GOTY 2022! My Top 5 JRPGs of 2022 (+ Why They Have Me Anticipating 2023)

[@welovegames1]

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 was incredible!

[@JRPGJungle]

It really was ^__^

[@alanwattie6093]

My game of the year was probably Sophie 2. Had high hopes for it as I really enjoyed the Mysterious series and it exceeded them. Harvestella was also a very pleasant surprise by having a much deeper story than I expected on the surface. Most excited next year for Reverie as it’s the only Trails release I haven’t played yet, Ryza 3 and Sisters vs Sisters as it’s the first true Neptunia game in years (last few have been collaborations or outsourced titles).

[@peachiepao942]

I'm absolutely addicted to Sophie 2 (I also have a huge bias for the Atelier series as it's my favorite franchise). Can't wait to play Ryza 3 💗💗

[@shadowmaster335]

i loved sophie 2 aswell, thou i kinda disliked the alchemy part to an extent (kinda don't wanna play tetris in an atelier game you know XD), and i can't wait for ryza 3 either since that was the series that got me into the atelier franchise

[@slow3131]

do you need to play Atelier in order to understand it?

[@shadowmaster335]

@@slow3131 not at all, sure, the stories are connected via the characters, but each story is self contained

[@kumori9940]

After playing ryza 3. I really hope that gust make atelier sophie 3 : the alchemist of the mysterious age.. And closing the mysterious series maybe.

[@coconutologist]

This was a great list. I'll be a bit of a pariah with my opinion, but Triangle Strategy stands out for me. It had serious themes, impressive voice acting, choices with weight, and all of this was contrasted with a bright, almost innocent looking world. I understand the dislikes for it, but since I still remember it in a year of other great titles says something about it. Thanks for the video, and I look forward to more next year!

[@chrisglare6354]

Triangle Strategy was definitely a masterpiece. I played through it 4 times to get all the endings and I don’t regret a minute of it.

[@genefactor007]

I’m currently playing Trails from Zero and loving every minute of it.

[@neilarnold5506]

Some incredible games picked for 2022, and so much hype going into 2023. JRPGs are really killing it in terms of the year that was and the year to come. Awesome video, wishing you and your family a very Happy New Year. Great video as always.

[@neilarnold5506]

Honestly the couple of games I'm excited for in 2023 aren't all RPGS, but they are: The Wolf Among Us 2, Marvel's Spider-Man 2 and Diablo 4 (which is an RPG, just not a JRPG), just so many games across all genres coming out, it just appears 2023 will be another great year for gamers, no matter what your interest may be.

[@shyguy2046]

Have an epic 2023 ...filled with happiness, love and all the best. 2023 will be an epic JRPG year

[@JRPGJungle]

You too, wishing you a fantastic 2023! And it will be indeed :D 🎉

[@shyguy2046]

@@JRPGJungle so can't wait for your Persona 3/4 review. That's my highlight of January

[@jennaperkin]

This really was a great year for games... and it's no surprise that Xenoblade 3 is at the top of the list! I'm still only on chapter 3, but I've been loving it so much.

[@BlueTidus]

Digimon Survive is definitely one of my top picks for this year and for next year the Ryza trilogy is at the top of my list. Keep up the great work Tara.

[@nichytsukamoto9788]

I'm super excited for the New Fire Emblem! There are so many games I can't keep up with them but I'm getting to them slowly. Such a great time to be a fan 😊

[@DavidRBrown7]

I'm glad to be watching a game of the year list that does not mention God of War Ragnarok or Elden Ring!!! For me the top JRPG was Star Ocean Divine Force and then probably Atelier Sophie 2. I have played so many games that are not JRPGs and so I have to say that the best game I played this year was Steelrising which is not a JRPG but everything about it was amazing and so I thought I would throw that in just because..... Anyway, thank you for another a year of great reviews and I hope 2023 is kind to you!

[@goober_]

I've been edging towards Trails Zero and Sophie 2 thanks! I figure I'm already late to the Xeno 3 game so may as well wait for a definitive edition...

