Golden Sun and Golden Sun: The Lost Age If anyone has a GBA or is comfortable with emulation, I highly recommend playing through these 2. These are 2 of the greatest JRPG games I’ve ever played. Give them a Quick Look up even if you’ve never heard of them. Any Final Fantasy or Square fan would absolutely love these gems of the past. They are also available on the Nintendo Switch GBA software. Amazing games made by a team that clearly had a deep passion for JRPG story telling and mechanic. I’ve replayed them both probably 10+ times, the music, pixel art style and level design, puzzle mechanics, battle system.. summons.. everything is top notch in my book.
Anybody who loves jrpg’s should absolutely play final fantasy 6. My favorite game of all time. The story, characters, themes, world and especially the MUSIC is unmatched.
@@itkirk It's orchestrated but I feel like they also improved the songs. You'll notice they changed the arrangement a little bit, but not too much. Check out all the pixel remaster soundtracks. It's some of the best music I've ever heard
Because the original is a mess design-wise? As good as people make the game out to be, the compass system is awful, even though you can spin the map it does nothing to help you find out where your supposed to go, you can miss guaranteed jumps forcing you to redo entire puzzles. And then there's the last disc, which everyone points out.
For the first 3/4ths...sadly. One of my favorite games of all time, never beat it because of that last part. I really need to go back. Actually, even the last 3rd is good story, it's just presented poorly.
Xenoblade is one of the greatest trilogies of any piece of media I have ever experienced. The definition of a piece of art masterpiece. Absolutely one of the greatest stories every told
I still have Xenoblade Chronicles X’s performance and graphic enhancement packs downloaded to my Wii U. I’ll never delete them, as since they shut the store down, all free dlc (like that was) is no longer available. I really hope they remake it on the Switch 2, so we can all actually take down those major bosses in Squads online like Monster Hunter. Not enough people bought Wii Us to enjoy this.
All 6 of these games are in my Top 10 VideoGames of All Time 6. Persona 4 Golden 5. Fire Emblem Three Houses 4. XenoBlade Chronicles Definitive Edition 3. XenoBlade Chronicles 3 with Future Redeemed DLC 2. Persona 3 Reload 1. Persona 5 Royal
so, you have included 1st and 3rd Xenoblade, but didn't include Xenoblade 2, which is, objectively, has the most unique developed characters, a great story with twists, and where 90% of the game is not about "killing another mechon" people are strange creatures sometimes
@@no_bs_science haha brother its. Or that different from the others, I just didn’t like the character designs and it just wasn’t as engaging to me as the others
@@mitch20003 I disagree. The "health sponge" quality of enemies really detracts from the enjoyability of many of the battles. Arise gives up difficulty in favor of long health bars, making for tedious combat even against trash mobs after grinding.
My Top 5 JRPG’s 1. Suikoden 1 & 2 2. Final Fantasy 7 3. Octopath Traveler 1 & 2 4. Dragon Ball Z: Attack Of The Saiyan’s 5. Star Ocean: 1st Departure & 2nd Story
I was gonna say suikoden 2 and the suikoden series as a whole needs to be top 3 if not number 1 for most everyone who's ever played it! It's a bold claim but I haven't met anyone who doest rank it top 3 of all time
If you love jrpgs, the legend of heroes games should also be considered. It’s like the mcu. There are like 11-13 games right now I think all inter connected. Honestly you don’t need to play all of them to understand the story. Either jump into the newest ones, the daybreak ones or where I started is cold steel 1. I am fully caught up from cold steel 1. I am currently working through the crossbell games. Super cool after already playing cold steel 1 and 2
I'm a huge fan of Trails series too, but it's 10/10 when you consider the entire series as a whole. When you split all of them into their respective games, at best we get Sky SC at 9/10.
I’m gonna make my list then watch the video to compare! In no order Xenogears Xenoblade definitive addition FF9 FF6 FF7 rebirth Legend of Legaia Lunar Chrono Trigger Persona 5 Persona 4
Why in the holy fook has Chrono Trigger not been remade with a face lift?!? It's one of the best stories/ rpg games ever written. It sold well and was always given amazing reviews from everyone right away and is STILL LOVED. It makes ZERO sense.
