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Top Codex JRPGs list

Invictus

Arcane
The Real Fanboy
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Messages
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Location
Mexico
Divinity: Original Sin 2
try to keep things civil
Sure, why not? :smug:

Phantasy Star 2
:rage:

Saying Phantasy Star 2 is the best in the series when Phantasy Star 1 exists, is like saying Ultima 5 is best when Ultima 4 exists and was the true groundbreaking. Tl;dr: it doesn't make sense at all.
Ultima V IS a better game than IV; IV might be a more groundbreaking and influential but arguably V is the better game and maybe the best Ultima
 

hexer

Guest
Nier
Nier: Automata
Drakengard 3
Epic Battle Fantasy 5
Final Fantasy Type-0
Final Fantasy 15
Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk
CrossCode
Chrono Trigger
Tales of Berseria
 

Sranchammer

Arcane
Vatnik
Joined
Dec 29, 2011
Messages
20,399
Location
Former Confederate States of America
Top and JRPG in the same sentence

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cruel

Cipher
Joined
Sep 17, 2014
Messages
856
Bloodborne
Chrono Trigger
Demon Souls
Fire Emblem: Awakening
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
Nier
Nier: Automata
Persona 3
Persona 4 Golden
Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne
 

MRY

Wormwood Studios
Developer
Joined
Aug 15, 2012
Messages
5,703
Location
California
try to keep things civil
Sure, why not? :smug:

Phantasy Star 2
:rage:

Saying Phantasy Star 2 is the best in the series when Phantasy Star 1 exists, is like saying Ultima 5 is best when Ultima 4 exists and was the true groundbreaking. Tl;dr: it doesn't make sense at all.
Ultima V IS a better game than IV; IV might be a more groundbreaking and influential but arguably V is the better game and maybe the best Ultima
Is there a credible case for putting Phantasy Star II over Phantasy Star IV other than groundbreakingness? At least in my recollection, PSIV was better in every respect except, arguably, the openness of the world. (My memory may be faulty, but I remember PSII let you wander around more and build your party more to your liking.)
 

Deitti

Augur
Joined
Sep 2, 2011
Messages
111
Seiken Densetsu 3
Final Fantasy 4
Final Fantasy Tactics
Chrono Trigger
Breath of Fire 4
Tales of Phantasia
Legend Of Kartia
Bahamut Lagoon
Suikoden
Persona 3
 

Jason Liang

Arcane
Joined
Oct 26, 2014
Messages
8,337
Location
Crait
Sengoku Rance
Rance VI
Rance X
Final Fantasy VIII
Phantasy Star IV
Skies of Arcadia (this and Legends are the same game btw)
Shining Force 2
Uncharted Waters 2
Final Fantasy Tactics
Pokemon Gold/ Silver/ HeartGold/ SoulSilver

Honoruble Mentions:
Crystalis
Ocarina of Time (I do not consider this or Link's Awakening rpgs)
Elminage Gothic
Capcom vs. SNK Cardfighters 2
Kichikou Rance
Final Fantasy Legends
Final Fantasy Legends 3
Yugi-oh WC 2010 Reverse of Arcadia
Yugi-oh WC 2008


Reina is this a typo or are you THAT MUCH a Shizukafag (like me) ? ? ?
 
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cosmicray

Savant
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Jan 20, 2019
Messages
436
Haven't played enough series to choose from. So here it goes:

Tales of Vesperia
Final Fantasy VIII
Final Fantasy X
Final Fantasy XII
Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne
Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2
Persona 3
Persona 4
Radiata Stories
Lost Odyssey
 

HeatEXTEND

Prophet
Patron
Joined
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Messages
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Location
Nedderlent
Lufia II
Terranigma
FF VI
Chronotrigger
FF IX
Anachronox
Illusion of Time
Secret of Evermore
resonance of fate
Baten Kaitos
Xenoblade 2
 

Pyreen

Educated
Joined
Feb 25, 2017
Messages
36
Wizardy Tale of the Forsaken Land
Vagrant Story
Dragon Quest 7
SMT Strange Journey
The Dark Spire
Persona 2 Innocent Sin (PSX)
Front Mission 3
Suikoden 1
Fire Emblem 6
Valkyrie Profile
Wizardry New Age of Llylgamyn
Phantasy Star 4
 

Dreed

Bremsstrahlunged
Patron
Joined
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Messages
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Location
Austrasie
Grab the Codex by the pussy Insert Title Here RPG Wokedex Strap Yourselves In Codex Year of the Donut Codex+ Now Streaming! Divinity: Original Sin 2 A Beautifully Desolate Campaign Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire Pathfinder: Kingmaker Steve gets a Kidney but I don't even get a tag. My team has the sexiest and deadliest waifus you can recruit. Pathfinder: Wrath I'm very into cock and ball torture I helped put crap in Monomyth
If I'm not too late:

SMT 3: Nocturne
Lost Odyssey
Final Fantasy 9
Dragon's Quest 7
Final Fantasy Tactics
Dark Souls
Resonance of Fate
Valkyrie Profile
Baten Kaitos
Radiant Historia
 