[@elderlyoogway]

KZbin's algorithm finally working! Great channel!

[@LevelgyG]

Great video as always, this year has been great in terms of Jrpgs and 2023 with everything announced it looks like it will be just as good, thanks to you I discovered the Atelier series and I plan to delve deeper into it this next year as well as the trails series. Happy New Year!

[@rintothacha3543]

Since I'm a pc only gamer I sadly can't play any of the xenoblade games so my 2022 jrpg game of the year is probably star ocean the divine forces. I am looking forward for 2023 tho due to the amount of good jrpg coming out haha

[@coreyphillips6153]

Nier Automata wins my top spot. Absolutely loved it. Currently playing Harvestella and really digging it. The story is a lot deeper than I expected.

[@606hunter1]

#1 jrpg for me this year is trails from zero. Xenoblade 3 and tactics ogre reborn are both fantastic too but I’m a long ways away from finishing either of them. Can’t wait for trails from azure and trails into reverie next year. Super excited

[@Snow0zero]

Love the list, but would also add Chained Echoes, great jrpg👌

[@SheIsTheOneNamedSailorMoon]

The best channel for all things jrpg. Thank you again for your honest and warm hearted reviews. I absolutely love the atelier games. I am so far behind. I still need to finish the first Sophie game. 😆 I hope I will get Sophie 2 soon. I haven't started the Ryza series yet. I think I will do that after Sophie. ❤️

[@HybridAngelZero]

2022 was absolutely nuts for game releases. Of course, Xenoblade 3 is a big one for me, along with Star Ocean The Divine Force, Pokémon Legends Arceus, Scarlet and Violet, Sonic Frontiers and probably a few others that aren't coming to my head right now, plus a lot of games that look awesome that I just haven't gotten a chance to play. On a side note, I highly recommend the original Final Fantasy VII, in my opinion, it still holds up, though the localization can be a bit iffy (it was 1997) the gameplay, story and artistry in the visuals are still just as great as they ever were

[@MarihanChao]

On a slightly different note: Thank you for all the great videos this year, looking forward to your thoughts and opinions in the next year as well! Hope you have a wonderful new year 2023~! ♥

[@JRPGJungle]

Thank you so much, for your kind words and for watching! I hope you have a great 2023 too :D

[@vincentramos3311]

I've got trails from zero and crisis core and tactics ogre reborn that's my top 3jrpg

[@acebreaker7]

Man 2022 was a really good year for gaming overall, my top 5 would be Pokemon Legends arecus, Neon White, Pokemon Scarlet, Kirby and the forgotten land and number 1 XBC3 I wish everyone a very happy new year see y'all next year

[@JRPGJungle]

A good list (Neon White looks very cool)! Wishing you a happy new year! ^__^

[@StephenDickerman]

I think Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is also my GOTY.

[@streetmagik3105]

I'd never played an Atelier game, and was kinda hoping I wouldn't like them when I took a chance recently on Sophie 2. It was a little over half off, so I took a chance. Long story short, I just got Ryza, and have a few others on my purchase list now. So yeah, I seem to like them.

[@thewise_1one856]

🔥🔥🔥

[@GeminiSunrise06]

Very great top! I still need to do all 3 xenoblade... My top 2022 game are: 3: pkmn Arceus (i enjoyed way much than anticipated) 2: Fire emblem warrior 3h (couldnt put the controller down!) 1: Atelier Sophie 2 (perfect atelier for me in every aspect!). Trails from zero is close to those game. So for 2023 i'm super hyped about persona 3 especially. The follow up to trails from zero. Also the sequel to Fuuga melody of steel! I enjoyed the first one so much, gonna plat it on ps5 (already did it 100% on xbox). Happy new year to you and everyone 😁👏

[@JRPGJungle]

The Fuga sequel is a good one too! I’m excited for that :) happy new year! Wishing you a great year ^__^

[@Lunatalias]

My GOTY is XB3 as well, just a 10/10 game in every aspect, I cannot wait for the expansion next year, as the previous games had fantastic expansions as well - I hold Torna higher than XB2, honestly! Here's to another great year of gaming♥

[@demodoki1319]

I really only played three new games this year and completed one of them. Was trying to work on backlog lol.

