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I remember when I was a student, I would finish a 120 hour game in 2 months, and platinumed all the FF games in 1-2 weeks each. Now the same game would take me at least the whole year as a working adult

Short RPGS: *exist Grinding: "Let me introduce myself"

I don't have kids or the other commitments you mentioned but I love shorts jrpgs like these as palette cleansers between the big ones, lol

My speciality is to make short rpgs long. And long ones even longer.

To speedruners, every game is a short game.

Child of Light. It's a simple take on a JRPG (even though it's western-made). With combat system similar to active-time battle of early Final Fantasies, and told in a poem and painting-like graphics, kinda like a children's book. The OST is good too.

What are some other great, short JRPGS? Also yes I probably said Atelier wrong. Thank you.

My recommendations: - Golden Sun - Legend of the Tetrarchs - Monochrome Order - Monster Viator - Dragon Warrior Monsters (GBC) - Chrono Trigger - Battle of the Millenium (Aldorlea)

I’m married, becoming a dad soon and my favourite genre is JRPGs - a very dangerous combination ;) so I’m very grateful for this video! I just finished Trails of Cold Steel 1, but it took me several months to do so because I only got to play it like an hour a day. Definitely need something shorter next.

This is a great idea for a video series. As much as I love the fact that Fire Emblem: Three Houses is more than 300 hours long (including DLC), I prefer games that aren't going to colonize half my life.

As a dad with little gaming time that always resorts to competitive multiplayer that sometimes leaves me unsatisfied and longs for the ability to play a JRPG, this video is for me. Only problem is finding some of these unless I figure out they’re in my backlog 🙃.

I'm happy your shouting out Sakura Wars because that's one of my favorite games from this year because of its unique and wacky world and story, glad your spreading the love cuz that game deserves it

Came back to sub, Shadow Elite was right about you and the channel. Easy to see you love the genre of jrpg's as we fans do. Kudos. Was a fun video to watch too.

Cosmic Star Heroine is also a cross buy game so when you purchase the game for the PlayStation 4 you get the PlayStation Vita version for free. I recently picked the game up for $3 from $20 on the Canadian PSN it was 85% off.

Wow great list, with some super great retro titles. I have been playing JRPG’s for years, but there were a few titles on here I haven’t played...yet ^^

Love this! Such a great topic! I’m so excited to start Cosmic Star Heroine!!!

To be honest, i think the playtime of Cosmic Star Heroine depends mostly on the difficulty you choose, i started playing immediately at highest dif and after 25+ hours i still havent finished it....awesome game by the way, definitely a must play if you like turn based rpgs

As an atelier fan (happy to see it on this list!) I would recommend Ryza or Ryza 2 to start as it's more friendly to new players to the series.

Intresting list, Thanks! I think Star Ocean First Departure would be a great addition to the list. It's one of the best games I've ever played so far and it's not too long. I've played it on the PSP, but there is also a remastered edition for the Switch and PS4. Either version is great. Star Ocean Second Evolution was even better, blew me away. However, it's way longer than the first game, so I wouldn't call it a short game. Also, for whatever reason they haven't remastered it (yet), even though it's more popular that FD and uses the same engine/technology. I hope that will change in the future.

I would also recommend The Last Story. You can easily beat it in under 25 hours, and it's one of my favorite games. The characters and the soundtrack are really amazing, and the combat system, while a little on the simple side, feels really unique and is super easy to get into. The only problem is that it's still a Wii exclusive to this day.

Spot on. Being a husband and a dad of two, working from morning to evening, believe it or not it took me 3 years to finish Y's on PSP.

The Last Story is a must when looking for a short JRPG.

for short JRPGs i would recommend Summon Night Swordcraft Story 1 and 2 for the GBA. both of these are fantastic though the sequel is clearly the better game. i will admit the first game does have slightly better characters but the second game isn't far behind the first when it comes to characters and with how it improves everything else it's undeniably the better game. for game length the first game took me about 11 hours while the second took me about 16.

Nice list. I knew you were gonna list cosmic star heroine, but you explained why you added it so it’s all good. Only thing I never understood was Chrono trigger. Everyone beats it in record times and I’m well over 30 hours. One day I will beat it.

I'm gonna throw another short one there: Panzer Dragoon Saga. About 20 to 30 hours, probably even less. I know, its an old one and very, very expensive but it's a great experience and one of the best RPG's of all time.

Great video, my guy! You've earned yourself a sub. Also, something about Cosmic Star Heroine gives me huge Chrono Trigger vibes and I love it

I think with Atelier Rorona it depends on your playstyle and what you want to achieve. If you want to do the super bosses and finish overtime successfully you definitely need more than 20 hours. I would say around 30 hours but if you just want to get any normal story ending straight to the credits then yes, 20 hours should be enough.