Although Chrono trigger is definitely my favorite game of all time, I would state that the one game I found lacking on this list was Ys 8 the Lacrimosa of Dana. It’s in my top three of all time and is criminally underrated, both storyline, and soundtrack..
@@davidtimmer596 for me Arise was big step forward and best Tales of game for me.. from PS2/PS3 era older Tales of games was still the same gameplay just with other stories
@@petrstastny2090 Arise gameplay was a step back imo. Bosses were just health sponge and complete threw away the combo mechanic that made the other encounters interesting. Also removed coop.
JRPG from Falcom is great as well. My first YS series was YS 8. Tried it a few years ago and got hooked. Ended up finishing both 8 and 9. Currently waiting for YS X release. For Trails, I started with Cold Steel. Managed to finish Cold Steel I - IV. I am now a fan of Falcom games.
@@jellalfernandes9820 I'm very interested in which game you could rate as 10/10 Mario? Lego? Xenoblade and Trails are the best story-heavy series I've played so far and there're a ton of people who would agree with this point of view Trails have their issues like the guy above mentioned too easy difficulty (which can be dealt with mods), and inconsistent tempo of the story (you can have 10 hours of slow-paced investigation and quests, followed by 3 hours of constant action/cutscenes) Trails in the Sky 1-2, all Crossbell ark, Trails of the Cold Steel 1-4, and Trails into the Daybreak 1 are excellent. I'm not fond of Sky 3rd, as it's the only game I found a bit boring for me, and by far not impressed with Daybreak 2 (but I'm like 10 hours in, so who knows) but to say that Azure is the pinnacle of the Trails series, and rate it 8/10...
This is overall a really good list. Some of my favorite games were mentioned. I've been lucky enough to experience all of these, but unfortunately, I haven't got them all in my collection yet. I did recently manage to find a copy of xenogears on the cheap though
While Abyss is my favorite Tales of game, I would say tears of Symphonia is the Final Fantasy VII of the Tesla of series. That game made so many of us Tales of Fans. Yes, I tried Tales of Destiny and I hated the gameplay, but seeing Symphonia gameplay, I gave it another go.. And feel in love with the series. However I'm worried about their current directions.
Good list. If I'll change anything, I'll replace FF7 with FF6, which is a superior game. Also, I'll replace DQ5 with Final Fantasy Tactics WotL. That's the second best game in the list behind Chrono Trigger.
that was the golden era of jrpgs, I cant do random battles anymore though, thats why im a big fan of bravery default, you can shut off battles and then turn on when youre ready to grind.
So Glad to see Tales of the Abyss on a must play list. That Game is the main reason I got into the Tales of series. And I'm glad Tales of graces is getting a remaster, which gives me hope that Abyss will get one as well. I need to eventually get back to playing Arise (I didn't like the main character all that much)
Opening this up with Tales of Arise… that is certainly a choice… and then saying it’s an Anime version of FF7 remake. I don’t even know where to start unpacking this recommendation lmao.
I strongly nominate ni no kuni wrath of the white witch, this is the one of its kind JRPG. I don't think there will be another Ghibli game ever, seriously, ever!
Well, he did say that he prioritises visuals, that his tastes were shallow, and said that he liked Final Fantasy 10 DESPITE its out of date graphics. He also lumped FF7R and FF7 classic together which, no.... just.... no....
Two thumbs up for this list. I would replace Tales of Arise with Legend of Dragoon. I had fun with Tales of Arise, but it's not a top 3 tales game imo. Also played FF7 rebirth right after. They felt similar, but rebirth is 100x better in every way
You forgot to point that a lot of the games from your list are on PC too. You only did it for Chrono Trigger and FF10. Dq 11 - PC, FF7 - PC, Persona 5 -PC, Tales of Arise - PC
My personal top 10: 01. Suikoden II 02. Xenogears 03. Growlanser: Wayfarer of Time 04. The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky 05. Persona 5 Royal 06. Final Fantasy XII 07. Octopath Traveler II 08. Chrono Trigger 09. Shadow Hearts 10. Valkyrie Profile
Ok if you haven't played Xenogears you were probably all "uggh another amnesiac protagonist" but this is in fact one of the greates scifi stories ever told in any medium.
