Can I get some video game recommendations for my search for inspiration?

[BlueDragon]

Oops! You are right! I flipped them D: Thanks for the correction! I'll edit my response

[konori]

@DNoble Appreciate what you added for Fire Emblem! You said it better than I ever could!

Just to add my experience with Fire Emblem, Awakening was my introduction to the franchise, and it prompted me to try FE 7 & 8 for the GBA and then the rest was history with me playing the subsequent games (after Awakening) and the mobile gacha game (which I still play to this day). I hope that the earlier games get remakes so that I get to experience them without having to rely on emulation.

But yeah, I recommend Fire Emblem to anyone who's curious to try it out!

[TheLemmaLlama]

High five to fellow Trails fans in this thread!

From the same company, there's also the Ys series which , while not generally as plot driven as the Trails series, I'd still recommend. They're also a bit more standalone, and you don't really have to play them in order (except Ys II, which needs to be played after Ys I to make sense :P) But if you don't wanna go through the whole series, my top recommendations would be Ys Origins (my fav story) and Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana (my fav worldbuilding, and would probably be my fav story if the beginning wasn't so darned slow (and not in a good way like Trails in the Sky FC XD))

Not technically made in Japan, but OMORI is also a game I like and recommend that's in a JRPG style

EDIT: Also, Nayuta no Kiseki! Not technically part of the Trails/Kiseki continuity despite its name, but again, I liked the worldbuilding

[Kirara312]

No sub needed. I recommend The World Ends with You and (Neo). I also recommend the Persona, and YS series. Okami there is also Okami Den, Tales of Series I haven't played some of the newer ones.

[thecrystalrook]

I'm just here for the recs, no need for you to sub to me unless you want to. My top JRPG recommendations are:

Final Fantasy 7
Final Fantasy 9
Earthbound
Chrono Trigger

And do not, I repeat do not play the FF7 Remake before you play the original. You NEED the context of the original to appreciate the remake fully.

[DNoble]

[wispysing]

Also just here to recommend

Persona series: I've only played 3 and 4, but heard 5 is good too, definitely loved the story and building Social Links.

Ys series: Memories of Celceta is pretty good. Pretty memorable world-building and the story's got a bit of a twist near the end.

Shin Megami Tensei V: From the same developer as the Persona series--story is somewhat more serious and gritty, also much more combat-focused.

Fire Emblem: Three Houses: More strategy-focused, story-wise they can branch out to multiple endings depending on the choices you make. Definitely recommend.

NieR: Haven't played it yet, but I have heard plenty of positive things about it from my friends, particularly about their impressive worldbuilding and lore.

[Jwebtoons]

Tales of...(Abyss, Bezeria, Xilia, Arise, symphonia)

Persona 5

Dragon ball (Xenoverse, kakorot)

Final Fantasy 15

Nier automota

Xenoblade (1, 2, 3)

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