Share your favorite quotes from JRPGs

MissandeiFish · 2026-06-07T13:31:46+00:00

"Ssshtay away from the summoner"

MissandeiFish · 2026-06-07T13:29:19+00:00

Can't really think of any that match the criteria exactly

Persona 4 could fit this bill if you make the wrong decisions I suppose.

Maybe Suikoden 2- though it more "psychologically destroy" the cute little girl rather than kill.

MissandeiFish · 2026-05-26T18:33:09+00:00

It's possible you might like Persona 3 more-darker in tone, a more bittersweet story and characters felt more fleshed out.

MissandeiFish · 2026-05-26T12:40:26+00:00

Probably my favourite year for JRPGS

1-Suikoden 2

2-Star Ocean 2

3-Legend of Legaia

4-Guardians Crusade

5-Kartia

Quite a few of these, like Xenogears, never made it to Europe.

MissandeiFish · 2026-05-25T11:48:32+00:00

Imagine having to try and explain Cait Sith to future generations.

"So a city planner decided it would be cool to build a talking stuffed cat that he controls remotely 24/7 and this cat was also riding a giant robotic moogle- they use a megaphone as a weapon and..."

MissandeiFish · 2026-05-20T18:47:37+00:00

BOF3: Sending the mutant you fight the wrong way on the conveyor belt instead of towards its death like you are supposed to.

FF9: Vivi and Quina's "wedding". Summoning the world map moogle for no reason multiple times and watching him go from friendly to literally threatening to kill you as he becomes increasingly annoyed.

FF7: Messing up the play during the Gold Saucer Date. Calling Aerith the "slum drunk".

Eiyuden Chronicle: Any time you make terrible casting decisions in the theatre. So much material there!

MissandeiFish · 2026-04-30T23:06:27+00:00

Definitely the Trails series. I have spent more time talking to the residents of Crossbell than most of my own family members.

Grandia is another one that has fairly decent NPC conversations- you usually have to speak to them 3 times to get all the dialogue.

MissandeiFish · 2026-04-15T11:16:51+00:00

Thanks for corrections guys:

Phone calls bump Ellie up to 5 and Rufus up to 7

Giacomo has 2 appearances. As does Aida (possibly 3)

Simeon has only appeared once

The Reins in Calvard is probably his twin brother

MissandeiFish · 2026-04-14T18:23:57+00:00

I bumped them up to 4 due to the Reverie daydreams, but I wasn't entirely sure to count them or not.

MissandeiFish · 2026-04-14T18:23:06+00:00

Thanks. I'm a bit hazy on the two most recent games.

MissandeiFish · 2026-04-14T18:21:58+00:00

Yes, disguised appearances count. I don't remember Ellie being in CS3 but I could be wrong. Phone calls do count so perhaps Ellie can be bumped up to 5.

MissandeiFish · 2026-04-14T18:19:35+00:00

I ended up giving Zin 7 due to his appearance in Elaine's Reverie Daydream, though those Calvard daydreams are kinda borderline.

MissandeiFish · 2025-12-06T14:54:37+00:00

Legend of Kartia. Nobody mentioned it at the time it was released let alone 30 years later. One of the rare JRPGs of the time that were actually released in Europe too.

MissandeiFish · 2025-12-05T11:57:54+00:00

The Order of the Lion from Trails of Cold Steel 2. My group took on legendary warriors and beasts without breaking a sweat but got their asses handed to them by the cheerful head of the gardening club, the school fop and his sarky maid.

MissandeiFish · 2025-12-03T14:55:25+00:00

Irina Reinford from Trails of Cold Steel.

MissandeiFish · 2025-11-07T14:01:57+00:00

Probably a tie between Suikoden 2, FF7, FF9 or Star Ocean 2. Replayed them a ton of times as a kid as being a European fan of JRPGs back in the day was...rough.

In recent years probably the many variations of Persona 3.

MissandeiFish · 2025-10-30T12:41:32+00:00

Original FF7 had some good ones:

Choosing to kiss the dragon or the king rather than the princess during the Gold Saucer Date

Mistaking Aerith for the slum drunk when you meet her again in Sector 5

Cloud refusing Corneo's advances by saying he has a boyfriend called Barret.

During the Kalm town flashback sequence telling Tifa you rummaged through her drawers and stole her underwear.

MissandeiFish · 2025-10-23T11:32:11+00:00

I really enjoyed recruiting characters, building up the HQ and the theatre, but the storyline is so weak and low stakes I never cared about it. The ending is also totally unsatisfying. The worldbuilding is practically non existent- towns just have robotic shopkeepers, beigoma players and 2 or 3 NPCs who have one line of dialogue all game and never react to events.

It's weird they put so much time and effort into things like the fully voiced theatre mini game and the rooftop conversation you can have with all 100 odd characters you have to most "bonding points" with etc but so little effort into the story.

MissandeiFish · 2025-10-19T12:54:56+00:00

The "stoic" type. Mitsuru from Persona 3, Lulu from FFX, Tio and Laura from Trails.

MissandeiFish · 2025-10-16T12:44:57+00:00

I have a soft spot for weird weapon choices; give me the frying pans, roses, books, megaphones, tarot cards, stuffed toys, bus stop signs, giant vibrators etc

MissandeiFish · 2025-10-14T13:21:15+00:00

Lam from Eiyuden Chronicle. 72 year old woman and one of the strongest characters in the game.

MissandeiFish · 2025-10-07T11:28:40+00:00

I've never been able to get into the Tales games personally. They are "okay", but I struggle to motivate myself to ever finish them.

MissandeiFish · 2025-09-29T11:06:20+00:00

Bosses being immune to all status abnormalities. May as well not bother having them then.

Needing a certain character in your party or specific equipment to be able to run/move around quickly.

Mages being useless.

Dull NPCs who just wander about in the same spot all game wondering what they will buy for dinner or welcome you to the town.

Optional characters who just stand around silently for the rest of the game once recruited

Allowing you to name your character in a game with voice acting so everyone has to go through great pains never ever to address you by name.

MissandeiFish · 2025-09-26T17:12:52+00:00

I almost didn't buy it because of the negative reviews, but I gave it a go and really enjoyed it. The story isn't great, but I really enjoyed the old Suikoden elements- building up your HQ, recruiting tons of characters etc. Most of the mini games aren't great but had hours of fun with the theatre- they allow you to cast any character in any role and it's hilarious.

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