[@JRPGJungle]

Nothing wrong with that! Haha I hope to play more things from the backlog next year haha

[@kongdoo1226]

Just discovered your channel.. . And im torn between choosing tales of arise, from zero and cold steel.. (though i haven't played any trails whatsover..)

[@JRPGJungle]

Well Tales of Arise is a different series and a little easier to jump into as I don't think it's connected to the other Tales games :3 Trails is a rabbit hole though, I hope you find a good one to start with that works for you! :)

[@fantasythinkerfan]

I’m all about Fire Emblem Engage next year!!

[@SamM_Scot]

I keep forgetting we are getting a Torna like story expansion for Xeno 3. I seriously cannot wait :-)

[@jasonmartin7217]

You should check out Chained Echoes!

[@neoandroid8586]

I’m really enjoying Divine Force more than Xenoblade Chronicles 3

[@Metalkake]

Thanks for the video and happy new year!!!

[@JRPGJungle]

Thank you for watching! Happy new year to you too ^__^

[@hikikomorigaming2419]

If I could pick only one game to play for this year I would pick 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (even It's just old game for some but I just finished it switch version this year). Not often that I played complex and well-made story line like this game. Never skip a line , all the details. 2 nd for me is XC3.

[@lovevideogames1]

We already know that many RPGs will be released next year, and just mentioning the games that will be released physically we have...Forspoken, Final Fantasy XVI, One Piece Odyssey, Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot (the PS5 and Xbox Series versions), Trinity Trigger, Loop8: Summer of Gods, Fairy Fencer F: Refrain Chord, Mon-Yu, Record of Agarest War (the Switch version), The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure, The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie, The Legend of Nayuta: Boundless Trails, Void Terrarium 2, Monster Menu: The Scavenger's Cookbook, GrimGrimoire OnceMore, Ys IX: Monstrum Nox (PS5 version), Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society, Atelier Ryza 3, Fire Emblem Engage, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Mugen Souls (the Switch version)... I tried to be exhaustive...of course, more RPGs can be announced during the next year, and that long list only considers releases for America and Europe, not Japan. Right now, I'm interested in Neptunia: Sisters VS Sisters, I'll get that game for sure and it's the only PS4 game I want to get right now. I can't wait.

[@electroelysium2281]

Chained Echoes is my RPG of the year.

[@Mystra]

Great choices :)

[@InfectedElite]

Also the start of 2023 for jrpgs will be a banger too!! Persona 3, Persona 4G,Fire Emblem, Octo 2, Ryza 3, Azure to list a few and another Symphonia remaster.... for reasons.

[@finnhaverkamp]

Was Arceus this year!? That feels like ages ago.

[@JRPGJungle]

It does doesn’t it! Sophie 2 feels super far away as well, even though I know it was this year haha my brain feels like the year started in June or something 😅

[@Makoto03]

Great list. I loved both Xenoblade Chronicles 3 and Atelier Sophie 2. Final Fantasy Crisis Core Reunion is good but i already played it on psp. So the remaster wasn't as exciting to me as the other two new games.

[@marcsm2008]

My RPG of the year is Sophie 2. Amazing game with a perfect soundtrack and a fantastic cast of characters (specially Aletta). Not looking forward to Ryza 3 though, as I disliked the Ryza games...

[@NekoNeko14]

I really wanted to play XC3 or XC2 but I don't know if I can. Can I jump to 3 already? Are they all related storywise?

[@JRPGJungle]

They are related, although I think it has less effect in Xenoblade than other series. You'll appreciate some of the end game moments and overall story a little more (along with characters who reappear). But I played XC2 without playing 1 and enjoyed it a ton :3 the Definitive edition of 1 is very good, but whatever makes you want to jump into the series I always think is best personally! :3 hope that helps :)

[@NekoNeko14]

@@JRPGJungle Thank you very much, I think I'll go with XC2 first. Looking forward to more JRPG vids, happy holidays!!

