Will Parker discusses classic JRPGs from past to present. Is this genre on the decline? Our comprehensive feature examines the symptoms.
Discover 10 timeless video games from the past that remain absolutely playable today. From Chrono Trigger to DOOM, these classics have aged like fine wine!
Hot damn that's a good list. The only one i never played is AOE2 and i never finshed Chrono Trigger but it was damn good.
Speaking of what's old but holds up amazingly well and plays like a dream.. i played Symphony of the Night for the first time in 2019.. yep that's right. It became one of my favourite games of all time that i replay almost every year. I couldn't believe how good it was. That is almost impossible for me with newer games let alone older ones. Truly a special gem.
The only one I’d disagree with is doom. It shows its age badly I think. After 5 minutes of play these days you put it down.
Yuji Horii may have accidentally confirmed a Chrono Trigger remake at Comicon in Naples. Eyewitness accounts suggest the beloved JRPG could be returning in HD-2D form.
So many people want HD2D, but I agree 100%. Chrono Trigger is in my top 3 of all-time. I want to see what this could be like re-imagined in full 3D. The sprites look good enough in the original, in my opinion. What would be amazing, is if they just went for both haha. Give us the HD2D to tide us over while they work on the full remake.
I'm still skeptical of HD-2D, and still want them to fix remaining foibles in the current Steam version. At any rate I've been seeing online that this rumour has been debunked
I would jump for a remake of Chrono Trigger then hopefully a remake of Chrono Cross. I wish Xenogears and the Xenosaga trilogy also got a remake or a remaster.
I am surprised it hasn’t been done already. It’s widely considered as one of the best RPGs all time. I’ll take it for sure. I want a Vagrant Story remake as well
Dragon Ball staff reveal how Akira Toriyama created one of Chrono Trigger's most memorable characters as the RPG celebrates its 30th anniversary.
Its been proven they can sell decently if they are made. And I'm not thinking of more niche titles like Neptunia, or Agarest War and what not. Things like Persona, Kingdom Hearts, Ni No Kuni, Tales of..., they do sell well. Am I wrong? I would love to see a new Dragon Quest on the PS4, it could flourish, I would think.
I used to be a big jrpg fan as a kid during the ps1/ ps2 days but after final fantasy 10 and the dark cloud games my interest in them fell drastically, because they started to become stagnant, didn't introduce much in game play changes and that's speaking for majority of the genre. The only one I can honestly say that pulled me back and sparked my interest in recent years is ni no kuni. It was like Pokemon but had it been taken in the direction I envisioned it after playing all the gb gba games, I had been waiting for something exactly like it and when I got it, it did not disappoint. I hope to see more jrpgs step outside of the box and learn from ni no kunis game play.
There were plenty of great JRPG Last generation, you just had to look for them. Resonance of Fate was really good, so was Valkyria Chronicles, The Last Story, Xenoblade, Golden sun 3, Super robot wars OG saga endless frontier, Ni no Kuni, Tales of Graces, are just few examples.
It just looks like most Jrpgs are heading to handhelds. For example, aren't the dragon quests games now on ds/3ds? Isn't Capcom putting a Breath of Fire game on phones only? Cheaper development cost after all.
Hopefully FF15 could refresh the brand name that FF13 obliterated.
The art style, and bubblegum anime characters, is killing this genre. You pretty much know what characters are gonna do, say, or act. It's like most of these games are made, so kids can cosplay the characters, and they themselves don't even like it.
the genre is kinda stuck in a rut
too many cliche's that re-occur
like the games always being in medieval fantasy world
and the game's taking themselves too seriously sometimes