Any Good RPG Suggestions For Current Gen?

I HATED the 3rd one with the burning passion of a thousand suns. How does this one compare?

You sir,have incurred the wraith of my game collection,as soon as my body recovers from the gym....

Havnt played 1 2 or 3, but Star Ocean 4 is one of the most, pleasantly surprising amazing RPGs I've ever played.

The third game was tiresome to me. I quit about 70% through, which I never do, and is even more strange because you can fight Lenneth, and I love Lenneth... and I didn't see it through, the game pissed me off that much.

I never actually played Star Ocean 3, I own it, just haven't finished 4 yet. I really like it because it reminds me of the Tales games early on and then the endgame is all about super ultra mega huge combos, though it does get a little grindy.

My main reason I like playing it though >.>

So...much...jiggle.

I forgot to mention Folklore which was a somewhat under the radar game. The game itself is a bit of a grind since you end up going to the same areas over and over; however, the story itself was magnificent (I thought) and warrants at least one play through.

somewhat of an RPG....
turn base... strategy.... shooter?
Valyiria Chronicles for ps3

Soon as this SSR boss is dead!!! I'm posting >:D

Edit: Ok its dead,51 alex from linen ;-; but good run,93 + linen!

Anyways here's the retro list recommendations from my personal collection,to you OP! (sticking to RPG's as much as I can,with maybe 1 or 2 exceptions)

Super Nintendo:
Chrono Trigger (MUST PLAY)
Illusion of Time (Illusion of Gaia in the US)
Mystic Quest Legend (Final Fantasy Mystic Quest in the US)
Secret of Evermore
Secret of Mana (my personal favorite game of all time and MUST PLAY)
Super Mario RPG (MUST PLAY)
Terranigma (great game)
The Legend of Zelda : A Link to the Past (best zelda game)
Seiken Densetsu 3 (while not including roms or downloads I have on the wii,I felt I must add this game rom for its absolute sheer quality)

N64:
I have no RPGs on N64,other than if you like Harvest Moon games :x

PS1:
Breath of Fire 3 + 4 (3 is an absolute MUST play,4 is still great)
Chrono Cross
Clock Tower (very different style of RPG,more like an old pc one)
Dino Crisis (good game,more of a survival horror though,but included none the less)
Final Fantasy Origins (1 + 2) (play 1,forget 2)
Final Fantasy Anthology (4 + 5) (play both,especially 4 though)
Final Fantasy 6.7.8.9 (play 6,7 and 9)
Front Mission 3 (if you liked final fantasy tactics,its the same style)
Grandia (great game,should definitely play)
Guardian's Crusade (bought this idk how many years ago,yet to play)
Jade Cocoon (good game)
Legend of Kartia (also good,kinda tactics-ish)
Resident Evil 1-3 (all survival horror but definitely play 1 and 2.maybe 3 for completion sake)
Silent Hill (again,survival horror,but an absolute amazing game)
The Granstream Saga (not a bad cheap RPG)
The Legend of Dragoon (great game)
Vagrant Story (kinda like parasite eve,not bad)
Vandal Hearts (another FF tactics style game,favorite PS1 game,MUST PLAY)
Wild Arms (again,good game)

PS2:
Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana (I remember it being very packed of stuff to do)
Breath of Fire Dragon Quarter (avoid this like the plague)
Dark Cloud (great game)
Dark Chronicle (great game)
Fahrenheit (basically the game that made Heavy Rain what it is,great game.Is also named Indigo Prophecy in the US)
Final Fantasy X (an absolute must play,being re-released in HD this year for PS3 and Vita on the PSN/SEN,MUST PLAY)
Final Fantasy X-2 (unless you have a vagina,avoid this girl power trip)
Final Fantasy XII (haven tplayed it,hear its like a single player version of XI)
Grandia 2 (great game)
Kingdom Hearts 1 + 2 (definitely play 1,couldnt get into 2 myself)
Mana Khemia : Alchemists of Al-revis (havent played,but looks good)
Monster Hunter (havent played,but its monster hunter :D)
Rogue Galaxy (havent played,made by Atlus,bound to be great)
Shadow Hearts (MUST PLAY)
Shadow Hearts Covenant (MUST PLAY)
Shadow Hearts From The New World (avoid!)
Silent Hill 2 (again,a survival horror,but an incredible one)
Wild Arms 3 (very good rpg)

