"10. Dragon Force
9. Astal
8. Saturn Bomberman
7. Virtua Cop
6. SEGA Rally Championship
5. Panzer Dragoon II Zwei
4. NiGHTS into Dreams
3. Guardian Heroes
2. Virtua Fighter 2
1. Panzer Dragoon Saga"

"The Japanese role-playing game is a surprisingly important genre for developers to study - both in terms of gameplay and storytelling, and Gamasutra presents an 'Essential 20' explaining and chronicling the top JRPGs of all-time.

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The battle system is a strange beast, with actions for each of the four party members assigned to a face button. Each character has a numbe..."