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15 Great JRPG Series that Aren't Final Fantasy

Twinfinite Writes: Final Fantasy may be the most well known JRPG series out there, but there's plenty of other fantastic franchises out there for fans to dig into.

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PhoenixUp2985d ago

"The Tales series has been running for over 20 years, and has seen an entry on nearly every system since the PS1."

Tales of has been running since SNES

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Razzer2984d ago

Too many clicks. Here is their list:

Shin Megami Tensei/Persona
Tales of
Dragon Quest
Star Ocean
The Legend of Heroes
Suikoden
Mana
Xenoblade
Golden Sun
Lunar
Valkyria
Grandia
Wild Arms
Breath of fire
Nier

3-4-52984d ago

Solid list, thanks for posting.

I love Dragon Quest, Xenoblade, Legend of Heroes.....been meaning to get around to some of these other series as well.

indysurfn2984d ago

Anyone missing LEGEND OF HEROES is really missing it. Especially if you prefer turn based jrpg's. Even though it is a linear story I am on my third and final time playing it through (the number II) it is about a 185 hours the first time through. Less each time after that. The story of this game is awesome.

Graphics is only okay because number 1 and 2 or only on PS3 and Vita. But number 3 is going to be on PS4 and PC. You need to play number 1 before playing number 2 because the story just starts right off where number 1 left off at.

The music is easily the best since FFVII and may be better to many people (esepcially the 2nd game). And it is one of the best games EVER! Period. GAMES not just turn based JRPG's

hellkitten2984d ago

Thank you. I love Tales of... and Star Ocean though I haven't played all of their titles (just two each). I've played some of the others but I don't remember/don't like them too much.

dillydadally2984d ago

Let's be honest, not all of those are great jrpg series. It's like he just listed most every series with over 3 games. Star ocean and wild arms have had a ton of sub par games. The mana series really only had one big hit and the rest were poorly rated. I'm going to even state an unpopular opinion and say the Tales of series, despite its popularity, is not exactly a high quality series. They push out a new Tales game every couple years, each one full of shallow cliche characters and a shallow cliche plot and a battle system that is very repetitive and button mashy. The first one on the SNES was great, but boy do I wish that series would put a little more time into creating something original and polished these days!

Canary2983d ago

Specifically "Trails," not simply "Legend of Heroes." The Trails games are a spin-off series of the Legend of Heroes series, which is itself a spin-off of the Dragon Slayer series.

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Kreisen2984d ago

Most of these games are very old and scattered around mutliple platforms. Not to mention titles like Xenoblade chronicles had limited prints so you would probably have to spend ALOT of money to get your hands on it. So yeah gl checking any of these out without an amulator.

heartnet132984d ago

You can purchase Xenoblade on the Wii and Wii U eShop luckily, so the only hard part would be getting a physical copy.

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Best Persona Battle Themes, Ranked

"Last Surprise" and "Mass Destruction" are two of the best Persona battle themes, no doubt.

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50 Best PS3 Games of All Time

The PlayStation 3 is Sony’s most interesting home console ever, but what’s most interesting of all is trying to nail down the very best games on a console with hundreds of incredible games. Let’s give it a shot.

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darthv72104d ago

Personally, I'd rank Pacific Rift in my top 10. It's the best of the series.

badz149103d ago

We desperately need Motorstorm back. Evolution is no more though and this makes me sad

Cacabunga103d ago

Sly Thieves in Time
Stay the Party
Portal 2
Dj Hero
Demon’s Souls
God of war Ascension

rudero103d ago

2 of those games got railed through the “gaming media” during release.
Sly and god of war.
Both of which were fantastic games.

Cacabunga103d ago

Ascension is VERY underrated. Remake please!

Venoxn4g103d ago

Decent list.. I would put the Castle Crashers as well..

