Current Events > Are Persona 5, Dragon Quest 11 and Xenoblade Chronicles the best modern jrpgs?

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What would you say the top 3 jrpgs of the last decade or so have been?

Elden Ring

Ys 8
Trails of Cold Steel 2
Persona 5
FF7R

JRPG JRPG's, or just anything RPG-wise that has come out of Japan?

Yeah

Persona 5 yes.

DQ11 is mediocre as fuck, besides the cozy atmosphere.

Never played Xenoblade Chronicles.

What does Dragon Quest 11 do that sets it apart from JRPGs 20 years ago, especially when you can even play it in 2d grid mode?

Persona 5 Royal I'd say yes, between the excellent visual & musical style and the incredible character writing of the Royal chapter.

YellowSUV posted...

Never played Xenoblade Chronicles.

You're missing out

Persona 5 and FF7 Remake were pretty superb.

Xenoblade Chronicles is a late Wii game. Do you really classify Wii era games as modern?

ssk9716757 posted...

Elden Ring

That's really pushing the definition of a jrpg.

YellowSUV posted...

That's really pushing the definition of a jrpg.

I've made this topic in the past and this board largely insists that Dark Souls is a JRPG and Undertale is a WRPG. Region being literal, not connoting different styles.

Yakuza: Like a Dragon is really good. Although the story and characters aren't at all like a typical JRPG.

a-c-a-b posted...

Yakuza: Like a Dragon is really good. Although the story and characters aren't at all like a typical JRPG.

This too, definitely.

a-c-a-b posted...

Yakuza: Like a Dragon is really good. Although the story and characters aren't at all like a typical JRPG.

Is that really true? There's a point where your party of four is cartoonishly captured by the villainous org and then freed by a literal ninja. The game is pretty proud of championing Dragon Quest tropes. Thought it was kind of annoying that it's to the point that the protagonist does the anime "AIIIIIEEEE SOOOO GOOOOD" any time you eat something

Personally as a Y0 fan the combat never won me over. Like a lot of the type of JRPG it's emulating there isn't a ton of strategy beyond using the class' strongest move you've unlocked, and the basics of the battle system is a mess. You can never risk a basic attack because everyone's movement is unpredictable and you can't control them, so you inevitably just get interrupt-attacked.

And as I progressed, my party started to constantly get stuck on the game geometry, running in place for half a minute until the game automatically started the attack cutscene to avoid a softlock. Any time I was in a place with pillars, equipment like a park or playground, or just somewhere with uneven terrain, it was likely to happen.

Iauakua posted...

Xenoblade Chronicles is a late Wii game. Do you really classify Wii era games as modern?

I agree, it's 13 years old at this point. I would not call it modern at all.

Yakuza: Like a Dragon's biggest problem is the combat system, while kind of amusing, isn't good enough for a how damn long the game is.

It also is extremely soap opera like.

I'm hoping in Like a Dragon 8 they can really improve the combat system. Having a RPG with actual adult characters is refreshing (even if Ichiban is a huge manchild).

Atelier is the best

I mean if Xenoblade Chronicles counts as a modern JRPG, then I think the original Bravely Default should count too since it came out two years later. I loved that game :P

Iauakua posted...

Xenoblade Chronicles is a late Wii game. Do you really classify Wii era games as modern?

you could replace it with X or 3 Iif you wanted to.

P5R is the second best game of all time

Xenoblade Chronicles X isn't the best open world game, but it has my favourite open world of any game. I've not played any of the other xeno games though

DQ9 was delightful, I haven't played 11

Xenoblade Chronicles X was my favorite Xenoblade game

Persona 5 royal
Yakuza like a dragon
Chained echoes
Dragon quest 11
Depending on your definition elden ring and Bloodborne

Radiant Historia
Chained Echoes

these two stand head and shoulders above the rest imo

Smackems posted...

Ys 8
Trails of Cold Steel 2
Persona 5
FF7R

12 Trails games and you picked the worst one >_>

Doe posted...

What does Dragon Quest 11 do that sets it apart from JRPGs 20 years ago, especially when you can even play it in 2d grid mode?

Persona 5 Royal I'd say yes, between the excellent visual & musical style and the incredible character writing of the Royal chapter.

Just sort of oozes charm, between the menus and system dialogue being full of cute flourishes like rhymes and alliteration, to silly and wonderful arcs like Sylvando gathering up a troupe of troubled people to make the world happy, to wonderfully animated and fun characters that make you care about them. The story has some pretty emotional moments as well. I thought it was a great ride. The game is also in a pretty great spot difficulty-wise on Stronger Monsters mode, with the exception of a certain fight where the Hero is in a 1v1 with a yeti that is pretty much pure RNG.

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the_rowan posted...

Just sort of oozes charm, between the menus and system dialogue being full of cute flourishes like rhymes and alliteration, to silly and wonderful arcs like Sylvando gathering up a troupe of troubled people to make the world happy, to wonderfully animated and fun characters that make you care about them. The story has some pretty emotional moments as well. I thought it was a great ride. The game is also in a pretty great spot difficulty-wise on Stronger Monsters mode, with the exception of a certain fight where the Hero is in a 1v1 with a yeti that is pretty much pure RNG.

Agree with both of these posts.

Dragon Quest 11 is awesome.