this what i think are the best 1- Xenogears 2-Lunar silver Star complete 3- suikoden 2 4- suikoden 1 5- Grandia 1 6- Final Fantasy Tactics 7- Final Fantasy 7 8- Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne 9- Final Fantay X 10- Tales of the Abyss or Xenoblade Chronicals
Trails Series , Do you like Avenger Infinity war / Endgame ? You start it with Ironman right? Then this is the samething. Start with Trails in the sky FC > SC > 3rd > Zero > Azure > Cold Steel 1,2,3,4 > Reveries > Daybreak Great Continuity of World Building + Characters Growth + Cool Moments
The legend of heroes trails from zero. I'm still getting into the trails series now but i played 0 first and it quickly shot up to one of my favorite rpgs ever. That's gotta be my recommendation
You had me at takes of arise I'm not afraid to admit I beat it 3 times and it's the only tales of game I've played more than once it hits all the right places.
Damn so many amazing JPRGS left out, i think its just so hard to make a top 10 list. You cant leave out games like Legend Of The Dragoon, Chrono Cross, Final Fantasy Tactics, Vagrant Story, Tales Of Vesperia, Kingdom Hearts 2. So so many haha.
1-Legend of Zelda Manjora's Mask 2-Final Fantasy 10 3-Legend of Zelda Ocarina of time 4-Final Fantasy 7 5-Final Fantasy 9 6-Radiata Stories 7-Shadow of the colossus 8-Lord of the rings, return of the king 9-Suikoden 4 10- The Bard's Tale
Never played many jrpgs growing up, besides Pokemon. But now I'm eager to delve into the genre, mainly into the Persona series. These lists are great to make a backlog of games to play
Persona is definitely one of the most consistent JRPG series, P5 Royal specifically is a very beginner friendly game and great for newcomers to the series.
If you like it then you should check out Shin Megami Tensei, it's the origin of persona and a really good series, pretty different setting though, since SMT is almost always set in a post-apocalyptic world, at least the mainline ones
Abyss and Symphonia are probably most popular among Tales fans. Vesperia pushed the combat forward and characters are cool, but the plot (or lack thereof) is a complete mess
Terranigma. Which can be played via a hacked PAL SNES copy, or you can just Emulate, which is what most people do to play it, because North America never got an official release due to Nintendo switching their focus to the N64 at the time.
NA didn't get it because Enix America closed down. It got released in PAL territories because it was published by Nintendo directly. Publishers like Enix, Atlus and Squaresoft weren't big enough to have European publishing divisions and required third party companies to publish for them (usually Nintendo for SNES games) which is why very few SNES RPGs actually got PAL releases.
Atlus did a great job with the Persona series and I hope they do even better with Metaphor in October. Dragon Quest has confirmed excellent standards with the latest chapter, but it is Xenoblade that takes the crown as the best JRPG of this era. Monolith, with its Xenoblade series, is what Square was with Final Fantasy, for me it is the real point of reference. Unfortunately, Xenoblade's weakness is being a Nintendo exclusive; if it were a multiplatform game it would be unanimously recognized as the undisputed ruler of JRPGs.
What is a JRPG you feel people should play before they die?
Persona 3 Reload, Persona 4 Golden
Astlibra Revision
Bushi Seiryuuden, easy.
yakuza like a dragon
They have games! But they’re all Virtual Boy games!
Golden Sun and Golden Sun: The Lost Age
If anyone has a GBA or is comfortable with emulation, I highly recommend playing through these 2. These are 2 of the greatest JRPG games I’ve ever played. Give them a Quick Look up even if you’ve never heard of them.
Any Final Fantasy or Square fan would absolutely love these gems of the past. They are also available on the Nintendo Switch GBA software.
