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Cocytus
11/12/21 10:54:33 AM
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I'm kind of asking for myself, but I'll recommend JUST ONE too. I was thinking of playing Hades.

You should play Chrono Cross.
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Questionmarktarius
11/12/21 10:56:11 AM
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Shablagoo
11/12/21 10:57:04 AM
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Probably one of the Mario ones, Thousand-Year Door or Superstar Saga.

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Ilishe
11/12/21 10:57:16 AM
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Suikoden 2

And Hades is fantastic

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thronedfire2
11/12/21 10:57:33 AM
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well, Hades isn't a JRPG but you should still play it

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legendary_zell
11/12/21 10:58:07 AM
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Chrono Trigger, relatively short, extremely high quality and fun, lots of replay value.

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Tom Clark
11/12/21 10:58:40 AM
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Persona 5 Royal

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Wii_Shaker
11/12/21 10:59:00 AM
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Everybody is going to say Chrono Trigger.

Baten Kaitos is a game with a cool card-based battle system, hand drawn backgrounds and is mostly voice acted (on the Gamecube, wow). It also has a beautifully orchestrated soundtrack that fits the surreal, dreamlike tone of the game.

Problem is it's really expensive now and as far as I know was never ported to any other systems.

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Number090684
11/12/21 11:00:09 AM
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Tales of Vesperia Definitive Edition. Main story is a bit slow paced due to heavy exposition in the beginning, some of it's villains are hard to take seriously as they look and feel like more grounded One Piece characters, and the fairly easy to pick up, but rather deep real time gameplay has a learning curve, but once you do the game is pretty great.
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BuckVanHammer
11/12/21 11:00:49 AM
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earthbound

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EndOfDiscOne
11/12/21 11:02:02 AM
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Xenoblade Chronicles DE

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Number090684
11/12/21 11:02:24 AM
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Tom Clark posted...
Persona 5 Royal

I agree with this too. Don't know about SMTV as I have not played it yet, but P5R is probably the best new JRPG when it comes to overall quality in the 2010s.
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Number090684
11/12/21 11:03:50 AM
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EndOfDiscOne posted...
Xenoblade Chronicles DE

Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition is a pretty great game too. Story is definitely better than that trainwreck of a sequel, Xenoblade Chronicles 2, at any rate.
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MACisBack
11/12/21 11:07:10 AM
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Shadow hearts 2

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Cocytus
11/12/21 12:04:16 PM
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EndOfDiscOne posted...
Xenoblade Chronicles DE
Is it like Xenogears?
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LNSS
11/12/21 12:04:45 PM
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Final Fantasy 9

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Dark_twisted
11/12/21 12:12:46 PM
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Mother 3

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legendary_zell
11/12/21 12:13:14 PM
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Cocytus posted...
Is it like Xenogears?

No, it's very different, but it's very very good. Great battle system.

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bladegash
11/12/21 12:13:26 PM
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Tactics, Final Fantasy

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smoke_break
11/12/21 12:43:29 PM
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Final Fantasy X

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Pitlord_Special
11/12/21 12:45:24 PM
#23:


Chrono Trigger

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Payzmaykr
11/12/21 12:51:05 PM
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Wii_Shaker posted...
Everybody is going to say Chrono Trigger.

Baten Kaitos is a game with a cool card-based battle system, hand drawn backgrounds and is mostly voice acted (on the Gamecube, wow). It also has a beautifully orchestrated soundtrack that fits the surreal, dreamlike tone of the game.

Problem is it's really expensive now and as far as I know was never ported to any other systems.
That is expensive, but Paradite Eve 2 in New condition is allegedly selling for $1,152.90, according to this site.

[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

Great game. I just started it again last night after finishing Legend of Dragoon.

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Njolk
11/12/21 12:52:03 PM
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Pokemon Crystal

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Cocytus
11/12/21 12:52:56 PM
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Payzmaykr posted...
Paradite Eve 2 in New condition is allegedly selling for $1,152.90
O_O

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FL81
11/12/21 12:53:08 PM
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Trails in the Sky

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neverwin
11/12/21 12:54:33 PM
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Xenoblade DE.

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Trumble
11/12/21 12:54:40 PM
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Final Fantasy X or Grandia.

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IndustrialTrudg
11/12/21 12:54:40 PM
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Am I gonna have to be the one to say Suikoden ii?

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PerseusRad
11/12/21 12:55:25 PM
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Tom Clark posted...
Persona 5 Royal
Maybe this, or Final Fantasy X. Probably the former because of the modernity. P5R isnt my favorite game Id call a JRPG, those would be KH1 and 2, but those games can definitely be less welcoming.

Id also consider Dragon Quest 4, 5, 8, or 11.

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DirkDiggles
11/12/21 12:56:14 PM
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NieR:Automata


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PokemonExpert44
11/12/21 12:57:13 PM
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Dragon quest 11

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3PiesAndAFork
11/12/21 12:59:20 PM
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Dark souls

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DirkDiggles
11/12/21 12:59:31 PM
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Conflict posted...
Why is Hades even being mentioned in this topic

Because it's an action rpg.

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AsucaHayashi
11/12/21 1:00:33 PM
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FF7R.

most other entries have too many jrpg-isms to recommend as the one to play above all.

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thronedfire2
11/12/21 1:11:48 PM
#38:


Conflict posted...
Why is Hades even being mentioned in this topic

because TC mentioned it in the 2nd sentence?

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LordYeezus
11/12/21 1:22:30 PM
#39:


LNSS posted...
Final Fantasy 9


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tainted_emerald
11/12/21 1:27:20 PM
#40:


You should definitely play Hades, tc.

As for RPGs, yeah, it's gotta be Chrono Trigger.

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DirkDiggles
11/12/21 2:35:42 PM
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Per Steam:
Title: Hades
Genre:Action, Indie, RPG
Developer: Supergiant Games
Publisher: Supergiant Games
Franchise: Supergiant Games
Release Date: Sep 17, 2020
Early Access Release Date: Dec 10, 2019

Per Wiki:
Genre(s)Roguelike, action role-playing

Per Giant Bomb:
Genre Action Role-Playing

I have no idea why this site doesn't have it down as an arpg. Maybe thy think games like Diablo aren't arpgs.

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Cocytus
11/12/21 2:39:03 PM
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DirkDiggles posted...
Per Steam:
Title: Hades
Genre:Action, Indie, RPG
Developer: Supergiant Games
Publisher: Supergiant Games
Franchise: Supergiant Games
Release Date: Sep 17, 2020
Early Access Release Date: Dec 10, 2019

Per Wiki:
Genre(s)Roguelike, action role-playing

Per Giant Bomb:
Genre Action Role-Playing

I have no idea why this site doesn't have it down as an arpg. Maybe thy think games like Diablo aren't arpgs.
See, I thought it was an RPG.
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YookaLaylee
11/12/21 2:39:50 PM
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Lunar: Silver Star Harmony
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Mussurana
11/12/21 3:35:35 PM
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Grandia 2, probably my favourite turned based battle system of all time.

Kick ass music too.

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Antifar
11/12/21 3:38:21 PM
#47:


Yakuza: Like a Dragon

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FLOUR
11/12/21 4:04:30 PM
#48:


So many generic answers here. Try something else like Battle for Wesnoth and get back to me.

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EtherPhoenix
11/12/21 4:16:41 PM
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Was gonna say Chrono Trigger but I'll do another one instead.

Wild Arms 2

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Ving_Rhames
11/12/21 4:18:03 PM
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Parasite Eve.

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