I usually have a list of RPG’s to play for the year, I am going to use your list and play these coming up in 2024 along with the great RPG’s coming out that year also, thanks OJ!!!
Always enjoy these lists OJ. Growing up, playing FF4 (not the best but since it was my first ever RPG it will always be special), 6, Chrono Trigger and FFX happened at pivotal moments in my life personally and experiencing great games like that stays with you. Chrono is also my #1 and someday I need to check out the DS version. These aren’t just games, they are art forms like a great novel or movie especially when they are 10/10.
If I see a video praising Lost Odyssey in a thumbnail I'm going to click! It's sad Phil Spencer chose not fund additional sequels and prequels because the 1000 year old stories really demonstrated the limitless possibilities and potential of the franchise. I consider these to be the THE TOP jrpgs for these consoles. NES: Destiny Of An Emperor (this game is super slept on but it's an amazing blend of Pokémon, Dragon Warrior and Dynasty Warriors. I highly recommend making an emulator run) SNES: FF 6, Chrono Trigger, Secret Of Mana, Ogre Battle, Super Mario Rpg Genesis: Shining Force 1 and 2, Phantasy Star 4 PS1: FF7, FF: Tactics, Suikoden 2, Parasite Eve N64: Ogre Battle 64, Paper Mario GameCube: Skies Of Arcadia, Baten Kaitos, Gauntlet Legends: Dark Legacy Dreamcast: Grandia 2 PS2: Shadow Hearts 1 and 2, FF 10, SMT Nocturne, Growlanser 3, Persona 3 and 4, Wii: Xenoblade Chronicles (what a revolutionary game this was. The first game to successfully blend wjrpg open world mechanics into the JRPG formula. I wish it was mandatory for Square Enix employees to play this) XBOX 360/PS3: Lost Odyssey, Resonance Of Fate, South Park: Stick Of Truth Switch/Xbone/Ps4: way too many to even start!
Awesome list! Mine is Chrono trigger, FF6, FF7, Xenogears, Radiant Historia, persona 5, Star Ocean 2, Super Mario RPG, FF Tactics and Fire Emblem Awakening.
Noice, SM RPG is definitely a 10/10. Nice to see people here appreciate FE Awakening. IMO, FE went very rapidly downhill with Fates and every FE since. Awakening, Mystery of the Emblem DS, and Thraccia were among the best FE games.
Dragon quest 11 is the best jrpg that's came out in years i mean years. Looked great, and still felt old school. I fking loved it. Hopefully square doesn't change it much for dq12.
Why Blue Dragon? Also why FE Echoes and Pokemon X/Y? I don't think I've ever heard FE/Pokemon fans praise those entires. Echoes isn't as good as the original Gaiden, it doesn't even have the weapons triangle. Having beaten every FE game, I agree Awakening is the best by a margin. Personally I like the original 5 games the most (before they fired the staff for making TearRing Saga on PS1). For Pokemon, I think the first 2 gems are the best.
@@shinoff-tw4eq DQ is fully owned by its creator Yuji Horii so Square has little input on its direction. That’s the only reason the franchise has remained consistent through the years unlike FF.
@gulfovandre5381 that's pretty dope. Thanks for the info cause I wasn't aware square and dq were like that. That's fantastic to hear to be honest. Others might not agree but I haven't cared much for a ff game since final fantasy 10 and even that I could see the changes coming Ala no world map. I still remember be amazed by ff1 on nes and each game we after that we were able to get at the time then came 6 7 8 9. Fantastic quadruple punch
@@shinoff-tw4eq Yeah remember that DQ comes from the «Enix» half of the business, and Enix was just a publisher not developer, games were actually developed by small studios, in DQ case was (and still is) under the lead of Horii through his company «Armor Project» who holds DQ trademark. When fusion with Square succeeded in early 2000s Square-Enix inherited the publishing contract but trademark remained with Horii, and actually also Toriyama (Bird Studio) for character designs and Sugiyama for the music. If you take a closer look to DQXI title screen you’ll notice they are all credited as copyright holders in the lower part. Fortunately they are all independent so this has kept the franchise out of reach from Square stupid decisions.