Amazing games made by a team that clearly had a deep passion for JRPG story telling and mechanic. I’ve replayed them both probably 10+ times, the music, pixel art style and level design, puzzle mechanics, battle system.. summons.. everything is top notch in my book.
Great recommendations, I loved the golden suns... Although dno why I don't enjoy it as much as I did hahaha, maybe I'm too old now
My first JRPG growing up and man it was so good. The sequel was not quite as good but still solid and I can't recommend them enough.
Suikoden 2 is a MUST in this list and the entire franchise as a whole!
Amen
was looking for someone to mention this
I played suikoden 2 as one of my first RPGs and didn't appreciate it as much. Played it again when I was older, and man, what a masterpiece
Suikoden 5 also. Lufia 2, FF6, Shadow Hearts 2. All must plays.
i am waiting for the remastered ver to drop, then i will play both 1&2 for the first time :)
Anybody who loves jrpg’s should absolutely play final fantasy 6. My favorite game of all time. The story, characters, themes, world and especially the MUSIC is unmatched.
Everyone got their own favourite FF series.
FF6 is my favorite game of all time too! Solidarity!
@@itkirk The music got even better in the pixel remaster too
@@omegaweapon116 Did it, how? The quality? Is it the orchestrated version?
@@itkirk It's orchestrated but I feel like they also improved the songs. You'll notice they changed the arrangement a little bit, but not too much. Check out all the pixel remaster soundtracks. It's some of the best music I've ever heard
Xenogears
If any game deserves a remake, it's Xenogears. You guys already know why.
Absolutely MUST
Because the original is a mess design-wise? As good as people make the game out to be, the compass system is awful, even though you can spin the map it does nothing to help you find out where your supposed to go, you can miss guaranteed jumps forcing you to redo entire puzzles. And then there's the last disc, which everyone points out.
chornic trigger, ff6
Yes fucking please! Hopefully they finish it properly this time too. 🙏
Because the original was barely a game and more of a visual novel with a couple of hours of jrpg sprinkled into it?
Xenogears might have the greatest story ever told in a game imo
This
agree
My brother in existence
I have to watch video breakdowns just to understand it
For the first 3/4ths...sadly. One of my favorite games of all time, never beat it because of that last part. I really need to go back.
Actually, even the last 3rd is good story, it's just presented poorly.
Xenoblade is one of the greatest trilogies of any piece of media I have ever experienced. The definition of a piece of art masterpiece. Absolutely one of the greatest stories every told
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If talk about story, u can try Valkyrie chronicle revolution
If you have played Xenogears, I guarantee Xenoblade will no longer feel special.
@@bhoqeem1975 I played Xenogears but I still prefer Xenoblade 🤷 But Xenogears is peak I agree
I still have Xenoblade Chronicles X’s performance and graphic enhancement packs downloaded to my Wii U. I’ll never delete them, as since they shut the store down, all free dlc (like that was) is no longer available.
I really hope they remake it on the Switch 2, so we can all actually take down those major bosses in Squads online like Monster Hunter. Not enough people bought Wii Us to enjoy this.
FFX is a must.
I just booted this uk for another replay, one of my fav games of all time! Best OST of all time imo
The XII is better
No it isn't. I hate that game.
All 6 of these games are in my Top 10 VideoGames of All Time
6. Persona 4 Golden
5. Fire Emblem Three Houses
4. XenoBlade Chronicles Definitive Edition
3. XenoBlade Chronicles 3 with Future Redeemed DLC
2. Persona 3 Reload
1. Persona 5 Royal
A man of culture I see! Xenoblade definitive edition and P5R are in my top 3 as well along with FFX
so, you have included 1st and 3rd Xenoblade, but didn't include Xenoblade 2, which is, objectively, has the most unique developed characters, a great story with twists, and where 90% of the game is not about "killing another mechon"
people are strange creatures sometimes
@@no_bs_science yeah but the worst one easily
@@BrickFlairMMA so you couldn't handle the complex battle system in Xenoblade 2 and decided that it's the worst one
got it
@@no_bs_science haha brother its. Or that different from the others, I just didn’t like the character designs and it just wasn’t as engaging to me as the others
Ys: Lacrimosa of Dana should be added as well. Loved that game 😊
agreed
I hacked my new 3ds and played chrono trigger DS for the first time. Wow. Really great game and music is top tier!
