These classic JRPGs represent the best the genre had to offer before the 2010s, with no drops in quality during their ...

The PlayStation 2 has some of the best RPGs ever made, especially those from Japan, with one title standing out as a pure ...

In 1992, Romancing SaGa entered our little world on the Super Famicom in Japan as an ambitious, open-world-leaning JRPG. In ...

The RPG has been quietly kept alive by modders for years. But now, more than two decades after it launched, The Temple of Elemental Evil is getting a proper Steam release.

Persona and Metaphor: ReFantazio director Katsura Hashino claims Japanese role-playing games — often categorized as JRPGs — are entering a new age, dubbing the resurgence as JRPG "3.0." Reflecting on ...

JRPGs took a while to get popular in North America. Final Fantasy 7 is one big contributor to getting more Westerners into the genre, along with Kingdom Hearts and Persona 4 Golden, among many others.

Murillo Zerbinatto is a contributor from Brazil. He's an RPG enthusiast (with a focus on JRPGs) who has been around the world of games and content creation for more than five years now. He has a ...

Final Fantasy 7 Remake series director Naoki Hamaguchi says that PlayStation's story-driven games were an inspiration for the remake. When it comes to remakes, it's hard to imagine any had as much ...

The PlayStation 2 is celebrating its 25-year anniversary today, October 26, 2025. Below, we remember the diversity of its library, the qualities that have lived on beyond it, and the ones that were ...

If you’re a gamer of a younger generation, it might be hard to truly fathom how big a deal the PlayStation 2 really was. Arriving six years after its predecessor shook the foundation of the industry, ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Welcome to Soundtrack Sunday, where a member of the PC Gamer team takes a look at a soundtrack ...

What makes an RPG bad? It’ll somewhat depend on who you ask, but unfriendly mechanics, poorly designed grind, and an uninspiring story are some of the biggest offenses. And the 7 games on this list ...