My favorite RPG's of all time in no particular order, cause they are THAT good to me: Final Fantasy 4, 6, & 7 Final Fantasy Tactics (and Tactics Advance 2) Chrono Trigger Baldur's Gate 3 Dragon Quest 8 & 11 Fire Emblem Awakening (I almost forgot how AMAZING this game is) Shadowrun (SNES) Xenogears Shining Force 1 & 2 Persona 4 & 5 Now if you ask me to rank them that would be VERY hard for me. Those are the top dogs in my book.
I'm so glad you put Skies of Arcadia on your list. I played through it 3 times on the dreamcast. I would love to play the Legends version someday somehow.
My Top 10 JRPG of All Time are: 1. Persona 5 Royal 2. Persona 4 Golden 3. XenoBlade Chronicles 3 Including Future Redeems 4. XenoBlade Chronicles Definitive Edition 5. Fire Emblem Three Houses 6. Lost Odyssey 7. FF7 8. FF9 9. Triangle Strategy 10. Fire Emblem Engage have to play FF6 and Chrono Trigger to see if they can both be on my List
XenoGears instead of Xenoblade Chronicles 3. Skies of Arcadia stays on, Sega often gets ignored and they made some great JRPG's (Grandia 1/2, Panzer Dragoon Saga, Shining Force 3, etc)
For once, a list that makes sense. I'm not a Persona fan, but outside of that, these are all 10/10 experience that are among the best JRPG's. Hard to include everything (Saturn often gets ignored), but some other suggestions. Replace Xenoblade 3 with XenoGears Add: Shining Force 3, Final Fantasy Tactics and Tactics Ogre and Panzer Dragoon Saga (best gameplay, dark story). Include DQ XI when you mention DQ VIII. Still, fantastic list, people always add really random games that they personally liked, but aren't that special, but you didn't. Great video.
Chrono Trigger is the best for me. I played that in the year 2001. And I still love it. I love the battle system, and the story, changing the past can change the future.
My personal favorite jrpgs. 1. Final Fantasy 6 2. Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn 3. Tales of Vesperia 4. Final Fantasy Tactics 5. Legend of Dragoon 6. Utawarerumono 7. Suikoden 2 8. Final Fantasy 9 9. Triangle Strategy 10. Kingdom Hearts
JRPGs that were a 10/10 for me that you already mentioned are of course: Lost Odyssey, Xenoblade Chronicles, Dragon Quest VIII, and Persona 5 Royal. Some other winners for me were: 1. Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch HD Remaster. I did play the original PS3 version and was thrilled it was re-released on PS4 which I continue to play from time to time for the fun of it. 2. Bravely Default 2--One of my all time favorites; pulled many all-nighters to grind job classes, farm best equipment, max out levels and everything and was happy to have played it. 3. Final Fantasy X--This game was my first entry into FF series as well as JRPGs in general. Played original PS2 version and when HD Remaster with content from international version was released for PS3 and PS4, I of course added to collection so I could see what new features were added and overcome newly added super bosses like Dark Aeons and Penance; I sure was put through the wringer. I played X-2 but only PS2 version; haven't had drive to do everything all over again despite newly added content like monster capture and newly added dresspheres; getting 100% was hard enough as it was the first time. Maybe some day... 4. Arc Rise Fantasia--I would've bought a Wii just to play that game but I had already bought a Wii just to play Muramasa. Arc Rise Fantasia was very innovative and while the big difficulty spikes lead to some frustrating moments, I enjoyed the story and gameplay mechanics even if there were times where VO made me want to throw speakers out of a skyscraper window. 5. Trails of Cold Steel---As of this writing, I have played Cold Steel 1-4 and Trails into Reverie and each game is a masterpiece in its own right. Really like the big character roster in Reverie and high replay value; one of my personal favorites. 6. YS Games--I've only played Lacrymosa of Dana and Monstrum Nox but OMG are they amazing. Excited for X to come out which will probably be 2025. That's all that comes to mind while typing this comment but great video and hope to see more of your videos.
If your basing the game on what the system pulled off, you gotta mention Phantasy Star 1 on the Sega Master System. That was a great game, and still is!
I started PS1 Sega Ages on switch and couldn't figure out what to do after the first cave LOL Maybe I'll come back to it one day. I liked what I played, but I feel like I need a walkthrough to know where to go next.
