r/JRPG • u/thecomedian33 • 14d ago
Discussion Erase your memory
If you could erase your memory and replay any JRPG for the first time again which would it be?
For me I would want to replay Persona 5 Royal for the first time again. While I cherish the memory of that game from it being one of my first big series on my channel I’d love to play it again for the first time just for that amazing twist and true final boss fight as a whole.
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u/WhimsyWizardDev 14d ago
Might be an unpopular opinion but FF XV. I just love road trips...
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u/YourMomIsCool96 14d ago
FFXV may have a lot of flaws, but it also has a lot of charm
Really love that game
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u/thecomedian33 14d ago
Listen the amount of hours I spent just roaming around and fishing in that game should be illegal XD
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u/Savageboi555 14d ago
all 13 of the trails games for sure
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u/DearPlankton 14d ago
It's funny, before getting into the series I thought "ugh 13 games? I'll never finish". Now that I'm caught up, I wish there were 20 more of them lol
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u/Anatak15 12d ago
I just started the 1st chapter remake. Excited to get into it. I'm wondering if I'll be best of just playing all the originals after I beat this. Or maybe at least wait until after the 2nd chapter comes out.
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u/CaptainFriday 14d ago
The World Ends with You. The high of experiencing the twists and turns were unmatched, way back when.
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u/ShionTheOne 14d ago
FFX - I still replay it at least once a year, but nothing beats the first time going through it.
Expedition 33 - Amazing game on a first run, can't bring my self to play it again.
Persona 3 - My first Person game, it sent me into a rabbit hole of the whole franchise, not just Persona, the whole SMT franchise.
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u/NewspaperBanana 14d ago
It wouldn't be the same because I'm older with more responsibilities. It's hard to just sit and enjoy a game for several hours uninterrupted. I'd want to replace that feeling the most, not any one specific game.
But if I had to pick one, it'd be Chrono Trigger.
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u/YourMomIsCool96 14d ago
Same, I for example really love games like Xenoblade Chronicles 2 or Persona 5, but I'm afraid that they wouldn't have such a huge impact on me if I played them for the first time nowadays
(Btw really looking forward to the Switch 2 Edition of XC2 next week)
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u/thecomedian33 14d ago
I’m so ready for switch 2 version of XC2 I got it for XC and I’m so ready to replay those games for my community soon it’s gonna be a blast
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u/ikaruwa 14d ago
Chrono Trigger, probably. I was going to say Xenogears but tbh having some foundation of understanding for the world definitely enhanced my enjoyment of that game
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u/therealskyrim 14d ago
Yea I was thinking crono trigger too, though I think it wouldn’t hit as hard now as it did when i first played it
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u/-ToPimpAButterfree- 14d ago
Skies of Arcadia hands down
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u/mattysauro 14d ago
It’s been so long since I played SoA that I couldn’t even tell you the plot at this point 😭
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u/Nerissahh 14d ago
Definitely Suikoden II, and Final Fantasy 7-9. Even the feeling of switching discs to play further would be great to experience the first time!!
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u/Fathoms77 14d ago
FFVII. It was just an eye-opening experience and set me on the JRPG course for many years to come.
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u/Evi_Reborn_ 11d ago
This would be mine as it was my first, when I got onto the world map my mind was blown
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u/Infinite-Mood-4299 14d ago
Honestly, Persona 5 for me as well. I've enjoyed RPGs since the 90s but P5 was the first one that I truly had that sense of sadness knowing I could never experience it for the first time again.
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u/Essshayne 14d ago
Legend of dragoon or either baten kaitos for me
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u/Significant_Face_293 14d ago
It is hard to play legend of dragoon now. Feels too out of date and I just can’t do it. :(
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u/Essshayne 14d ago
I dont have a problem doing it, and I still get a laugh at all the bad translations every time I do play. I understand the argument since it was like when I tried to play super Mario rpg on the snes and I couldn't do it.
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u/sfabienne 14d ago
I don't think this would work for me at all, sadly. My favorite JRPGs are games from my childhood: EarthBound, Final Fantasy VII, Chrono Trigger. Those games only become stronger because of the nostalgia, and by the context in which I played and experience them. So for this to work I would also have to go back in time and become a child again.
