>FFIX in best characters
Amarant:

>>729118670
>FF9 not "LOOK AT THE CUTE LITTLE KIDS BEING ALL SEXY" like 9pedos think
>8 not best soundtrack
>X best turn based when it doesn't even have ATB
This is definitely a /v/ list.

>>729118670
No idea why ffxvi is anywhere near best anything

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>>729118670
whats a jrpg

>>729118670
>jrpg
>gameplay

>nier
>jrpg

I really don't care what reddit or any site thinks about any game in particular.

>>729118887
>X best turn based when it doesn't even have ATB
That's part of what makes it good
The only ATB game that actually takes advantage of it mechanically is X-2
The others are just turn-based games with an optional timer

>>729118887
if it was atb then it wouldnt be turn based innit

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>>729118935
>Dark Souls
>Bayonetta
>Monster Hunter
>Fucking DDR
>JRPGs
10/10. Thanks for sharing.

>>729119225
how are those not jrpgs but nier automata is

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>>729118990
Hey, it was made in Japan and has numbers go up when you kill things
That's all it takes to be a JRPG, don't you know

>>729118670
>FFT best tactical
Damn redditors should kill themselves

>>729119308
>Hey, it was made in Japan and has numbers go up when you kill things. That's all it takes to be a JRPG
This but unironically

>>729119308
Why does turn based get the descriptor as jrpg when ys, land stalker, zelda 2, etc all existed at the same time as well? When will you retards admit the entire term is fucking stupid and saying turn based is a better descriptor than anything? Or action?

>>729118670
>literally all FF "awards" are wrong
Impressive, but expected

>>729118670
>Reddit take
>Mostly Final Fantasy garbage
Like poetry, truly baby's first JRPG series.

>>729118670
In what fucking way is character action game Nier: Automata a JRPG. And, when we've arrived at that definition: in what fucking way is DMC3 not the better JRPG?

>>729119223
ATB is just on top of turn based. You have turns, but other turns coming up before you act can preempt you. That's like saying chess isn't turn based with a timer.

>>729119732
>character action
kys zoomer

>>729118670
This isn't a reddit take.
This is a "journalist" takeover psyop, that's what it is.

>>729118670
>ct
>most replayable
that mid ass shit isn't even worth finishing

better taste than /v/

not really but lets be honest you guys would have similar selections too.

>>729119723
>, truly baby's first JRPG series
That's pokeslop.

>ff16
>best boss battles
like 90% of the boss battles are cutscene, QTE, cutscene, QTE. The ones that aren't are basically tutorials on how to use moves or eidolons you obtain RIGHT before.

>>729120116
I think they picked it based on the visuals and not the actual gameplay

After all those years I still don't understand how Final Fantasy conquered the west. It's one of the most mid JRPG series
Even Dragon Quest which is extremely cliche and tradicional mogs them

OK /v/, what's your take on JRPGs?
Best turn based:
Best action:
Best tactical:
Best side quests:
Best minigame:
Best characters:
Best story:
Best boss battles:
Best soundtrack:
Most replayable:
Best indie RPG:
Most underrated:
Best remake/remaster:
Best retro JRPG:
Best ongoing series:

>>729119868
>but other turns coming up before you act can preempt you.
so not turn based

>>729118670
Expedition 33 would take all those awards.

>>729120313
/Thread

>>729120224
jrpgs were movie games before movie games were a thing. they blew up cause they had long cgi cinematics

>>729118670
Nier 1 has the better soundtrack.

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>>729120226
>Best turn based:
>Best action:
>Best tactical:
>Best side quests:
>Best minigame:
>Best characters:
>Best story:
>Best boss battles:
>Best soundtrack:
>Most replayable:
>Best indie RPG:
>Most underrated:
>Best remake/remaster:
>Best retro JRPG:
>Best ongoing series:
Final Fantasy VIII.

>>729119732
Bayonetta is the best JRPG imo

>>729120226
>Best turn based: anything SMT/Persona is better than FF
>Best action: action games can't be JRPGs
>Best tactical: FF Tactics
>Best side quests:
>Best minigame:
>Best characters: Persona 3/4
>Best story: Xenoblade Chronicles
>Best boss battles:
>Best soundtrack: Persona 5
>Most replayable: SMT3
>Best indie RPG:
>Most underrated:
>Best remake/remaster: Persona 3 Reload
>Best retro JRPG:
>Best ongoing series: SMT

>>729120386
Squall wins the best looking guy here award.

