Kotaku: "For many of Dragon Quest VII’s overwhelmingly depressing storylines, I spent time saving and hanging out with people I didn’t give a crap about. It’s not that they were lacking personality or angsty teens that so many JRPG characters embody—no. It’s that they were all really damned mean."
The list is as long as it would take you to grind through Dragon Quest VIII. Here are the best JRPGs on the PlayStation 2.
Good list, kudos for adding Shadow Hearts, Covenant is probably the best Jrpg most people have not played and what an improvement over the first one (plus ties with Koudelka which is an awesome game as well).
I own all 3 of those games with 2 copies of Koudelka on PS1 just in case one of the four discs crapped out on me . Same with Legend of Dragoon. That’s one thing I want Sony to get back into , JRPGs , action and turned based
Yep, they should have at least 1 Japanese studio with 2 teams in it specialize in JRPG.
The amount of time I bring up Covenant when referring to amazing RPGs is astounding.
I wish I had played the other Shadow Hearts games, didn't know there was so many until later in the PS3 generation, at that point they hard to get for a reasonable price. I only got to play Covenant sadly, hopefully they'll all get ported to modern systems at some point.
Take a look at the libraries of your favorite consoles. I guarantee you, other than a handful of fighting games better suited on the Dreamcast, PS2 still has the best, biggest, and most varied library. Literally something for everyone. JRPGs on PS1 and PS2 really were special.
Edit: the article basically just lists every single JRPG on PS2 lol
BIG Conference's Honorary Award recalls Japanese publishers' scepticism before releasing the PS1 in the mid-90s.
At one point Sony held shares in Square, around 2000-2001. After the Spirits Within they resold these to Square but their partnership has always been amicable. Miss the old Square where they took risks: Xenogears, Threads of Fate, Brave Fencer Musashi, Front Mission, we won't see games like these ever again.
I think we can, because inevitably, developers can and should reel in their project budgets. I don't really need all the blockbusters that push hardware to their limits, honestly. I'm quite fond of smaller projects and indies. I had way too much fun with Hotline Miami back in the day, for instance.
They should absolutely bring back these types of games, even if the visuals and technology are super dated. Just integrate modern features. Great way to make compelling content and fundraiser for future projects. If a game is aiming to be beautiful, the critique is different, but if it leans into an art style or an era of gaming, I'm all for it. Just modernize it. Best example of how this can be done in recent memory is Persona 5.
True, unfortunately the commercial success of FFXV has otherwise sidelined them on to a certain mentality. I agree with you that certain concepts should take your approach, the question is whether the Square of today has the appetite for that when they so focused on trying to capture a younger gamer audience. One thing is for certain, the golden age of JRPGs was the 90's PlayStation era.
I hate the overly animal Ness of persona 5. Just turns me off. I loved the old personas
I just miss those gens of risk taking from multiple developers period, I don't really care that much for modern day Square-Enix, I just keep wishing for ports of their older games to modern systems. The 90's were a good time to be a gamer.
The golden age man. I liked dragon quest 11 alot. One of my fav jrpgs in the last 15 20 years. It was really enjoyable. I'm with you mostly I don't like square stuff as much as used to and want remasters of golden age stuff for my Playstation(personally) picked up ogre tactics. Wish I could find the couple other remasters they've done physically for ps4. Off topic oops. So yea. I hate that they are trying for the younger audience so hard. Personally I don't think most young gamers finish games. The few I know dont
I really enjoyed DQ 11 too, it was a good blend of old and new, although it mostly stuck closely to it's roots, that's what I liked about it.
He'll yea old square was great. Now they are just trying to make most of their games action games.
Dragon Quest XI was the first Dragon Quest ever released on a Microsoft console, and the next title to come to Game Pass should be Dragon Quest VIII.
Well it's already playable on a Xbox thanks to Retroarch. But being available through the Game Pass is more a matter of Square-Enix remaking it or at least remastering it for the current generation.
