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Anonymous02/21/26, 13:16No.3932790Post your spicy JRPG takes

I'll start FFV is the only Final Fantasy that still holds up extremely well all around, at least in its original version

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Anon02/21/26, 13:19No.3932795

IV holds up as well as V, since we're assuming Japanese versions. All the SNES FF games do.

Anon02/21/26, 13:41No.3932803

Every single time I've replayed V after the first I dropped it in the merged world. I have fond memories of it, but the game should have ended sooner

Anon02/21/26, 13:47No.3932805

Is it the Final Fantasy you played as a child?

Anon02/21/26, 13:51No.3932806

I think all the old FFs hold up great. Whenever I replay them after long breaks I'm actually a little surprised by how much fun I have with them. The only ones of the first 9 I haven't replayed are 2, 8, and 9. I'm curious how 8 will feel to me since I haven't played it since release..

Anon02/21/26, 16:08No.3932856

>my mediocre JRPG every geriatric millennial worships is actually heckin' underrated

Anon02/21/26, 17:43No.3932905

Japan was making more babies when jrpgs were turn based combat.

Anon02/21/26, 18:18No.3932922

fuck jobs, ff vi mogs all for eternity

Anon02/21/26, 19:07No.3932950

FF1 also holds up extremely well. Just a fun adventure.

Anon02/21/26, 19:42No.3932958

I kinda like Squaresoft's (SNES/PS1-era) "experimental RPGs" like Xenogears or Live A Live a lot more than I like the Final Fantasy series as a whole

Anon02/21/26, 20:00No.3932966

I've come to dislike the Final Fantasy-style job system. I end up feeling like I'm continually unlocking components of some hypothetical future build that I maybe get to use near the end of the game, if at all. Using mastered classes is more fun, but sticking with a mastered class instead of unlocking more stuff feels like a waste.These days I prefer Final Fantasy 1's approach to classes. I also appreciate that it's one of the few games in the series with meaningful resource management.

Anon02/21/26, 20:49No.3932995

4 is the best. Revolutionized story and character driven progress in rpgs.

Anon02/21/26, 23:45No.3933108

Butz has an army of anime waifus and you don't. Be more like Butz.

Anon02/22/26, 02:21No.3933171

RPGs and jrpgs take no player skill beyond literacy and patience to endure progrrssion systems. Unlike skill based games that require deep strategy and mechanical execution namely -- arcade style games, character action games, shmups, racers, fighters, puzzle games, beat em ups, etc.

Anon02/22/26, 02:33No.3933176

*exclamation point

Anon02/22/26, 12:56No.3933342

FFV feels like a Dragon Quest game trapped in a Final Fantasy game's body (in a good way, mind you. I'm a fan of both series)

Anon02/22/26, 15:15No.3933361

JRPGs have been stuck in menu-masturbation "turnbased" combat since the beginning.

Anon02/22/26, 21:05No.3933503

JRPG gameplay peaked on Famicom and only went downhill from there

Anon02/22/26, 22:39No.3933535

The insistence that JRPGs must be these incredibly linear, railroaded experiences with an emphasis on setpieces and cutscenes has done more damage to the genre than anything else, from both devs and players alike. RPG systems in general are best explored when the game itself caters for player freedom and expression.

Anon02/22/26, 23:35No.3933549

I think Final Fantasy is responsible for the decline of the genre. Between bad translations (not necessarily their direct fault) and extremely vague plots besides, combined with being the most popular for a minute surrounding FF7, JRPGs picked up a reputation of being incomprehensible gibberish. Persona was the kill shot, but Persona wouldn't have gotten the traction it did if more people were aware of JRPGs that have not-ass stories. And the rest that followed is just circling the drain. Also too many JRPGs have gotten addicted to anime titties when they should have gotten more weird gribblies, playable monsters, and other bizarre party members.

Anon02/23/26, 15:49No.3933787

Final Fantasy Adventure is better than any Zelda game.

Anon02/23/26, 22:31No.3934002

i enjoy the idea of shin megami tensei, but i decided i don't really like playing it. combat is a bore and demon negotation involves too many stat checks and doesn't seem to reward saying the right thing

Anon02/25/26, 12:07No.3934731

"Levels" is a pointless system that exists purely as filler to drag the game out and makes it impossible to balance

Anon02/25/26, 14:26No.3934821

ff5 is godly, ff7 and ff8 hold up very well too gameplay wise. I wish FF9 had better gameplay, faster combat cuz the story and shit is excellent. FF6 is very strong with the BNW patch - far from the original version but i adore that it now has gameplay matching its story and presentation . FF11 rebalance romhack whence?

Anon02/25/26, 18:06No.3934969

Spicy JRPG takes? The Beatles were a JRPG. >Initials literally spell JRPG >There is a mix of regular person names like "John" and wacky weird names like "Ringo Starr" >Critics make attempts to retroactively shoehorn big symbolism and meaning into large sections of it when most of it was made "because it's cool and fun and what I like" >Even if you don't like the story, the soundtrack is famous and was widely lauded >The plot takes them from a run down but friendly starter town to taking on the world >They get flight and explore new continents at the midway point of the plot >They take on God and/or The Church ("we're bigger than jesus") >The characters all go in weird directions during the final act >There's a major character death which is still discussed to this day >There's an annoying love interest >Attempts to make spinoffs and sequels kinda suck >Hella merchandising >But they DID make an animated movie spinoff regardless >Arguably, playing music means they have a rhythm minigame

Anon02/26/26, 11:40No.3935358

Tales as a series feels like its one step forward 2 steps back the series.

Anon02/26/26, 14:29No.3935410

DQ more consistent than FF overall but FF at its peak is better than DQ at its peak. Anyone who says Mother 1 or 3 > 2 has the IQ of a poorly embalmed body. There's no JRPG from the PS2 era onwards that doesn't have a better alternative on SNES/PS1. I've never met a Persona fan that looked like he had testosterone in his body.

Anon02/26/26, 21:31No.3935655

I think Chrono Trigger's soundtrack is, while good, overrated. Live A Live's soundtrack is better.

Anon03/01/26, 20:27No.3937690

i don't get why there's so many jrpgs where you explore one region in various eras or alternate dimensions, it's boring. i'd rather have one large normal world to explore and travel through.

Anon03/01/26, 23:25No.3937750

Chrono Trigger stops being good once you get to 12000 BC.

Anon03/02/26, 17:55No.3937999

I thought the evil doppleganger fight was cool.

Anon03/02/26, 21:05No.3938068

Not a spicy take at all but most people who yell about turn based don't even know what they want.

Anon03/03/26, 14:04No.3938502

>Game with the main commentary of the plot being about "escapism is lee bad" >Is that god damn awful that you literally feel like doing anything else but keep wasting time by escaping from the real world by playing it Fucking bravo!No, but seriously, i'm at the part of the game after you break the fourth crystal and there's like 3 mandatory laws, with few of the new ones just punish you outright for attacking enemies.(the one who target only specific race isn't that bad, but then there's the other one that just makes you unable to fight monsters as a whole.) Not to mention that with 3 laws you already can rolled some insane ass combinations that completely making the fight unplayable. What are they fucking thinking.

Anon03/11/26, 23:33No.3942990

FF6 is extremely overrated