Anybody who loves jrpg’s should absolutely play final fantasy 6. My favorite game of all time. The story, characters, themes, world and especially the MUSIC is unmatched.
@@itkirk It's orchestrated but I feel like they also improved the songs. You'll notice they changed the arrangement a little bit, but not too much. Check out all the pixel remaster soundtracks. It's some of the best music I've ever heard
Because the original is a mess design-wise? As good as people make the game out to be, the compass system is awful, even though you can spin the map it does nothing to help you find out where your supposed to go, you can miss guaranteed jumps forcing you to redo entire puzzles. And then there's the last disc, which everyone points out.
For the first 3/4ths...sadly. One of my favorite games of all time, never beat it because of that last part. I really need to go back. Actually, even the last 3rd is good story, it's just presented poorly.
All 5 of these games are in my Top 10 VideoGames of All Time 5. Persona 4 Golden 4. Fire Emblem Three Houses 3. XenoBlade Chronicles Definitive Edition 2. XenoBlade Chronicles 3 with Future Redeemed DLC 1. Persona 5 Royal
so, you have included 1st and 3rd Xenoblade, but didn't include Xenoblade 2, which is, objectively, has the most unique developed characters, a great story with twists, and where 90% of the game is not about "killing another mechon" people are strange creatures sometimes
@@no_bs_science haha brother its. Or that different from the others, I just didn’t like the character designs and it just wasn’t as engaging to me as the others
My Top 5 JRPG’s 1. Suikoden 1 & 2 2. Final Fantasy 7 3. Octopath Traveler 1 & 2 4. Dragon Ball Z: Attack Of The Saiyan’s 5. Star Ocean: 1st Departure & 2nd Story
I was gonna say suikoden 2 and the suikoden series as a whole needs to be top 3 if not number 1 for most everyone who's ever played it! It's a bold claim but I haven't met anyone who doest rank it top 3 of all time
Xenoblade is one of the greatest trilogies of any piece of media I have ever experienced. The definition of a piece of art masterpiece. Absolutely one of the greatest stories every told
Golden Sun and Golden Sun: The Lost Age If anyone has a GBA or is comfortable with emulation, I highly recommend playing through these 2. These are 2 of the greatest JRPG games I’ve ever played. Give them a Quick Look up even if you’ve never heard of them. Any Final Fantasy or Square fan would absolutely love these gems of the past. They are also available on the Nintendo Switch GBA software. Amazing games made by a team that clearly had a deep passion for JRPG story telling and mechanic. I’ve replayed them both probably 10+ times, the music, pixel art style and level design, puzzle mechanics, battle system.. summons.. everything is top notch in my book.
@@mitch20003 I disagree. The "health sponge" quality of enemies really detracts from the enjoyability of many of the battles. Arise gives up difficulty in favor of long health bars, making for tedious combat even against trash mobs after grinding.
Why in the holy fook has Chrono Trigger not been remade with a face lift?!? It's one of the best stories/ rpg games ever written. It sold well and was always given amazing reviews from everyone right away and is STILL LOVED. It makes ZERO sense.
Good list. If I'll change anything, I'll replace FF7 with FF6, which is a superior game. Also, I'll replace DQ5 with Final Fantasy Tactics WotL. That's the second best game in the list behind Chrono Trigger.
I strongly nominate ni no kuni wrath of the white witch, this is the one of its kind JRPG. I don't think there will be another Ghibli game ever, seriously, ever!
Breath of Fire 1, 2, and 3 Suikuden 1, 2, and 3 Xenogears and Xenosaga Grandia Fire Emblem FF 1 through 12 Tales of Vesperia StarOcean And the TOP #1 is.... Mario RPG lol. Seriously this game is fun.
@@jellalfernandes9820 I'm very interested in which game you could rate as 10/10 Mario? Lego? Xenoblade and Trails are the best story-heavy series I've played so far and there're a ton of people who would agree with this point of view Trails have their issues like the guy above mentioned too easy difficulty (which can be dealt with mods), and inconsistent tempo of the story (you can have 10 hours of slow-paced investigation and quests, followed by 3 hours of constant action/cutscenes) Trails in the Sky 1-2, all Crossbell ark, Trails of the Cold Steel 1-4, and Trails into the Daybreak 1 are excellent. I'm not fond of Sky 3rd, as it's the only game I found a bit boring for me, and by far not impressed with Daybreak 2 (but I'm like 10 hours in, so who knows) but to say that Azure is the pinnacle of the Trails series, and rate it 8/10...
