1. ‘Throwbacks’ aka low budget trash that just rips off the highs of the SNES games, every character is an archetype, the villain is an asshole with 0 motivation besides “muahahaha I am evil”. Sometimes will have a tiny gimmick thrown in, usually to the combat system but outside of that is just the same game that’s been releasing since DQ
2. Low budget weeb Panty-Quest with the nu-anime art style of super bright pastel colors and cringe optional cutscenes where party members are revealed to have some weird fetish
3. AAA, massive budget sequels which, to be fair, are usually decent games but are almost invariably let downs because of their 10 year development cycle
Pic related is in the #1 category. What the fuck is the point of buying and playing this shit if I already played all the classic JRPGs and played Bravely Default and Bravely Second? JRPG is my favorite genre but the only game I enjoyed from this entire generation was Persona 5. Xenoblade Chronicles 2 was trash, XV and KH3 were ok but mainly just letdowns, Octopath Traveler was one of the worst games I’ve ever played,
>Xenoblade Chronicles 2 was trash, XV and KH3 were ok Your shit is all backwards
Jayden Rodriguez
When you build your entire genre of off ripping off ultima and wizardry and your entire fanbase are manchildren who don't want their games to evolve or do anything that hasn't been done for 30 years then you get a completely stagnant genre.
Jordan Carter
>XV and KH3 were ok lol
Anthony Watson
Show me all of the games that come out with a job/subjob system because I will play them,. FF fucking sucks now because they dropped their best feature outside of spin offs, so I was super excited for the BD games and still am for this. I'm a sucker for good job systems, especially when they come with cute costumes
Ian Rogers
>Octopath Traveler was one of the worst games I’ve ever played
>Xenoblade Chronicles 2 was trash, XV and KH3 were ok uhhh >the only game I enjoyed from this entire generation was Persona 5 >no mention of SMTIV and Apocalypse, Dragon Quest, etc
You sure dont hate jrpgs? Lmao at your life.
Jack Carter
But user p5 was trash >that thread with just a bunch of xeno chads shitting on persona fags
>JRPG is my favorite genre but the only game I enjoyed from this entire generation was Persona 5. Sounds to me that you just have shit taste, my man.
Logan Mitchell
what the hell do people even identify as a JRPG these days?
like you call KH3 jrpg, many people call a game like Code Vein a jrpg too, meanwhile noone dares to call games like Souls, MHW or Dragon's Dogma jrpgs just because... they have more realistic artstyles? Some people call Nier a jrpg, some don't, and then you have you have Pokemon that noone calls a jrpg because... it's mainstream I guess? and non-weebs also like it?
everyone uses this word so confidently as if they had a clear image in mind but in reality no fucking one actually does. Why can't people just use jrpg for "japanese role playing games" and just add 'turn based' or 'anime style' if they particularly refer to those games only?
I remember a time when we just separated a-jrpg and jrpgs. Never understood why we stopped doing that.
Adrian Gray
Depending on how much you can tolerate pixelshit, Horizon's Gate recently came out and has 34 classes and you can do primary/secondary class. Your appearance does slightly change depending on your class and you can change your classes anytime outside of battles.
Austin Evans
IV is god tier, one of my favorite modern JRPG but I’m pretty sure it’s not from this gen. IV A was ok but mainly shit because of muh Navarre XD every atlas game needs le quirky cute mascot. The new DQ was boring to me I have the original on PS4 and the enhanced edition for switch and it’s too generic I got like halfway through and quit out of boredom The only positive thing I can say about XB2 was I liked the story towards the end, I thought the ‘revelation’ of why the world exists and whatnot was decent. Otherwise the combat is horrendously bloated and I hate the art style and writing. XB2 was trash don’t kid yourself. XV is like a 6 because of the visuals, sound design, and bro-trip but just ended up being a letdown because of the pisspoor story and downgrades. KH3 is like a 5, I don’t get why people hate it so much, it’s the same as KH1/2 except better graphics. I thought some of the worlds like Pirates of the Caribbean were fun too, but at the end of the day I’m never going to take the plot or world of a game where talking Disney chipmunks talk about souls and time travel seriously Octopath literally has 0 soul. I was employing hyperbole when I said it was “one of the worst”, I mean its perfectly functional I guess. But it has absolutely 0 charm or individuality, it’s seriously one of the most forgettable and boring games I’ve ever played in my life. I pumped like 30 hours into it and can not for the life of me remember any of the scenarios, any of the characters, any of the towns, nothing comes to mind
Aaron Clark
This
Hunter Edwards
3ds is the same as ps4 generation.