I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again. You must experience The legend of heroes franchise especially since you loved how Xenoblade 3 connected to a larger overarching story, and I love Xenoblade, but I’ve never seen it done on the scale that legend of heroes has. Maybe when you retire you’ll have some time to get into those on your backlog lol
This makes me not want to play the trials series. I loved XC 1-3, but I wish they were shorter. I actually really didn't like XC3, and I think the big reason was because it was too long. It just dragged on.... Why were there so many hero quests for heroes you won't even use? Maybe one day, but after 60 hours I think a game should be over. Side quests, sure, but nothing important.
@MassiveRican What's a good entry point? I can access most consoles, but primarily use Switch. I may want to put it on my higher priorities if it's comparable to the Xeno series. I mostly asked since I do consider all Xeno entries to be canon, which expands the scale a great deal. But since Xenoblade is the most recent entry and has far wider reach than Gears, Saga, or X ever did, a giant piece of the scale is covered by general obscurity.
My top ten 10 out of 10s ranked 😅 10. Tales of Vesperia 9. Super Paper Mario 8. Final Fantasy X 7. Final Fantasy VI 6. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door 5. Paper Mario: The Origami King 4. Octopath Traveler II 3. Blue Dragon 2. Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch 1. Lost Odyssey
Final Fantasy 6 Final Fantasy 12 Dragon Quest 11 Romacing Saga 2 Like a Dragon 7 Dragon’s Dogma Elden Ring Persona 5 天地を喰らう２ 諸葛孔明伝 Shining and the darkness
Lost Odyssey! thx so much for talking about this timeless masterpiece by the FF Father Sakaguchi! so underrated, so unknown, while it should be called Final Fantasy and it should be right up there on the throne together with 6 and 7... sad to see Sakaguchis non FF games get so little attention, Last Story and Fantasian are also amazing...
Xenogears PS1 Star Ocean The Second Story PS1 Kingdom Hearts PS2 Paper Mario Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door Brave Fencer Musashi PS1 Legendary Fencer Musashi PS2 Like a Dragon Ps4 The World End With You DS/Switch Disgaea Stella Glow 3DS Radiant Historia DS/3DS
For me, Lost Odyssey was the true ff10. I really missed alot of elements missing from previous final fantasies, especially the explorable world map and vehicles and Lost Odyssey captured that feel perfectly
My top 10 1. XC 2 2. XC 3 3. Persona 5 royal 4. FF IX 5. Disgaea 5 complete 6. Nier Automata 7. XC DE 8. SMT V 9. Octopath Traveler 10. Pokemon Black/White Honorable Mention: 1. Labyrinth of Refrain 2. Fire Emblem Three Houses 3. Tales Of Vesperia 4. FF XII 5. Ni no Kuni
Some of my favorite Jrpgs are Xenoblade chronicles 3, Persona 5 Royal, Ff7 remake Cold Steel 4 and Xenoblade 2. But I still have a lot of games I need to play, definitely want to check out FF 6 after watching this video great stuff👍!
My list looks something like: Xenoblade 1 Nier Automata Chrono Trigger The World Ends With You Yakuza: Like a Dragon Final Fantasy 6 Pokemon Emerald Radiant Historia
Among all of these games, Lost Odyssey is the one game I wish i can play. I don't own xbox so i really hoped it gets ported on PC but alas it's not possible.
Love the big videos you have been putting out. I personally would live to see you do some retrospective videos singling in on one game. Either way, great stuff, and keep doing you.
I'm glad you gave a dub to Lost Odyssey the true Final Fantasy 13 if only it could get a PC release so folks can play the game. If we're actually getting Fantasian we should get Lost Odyssey too. Final Fantasy 6 and ChronoTrigger best RPG's evvaa! The Xenoblade series is really growing on me especially that DLC. Wasn't Sky of Arcadia the one that had its translation completely different from the original Japanese? Maybe I got the wrong game but it was some RPG where the localization team I think made up their own story.
My favourite JRPG is hands down Chrono Trigger it’s my all time favourite game period and it’s a certified 10/10 banger I also love Xenoblade Chronicles 1 that’s also a banger and so is final fantasy VII
Well I've ordered my steam deck oled and when that arrives I will be playing through all the final fantasy games on that, then moving onto some other big JRPG's, maybe check out the Tales games or the Dragon Quest ones! Chrono Trigger definitely on the list as well and probably many others haha.
