Ever since the merger, no other companies comes close to the popularity of Square Enix's JRPG franchises.
With the release of Final Fantasy XIV's expansion Dawntrail, its main character Wuk Lamat has been polarizing among the fans.
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id throw haunting ground into the mix. it still looks fantastic.
but i still dont quite understand why we never got a dragon quest 8 remaster for ps4. even the damn 3ds got one.
Silent Hill 3 was straight up sorcery. It has better hair animation than most modern games, which is wild to me.
One of the strongest genres that the PSP had to offer would have to be RPGs. The PS1 and PS2 both had strong RPG libraries, so it’s not a huge surprise that the PSP picked up the baton with some real bangers.
Anything that Nomura did.
Tetsuya Nomura, the best JRPG Director/Developer.
I am looking forward to his next game! It cannot come too soon :(
* Final Fantasy V (1992) - Battle Graphics
* Final Fantasy VI (1994) - Graphic Director
* Live A Live (1994) - Tosa-ben Translation
* Chrono Trigger (1995) - Field Graphics
* Front Mission (1995) - Graphic Designer
* Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996) - Boss Monster Designer
* Final Fantasy VII (1997) - Character Designer, Battle Visual Director & Original Story
* Parasite Eve (1998) - Character Designer
* Ehrgeiz: God Bless the Ring (1998) - Character Supervisor
* Brave Fencer Musashi (1998) - Character Illustrator
* Parasite Eve II (1999) - Character Illustrator
* Final Fantasy VIII (1999) - Character Designer & Battle Visual Director
* The Bouncer (2000) - Character Designer
* Final Fantasy X (2001) - Character Designer
* Kingdom Hearts (2002) - Director & Concept Design
* Final Fantasy X-2 (2003) - Main Character Designer
* Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII (2004) - Character Designer
* Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories (2004) - Director & Concept Design
* Musashi: Samurai Legend (2005) - Main Character Designer
* Last Order: Final Fantasy VII (2005)- Director
* Final Fantasy VII Advent Children (2005) - Director
* Kingdom Hearts II (2005) - Director & Concept Design
* Final Fantasy V Advance (2006) - Monster design
* Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII (2006) - Character Designer
* Dirge of Cerberus Lost Episode: Final Fantasy VII (2006)
* Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (2007) - Creative Producer & Character Designer
* The World Ends With You (2007) - Character Designer
* Kingdom Hearts coded (2008) - Director & Concept Design
* Dissidia: Final Fantasy (2008) - Character Designer
* Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (2009)
* Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep (2009)
* Final Fantasy XIII (2009) - Character Designer
* Final Fantasy Agito XIII (2009) - Character Designer
* The 3rd Birthday (2009)
* Final Fantasy Versus XIII (TBA) - Director & Character Designer
Well the best games were the ones that both worked on.
The other games are good but not as good.