Despite being a fairly short game, Ys Origin is highly replayable and yes the grind is pretty fun. Hope I could get the platinum trophy for the game in the future once I play it again.

Nice this video. After, i remember 3 other games short rpg. The Last Story on Wii and Lost Kingdom I & II on Gamecube

I've been managing how much time I spend on a particular JRPG. I just started doing it recently though, as before I just played the same game for over 10 hours a day (recently I've been going through Persona 5 Royal, and decided I need to step away from it for a couple of days, as I've already clocked in 55 hours, and started like 11 days ago, I've been fluctuating time-wise on this game, as some days I played 6 - 9 hours). And because I didn't want to feel burnt out (fyi it has happened to me in 2017), I've started picking and choosing good stopping points in-game. I'm not just doing this with Persona, but every game I play now, which admittedly I should have done from the start. Say like there are some quests I want to take care of, I would just dedicate that playtime to completing them, and once done, I switch over to something else, usually now, I just end up playing for an hour or 2, maybe 3 depending on how much is happening.

Nice list! I’d add crisis core ff7 if u could play it it’s a prequel to ff7 made for the psp. Good story, soundtrack, and I thought the gameplay was decent also. Story is only 10-15 hours long if you don’t do all the side missions.

good list! Love the atelier games! I was hoping to see Valkyria Chronicles but I believe that is closer to the 30-40 hour mark.

Another short RPG is Shadows of Adam. I've yet to play it, but according to some people who've played and beaten it, it can be beaten in 10-15 hours. Even the developers themselves have said it can be beaten in that time span.

Just like Resident Evil 2 - Parasite Eve neeeeeds a Remake!!! The original has not aged very well. But it was indeed a great experience back in the days.

Love this list! :) Thanks.

I just started getting into JRPGs and glad I'm not the only one who feels this way There are some games that run too long (DQ11 for example. I'm halfway through) where I want to play something else, and I hate shuffling between 2 games at once

We seem to have very similar tastes to the point where I was guessing games on your lists and I was right over 90% of the time. JRPGs are awesome, but RPGs in general can be great too. Do you have any lists or suggestions for RPGs in general? I've been playing Dragon's Dogma Dark Arisen lately and really enjoying it. Gotta love Anime and JRPGs though. Those are my favorites. Love the videos. I subscribed. Keep up the great content.

Cool list! I'll try some for sure.

This is such an awesome video! Hopefully you make one for Western RPGs as well😊

I've just started cosmic star heroine today. Awesome game.

The rpgs I enjoy the most are the shorter ones but you can make them longer with side quests grinding weapon lvl ups class changes etc

Great video Taylor! This really helped me figure out what to play next ^_^

Also Cosmic Star Heroine is often on sale. Right now on the eShop for Switch it's like $1.99

Just found this video, very good list! I'm wondering though if you've tried out Virgo Versus The Zodiac? I'd put it up there with any of those games, 15-20 hour runtime for one playthrough.

Eyy was going to say chrono trigger and it was bangon the first entry haha, only playing it for the first time now, at the final chapter and I’ve absolutely loved it, feel bad for having deprived myself of it all these long years!

Greetings from one who's gotten stuck in with Persona 4 Golden (Heh!). Seriously though, this is one well considered list. I can immediately get to trying Cosmic Star Heroine as it's ready in the library while being able to vouch for Ys Origins since I've played the latter before.

Wish you had the list in the video description so as I listen while driving I can review

I'd love to see a review for every main Persona game :)

A tip to play longer games: imagine that 1 60 hour game is 3 20 hour games. If you get bored after 20 hours, leave and come back a bit later.

Anyone else notice how the area in Cosmic Star Heroine @6:11 is literally the fair grounds from Chrono Trigger?

I recommend Dust an Elysian Tale. Its an indie side scroller with a good story.

"Cosmic Star Heroine" straight up looks like spiritual successor of "Crono Trigger" i am a big fan of CT myself

I still somehow found a way to be overpowered by the end of cosmic star heroine lol

In Parasite Eve 1 you need to grind and beat a 70F tall building full of enemies to get the true ending.

Spirit Engine 2 is an old good free JRPG-like (still runs on Win 7, but don't know if it runs in Win 10). It might be closer to 30 than 20 hours, though.

