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Tag: JRPG

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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Suikoden (PS1) Review

Posted on February 10, 2019April 26, 2021 by Samuel Rivera

Old Classic Still Has Some Fire Left In It Suikoden wasn’t the PS1’s first RPG, but for all intent and purposes it should have been. Beyond the Beyond was the title that beat Suikoden out of the gates, and it was a god awful title that did nothing to elevate the genre into the 32…

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Star Ocean 4: The Last Hope (XBOX360) Review

Posted on February 10, 2019August 5, 2021 by Samuel Rivera

A Series That Needs No Introduction Star Ocean is a J-RPG series that from the SNES gen to the PS2 gen never once dropped the ball, the Second Story to me is the finest chapter the series ever had to offer and it is game that passed many a gamer because it had the misfortune…

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Star Ocean 3: Till the End of Time (PS2) Review

Posted on February 10, 2019April 26, 2021 by Samuel Rivera

More than three years in the making, and backed, perhaps, by the biggest budget that an Enix game has ever had. Star Ocean 3 was an RPG groomed for greatness. But all of those factors don’t necessarily make a great game (See Legend of Dragoon). However, given Tri Ace’s (the Developer) excellent recent track record…

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Star Ocean: The Second Story (PS1) Review

Posted on February 10, 2019December 4, 2021 by Samuel Rivera

1999 was a huge year for RPGs, games like FFVIII, Grandia, Suikoden 2 and Lunar, all were released in that year. So it is forgivable that most of you missed a great RPG, (an argument can be made by some that the game was the best RPG of that year) by the name of Star…

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Skies of Arcadia (DC/GC) Review

Posted on February 10, 2019April 25, 2021 by Samuel Rivera

The Last Great RPG From Sega Skies of Arcadia, will most probably be remembered as the last great RPG to appear on a Sega console, and perhaps maybe the last great RPG from Sega itself. This is a lofty position to be in as Skies of Arcadia is the last great RPG in a lineage…

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Radiata Stories (PS2) Review

Posted on February 10, 2019August 19, 2022 by Samuel Rivera

Radiata Stories is alongside Dragon Quest VIII as Square/Enix’ newest poster boy. RS was developed by Tri-Ace a team which I personally believe is the best that Square/Enix has at its disposal. Yeah Tri-Ace is the studio responsible for the great Star Ocean 3 which might be the best damn Japanese RPG in this generation….

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Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete Review: A JRPG Masterpiece

Posted on February 10, 2019April 25, 2021 by Samuel Rivera

Lunar 2: Eternal Blue is a classic masterpiece, and in my opinion a game that has aged a bit better than FFVI. Lunar 2 is not only Working Designs greatest imported game but also master RPG developer Game Arts’ greatest RPG ever. Yes, some may claim that Game Arts’ Grandia is their biggest and mightiest…

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Lunar: Silver Star Story (SEGACD/SAT/PS1) Review

Posted on February 10, 2019April 25, 2021 by Samuel Rivera

THE FIRST AND THE FINEST Released for the Sega CD in 1992, Lunar: Silver Star Story was Game Arts’ first RPG title (and its best), and while the game seemed destined for obscurity thanks to sparse sales of Sega CD units, master publisher (now defunct), Working Designs, was kind enough to bring the game back…

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Infinite Undiscovery (XBOX360) Review

Posted on February 10, 2019April 25, 2021 by Samuel Rivera

Tri-Ace is in my opinion perhaps the best all around traditional RPG developer there is, all of their games usually get good scores from yours truly, and in this ill fated generation of consoles (at least for us J-RPGs fans) they have been the only developer in Square/Enix that has managed to keep their high…

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The Granstream Saga Review: Poor Execution Ruined Great Ideas

Posted on February 10, 2019April 25, 2021 by Samuel Rivera

The Granstream Saga is an RPG that every time I play (I have played through it 4 times now) angers me, because it is a game that had loads of potential to achieve greatness but the developers never seemed to followed through with their great ideas. The Granstream Saga was released in Japan in 1997…

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