For me it's a hell yes.   
 
I'm still somewhere on my second run and called it quits for a bit due to the insanity of difficulty spike.  Very few games compare to RoF, and it's still fun. 
 
Anyone make it past a second run, and tips on how to play in the next 8 difficulties? 
 
So, six months later...what are your second opinions?

Does Phantasy Star count? If no...then yes, by far still the best this year.

Final Fantasy XIII

Valkyrie chronicles 2 replaced it for me

" Valkyrie chronicles 2 replaced it for me "

It still definitely is.  Has some sour spots (like the required fights against large mobs of low level enemies during story missions that ends up as a bore), but is for the most part a game with an incredibly unique combat system that's far more intuitive than an initial look would suggest.
 
@KaosAngel said:

" @trophyhunter said:

" Valkyrie chronicles 2 replaced it for me "

That's a solid choice, completely forgot it came out.  Damn, I need to pick it up now.  x.x "

I'm going to say yes, RoF is my favorite of 2010 and I haven't even played it yet.  I want it THAT bad (and, let's face it, 2010 didn't offer much in the JRPG category either).

" It still definitely is.  Has some sour spots (like the required fights against large mobs of low level enemies during story missions that ends up as a bore), but is for the most part a game with an incredibly unique combat system that's far more intuitive than an initial look would suggest.
 
@KaosAngel said:

" @trophyhunter said:

" Valkyrie chronicles 2 replaced it for me "

That's a solid choice, completely forgot it came out.  Damn, I need to pick it up now.  x.x "

You're honestly not missing out on much imo...  Horrible story pacing, a new battlefield layout that makes capturing and holding camps a giant nuisance, and the same old broken mission ranking system means the second game retained the busted portions of the first and made some other parts worse. "

" @Turambar said:

" It still definitely is.  Has some sour spots (like the required fights against large mobs of low level enemies during story missions that ends up as a bore), but is for the most part a game with an incredibly unique combat system that's far more intuitive than an initial look would suggest.
 
@KaosAngel said:

" @trophyhunter said:

" Valkyrie chronicles 2 replaced it for me "

That's a solid choice, completely forgot it came out.  Damn, I need to pick it up now.  x.x "

You're honestly not missing out on much imo...  Horrible story pacing, a new battlefield layout that makes capturing and holding camps a giant nuisance, and the same old broken mission ranking system means the second game retained the busted portions of the first and made some other parts worse. "

Did you even play it? because it's pretty fucking good. I'd say even better than the VC1 and VC1 is just about my favorite game ever. "

Wat, is resonance of fate in english? :3

JRPG of the year = Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale.

" JRPG of the year = Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale. "

" JRPG of the year = Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale. "

Does Persona 3 Portable count?

" @Laketown said:

" JRPG of the year = Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale. "

It's got a lot of charm (the dialogue on top of Obsidian Tower is epic), but let's not kid ourselves.  The game mechanics are ultimately pretty shallow. "

" @Laketown said:

" JRPG of the year = Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale. "

I keep seeing this all over /v/, what is it? "

I replayed Tales of Vesperia this year so that's my favourite.  
 
 
Yeah that's right.

" @Turambar said:

" @Laketown said:

" JRPG of the year = Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale. "

It's got a lot of charm (the dialogue on top of Obsidian Tower is epic), but let's not kid ourselves.  The game mechanics are ultimately pretty shallow. "

so? just because something's not as complicated doesn't mean it's worse then something more complicated.
 
and I got bored of RoF halfway through, so 
 
@Noodlearms:  it is half dungeon crawler, half economic sim. There's a demo on steam if you want to check it out. "

" @Laketown said:

" @Turambar said:

" @Laketown said:

" JRPG of the year = Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale. "

It's got a lot of charm (the dialogue on top of Obsidian Tower is epic), but let's not kid ourselves.  The game mechanics are ultimately pretty shallow. "

so? just because something's not as complicated doesn't mean it's worse then something more complicated.
 
and I got bored of RoF halfway through, so 
 
@Noodlearms:  it is half dungeon crawler, half economic sim. There's a demo on steam if you want to check it out. "

"Complicated" and "depth" rather different things.  "

I have it, but I just haven't played it yet. I really wanna play it though.

Persona 3 Portable if it counts, but as it is a remake maybe not.  VC2 I consider more a strategy game... 
 
So probably FFXIII for JRPG for this year, for me.

For me its FFXIII or Skies of Arcadia (only started playing it this year). I own RoF, the battle system just wasn't for me.

My favorite is probably Dragon Quest IX so far but the only other JRPG i remember playing this year was FFXIII which was a bit of a mess.

Other than Zephyr's voice getting so grating that I chose to mute the game at times, RoF is fantastic and definitely  my top RPG this year.

Ys Seven

Nier for the imagination crafted into it, and the depth to the story. 

For me Nier is the best JRPG of this year, I know it's a action RPG but I don't care.

" Nier "

" @Jeust said:

" Nier "

I dunno if you're being serious or not... "

Both FFXIII and DQIX blew RoF out of the water for me. Was still damn good though.

" Final Fantasy XIII "

" @KaosAngel said:

" @Jeust said:

" Nier "

I dunno if you're being serious or not... "

I am serious.    I play games and rpgs especially because of the story, and Nier has a story worthy of a novel. Granted that it can be sometimes rough at spots, still it is the deepest, more imaginative and more engrossing i've played all year long. "

" Ys Seven "

FF13.  It may not have lived up to many peoples' expectations of Final Fantasy, but it was still a very good game.

" @Jeust said:

" @KaosAngel said:

" @Jeust said:

" Nier "

I dunno if you're being serious or not... "

I am serious.    I play games and rpgs especially because of the story, and Nier has a story worthy of a novel. Granted that it can be sometimes rough at spots, still it is the deepest, more imaginative and more engrossing i've played all year long. "

Don't forget a back end that just gets sadder and sadder at every god-damned stage. "

...which version should I get?   
 
Both have the same game but Nier is younger in the JP and is with his sister, but in the NA he's a man with his daughter...they just swapped the script around but it ends the same way.

I'll take Infinite Space for 1000, thanks.

Just played a little bit of it. It now sits deep down in my pile of shame.

" ...which version should I get?    Both have the same game but Nier is younger in the JP and is with his sister, but in the NA he's a man with his daughter...they just swapped the script around but it ends the same way. "

For me personally it is probably shin megami tensei: Strange Journey with Y's Seven coming in second.  Resonance of Fate was just sort of.... boring for me.  The combat system was ok but most of the fights required no strategy at all then you get a boss fight where making even one mistake equaled death.  Sort of cheesy.  This hasn't been a strong year for JRPG's in all honesty.  Recettear is a fun little way to kill time though, it is unrealistic though.  30% mark up is normal?  Where do you buy things?  I worked retail in the past and 50% was fairly normal and higher was not unusual.  30% or less was only for things that were just plain expensive to begin with.
 
I think a better question though is what is the best RPG period so far of 2010?  I am still leaning to ME2 myself despite all the doom and gloom it got for people calling that early.

I'm only 7 chapters into resonance of fate and I already know now that this is going to be my jrpg of the year :) We'll see in a month tho when I start playing some Nier.

I gotta get this game. I keep hearing great things about it.

Just bought  Resonance of fate yesterday and did the training. Some of the move are hard to pull off. I'm kinda curious how easy/hard it is to pull those different move in combat situation. It seems good for the 1 hour I played so far.

I've heard people banging on about this game for to long now, paid in a week and I shall buy it.

I'm sorry, but Final Fantasy XIII is still #1 on my list. Coming close to beating that is Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep.