Top modern jrpgs?

[Arthandas]

Anything good from the recent years which can be played on pc that would change my mind about all jrpgs being inherently shit?

Everything I tried lately (FFXII, Star Ocean TLH, ToBerseria, I am Setsuna, Lost Sphear...) was total crap.
I liked Nier and Nioh but I don't consider them jrpgs.

Persona 5 and Bravely Default seem right up my alley though they can't be comfortably emulated (yet).

I don't even want to be edgy anymore, I just want one good jrpg without retarded story/characters, good exploration and challenging combat. Please, one good jrpg and I'll buy the fedora/katana weeaboo starter kit to be just like you.

 

[circ]

Anachronox?

 

[Arthandas]

Anachronox?

Ugh, you almost baited me.

 

[Hobo Elf]

Persona 5 and Bravely Default seem right up my alley

I just want one good jrpg without retarded story/characters, good exploration and challenging combat.

mmyeah.

Anyway, try Romancing Saga 2. If you're not above SNES graphics, it has everything that you say you're looking for.

 

[Raghar]

Skyrim?

 

[Wayward Son]

Trails in the Sky is good. It's got combat that maintains a decent level of challenge, with plenty of customization. It does have a focus on story and characters though, so buyer beware I guess.

 

[Arthandas]

Anyway, try Romancing Saga 2. If you're not above SNES graphics, it has everything that you say you're looking for.

Noted, though it's not a modern game... Does it have any connections to Romancing Saga on PS2?

Skyrim?

Spoiler

 

[Somberlain]

Trails series

 

[Hobo Elf]

Anyway, try Romancing Saga 2. If you're not above SNES graphics, it has everything that you say you're looking for.

Noted, though it's not a modern game... Does it have any connections to Romancing Saga on PS2?

Skyrim?

Spoiler

Plotwise no connections. Similar gameplay so if you liked that then you'll probably enjoy Saga 2.

 

[Arthandas]

Trails in the Sky is good. It's got combat that maintains a decent level of challenge, with plenty of customization. It does have a focus on story and characters though, so buyer beware I guess.

Trails series

To be honest, it's one of those popular picks that I just can't force myself to try. I guess I'll do so now. Any way to unlock the nightmare mode from the start?

 

[Somberlain]

There are no unlockable difficulties in Trails games. All of them are open right from the start.

 

[Raghar]

Or ELEX, or Nier. C'mon there were not that many Japan made RPGs. (ELEX is actually German game partially paid by government.)

Trails in the Sky is actually nice. Agarest: Generations of War is kinda passable. Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1 if it's still an RPG...

 

[Hyperion]

The Last Remnant

 

[Arthandas]

The Last Remnant

Close the door on your way out.

 

[Hyperion]

Bravely Default seems right up my alley

I just want one good jrpg

Close the door on your way out.

 

[Hobo Elf]

The Last Remnant

Close the door on your way out.

I guess that rules out Romancing Saga 2, then.

 

[Arthandas]

First 10 minutes of TitS: terrible intro, reused assets from Ys and blurry sprites looking like someone jizzed all over them. Boy, what a treat it's going to be... But let's not judge the book by its cover. I'm soldiering on in search of titular tits.

 

[Somberlain]

A lot of people complain that the game starts slow and nothing seems to happen at the start (plot-wise) but then they get hooked when the game really picks up the pace.

 

[Arthandas]

Sorry, I can't endure any more of this shit. Each line of dialog feels like someone punching me in the brain. Pillars of Eternity feels like War and Peace in comparison.
Fuck it, I'm out. I'm not touching any more jrpgs unless someone puts a gun to my head. No country should be nuked twice...

 

[Deleted member 7219]

Shit taste, good riddance.

 

[Dzupakazul]

Labyrinth of Touhou 1/2 just got a sparkling Codex review, if you're confined to PC.
Also, why was there no mention of Shin Megami Tensei? I get that SMT4 will be hard to emulate right now, but anyone can play, say, Nocturne or Strange Journey nowadays.

 

[Urthor]

Radiant Historia? That's probably the last one that I'd include but if you don't like Falcom dialogue then you might as well just stick to Cormac Mccarthy novels and avoid video game writing altogether.

 

[Wayward Son]

A lot of people complain that the game starts slow and nothing seems to happen at the start (plot-wise) but then they get hooked when the game really picks up the pace.

I'm at the end, can vouch for how good it gets.

 

[jungl]

trails is mediocre as fuck. Most falcom games make jrpgs look like a shit genre for retards. You honestly better off emulating gba, ps1 or any thousands of other jrpgs/rpg lite action games out there like megaman legends or battle networks blows trails out the water. LOL sad thing is the megaman rpgs have better story and writing then trails even when the plot is more predictable then most children cartoons.

 

[Somberlain]

trails is mediocre as fuck. Most falcom games make jrpgs look like a shit genre for retards. You honestly better off emulating gba, ps1 or any thousands of other jrpgs/rpg lite action games out there like megaman legends or battle networks blows trails out the water. LOL sad thing is the megaman rpgs have better story and writing then trails even when the plot is more predictable then most children cartoons.

What do you think of Torment: Tides of Numenera?