Well, he did say that he prioritises visuals, that his tastes were shallow, and said that he liked Final Fantasy 10 DESPITE its out of date graphics. He also lumped FF7R and FF7 classic together which, no.... just.... no....
Never played many jrpgs growing up, besides Pokemon. But now I'm eager to delve into the genre, mainly into the Persona series. These lists are great to make a backlog of games to play
Persona is definitely one of the most consistent JRPG series, P5 Royal specifically is a very beginner friendly game and great for newcomers to the series.
If you like it then you should check out Shin Megami Tensei, it's the origin of persona and a really good series, pretty different setting though, since SMT is almost always set in a post-apocalyptic world, at least the mainline ones
If you love jrpgs, the legend of heroes games should also be considered. It’s like the mcu. There are like 11-13 games right now I think all inter connected. Honestly you don’t need to play all of them to understand the story. Either jump into the newest ones, the daybreak ones or where I started is cold steel 1. I am fully caught up from cold steel 1. I am currently working through the crossbell games. Super cool after already playing cold steel 1 and 2
1-Legend of Zelda Manjora's Mask 2-Final Fantasy 10 3-Legend of Zelda Ocarina of time 4-Final Fantasy 7 5-Final Fantasy 9 6-Radiata Stories 7-Shadow of the colossus 8-Lord of the rings, return of the king 9-Suikoden 4 10- The Bard's Tale
You had me at takes of arise I'm not afraid to admit I beat it 3 times and it's the only tales of game I've played more than once it hits all the right places.
Damn so many amazing JPRGS left out, i think its just so hard to make a top 10 list. You cant leave out games like Legend Of The Dragoon, Chrono Cross, Final Fantasy Tactics, Vagrant Story, Tales Of Vesperia, Kingdom Hearts 2. So so many haha.
Terranigma. Which can be played via a hacked PAL SNES copy, or you can just Emulate, which is what most people do to play it, because North America never got an official release due to Nintendo switching their focus to the N64 at the time.
NA didn't get it because Enix America closed down. It got released in PAL territories because it was published by Nintendo directly. Publishers like Enix, Atlus and Squaresoft weren't big enough to have European publishing divisions and required third party companies to publish for them (usually Nintendo for SNES games) which is why very few SNES RPGs actually got PAL releases.
Atlus did a great job with the Persona series and I hope they do even better with Metaphor in October. Dragon Quest has confirmed excellent standards with the latest chapter, but it is Xenoblade that takes the crown as the best JRPG of this era. Monolith, with its Xenoblade series, is what Square was with Final Fantasy, for me it is the real point of reference. Unfortunately, Xenoblade's weakness is being a Nintendo exclusive; if it were a multiplatform game it would be unanimously recognized as the undisputed ruler of JRPGs.
JRPG from Falcom is great as well. My first YS series was YS 8. Tried it a few years ago and got hooked. Ended up finishing both 8 and 9. Currently waiting for YS X release. For Trails, I started with Cold Steel. Managed to finish Cold Steel I - IV. I am now a fan of Falcom games.
Ok if you haven't played Xenogears you were probably all "uggh another amnesiac protagonist" but this is in fact one of the greates scifi stories ever told in any medium.
My personal top 10: 01. Suikoden II 02. Xenogears 03. Growlanser: Wayfarer of Time 04. The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky 05. Persona 5 Royal 06. Final Fantasy XII 07. Octopath Traveler II 08. Chrono Trigger 09. Shadow Hearts 10. Valkyrie Profile
Cheating with the amount but not in any order: Tales of Xillia (1&2) Xenoblade Chronicles Xenogears Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology (Sleeper) Legend of Dragoon Star Ocean: The Last Hope Trails of Cold Steel (1-4) Chrono Trigger Magna Carta 2 (Also a Sleeper!) Xenosaga 1 Legend of Legaia Grandia 2&3 Scarlet Nexus Final Fantasy 13 (yeah I said it!) Fire Emblem Three Houses
that was the golden era of jrpgs, I cant do random battles anymore though, thats why im a big fan of bravery default, you can shut off battles and then turn on when youre ready to grind.
