Top 10 Best PS4 JRPGs So Far (No Ports/Remakes)
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- Опубликовано: 31 июл 2024
- I bring you what I consider as the 10 best JRPGs on the PlayStation 4 so far, excluding ports, remakes or remasters.
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10. Dragon quest Heroes
9. Valkyria Chronicles 4
8. 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim.
7. Tales of Berseria
6. Nier Automata
5. Code Vein
4. Persona 5 Royale
3. Dragon Quest XI Echoes of Elusive Age: Definitive edition is out now.
2. YS VIII Larcrimosa of Dana
1. Trails of Cold Steel 1-4.
How can you place P5R 4th😓😓
@@lordbyron8535 where would you place it?
@Cooper Benicio you ain’t trying 💩you are the same person who made the comment directly above you. Same IP address for both comments tells me it’s the same person. Quit trying to scam people.
@@waltersobchak7275 well that and both accounts made on the same day shortly before commenting
Love all Legend of Heroes games, Dragon Quest games, Tales games, and Ys games. Just recently played Nier Automata for the first time. Loved it. Still need to finish it though. Don’t care much for the other titles mentioned here especially Persona. In my opinion, the Persona games are utter garbage.
Yakuza Like a Dragon also deserves a mention. I know it was recently released but this Yakuza entry is an absolute masterpiece!
Ah! Excellent callout! I wholeheartedly agree; I was very surprised to see how well Yakuza worked as a JRPG.
It broke into my top 10 JRPGs of all time for now.
it's out on the PS4 already ? the video title say PS4...
@@marc-ap4699 yes
@@marc-ap4699 well for one yes I can read the title that clearly states PS4 games and secondly its been out since early November. The next gen version isn't even released yet....
Seeing the love Trails of Cold Steel is getting makes me want to see remakes of the psp era of Legend of Heroes games. I remember really loving A Tear of Vermillion and Prophecy of the Moonlight Witch.
The Gagharv trillogy so much deserves a remake indeed, they had their flaws but overall were such amazing games. I thought I wouldn't like Song of the Ocean, but ended up being my favorite amoung all three~
Trails in the sky actually has a remake for the PS Vita(Japan only though) but you can english patch them
Well the Crossbell series is out on PS4 now. I'm almost done with the 1st one, and while not as good as Cold Steel, still a good and fun game.
Love the music selection for the Trails games, Erick! Steel Barier is such an underrated masterpiece!
Awesome list. And because Ys 8 was mentioned, obligatory comment on how it's the best damn action rpg I've ever played.
The Aerohead Experience can’t wait for Ys 9👍
@@ANIME-ci8mt me neither. Been awaiting that one for a long while.
I consider Ys Viii to be the first jrpg I really got into, and what a great one to start with! The problem I find now is that all other games I try end up getting compared to it and fall short!
@@karlwest49 it took a bit for me to really get invested, but when I did, I just couldn't put it down. I'm planning on running through it again.
Was my first YS experience - I felt like how a virgin should be treated
This is a great list of JRPGs. The PS4 was home to so many amazing RPGs and I'm still going through my backlog. Some of my favorites (that I've played) are Trails of Cold Steel 1-4, Persona 5/Royal, DQXI, Ys VIII. I still need to play Berseria, but I know I will enjoy it when I get to it.
@Michael Lochlann this is just my personal opinion but I thought the story was the best part of berseria I thought the character development velvet has is great and the ending legitimately made me cry then again I never had a ps4 so I could only experience it through playthroughs on RUclips but hey that's just what I think
The lore for nier is so much. you have novels and concerts and shorts and drama cds and plays! fucking hell even the strategy guides have lore the game doesn't
And on top of that, it's a spin-off from the Drakengard games.
Drakengard for life.
you even have lore in other games. Like Final Fantasy XIV.
Man, I need to get my hands on these Trails games, they must be that amazing. I keep hearing about them.
