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PapaPetro
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FF Tactics
Dark Souls.
Viata
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Etrian Odyssey.
Incognito/STK
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Old: Chrono Trigger, New: Bravely Default
Cat Headed Eagle
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Valkyria Chronicles
Hagashager
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Not a big JRPG Fan, so take my suggestions with a grain of salt.
I quite liked Octopath Traveler.
Also, call me childish, but the first two Paper Marios are good JRPGs despite their outer exterior. I do recommend them.
I quite liked Octopath Traveler.
Also, call me childish, but the first two Paper Marios are good JRPGs despite their outer exterior. I do recommend them.
flyingjohn
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How about listing some Crpg's you actually enjoyed?
There is a big difference between Fallout/Ultima wizardry fans taste.
Val the Moofia Boss
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Suikoden 1 is good. It's only 15 hours long and the story is better than S2, IMO. Only issue is that Suikoden 1 has an inventory micromanagement problem but that's it.
Final Fantasy Tactics, but beware that the story goes off the rails from grounded geopolitical conflict to being about fighting demons halfway through.
Ogre Battle 64. Same grounded geopolitical conflict feel as Tactics Ogre, but with some RTS gameplay instead of turn based. There is a SNES Ogre Battle game but it doesn't have the nice story presentation of 64 so I'd skip that.
Romancing Saga 2 is a more open JRPG, where you can do storylines out of order. You can make your characters into whatever you want. The game is designed around permadeath, so if you lose a guy it is easier to train up a replacement's skills to par, and if you wipe then the story pans to the next generation of heroes who can somewhat inherit skills from their ancestors.
That's it for the vaguely CRPG-like JRPGs. Otherwise, I'd advise that you just get used to JRPGs being a different genre. There are lots of good JRPGs out there. The aforementioned Valkyria Chronicles 1, and VC4 are great too.
Suikoden 1 is good. It's only 15 hours long and the story is better than S2, IMO. Only issue is that Suikoden 1 has an inventory micromanagement problem but that's it.
Final Fantasy Tactics, but beware that the story goes off the rails from grounded geopolitical conflict to being about fighting demons halfway through.
Ogre Battle 64. Same grounded geopolitical conflict feel as Tactics Ogre, but with some RTS gameplay instead of turn based. There is a SNES Ogre Battle game but it doesn't have the nice story presentation of 64 so I'd skip that.
Romancing Saga 2 is a more open JRPG, where you can do storylines out of order. You can make your characters into whatever you want. The game is designed around permadeath, so if you lose a guy it is easier to train up a replacement's skills to par, and if you wipe then the story pans to the next generation of heroes who can somewhat inherit skills from their ancestors.
That's it for the vaguely CRPG-like JRPGs. Otherwise, I'd advise that you just get used to JRPGs being a different genre. There are lots of good JRPGs out there. The aforementioned Valkyria Chronicles 1, and VC4 are great too.
Dark Souls 2 to be more specific.
Don't worry about playing them chronologically as storywise they take place eons apart and have little to do with eachother. Start with the best and work down.
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