Complete with stunning art and graphics, a compelling story that goes to unexpected places, and combat that is not only fun but makes you strategize, Honkai: Star Rail is showing amazing potential in its future.
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That isn’t to say that Star Rail is the only RPG you should be playing. On the contrary, there are plenty of quality RPGs that deserve some time in the spotlight. There might be some you’ve heard of and others that might have passed you by. You might find your new favorite below.
7 Lord Of Heroes
A turn-based RPG with a focus on elemental strategy, you start as the ruler of a small nation. Things kick into gear when Oswald, a noble of your court decides that you are too weak to rule and tries to usurp your reign of the throne. Oswald’s coup fails, but it’s the catalyst to the whole story.
While the setting is based on the typical medieval fantasy type, the characters you’re able to get a wide variety of styles, including futuristic snipers. You will be able to customize your party to your exact specifications.
6 Fate: Grand Order
Fate: Grand Order walked so Honkai: Star Rail could run. The game places you as a Master, one who commands battle units called Servants.
The combat is turn-based and you choose which cards your three units will use in the heat of battle. You’ll be able to have the three active party members on the field and can have three reserve characters in your backup in case you need them.
While the first three chapters of the story can be a little slow, it's in chapter four when the story starts finding its true identity within the greater Fate universe. It’s missing some of the features that are otherwise standard in other gacha games, such as auto-battle, but if you’re a fan of the series or turn-based combat, you can’t find a better place to start.
5 Another Eden: The Cat Who Leaped Through Time
Another Eden is a free mobile JRPG that features 2D side-scrolling gameplay and has an engaging story about the main character Aldo traveling through different dimensions of time and space.
The game's story is by Masato Kato, the writer of the games Chrono Trigger and Xenogears. With a whopping 84 main chapters in the story, you’ll have plenty of story and gameplay to keep you satisfied.
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Not to mention, the game has had some significantly fun collaborations with the Persona series, as well as an ‘in-house’ collab with Square Enix’s Chrono Cross game. The game is a lot of fun, and if you’re in the mood for a more traditional, time-sinking JRPG, Another Eden can scratch that itch.
4 Nier: Reincarnation
The Nier series has never shied away from the topic of questioning existence and what it means to be as you are, or what you are not, since it all ends in pain. Nier: Reincarnation is no different.
As beings with no memories who are essentially stuck within The Cage, you and the mysterious Mama are all that is left to witness what humanity used to be.
This game features two distinct gameplay modes: two-dimensional story vignettes, and 3D free-roaming exploration with turn-based combat. The former depicts the lives of deceased individuals, while the latter allows you to uncover new secrets through the main characters. The game is a fight against sastatic.aayyy.com/topic/dn/ess that you aren’t going to win, but that’s the best part.
3 Punishing: Gray Raven
Punishing: Gray Raven is the first action game to show up on this list, but it won’t be the last. Mankind is witnessing the end of the world after the planet has been conquered by robotic lifeforms known as The Corrupted. You are part of a special task force tasked to take back the world by finding and allying yourself with other Cyborgs.
The combat is lightning-fast, and you also have a dodge mechanic similar to Nier: Automata. Coincidentally, the three protagonists of Nier were temporarily in the game as a collab for a time, meaning the developers saw the similarities as well. If you like a fast-paced game with nice graphics, give Punish: Gray Raven a look.
2 Path To Nowhere
Are you looking for something a little darker and more mature? Path to Nowhere is a tower defense-type RPG where you are in the shoes of a Chief of the Minos Bureau of Crisis Control. Your task? To locate and shackle any Sinner you find. The story is highly praised for its writing and is often called engaging by fans.
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The gameplay consists of tower defense on a grid, but your characters aren’t limited to the space they are placed on. You can move them around and defend as you need, which comes in handy when you are outnumbered by the corruptors. Couple all this with the beautiful art on top, and this becomes a game you shoulstatic.aayyy.com/topic/dn/’t miss.
1 Honkai Impact 3rd
What better way to come full circle than to play the original game? Honkai Impact 3rd takes place in the same universe as Star Rail, but the connections between the two are minimal at best. The combat is the biggest difference between the two, as Honkai Impact 3rd is an action-oriented game.
They also share a lot of the same science fiction roots of space travel, interdimensional travel, and a galaxy-ending plague threatening all life in existence. It’s everything fans of Mihoyo have come to expect, and the story is treated with care.
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