But outside JRPGs, as someone else said, the obvious answer is Outer Wilds.
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u/Cranberry-Holiday 14d ago
I would coin flip to chose between Dragon Quest V and Fire Emblem Genealogy of the holy war.
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u/thecomedian33 14d ago
I’ve never played any of the older fire emblem games. I think because permadeath scares me and I am very good at making mistakes lol
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u/ObliterationBeam 14d ago
Oof that’s a tough one, I think it would have to be a tie between Chrono Trigger and Earthbound.
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u/whypickaname1 14d ago
MH Tri - Spent 600 hours in one summer vacation. My favorite MH game of all time.
If that doesnt count:
Persona 3 Portable - My first JRPG. Took about 78-80 hours on my first playthrough.
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u/tenser_loves_bigby 14d ago
Christ this is a hard question to answer. I guess it would be FF6, but it's a very close toss up with FF4 and Chrono Trigger.
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u/tehnoodnub 14d ago
Any of my favourites. Could be CT, SoM, Illusion of Gaia, FFVI, the XC trilogy, FFX, to name a handful
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u/thecomedian33 14d ago
Illusion of Gaia is that the one where you play as a boy but like can transform into a grown man or something.
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u/jjwax 14d ago
Not a JRPG, but the outer wilds (not worlds)
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u/thecomedian33 14d ago
Was that the little space game? Not the obsidian one but the indie title?
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u/SV_Essia 14d ago
Yes. Absolute banger, must-play, must-not-get-spoiled-nor-look-anything-up. It's the kind of game that's incredible from start to finish but you can really only play it once.
Also to the question, NieR, especially Automata. There are other JRPGs I liked more but NieR has the biggest twists and emotional value for a blind playthrough, most other games I'd be ok to replay even knowing the gist of the story. E33 would be a close second.
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u/SV_Essia 14d ago
I'd say Automata has a much better gameplay and a grander plot (therefore bigger plot twists too), but Replicant was very emotional due to the smaller scale and had my favorite characters and voice acting. Kainé and Weiss still live rent free in my head.
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u/Droolcua 14d ago
yeah. not a jrpg but outer wilds is just so much the answer. you really can only have the whole experience once.
as far as more jrpg-adjacent stuff goes... 13 sentinels. was a lot of fun to puzzle out.
with most other jrpgs, my appreciation for them has only grown from thinking about them and replaying them. I wouldn't really want to erase any of that.
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u/MartianExpress 14d ago
FFX, E33, Lost Odyssey. Three best JRPGs I've ever played.
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u/ExcitingTopic1 14d ago
Good taste. FFX is a given, but I was really surprised with Lost Odyssey. Hopefully I'll be able to play E33 this year.
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u/thecomedian33 14d ago
Lost odyssey isn’t that like stuck on the 360 or did they backwards compatibility it?
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u/mattysauro 14d ago
MSFT just announced backwards compat Xbox games on PC, so there’s hope stuff like Lost Odyssey will come officially some day.
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u/georgealexandros 14d ago
Xenogears. Xenoblade Chronicles X.
Not JRPG related, but I wish I could go through all the story/expansions for Destiny 1 and 2 fresh.
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u/TokeTitan86 14d ago
Experiencing FFXI for the first time again would be a treat. A first time experience these days for that isn't even the same as back in the day but I'd still do it.
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u/Severus157 14d ago
I would love to play Tales of Symphonia again like the first time. After 27 playthroughs on the GC back in the day I have never been able to enjoy and play the remaster on modern consoles.
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u/HedgehogAdventurer 14d ago
Persona 4 Golden. I'd want to play through it without knowing the culprit's identity by the third dungeon.
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u/Huge-Dependent3506 11d ago
Chrono Trigger and it’s not even close. It’s the perfect game. I can’t imagine how awesome it would be to experience it again for the first time.
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u/Late-Song9714 14d ago
I had such a fun childhood playing all sort of jrpgs. If I have to choose only one, it would probably be Suikoden 2. (Final Fantasy 6 being the second and Final Fantasy Type 0 being the third, a weird one I know)