JRPGs with good dungeon design

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PowerOats
05/09/2025
08:15 PM
#1
I'm talking, ' I've beaten this game before, I can't wait to navigate this dungeon again' tier dungeon

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McMarbles
05/09/2025
08:16 PM
#3
Golden Sun/Golden Sun: The Lost Age
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MartavisBryant
05/09/2025
08:20 PM
#4
McMarbles posted...
Golden Sun/Golden Sun: The Lost Age
I haven't played The Lost Age yet, but I came in to post Golden Sun
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ReturnOfDevsman
05/09/2025
08:25 PM
#5
I honestly kinda feel like trying to make dungeons clever is one of the worst decisions a JRPG can make.

As much as people whine about hallways, I'll take it every day over the bullshit like Phantasy Star 2 or that Team Rocket HQ or whatever it was in Red/Blue with all the teleporters.

Just let the dungeons make sense for the environment and be filled with good enemies 'n' shit and stop trying to make the thing into a damn puzzler.
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Xatrion
05/09/2025
08:45 PM
#6
MartavisBryant posted...
I haven't played The Lost Age yet, but I came in to post Golden Sun

Also. With the obvious exception of Air's Rock. . Fuck, and I mean FUCK that place.
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Garioshi
05/09/2025
08:47 PM
#7
NOT Star Ocean 3
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BlueAnnihilator
05/09/2025
08:48 PM
#8
Xatrion posted...
Also. With the obvious exception of Air's Rock. . Fuck, and I mean FUCK that place.
I'll never forget the despair I felt when I reached the top just to find out there was the entire interior to explore still.

On topic, aside from Golden Sun, I can't even think of one. JRPG dungeons come in two flavors: Time-wasting puzzles or corridors with dead end branches.
Phanir
05/09/2025
09:04 PM
#9
Xatrion posted...
Also. With the obvious exception of Air's Rock. . Fuck, and I mean FUCK that place.
This times 1,000,000.
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andri_g
05/09/2025
10:47 PM
#10
ReturnOfDevsman posted...
As much as people whine about hallways, I'll take it every day over the bullshit like Phantasy Star 2
The real problem was the large dead-zone where you had to move a lot to reveal a little of the map.

Of course, everyone was at death's door when you realized you were at the wrong corner... right before you stepped on the tile with a pair of MxDragons. :P
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Sephiroth_C_Ryu
05/09/2025
10:56 PM
#11
A pox on that rock!

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ReturnOfDevsman
05/09/2025
11:37 PM
#12
Xatrion posted...
Also. With the obvious exception of Air's Rock. . Fuck, and I mean FUCK that place.

BlueAnnihilator posted...
I'll never forget the despair I felt when I reached the top just to find out there was the entire interior to explore still.

On topic, aside from Golden Sun, I can't even think of one. JRPG dungeons come in two flavors: Time-wasting puzzles or corridors with dead end branches.

Phanir posted...
This times 1,000,000.
Was this the one that was like a million hours long and had all the weird tornado things you had to ride?

I wanted to die like a quarter of the way through that dungeon.
Arguing on CE be all like:
https://youtu.be/JpRKrs67lOs?si=kPGA2RCKVHTdbVrJ
vycebrand2
05/09/2025
11:50 PM
#13
Lufia 2.
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