Best jrpg you have ever played?

[burningdoom]

Why are they called JRPGs, anyways? Didn't Ultima begin that play-style? And isn't that a British series? So then shouldn't we be calling them BRPGs?

[MJMaranan]

Probably because the games that developed aforementioned games are Japanese studios or creators...  Topic really isn't mainly about the play style origin but the developer and overall style, I believe.  JRPGs are even transitioning to action-RPG elements nowadays.  "Witch And The Hundred Knight," "Demon's Souls," and "Dark Souls" to name a few...  So does that mean we should call the genre poseurs?

If that's the case, I guess indie RPGs should also be in the same genre.

[pikalink91]

Funny though, how only japanese role playing games are given the specific genre title of "J-RPG", whereas RPGs made everywhere else in the world are merely called "RPG" xD

[disgaeniac]

Funny though, how only japanese role playing games are given the specific genre title of "J-RPG", whereas RPGs made everywhere else in the world are merely called "RPG" xD

There's also:

SRPG's, ARPG's, etc...

BUT - I'm not going into the "What constitutes an RPG" and/or the "What, exactly is the difference between an RPG & a JRPG" time-sinks topic/debate because...different people have different defining criteria; which, is perfectly fine by me.

And, if it's good enough for pornography + good enough for the Supreme Court...I may not be able to define it, but I know it when I see it works just fine for me, as well   

[dreama1]

Why are they called JRPGs, anyways? Didn't Ultima begin that play-style? And isn't that a British series? So then shouldn't we be calling them BRPGs?

Even in the atari days the japs were swaying to the anime style while the americans were focusing on realistic games. You know the atari 2600 flopped in japan lol.

[burningdoom]

Funny though, how only japanese role playing games are given the specific genre title of "J-RPG", whereas RPGs made everywhere else in the world are merely called "RPG" xD

It's not so much an indicator of where the game was made, it's more of an indicator of play-style. There are American-made JRPGs out there.

That's why I questioned the origin of the name of the genre. Because since it isn't exclusive to Japan with those games, I figured it came from the origin of the genre.

[soera]

Its all about the playstyle.

[slipknotsam]

Hey guys! This is my first post on VGcollect!

Final Fantasy III definitely got me hooked for a good amount of time, though I never finished it. It's on my list of games to play next, but I will have to start it from the beginning to get back into the story and atmosphere.

[abe]

Hey guys! This is my first post on VGcollect!

Final Fantasy III definitely got me hooked for a good amount of time, though I never finished it. It's on my list of games to play next, but I will have to start it from the beginning to get back into the story and atmosphere.

Final Fantasy III as in the actual Final Fantasy III, or the SNES version of Final Fantasy VI?

[Jakandsig]

Why are they called JRPGs, anyways? Didn't Ultima begin that play-style? And isn't that a British series? So then shouldn't we be calling them BRPGs?

The difference between Ultima and Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest for example is due to how limited the RPG elements are to the point people argue if they are rpgs.

Ultima plot branches, you can control  your management, you can interact with the world more so then DQ and FF. Wizardry is the closest to Jrpgs in whole, but even then there were still some differences and the similarities end with the first game since they started getting used to technology while Jrpgs kept the same system.

[Jakandsig]

Funny though, how only japanese role playing games are given the specific genre title of "J-RPG", whereas RPGs made everywhere else in the world are merely called "RPG" xD

It's not so much an indicator of where the game was made, it's more of an indicator of play-style. There are American-made JRPGs out there.

That's why I questioned the origin of the name of the genre. Because since it isn't exclusive to Japan with those games, I figured it came from the origin of the genre.

On top of that, Action Rpgs were separates a bit back as well but no so much anymore. Because Japanese Action Rpgs used to mostly consist of hack n slash games while Most (most FP at the time some where TP) other Action Rpgs that were not from japan, even in other asian countries focused on being rpgs but having it in real time instead of using separate screens, or combined with dungeon crawler elements. For example Spial Doom and YS, or later examples, Secret of Mana and Ultima Underworld.

[burningdoom]

As I mentioned in the recently completed thread: I now renounce Chrono Trigger as my #1 favorite JRPG of all-time, and place in that spot Golden Sun: Dawn Dawn for DS. Awesome & epic storyline, great characters, great music and charming graphics, and a great mix of battles of puzzle-elements. The puzzle-elements were really well done, too, as good as Zelda puzzles.

[Jakandsig]

As I mentioned in the recently completed thread: I now renounce Chrono Trigger as my #1 favorite JRPG of all-time, and place in that spot Golden Sun: Dawn Dawn for DS. Awesome & epic storyline, great characters, great music and charming graphics, and a great mix of battles of puzzle-elements. The puzzle-elements were really well done, too, as good as Zelda puzzles.

I like it too but apparently people don't like this game for some reason. Very strange. It's the only GS I liked to.

[slim87r]

Love it or hate it my favorite RPG is Beyond the Beyond for the PS1. Gives a nice challenge and the music was top notch for me. I haven't played too many RPG's so that may change once I start actually playing the games in my collection. If anyone has any recommendations I'm all ears.

[scott]

As I mentioned in the recently completed thread: I now renounce Chrono Trigger as my #1 favorite JRPG of all-time, and place in that spot Golden Sun: Dawn Dawn for DS. Awesome & epic storyline, great characters, great music and charming graphics, and a great mix of battles of puzzle-elements. The puzzle-elements were really well done, too, as good as Zelda puzzles.

I like it too but apparently people don't like this game for some reason. Very strange. It's the only GS I liked to.

I have yet to play it. I got about halfway through the 1st GS and was loving it... but got side tracked. :\

I really want to play them in order though.