I'm thinking of getting on JRPGs

I'm thinking of getting on JRPGs.

What are some easy ones for a beginner.

I've only played and completed Chrono Trigger and Pokemon Red but that was an eternity ago.

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Suikoden 2
Breath of Fire 3 and 4
Final Fantasy 6 to 12

Breath of Fire III and IV

>bof 3 and 4
my fucking niggers
i love you both

golden sun 1 n 2
tales of symphonia

The Last Remnant
Unlimited Saga

Lunar Silver Star Story for PS1

Also can't go wrong with BoF3+4 and Suikoden 1+2 like mentioned above.

Grandia is also great if you can stomach how corny it is at times.

Oh, i get it. lol, good one user.

>easy ones

Oh don't be such a fraidy cat.

If you can beat Chrono Trigger you can at least beat stuff on the level of Persona 3 or a Shin Megami Tensei like Nocturne or SMT1. Hell you could probably even manage a Tales Of game.

How is BoF2? I've had that on VC for a while now, I just havent gotten back to it yet.

FFXV
Dark Souls
FE Awakening/Fates

Golden Sun is sloooooow though, and the plot's not great. Symphonia is good, albeit dated and suffers from terrible ports to the extent that the original Gamecube release is still the best edition of the game.

>FF6-12
6, sure. 7's decent enough, but anything beyond that? Are you sure about that user?

Try Paper Mario and Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, they're low stat, low challenge games for the most part. Just be wary about anything past those games.

Literally 90% of Persona 3's challenge comes from the fact that you can't control your party AI. As a game it's piss fucking easy, and honestly not all that great.

Chrono trigger is incredibly easy by JRPG standards, and there's no grinding required. SMT is far more difficult, even Persona is.

Diablo 3

Lunar eternal blue is also very good

Suikoden I & II
Breath of Fire 3 & 4
Final Fantasy 6, 7, 9 and 12
Persona 3 and 4
Final Fantasy Tactics
Grandia I & II
Dragon Quest VIII
Seiken Densetsu III

Shit I know I am forgetting so many other good ones

9 is wonderful, fuck off

Jesus, are there any RPGs out there that still maintain this look and gameplay with updated visuals that isn't trash?

As a different user, FF6-12 are all good games.
I've heard good things about 5 as well, but I haven't played that. I hated the shit out of 4 and 1.
I also think 13 is worth playing as well

Super Mario RPG, Secret of Mana, Xenoblade, Lost Odyssey

Lost Odyssey is pretty good, especially if you get tired of turn based combat really easily. Also god tier music
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Nope that is literally it

JRPG don't look like this, just like anime doesn't look as it used to.

Final Fantasy Tactics series
Advanced war series
Golden Sun

Breath of Fire Dragon Quarter

Oh yeah I always wanted to try Golden Sun. Family was going through a rough patch when I got my GBA and I never got to play it.

I've seen some crafting flowcharts and stuff and it seems pretty intimidating.

I heard that in Suikoden once a character dies they stay dead. Wouldn't it be easy to get in an unwinnable position that way? Isn't it a pain leveling 100 characters or whatever?

1 and 2 are dated as fuck, 3's really uneven, 4 I thought was alright but it depends a bit on what version you play.

Advance Wars is far more Strategy than RPG, if they want RPG they should try any Fire Emblem entry from 7-9 for both ease of play and being decent games.

Grandia 2 is easy as fuck if you level up the instant cancel skills of all the characters to 5 stars

Radiant Historia.

I suck at JRPGs and I was able to complete and enjoy the game. You also cannot miss any items

Valkyria Chronicles

play earthbound and the gba sequal

maybe start with the second game, its short

You don't generally have to concern yourself with the complexities of demon fusion in the SMT/Persona series unless you're trying to get a specific demon, and you're generally able to see what demons you'd need to fuse it anyways.

RD is a god tier game, but pretty much everything OP plays is going to be downhill from there.

>I heard that in Suikoden once a character dies they stay dead.

Correct, but you have to royally fuck up to have this happen.

> Isn't it a pain leveling 100 characters or whatever?

A large majority of those character are not characters you can take into combat but instead upgrade your base or provide other services. While that may be disappointing in some respects to the "100 CHARACTERS HOLY FUCKBALLS!" aspect of the game many of them are extremely useful when you get them.

Continuing your list.
Legend of Dragoon
Xenoblade Chronicles
Legend of Legaia
Chrono Cross
Lufia 1 & 2
Radiant Historia
The World Ends With You
Lunar 1 & 2

There are a lot of good JRPGs out there.