Falksi

Arcane
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Messages
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Location
Nottingham
If I'm not too late:

SMT 3: Nocturne
Lost Odyssey
Final Fantasy 9
Dragon's Quest 7
Final Fantasy Tactics
Dark Souls
Resonance of Fate
Valkyrie Profile
Baten Kaitos
Radiant Historia

Sheeyat. Forgot about Lost Odyssey! Cracking game. It's as if they finally perfected the format for traditional J-RPGs with it, then decided to wank it all away down the shitter for FF13 to 15 style bollocks :(
 
Self-Ejected

aweigh

Self-Ejected
Joined
Aug 23, 2005
Messages
17,978
Location
Florida
Man, I'm still waiting on the Xbox 360 emulator to be able to run Lost Odyssey.

It currently hangs on the first loading screen.
 

Onionguy

Educated
Joined
Dec 23, 2018
Messages
90
Demons' Souls
Dark Souls
Bloodborne
Dark Souls 3

None of which are jrpgs. They are simply action rpg games. If we assume that Dark Souls is an jrpg game then its western clones like Lords of the Fallen and The Surge should fit the same category, and that would be fucking stupid.

Jrpg label does not simply stand for "rpg games made in Japan". Instead, it is a subgenre of rpg games that originated in Japan and is defined by these principles:

- big focus on narrative
- predominating linearity
- no/ limited character creation
- no/ limited character development

Based on that, not only souls-like games including king's field series are not defined as jrpg, but in fact, most SMT games and their derivatives should not be confused with them as well. And yes, you can have western jrpg games.
For fuck's sake, why is it all so hard to understand?
 

The_Mask

Just like Yves, I chase tales.
Patron
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Messages
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Location
The land of ice and snow.
Strap Yourselves In Codex Year of the Donut Steve gets a Kidney but I don't even get a tag. Pathfinder: Wrath I helped put crap in Monomyth
For fuck's sake, why is it all so hard to understand?

First off - you seem upset. Please calm down. Especially the tits.

Second off - I am pretty sure we're doing this geographically.

And third off, I like the soulsborne series regardless of where people choose to place them, so maybe you should focus on that.
 

Alpan

Arcane
Patron
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Messages
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Grab the Codex by the pussy Pathfinder: Wrath
I'm not enough of a JRPG connoisseur to make a full list, but the below three games had such a formative effect on me that I'd be remiss not to vote for them:

Final Fantasy VI
Chrono Trigger
Final Fantasy VIII

Other games I'd like to mention but can't possibly compare to the above:

Final Fantasy X
Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy IX
Pokemon Crystal
Anachronox
Septerra Core
 

Onionguy

Educated
Joined
Dec 23, 2018
Messages
90
For fuck's sake, why is it all so hard to understand?

First off - you seem upset. Please calm down. Especially the tits.

Second off - I am pretty sure we're doing this geographically.

And third off, I like the soulsborne series regardless of where people choose to place them, so maybe you should focus on that.

1. I am angry coz I am emo and I cri.
2. If we are doing it geographically, Then It should be titled Top Codex Japanese Rpgs
3. Can't argue with that

so shin megami tensei is not a jrpg in your estimation because......???

Because, excluding Persona games, They are far less linear and story centered and far more complex and open- ended then most jrpg. They are basically classic dungeon crawlers. Although, if someone wants to call them jrpg I'm fine with it. It's definitely not as jarring as calling dark souls jrpg.
 
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Sòren

Arcane
Joined
Aug 18, 2009
Messages
2,350
Fire Emblem 5, 6, 7
Final Fantasy 9
Grandia 1
Suikoden 5
Dragon Quest 11

the first three mostly out of nostalgia reasons, but even without that i think i still would consider them beautiful games.
 
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Zed Duke of Banville

Dungeon Master
Patron
Joined
Oct 3, 2015
Messages
11,759
None of which are jrpgs. They are simply action rpg games. If we assume that Dark Souls is an jrpg game then its western clones like Lords of the Fallen and The Surge should fit the same category, and that would be fucking stupid.

Jrpg label does not simply stand for "rpg games made in Japan". Instead, it is a subgenre of rpg games that originated in Japan and is defined by these principles:

- big focus on narrative
- predominating linearity
- no/ limited character creation
- no/ limited character development

Based on that, not only souls-like games including king's field series are not defined as jrpg, but in fact, most SMT games and their derivatives should not be confused with them as well. And yes, you can have western jrpg games.
For fuck's sake, why is it all so hard to understand?
Why is it hard to understand that the distinction between Japanese-developed RPG and the JRPG subgenre has already been noted in this thread? Or that this thread has clearly been using the definition of the former since the earliest posts? :M

If you would like to create a list of top JRPG-subgenre games (yes, games is repeated), then feel free to start a new thread explicitly asking for this rather than Japanese-developed RPGs.

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Of course, we all know that Guido Henkel's Planescape: Torment is the Codex Collective's CRPG-of-All-Time
 

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