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

[Rezikai]

Just recently started going through some old JRPG disks and cartridges and found Suikoden 1 & 2. Man the amount of time I spent on that game and others like WildArms, Vandal Hearts, FFVII-VII, and others really has me nostalgic for that old taste of JRPG action. Anyone else?

[Drann]

Yes! Here are my favorites:
1. Suikoden 2
2. Xenogears
3. Final Fantasy Tactics
4. Final Fantasy 7
5. Breath of Fire 3
6. Star Ocean 2
7. Seiken Densetsu 3
8. Vagrant Story
9. Valkyrie Profile
10. SaGa Frontier 2

Honorable Mentions: Mario RPG, Chrono Cross, Chrono Trigger, Legend of Dragoon, Final Fantasy 6, Ogre Battle, Romancing SaGa 3

I really liked Persona 5. If it wasn't a list of older jRPGs I'd put it in my top 10 above Breath of Fire 3

I've played so many more. They're like pizza, even the bad ones are usually still pretty good. Anyone remember Legend of Legaia? Not a favorite, but that game was a trip.

Anyone looking for an extra couple Final Fantasies that are good should check out Dimensions and FF4: After Years. They're both pretty much full-size SNES era Final Fantasy games

No Grandia mention!?

Excellent list otherwise. =p Although I preferred Breath of Fire 4 to 3 personally. I totally agree on the top spot for Suikoden 2, it's an incredible game in many respects.

Loved Legend of Legaia mind, great combat but the random encounter rate is the worst I've EVER encountered in any JRPG. Legaia 2 was pretty good too imo, had a great combat with that joint art system.

[ryan_]

Yes! Here are my favorites:
1. Suikoden 2
2. Xenogears
3. Final Fantasy Tactics
4. Final Fantasy 7
5. Breath of Fire 3
6. Star Ocean 2
7. Seiken Densetsu 3
8. Vagrant Story
9. Valkyrie Profile
10. SaGa Frontier 2

Honorable Mentions: Mario RPG, Chrono Cross, Chrono Trigger, Legend of Dragoon, Final Fantasy 6, Ogre Battle, Romancing SaGa 3

I really liked Persona 5. If it wasn't a list of older jRPGs I'd put it in my top 10 above Breath of Fire 3

I've played so many more. They're like pizza, even the bad ones are usually still pretty good. Anyone remember Legend of Legaia? Not a favorite, but that game was a trip.

Anyone looking for an extra couple Final Fantasies that are good should check out Dimensions and FF4: After Years. They're both pretty much full-size SNES era Final Fantasy games

[Eldarion]

Yes I heard of Alter Code F, I would like to play it. The graphics are improved and you get to use other characters, I love the new Boomerang Flash theme.

[Drann]

Hell yeah. I just got done playing the original Wild Arms on my snes mini a few weeks ago. Still a great game. Vandal Hearts is on my list as well. Loved that game. I especially like that you mention Suikoden I & II. 1 was amazing, and when it was new, I was spellbound, then when 2 came out, it was a defining moment for me. To this day, Suikoden II remains my absolute top videogame of all time. It's a pity we so rarely see games like that today. All those you mentioned. Valkyrie Profile. Star Ocean: The Second Story, Lufia 1 and 2, Super Mario RPG. Breat of Fire III. So many great jrpgs the likes of which we will never see created again.

As an aside, apparently Konami started poking around on the japanese Suikoden site, sparking speculation that the series will be revived. All I can say is...god I hope not.

Pretty much nailed most of the games I loved back in the day, I'm a huge JRPG fan and for me the golden age was on the PS1. I still play through some of them every year or two, specifically Suikoden 2, Grandia, and Star Ocean 2 (albeit the PSP remake).

Slightly off topic, but for people who love Grandia as much as I do I'd recommend looking up Grandia ReDux, it's a fan patch and you'll need to emulate (bit of a grey area I know, but I don't see a problem if you own the game) which rebalances the game to make things more difficult. Grandia is probably my favourite game ever made, but it has a gaping issue in that it's far too easy while promoting grinding in order to get access to the best abilities. If you go this route you end up way over powered, so the patch addresses that.

[Drann]

Ever play Alter Code F? It's a PS2 remake of Wild Arms with some changes and improvements, absolutely worth a play through if you're a fan of the first game. It isn't perfect but it offers enough to present a somewhat refreshing experience for fans of the first game.

[Zalachai]

I really would love to see a sequel. In the original planning phase, they intended there to be 3 playable characters and a lot more story. Then they ran out of funding.

[Dndan]

I loved Quest 64 XD I thought the way you gained power by finding tiny crystals in the world relating to certain elements was cool, and you could argue that it's combat system inspired the semi-dynamic combat later seen in more modern Final Fantasies. While it may be "bad" by some standard, I really liked it.

[Dndan]

XD I love that old box art of Chrono Trigger based on a single shot of a demo fight that was completely misinterpreted XD

[RaptureReady]

All these games mentioned take me back.
I remember thoroughly enjoying "Thousand Arms". Not only is it an amazing jrpg, it got me into the Japanese singer Ayumi Hamasaki

[Grimm Bastard]

Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium is pretty much the only one I really played and liked back in the days.

[EyeBeat]

There are so many JRPG's we never got to play on the PC-88 and PC-98. X68000 also had quite a few awesome games.

Check this one out. https://www.twitch.tv/videos/172920206

There are many more like this if you are interested in them.

[scwoody]

Legend of the dragoon and ff8 will always be the og's for me. When i wasn't playing i was watching my siblings play so i actually knew what i was doing. Such great games that i could spend hours on even now.

[Zalachai]

I grew up on mostly "bad" jrpgs like mystic quest and Quest 64. I did get to play the original dragon warrior at my grandparents and over time I got a huge collection of rpgs. All of ff, dq, bof, wild arms, etc. Had some nice semi rares like Ephemeral fantasia. Sadly, has to sell most of my collection during the hard financial Times I had. Now I'm slowly rebuilding.

[Zalachai]

The first time I played it, the scene where adelhyde is attacked and the sky cracks open and skeletons drop down blew my mind.