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>>729118887
>X best turn based when it doesn't even have ATB
NIGGA YOU TAKE TURNS
STOP BEING PEDANTIC

>>729120226
>turn based: traditional ff6, modern ff13-2
>best action: dark souls 3
>best tactical: personally a fan of yggdra union but objectively I'd say Tactics Ogre, or wild arms XF
>side quests: kingdoms of the dump is pretty fun, barebones as shit though.
>minigames: I don't like minigames so I don't care
>best characters: ff6
>best story: octopath 2
>best boss battles: ff6, kefka is hard to top man
>best soundtrack chrono trigger
>most replayable: none, no jrpg is replayable, if they are it's not the whole game it's sections. CT isn't "replayable" you're skipping huge swathes of it in ng+
>best indie: this year I'd say kingdoms of the dump, overall, probably crystal project, that motherfucker is STILL updating it.
>most underrated: paper sorcerer is a very fun 2010s dungeon crawler. It's not perfect, but it's solid. Bogged down slightly by having weird kickstarter exclusive summons, it's like wizardry 4 but not as awful.
>best remake: dq1/2 HD, they're amazing remakes. and actual remakes, where they remade portions of it, not just graphical facelifts. Star Ocean second story R is a close second for me.
>best retro: treasure hunter G
>best ongoing: lol

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>>729120386
>Best sidequests
Triple triad is shit and I'm tired of pretending it's not
Also how does this game have best sidequest when queen of cards exists?

>>729118670
Only Yakuza 7 is correct. Xenogear is arguable. The rest is all wrong

>>729119879
I'm 40 and here forever. Language evolves. Differentiation is good. I know its hard for autists, but please try to adjust to change ONCE in your life?

>>729120839
Still better than Tetra master tho

>best indie jrpg
expedition 33 wins again :^)

>>729118935
this is the bar westoids decided to measure themselves with, I'm 100% on the "JRPG is a derogatory term" boat, they thought that Japan only knew to do turn-based crap or patsu simulators based btw but they refuse to acknowledge they have far more variety of genres.

and yes by their fucking standards and by an objective standard Elden Ring is a JRPG.

>>729120289
Turns not being guaranteed is not forfeiture of the entire fucking concept you retard.
>speed chess isn't turn based because there's a timer hurrr durr
That's how fucking retarded you sound. Jesus Christ kill yourself. Actually fucking end it PLEASE. Stop stealing our air and water you utter waste of space. Literal human garbage.

>>729120437
wow very original >_>

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>>729118670
>FF16 anywhere on the list
I shall now purge this list from memory

>>729121035
>original would be everything Square Enix trash
I prefer my unoriginality then.

>>729121164
holy cringamoli

>>729121027
Why wouldn't Elden Ring not be a JRPG? Dark Souls is a JRPG and Elden Ring is just Dark souls(worse) but open world
Just because a billion normies played it, doesn't change anything

>>729120226
Best turn based:
Best action:
Best tactical:
Best side quests:
Best minigame:
Best characters:
Best story:
Best boss battles:
Best soundtrack:
Most replayable:
Best indie RPG:
Most underrated:
Best remake/remaster:
Best retro JRPG:
Best ongoing series:
*somber french music starts playing*

>>729120226
>Best turn based:
Bravely Default
>Best action:
Alundra
>Best tactical:
FE2 Remake
>Best side quests:
Xenoblade X
>Best minigame:
Chrono Trigger
>Best characters:
Skies of Arcadia
>Best story:
Bravely Default
>Best boss battles:
Paper Mario
>Best soundtrack:
Baten Kaitos
>Most replayable:
Pokemon Emerald
>Best indie RPG:
Journey to Kreisia
>Most underrated:
moon
>Best remake/remaster:
FE2
>Best retro JRPG:
Phantasy Star IV
>Best ongoing series:
Pokemon

>>729119225
Dark Souls is definitely a JRPG. Pretty much by definition.

