What is the best JRPG of 2024?
Japanese role-playing games are said to be in a new golden age. The year 2024 sees the launch of countless epic games. Reload Persona 3, Like a dragon: Infinite wealthand much more. But what is the best overall JRPG of 2024? We asked the Siliconera staff to tell us their picks for this year’s best JRPGs.
Siliconera Speaks Out: Best Overall JRPG of 2024
It has to be like that Final Fantasy VII Rebirth for me. It actually builds on the original FFVII so good. The characters are all great. I love visiting the rest of the world. It was really fun and worthy of celebration. — Jenni
Dragon’s Dogma 2. Put your hands down. No game I played this year felt like it Dragon’s Dogma 2 and the meta layers at Itsuno’s hands and the world the team has created are truly unlike anything I’ve had the pleasure of jumping around in games since. dragon’s dogma And darkness arose. There’s no feeling on this planet like hitting a dragon with an uppercut so hard that it falls flat on its back, throwing your teammates at the enemy and them learning to throw you too.
Then there are a ton of environments and things that can happen to you like falling down a hill right into a bunch of skeletons from tripping or helping a guy get over a sore back only to have a Griffon drop from above. Dive down and land right on top of him. Putting aside the controversy over its content, this game has left an indelible mark on my heart. I don’t think much will be touched for a long time. — John
This may be a controversial opinion, but I really separate the overall Game of the Year conversation from Best JRPG. Sometimes they overlap and other times they don’t. I think 2024 is the latter. While Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is my GOTY (or maybe Infinity Nikki; we’ll see), I think Metaphor: ReFantazioTechnically, it works better as a pure JRPG.
The world is fun to explore, the turn-based combat from Atlus continues to define the genre, and the characters and story are at least as spectacular through the Martira Arc. Metaphor is the best JRPG of 2024 for me. That said, I must extend a special thank you Legend of Heroes: The Road Through the Dawn, Dawn Trail FFXIVAnd Fantasian: Anchor DimensionThat’s my runner-up this year in that order. — Cody
What are your personal picks for the best JRPG of 2024? I really want to know! Be sure to let us know in the comments below.