Thank you for this list and awesome video, as always! You’ve not only introduced me to some games that I honestly didn’t know about, but also encouraged me to play ones I just wasn’t sure about. On a note different from this list, I plan to play ‘Chrono Cross’ sometime soon (am currently playing ‘Tales of the Abyss’ and my wife said she got me a great game for Christmas, so it will likely wait until after at least one of those-regardless, it’s at the latest an early 2021 play 👍👍👍) Thanks also for your awesome video about your personal story with ‘Chrono Cross’. It’s truly meaningful. And looking forward to we hope a video on your personal narrative with ‘Final Fantasy IX’, my wife’s and my personal favorite game of all time.
With all the success Falcom has been having with Ys and LoH recently globally, I really wish they would go back and revive similarly Popful Mail and Sorcerian with new entries or remakes. Even Xanadu got a recent rival of sorts.
did you here they made either a remake of Ys 1 or made a Ys origin game? i just saw the title as i was looking through some stuff but didn't have time to look into it deeper.
After finishing Trails of Cold Steel (my first Trails game) I instantly knew this franchise was top-tier. Decided to go back and beat the games in order before moving on to ToCS II just to experience the full story.
@Michael Lochlann I've known about Trails since PSP days but could never get it and then lost my PSP after finally realizing I could hack it lol. It was always in the back of my mind and I finally decided to jump on it this summer and wish I would've came in so long ago.
thanks for all you do man great Vods!
Great list Erick thank you for doing this for the PS4.
Hmmmmm. Maybe a separate honorable mentions video? Good job on this one!
HO, I didn't expect you to put Cold Steel at the first place, but damn, Falcom really deserves more praise.
I'm an JRPG lover. I don't really like western rpgs so when I saw your channel and watch a couple of videos, I subscribed. Thank you for your content. Can you please review all Suikoden Games?
He did a tier list of them so check his tier list videos
Just started valkyria chronicles 4 up again last night 😁
Its next on my list to finish after this darn fighting game.
I just bought this game, it’s so good !!!
If there were to be a bonus game, I’d put Tokyo Xanadu on there. That game is really great jrpg that has the same engine has the cold steel games.
I think that one counts as a remake since it came out on the vita first
Currently playing it, having a great time. Cold Steel with action combat, what is not to like.
OMG! I was literally smiling through everything on this list. Finally, 13 Sentinel Aegis Rim finds some love! This has been my absolute favorite this year, second only to VC4!!
I find it odd it hasn't received much love given how good it is. My only complaints would be that it ended too quickly (or it felt like that to me) and left me wanting more and I would have loved if the battles were a bit more graphical. But I have to agree, it's one of the best RPGs I've played in quite a while.
Love your video's! I know it's extra work but when you do these lists could you list the games in the description? ether way keep up the great work!
I just got a DQ 11 S ad after you finished talking about DQ in your video, what a coincidence :v
Ps4 really was the beginning of the revival of jrpgs and even larger the revival of Japanese games industry that had stagnated big time in the down years of the ps3 and 7th gen.
And now theyre going to be censored going froward, so long as Sony HQ remains in California
I hated that, when I had a ps3 I could never find really good jrpgs like I had on ps2 and I have now on ps4
@@drunkensenseiii you wrong, there among many list j-rpg on PS3 like ni no kuni , resonante of fate, Nier, Star Ocean : The last hope , demon soul, Eternal sonata, Mugen soul, fairy fencer, folklore and also saga The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel.
@@maxtidusjrpg6811 I’m looking all of those up,and buying them. Thanks for the list
@@waltersobchak7275 you're welcome. if i put that list it's because I find it annoying to say that j-rpg today is
are a piece of shit. isn't true is great title like nier:automata persona 5 eitheir royal who my favortie game and thank game that thanks to this game that I have a motivation to make the saga because persona 5 is translate in french and then i playing in saga megami tensei, i play shin megami tensei: nocturne in my ps3, persona 3 fes, persona 4 golden on pc on steam, j want to paly shin megami tensei iv, shin megami tensei v on switch and shin megami tensei i and ii on emulator. i mean I there's a lot of good titles : (dragon quest xi, xenoblade chronicle 2, tale of berseria, bloddborne, drak soul 1,2,3, bravely default flying fairy, bravely default, Bravely Second: End Layer, radiant historia, dragon quest vii remake, Fragments of the Forgotten Past, shin megami tensei iv, etrian odsey.... ext)
wacth out i don't play unfortunely all game
I put the titles of good j-rpg nowaday
I love hearing my song set to Eternal Sonata gameplay. Nice choice.