>>729121224
>>729121367
dark souls is arpg

>>729121367
Hell to the fuck no. It has 0 JRPG DNA outside of being fucking Japanese. It has 0 narrative and 0 fucking cast of characters as your party with any meaning to a story. I'm tired of you retards who were born fucking yesterday.

>>729121483
Go to steam and look at tags. Games have more than one

>>729121224
>>729121367
Not JRPG. Fuck off.

Anything that I like and is japanese is a JRPG

>>729121620
ok retard. Define JRPG in a way that is actually consistent with all the games listed in the OP

Xenoblade 2 is underrated.

>>729118670
Pretty sure thats yours OP and it looks like a carefully curated list of safe choices most bandwagon cucks will agree with

>>729121875
They focus on storytelling and pre established characters for starters. Something soulsbornes don't have.

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>>729119723
seething persoyna sissy.

>>729121483
>>729121620
Its an Action JRPG. Like the Tales series, or Star Ocean. You retarded newfag.

>>729121028
dark souls is turn based because you take turns hitting eachother but those turns arent guaranteed

>>729121708
JRPG is literally Japanese RPG a term meant to differentiate between the indie level trash made in the West.
It does not mean "turn based RPG" like some newfag retards, western dev grifters, and "I played bejewled" gamers may think.

Zoomies weren't around to understand the great divide in quality and why we segregated everything like that.
/h/ and /aco/
Hentai games and western erotic games
Manga/doujin and Western in Sad Panda
JRPG and WRPG
/a/ and /co/
The legion of retards who blindly despised anime/jrpgs, a sentiment also fanned by western journous and devs, also need a coping mechanism for why they now play jrpgs and are trying to pretend it means turn based too.

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>>729122097
SMT/persona has a better combat system then most FF games.

>>729122337
Congratulations you've just unraveled the function of abstraction and distinctions between abstractions and the real life experiences they represent being a gray curve and not a hard line. Want a cookie?

>>729121224
>Why wouldn't Elden Ring not be a JRPG?
don't ask me, I'm saying exactly that only retarded Zoomers and mutts deny that fact, all Souls games bar Sekiro are JRPG, AND I would dare to say that they are JRPG on a more "pure state" than Dragon Quest.

That's a discussion that most of people aren't prepared to have but is a fact.

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>>729123305
SMT sure besides Rebirth, persoyna is dogshit with no gameplay.

>>729123918
>posts the demake

>>729122097
the level of second hand cringe I have from seeing this picture is fucking insane

>>729124013
Why demake? I played the demo on Switch 2 and if it wasn't because it is GKC garbage I would have bought it.

Dating shit is the number 1 answer

>>729118670
best soundtrack should be ff7

>>729124465
Anon, FF7 doesn't even have the best OST of a PS1 FF game.

>>729122097
is this chibi?

>>729120708
based Andrew's game enjoyer

>>729118670
I have ragequit every Yakuza game I've played due to side characters never shutting the fuck up and allowing me to play the game. Therefore, anything that suggests Yakuza has gameplay is automatically incorrect. Yakuza has no gameplay. You can't go 10 seconds without some fuckass telling you about how he can't feed his cat because he lost money on a gacha machine and has already cut his balls off for cat food, and you can't speed up the exposition either.

Regardless of how you feel about FF in general, there is no one who has played both Tactics Ogre and FFT who would put FFT in this list. The most diehard FF fan in the world would still place a Tactics Ogre game over FFT.

>>729124548
nah the sound track ws gigantic and had a ton of great ones

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>>729121329
>Journey to Kreisia
never heard of it before, but this shit is unforgivable

For me its the Ar Tonelico soundtracks. I still listen to them to this day

>>729118670
Popularity polls (which this is) do not need to be agreed with or disagreed with. They are just facts that you can consume then move on.

>>729118935
Something that the poors who can only afford consoles like

>>729124569
Yeah, he lives in Japan now. He actually got interviewed by that "Why did you come to Japan?" or whatever show at the airport. He was humiliated once again after the interviewer pointed out his fly was undone, so in a panic he turned around and flashed his asscrack.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9RQeSa5fFM

>>729125701
Not only are 7 remake, 16, and Nier not JRPGs, to put 7R above those two as "best action" is stupid. So there's layers of wrong going on here

>>729121367
Why do people feel comfortable enough being this stupid? Hurrr Dark Souls is a jrpg guys it's from Japan and by definition Clair Obscur isn't!