Gamecube:
Baten Kaitos (havent played,but looks good)
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles (I actually really enjoyed this game,it also had the best graphics I'd ever seen at the time,when you first break through a Miasma wall)
Fire Emblem : Path of Radiance (I love fire emblem games,think FF tactics)
Megaman X Command Mission (a very different RPG,but not bad)
Phantasy Star Online episode 1 & 2 (amazing games,the reason Im so big into MMO's)
Phantasy Star Online Episode 3 C.A.R.D. Revolution : (good if you like card based games)
Pokemon XD Gale of Darkness (havent played,but its pokemon)
Skies of Arcadia Legends (ABSOLUTE MUST PLAY)
Tales of Symphonia (great game)

Dreamcast:
Timestalker (I love this game so much,highly recommended)

Gameboy Advance:
Advance Wars 1 + 2 (think FF tactics again)
Final Fantasy Tactics (lol) (couldnt get into it)
Fire Emblem 1 + 2 (cant go wrong with fire emblem)
Golden Sun 1 + 2 (fantastic games,must play if you can play GBA games)
Megaman Battle Network 1,2,3,4,6 (I cant remember wheich one of these sucked,but play 1-3 for sure,I remember them being great)
Legend of Zelda : A link to the past (see above,super nintendo)
Sword of Mana (not bad)

DS:
Advance Wars Dark Conflict (cant go wrong with advance wars) Advance Wars Dual Strike (cant go wrong with advance wars)
Children of Mana (similar to sword of mana,not bad)
Chrono Trigger (nuff said,must play)
Dragon Quest 6 (havent played,but hear great things)
Dragon Quest 8 (havent played,but hear great things)
Final Fantasy 3 (definitely play)
Final Fantasy 4 (definitely also play)
Final Fantasy 12 Revenant Wings (havent played)
Fire Emblem Shadow Dragon (cant go wrong with fire emblem)
Golden Sun Dark Dawn (havent played,heard mixed things)
Hotel Dusk Room 215 (great game,very very good style,pretty unique,other than its spiritual sequel)
Lost Magic (cant remember lol)
Megaman Battle Network 5 (maybe this was the crap one?)
Pokemon Black/White/Diamond/Pearl/Gold (cant go wrong with pokemon)
Legend of Zelda : Phantom Hourglass (I hear good things,yet to play)
Valkyrie Profile : Covenant of the Plume (never played,looks like a tactics style game)

3DS:
Tales of the Abyss (havent played much,but seems good)
Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time (great game)

Atelier Iris series for PS2 was amazing. Mana Khemia was excellent as well; actually moved me a bit. Mana Khemia 2... not so much. Although, there's two paths to the game and you have to beat both to unlock the final chapter, yatta yatta.
Golden Sun series is pretty good too, even if Dark Dawn left us with another cliff-hanger.
Chrono Trigger/Cross definitely play, amazing games.
FFX has sooo much extra content to do and is really quite awesome. Looking forward to the HD release later this year in hopes the US can get access to Dark Aeons. :<
FF Tactics A2 was pretty good, had a lot of stuff to do and jobs to level, kinda reminded me of the PSP/PS1 one, which was excellent in itself.
The main Kingdom Hearts series is pretty good. By which I mean, Birth by Sleep, 1 and 2. Chain of Memories is... kinda annoying, but not terrible on PS2. Anything else is... |:
A lot of the FF games were pretty decent, didn't really play the PS ones, moreso the SNES ones which were quite enjoyable. :3
A lot of the rest of them, I either haven't played or don't care enough to comment on, but the ones mentioned above are my personal favorite picks out of that list up there. ^

Necro quote but i hate when people do that about any genre of anything.
Ain't nothin new under the sun. People are quick to talk about JRPG cliches and reused character types/plot devices, but what exactly are games like skyrim/oblivion/fallout/dragon age doing thats never been done or used before.

Designing your characters look... sure as heck cant do that in a lot of games. Story based in a high fantasy world with humans vs elves vs dragons vs demons? haven't read about that before. Post apocolyptic survivor? now where have i heard that before. Sure they are all well written and developed plots with interesting characters but the freedom of choice doesn't make WRPG better any more "RPG" than JRPG. I've stopped more blights and plagues than a keyboard with a broken L.

Letting you have freedom to do/go as you will is not what defines an RPG. JRPG are role playing experience in the aspect that the creators have thier own story that they want you to tell, that they want you to experience and be apart of as opposed to just watching it or reading about it, you get to become the characters and make the adventure happen. The Role that you play is predefined for you, and you play characters with their own motives and goals, not your own.

Where as WRPG revolve around placing you in a world with a story going on and its up to you to decide when and how you tackle the adventure. You're roll is loosely defined and its up to you to "make up your own adventure".