Sad x good list. Though for me suikoden should be on the list, dragon quest 8, ffx,ff6,ff9, valk profile sylmeria, persona 3 fes, persona 4, wild arms 3 4, rogue galaxy, shadow hearts, breath of fire.xeno saga. Damn a lot of games not enough for top 10 xD
Persona 4 crawled so that P5 could fly. Too bad it'll never get the glow-up that P3 got, but it's a great game nonetheless, with a fantastic set of characters, and well worth your time.
The legend of heroes trails from zero. I'm still getting into the trails series now but i played 0 first and it quickly shot up to one of my favorite rpgs ever. That's gotta be my recommendation
You forgot to point that a lot of the games from your list are on PC too. You only did it for Chrono Trigger and FF10. Dq 11 - PC, FF7 - PC, Persona 5 -PC, Tales of Arise - PC
I think that from a Story Point, Tales of Symphonya is still the best tales game out there. Aside from that, i think Grandia 2, Shadow hearts 1+2 and Skies of Arcadia come to my mind when thinking about good underated JRPGs. But they have not aged so well with their Graphics. Fire Emblem Path of Radiance+Radiant Dawn are also must plays in my opinion.
"I wanna spend more time highlighting the other less talked about games" Proceeds to talk about the game regarded by many as the best one out of the golden age of jrpg 😂
Great recommendation, only game i‘d add would be any version of persona 3, for convenience and quality of life changes personally 3 reload. Best Persona game IMO, followed closely by persona 4 golden and then 5
@@xMissMaveNxMake no mistake, Chrono Cross is one of my most beloved jrpgs of all time, but what I mean is many biased people think it pales in comparison to its prequel, Chrono Trigger. FYI Im not one of them and Tbh I think you know that already. And yes, I’m smoking bbq chicken. Want some?
@@frozengrudgeI don't think SMT 3 in particular is an underdog, most people consider it as one of the best in the series, now SMT as a whole is a different story, even people who play persona have either never tried it or never even heard about it from what I have seen, SMT 5 thankfully made it a lot more popular
@@jellalfernandes9820 But wouldn't that make all 10 games here "trash tier" tho? lol And I actually love those games, but they aren't anywhere close to the same level as Trails.
What is a JRPG you feel people should play before they die?
Persona 3 Reload, Persona 4 Golden
Astlibra Revision
Bushi Seiryuuden, easy.
yakuza like a dragon
They have games! But they’re all Virtual Boy games!
It’s a CRIME that the Trails series isn’t included in this
I played most of the games you mentioned, and he's right bro
I agree, I'm 8 games in and still working on finishing CS4. World building wise, it doesn't get any better.
Anybody who loves jrpg’s should absolutely play final fantasy 6. My favorite game of all time. The story, characters, themes, world and especially the MUSIC is unmatched.
Everyone got their own favourite FF series.
FF6 is my favorite game of all time too! Solidarity!
@@itkirk The music got even better in the pixel remaster too
@@omegaweapon116 Did it, how? The quality? Is it the orchestrated version?
@@itkirk It's orchestrated but I feel like they also improved the songs. You'll notice they changed the arrangement a little bit, but not too much. Check out all the pixel remaster soundtracks. It's some of the best music I've ever heard
Suikoden 2 is a MUST in this list and the entire franchise as a whole!
Amen
If any game deserves a remake, it's Xenogears. You guys already know why.
Absolutely MUST
Because the original is a mess design-wise? As good as people make the game out to be, the compass system is awful, even though you can spin the map it does nothing to help you find out where your supposed to go, you can miss guaranteed jumps forcing you to redo entire puzzles. And then there's the last disc, which everyone points out.
chornic trigger, ff6
Yes fucking please! Hopefully they finish it properly this time too. 🙏
Because the original was barely a game and more of a visual novel with a couple of hours of jrpg sprinkled into it?
Xenogears might have the greatest story ever told in a game imo
This
agree
My brother in existence
I have to watch video breakdowns just to understand it
For the first 3/4ths...sadly. One of my favorite games of all time, never beat it because of that last part. I really need to go back.
Actually, even the last 3rd is good story, it's just presented poorly.