0:46 insta like for even showing dark cloud gameplay, havent finished the vid yet but some of my tops are: "*" next to my top in series ff7* 8 9 10 persona 3 4 5* (persona 3 reload will undoubtedly make my top favorite as it is nostalgic for me but 5 royal is just too good) xenoblade 1 2 3* dark cloud and dark cloud 2* (i loved 2, related more to the main character as a child and taking pictures was fun) ni no kuni 1* 2 dragon quest 11 s is the only dq game i've really played but loved it is zelda a jrpg??? i dunno but ZELDA TOTK top one other than majoras mask, i unfortunately have never played OoT :( one more before i finish watching this video --- YAKUZA LIKE A DRAGON. never played a yakuza game but played this one cuz it was turn based and WOW i had a blast, almost even thinking about going back and 100% it now as thats my latest hobby had to edit to add a psp favorite, BRAVE STORY NEW TRAVELER. I ADORE THAT GAME! also MURAMASA REBIRTH ON PS VITA. im currently platting it(or aiming to) made it to the end and felt the need to mention, i tried chrono trigger too late in life i think. i didnt really get into it and never really felt like trying it again unfortunately
I don't know about them being 10/10, but the top of my list for RPG's overall, not necessarily JRPG's, is DQ 5 and 8, FF 6, Cyberpunk 2077 (more RPG elements with 2.0 now but a mashup of RPG, FPS and and adventure game), wrestle quest (which i just started but is so far great). For 10/10, Octopath Traveller 2 is VERY close. For absolutely 10/10, the top 2 on my list are DQ 11 and Chrono Trigger. I still have a lot in my backlog like persona 5 Royal, 8 bit adventures 2, Alterium Shift, Bravely Default 2, Live A Live, Sea of Stars, Triangle Strategy, Yakuza Like a Dragon and a few others so we will see what makes the list. Kyles Quest from back in the day on Palm and Windows CE handhelds is also high in the list of all time favorites. I love the old school games because im an old school guy that was playing Dragon Warrior/Dragon Quest back in the 80's when it first came out.
Ahh Lost Odyssey. What a gem that game was. When it came out and I played it I tried to tell my friends it was the best Final Fantasy Id ever played and no one wanted to hear it. It soo needs a new port to Steam that isn't terrible.
My dawg! I remember playing skies of arcadia back in the sega dreamcast days yo!...great game and great video.just getting back into gaming and was looking for some good rpgs.glad i found your channel!
If he grouped all the Xenoblades and FF games together, he could have fit 2 more games... I'd vote for Super Mario RPG and Shining Force 3. Sega Saturn JRPG's are the most underappreciated, at least people played PS1...
You are missing Chrono Cross. One of few JRPG got 10/10 point on Gamespot. Chrono Cross and Chrono Trigger are two JRPG which RPG lover should try at least one time in their life.
You've missed out on some great series. I really enjoyed Arc you should definitely try shadow hearts and my most recent find is octopath. You should branch out from squeenix my dude...
Thousand arms is like playing an anime/dating sim. Unique experience, but is it good? If you want to play it, go play it, it's a unique experience. Wild arms for PS1 is good, also unique. Nothing groundbreaking, but good.
Final Fantasy Tactics/Final Fantasy Tactics War of the Lions Chronicles Trigger Final Fantasy VII Final Fantasy XII Final Fantasy XIV Final Fantasy VII Remake (HOLY SH!T AWESOME) Final Fantasy XVI Dragon Quest VIII Dragon Quest IX Dragon Quest XI S: Definitive Edition Ehrgeiz: God Bless (Had a RPG mode that was awesome for the PSOne at the time to me) Sea of Stars Astral Chain Xenoblade Chronicles 1 Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Blue Dragon Persona 5 Royal Atelier Sophie Atelier Sophie 2 Atelier Ryza Atelier Ryza 2 Atelier Ryza 3 … Still have so many more to add 😅
I agree these are all great jrpg but out of those only JRPG games that hooked me from start to finish are: 1/ FF7R 2/ FFX 3/ Astral Chain 4/ Nier Automata 5/ Octopath Traveler 2
@@shinoff-tw4eqI have no experience with the series yet, is it good? Should I start from the Star Ocean 1 first or I can just go and play the 2nd one?