Lunar Silver Story, Dragon Quest 8, Blue Dragon, Grandia
Play Tales of Berseria. The story and characters are quite awesome.
yeah, but gameplay in arise is the best in the series,
@@mitch20003gameplay in arise isn’t the best in the series lol, it’s
xillia 2/graces f
@@emptyskyy0 hmm I don't think so we can agree to disagree.
@@mitch20003 I disagree. The "health sponge" quality of enemies really detracts from the enjoyability of many of the battles. Arise gives up difficulty in favor of long health bars, making for tedious combat even against trash mobs after grinding.
@@Mr._Matt you have a point but I liked arise better, it was close though. I enjoyed bereseria a lot. Great game combat dark story of revenge
Lost Odyssey is an absolute must play that I highly recommend.
Glad to see Dragon Quest V getting love!
My Top 5 JRPG’s
1. Suikoden 1 & 2
2. Final Fantasy 7
3. Octopath Traveler 1 & 2
4. Dragon Ball Z: Attack Of The Saiyan’s
5. Star Ocean: 1st Departure & 2nd Story
I was gonna say suikoden 2 and the suikoden series as a whole needs to be top 3 if not number 1 for most everyone who's ever played it! It's a bold claim but I haven't met anyone who doest rank it top 3 of all time
Ewww ff VII 😂😂😂
YES #1!
@@love2lovesum1 eww ff vii
star ocean 2 is definitely in my top 5. ff7, ff6, xenoblade series, chrono trigger, final fantasy tactics
Nice list bro. glad to see tales of abyss in here
You can't talk about Xenoblade in just 2 MINUTES
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE
its impossible
@@RvnFromJubilife very impossible !!!
Lost Odyssey deserves more love
Came here to say this. Noone mentions it any of these lists ever, its a travesty. Its a top 5 all time rpg
If you love jrpgs, the legend of heroes games should also be considered. It’s like the mcu. There are like 11-13 games right now I think all inter connected. Honestly you don’t need to play all of them to understand the story. Either jump into the newest ones, the daybreak ones or where I started is cold steel 1. I am fully caught up from cold steel 1. I am currently working through the crossbell games. Super cool after already playing cold steel 1 and 2
I recently finish trails to azure. What a wonderful game! You're in for quite a ride!
Hell yes on Tales of Abyss, I feel like it doesn’t get the love it deserves anymore.
It’s a CRIME that the Trails series isn’t included in this
I played most of the games you mentioned, and he's right bro
I agree, I'm 8 games in and still working on finishing CS4. World building wise, it doesn't get any better.
I'm a huge fan of Trails series too, but it's 10/10 when you consider the entire series as a whole. When you split all of them into their respective games, at best we get Sky SC at 9/10.
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Agreed... I've only played trails in the sky, and didn't know it was a franchise 😂 boy was I in for a ride... Couldn't get the last trails game...
Persona 4 and Chrono Cross are must plays
My top one JRPG will for always be Terranigma, sadly not many people know the game, because it had localization issues back then.
I’m gonna make my list then watch the video to compare!
In no order
Xenogears
Xenoblade definitive addition
FF9
FF6
FF7 rebirth
Legend of Legaia
Lunar
Chrono Trigger
Persona 5
Persona 4
I’m very tempted to give Tales of Arise one day, when my backlog is a little smaller
Why in the holy fook has Chrono Trigger not been remade with a face lift?!? It's one of the best stories/ rpg games ever written. It sold well and was always given amazing reviews from everyone right away and is STILL LOVED. It makes ZERO sense.
Because it's perfect the way it is.
@vladv5126 perfect on crappy ports... no, no it's not
Sadly some company developers is just plain s t u p i d 😅
Chrono Trigger doesn't need a remake. It looks great the way it is. Making it look more "modern" won't necessarily enhance it.
