Nintendo's direct face on February 10 will make the JRPG "Renaissance", because Square Enix announced the "Front Mission", "Wheel of Time", "Live A live" three RPG HD remakes. As a veteran RPG manufacturer in the industry for more than thirty years, although in recent years, players have always complained about "really have you", but I have to admit that in the golden age of JRPG, Square Enix is synonymous with JRPG games.
Although people are always the first to think of the Final Fantasy series when it comes to JRPGs, in terms of the actual experience of playing, Shi Ai's other JRPGs are actually just as good, or even better. Taking advantage of the BOOM in HD remakes at SE this year, you might as well learn more about these more classic JRPG games!
10th: Legend of the Sacred Sword 3 – the strongest story storyline in the 16-Bit era
Most players agree that the Legend of the Sacred Sword series is the best in the 16-bit era, with Legend of the Sacred Sword 3 being the best in the series, and a remake was launched in 2020.
The world in the Legend of the Sacred Sword series is supported by a magic tree known as the Tree of Mana, and usually the storyline revolves around somehow saving the tree. The rich characters and vast world make The Legend of the Sacred Sword one of the best in its class, especially on Super Ren.
9th Wheel of Time – Create a beautiful adventure that transcends time and space
Wheel of Time features a compact story that travels thousands of years, as well as a strong cast of six playable characters from different periods. The excellent quality of the game makes many players firmly believe that "Wheel of Time" is far beyond the existence of Final Fantasy.
The development team of Wheel of Time is made up of top talents from Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest, and the strong cooperation of Hironobu Sakaguchi, Yuji Horii, Akira Toriyama, Yasunori Mitsuda, and Nobuo Uematsu is still a beautiful story.
Eighth Place Knights Royal II Hand in Hand – the PSP remake is the strongest SRPG
If you like turn-based strategy RPGs, you can't miss this game.
The Super Edition of Knights Royal II Went Hand in Hand was developed and released by Quest, but an upgraded remake of the PSP was handled by Square Enix in conjunction with the original development team. The PSP remake perfectly restores the depth of the original game and improves the game mechanics to make the experience easier for novice players.
7th Place: Sea of Stars: First Departure R – Reimagining Science Fiction Classics
Star Ocean is a 1996 SFC game produced by tri-Ace, with its unique sci-fi setting, after its release, it was well received and was the representative work of the JRPG, while Star Ocean First Departure was a remake of the original PSP launched in 2007, with greatly enhanced graphics and many new features and new content. In 2020, the once-high-definition remake of "Star Ocean First Departure R" landed on the PS4 and NS platforms and received further praise, which shows the popularity of this series.
Sixth Place :The Cavalry on the Back of the Dragon 3 – the ending of the series
"Cavalry on the Back of the Dragon 3" is an ARPG game for the PS3 platform, many people like Yokoo Taro's "adult" setting, and its CG animation was also stolen by domestic page games in that year, flooding.
As the prequel and final chapter of the Dragon's Back trilogy, it not only completes the world view of the series, but also closely links the world view of the Dragon Back series and the later famous Neil series with clever settings, forming a perfect closed loop.
Fifth Place: Romance of Sharjah – An Innovation in Non-Linear Storytelling
Square's Sharjah collection was first born in 1989 and is 30 years old, but outside of Japan, it's always a bit niche. The fourth game in the series, Romance of Sharjah, is an innovative JRPG unprecedented in SFC. The game has eight playable characters with extraordinary non-linear storytelling, and the game focuses on individual decisions and actions rather than experience points.
SFC's Romance Sharjah is no shortage of classics, but Square Enix's remake of Romance: Song of the Bard on PS2 is also worth recommending, not only adding content cuts from the SFC version, but also adding a lot of elements that were not available in the original version, which is not to be missed if you plan to delve deeper into JPRPG.
4th Place Frontline Mission – SRPG series with an eye on hardcore mechs
Since the initial release of "Frontline Mission" in 1995, more than ten sequels have been launched, which shows the vitality of the series. Although it is also a mecha SRPG, the frontline mission series has always been a realistic worldview, and the mecha and weapon settings are more hardcore, so the game experience is very different from the traditional aircraft combat series.
Frontline Mission started out as a collaboration between developers G-Craft and Square, but Square later acquired them, and Frontline Mission became an important part of the Square Enix brand.
3rd Place: Wonderful World, a modern-themed JRPG with great music
One of the best games on the NDS, Wonderful World begins with a divine plot that allows you to see the inner badges of others, perfectly using the unique fighting style of the NDS upper and lower screens, wonderful music, different personalities of the clerks and various passers-by in Shibuya, forming a unique modern JRPG.
Originally published in 2007, a decade later, a remake of "Wonderful World: Final Remix" landed on NS and caused another boom, with the remake of games such as Frontline Missions and Wheel of Time, NS is really a great model to experience JRPG now.
Second Place : Norse Goddess – A game that tells Norse mythology
Norse Goddess is a classic by ENIX on PS in 1999. It abandons the traditional RPG combat system, references a new system of key attacks, and visually adopts the non-stepping mine approach of the PC game Paladin Legends, which makes the whole game more interesting and explains the entire Norse mythology in a game-like way to a wide range of players.
There are many games in the Norse Goddess series, but the original PS version, and later PSP remakes, are still considered the best.
First Place Dragon Quest XI – a new high in the timeless series
Dragon Quest has been available since the 1980s and is one of the few National JRPG series in Japan with as much reputation and history as Final Fantasy. Dragon Quest started out as a work developed by Chunsoft, but it gradually became an IP controlled by Square Enix, and the only real connection was that the creator of the series, Yuji Horii, was the author and chief designer of each of the mainline sections.
One of the best-selling longevity game series in the history of the Dragon Quest series, the latest Dragon Quest XI can once again refresh the upper limit of the series and create glory. Square Enix knows how to grow Dragon Quest properly, while also not just letting it evolve into a Clone of Final Fantasy.