If you’re an avid reader like many of us here at Honey’s Anime then you know the beauty of a good fantasy book. When you open those pages and begin to read a well-written novel, you get immersed in the story’s world, characters, and setting. JRPGs capture that immersion more often than not with truly epic tales of heroes, villains and worlds that need to be saved. That’s why we doubt developers will ever run out of stories to tell with their JRPG titles and we will never run out of new games to play.

If you’re a gamer, then you know the pains of finding a new game among a sea of sometimes mediocre titles. There are thousands of shooters, thousands of survival horror games, and thousands of RPGs to play. JRPGs aren’t an exception to this but there’s just something amazing about being able to choose from a million different stories and taking control of that title’s hero. JRPGs let you choose your path and ultimately, choose your story.

Video games can be expensive for some gamers. What’s worse is buying a $60 game and finding yourself staring at the credits only seven hours in. JRPGs, though, don’t have this problem. Most JRPGs last easily 20+ hours and could go even further towards the 80+ hour mark! When you buy a JRPG you never feel like you spent $60 on a quick story that will be forgettable.

Anime fans, if you’ve never played a JRPG we need to talk. The beauty of many JRPGs is they are often made to mirror anime in some shape or form. Persona, Final Fantasy, Star Ocean, Trails of Cold Steel, and many more look like anime shows and even have characters designed by famous anime studios/creators! That’s why JRPG are made with anime fans in mind even if they sometimes don’t know it.