You mentioned "Cosmic Star Heroine", but didn't mention any of the previous games by the same developers? These guys did: "Breath of Death VII", "Cthulhu Saves the World", "Cthulhu Saves Christmas", "Penny Arcade Adventures - Parts 3 and 4" (Parts 1 and 2 are still amazingly good, but were done by a different company). All of these are JRPGs, and they have a few of the same traits as "Cosmic Star Heroine". They have hilarious writing, as well as being very anti-grind focused. They have a neat gimmick where enemies grow stronger by 10% every turn, so you need to be quick and efficient before you get overwhelmed, especially on boss battles. The two Penny Arcade games combined this with a Grandia-esque battle system where turns are determined through a gauge and striking an enemy at the right moments knocks them back and cancels their turn. The last game even further combined this with a Pokemon-esque mechanic where you find monsters to build your party with, and each monster has a particular specialty. (For instance, Vendorr the living Vending Machine can spend MP to create items during his turns) Funny enough, the Penny Arcade series, while still really funny, is also probably the darkest story they've done.

Nice! Thank you!

halfway into the video I am thinking... hmm, how about Atelier...? then BAM, Atelier Rorona got mentioned. 🤣❤❤

We really need some short games. Getting overwhelmed by responsibilities when you grow up.

Great video man!

Glad I found your channel. Great Video dude!

i like your style and taste subbed

Chrono Trigger is only that long if you're playing for the first time. Seen casual playthroughs in under 11 hours (and that includes doing all the side quests near the end for each chars best weapon).

I heard each YS Origin character has different story so the game is not as short as you said. Also I never take the minimum time to finish games. I like to explore and do everything I can before completing the game.

Amazing list

Thanks for this video.

Dang I was hurt by u saying u didn’t wanna play the Witcher but good vid lol

I finally found a groove of playing 1-2 hours per night before bed so I’m finally able to tackle DQ, Persona, Final Fantasy, etc. Still love a short game tho

parasite eve was that short!? guess i made it longer with all i was doing in the game. this is what needs to be remastered!

I guess you should play Witcher 3 anyway to gain some perspective on eastern rpgs. I highly recommend - books as well. :)

Ys Origin by far the best. Great game with an incredible soundtrack, fun gameplay, tough bosses, lots of replayability, bonus arenas and boss rush mode, unlockables... Prob my 2nd fav Ys game and definitely one of my fav JRPGs

Great list

Thanks now I got games to play

Ah Chrono Trigger and Parasite Eve... My favourites. I adore how short and focused they are; which always leaves me wanting more, in a good way.

What about eternal senia? Not sure if it's called as jrpg or not but it's pretty short and fun to play

Parasite Eve is a great game. I miss that series and wish Square Enix would remake all of them.

Both in Xenoblade Chronicles Definitve Edition and Xenoblade Chronicles 2, I like the added chapters like Torna more than the core games. I dunno why.

Yeees finally someone who talks about atelier !

3:55 another character that unlocks when you beat the game with both characters :)

Shadow Hearts 20 to 25 hrs. Great unique rpg with a decent story and setting

I'm one of the few that completely loved xenoblade 2's gatcha system

If you consider persona 5 short I'm genuinely interested in what you consider a long jrpg lol any recommendations?

I know this video came out 2 yrs ago but let me say as an honorable mention anyway cause I still feel like including the original from the snes/Famicom: Live A Live: it clocked me in at a little under 20 hours. (At least for the remake)

"In combat, [Parasite Eve] has this sphere grid--" wait, what? What the hell are you talking about? *actually remembers the game OHH riight, THAT sphere grid!

Some other good ones for switch and I believe ps4 are i am setsuna and lost sphere, they play a lot like chrono trigger and have just the right amount of difficulty for experienced players and new players alike set in beautiful worlds with hauntingly nice music to enjoy.

I appreciate this list, but wouldn't recommend Torna unless you've played XC2 already, as it contains major spoilers to the main title.

what is the robot game you feature in the intro

Atelier games are short? Maybe I'm just super slow at them then lol. Took me many hours to beat Ryza.

Great list. HOWEVER Suikoden 1 should be #1 on this list!

koudelka is the one u should be playing since theres no jrpg like it plus it just a 20 hour game

Thanks mate.

Ys Origin looks like it might be fun!

Would highly recommend Valkyrie Profile Lenneth. A great gem.

I have a habit of starting long games and then never finishing them. Got 3/4 of the way through Persona 5 and about half way through Witcher 3 and then i put them both down for other games and still haven't finished either

Wow, just discovered your channel and JRPG.. Subscribe man..

Any Zeboyd game fits this really, not just Cosmic Star Heroine.

I clearly take my sweet damn time playing my JRPGs, because it took me tons longer than 20 hours to play some of these games. XD

Nice vid 👍👍

Parasite eve is crazy good, play it anyway you can