[amjnsx]

This article speaks to me a lot. I played FF7 Remake when it released on PS+ in ‘21 thinking I didn’t enjoy JRPG’s.

From there i played the entire collection - the ps1 version, crisis core, advent children, and then remake again.

Those months were fantastic - either playing, listening to the soundtrack, thinking about materia combinations. And it’s likely to consume another 3 months of my life when Rebirth releases.

[tarruda]

FF VI and Chrono Trigger (both SNES) are two gems which I would definitely replay if I had the time.

It is easy to get lost the pretty graphics of modern games, but to me well written story and characters are the best part of JRPGs

[starkparker]

My favorite thing about picking up a retro emulation handheld is using it to play through these old games. It's more like an ebook reader in my mind than a game console when I load it up just with story-dense RPG/strategy/adventure games instead of arcade and action games.

The thing that unlocked it for me was taking a save state at pretty much every "scene" or big story beat. A lot of these games lack a good way of tracking where you are in the story, and picking up/putting down a deep game in short increments can be hard to get reoriented, so I got in a habit of loading one or two saves back when I restart playing after a break. Replaying a minute or so is usually more than enough to remember what's going on and what I need to do next.

[tarruda]

> My favorite thing about picking up a retro emulation handheld is using it to play through these old games

An alternative is install something like retroarch on your smartphone and use a telescopic controller.

[PsylentKnight]

I really enjoyed Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Nintendo Switch) this year.

The story is alright, but the characters are well-written and I enjoyed the tactical gameplay more than the typical turn-based RPG fare.