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The 10 Best RPGs of 2024, Ranked

2024 was a banner year for role-playing games, from 100-hour epics to more intimate experiences. Here are the 10 best RPGs of the year, ranked by the editors at Inverse.

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Dragon Quest's creator says he's "never thought about retirement," while Final Fantasy's father reveals his next script is complete

A conversation between two JRPG legends

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Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi "deeply moved to be back on Xbox" with Fantasian, 17 years after dropping his last under-appreciated Xbox 360 JRPG

Fantasian joins Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey on Microsoft's platform

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'Fantasian Neo Dimension' Is a Modern Masterpiece From the Creator of Final Fantasy

Fantasian Neo Dimension finally brings one of the best RPGs of the decade to modern consoles, and it's better than ever.

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Final Fantasy 14's Yoshi-P confirms Square Enix remains committed to its multiplatform strategy, but hopes more Xbox fans actually play its new JRPGs

Fantasian: Neo Dimension is the publisher's next multiplatform experiment

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Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi reportedly reuniting once more with JRPG legend Nobuo Uematsu on a new unnamed game 38 years after their first collaboration

It's in development at Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey studio Mistwalker

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Legendary Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu is "not retiring" after his next JRPG Fantasian Neo Dimension, but taking more time for "the music I want to make"

"Everybody calm down!"

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Final Fantasy creator says without the NES, "none of any of this would have been possible" – even if he "cheated on Nintendo and went to PlayStation" with FF7

Nintendo did get the Final Fantasy series' most iconic JRPG eventually . . .

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Final Fantasy creator says FF6 is the "epitome of what I felt was my creative JRPG," and that replaying it after 20 years shaped the feeling he wants Fantasian to invoke

He also still thinks Final Fantasy 14 is rad

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Final Fantasy creator's lovely JRPG Fantasian makes the great escape from Apple Arcade jail this December

Hironobu Sakaguchi's latest is coming to PC and consoles on December 5

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Final Fantasy 14 devs just went ahead with their FF9 homage because otherwise they would have been "waiting and waiting" for the rumored JRPG remake to show up

"When would we be able to incorporate that essence of Final Fantasy 9 and make our hommage?"

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Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi can't stay away, says he's taking back his retirement plans because making games "may be more of a pleasure than a job"

Sakaguchi is working on a new game with the team behind the 2021 mobile RPG Fantasian

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Final Fantasy creator says returning to Square Enix after 20 years "was like returning to your home in the countryside, this old home that your parents always had"

Square Enix is helping Sakaguchi bring Fantasian: Neo Dimension to PC and consoles this winter

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Final Fantasy 14 encouraged series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi to return to Square Enix after 20 years for help freeing his JRPG throwback from Apple Arcade jail

"Yoshida understands the essence of what Final Fantasy, and in this case, Fantasian, represents."

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The Most Overlooked RPG of the Decade Is Finally Getting Its Second Chance

Fantasian, released on iOS in 2021, is one of the greatest RPGs of the last decade, and it's finally getting a second chance with a gorgeous rerelease.

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JRPG icon Hironobu Sakaguchi reckons Final Fantasy 6 is the "most complete" game in the series, "especially because it was the last Final Fantasy to use pixel art"

That puts him at odds with fellow FF veteran Tetsuya Nomura, who thought the classic game could've been better

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Final Fantasy's creator doesn't want to bring JRPG hits Lost Odyssey or Blue Dragon to modern platforms, but he does want to revive a decade-old strategy gem that was shut down 4 years ago

More Terra Battle, anyone?

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OG Final Fantasy creator won't return to the iconic JRPG series again, partly because he might not "enjoy Final Fantasy 14 as much"

Hironobu Sakaguchi says he practically lives in the MMO

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The father of Final Fantasy loves FF14 so much, fellow devs at his studio have had to log on sometimes to say 'hey, the meeting's started'

"On a rare occasion—I want to stress 'rare occasion'."

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Final Fantasy creator says his Final Fantasy 14 habit got so bad "on rare occasion" that some of his employees would hop on the MMO to DM him about missed meetings

Hironobu Sakaguchi is truly dedicated to the grind

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This JRPG from two Final Fantasy legends is secretly Nintendo's best announcement of the summer

Opinion | Fantasian Neo Dimension is finally escaping Apple Arcade

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The father of Final Fantasy says it's a "blessing" working with Square Enix and Yoshi-P to rebuild the JRPG he made "thinking it could become my final work"

Hironobu Sakaguchi says Fantasian "has a special place in my heart"

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The father of Final Fantasy teamed back up with Square Enix after 21 years to break his latest RPG out of Apple Arcade jail

Hironobu Sakaguchi's Fantasian is finally coming to PC—with a little surprise help from Yoshi-P.

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Fantasian, the lovely JRPG quietly released by Final Fantasy mastermind Hironobu Sakaguchi years ago, is escaping Apple jail and coming to Switch this year

Fantasian: Neo Dimension is straight from Hironobu Sakaguchi and Nobuo Uematsu

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Final Fantasy 14 superfan and series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi is running riot with the goofy FF6 outfit he made Yoshi-P add to the MMO

And he's already got an entourage

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