All 5 of these games are in my Top 10 VideoGames of All Time
5. Persona 4 Golden
4. Fire Emblem Three Houses
3. XenoBlade Chronicles Definitive Edition
2. XenoBlade Chronicles 3 with Future Redeemed DLC
1. Persona 5 Royal
A man of culture I see! Xenoblade definitive edition and P5R are in my top 3 as well along with FFX
so, you have included 1st and 3rd Xenoblade, but didn't include Xenoblade 2, which is, objectively, has the most unique developed characters, a great story with twists, and where 90% of the game is not about "killing another mechon"
people are strange creatures sometimes
@@no_bs_science yeah but the worst one easily
@@brickflair8926 so you couldn't handle the complex battle system in Xenoblade 2 and decided that it's the worst one
got it
@@no_bs_science haha brother its. Or that different from the others, I just didn’t like the character designs and it just wasn’t as engaging to me as the others
My Top 5 JRPG’s
1. Suikoden 1 & 2
2. Final Fantasy 7
3. Octopath Traveler 1 & 2
4. Dragon Ball Z: Attack Of The Saiyan’s
5. Star Ocean: 1st Departure & 2nd Story
I was gonna say suikoden 2 and the suikoden series as a whole needs to be top 3 if not number 1 for most everyone who's ever played it! It's a bold claim but I haven't met anyone who doest rank it top 3 of all time
Ewww ff VII 😂😂😂
YES #1!
@@love2lovesum1 eww ff vii
star ocean 2 is definitely in my top 5. ff7, ff6, xenoblade series, chrono trigger, final fantasy tactics
Xenogears
You can't talk about Xenoblade in just 2 MINUTES
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE
Xenoblade is one of the greatest trilogies of any piece of media I have ever experienced. The definition of a piece of art masterpiece. Absolutely one of the greatest stories every told
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If talk about story, u can try Valkyrie chronicle revolution
If you have played Xenogears, I guarantee Xenoblade will no longer feel special.
@@bhoqeem1975 I played Xenogears but I still prefer Xenoblade 🤷 But Xenogears is peak I agree
Lunar Silver Story, Dragon Quest 8, Blue Dragon, Grandia
Golden Sun and Golden Sun: The Lost Age
If anyone has a GBA or is comfortable with emulation, I highly recommend playing through these 2. These are 2 of the greatest JRPG games I’ve ever played. Give them a Quick Look up even if you’ve never heard of them.
Any Final Fantasy or Square fan would absolutely love these gems of the past. They are also available on the Nintendo Switch GBA software.
Amazing games made by a team that clearly had a deep passion for JRPG story telling and mechanic. I’ve replayed them both probably 10+ times, the music, pixel art style and level design, puzzle mechanics, battle system.. summons.. everything is top notch in my book.
Play Tales of Berseria. The story and characters are quite awesome.
yeah, but gameplay in arise is the best in the series,
@@mitch20003gameplay in arise isn’t the best in the series lol, it’s
xillia 2/graces f
@@emptyskyy0 hmm I don't think so we can agree to disagree.
@@mitch20003 I disagree. The "health sponge" quality of enemies really detracts from the enjoyability of many of the battles. Arise gives up difficulty in favor of long health bars, making for tedious combat even against trash mobs after grinding.
@@Mr._Matt you have a point but I liked arise better, it was close though. I enjoyed bereseria a lot. Great game combat dark story of revenge
Why in the holy fook has Chrono Trigger not been remade with a face lift?!? It's one of the best stories/ rpg games ever written. It sold well and was always given amazing reviews from everyone right away and is STILL LOVED. It makes ZERO sense.
Because it's perfect the way it is.
@vladv5126 perfect on crappy ports... no, no it's not
I’m very tempted to give Tales of Arise one day, when my backlog is a little smaller
I hacked my new 3ds and played chrono trigger DS for the first time. Wow. Really great game and music is top tier!
FFX is a must.
I just booted this uk for another replay, one of my fav games of all time! Best OST of all time imo
Ys: Lacrimosa of Dana should be added as well. Loved that game 😊
agreed
Good list. If I'll change anything, I'll replace FF7 with FF6, which is a superior game. Also, I'll replace DQ5 with Final Fantasy Tactics WotL. That's the second best game in the list behind Chrono Trigger.
fft is in my top 5
I strongly nominate ni no kuni wrath of the white witch, this is the one of its kind JRPG. I don't think there will be another Ghibli game ever, seriously, ever!