I played eachone but skyes of arcadia and mostly agree with you (i just would choose a diferent fe). This list makes me miss Hironobu Sakaguchi as three of the games of this list are his. Maybe someday he returns from the mobile market, but i suppose he will be retairing not to late now, which is a pity for jrpgs lovers.
Lost odyssey was pretty dope but I personally knock off points for jrpgs that don't let you grind. If I remember right you can only level up so far while playing before you start getting less and less experience.
Lost Odyssey isnt under rated. It just happened to be released on xbox which wasn't known for rpg's. Everyone who has played it believe its one.of the best rpgs of all time.
Totally agree on Xenoblade: Future Redeemed. I feel like that game came and went in the media, but it was so friggin' good. Incredible story, characters, battle system, and cameos.
I love the Pokemon games they are wonderful. Also classic Final Fantasy is such a amazing experience and must have for PlayStation 1 and Super Nintendo. Chrono Trigger is wonderful and I hate how Square Enix hasn't ported it to modern gaming consoles for the new generation of gamers to experience this master piece. I have a friend who got into XenoBlade Chronicles on the Nintendo Switch and he loved It but I haven't gotten to those games yet. I love JRPGs they are such an amazing experience. Cool video. ^_^
Lost Odyssey isn't underrated, it is just unaccessible and got released on the wrong system. Everyone that had played it, praise it for a good reason and "rate it" accordingly. For me, I heard about it for years, but only yesterday I finally emulated it, and having a a blast playing it.
My list of RPGs that I remember very fondly throughout the years would be: (semi-chronological, as named at the time) Dragon Warrior Final Fantasy Breath of Fire Final Fantasy III Chrono Trigger Pokemon Yellow Super Mario RPG Fire Emblem Golden Sun Mario & Luigi Dragon Quest IX Mario & Luigi Bowser's Inside Story Xenoblade Fire Emblem Awakening Xenoblade 2 My memory is fractured on a couple games. I remember really liking Tales of Symphonia, but not finishing it...When getting back to it several years later, I thought it was trash. Super Mario RPG is the opposite... I thought it was okay at the time and getting back to it a few years later, I really liked it. Golden Sun 1 & 2 blur together for me... I know I liked 1, I think I like 2, I know I don't like 3.
Never played FF VI. Hopefully SE will give it love with a remix or remaster XEnoblade 3 I did not finish but I will now. Xenoblade 2 I beat and loved it. Xenoblade 1 in the midst of that too. But the rest of your lists outside of Pokemon game I agree with and beat most of them. Thanks Bro for the list
My 10 / 10 expiriences are 1 Chrono trigger, 2 Final Fantasy 6 , 2 .VALKYRIE PROFILE 1. 3 Final Fantasy X. 4. Final Fantasy 7 (ps1) 5.Xenoblade 3 . 6. Xenoblade 1. 7. Shadow Hearts 2 8. Star Ocean 3. 9. Skies of Arcadia 10. Grandia 2 Those rpgs marked My soul as a rpg lover!
I get it, it’s your list and it’s a good one but Xenoblade 1 and 3 over Xenogears? 😢 Where’s suikoden 2?! How’s last remnant better than ff10? 😭 Persona 5 over Persona 4, SMT 4, nocturne and devil survivor 😢. Did IGN get a hold of this list?🤔 Great video overall as always, love the energy mate.
Games from this list the games I haven't played are FF6, FF7 and Dragon Quest 8. The rest I've played and completed. Personally, I think Chrono Trigger is awful, and I also don't like Final Fantasy 9 either. I don't really agree with a lot of games being 10/10's but I do think most of the games are 8 or 9/10 worthy. Some of my favorite JRPGs would be Persona 3 FES, Persona 4 Golden, Persona 5 Royal, Shin Megami Tensei 4, Shin Megami Tensei 4 Apocalypse, Paper Mario 64, Tales of Symphonia, Tales of the Abyss, Tales of Phantasia, Valkyria Chronicles 1, Valkyria Chronicles 3, Fate/Extra, and Sakura Wars 1, Sakura Wars 5 and Pokemon Soul Silver.