I played tales of abyss 5 times
Although Chrono trigger is definitely my favorite game of all time, I would state that the one game I found lacking on this list was Ys 8 the Lacrimosa of Dana. It’s in my top three of all time and is criminally underrated, both storyline, and soundtrack..
Grandia, Panzer Dragoon Saga, Ys Book I & II TG-CD, Ys Origin, Dragon Quest III Reprise on SFC
Dragon Quest 11, Tales of the Abyss and Final Fantasy X are masterpieces. I think Nier Gestalt and Dragon Quest 8 are 10/10's too.
Dragon Quest 11 is in the backlog and I always hear great things. Looking forward to getting to that one.
Fei, Luke and Shulk on the Thumb? perfeeect
Tales of Vesperia should definitely be on the list
Yeah, Arise was a huge disappointment. I'd take Vesperia over that piece of shit game.
@@davidtimmer596 for me Arise was big step forward and best Tales of game for me.. from PS2/PS3 era older Tales of games was still the same gameplay just with other stories
@@petrstastny2090 Arise gameplay was a step back imo. Bosses were just health sponge and complete threw away the combo mechanic that made the other encounters interesting. Also removed coop.
Nope. That was the first game I quit because I hated the main charater.
Dragon quest is worth it just for sylvando. That dude has got to be easily one of the funniest characters in any game.
Xenogears? This list is legit.
Edit: Compared the on foot combat to FF7 with no mention of combos and deathblows...
JRPG from Falcom is great as well. My first YS series was YS 8. Tried it a few years ago and got hooked. Ended up finishing both 8 and 9. Currently waiting for YS X release.
For Trails, I started with Cold Steel. Managed to finish Cold Steel I - IV.
I am now a fan of Falcom games.
Trails Series- every game
The best is Azure and I don’t think Azure deserves more than 8/10
@@jellalfernandes9820what??? 👀 That's objectively wrong. The one issue being they're a bit easy for most frequent JRPG players.
Considering world building, intrigues and character writing, I put Trails series on top over any other jrpg.
@@TJ20232 you can deal with this with difficulty mods
I've been playing almost all trails games with difficulty mods, and it has been a blast
@@jellalfernandes9820 I'm very interested in which game you could rate as 10/10
Mario? Lego?
Xenoblade and Trails are the best story-heavy series I've played so far
and there're a ton of people who would agree with this point of view
Trails have their issues like the guy above mentioned too easy difficulty (which can be dealt with mods), and inconsistent tempo of the story (you can have 10 hours of slow-paced investigation and quests, followed by 3 hours of constant action/cutscenes)
Trails in the Sky 1-2, all Crossbell ark, Trails of the Cold Steel 1-4, and Trails into the Daybreak 1 are excellent.
I'm not fond of Sky 3rd, as it's the only game I found a bit boring for me, and by far not impressed with Daybreak 2 (but I'm like 10 hours in, so who knows)
but to say that Azure is the pinnacle of the Trails series, and rate it 8/10...
Very strong list here. I do feel personally that there are plenty of better games to put here than Tales of Arise though
Nice list. I would add "Secret of Mana"
Its criminal to not put lost odyssey in that list.
This is overall a really good list. Some of my favorite games were mentioned. I've been lucky enough to experience all of these, but unfortunately, I haven't got them all in my collection yet. I did recently manage to find a copy of xenogears on the cheap though
ABYSS is the GAME... its like the FF7 of the TALES SERIES...
While Abyss is my favorite Tales of game, I would say tears of Symphonia is the Final Fantasy VII of the Tesla of series.
That game made so many of us Tales of Fans.
Yes, I tried Tales of Destiny and I hated the gameplay, but seeing Symphonia gameplay, I gave it another go.. And feel in love with the series.
However I'm worried about their current directions.
Good list. If I'll change anything, I'll replace FF7 with FF6, which is a superior game. Also, I'll replace DQ5 with Final Fantasy Tactics WotL. That's the second best game in the list behind Chrono Trigger.
fft is in my top 5
Feel free to change either of the dragon quests for persona 3 reload
Really?? Have you ever played legend of dragoon, suikoden 2, breath of fire IV, lunar, etc.?? 90's-00's gaming was the best so far.
that was the golden era of jrpgs, I cant do random battles anymore though, thats why im a big fan of bravery default, you can shut off battles and then turn on when youre ready to grind.