Breath of Fire 1, 2, and 3
Suikuden 1, 2, and 3
Xenogears and Xenosaga
Grandia
Fire Emblem
FF 1 through 12
Tales of Vesperia
StarOcean
And the TOP #1 is....
Mario RPG lol. Seriously this game is fun.
Trails Series- every game
The best is Azure and I don’t think Azure deserves more than 8/10
@@jellalfernandes9820what??? 👀 That's objectively wrong. The one issue being they're a bit easy for most frequent JRPG players.
Considering world building, intrigues and character writing, I put Trails series on top over any other jrpg.
@@TJ20232 you can deal with this with difficulty mods
I've been playing almost all trails games with difficulty mods, and it has been a blast
@@jellalfernandes9820 I'm very interested in which game you could rate as 10/10
Mario? Lego?
Xenoblade and Trails are the best story-heavy series I've played so far
and there're a ton of people who would agree with this point of view
Trails have their issues like the guy above mentioned too easy difficulty (which can be dealt with mods), and inconsistent tempo of the story (you can have 10 hours of slow-paced investigation and quests, followed by 3 hours of constant action/cutscenes)
Trails in the Sky 1-2, all Crossbell ark, Trails of the Cold Steel 1-4, and Trails into the Daybreak 1 are excellent.
I'm not fond of Sky 3rd, as it's the only game I found a bit boring for me, and by far not impressed with Daybreak 2 (but I'm like 10 hours in, so who knows)
but to say that Azure is the pinnacle of the Trails series, and rate it 8/10...
I played tales of abyss 5 times
I feel FF6 is missing. It's the best game of the series to me. It revolutionized JRPGs.
Well, he did say that he prioritises visuals, that his tastes were shallow, and said that he liked Final Fantasy 10 DESPITE its out of date graphics. He also lumped FF7R and FF7 classic together which, no.... just.... no....
Dragon Quest 11, Tales of the Abyss and Final Fantasy X are masterpieces. I think Nier Gestalt and Dragon Quest 8 are 10/10's too.
Grandia, Panzer Dragoon Saga, Ys Book I & II TG-CD, Ys Origin, Dragon Quest III Reprise on SFC
Scarlet Nexus should be in this list, its not perfect but so underrated
Never played many jrpgs growing up, besides Pokemon. But now I'm eager to delve into the genre, mainly into the Persona series. These lists are great to make a backlog of games to play
Persona is an option I feel like you can't go wrong with. It gets lengthy but it's an enjoyable experience.
Definitely recommend Persona 5 Royal
Persona is definitely one of the most consistent JRPG series, P5 Royal specifically is a very beginner friendly game and great for newcomers to the series.
If you like it then you should check out Shin Megami Tensei, it's the origin of persona and a really good series, pretty different setting though, since SMT is almost always set in a post-apocalyptic world, at least the mainline ones
youre missing out friend. so many good games, xenoblade, star ocean, tales series , final fantasy, dragonquest , mana series, suikoden, grandia , etc
“…before they die.” How raw is that. Lol
If you love jrpgs, the legend of heroes games should also be considered. It’s like the mcu. There are like 11-13 games right now I think all inter connected. Honestly you don’t need to play all of them to understand the story. Either jump into the newest ones, the daybreak ones or where I started is cold steel 1. I am fully caught up from cold steel 1. I am currently working through the crossbell games. Super cool after already playing cold steel 1 and 2
I recently finish trails to azure. What a wonderful game! You're in for quite a ride!
1-Legend of Zelda Manjora's Mask
2-Final Fantasy 10
3-Legend of Zelda Ocarina of time
4-Final Fantasy 7
5-Final Fantasy 9
6-Radiata Stories
7-Shadow of the colossus
8-Lord of the rings, return of the king
9-Suikoden 4
10- The Bard's Tale
Very strong list here. I do feel personally that there are plenty of better games to put here than Tales of Arise though
Xenogears? This list is legit.
Edit: Compared the on foot combat to FF7 with no mention of combos and deathblows...
Did this dude just say the persona 5 music was aesthetically pleasing?
Tales of Vesperia should definitely be on the list
Lost Odyssey deserves more love
You had me at takes of arise I'm not afraid to admit I beat it 3 times and it's the only tales of game I've played more than once it hits all the right places.
