Japanese role-playing game
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Statuses
Best Games in the Japanese role-playing game genre for PlayStation 2
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 2 → 24 May 2002
Players:
8.9/10
Metacritic:
92/100
Final Fantasy 10 — just like in the previous games of the series, the player controls the main character from a third-person perspective, moving through locations...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Adventure
Game released: PlayStation 2 → 21 February 2002
Players:
9/10
Steam:
85/100
Metacritic:
77/100
This fantasy Japanese role-playing game with turn-based combat follows a mercenary searching for a weapon once wielded by a deity. Along the way, he meets new...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 2 → 27 April 2007
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, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Text quest
Game released: PlayStation 2 → 29 January 2004
Steam:
97/100
Rhapsody of Zephyr is a third-person role-playing game with an anime/manga/fantasy twist from Softmax Co., Ltd.. The game is published by Softmax Co. , Ltd...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 2 → 25 April 2006
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, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 2 → 3 August 2007
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, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 2 → 3 August 2007
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, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 2 → 17 November 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, Strategy, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 2 → 4 February 2005
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, In real time, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 2 → 20 February 2004
Players:
7.7/10
Metacritic:
85/100
This role-playing game is set in Spira two years after Yuna’s journey to defeat Sin. The world has entered a “Machina Revolution”: people have turned away from...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 2 → 11 October 2005
Metacritic:
58/100
Set in the fantasy world of Mardias, this role-playing game follows eight heroes on separate journeys as the imprisoned god Saruin once again threatens the land...
Role-playing game, Strategy, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, The Lord of the Rings, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 2 → 2 November 2004
Players:
8.9/10
Metacritic:
74/100
Set in Middle-earth, this role-playing game follows a party of new characters whose journey intersects with the events of the film trilogy. They meet its heroes and...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Combat robots, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 2 → 29 August 2006
Players:
8.1/10
Metacritic:
81/100
Set a year after the events of Xenosaga II, this science-fiction RPG follows Shion after she leaves Vector Industries upon discovering the corporation’s connection...
Role-playing game, Strategy, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Anime / Manga
Game released: PlayStation 2 → 28 May 2004
Players:
10/10
Steam:
88/100
This tactical role-playing game takes place in the Netherworld, where demon prince Laharl awakens to find his realm in turmoil. Joined by his vassal Etna and the...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Combat robots, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 2 → 4 November 2005
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, Action, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 2 → 24 November 2000
Metacritic:
54/100
This third-person fantasy role-playing game follows Orphen, a powerful but lazy sorcerer drawn into a perilous adventure. He uses dark magic to help his companions...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 2 → 17 March 2006
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, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 2 → 24 October 2002
Metacritic:
86/100
A Japanese role-playing game set in a fantasy world, 15 years after the events of Suikoden II. Its story follows the intertwined fates of Hugo, the son of a village...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 2 → 29 September 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, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Cyberpunk, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 2 → 28 November 2003
Players:
10/10
Metacritic:
78/100
A futuristic Japanese role-playing game with turn-based battles, set in an underground world without sources of light. The protagonist and companions are trapped in...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 2 → 1 April 2008
Metacritic:
55/100
This turn-based role-playing game follows an amnesiac young man studying at an alchemy academy in an isolated part of the world. He fights alongside his friends...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 2 → 28 February 2002
Metacritic:
83/100
This turn-based Japanese role-playing game is set thousands of years in the future, when humanity lives in deep space and faces a hostile alien race. As the...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Combat robots, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 2 → 21 February 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...