Good JRPGs to play after COE33?

[GameBuild]

E33 was my very first JRPG-inspired game, I really love the combat having the ability to pause instead of non stop hack-n-slash button mashing.

I wanted to check other JRPG games available on steam, any suggestions that I should be look at?

[Imaginary person]

If you don't mind story and characters being an afterthought and want a good crunchy gameplay-focused JRPG, I HAVE to recommend Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven.

[bshock]

Persona series.

[LetiLana]

Metaphor

[Sigi_Reuven [CH]]

Maybe The Legend of Heroes series, but its pretty long

[Dre Day]

Metaphor ReFantazio
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VIII
Final Fantasy X
Persona 5
Sea of Stars
Yakuza Like a Dragon

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Persona 5 Royal
Persona 3 Reload
Metaphor ReFantazio

[Stone IV]

- Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth Complete Edition. You'll need to grind like a madman in this game.

- Most Dragon Quest games. I'd highly recommend DRAGON QUEST XI S Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition.

- Ni no Kuni Wrath of the White Witch™ Remastered, though I have not really spent too much time on this, since I have too many backlogs. Second game is super action oriented, as well it is super sandboxy.

- Fairy Fencer F Advent Dark Force (this version specifically, since there are two versions), I like this one not sure if that's your cup of tea.

- Siralim Ultimate is pretty fun, at least for me. Though, not really JRPG, but an RPG nonetheless.

- Epic Battle Fantasy 4 or 5.

No idea if you'll like any of my suggestions LMAO! I have other JRPGs on my backlog, though I can't really recommend it, since I have not spent time with em.

[GameBuild]

Phenomenal, guys, thanks to everyone for these inputs. I am adding all of them to my list and go see some gameplay videos.

[C1REX]

Not available on PC but I highly recommend The Lost Odyssey, what was the main inspiration for this game and it’s the favourite game of all time of the creator of E33.

[GameBuild]

Originally posted by C1REX:

Not available on PC but I highly recommend The Lost Odyssey, what was the main inspiration for this game and it’s a favourite game of all time of the creator of E33.

Thanks, I'll have a look at it too.

[DarkSaberZero]

I concur with the other suggestions. Notably out of these games, Yakuza Like A Dragon has a timing-based mechanic when you attack/block if you enjoyed that type of system in Clair Obscur. You also position yourself and your party to do the most damage. The Persona games and Metaphor are purely turn-based, with a couple caveats. I highly recommend Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance if you like a mature theme and a challenge, it's like Persona without the school sim part. Dragon Quest XI/11 is one of my favorite JRPGs of all time.

I know you didn't ask, but outside of the Steam ecosystem, Paper Mario and Super Mario RPG have timing-based button presses during turn-based combat. Honkai Star Rail is also a good free JRPG, it's gacha, but extremely generous and has a good story -- so far

[Tyrant]

Originally posted by LetiLana:

Metaphor

a first time jrpg player shouldn't jump into Metaphor/Persona, the game is built on time gating mechanics that are pretty grating for anyone that doesn't specifically want that type of play style. I've played every JRPG under the sun save for persona, and when I jumped into metaphor it was very off putting. I got to basically the end, but couldn't be bothered to finish it.

[RakataEpsilon]

Originally posted by GameBuild:

Originally posted by C1REX:

Not available on PC but I highly recommend The Lost Odyssey, what was the main inspiration for this game and it’s a favourite game of all time of the creator of E33.

Thanks, I'll have a look at it too.

Lost odyssey was never available on PC but you can emulate it on Xenia as it was a 360 exclusive, or digitally on XSX/XSS - its not impossible to find a legit copy but you will have a rough time. If you are going to go through all that trouble, then add Blue Dragon to the list too. Both are Mistwalker games

Edit: Just looked and you can get a copy easy as I guess its not as popular it it once was at this time. Its weird how the market works sometimes

[Tyrant]

Originally posted by Sigi_Reuven CH:

Maybe The Legend of Heroes series, but its pretty long

great series if you can get into it, but it's a mess figuring out a starting point and becomes incredibly expensive unless you dive in during a sale

[RakataEpsilon]

Originally posted by Tyrant:

Originally posted by Sigi_Reuven CH:

Maybe The Legend of Heroes series, but its pretty long

great series if you can get into it, but it's a mess figuring out a starting point and becomes incredibly expensive unless you dive in during a sale

Given that Trails in the Sky 1st chapter remake is coming out soon id just wait