JRPGs I Should be Playing (Other than Final Fantasy)

Actiontrip:
I know I’m known as the CE Queen right now, but years ago, I was the JRPG Queen. Zippers. Big swords. Airships. Spikey hair. Protagonists with severe memory loss. I was all over every single one of them. Somewhere down the line, probably around the time when Arc Rise Fantasia released (God, I shudder to remember that JRPG), I fell out of the JRPG loop. I turned toward shooters, action games, and western RPGs such as Mass Effect, Dragon Age, and The Witcher. The only JRPGs that have graced my consoles in quite sometime have been of the Final Fantasy nature or Kingdom Hearts remasters. There’s definitely more to the JRPG world than Final Fantasy, as much as I have a love/hate relationship with it.

[greenmiker]

Seiken Densetsu, Chrono, Dragon Quest series.

[3-4-5]

Dragon Quest 9 - DS

Legend of Heroes: Garghav Trilogy(1,2,3) - psp

Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky

FFTA2

Suikoden

Xenoblade Chronicles 3DS or X

Disgaea

Fire Emblem

[Takwin]

Edge of Eternity Kickstarter looks amazing and I backed it the second I saw it. Looks like what I wanted out of Final Fantasy.

[rextraordinaire]

SMT : Whatever the subtitle.
Ni No Kuni
Dragon Quest IX

[Imalwaysright]

I bought Ni no Kuni 2 years ago and got buried in my backlog of games. Gonna follow your advice and play it as soon as I finish the game I'm currently playing.

[maniacmayhem]

For a minute I thought you wrote that you had bought Ni no Kuni "part" 2.

Was about to jump on google and find a copy.

[Relientk77]

Grandia 2
Ni no Kuni
Dragon Quest VIII
Skies of Arcadia

[DarkOcelet]

People always say Grandia 1 is the better game.

I think Grandia 2 is underrated, its just as good.

[styferion]

I like all 3, but there's just something in Justin's adventure that makes it stand out the most to me.

[DualWielding]

Resonance of Fate

[OtakuDJK1NG-Rory]

playing that now

[elninels]

I saw this game on wondered if the story would keep me engaged. The combat looks very good, and rather difficult. Is it worth breaking my ps3 out of my storage?

[DualWielding]

the story doesn't make much sense but it doesn't matter because the characters are very likeable...

[DEATHxTHExKIDx]

Tales of series
Persona series
Bravely Default
Child of Light

[Imalwaysright]

Persona 3
Persona 4
Vagrant story
Xenogears
Rogue Galaxy
Digital Devil Saga

[maniacmayhem]

I know a lot of people might not like this one but I thought Resonance of Fate was a great JRPG. It had some flaws but I really wish a sequel would come out that would improve on those flaws.

[Tales RPG addict]

Xenogears
Persona 3
Persona 4
Dark Cloud
Dark Cloud 2
Namco's Tales of Series
Star Ocean series
Secret of Mana
Seiken Densetsu 3
Chrono Trigger
Demon's Souls
Dark Souls 1 & 2
Bloodborne
Ni No Kuni
Suikoden 1 - 5
Wild Arms Series
Arc The Lad Series
Breath of Fire 1 - 4
Soul Blazer
Illusion of Gaia
Terranigma
Dragon Quest Series
Parasite Eve
Legend of Dragoon
Legend of Legaia
Skies of Arcadia Legends
Grandia
Grandia II(Dreamcast)
Record of Lodoss War

Xenoblade Chronicles(is a must)
Brave Fencer Musashi

[Hold_It]

Shin Megami Tensei (Nocturne, Devil Survivor, Soul Hackers, Strange Journey are good starting points)

Bloodborne
Persona 1
Persona 2
Resonance Of Fate
Bravely Default
Etrian Odyssey
Disgaea

[Rockets12]

Tales of
Persona
Disgaea
Fire Emblem
YS
Suikoden

Just to name a few of my favorite series.

[OtakuDJK1NG-Rory]

Naming one per series.
Xenoblade Chronicles
Fire Emblem Awakening
Tales of Symphonia
Bravely Default
Chrono Trigger
Super Mario RPG
The World End With You
Shin Megami Tensei IV
Persona 4 Golden
Ni No Kuni
Resonance of Fate
Arc Rise Fantasia
The Last Story
Etrian Odyssey IV
Conception II
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team
Blue Dragon

and some others

[KryptoniteTail]

You have been missing out but not on much. The glory days of jRPGs has passed.