Who remembers great JPRG's from the 80's and 90's? (maybe some 00's to)

[Forge]

No. I mentioned Shining Force as well, but it's kind of hard to read everything mentioned in all the posts when the thread starts getting past a page or two.
I like the top-down games, but not a huge fan of the 1st-person dungeon-crawlers. Those were a bit too generic and grindy.

[Spect3r]

Am i the only one who enjoyed Shining Force? Or am i the only one old enough to remember it? lol
Of course, Chrono Trigger is amazing but that goes without saying

[Eldarion]

The original Wild Arms has my favorite story ever in a game period. I've been looking forward to playing it again on PS Classic.

[CPT. Chrome Dome]

Some great games mentioned already but since most of the classics have been spoken for I'm going to go for one you guys might have missed.



Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean I thought was an underrated gem when it released in 2003 on the Gamecube. The game was incredible looking at the time and story was engaging. I remember the plot twist about mid-game threw me for a loop and it was kind of what brought me back into JRPG's after I had fallen away from them after the classics of the SNES and NES era. It definitely had it's faults (the voice acting was downright painful for one, fortunately you could turn it off) but it pushed me back towards enjoying more modern JRPGs. I might have missed out on a lot if it wasn't for this game reigniting my interest.

Great music, beautifully crafted world and a good story layered on top of a fairly original card based battle system. Can't ask much more of a 60+ hour experience.

[Forge]

Never really had access to JRPGs when growing up, but the first RPG I got really hooked on was 85's The Bard's Tale. Then later Eye of the Beholder. I didn't really play many RPGs until I got a Dreamcast and played Record of Lodoss War (never completed it, the game glitched on me ), Skies of Arcadia, Shenmue etc. Then with the XBOX there were hardly any decent RPGs, and now with the latest XBOX there are loads of RPGs but now they're all action based.

Bard's Tale. I kinda remember playing that, getting lost in the wilderness, and giving up. I wasn't in charge of the keyboard, so I take no responsibility.

Think I still have the 2 disc AD&D gold collection somewhere. Has about a dozen of those games on it. iirc Eye of the Beholder III was probably the best one.
On a tangent, I also liked The Summoning by Event Horizon & SSI.

[Aidy]

Never really had access to JRPGs when growing up, but the first RPG I got really hooked on was 85's The Bard's Tale. Then later Eye of the Beholder. I didn't really play many RPGs until I got a Dreamcast and played Record of Lodoss War (never completed it, the game glitched on me ), Skies of Arcadia, Shenmue etc. Then with the XBOX there were hardly any decent RPGs, and now with the latest XBOX there are loads of RPGs but now they're all action based.

[Arrowny]

I like to tell people that 90s JRPGs taught me to read. I played every one I could find for the SNES.

[Forge]

I prefer JRPGs, but does liking Daggerfall and Diablo (I) make me inherently a traitor?

[Tapkoh]

JPRGs were my life growing up. Started on the SNES and played FF 4 & 6, Mystic Quest, Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana, Lufia, Breath of Fire... I was really disappointed that the N64 didn't have a lot in this regard, but Ogre Battle 64 was great. Then I moved on to the playstation and picked up FF 7-9, Suikoden, SaGa Frontier, Wild ARMs, more Breath of Fire, Star Ocean, Lunar, Legaia, Chrono Cross, Dragoon, Koudelka, among others. I missed this stuff so much in college that I played older games with fan translations (before some of them saw official English releases) like the first Star Ocean, Dragon Quest V, Tales of Phantasia, and Romancing SaGa 3.

[SRMiller]

IV does have the best story, but I also forgot to mention, do NOT, under any circumstance, play the sequels to the numbered games. X-2, XIII-2 & 3. They ruin the original game.

[drmrboyc]

Yes start with FFIV! That got me hooked on gaming back when I was a wee lad xD

[aileron]

If they haven't already been mentioned, Xenosaga & Final Fantasy VII

[Ruinic]

All right now lets see... it may not be my first RPG i played growing up but it was the one that made me fall in love with the genre. and thats the one..... the only....Earthbound. while i play many games before this one grab my attention and lead me down a path of RPGs, This game and FF6 are to this day some of my favorites, special mentions to dragon warrior/quest too but i didn't find them till later un life.

[SRMiller]

Unfortunately I never was afforded to many opportunities to play jrps growing up, and Final Fantasy has intimidated me due to being out of the loop with the overall story arch.

that and I dont even know what are good picks as far as the current generation of consoles are concerned. I've heard great things about FF7 and they have the original remaster in the psn store, but not sure if I should play the first 6 before that one.

It’s your lucky day dude, there is NO overall story arch in the FF series. Of all the main games in the numbered series, they are all individual stories set in their own respective “universes”. 1 has nothing to do with 2, 5 has nothing to do with 10, etc etc. I would strongly suggest starting the series with 4 (my personal favorite) or 9.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 9 are all high fantasy games.

7, 8, 10 & 13 are more sci-fi-ish.

6 & 12 is kind of a mix of the two.

So is 15, but fuck that game.

[Doublecoolbeans]

Unfortunately I never was afforded to many opportunities to play jrps growing up, and Final Fantasy has intimidated me due to being out of the loop with the overall story arch.

that and I dont even know what are good picks as far as the current generation of consoles are concerned. I've heard great things about FF7 and they have the original remaster in the psn store, but not sure if I should play the first 6 before that one.