>>729125912
>>729125701
It's been over 15minutes why can I not delete my original post? Along with this new captcha system that's essentially an IQ test (the dice one), this site is fucking garbage now lol

>>729125912
>16
You're kinda right

>and Nier
Why isn't Nier a JRPG?

>>729126229
are you braindead or something? Dark Souls is a JRPG and E33 isn't dumbfuck.

>>729126406
They're all action RPGs

>>729126465
>Tales of Vesperia isn't a JRPG
that's how retarded you sound.

>>729126663
Tales of borders on not being a JRPG, but it does do something that most if not all JRPGs do and that's that it keeps the combat and world explorations as seperate forms of gameplay

>>729126958
Ohh my fucking God, you are actually THAT retarded.

Moron, Tales of is Quintessential JRPG, holy shit you are retarded.

>No SaGa Games on people's lists
Pity that, then again, those who are fans of that franchise are insane, like me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAIj-GjzAzQ

>>729125003
It's kusoge. I played it on the 3ds while camping. i don't like indies that much but i just remember it for some reason

>>729127053
It's quintessentially not a JRPG and is pretty much the only one of its kind within the genre. But I won't deny its status as a JRPG because it does follow the rules of the genre where it matters. Such as, like I said, having the combat and exploration be whole seperate forms of gameplay. In 16 and Nier, combat and exploration take place within the same state and follow pretty much the same rules/control schemes

>>729127442
>It's quintessentially not a JRPG

My bad on the syntax here. I mean it's not "Quintessential JRPG" not that it's not a JRPG.

>>729120226
>Best turn based:
Monster Girl Quest Paradox
>Best action:
Astlibra Revision
>Best tactical:
FE engage
>Best side quests:
>Best minigame:
>Best characters:
Monster Girl Quest Paradox
>Best story:
Astlibra Revision
>Best boss battles:
SMT4A
>Best soundtrack:
>Most replayable:
If you count romhack as replayable, pkm firered and emeral
>Best indie RPG:
Monster Girl Quest Paradox
>Most underrated:
Monster Girl Quest Paradox
>Best remake/remaster:
Pokemon Firered
>Best retro JRPG:
>Best ongoing series:
Dragon quest

>>729118670
At least those are all actually JRPGs

>>729118670
>FFT
>tactical

Never beating the Reddit Fantasy allegations

>>729118670
it looks like they've only played like 4 different jrpg franchises

>>729128264
That's still more than /v/ in 2025.

>>729126229
I remember a buddy and I were playing Minecraft togethet and one of her friends wanted in on the fun. While we were diffing and chatting the other guy told me "Minecraft is my favorite roguelike." Ever since then I'm never really surprised at the stupid shit they try to tag games with.

>>729118670
I like X-2 and XV because I like pretty girls and edgy boys.
The only truly good FF is FFXII.
Best non FF is probably Bravely Default or Persona 1.
Saga is the most consistent jarpig franchise overall.
And whilst I’m here, Metaphor fucking sucked.

My word is law.

>>729120226
Unicorn Overlord for best tactical jrpg, Infinite Wealth for best characters, Xenoblade Chronicles X for best soundtrack, Barkley: Shut Up and Jam Gaiden for best indie rpg. No other categories have a clear enough winner that I'd want to pick one out.

>>729127812
>>729127812
>>Best action:
>Astlibra Revision
Didn't even read the rest of the list. This anon has excellent taste and is correct.

>>729126958
You are literally retarded

>>729118670
Where's e33

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>>729128579
>Unicorn Overlord for best tactical jrpg
autoplayer gachashit
>Infinite Wealth for best characters
KEK. 2 games in and nobody wants to play as that faggot MC anymore.

>>729118893
The boss battles were the highlight of that game

>>729129009
it's not contrarian to like it right now, give it a few years

>>729118670
Best tactical, maybe. The rest, no.

>Best story
13 Sentinels
>Most replayable
FFV

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>most replayable
>Chrono Trigger
You could just say any Pokemon if you want a popular game. Why CT out of all things?

