Pick a JRPG for me to play.

[Delterius]

either final fantasy tactics or planescape torment

 

[Wayward Son]

Play Trails in the Sky 1. Short, focused, fun, with some mechanics differentiating it from others in the genre.

 

[Zerth]

xenoblade 3? Hard pass

 

[Lord of Riva]

Terranigma

 

[AdamReith]

Chrono Trigger should let you know pretty quickly whether JRPGs are for you.

 

[POOPERSCOOPER]

I feel like Earthbound is the only correct answer but I also haven't played a JRPG in like 20 years.

 

[Assisted Living Godzilla]

Yakuza 0 isn’t a JRPG, it’s a 3D beat ‘em up. It doesn’t become a JRPG until 2020’s Yakuza: Like a Dragon, up to that point the main Yakuza games were more like Sega’s yakuza themed take on River City Ransom/Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari.

Haven’t played the other game besides Lost Odyssey, but Lost Odyssey is good.

It’s not on that list, but if you haven’t played Skies of Arcadia Legends I’d say play Skies of Arcadia Legends. It’s not just one of the best JRPGs ever made, it’s one of the best games ever made.

 

[Rean]

There's no difference between mainline Yakuza and Like a Dragon aside from realtime VS turn-based combat.
If that's your criterion for what an RPG is, just pause the game between each punch thrown, lmao.

 

[Maxie]

Play Trails in the Sky 1. Short, focused, fun, with some mechanics differentiating it from others in the genre.

it's definitely not short lol

 

[Tse Tse Fly]

I suggest Tactics Ogre

 

[Stokowski]

either final fantasy tactics or planescape torment

Chrono Trigger should let you know pretty quickly whether JRPGs are for you.

I suggest Tactics Ogre

Played all of them. (Didn't finish all of them )

 

[Wayward Son]

Play Trails in the Sky 1. Short, focused, fun, with some mechanics differentiating it from others in the genre.

it's definitely not short lol

For a JRPG it is. It’s only like 30 hours and that’s with how I play games.