Favorite JRPG party members and why?

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VmprHntrD · 2026-07-17T17:25:16+00:00

I wish we had more meaninful throwback style gaming and that's a broad stroke you'll have to accept. I mean thinking back to the pre-CD era of stuff, back when space was limited and many games were perhaps hi score runs to a few hours of play at most once you figured it out and could plow through. It's utterly disengenous of the wanker pit online saying a game is 3hrs for main game or whatever, sure, but those counts count someone who can just knock it out. How many hours went into getting to where you say it can take 3 hours? So thinking on that, I'd like to see more swings at how games were designed in the mid-end 80s through the 90s and into the 00s on the handheld side once consoles went big ticket/big storage. If some of them are arcade like shallow experiences that's fine too, others could be the next Super Mario Bros or Sonic but with quality of life imrpovements, but not overkill overcomplication style improvements some foolish developers do because as often you find less is more. I think it's safe to say here, enough people are probably 30-50 aged or up given the age of this place right? You can only do so few hours around family or other responsibilties, being damned tired or having more than one interest in life put so few hours into something. So I'd like to see more of that less is more approach, give me something I can chip away at like a kid on a NES that maybe in theory an hour game, but will take me 40 hours to get there in time. Give me some easier to pick up, harder to finish and master enough to do so style games where I feel my time was impactful and not wasted. I think some of the games companies like Modretro and incub8 have done a solid job of with their non-reissued 8bit GB/GBC releases as a prime example.

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It can be because of how they perform in combat, personality, or story purposes. i'll start:

Ioshua - star ocean 1: he's honestly just a very good character in combat, powerful offensive and defensive
spells, he's like leon from the second game (in terms of what they do in combat)
except i feel ioshua's character arc, while pretty basic was alot more
enjoyable, he's just a very humble and awkward guy looking to save his sister.
I don't think leon really grows out of being a hater lol

Momo and Rei - Breath of fire 3: both for how good they are and battles, Rei also
for how he grows as a character, though he very well could've ended up being blinded by
revenge had not ryu showed up. Momo's Character arc was good but the other party member's
just kinda outdo hers imho. for the best overall it's a tie between Ryu and Rei's.

Cliff - Star Ocean 3: yeah i can't lie, he's the funniest character in the game, usually just clears
encounters himself single handedly while you afk, it's a shame because late game you get Mirage
which she's basically his echo fighter until she gets acrobat locus which is one of the best moves in the game
especially if Fayt launches an enemy in the air with air raid, i chose cliff over her because she doesn't do much the entire
game, so when she suddenly asks to join like 50 hours in I'm like "yeah okay"

Freya Crescent - FFIX: Dragons Crest, peak love story, that is all.

gonna stop here because i have alot of favs but this getting long as is lol.

Favorite JRPG party members and why?

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