Best Games in the Japanese role-playing game genre of 2007
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, 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, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Exploration
July 12, 1990
Players:
9.5/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
71/100
Final Fantasy is a Japanese-style top-down fantasy RPG with turn-based combat. The game's story focuses on four heroes whose parents were killed during the invasion...
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, Action, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game, Visual novel
September 27, 2007
Steam:
70/100
Metacritic:
69/100
This fantasy role-playing game with turn-based tactical battles is set in Agarest, a world created after a war between the forces of light and darkness. As darkness...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
June 14, 2007
Metacritic:
80/100
A turn-based Japanese role-playing game set in a fantasy world arising from composer Frédéric Chopin’s dream as he lies on his deathbed. In this vision, he...
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, 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, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Dungeons, Adventure
January 18, 2007
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
75/100
A first-person, turn-based role-playing game set in a fantasy world, where a vast labyrinth is discovered beneath the forest near the quiet town of Etria. Players...
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, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
December 17, 1988
Players:
8/10
Metacritic:
68/100
A turn-based role-playing game set in a fantasy world where an emperor summons monsters from a demonic realm to seize control. After the attacks leave them...
Role-playing game, In real time, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
March 2, 2006
Metacritic:
60/100
This role-playing game is set in a fantasy world where an ancient evil stirs after the Dread Knight’s return. As the Dark Lord gathers strength, the world’s hope...
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, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
January 12, 2002
Steam:
91/100
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, Third-person view, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
June 29, 2006
Metacritic:
63/100
This fantasy role-playing game follows adventurers exploring newly accessible worlds through mysterious dimensional gates in search of a magical book of infinite...
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, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
November 22, 2007
Metacritic:
80/100
Dragon Quest 4: Chapters of the Chosen is a fantasy role-playing game about a group of heroes destined to fulfill a prophecy as the legend of Erdrick fades into the...
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, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
February 6, 2007
Metacritic:
71/100
This fantasy Japanese role-playing game follows a journey through the world of Ar tonelico to find a way to destroy the viruses threatening the heroes’ home. The...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game
June 22, 2006
Metacritic:
69/100
This sci-fi role-playing game follows students from a magical academy as they search outer space for their missing teacher. After Madeleine leaves on a dangerous...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Isometric, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Japanese role-playing game
March 30, 2006
Metacritic:
73/100
This futuristic role-playing game follows the Professor after his spaceship crash-lands on a mysterious planet. The ship’s power sources, known as Cells, are...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
August 21, 2007
Metacritic:
56/100
A turn-based Japanese role-playing game set in a fantasy world where a Black Dragon has destroyed the capital, Granadis, and ended centuries of peace. Valen, a...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
July 31, 2007
Metacritic:
76/100
This turn-based Japanese role-playing game follows a boy who journeys to the fantasy world of Vision to seek an audience with the Goddess of Fortune and ask her to...