Yea were different from the guy, he likes dragon quest 😅
Love this list!!! So many great games! I need to play more Tales games too!
Tales of The Abyss was my first Tales of game and one of my top five video games of all time. I've been chasing that high ever since.
Xenosaga is one of the best, if not THE best, of all jrpgs
My favourite Jrpg of all time was Suikoden 2 and South Park Stick of truth 😅 I know, I know, controversial
So Glad to see Tales of the Abyss on a must play list. That Game is the main reason I got into the Tales of series. And I'm glad Tales of graces is getting a remaster, which gives me hope that Abyss will get one as well. I need to eventually get back to playing Arise (I didn't like the main character all that much)
I just bought Xenoblade Chronicles for Nintendo switch and physical copy two days ago and I used to have tales of abyss on Nintendo three DS 😊
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Opening this up with Tales of Arise… that is certainly a choice… and then saying it’s an Anime version of FF7 remake. I don’t even know where to start unpacking this recommendation lmao.
I strongly nominate ni no kuni wrath of the white witch, this is the one of its kind JRPG. I don't think there will be another Ghibli game ever, seriously, ever!
Great list! Thank you.
Where the hell is Grandia?
Did this dude just say the persona 5 music was aesthetically pleasing?
The best jrpgs are The Legend of Heroes: trails series. Best world building and story ever!! Every jrpg fan should try it.
Scarlet Nexus should be in this list, its not perfect but so underrated
I feel FF6 is missing. It's the best game of the series to me. It revolutionized JRPGs.
Well, he did say that he prioritises visuals, that his tastes were shallow, and said that he liked Final Fantasy 10 DESPITE its out of date graphics. He also lumped FF7R and FF7 classic together which, no.... just.... no....
Two thumbs up for this list. I would replace Tales of Arise with Legend of Dragoon. I had fun with Tales of Arise, but it's not a top 3 tales game imo. Also played FF7 rebirth right after. They felt similar, but rebirth is 100x better in every way
DQ 11 was my first real intro into JRPGs and I'm looking for my next fix!
The whole xeno series as a whole is a masterpiece. Xenogears xenosaga and xenoblade are games everybody needs to try
You forgot to point that a lot of the games from your list are on PC too. You only did it for Chrono Trigger and FF10. Dq 11 - PC, FF7 - PC, Persona 5 -PC, Tales of Arise - PC
Nice list! I haven't played Tales of Abyss yet, but I'd say the other games are really 10/10
My personal top 10:
01. Suikoden II
02. Xenogears
03. Growlanser: Wayfarer of Time
04. The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky
05. Persona 5 Royal
06. Final Fantasy XII
07. Octopath Traveler II
08. Chrono Trigger
09. Shadow Hearts
10. Valkyrie Profile
Dude trails in the sky amazing... Good list
“…before they die.” How raw is that. Lol
Ok if you haven't played Xenogears you were probably all "uggh another amnesiac protagonist" but this is in fact one of the greates scifi stories ever told in any medium.
I recently completed Tales of Arise, i found it alright, but nothing to write home about. The story at the end got very convoluted.
Not even a top 5 tales game.
Berseria is waaaay better
Excellent list sir.
SMT: Digital Devil Saga series and Devil Survivor series should be mentioned too.
Legend Of Legaia needs some love. One of the great PS1 classics.
Don't forget lufia 2 on the super nes. That game is awesome and the story is really good. One of my top favorite games.
12:42 Nostalgia and playing it in my childhood both don't apply to me, but I think it is. 💖
Breath of fire is awesome too 👍
this what i think are the best
1- Xenogears
2-Lunar silver Star complete
3- suikoden 2
4- suikoden 1
5- Grandia 1
6- Final Fantasy Tactics
7- Final Fantasy 7
8- Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne
9- Final Fantay X
10- Tales of the Abyss or Xenoblade Chronicals
I don’t have time!!!