Dominic Wood
OP, aka XV-kun doesn't have a Switch and is really salty. What else is new?
Jeremiah Hall
it's not just Yas Forums tho, this shit is spreading everywhere. I remember when journos and critics avoided using this term but now it's constantly threw around. You can see so many reviews calling games like Code Vein or God Eater jrpgs while they still refuse to call something like Nioh or Monster Hunter like that even though they are the same kind of games
Anthony Bennett
>complain about navarre >morgana was fine though p5 game of the gen :^)
Liam Rivera
MH, dark souls, DD are all jrpgs, i think retards just forget those game are from japan because it looks more “realistic” and also dumbasses just assumes JRPG=anime or chibi shit
Yes, a cheery mascot fits in with the tone and atmosphere of the Persona games, it does NOT fit in with the SMT games. Could you imagine Nocturne with a stuffed animal cracking stupid one-liners the entire time?
Jeremiah Howard
Ok, so you stole it. My bad.
Robert Johnson
>Gaynimal crossdressing Yeah, no.
Action jrpgs and Jrpgs. What its so fucking hard to get?
Mason Anderson
I can see how Nioh or Dark Souls could be considered a JRPG, but MonHun? It doesn't have that lvl progression that JRPGs or basically any RPGs are accustomed to. Although, the equipment mechanics is very RPG. It even have job/class systems.
Dylan Hall
ya got me there
Adrian Flores
> Action jrpgs and Jrpgs. What its so fucking hard to get? People are retarded or they simply just don’t care to think
Joshua Hernandez
Why this demo is so hard? I can't beat the enemies of the first world!!! REEEE!! I need help pls!!!
Brayden Hernandez
>2. Low budget weeb Panty-Quest with the nu-anime art style of super bright pastel colors and cringe optional cutscenes where party members are revealed to have some weird fetish I love this category.
Henry Rodriguez
>Persona 5 >only RPG of this generation he enjoyed LOL
Jace Harris
>JRPG is my favorite genre Is that why you play only mainstream casual shit?
Cameron Young
most of the non-mainstream JRPGs that release nowadays can be filtered into the second category, don't kid yourself
Kevin Evans
JRPG means it's not an RPG, but an adventure game a silly misnomer by those Japs.
Jace Murphy
>Your shit is all backwards this is the problem with jrpg threads: 110% obsessive weeboo retardation. XBC2 is grindy animu trash of the worse kind.
Nathaniel Sanders
>nowadays According you your standards, it has always been that way since the glorious days of PC-88, you fucking riajuu. Post all the JRPGs you played in the last decade, let's see how much you know about the genre.
Leo Gray
>the only game I enjoyed from this entire generation was Persona 5
. Low budget weeb Panty-Quest with the nu-anime art style of super bright pastel colors and cringe optional cutscenes where party members are revealed to have some weird fetish >he says while enjoying Persona 5 Why do so many Personafags lack self-awareness?
look, not everyone has a giant pole in their ass. sure there are many jRPGs that fit into your second category but almost all jRPGs have fan service in it, even Persona 5 of which you have high regards. stop being a homo, pansy.
Jonathan Johnson
>post all the games you played in the last decade so I can call you a pleb regardless of what games you played Even if I tell you my favorite JRPGs are the exact same ones as yours you'll call me a pleb. I know how this retarded board works, I have never seen someone who challenges someone else to name their favorites EVER concede and say "wow you actually have good tastes brah I was wrong about you'
James Reed
>soul I'm gonna stop you right there. Your opinion is shit. You're shit. You're a cumguzzling faggot.
Dominic Myers
>inb4 it's not a jrpg unironically the best original Square enix jrpg this gen.
>Even if I tell you my favorite JRPGs are the exact same ones as yours you'll call me a pleb. Enough with your excuses and pull that list, I don't care about your taste and this discussion has nothing to do with that, show me how much you've actually played so that you can back up that ridiculous "opinion" of yours. Unless you want to admit you're shitposting about a genre you don't actually play as much as you pretend you do.
Bentley Rodriguez
'Soul' is not a meme despite how overused it is on Yas Forums. 'Brother' by Balabanov is always going to have more soul than something like Star Wars episode 9
Tyler Sanders
Great memorable experience! Unforgettable. Amazing.