Fei, Luke and Shulk on the Thumb? perfeeect
Its criminal to not put lost odyssey in that list.
Persona 4 and Chrono Cross are must plays
Damn so many amazing JPRGS left out, i think its just so hard to make a top 10 list. You cant leave out games like Legend Of The Dragoon, Chrono Cross, Final Fantasy Tactics, Vagrant Story, Tales Of Vesperia, Kingdom Hearts 2. So so many haha.
Feel free to change either of the dragon quests for persona 3 reload
Nice list bro. glad to see tales of abyss in here
ABYSS is the GAME... its like the FF7 of the TALES SERIES...
I just bought Xenoblade Chronicles for Nintendo switch and physical copy two days ago and I used to have tales of abyss on Nintendo three DS 😊
Love this list!!! So many great games! I need to play more Tales games too!
Terranigma. Which can be played via a hacked PAL SNES copy, or you can just Emulate, which is what most people do to play it, because North America never got an official release due to Nintendo switching their focus to the N64 at the time.
NA didn't get it because Enix America closed down. It got released in PAL territories because it was published by Nintendo directly. Publishers like Enix, Atlus and Squaresoft weren't big enough to have European publishing divisions and required third party companies to publish for them (usually Nintendo for SNES games) which is why very few SNES RPGs actually got PAL releases.
Atlus did a great job with the Persona series and I hope they do even better with Metaphor in October. Dragon Quest has confirmed excellent standards with the latest chapter, but it is Xenoblade that takes the crown as the best JRPG of this era. Monolith, with its Xenoblade series, is what Square was with Final Fantasy, for me it is the real point of reference. Unfortunately, Xenoblade's weakness is being a Nintendo exclusive; if it were a multiplatform game it would be unanimously recognized as the undisputed ruler of JRPGs.
JRPG from Falcom is great as well. My first YS series was YS 8. Tried it a few years ago and got hooked. Ended up finishing both 8 and 9. Currently waiting for YS X release.
For Trails, I started with Cold Steel. Managed to finish Cold Steel I - IV.
I am now a fan of Falcom games.
Ok if you haven't played Xenogears you were probably all "uggh another amnesiac protagonist" but this is in fact one of the greates scifi stories ever told in any medium.
The best jrpgs are The Legend of Heroes: trails series. Best world building and story ever!! Every jrpg fan should try it.
My personal top 10:
01. Suikoden II
02. Xenogears
03. Growlanser: Wayfarer of Time
04. The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky
05. Persona 5 Royal
06. Final Fantasy XII
07. Octopath Traveler II
08. Chrono Trigger
09. Shadow Hearts
10. Valkyrie Profile
Cheating with the amount but not in any order:
Tales of Xillia (1&2)
Xenoblade Chronicles
Xenogears
Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology (Sleeper)
Legend of Dragoon
Star Ocean: The Last Hope
Trails of Cold Steel (1-4)
Chrono Trigger
Magna Carta 2 (Also a Sleeper!)
Xenosaga 1
Legend of Legaia
Grandia 2&3
Scarlet Nexus
Final Fantasy 13 (yeah I said it!)
Fire Emblem Three Houses
Xenosaga is one of the best, if not THE best, of all jrpgs
Damn. I kicked the bucket half through this list.
Xenogears supremacy
Dragon Quest is that good he didn't even mention the best one Dragon Quest 8!
skies of Arcadia, Grandia 1 and 2, Final Fantasy 7, 8, 9 (classic) dragon quest 8
You should play Breath of fire saga, especially the third
Where the hell is Grandia?
Really?? Have you ever played legend of dragoon, suikoden 2, breath of fire IV, lunar, etc.?? 90's-00's gaming was the best so far.
that was the golden era of jrpgs, I cant do random battles anymore though, thats why im a big fan of bravery default, you can shut off battles and then turn on when youre ready to grind.
Sad x good list. Though for me suikoden should be on the list, dragon quest 8, ffx,ff6,ff9, valk profile sylmeria, persona 3 fes, persona 4, wild arms 3 4, rogue galaxy, shadow hearts, breath of fire.xeno saga. Damn a lot of games not enough for top 10 xD
Breath of fire is awesome too 👍
Star ocean 2 was a game changer and the only one I would add to this list. If only the rest of the series kept it's bravado.
