Agarest: Generations of War 2 is the latest game from the Agarest franchise to be ported to the PC, and it is easily one of the best JRPGs from the PS3 era.
The third game in the Agarest series comes to Steam, bringing changes to the series on many fronts.
Whistler from Morbid Play writes, "For a while now I’ve been debating the concept that the golden age of JRPG’s was between the fifth and sixth generation of gaming in particular the PSX, PS2 and GBA that offered so timeless gems like Persona 4, Dragon Quest VIII, Vagrant Story, Fire Emblem and several Final Fantasy titles.
My personal study tends to lead me to despair though as by the time the seventh gen consoles joined the party it seems that quality JRPGs have become fewer and farther between with a myriad of mediocrity, recycled tropes or just downright generic gameplay."
DD:
Any long term fan of JRPGs will attest to something along the lines of a ten-percent rule, which states that the first ten percent of any JRPG will also be its worst segment. It makes perfect sense, since the genre is all about building up your characters and you can't be a demigod slaying hero on the first day of your job. Funnily enough, Agarest: Generations of War 2 opens with the main character, Weiss, actually slaying a demigod. He then wakes up in a field with amnesia and all of his combat prowess missing. You see, in the world of Agarest, deicide doesn't go unpunished and for Weiss, it's going to be a long climb back up.
