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JRPG stands for Japanese Role-Playing Game. This unique genre of game combines the Western RPG or Role-Playing Game genre first popularized by Dungeons and Dragons with Eastern storytelling and cultural references often seen in anime or manga. JRPGs are almost exclusively made in Japan.
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How often have we asked ourselves the following questions: Why are there so few Turn-Based console RPGs these days? Why did Final Fantasy ditched turn-based combat? Are we ever going to get back to the JRPG golden era (1990s)? Etc. Well, Square Enix is not letting us shape Final Fantasy, yet. But it seems that…
With the Tales of Arise demo landing next week on consoles, I thought it would be a perfect time for me to remember my favorite Tales game: Tales of Vesperia. Tales of Vesperia Was a Shinning Light Amidst The Darkness Japanese Role-Playing games came out of their golden stretch (which started in the mid 90s)…
Announced since 2019, and delayed from an originally intended summer launch last year, Namco’s 17th installment in the long running  Tales series, Tales of Arise, certainly has us intrigued. Thankfully, it seems that we won’t have to wait much longer in order to get a feel for how the newest entry will play, and fit,…
We have been doing a bunch of ‘top five game’ articles for weeks now. Some of these turned into top ten lists, as we would round out the lists with “Bottom 5 of the Top  10” features. But what about the worst games for each platform, and genre? Fear not, the wait is over. We…
The PlayStation 3 had many great Role Playing Games. We listed the Top Five RPGs according to critics a few weeks ago. This week, we are doing to the same thing but from the Users’ (gamers) perspective. As always, the amount of user reviews isn’t taken into consideration unless two or more games have the…
The Star Ocean series holds a special place in my heart. The second game in the series (The 2nd Story) remains one of my favorite J-RPGs of all time. The series is one of the longest running J-RPG franchises that continues to receive a console entry. However, in my personal opinion I feel that the…
Click here for the original (and now legendary) The Legend of Dragoon April Fool’s article. One of the great things about writing and working for a video game news/opinion site (and one such as this with a heavy JRPG fan base), is that we get to meet and interact with passionate fans. Many of these…
The PlayStation 1’s “Top Five” list according to User ratings The PlayStation 1’s “Top Five” list according to User ratings last week had a few surprises, but for the most part, the list included some truly (generally recognized) great games. Today, we ranked the PlayStation 2’s best according to users, and once again, I believe…
Legrand Legacy: Tale of the Fatebounds is an interesting, and relatively cheap indie RPG that can be purchased on the Nintendo e-shop (and Xbox Live, and PS Store). What makes Legrand Legacy unique is that it is essentially a Japanese Role-Playing Game developed by a team of 27 western developers (Semisoft). During its two-year development…
Not too long ago, we did a list of the best PlayStation J-RPGs according to critics. Today, we are ranking the best PlayStation J-RPGs once again, but this time we are ranking them according to the games’ “User Scores”. Disclaimer:Â We are ranking the games based on their average global user score rating on Metacritic. It…