The fact that WRPG are typically nonlinear kinda tricks people because ultimately you can't just do whatever you want. you're limited by the content of the game just as much as you were as if you were playing a JRPG. If you make a different character you can experience the game in a different way but ultimately the difference is limited by your characters play style. With the expection of a couple games like Mass effect, and ES games somewhat, the stories and quests in the game wont be much different and the choices you make much of a difference overall.

And yes there are games where choices and input do matter, and those games are all the more amazing for it but that aspect of role playing games is hardly limited to WRPG.

I'm not sure exactly how you're defining "bland" ... but I disagree.
Reckoning has me hooked. The combat is very dynamic and if you find it too easy, just turn up the game's Difficulty Level feature. The map/world and number of quests and adventuresome undertakings are both very, very large, and there's plenty of variety. Plus, I love that you can cross-mix your character's style... you aren't locked-in to being ONLY a Warrior, Rogue, or Mage ... you can have some elements of each, if you want.

I could say more, but I'd encourage any real RPG fans to give Reckoning a try. I doubt you'll be disappointed ... unless you're looking for a Xenogears/Xenosaga style RPG that focuses almost entirely on storyline, with minimal attention to battle/growth/tactics/exploration.

Also, if you're looking for old-school-style RPG's, I don't know if Phantasy Star II and III have been mentioned in here yet.
It's hard to find now, but you can get them both in a compilation for GBA.
I imagine there are Genesis emulators out there that could play these games, too. Of course, you could go hardcore and try to find a working Genesis and cartridge copy of PSII or III.

N64 : Ogre Battle 64. Fking amazing. Playing through it once again on my Wii atm

Zelda games aren't RPGs...

also a weird series that's older but kind of fun is the Shadow Hearts series on PS2

Quoting for emphasis with a degree of disagreement on the third installment. The second game is the best of the three and imo one of the best RPGs released on PS2. The third game borderlines on comedy at times, with the first game taking itself more seriously than the other two. Third isn't outright bad, just different from the other two. Only major criticism I have with the games is that it's very easy to miss certain things and a lot of the quests give very little in the way of clues for progression. It's generally not an issue, but in the first game you can easily miss the determining factor in which ending you get and you're highly unlikely to know how to find it later without referring to a guide.

Lots of "Guide Dang It" in the sidequests again. Time-based system ends up being more bad than good, at least from what cards I was able to piece together without checking a guide, but the battle system isn't heavily reliant on any of the cards that change over time iirc so it's not a huge deal. Story is good from what I remember. There's also a sequel but I've no idea how good it is, never played it.

4 was awful. Can't speak for any of the later games, I stopped playing them after that. 1-3 are very good, 3 being my favorite. Very deep combat system, though a lot of the potential is wasted if you don't have the opportunity to play against a human opponent.

As much of a fan of Fire Emblem as I am, this and the new FE are two games I wouldn't necessarily recommend. The ability to reclass characters in this game put me off, and apparently in the new one your characters don't die if they're defeated... but that one's not coming to the US anyway. Definitely recommend the GBA/GC/Wii FE games though, they're amazing.

One of the weaker games in the series. Decent, but not great.

Unless you're ROMing it up I'd probably recommend this (3DS) version. I've heard minor complaints about the control scheme, but this is the only way to get the Master Quest version (hard mode, basically) of the game short of buying one of the rare Gamecube discs or pirating it.

^

Also Majora's Mask. An unusual Zelda game, but also one of my favorites.

EDIT: Legend of Legaia for PS1 was pretty good. Since Zelda games were brought up here, I'll also throw in Mega Man Legends 1 & 2 (PS1). Two of my favorite games ever.

should add Ni No Kuni to the OP :o

tales of the abyss [3ds]
tales of vesperia [360]

not sure if it was mentioned but Eternal Sonata is pretty fun

Not sure if this was noted or not in the last 6 1/2 pages but for White Knight Chronicles you can just get 2 unless you are into collecting games. The second game comes with the first game included with all of the enhancements made in the transition from 1 to 2, when you chose new game it just asks if you want to start from the beginning or from the second game (starts you at lv 35 instead of 1).

Knowing that the original Star Ocean game for the Super Famicom ran on the same engine as the Tales of Phantasia, that comes as no surprise. Of course they're similar as they were developed by the same people ... ;)

You know, Tri-Ace was formed by a bunch of former Nippon Telenet employees. So was Wolf Team which later became known as Tales team when it joined NAMCO. Fun story huh ? They're all connected. :)

This game and play it on the highest difficulty you will love it.