Best Games in the Japanese role-playing game genre of 2005
Role-playing game, In real time, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Tactics, Strategy, Japanese role-playing game
July 19, 1991
Players:
7.1/10
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
85/100
Final Fantasy IV is a tactical turn-based strategy role-playing game with anime and fantasy RPG elements. Expect fully voiced dramatic cutscenes, deep, emotionally...
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game
June 30, 2005
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
77/100
This third-person action RPG follows Adol Christin and his companion Dogi as they return to Dogi’s homeland of Felghana after an eight-year absence. Monsters have...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
November 27, 2004
Players:
9.7/10
Metacritic:
84/100
This fantasy role-playing game features turn-based battles in a world of fields, towns, and dungeons that players can explore seamlessly. Dragon Quest 8: Journey of...
Role-playing game, Strategy, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
January 22, 2004
Steam:
85/100
Metacritic:
74/100
This strategy role-playing game follows Marona, an orphan who can see and communicate with phantoms. She lives on Phantom Isle with Ash, a phantom who serves as her...
Role-playing game, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
January 12, 2002
Steam:
90/100
Metacritic:
72/100
This fantasy role-playing game with turn-based battles follows a journey to Riviera, an island floating in Asgard. At the command of Hector, one of the Seven Magi...
Role-playing game, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Side view, Japanese role-playing game
August 25, 2005
Metacritic:
59/100
Lunar: Dragon Song is a classic Japanese role-playing game with turn-based combat and a side view in a fantasy setting. The game takes place a thousand years before...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Japanese role-playing game
June 9, 2005
Players:
7.7/10
Metacritic:
62/100
This turn-based role-playing game is set in a post-apocalyptic world devastated by an event known as the Great Destruction. Humanity created the supercomputer Noah...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
May 27, 2004
Metacritic:
74/100
A fantasy role-playing game about Krein Kiesling, a young alchemist travelling across Regallzine to uncover the secrets of alchemy. The controls let him run, jump...
Role-playing game, First-person view, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox, Japanese role-playing game
September 21, 2005
Metacritic:
69/100
A role-playing game creation tool that turns 2D instructions into 3D worlds. RPG Maker 3 lets users choose characters, worlds, items, and landscapes, then add a...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Combat robots, Japanese role-playing game
June 24, 2004
Metacritic:
73/100
This science-fiction role-playing game follows humanity after the abandonment of Earth, as people wage war against the alien Gnosis in deep space. Shion, KOS-MOS...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Japanese role-playing game
January 27, 2005
Metacritic:
82/100
This post-apocalyptic Japanese role-playing game follows Serph, leader of the Embryon tribe, after his world disappears and he awakens in Nirvana, amid deserted...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
April 21, 2005
Metacritic:
58/100
Romancing SaGa (2005) is a third-person role-playing game with a mixture of anime/manga and fantasy games from developers from Square Enix. The game is published by...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
November 27, 2003
Players:
6.3/10
Metacritic:
73/100
Wild Arms Alter Code: F is a third-person role-playing game with a mixture of puzzle, anime/manga and fantasy games from the masters at Media.Vision Entertainment...