Arc Rise Fantasia if you like torturing your ears

Blue Dragon. It's pretty standard turn-based stuff, classes, Toriyama designs. I liked it a whole bunch and I'm not typically into JRPGs anymore.

>Dragon Quarter
It gets a lot of shit for not being what people wanted out of Breath of Fire, but it is in no way a bad game. Seriously, if it didn't have Breath of Fire in it's title it would get praised to the heavens today.

Considering how easy it is to mod a wii playing the undub isn't some outlandish idea

You only need Dragon Quest

God I love BoF3. People only care about BoF2 because of Katt and the fusion system, but BoF3 is better in every way otherwise.

I was put off it at first and set it aside for months/years, but when I finally did give it a try it was pretty amazing. I was just dumb and couldn't into party experience. Reset it once on that first boss where you save Nina and then cheesed like half the game with some sniper rifle that had pushback

Golden Sun is kinda terrible to be honest, but its okay as a game on the go since everyone repeats the plot and what you need to do like every five minutes.

Just play wizardry 8.
It will be every JRPG in their purest form.

neat gameplay mechanics

neat overworld mechanics

best art on the system

the only problem with golden sun is that its a little too easy, but hey, thats what hardtypes are for

The only problem besides the terrible writing you mean. That said I don't disagree with the positives you say however.

Just beat Trails of Cold Steel 2. I want more, damnit.

Some SRPGs if you like that sorta thing too:

Shining Force series
Arc the Lad series
Growlanser
Disgaea series
Phantom Brave
Pretty much any of the games put out by the Disgaea crew are fun SRPGs.
Wild Arms XF

ZHP is definitely something special

theyre all easy its about selecting things in menus

All of these posts and no one mentions pic related?

To expand on some of these
>The Last Remnant
While not for beginners at all, don't count this game out. It's a sort of insane, rewarding experience in and of itself if you can manage to grasp the game's mechanics.
>Secret of Mana, Seiken Densetsu 3
If you're gonna mention these, might as well mention Legend of Mana too. Not exactly a beginner's game again (not hard though), but gets bonus points for one of the greatest soundtracks of all time.
>Xenoblade Chronicles
And not mention Xenogears or Xenosaga? I understand both are kinda long-winded and heavy on the exposition and craziness.
>Grandia
My number 1 recommendation. I can't think of a game that hits the simple coming of age journey, boy becomes man while having a jolly adventure kind of feeling so excellently.

Some not mentioned include Skies of Arcadia, Illusion of Gaia, Terranigma, Vagrant Story (not exactly beginners stuff again, but what a fucking great game), the Star Ocean series, the Tales of series (lot of ground to cover there), and Valkyrie Profile.

Lots of good suggestions guys thank you.

I did a random number and it landed on Grandia.

Is it really "Grindia" as the meme goes and what's the best way to play it ps1 disc looks pricey.

This is what I'm play currently. Also either Xenoblade game. Hell just Monolithsoft in general

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Get it on PC and install the fan translation that fixes the infamous text errors.

BoF II has a great story but it's ruined by the shitty translation. Patch it.

Which version of Persona 3 should I get?

FES on ps3, P3P on Vita or should I just emulate it on PC?

Final Fantasy is beloved for a reason, I'd recommend either VI or VII for a beginner. They're both great.

Dragon Quest is another pillar of the JRPG canon. VIII is gorgeous and easy for a beginner to get into, but if the length is offputting (70+ hours easily) then maybe go for V, it's just as good.

EarthBound is pretty much the gameplay of Dragon Quest in a modern setting with offbeat humor and charming, memorable characters. This was the first JRPG besides Pokemon that I completed so I think it's a great stepping stone into the genre. The sequel, Mother 3, is also very good, but you should play this one first.

The Mario RPGs shouldn't be overlooked, especially for a beginner. I played Super Mario RPG recently and loved it, and it's great if you're looking for a stress-free way to have fun. Also look into: Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door.

The last one I'll recommend is Skies of Arcadia which has a Jules Verne-style fantasy world with airships and sky pirates. It's lighthearted fun with an irresistible charm to it.

Older Final Fantasy games are confusing as fuck, don't play those. It doesn't tell you what any of the items or attacks or spells are and you just have to guess and hope you picked the right one.

>chrono trigger
>ff6
that's all you need really and jrpg is my favorite genre

Final Fantasy is garbage and had me convinced for years the genre as a whole was unsalvageable

Why is Teepo the best party member in 3? I loved using him throughout the game.

ps1 azure dreams

Phantasy star 4

I loved it, but it did have this problem

>play BoF4
>get lost in the ride-the-nautilus-through-endless-plains part
>quit

BoF2 is actually really fucking hard if you don't spend a lot of time grinding. Avoid it.

