Some great JRPGs to try:
Dark Half: A very atmospheric, fun, relatively fast paced despite being turn based, challenging and interesting game about a Paladin and an evil God working against each other. You play both characters and each has a different combat system.
Mother: The strangest game series. Its gameplay is quite flawed, but I love the games because they are so surreal. Talk to all of the NPCs and look at everything
Xenoblade: Three of my favorite games. They have great stories, complex open worlds, creative monster and stage designs, great characters and a lot of depth. X lets you ride giant flying robots.
Metroid and Zelda: The definitive action RPGs--fuck Diablo--with high difficulty levels, many hidden items, complex dungeons, challenging and creative bosses and great styles. 2D Zeldas are by far the best, but the 3D ones are still great, except Wind Waker. Fuck Wind Waker.
Mario versus Rabbids: Kingdom Battle: Even more weird and fun then the other classic Rayman and Mario games. Turn based but proceeds at a very fast pace and incredibly fun. Quite challenging, but there are no trash mobs and no need to grind--all the battles are pre-planned and I was able to beat it without replaying any fights, only using easy mode for the four-part fight at the end and the final boss.
Shin Megami Tensei and Persona: Great challenging games with complex themes, great characters, a wide variety of creative enemies and a really fun system in which you fuse together monsters to create new ones which become party members. Shin Megami Tensei will also appeal to fans ofCRPGs since it uses similar gameplay to Wizardry. Avoid Shin Megami Tensei 2, which is almost as repetitive, boring and pointless as Dragon Age 2.
Little King's Story: Combines every form of gameplay, subtle themes, merciless difficulty, an incredibly surreal style and a lot of charm into a true masterpiece. This is one of the least surreal moments: *
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=19&v=C0CKytWCO3c*
Half Minute Hero: A game with a twist: You only have half a minute to complete each quest. Random encounters become a lot more exciting when each one depletes your very limited time. It also functions as a hilarious parody of the genre.
Lufia 2: A great game which explores the part of the story that is usually ignored: After the hero gets the girl, the last half of the story starts and shows the rest of their lives. Avoid the awful remake.
Grandia 2: A fun RPG with great characters. Your characters are a cynical, agnostic rogue and a fanatical nun and the interplay between them is quite good, reminiscent of Han and Leia in Star Wars but with its own style.
Metal Saga and Metal max Returns: They seem like standard turn based games at first, but at the end of the end of the first dungeon you get a tank and then they become fucking awesome! Blowing shit up with tanks never gets boring.
Shadow Hearts: A great series with an unusual setting: The early 1900s, before World War II. It uses the setting very well despite some anachronisms.
Wild ARMS 3: A nice mix of the Wild West, fantasy and science fiction.
Dragon's Dogma: A great action RPG with really exciting and fun combat, a very good story that leaves some things to the imagination and nice characters.