DQXI is better though.
Aiden Hernandez
You aren't getting shit you little faggot. Like I said I know how this board works, your epic little 'trap' only works on people who've been on Yas Forums for just a year or two
Jose Carter
lmao, what a fucking faggot you are. it can't be helped but to just feel bad for you.
Dylan Miller
>XBC2 is grindy So you didn't play it
Jaxson Anderson
Come on, user. Don’t be a bitch and post your tastes. Shit, if you want, we can post ours as well so that you don’t feel left out.
I legitimately want you and your fucking garbage opinion to stop existing. You know nothing of writing nor do you know the definition of some of the words you use. Shut the fuck up unironically. Stop posting.
Christian Thompson
I want numbers, I don't care about your taste or anyone else's. Post those games, unless you want to pretend your opinion has any value without giving it any kind of ground. Otherwise you're just another underage mouthbreather who's talking about shit he knows nothing about just to get some reaction out of strangers on the internet, which sounds more and more like the case here.
Carter Jones
Why? Because I said one or two things that rubbed you the wrong way? Tell me which ones they were. For some reason Nincels have been throwing a fit ITT even though I already confirmed I own a switch
Benjamin Foster
You're a complete fucking retard. BD2 does look like low effort trash, though. The real issue with the genre is that it suffers from so many flaws inherent to it a far majority of the games that come out are just outright unenjoyable. Persona 5 was a boring piece of shit with terrible dungeon design and a combat system that's fundamentally broken and in higher difficulties relies primarily on trial and error for information gathering and grinding for fusion materials as the core of its gameplay. It's just mindless busywork that extends into the hours to reach an answer to the problem you solved in mere seconds, and fuck not even vanilla SMT is this bad about it. It's the perfect example of everything that's wrong with the genre. I think the last JRPG I legitimately enjoyed was EOV or my last replay of Devil Survivor 2, the rest I've dropped not even ten hours in, and honestly I just find them all to be boring exercises in monotony with varying degrees of annoyance imbued in their core design and little to no actual thinking involved. And that'd be forgivable if the rest were any good, but jesus christ, it's pretty sad that I've come to enjoy literal porn games like Rance IX/X, Material Brave and Venus Blood: Lagoon more for the whole package of gameplay and story than pretty much any modern JRPG.
>look guys I think the most critically acclaimed JRPG in recent memory is trash I'm so jaded and cool brah and look at all of these obscure porn games I like do I fit in vee? Tie a noose around your neck and do a flip
Thomas Collins
>mfw after playing Persona 1 and 3, Etrian Odyssey 1 and 3
are you already implying that he's a seething nincel? you don't even know what you're talking about. guess spoonfeeding you the problem is out of the question. LMAO.
Where did I say that retard? I had plenty of fun playing Grandia 2 on switch I just think XBC2 and Octopath are trash so the nincels got feisty, it's pathetic really
John Campbell
All I want is a fully 3D fantasy turn based JRPG with a job system. I feel like no JRPG studio is ever going to make it again. It's not like there aren't good JRPGs but none can scratch the particular itch I have.
Jaxon Campbell
Literally the post below yours. Lmao
Ayden Morris
XIV?
Jaxon Gutierrez
I'm waiting on that list, OP.
Tyler Phillips
>every character is an archetype, the villain is an asshole with 0 motivation besides “muahahaha I am evil”. So they're faithful? SNES games sucked.
Owen Barnes
Just the impression I got. And judging by your response, I was right. But hey, you can always emulate those games and play them in 4k 60fps, no?
Justin Nelson
Ehh I've played it a bit but it doesn't fulfill the experience with it being an MMO. I want to control and develop a party to come up with new group comps and synergies.
David Perez
Bravely Default?
Jack Myers
JRPGs are literally for children and manchildren. Complaining that they "don't evolve" is like complaining that Teletubbies never evolves.
Grow up or deal with your shitty childrens' genre.
Robert Bell
Too expensive. Even for Square Enix.
Jacob Jones
Better get an absolutely safe capsule to wait in because I'm never ever posting my list.
Ian Powell
Lmao faggot
Charles Howard
Nah.
Jonathan Campbell
>you have Pokemon that noone calls a jrpg pokemon is a jrpg. it just doesn't get brought up much in general jrpg threads much because it appeals to much different demographics than other jrpgs.