the numbers now, but it wasn't then. and it's over in like 20 hours so you can play through it on a weekend.

>>3780756
trying to do a jrpg like story in pokemon was so fucking stupid. I was a pokemon kid and Sun&Moon was the game that turned me off the new stuff. X was still good, but otherwise only the remakes are decent anymore. Except the platinum remake that I couldn't get past the 2nd gym no idea why.

>>3776835 (OP)
Where's Karen's game?

>>3776873
>dragon warrior monsters
I remember this game actually being hard as fuck. Like the final boss in the tree you need some insane fucking monster breading for. I don’t think I ever beat it as a kid and I don’t think I’d ever go back… or recommend it.

>>3780971
Pokemon is a jrpg retard
They’re all jrpg stories

>>3781163
you were probably just too young. NTA i beat the game as a 10 year old the first time. There is a system where you get a higher + the more you breed the same mons that increases their stats. It's essentially just finding something with heal and getting a physical skill on your attacker, or strong breath skill on something with magic. Most of the time as a kid Grizzly was so strong you can beat the game with them. Once I ran two +2 Grizzlies and a unicorn all the way to the optional final boss.

>>3781204
you didn't play it. pokemons is a jrpg story like DQ where you talk to niggas and find where to go. Sun & Moon had cutscenes and forced dialogue like it was trying to be ps1 final fantasy. huge difference.

>classic
Chrono Trigger

>modern
Xenoblade DE

Your choice

>>3776842
You can go deeper. The 80s Action RPG boom with Xanadu, Hydlide, etc.

And even before that, there was an early 80s PC RPG boom in Japan, but unless you REALLY are deep into it and know the language, this is impossible to get into.

Overall, the idea of DQ being the first Japanese RPG is kind of a myth. It was a codifier of what nowadays is considered an archetypal JRPG, but Japan had a lot of role-playing games long before that.

>>3776835 (OP)
if you want something old school but still fun play chrono trigger
if you want something a bit more modernized play dragon quest 11

>>3776842
>>3777819
>>3778124
>>3778538
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>>3778731
I've enjoyed reading this whimsical conversation. In my mind it's two haughty gnomes going back and forth but slowly rising from smug "ho-ho-ho"s to reddened faces and spit-trickled beards.
I love funny anon interactions like this.

>>3781641
I really wish I had been around when /jrpg/ was thing. That's still banned on vg right?

>>3781641
the funny thing is, you might gnot be far from the truth

>>3776835 (OP)
You should start with Wizardry.

>>3776835 (OP)
is diofield chronicles any good? or good for 20$?

>>3776886
>lufia 2
BASED

>>3782116
i am not a gnome or jewish. but thanks for asking.

>>3776835 (OP)
Knights of Xentar

>>3776835 (OP)
>Regular Turn Based
Phantasy Star 4
>Dugeon Crawler
Strange Journey
>SRPG
Tactics Ogre
>ARPG
Terranigma

>>3776835 (OP)
just bingewatch 60 hours of an anime while constantly mashing the X button on a controller. It's literally the same experience but less boring.

Hoping to hijack a dead thread but starting with Final Fantasy; never played it before is VI a good starting point?

>>3789646
>VI a good starting point?
yes. but V got a cooler job system and an MC named Buttz. the plot for V is boring though.

>>3789941
Honestly I dont get why FFV fans love to shove their job system simulator to everyone face without making a persuasive argument.

>>3789941
Thanks for the reply honestly wasn't expecting one at this point with your recommendation with V i keep getting pushed further down in the series i initially was only going to play X but then thought i might as well go from VII up but then you see so many people go on about VI but i didn't know if it would filter me.

>>3789646
>never played it before is VI a good starting point?
VI, VII, X are good choices. Pick the one that appeals the most, delve into others if you get hooked.

>>3790228
Thanks for the reply i think i'll just start with VII then since i was a psx kid so the style is kinda nostalgic for me already and it seems that's the "best" so if i don't like that i shouldn't like the rest in theory

>>3776835 (OP)
Chrono Trigger is the jrpg for people who don't like jrpgs
Final Fantasy 7 is the jrpg for people who love jrpgs

emulate pokemon unbound for free if u count that as a jrpg , best modern pokemon game for free . if u want the 4 ninjas in a row type games i havent played those in a long while .. xcom maybe

>>3791426
edit : i forgot to add , pokemon unbound was the best and maybe the only playable game i played on mobile , i had like 230 hrs in it last time i checked. so i guess its a mobile game recommendation as well

>>3789962
>job system simulator to everyone face
because its actually cool, and the first FF with a flexible job system.

>>3791234
> SaGa 1 is the jrpg for people who love jrpgs

>>3778124
that argument makes no sense, if it's one of the earliest points of divergence then it has barely diverged, so you won't see much difference

>>3778731
lol

surprised nobody mentioned:
Secret of Mana
>action rpg with some of the best music in any game. i often just have the TPR version of "fear of the heavens" on repeat.
Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete
>a beautiful love story that actually ties everything into its theme, instead of some other games where the plot collapses into a heap. also has an auto battle mode so when you get tired of the combat and just want to finish the game you can set each battle to auto and clean your room or something. also you need to watch the opening cinematic on youtube RIGHT NOW.
Langrisser II
>strategy rpg with awesome characters and music.

>>3782853
I think it can be the right game for a casual player at $20. But for someone who wants to be heavily engaged in a narrative or the gameplay, they would be best served buying something else.
If nothing else it's got a demo on Steam, so you could always try before you buy.

>>3790310
How's your playthrough of VII been?

>>3776835 (OP)
Persona 5 Royal, Expedition 33 or Octopath Traveler 2.

Tried final fantasy 7, it's so boring.

>>3794394
do FFX-2 then. it's cute and funny.

Don't. The japanese have no concept of how to write an RPG. Only western RPGs have any semblence of a plot and characters.

>>3794632
>western RPGs have any semblence of a plot and characters.
thanks, woke devs. don't you have a safespace to goto where you rage about the harry potter game not being black and tranny-loving enough?