I played Ys VIII like 6 times on different consoles, platinumed it twice, and I still get a desire to pick it up again once in a while.
Trails of Cold Steel is simply amazing and needs more love. ❤️ Thanks for putting it on your list. 👍
its incredible how ign has never done a trails of cold steel review tbh. theyre such good games and legend of heroes games world building is second to fudgin NONE. interacting with normal ass npcs and watching them in cs3/4 with how the story affects them even though theyre such minor characters is probably the reason both games are almost 250 hrs for the first playthroughs xD
@@mwbwyatt yep i have played all 4 trails of cold steel games and am now sad that the adventure is over. Not many games can leave a lasting impact like that series has done for me.
Play Dragon Quest Heroes 2! Its amazing how good that game is. It blew me away and its a shame so many people skipped it. Its an open world RPG with hack and slash gameplay. I didn't want it to be over.
I want to give it a try, but should I play the 1st one in order to understand the 2nd one?
(Sorry if my english sound weird, i'm not native)
@@leonidasbelzebub7180 no , 2 is much better than the first one btw
I didnt play 2 because 1 was a disappointment to me.
@@FewNewReasonss yeah the 1st one isn't as good. 2 is fantastic!
@@leonidasbelzebub7180 different stories that have nothing to do with each other.
Amazing as always, Erick!
You surely are in love with Cold Steel 4. Maybe it's because it reminds you of Suikoden series a bit?
I really do think Suikoden is a great series, but the way trails weaved a story across 9 games has been such a delight that I don't think i'll ever have it be topped. If it keeps it up in to the future, the finale will probably steal my heart right out of my chest :D.
@@narius_jaden215 I know. It Is difficult to make 9 games good/awesome games of the SAME WORLD AND TIMELINE, each connected to the other. Also LONG JRPGs, they are +30 hours just of story content.
@Michael Lochlann Funny to say that I have already finished Hajimari no Kiseki.
I actually just got both “Y’s VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana” and “Trails of Cold Steel 3” for Christmas! (But for Switch, lol)
Same here I have all Switch ones.
I finished cold steel 3 but I just got ys man
I have both those games but on PlayStation 4
I’m praying you played the prior Trails before hopping into 3 but have fun nonetheless
@@solareflare47 I have trails Cold Steel 1 2 3 I don't have four yet
you my man just earned a sub from one falcom fan to another thx for the video
Great video! Surprised to see Code Vein here since it's sorta similar to Dark Souls. I definitely need to try 13 Sentinels, Valkyria Chronicles 4, and DQXI at some point...
Great list nearly played them all but on switch.
Love your picks man! im currently waiting to have money to buy trails of cold steel IV ! here in argentina is expensive.
I've been wanting this list for so long. So many of my favorite games are here. Persona 5 is my favorite game ever with nier automata being 2nd. Dragon quest 11 and code vein are up there too. I also started tales of beraeria, but quit about 10 hours in to play code vein, persona 5 royal, and ghost if tsushima. Once I finish Ghost I'll go back to berseria for sure. I have yet to to play Ys8, but I tried the demo and wasnt a huge fan. I've also been wanting to play trails of cold steel but havent had the time to start a huge series like that
Just got Ys 8 on Steam! Excited to play it!
Let's get this KING to 50K subscribers ASAP
Yakuza 7 is an amazing game that requires zero knowledge of the other games to fully enjoy, if you love Jrpgs this one is absolutely a must imo. My personal goty for 2020.