Persona 4 crawled so that P5 could fly. Too bad it'll never get the glow-up that P3 got, but it's a great game nonetheless, with a fantastic set of characters, and well worth your time.
The legend of heroes trails from zero. I'm still getting into the trails series now but i played 0 first and it quickly shot up to one of my favorite rpgs ever. That's gotta be my recommendation
Dragon quest is worth it just for sylvando. That dude has got to be easily one of the funniest characters in any game.
The Legend of Heroes Saga
My favourite Jrpg of all time was Suikoden 2 and South Park Stick of truth 😅 I know, I know, controversial
You forgot to point that a lot of the games from your list are on PC too. You only did it for Chrono Trigger and FF10. Dq 11 - PC, FF7 - PC, Persona 5 -PC, Tales of Arise - PC
The best Tales game is missing from the list: Tales of Vesperia
12:42 Nostalgia and playing it in my childhood both don't apply to me, but I think it is. 💖
Dragon Quest 11 is in the backlog and I always hear great things. Looking forward to getting to that one.
Chrono Trigger is a game that thrived off of nostalgia, the game itself is the most basic thing ever in this day and age.
Swing and a miss!
Xenogears was these best game ever made period.
All the rpgs in the comments are great, but am i the only one who played and loved Evolution for the Dreamcadt
Nice list! I haven't played Tales of Abyss yet, but I'd say the other games are really 10/10
Hey, uh, you know something that we don't? Everybody keeps talking about dying these days.
Give me Suikoden 1-2 before I die.
Nice list
Glad you enjoyed it
Dragon Force on Sega Saturn needs a remake…
Radiant Historia. Not Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology. The OG version with a very specific ending, great art, and no voice acting.
the lack of Legend of the Dragoon hurts my soul.
I think that from a Story Point, Tales of Symphonya is still the best tales game out there. Aside from that, i think Grandia 2, Shadow hearts 1+2 and Skies of Arcadia come to my mind when thinking about good underated JRPGs. But they have not aged so well with their Graphics. Fire Emblem Path of Radiance+Radiant Dawn are also must plays in my opinion.
Great thumbnail, now that's closer to how Shulk actually looks!
🙏 thank you!
Whoa how is Legend of Dragoon not here
Trails should be here, as should Lost Odyssey.
Lovely title. Just what I need
Can add: Wild arms / Breath of fire / legend of dragoon / Star ocean
"I wanna spend more time highlighting the other less talked about games"
Proceeds to talk about the game regarded by many as the best one out of the golden age of jrpg 😂
This is a list I can get behind.
Just Chrono Trigger and Xenogears deserves to be in the list, NieR too
Oh man I forgot I own Tales of Arise and never played it. Guess I need to now. Also DQXI is one of my favorite modern RPGs. It's just so good.
Great recommendation, only game i‘d add would be any version of persona 3, for convenience and quality of life changes personally 3 reload. Best Persona game IMO, followed closely by persona 4 golden and then 5
somehow i love FF9 than FF7, developer have to remaster xenogears and star ocean. anyway u have to try thousand arms
Dragon quest 8, Dragon quest 11, final fantasy 9. You’re welcome
Chrono trigger... we need this asap
I might be in the minority here, but I’d rather play the jrpg underdogs i.e. Chrono Cross, Xenosaga and SMT 3 Nocturne.
Chrono Cross is an underdog?! What you smokin' 😂
@@xMissMaveNxMake no mistake, Chrono Cross is one of my most beloved jrpgs of all time, but what I mean is many biased people think it pales in comparison to its prequel, Chrono Trigger. FYI Im not one of them and Tbh I think you know that already. And yes, I’m smoking bbq chicken. Want some?
@@frozengrudgeI don't think SMT 3 in particular is an underdog, most people consider it as one of the best in the series, now SMT as a whole is a different story, even people who play persona have either never tried it or never even heard about it from what I have seen, SMT 5 thankfully made it a lot more popular
No TRAILS games?!
“That won’t be necessary”
I like Trails games but let’s be honest: they are mid
@@jellalfernandes9820 Trails totally blow majority of games on this list out of the water
@@jellalfernandes9820 But wouldn't that make all 10 games here "trash tier" tho? lol And I actually love those games, but they aren't anywhere close to the same level as Trails.