sideB_ Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Recently I've been digging my teeth into Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch. I played Pokémon literally all my life so I was drawn to the Familiar battle system, but I'm curious as to what else the PlayStation 3/PSN has to offer in terms of JRPGs. I like the exploration involved with Ni No Kuni, running across barren land with enemies to battle to level up your players. The battle system is remarkable really, a little mix of live action with some turn-based elements in there. Anything in the realm of the PSN that offers an experience similar to this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Mayus Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 White Knight Chronicles is a game with random encounters but real time battles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarknessKey92 Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 (edited) Try Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory Game's got fun Dialogue/story that also Parodies other Games & Otakuish habits, while breaking the 4th wall @ times. For its Combat system it lets you create/customize your own attacks. While letting you freely move to plan your attacks using a small square/Rectangle/Line based on your equiped weapon(what I mean is...it deals damage to any enemies that are in the Square's range, you can try to exploit the placement to attack more then just 1 enemy on your 1 turn). On your turn you can attack if I remember right 4 times, letting you string a different type of approach based on which skill you choose to install in the buttons(I made it sound complcated, but is just there in case you want to explore attacks). Also the game has no difficulty setting...but when it wants you to think it's easy it becomes very easy killing enemies with 1 hit....but when it wants to get Hard it gets hard. Regardless It's a very Fun game IMO. Wish I remembered more about the game. Edited June 29, 2014 by DarknessKey92 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skateak Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 The "Tales of" series has combat similar to Ni No Kuni. The games are Tales of Xilla, Tales of Graces f, Tales of Symphonia and Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngeldeLeo Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Tales of Symphonia will give u a long story and very enjoyable JRPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satoshi Ookami Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Check my profile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Cutscene Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Glad you liked Ni No Kuni! Wonderful game Final Fantasy X HD is a good one although it traditionally takes place across a series of maps, rather than a giant world map - it marked the series departure from open world exploration into more localized environments - still great fun though, especially if you played it back on the PS2 days. You also get Final Fantasy X-2 with it for extra JRPG goodness. Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD is also a good one, leans more onto the action RPG element. I let it pass me by when it first came out on the PS2 but made up for it with the HD re-release. It is a bit bouncier and less turn based, but if you peel back the surface layer, you'll find a meaty RPG system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayrooz Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 I'm currently playing Tales of Graces f, never played a 'Tales of...' game before and I love it. It's actually been making me think about Ni No Kuni - kinda miss playing it!Anyway I would definitely recommend this, it's got a good mix of seriousness and humour in the storyline along with an enjoyable combat system. ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Arkthur Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 I'm not sure if they are available on PSN, but the "Tales of" series is a good place to look for amazing RPGs. Also, Persona 3 and 4, but those are PS2 titles, if you care about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeautifulTorment Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 "Tales of" - These games are great fun, very strong storytelling Resonance of Fate - nice simplistic story, cool battle mechanics and upgrade/level system Disgaea - There is a reason these games are so popular. The battle mechanics and characters are just so solid. FFX - Great characters, story, battle mechanics. Honestly someone suggested Hyperdimension, I would highly reccommend against this. These games are very shallow and story-less. Basically driven by massive-titted anime girls. I mean if that's your thing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuffyZorugelion Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 White Knight Chronicles would of been great, but they closed the servers and the online experience was a big part of it. Final Fantasy X HD is a good one, but the story is terrible lol. I would say, try out Penny Arcade Adventures, it's not a JRPG,but it is turnbased and very good at that. The humor is amazing. My favorite rpg. PS store has two episodes of it, but unfortunately episode 3 was canned and will never be made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madrabbit1485 Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 I also don't recommend Hyperdimension, the dialogue is funny and all but the story goes nowhere. I got nothing against massive bewbs, but don't get the game just for that Final fantasy X is a good call XIII as well, but since no one mentioned it...maybe it's just me =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandairo Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 I loved Rainbow Moon, i highly recommend it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goekie Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Final Fantasyyyy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaScorpio_ Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 is a JRPG an RPG with anime graphics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROBOCRIPPLE_ Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Child of Light is not a JRPG, but it has a pretty good battle system, character stat upgrading, and 2D-platformer-like exploration. I just played the demo on PS4, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satoshi Ookami Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 (edited) I also don't recommend Hyperdimension, the dialogue is funny and all but the story goes nowhere. I got nothing against massive bewbs, but don't get the game just for that Only Vert has them you don't need to transform cute girls into CPUs =D is a JRPG an RPG with anime graphics? Pretty much. It's used as abbreviation of Japanese Role Playing Game but it's more widely used to describe anime-RPGs. We can just call it ARPG now... can't we? =D Child of Light is not a JRPG, but it has a pretty good battle system, character stat upgrading, and 2D-platformer-like exploration. I just played the demo on PS4, though. You are right, but the battle system is JRPG-styled. Edited June 30, 2014 by SatoshiOokami 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkthur Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 is a JRPG an RPG with anime graphics? Kinda......But there are certain differences between Western RPGs and JRPGs. Character tropes, storytelling, battle mechanics...... Although, a lot of JRPGs are starting to take elements from the western counterparts to make them more appealing to the masses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC_Shiryuu Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 (edited) You should give a try these games: Tales of Series: Tales of Symphonia Chronicles (Symphonia and Dawn of the New World), Tales of Grace F and Tales of Xillia Final Fantasy Series (X, X-2 and XIII) Star Ocean: The Last Hope Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny Edited July 1, 2014 by JC_Shiryuu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkPirate2007 Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 You could give both Atelier Ayesha and Atelier Escha & Logy a try. A friend of mine recommended these two games to me for my birthday couple weeks ago and they were really fun and addictive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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