>>729130049
Same reason classic litfags circlejerk the same slop for decades. They have no mind of their own and are too scared to mention anything other than safe choices they all agreed on

>>729118670
>FF9
>best characters
lol what, Freya and Amarant get sidelined so hard in this game they don’t matter at all at the end

>>729130592
But people still want to fuck Freya
checkmate

>>729118670
SaGa 2 is much more replayable than CT.

>>729118670
>best indie
Oh wow I fucking WONDER what are they gonna pick haha what a head scratcher!

>>729118670
>FF16
>Good
LMFAO......

Only FF 10, Chrono Trigger and Yakuza LAD deserve their spots

>>729118670
>Xenogears, a game that has a completely unfinished story that you don't even see half of (and the half of you do see is the less interesting half) as the best story
yep, that's a reddit opinion alright

>>729128973
It's scary how everyone calling retarded have never been correct on this subject. Crazy

I've only replayed Chrono trigger once , then the sequel retroactively killed the series for me

>>729131309
You are retarded. That is objectively correct.
>>Tales of borders on not being a JRPG
Is factually wrong. Your defnition of JRPG is incorrect and yet you persist therefore you are retarded. I rest my case.

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>>729130950
It's a total mystery!

>>729131512
>posts a western game
kek

>>729131512
I would not be surprised if reddit voted cucked echoes.

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>>729120226
>Best turn based:
Shin Megami Tensei V Vengeance
>Best action:
Dunno probably dark souls if that counts
>Best tactical:
Shin Megami Tensei Devil Survivor
>Best side quests:
Yakuza 7
>Best minigame:
Persona 5
>Best characters:
Shin Megami Tensei IV
>Best story:
Shin Megami Tensei Strange Journey
>Best boss battles:
Shin Megami Tensei IV
>Best soundtrack:
Shin Megami Tensei IV
>Most replayable:
Shin Megami Tensei V
>Best indie RPG:
Touhou Dreams of Arcadia
>Most underrated:
Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse
>Best remake/remaster:
Shin Megami Tensei Devil Survivor Overclocked
>Best retro JRPG:
Shin Megami Tensei II
>Best ongoing series:
Shin Megami Tensei

>>729131584
FF9 isn't made in Japan

>>729120226
>Best turn based: Digital Devil Saga
>Best action: Dragon's Dogma
>Best tactical: Tactic Ogre 64
>Best side quests: Final Fantasy XIII-2
>Best minigame: SMT 3
>Best characters: Digital Devil Saga
>Best story: Digital Devil Saga
>Best boss battles: Digital Devil Saga 2
>Best soundtrack: Digital Devil Saga 2
>Most replayable: Tactic Ogre: Let Us Cling Together
>Best indie RPG: Charles Barkley Shut Up and Jam Gaiden
>Most underrated: Venetica
>Best remake/remaster: Final Fantasy 1
>Best retro JRPG: Dragon Quest V
>Best ongoing series: Shin Megami Tensei

>>729118935
Whoever made this image is either profoundly retarded or ragebaiting

SMTniggers get the rope

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>>729118670
FFIX must be the most reddit jrpg ever, no wonder they think it has the best characters.

>>729131748
>You can't like the literal best jrpg ever created because...... I played Final Fantasy in my childhood okay? it means a lot to me!

>>729131694
What are you on retard? FF9 was made by Nips

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>>729120226
>Best turn based: SaGa Emerald Beyond
>Best action: Action games aren't RPGs, faggot
>Best tactical: Berwick Saga
>Best side quests: Romancing SaGa 2
>Best minigame: Romancing SaGa 3
>Best characters: SaGa Scarlet Grace
>Best story: Romancing SaGa 2
>Best boss battles: SaGa Emerald Beyond
>Best soundtrack: Romancing SaGa Minstrel Song
>Most replayable: SaGa Emerald Beyond
>Best indie RPG: Hat World
>Most underrated: Unlimited Saga
>Best remake/remaster: Romancing SaGa Minstrel Song/SaGa Frontier
>Best retro JRPG: Romancing SaGa 2
>Best ongoing series: SaGa

>>729130950
It should be Cosmic Star Heroine tbdesu

>>729118670
>ff7 remake 2
>ff16
>nier
>yakuza's creed
good lord, get some taste

>>729118670
too much recency bias

>>729121886
agreed

>>729118670
Best story in a JRPG is either Vagrant Story or Persona something.