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minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·20 days agoOne of the better JRPGs ever done. Follow up Lunar 1+2 with Suikoden 1+2, then Golden Sun 1+2. (Optional) Phantasy Star 1-4. After that, you really don’t need to play any other JRPG.
minus-squarePhilote@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 days agoTales of phantasia is a must play as well.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-219 days agoAs usual, Star Ocean: Second Story gets overlooked (they did do a great job with the remake though). You’re also leaving out the entire SMT/Persona series, but I guess it’s not everyone’s cup of tea.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 days agoPersona is a sore subject for me because they ruined the original North American localization. “So when you finish a random encounter, you can gain experience, or harvest souls!” “Polling says Americans don’t like random encounters.” “Oh, that’s easy to fix, reduce random encounters 50%” Which made it so you either couldn’t get enough experience or harvest enough souls. :( They also removed the Snow Queen quest for some reason: https://megamitensei.fandom.com/wiki/Snow_Queen_Quest
minus-squareA_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 days agoBreath of Fire 3 is also an excellent, timeless JRPG
One of the better JRPGs ever done.
Follow up Lunar 1+2 with Suikoden 1+2, then Golden Sun 1+2.
(Optional) Phantasy Star 1-4.
After that, you really don’t need to play any other JRPG.
Chrono Trigger?
And Earthbound.
Excuse ME?
Tales of phantasia is a must play as well.
As usual, Star Ocean: Second Story gets overlooked (they did do a great job with the remake though).
You’re also leaving out the entire SMT/Persona series, but I guess it’s not everyone’s cup of tea.
Persona is a sore subject for me because they ruined the original North American localization.
“So when you finish a random encounter, you can gain experience, or harvest souls!”
“Polling says Americans don’t like random encounters.”
“Oh, that’s easy to fix, reduce random encounters 50%”
Which made it so you either couldn’t get enough experience or harvest enough souls. :(
They also removed the Snow Queen quest for some reason:
https://megamitensei.fandom.com/wiki/Snow_Queen_Quest
Breath of Fire 3 is also an excellent, timeless JRPG