Yakuza 7 is definitely one of those games that is fantastic by itself but playing and having knowledge of the other Yakuza games adds to the enjoyment, like knowing how in for a world of hurt you are when either Majima or Kiryu show up to fight you.
awesome list!
Yeeees. I love/have played all of these games! They're so good! They dont get as much love as they should either, especially trails and valkyria chronicles
I’m loving Tales of Berseria. I got it on Black Friday, along with Ys: The Oath in Felghana. Is Adol still a silent protagonist in Ys VIII?
I think he say 1 line at the end lol
Happy that I have all of these!
I’m a novice Ys fan so I wasn’t impressed by YS VIII my first play through so I may have to give a shot. As someone who took a deep dive in Trails just this last year and have digested nothing but all of Sky, Crossbell, and Cold Steel for the last year culminating in Cold Steel 4 this last month, totally agree with it being the first place!
YS 8 takes sround 10 hours to get..fun. No exaggeration lol.
I didn't like it at first either. Now its one of my fav rpg's
Falcom taking the top 2 spots. Not bad for a small indie developer. Also shout outs to Dragon Quest. I've only recently gotten into Trails but Ys and Dragon Quest are my two favorite game series of all time. I've been obsessed with them for almost 30 years now, lol.
Falcom deserve all the love and more. Pretty much just got into them too and already am a fanboy. I couldn't get into Trails while playing (too much X spamming) but I watched it instead and been enjoying it. Ys on the other hand is incredibly fun and challenging to play. Now I'm just waiting for Tokyo Xanadu to go on sale to get that too.
I have been playing Valkyria Chronicles 1 and 4 this year. It's even on my RUclips Uploads. I like Valkyria 4 over the first since it's much easier and a step up.
The Tales and Star Ocean Series tend to be difficult when it comes to crafting.
Good video, I already played all of them though.
Hello Quistis! And my local game store just cancelled my 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim order :(
Love your top pick!!!
I live for these lists!
I was having a hard time finding a new JRPG to play when I stumbled onto this video, and when i saw gameplay from The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III, i knew i had to play it. Long story short, that's the JRPG i am playing now and so far I like quite a bit, plus it's my introduction to The Legend of Heroes franchise so I am excited for that as well. It made me wonder why i never got into this franchise before. Thank you for that recommendation!
My favorites would be
Tales of Berseria
Persona 5 Royal
Trails of Cold Steel 3
Trailsof Cold Steel 4
Aren't half of those ports?
@@ReaveIdono No.
@@ReaveIdono all PS4 titles
@@Acidrain82 Nope. Persona 5 and Tales of Berseria are PS3 titles. Maybe you should fact check before you tell someone else they are wrong...
@@ReaveIdono The Royal version of Persona 5 is not a port it’s compleat remake of the original persona 5 which is why you can’t use the save file from the original version of the game
I’m happy that the trails series is now getting the hype it deserve
DQ Heroes 2 is such an improvement over the first. I think you will really like it dude.
Glad to see someone like ys8 ovwr nier for a change. Also Im getting convinced that Legend of heroes is a JRPG series that really hits it off with people who like reading books, and that people who DONT like reading have a hsrd time enjoying it as much
Ironically the only reason i got into jrpgs was because i was into reading to begin with. I used to never play them at all, and likely would've stopped playing games completely, until my bro convinced me to pick up Tales of Symphonia at the local Hollywood Video (while video rental stores were a thing) and at first i was hesitant because i also had that (in hindsight stupid) belief that jrpgs/anime style looked too childish but decided to give it a try in the end and Symphonia easily became my favorite game of all time. As for why: it was easily the best story i ever played in a game up to that point (before that i mainly played Nintendo games or shooters and the only jrpg i honestly played at the time was Pokemon which was, and still is, lackluster when it comes to story) and the opinion i had of the game was basically: "it felt like i was playing a book" and since i loved reading i instantly got into the genre. Also helped that Smash Bros was one of my favorite games at the time and Tales combat (at the time anyway, before they added arte trees) was very similar in button inputs for artes to Smash's specials.
