Over the past few years, Japanese role-playing games have been few and far between. Sure, we have had the Tales series, the Final Fantasy XIII trilogy, Xenoblade Chronicles, and Ni No Kuni, but the PS3/360/Wii generation pales in comparison to the quality and quantity that JRPG fans enjoyed on the SNES and Playstation 1 and 2.
The JRPG genre has a bright future ahead with long anticipated games getting ever-so-close to releasing like Final Fantasy XV, Persona 5, and Kingdom Hearts III. However, independent developers who grew up with the classic J-RPG titles are filling the void left by the big publishers which have left us waiting for a good JRPG for so many years. Here are three indie JRPG’s to look out for over the next few months/years.
Also, just to clarify. These games are not from Japanese developers, but are of the game design style of most Japanese RPG’s, which have a focus on turn based combat and hyper-conceived fantasy worlds to explore.