Trails Series , Do you like Avenger Infinity war / Endgame ? You start it with Ironman right? Then this is the samething.
Start with Trails in the sky FC > SC > 3rd > Zero > Azure > Cold Steel 1,2,3,4 > Reveries > Daybreak
Great Continuity of World Building + Characters Growth + Cool Moments
The legend of heroes trails from zero. I'm still getting into the trails series now but i played 0 first and it quickly shot up to one of my favorite rpgs ever. That's gotta be my recommendation
You had me at takes of arise I'm not afraid to admit I beat it 3 times and it's the only tales of game I've played more than once it hits all the right places.
Damn so many amazing JPRGS left out, i think its just so hard to make a top 10 list. You cant leave out games like Legend Of The Dragoon, Chrono Cross, Final Fantasy Tactics, Vagrant Story, Tales Of Vesperia, Kingdom Hearts 2. So so many haha.
For me I really enjoyed the golden sun games and legend of legaia. Legaia's combat system is top tier for me.😊
1-Legend of Zelda Manjora's Mask
2-Final Fantasy 10
3-Legend of Zelda Ocarina of time
4-Final Fantasy 7
5-Final Fantasy 9
6-Radiata Stories
7-Shadow of the colossus
8-Lord of the rings, return of the king
9-Suikoden 4
10- The Bard's Tale
literally half of those are not JRPGs
Persona is so goated
does anyone know the name of the soundtrack in the beginning of the video?
Never played many jrpgs growing up, besides Pokemon. But now I'm eager to delve into the genre, mainly into the Persona series. These lists are great to make a backlog of games to play
Persona is an option I feel like you can't go wrong with. It gets lengthy but it's an enjoyable experience.
Definitely recommend Persona 5 Royal
Persona is definitely one of the most consistent JRPG series, P5 Royal specifically is a very beginner friendly game and great for newcomers to the series.
If you like it then you should check out Shin Megami Tensei, it's the origin of persona and a really good series, pretty different setting though, since SMT is almost always set in a post-apocalyptic world, at least the mainline ones
youre missing out friend. so many good games, xenoblade, star ocean, tales series , final fantasy, dragonquest , mana series, suikoden, grandia , etc
what about the trials series?
Xenogear legend of Dragoon and Chrono cross should have a remake
I've never heard anyone talk about tales of the abyss, but i always hear people talking about tales of vesperia
Abyss and Symphonia are probably most popular among Tales fans. Vesperia pushed the combat forward and characters are cool, but the plot (or lack thereof) is a complete mess
Ys and Trails
Persona 5 its awesome, Dragon quest 11 was kinda boring for me
Terranigma. Which can be played via a hacked PAL SNES copy, or you can just Emulate, which is what most people do to play it, because North America never got an official release due to Nintendo switching their focus to the N64 at the time.
NA didn't get it because Enix America closed down. It got released in PAL territories because it was published by Nintendo directly. Publishers like Enix, Atlus and Squaresoft weren't big enough to have European publishing divisions and required third party companies to publish for them (usually Nintendo for SNES games) which is why very few SNES RPGs actually got PAL releases.
You should play Breath of fire saga, especially the third
The only 10/10 JRPGs
1. FF6
2. Chrono Trigger
3. Suikoden 2
First time viewer. Nice video man.
Star ocean 2 was a game changer and the only one I would add to this list. If only the rest of the series kept it's bravado.
True.. Star Ocean 1,2 were best in series..
Xenogears supremacy
skies of Arcadia, Grandia 1 and 2, Final Fantasy 7, 8, 9 (classic) dragon quest 8
Trails should be here, as should Lost Odyssey.
Atlus did a great job with the Persona series and I hope they do even better with Metaphor in October. Dragon Quest has confirmed excellent standards with the latest chapter, but it is Xenoblade that takes the crown as the best JRPG of this era. Monolith, with its Xenoblade series, is what Square was with Final Fantasy, for me it is the real point of reference. Unfortunately, Xenoblade's weakness is being a Nintendo exclusive; if it were a multiplatform game it would be unanimously recognized as the undisputed ruler of JRPGs.