Best Games in the Japanese role-playing game genre of 2006
Role-playing game, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
February 9, 2006
Steam:
97/100
Metacritic:
80/100
Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC is a Japanese-style role-playing adventure with turn-based combat. The game tells the story of the kingdom of Liberl, where...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
December 7, 2006
Metacritic:
79/100
Blue Dragon is an epic action role-playing game with turn-based combat and third-person view in a fantasy setting. The events of the game will tell about a young...
Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Isometric, Adventure, Tactics, Strategy, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
April 2, 1994
Players:
9.8/10
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
92/100
Final Fantasy VI is a turn-based tactical strategy role-playing adventure game with an isometric view. The war of magicians left behind only ashes and suffering...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
April 27, 1990
Players:
8/10
Steam:
93/100
Final Fantasy III is a fantasy anime-style role-playing game with a third-person perspective. The four main characters were completely redesigned and new scenarios...
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, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
June 24, 2004
Players:
10/10
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
79/100
This turn-based Japanese role-playing game is set in the fantasy kingdom of Liberl, where bracers help the public and maintain order. When an airship carrying...
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, In real time, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Isometric, Japanese role-playing game
March 19, 1998
Players:
9.6/10
Steam:
92/100
Metacritic:
83/100
Final Fantasy V is an anime-style turn-based strategy RPG with an isometric view. Embark on an epic adventure as four heroes are united by fate: Bartz and his...
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, Action, Isometric, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game
December 21, 2006
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
79/100
Ys Origin is an isometric action role-playing game set in the Ys fantasy universe. The plot of the game tells about events that took place 700 years before the...
Role-playing game, Strategy, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
August 29, 2006
Players:
10/10
Steam:
91/100
Metacritic:
84/100
Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories is a Japanese-style turn-based strategy RPG. More than 200 characters await you to create a squad, a new Dark Court system where good is...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
April 25, 2006
Players:
10/10
Metacritic:
68/100
This fantasy role-playing game is set in the enchanted land of Eden, where humans and mana have lived in peace and prosperity for over 400 years. When a crisis...
Role-playing game, Simulation, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Japanese role-playing game
August 24, 2006
Metacritic:
78/100
This role-playing game combines fantasy adventure with farm life. After waking in an unfamiliar village with no memory of his past, the protagonist is helped by...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Combat robots, Japanese role-playing game
February 21, 2006
Players:
10/10
Metacritic:
65/100
A turn-based role-playing game set in a futuristic world where, in the aftermath of the Great Fall, survivors harness the enemy’s power to rebuild. When that power...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
August 29, 2006
Metacritic:
67/100
This fantasy role-playing game features turn-based combat and follows Atsuma, an enchanter-in-training caught up in a war that has been raging for a thousand years...
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, Third-person view, Isometric, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Japanese role-playing game
March 30, 2006
Metacritic:
73/100
Role-playing game, In real time, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
March 2, 2006
Metacritic:
60/100
Blade Dancer: Lineage of Light is a third-person RPG with anime/manga elements from Hit Maker, Inc. and Sony Computer Entertainment Japan. The game is published by...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Combat robots, Japanese role-playing game
July 6, 2006
Players:
8.1/10
Metacritic:
81/100
Xenosaga: Episode 3 — Also Sprach Zarathustra is a third-person role-playing game with elements of an anime/manga game and robot simulator from Monolith...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
June 29, 2006
Metacritic:
63/100
Atelier Iris 3: Grand Phantasm is a third-person role-playing game with a mixture of puzzle, anime/manga and fantasy games from the masters at Gust Co., Ltd. . The...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game
June 22, 2006
Metacritic:
69/100
Magical Starsign is a third-person role-playing game with a mixture of puzzle and fantasy from Brownie Brown Inc.. The game is published by Nintendo Co., Ltd.. In...