But ya Trails takes the whole book feeling to a whole other level compared to the majority of jrpgs out there with it's world building and development...hell the fact they actually change npc dialogue and even have npc dialogue from past games become relevant in later games (some starting as far back as Sky 1 and being referenced by a random npc in CS2) showing a degree of world building almost no other dev team matches (and i know how many times they change npc dialogue cause i go out of my way to go back to each and every npc in the game every time the story progresses/the time of the in game day changes from say morning to afternoon or night to see how the dialogue changes...some even change after doing side quests to reflect dialogue from the side quest as well...all of this adds so much more play time than what most people would normally see...in CS3 i beat the game in 175 hours or so and of those 175 hours i'd say about 50 to 60 of them are just from me talking to npcs, about 5 to 10 for leaving the game on while doing something else for a few minutes multiple times during my playthrough and then the rest from the actual story, reading books, and side quests. Today alone i played about 5 to 6 hours and of that time i'd say about 3 hours were just from me walking around the city i'm in talking to every single npc and then finishing up the one side quest for this part lol).
Thank god someone else likes code vein. Other than the slow walk in the memories it was pretty amazing in my eyes
Those were amazing. So much story and lore placed beautifully in front of you.
I played the demo on spare time. Then the next day I went out to buy it. Loved it
Some video ideas for you (not quite sure if you've done them already). Best romances in JRPGs, and oldest characters in JRPGs.
This is definitely a crazy list lol. Some of it doesn't sit well with me (Not really that bad, but still) but the top game? The top game is probably one of my favorite games of all time, now. CSIII and IV truly are an experience that i will never forget so long as i live.
Best channel for recommendations
Dragon Quest Builders 2 is amazing if you enjoy sandbox style games. There's a story and you can do quests. The series is a very good hybrid between an actual RPG and Minecraft, which I could never get into, because of the lack of direction and purpose.
great list
valkyria 4 and 1 occur at the same time in different countries, so much so that at one point in the game the welkin battalion is mentioned like a recent victory.
Hi Erick, I like your videos. I would be very interested, for once, to see a "flop 10" jrpg. (ps4, or ps4-switch) It's something people rarely do. Everyone love the top 10, but flop 10 may be as interesting as well. Will you consider the idea?
Hello, do you know a game just like all of these but one of the character is a girl inside a machine that shoots bullets/missiles. During combat, you can switch characters. They are 5, swordsman, tank, healer, archer and the machine (the one I’m talking about). I forgot the name, I’ve been looking for it for years. I was playing it with my psp back then so I think the game is around when Alissa from Tekken first came out? Anyone have idea what game is it?
Hope to see more video in future !!
I love the list! Personally, Persona 5 is my favorite, but the Trails series is a close 2nd.
Mine is the opposite of yours..but trails series and persona 5 easily gain my attention (both are my best favorite jrpg) and the sole reason for getting a ps😍
My is Persona, second Trails and third Ys :)
Love the vids, but please lower the intro volume
What, I can’t hear you?
@@waltersobchak7275 Did you say something?
@@fractodacto what
Surprisingly I have played them all and finished most. Havent played 13 sentinels and trails of cold steel yet. Waiting for a price drop on 13 atm because I have loads of games to play and there is no rush but its near the top of my list for games I want. Trails is a series I have only finished the first in the sky of atm and I loved the story but had to take a break from the combat. I have sky 2, and 3 already as well as at least 1 of cold steel on PC so no rush to get part 3 and 4 when I am so far behind but its a series I want to get into more.
The game I did not finish was Beseria. Loved the characters and liked the story but I couldnt stand another second with that combat I absolutely hated it and there is a lot of it sadly. I may go back one day as I am quite far in at least 40 hours or so but I couldnt take it anymore.
I just wast thinking about getting valkyria chronicles 4 for the switch. this kind of game I feel more enkoyable on portables. I got hooked with the second on psp before playing the first one ps3
Man I love so much 13 sentinels. I have to play trails series it looks like a masterpiece.