[@calebm2161]

Crisis Core was my favorite. Hadn't played it since it originally released on PSP and I enjoyed it way more than I even remember. Even ended up nabbing that platinum trophy! Eiyuden Chronicles, Granblue Fantasy RE:Link, and Final Fantasy XVI have got to be my most anticipated games for next year. I'm incredibly stoked for the Suikoden Remasters too, but as I've been through those games approximately 1000 times each I'm a little more excited for Eiyuden. I'm hesitantly excited for Rebirth. I did not like Remake, mainly because it wasn't a Remake and that rubbed me the wrong way, but now that I know what those games are I think I'll enjoy Rebirth more and I'm excited to try and am hopeful. And I don't care what anyone says and this is honest, I honestly cannot wait for Ever Crisis!! I'll happily play that on my phone and I can't wait to do it!

[@JRPGJungle]

Well done on the platinum! :D And I was surprised how good Ever Crisis looks from its last trailer. I wanna try it too, I hope it's good :D

[@JimHamiltonIII]

Shockingly to myself, I dropped Sophie 2 (at least for now) because the single trick of the weather mechanic got old and annoying. Having to maybe go back to the atelier to make more weather-changing items made it even more annoying. It became a "game" of seeking out the weather-changing stations, seeing which weathers changed the environment, checking the map for "proper" progress to the goal, then finding the next weather station. Constantly checking a map isn't fun to me. That said, I have high hopes for Ryza 3. But the game I'm really waiting for is Fire Emblem: Engage. While none of the characters really stand out to me yet (maybe Rosado), I'm sure at least one will win me over. I definitely look forward to your review of FE: Engage! Thanks for the effort here!

[@Zodia195]

Even though this game came out in 2020, I was finally able to play 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim and it's going to be one of my favorite games of all time (not Top 5, but definitely Top 10). As easy as the fighting as it was (because I set it that way), it was still the weakest part of the game for me and gameplay is just as important to me as the story. Story is phenomenal though, I loved it! I am still needing to finish Rune Factory 5 though. As far as JRPGs I am interested in, unless you count Zelda's next game (I personally don't because of the art style), there aren't anything else that fall within that genre, however 2023 is stacked for me for I plan on getting Spike Chunsoft's next mystery game, Rain Code and I also plan on getting the farming sim, Story of Seasons: It's a Wonderful Life. I still want to get a few farming sim games that are out now in early access on Steam. But Zelda's the big game for me. I am kind of hoping that sometime next year we'll get more info on KH4. I do expect to hear info on Missing Link though since I think that's coming out next year.

[@cidfacetious3722]

Wait you played ff7 reunion??

[@Astherion]

Excellent JRPG choice! Oh, I see, you are a girl of culture as well... Played 4 of 5 (except Three Warriors, was not sure about gameplay. Need to try, but after FE Engage). In the next months waiting Octopath Traveller II and Atelier Ryza 3...

[@TheKitchenpwns]

Chained echoes should have been on this list over many of these games

[@bowz_of_oshu]

I'm ready for Ryza 3 to consume my life

[@JRPGJungle]

Me too, me too, let’s go~ haha :)

[@stefanpedias4511]

I never finish claude's route. He just bores me. Also dimitris route always feels like main route for me

[@thechoseone456]

They seriously need to start porting the Fire Emblem and Xenoblade Chronicles series over to PC. I can easily see these games topping Steam charts with their releases. They need to hurry up and do that already!!! T__T

[@pokeytrev]

You haven't played the original FF7? If not, you really need to.

[@JRPGJungle]

Oh I absolutely do! haha FFX was my first Final Fantasy, but I definitely want to try the older ones (I've gone back and played IX and most of VIII. I'll probably either finish VIII or try to fit in the original VII before Rebirth...we'll see but here's hoping!)

[@true-omegaid8467]

That sensual voice.