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Note: This is an improved version of a previous post that had a misspelling in its title, thank you to which_ bed for pointing it out.

The only JRPG I can think of for this is tactics ogre. I’m not going to repeat what I said in my last post, however aside from it, Triangle Strategy and some SMT games the only real games with choice consequences are western RPGs like Fallout: New Vegas, the Mass Effect games and tyranny. I want to know of some JRPGs where your choices change more than just the ending.

The only JRPG I can think of for this is tactics ogre. I'm not going to repeat what I said in my last post, however aside from it, Triangle Strategy and some SMT games the only real games with choose consequence are western RPGs like Fallout: New Vegas, the Mass Effect games and tyranny. I want to know of some JRPGs where your choices change more than just the ending.

Note: If this post comes off as a critique, that is not the intention, I love all of the games on this post.

Valkyrie Profile comes to mind for this. The game requires your recruitabul party members to die in order to be recruited, and if that wasn’t enough, if you manage to mess up in Valhalla, your Einherjar will actually die up in Valhalla. The colors of this game are also not very bright. (Which is a good thing for this game) a lot of muted greens, browns, and grays. The art direction, in general, is just so good at making the game feel cold. The soundtrack also does not have many (if any) jovial songs in it. Most of the dungeon songs have fast tempos that fits the fact that you’re on a time limit, and while not every characters death is shown In the game, I think that’s a good thing, it let’s you speculate and come up with your own idea on how that character died.

Tactics ogre might not be as popular as the game that proceeded it in final fantasy tactics. However, in many ways, I find this games story to be better because it deals with heavier topics. This game has a more brutal way of showing war. Unlike final fantasy tactics that only has one ending, getting the “true” ending of this game requires you to >!kill a whole town of innocent people!< and unlike final fantasy tactics your choices actually matter in this game, because if you mess up and choose the wrong decisions you can outright kill off important and very powerful characters. Hell, >!you can kill the main character if people in the game hate you enough!< there’s not a “good guy” chose in this game you can either choose to be a bad person or choose to be a less bad person there’s no real gray spot. >!if you choose the wrong option, your sister dies!< a lot of characters can die in this game.

In Final fantasy 6, >!Kefka literally wins half way through the game!<, >!celes can attempt to end it all if you accidentally kill cid by feeding him bad fish, shadow dies if you leave without him in the floating continent.!< Kefka poisons a river killing a whole castle. There’s a death cult in the game once you get to the world of ruin, so many people die when the world splits.

Persona 3 is filled with death. We are told that our parents died in an accident in 1999, >!one of the social links is about a man with a terminal illness who eventually dies!<, Persona 3 maintains a moody atmosphere with a consistent tension and a grayer color palette. (something that I feel is a little lost in the remake) The game is about death sure, but really, the game is more about the meaning of life and to make the most out of the time we have left. Because at the end of the day, every character in that game finds a reason to keep fighting. >!also Shinjiro Aragaki death hurts a lot as someone who also enjoys cooking and that whole scene with Akihiko is just so good at making me tier up a bit every time i see it.!<

Honorable mentions : valkyrie chronicles (specifically 3 and 4), final fantasy x, lisa the painful, Fear & Hunger.