No, it isn't hard. You just have to use items instead of depending on healing magic alone.

It's not that hard. It's just not auto pilot easy like most RPG's.

Even then you're still subject to random as fuck oneshots from enemies that are annoying to take down.

BOF3 is a masterpiece. BOF2 is fucking boring in comparison.
Masters and the Gene System were among the best things about BOF3.
Though Peco/Fahl is just pretty gamebreaker.

Dragon quest 8. Basically babby's first jrpg,very linear and pretty easy, you can complete it even if you distribute skill points all over the place.

Explain. I just lost to Garr and I dont understand how that low level onion works at all. Also I sold my old weapons and couldn't get that thief master lady near the inn, anything else I should do if I intend to restart?

Get Fahl as a master, apprentice Peco under him, put him in front in Defensive formation, watch him murder entire encounters alone with his 100% counter rate and never take real damage.

Play Suikoden 1 before you play 2

Final Fantasy IV, V, and Tactics are good too. I'd say skip on XII honestly

BoF I and II aren't bad games either

Don't listen to this user

Golden Sun's are good, ToS is the worst Tales game, try Graces F or Phantasia instead

It's good. It's the earliest JRPG I can think of that uses the "religion is evil" thing, which believe it or not was novel at the time. Though it's been run into the ground so avoid it if you're playing for story and you're jaded to that trope.

Grandia is amazing. All the buzzwords like "comfy" and "soul" resonate with this game.

It's decent, the first few hours are GOAT material, but the game wears as it goes on and it has the slowest combat ever.

Fuck off user

LoD is amazing
Legaia is good

I actually liked BD more than Lost Odyssey. It's an opposite case with the game starting out pretty generic and predictable and getting way better towards the second half of disc 3. You should DEFINITELY download the free difficulty dlc and play on Hard mode though or everything I just said goes out the window. Normal mode is a cakewalk whereas Hard mode is how I feel the game was meant to be played.

It was my introduction to the BoF series and your statement holds true as a JRPG fan. It is DIFFERENT, and not what I'd call "innovative" different, more like "shooting in the dark and see if they like this" different. And the linearity is up there with FFXIII

Wild Arms XF fights are so long and unsatisfying. As a big Wild Arms fan I wanted to like it soooo bad. And as a FFTacticsfag I know it's an SRPG, but AI reinforcements are so damn cheesy feeling to me

That being said, play the Wild Arms series. The first game is good (and remade into another good game; both are worth playing), the second is great, and the third is one of the best JRPGs

Is Terranigma JRPG?

What's wrong with Symphonia's ports

No, it's a Zelda clone with levels.

Try Grandia. I actually prefer it over Chrono Trigger.

>that filename

Glad I'm not the only one who noticed.

Grandia 2 is best granida, even if extreme has a better battle system.

skies of arcadia

Why do people keep recommending Suikoden 2 without recommending 1 as well? There are entire mandatory dungeions in 2 that are just there as S1 fanservice

This was pretty fun.

Vagrant Story isn't exactly easy or particularly simple, but it's a must-play in my books.

If Secret of Mana counts Terranigma counts.

Play it before it's spoilered for you.

Hoshigami, blue moon something. Games hard

What are some good jrpg for pc? Without emulating.

Barkley: Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden is the greatest JRPG ever made.
Nothing else can compare to it's writing.

See It's free, too.
Emulating is really easy though. learn how to do it and I guarantee you'll be a happier user

What the fuck, I don't remember posting my lists!!

Can't wait for Chapter 2 of the Hoopz Barkley Saga.

Breath of Fire 2 and 3 for Patty and Momo
Final Fantasy V for Faris
Chrono Cross for Harle

holy fuck that got dark

Suikoden series
Final Fantasy series
Xenogears, Xenosaga and Xenoblade
Golden Sun trilogy
Dragon Quest series
Mother trilogy
Wild Arms series
Super Mario RPG, Paper Mario series, and Mario & Luigi series
Skies of Arcadia
Secret of Mana
Terranigma
Ys series
Tales series
Shin Megami Tensei series
The Legend of Heroes/Trails series
Dark Cloud 1 and 2
Breath of Fire series
Bravely Default
Radiant Historia
Dark Souls

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Tales of The abyss
Tales of Eternia
Final Fantasy V
Suikoden V

any final fantasy

Forgot to mention Xenogears.