I've forgotten about the Tidus Fayth dream thing, maybe it really wasn't explained well, and as for linearity, that was never problem for me, since story and characters are most important for me in JRPGs, side quests - I never really thought they were good, or bad, just that they are the way they are, I could do them, or not.
This is a good idea.
Well, exactly, it does make it a non-JRPG lol. I mean, those games in the list have barely anything in common all of them, I guess it's only that they have anime styled characters... And even so there are different anime styles from one to the other
What do you want me to say?Hand waving criticism to glaze the game.
Play more games. Please.
No Radiata Stories?
No Radiant Historia?
No Rogue Galaxy?
No Mana?
The thing I love about FFX is once you have status spells, that you can shut down almost every encounter by casting slow, haste, poison, regen, etc. to just auto-pilot the fights. Feels great and one of the few RPGs that allow you to use status effects on bosses. Also, the story, while linear, has a strong focus and isn't bogged down by multiple threads - you're supporting Yuna on her journey to become a summoner. There's a lot of annoying crap about it, I'll admit, and I never understood the appeal of blitzball, but I do adore FFX and was excited that's what IGN picked for their list. Due for a remake for sure.
I could say the exact same about VII.
I mean, you can say anything but it won't have much backing.
I'm guessing someone argued Nier wasn't a JRPG. If it qualified it would be insane not to put Automata on this list.
I mean those are all great games but to number them as if one is better than the other is silly. It leaves too much as well. Chrono Trigger is NOT the best JRPG ever. Great game, sure, but that's crazy. Bravery Default 2 is not even close to being as good as the first. Ni No Kuni 1 is also not even close to being as good as the 2nd. Tales of Vesperia over Symphonia? 
Nah dude. Who wrote this list? Wtf.
They didn't say turn based. Otherwise the 1998 game Star Ocean The Second Story definitely wouldn't be here and neither would Tales of Vesperia or Xenoblade Chronicles 3.
JRPG were created in Japan then it became a genre and can be made by any studio from any country.
If its actually just rpg's from Japan then there should be like 5 from software games.
My mistake. I meant Japanese Role Playing Games are made exclusively in North Korea and Panama.
Bottom five argument in gaming.
You should also engage with more experiences.
Exactly. Thrice is an American band, but they make Swedish Deathmetal music.
Thanks for bringing the food example. Wanted to do the same but decided I will not bother starting this discussion.
Yeah I know. I think what they did was they took the top 3 from some other old list made by people who actually played those games. Then the rest from #4 down is mostly made of games they, in their limited knowledge, got to play, who knows maybe even finished, with some classics that made the list from the only guy or two on their staff who is actually qualified to make such list.