1Victor103d ago

Yes it’s a decent list of popular games with a heavy hand on FPS and no Warhawk or Starhawk 2 of the best games (not sale wise) on ps3.
I would buy a Starhawk again even if it didn’t have a graphics upgrade hell I would even take a new one with micro transactions 😱🤯

Profchaos103d ago

I've noticed a recent nostalgia for the PS3 and I don't get it for me it's been my least favourite generation to date and I've been gaming since the NES I just feel like the ambition of the developers outweighed the capabilities of the consoles so I remember lots of games running in the lower end of 20fps range and I remember for the first time ever actually disliking the duelshock 3 and it's curved triggers

Sure there were some standouts and great games but that's the only gen I switched entirely to PC gaming

darthv72103d ago

Maybe the recent nostalgia is because pretty much all of its games are trapped on that console. People want to play them on more modern hardware. hell... if XB can do it then so can Sony. there are competent emulators out there that can run on PS4/5 hardware but Sony just wont let them become official... why is that?

If we are talking least favorite generations (personally) then this one is certainly mine. i had more fun playing 8th, 7th and 6th gen stuff than 9th. And it isnt like i dont have access to do so... the heavy hitters just havent shown up anywhere close to those previous gens. The few here and there just doesnt cut it compared to the likes of constant good games that showed up in 6th, 7th and 8th gen. hell.... I'll even throw in 5th gen has been better than this one.

Profchaos103d ago

I tend to agree there's lots of amazing games locked to the PS3 like GTA IV or mgs 4 but then again my issue was never with the content the PS3 had but rather it's performance many other people have said the PS3 felt like it couldn't walk and chew bubblegum at the same time using PSN and downloading a game could take a few minutes to just start a download.

I typically don't worry all that much about performance I've never had a problem with games that run at 30 but games like crysis 2, Skyrim are good examples where the performance was so unstable you would never even touch the top of the frame cap and the hitching was worse than say Goldeneye on the n64

I think emulation is more than possible on the ps5 though it's just that Sony has no incentive to rush it's development it will likely be a ps6 feature if it ever happens at all.

But yeah the 9th gen has been so bad from a content perspective thats a given I see constant articles where people are frequently expressing their disappointment around the industry as a whole right now to much live service competition that sinks longstanding studios and consumes Devs time less ambition and games cost so much to make they have to play it safe.

The 5th gen was easily better than the 9th we had some all time greats crash, Spyro, Tony hawk, mgs, Mario,64, Goldeneye, Mario kart 64 the list goes on. The 5th gave us a new dimension and I remember being blown away by how much more open gaming had become the 4th gen with the mega drive and SNES was great and very easy to still revisit some of the greatest games of all time came out like earthbound, secret of mana, sonic , Mario world etc but saving our games was still not a standard function or a given so gaming was still evolving but it was very impressive to see some of the tricks Devs used like dithering to give us new experiences those earlier gens limitations bred innovation.

Michiel1989103d ago

if XB can do it so can sony? I didn't know xbox had a cell processor in their older consoles, that's the reason why ps3 was so cool, but also the reason why games are hostage there and no, xbox did nothing similar even though their backward compatbility is good, they always had a similar architecture to their consoles.

darthv72102d ago

Sorry Michael... I guess you missed the obvious part where i said there are already emulators out that do this. and that is what XB is doing... emulators for OG and 360 games. Its why the full slate is not BC on XBO/Series.

coolbeans103d ago (Edited 103d ago )

The list is missing Folklore.

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The Xenoblade Chronicles series has seen roughly 500% growth on Switch vs 3DS and Wii U

In a new financial presentation, Nintendo highlights Xenoblade Chronicles as one of several series seeing "dramatic sales growth on Nintendo Switch," joining Kirby, Pikmin, and Metroid. Compared to 1.41 million copies on 3DS and Wii U, Xenoblade Chronicles has collectively sold 7.17 million copies on Switch between Xenoblade Chronicles 2, 3, and Definitive Edition.

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jznrpg220d ago

I have bought every game no matter the system. Hopefully the Switch 2 is powerful enough to give this world the detail it deserves

thesoftware730219d ago

The Switch games looked very pleasing, loved the style.

Goodguy01219d ago

Oh god they did have xenoblade on the 3ds lol.

SimpleDad219d ago

When you have a healthy platform...

Vithar219d ago

Iv'e bought SYSTEMS for this series, love love love Xeno

Venoxn4g219d ago

It is nice to see that Pikmin and Metroid are doing well too

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