That lovely number 1 slot.
How come nino kuni never appears in your videos? The first one, now remasteted for the ps4, is just art...
Played all of these except 13 sentinels and been looking for new games after I finished Sakura wars for ps4 which is also pretty fun and playing AC Valhalla dlc and working towards platinum trophy.
This list seems pretty good though from all the 9/10 I've played.
Anybody know what the intro song is? I've always wanted to know
My guess would be an original creation.
Yakuza series can also categorize as JRPG. It has random battle, level up, skills tree, items & equipment, NPC & side quest, mini games like a ton of them, the setting is in Japan, and it is made by Japanese devs. Even the last title gone completely JRPG with turn based battle. There’s also Bloodborne or Souls series which i’m not sure why people didn’t categorize it as JRPG just because it’s not using anime style or turn based battle...
I have almost bought that .Hack game several times over the last year or so because I would always see it used at Gamestop for like 20-25 dollars. I watched this video yesterday and it reminded me of it and I realized I don't see it on store shelves anymore. I looked it up on Amazon and they are selling new copies for like 17 bucks. I almost ordered it but put it off. Luckily I was at a Walmart tonight and there was randomly one copy of it in their game case, but not only that, it was on clearance for only 9 bucks!
Obviously, I finally bit the bullet and purchased it.
Also, it was the only game on this list I didn't already own either on Switch or PS4.
Great list!
My Top 10:
1. Nier Automata (game of my life)
2. Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana
3. Persona 5
4. Valkyria Chronicles 4
5. Tales of Vesperia Definitive Edition
6. Ys Origin
7. Dragon Quest XI
8. Tales of Berseria
9. Tokyo Xanadu Ex+
10. Kingdom Hearts III
Hey man, what game is that at :35? In your intro with the two girls doing the double-cyclone attack.
Nights of Azure 2?
G'won Eric you absolute sick lad
All good and excellent titles. I would like to add yakuza like a dragon, if nothing else then at least a honorable mention.
So in order to play Trails of Cold Steel 3, I have to play the first 2 right?
Yeah, and you should probably get caught up on the story in the previous arcs: ruclips.net/video/0n7VjgvTE-I/видео.html
Y's VIII is such an amazing game!!!! It's getting really expensive so grab a copy while you can!
I played most of this ps4 rpg and all of those was a great experience for me.
i really need to finish episode 2 so i can play 3 and 4... i beat 1 and then immediately downloaded and played 2, but playing 1.5 of them back to back was a little too much so i had to take a break
then again, i also binged the entire atelier dusk trilogy, so go figure
13 Sentinels Aegis Rim is truly a master piece and deserves to be placed upon the best sci-fi stories ever created, even with Asimov's books.
Control is truly a hidden gem
Some of these go on the list of Best JRPGs of all time in my book.
must have been tough, while maybe not the best, the ps4 is an amazing system for rpgs, both indie and mainstream. 75%, at least, of my ps4 library is rpgs, and i should know, my folders are arranged by genre and the rpg tag is at least double of all the others, and even a few other games have rpg elements like symphony of the night.
16:38 Atlier Thighza is on your shelf but didn't make it to the list ;(
I'm just happy P5 is on here
I just noticed your quistis! Favorite from ff8
I have each and every one of them, I am happy
1.) Cold Steel 3 + Cold Steel 4 (Not without CS1+CS2 & Sky1-3 and Crossbell Zero+AO prior)
2.) Dragon Quest 11 (not played S yet)
3.) Persona 5/Royal
4.) FF7R-Part 1
5.) YsVIII: Lacrimosa of Dana
6.) Tokyo Xanadu EX+ (Earliest Version may have come out on PS Vita prior)
7.) Tales of Berseria
That's about it, there's a good many others which I have in my backlog, but haven't played yet, like 13 Sentinels, Valkyria Chronicles 1 & 4, Code Vein, many PS1 Final Fantasy Remasters (FF5, FF6 omitted sigh), and more. So there's still a batch of Great JRPG's to play prior to going into Hajimari No Kiseki & the next wave of FF16, Dragon Quest: Dai, Granblue Relink, Tales of Arise & the upcoming wave coming within the Next 2 Years🥳
These are the best JRPGs I've played so far, not in order and not only in PS4:
1. Persona 3, 4, and 5.
2. Tales of Berseria and Vesperia
3. Code Vein
4. Nier Gestalt, Replicant and Automata
5. Valkyria Chronicles 1 and 4
6. Dragon Quest XI
7. Ys VIII Lacrimosa of Dana
8. Lost Sphear and I am Setsuna
9. LoH Trails in the Sky 1, 2, 3 and Cold Steel series.
10. Disgaea 1 and 2 since I haven't played 3 and 4, I haven't finished 5 yet.
I would put Tokyo Xanadu and Akiba Beat but I stopped playing them and haven't picked up yet. I'm excited for Tales of Arise and Granblue Fantasy Relink.
How did i not notice that 13 sentinels came out? im a fan of vanillaware and have been looking forward to that game
Do you need to play Cold Steel 1 and 2 to understand the plot of 3 and 4?
Can you play trails of cold steel without playing the first? I know its a pretty stupid question but the first one is the only one not on sale at the moment
You could play CS 1 and 2 without playing Sky, there's a few spoilers, nothing huge or mind boggling though. The story doesn't really have a lot to do with Sky. But to get the full appreciation of the story and not be so spoiled by the mechanics of the later games I would play the games in this order.
Sky FC -> Sky SC -> Sky 3rd -> CS I -> CS 2 -> Zero -> Ao -> CS III -> CS IV
Sky 3rd isn't really necessary at all and doesn't really develop any major plot arcs or move the main story along, but still a very fun game. But you could skip it if you want. Certain characters and back stories you may see referenced in the Crossbell arc (Zero and Ao) but nothing huge.
In summary, play it in the order I mentioned above for full appreciation of story, gameplay evolution and minimal spoilers. But definitely play CS III and IV last. You could play CS 1 and 2 before any of the games except CS 3 and 4. I wouldn't play Zero before Sky FC/SC and obviously don't play Ao before Zero. You could also play Zero and Ao before Cold Steel if you wish since there are now english fan translations of the game (Falcom never officially released English versions of the Zero and Ao).
My favorites
1. Persona 5
2. Yakuza 0
3. Yakuza 6
4. Valkyria Chronicles 4
5. Trails of Cold Steel 3.
Haven't played Yakuza 7 (Like a Dragon), Cold Steel 4, and Nier Automata and Dragon Quest 11 yet.
I noticed you are definitely not a Squaresoft guy, Eric. :)
Cold Steel was such a wild ride, I loved every minute of it!! CSIV in particular definitely wasn't perfect, but it hit all the right spots.
Cant wait for Hajimari, Trails is love.
Fames that i have from this list:
1) Valkyria 4 (well on the switch, i wanted it on the ps4, but as i was quarantined in the army and had my switch... you get what happened)
2) 13 Sentinels Aegis Rim (My game of the year 2020)
3) Nier Automata
4) Persona 5
5) Dragon Quest IX (...i should honestly finish it)
6) Ys 8 Lacrimosa of Dana (was really REALLY happy you added this into the list)
Huh maybe i have better taste in games then i thought.
I don't have that many ps4 games (i think) so to learn that the games i buy on the spot (no research involved), are considered to be top games on the console fills me with hope.
And trials of cold steel music is amazing so great !!
13 sentinels needs more love worldwide. It's a story telling master class in science fiction fucking beautiful game. I'm really just here cause I wanted to see Nier Automata and 13 Sentinels. I expected Nier...of course.. fuck it's my favourite game. But I'm stoked to see 13 Sentinels. Great job man!
Valkyria chronicles 4 is really good and persona 5 is hard not to love