Posts Tagged ‘jrpg’

Developer: Atlus Publisher: Atlus Genre: JRPG, Role-Playing Game Platforms: 3DS Rating: T for Teen Price: $39.99   In retrospect, 2018 has been a year of JRPGs going back to their roots. Octopath Traveler tried a modern take on old-school graphics, [...]

Developer: Square Enix Publisher: Square Enix Genre: JRPG, Role-Playing Game Platforms: PlayStation 4 Rating: Teen Price: $59.99       In a day and age where classic turn-based RPGs seem to be waning, Square Enix remains true to the Dragon [...]

Developer: Square Enix Publisher: Square Enix Genre: RPG Platforms: Switch Rating: Teen Price: $59.99   Octopath Traveler has been at the forefront of JRPG fans’ minds since it was first revealed during a Nintendo Direct in late 2017. Fans were [...]

Developer: AlphaDream Publisher: Nintendo Genre: Adventure, JRPG, RPG Rating: Everyone Platforms: 3DS Price: $39.99     Since the release of Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars there have been two franchises in the Mario RPG series. The [...]

Developer: Alphadream Publisher: Nintendo Genre: Adventure, RPG, JRPG Rating: Everyone Platforms: 3DS Price: $39.99       In 2003 I was far too “cool” to be seen around campus sporting a Game Boy Advance. I was also far too [...]

Developer: Nihon Falcom Publisher: NIS America Genre: Action, JRPG Platforms: PS4, PS Vita Rating: T for Teen Price: $39.99 The Ys series as a whole has been a mainstay in the action-JRPG genre, providing some great experiences since the early ‘90s. I [...]

Developer: Square Enix Publishers: Square Enix Genre: JRPG Rating: T Price: Try your luck Final Fantasy is a series that is best described as a Baskin Robins. Everyone likes ice cream, but not every flavor is to the liking of every person. Some people [...]

Developer: Konami, Hudson Soft  Publishers: Konami  Genre: RPG  Rating: T  Price: Try Your Luck After the disappointment of Suikoden IV, I was truthfully a little leery of what the next game in the series would provide. As a die hard Suikoden fan, the [...]

Developer: Tokyo RPG Factory Publisher: Square Enix Genre: JRPG ESRB: E Price: $39.99       It would be accurate to say that I am semi-retired from JRPGs. Final Fantasy X struck me as the apogee of the genre, bringing forth voice acting as [...]

Developer: Bandai-Namco Studios and tri-Crescendo Publisher: Bandai-Namco Entertainment Genre: JRPG Rating: T Price: $39.99 Released for the 20th Anniversary of the Tales series, Tales of Zestiria is the “RPG of Passion Lighting the World.” The game [...]

Developer: Monolith Soft Publisher: Nintendo Platforms: Wii U Genre: RPG Rating: T Price: $59.99   From the moment it was announced, I knew Xenoblade Chronicles X was something my time-starved Wii U was going to need. Its predecessor boasted a [...]

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Genre: RPG Rating: E for Everyone  Price: $5.99 (PSN) Because Konami released Suikoden in limited quantities and refused to re-release it in any form in the US, it is one of the lesser known RPGs that came out in the [...]

Developer: Square Product Development Division 3 Publisher:  JP Square, NA Square Electronic Arts Genre: Role Playing Rating: T Price: $11.49 (PSN) As a JRPG fan since I was very young, one of my favorite games was Chrono Trigger. I always wanted a sequel [...]

Content Warning: Violence.  The Netherworld (Hell).  Re-incarnation. Note: I have never played any of the Disgaea series before.  Also, I really suck at strategy RPGs.  With that said I have not finished Disgaea 4 but I am really enjoying it (even though [...]

Content Warning: Mild swearing, mild sexual humor, some characters could do with more clothes, but for a JRPG even that’s not too bad. Opening: Tales of Xillia is an installment in the Tales series (some may recognize such titles as Tales of Symphonia or [...]