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[Daymos]

Awesome thread!

Recently I really fell in love with Fonsett in Xenoblade2, part of it was probably the music though. It brings back thoughts of every first-town ( or home town) in every JRPG:



reminds me of xenogears.. no surprise there

 

[Tschumi]

Hm.

Inaba in Persona 4 Golden.

Good times.

 

[Northeastmonk]

Can I say this entire area is one giant town?

Vane - the floating city where all the mages went to study. From Lunar Silver Star Story Complete.

Snow Hamlet Alrant - Trials of Mana. A nice place to just walk around in. The 2D version was slightly better just because of the graphics of the Super Famicom.

Deling City from Final Fantasy VIII. I always loved watching the cars drive by. There’s also a pretty good boss battle there at the end of disc 1.

 

[PublicStaticVoid]

Second Miltia in Xenosaga is pretty cool.

 

[reforen]

Not a town but I love balam garden in FF VIII, also the music is very relaxing

 

[kamkamkam]

 

[Exentryk]

Not a town but I love balam garden in FF VIII, also the music is very relaxing

Yup, came to say Balamb. Loved running around there playing cards.

 

[lachesis]

I like Persona 5 / 5R's Tokyo. It's like a little mini tour of Tokyo itself, and last time I visited Tokyo 2 years ago, thanks to P5 - I was more aware of what's around than before - and was pretty amused how some of the real life locations were used, or how faithfully it was created.

Similar thing happend with Spider Man. Not a JRPG, but since I work in NYC for past 20+ years, I had fun just locating where I work, where things are, etc. Too bad that I couldn't really get into any of those places unless scripted - but it was neat experience nevertheless.

 

[Hudo]

Many good cities/towns have already been listed, like Rabanastre or Seaside.





I also like Puerto Valor from Dragon Quest XI and Yokohama from Yakuza: Like A Dragon.

 

[Danjin44]

Kingdom Hearts 3 - Kingdom of Corona

 

[Kumomeme]

The Last Story's Lazulis City is pretty cozy

 

[mango drank]

Esthar (FFVIII)

Chronopolis (Chrono Cross)

Costa del Sol (FFVII)

 

[A Elbereth Gilthoniel]

 

[Myths]

Great thread with some great examples already.

I'm going with Vane and Meribia from Lunar. I really wish they had made a 3rd.

Might have to take a look at this, it’s been on the list for a dog’s age.

 

[teezzy]

What are your favorite jrpg towns that oozes atmosphere and fun to explore. Post your answers with a picture.

Parnasse from Baten Kaitos

Flanoir from Tales of Symphonia

Fenmont from Tales of Xillia.

Rabanastre from FFXII

Luxerion from Final Fantantasy XIII-3

Dark city Treno from FFIX

Yu Liberte Tales of Graces f

I'd kind of like to make love to you right now, in the most hetero way imaginable.

 

[Kumomeme]

i love Frontier Village in Xenoblade Chronicles. another cozy atmosphere area. enjoyed those all the jumping and Nopons + the music. not to mention different tone at night.

 

[D.Final]

Kingdom Hearts 3 - Kingdom of Corona

True
Really nice

 

[Cutty Flam]

Shroom City (Paper Mario: The Origami King)

 

[sublimit]

Astoria in Trials of Mana

Mondstadt from Genshin Impact

 

[Vaelka]

The cities in FFXIV are all incredible.
Main issue is loading times altho in Stormblood and Shadowbringers they kinda solved that.

But Ishgard is truly something else, if you look up you really see how massive the city is it feels so real.

 

[GeekyDad]

I think the perspective of Chinatown Wars (DS) made it so enjoyable to eff around in.

And I love the way you can be above someone's doorway in Camoa (FFTA2).

And the Boletarian Palace (Demon's Souls)

You knew from the very first step you were in for a deeply meaningful ride.

 

[Handel]

Zozo from FFVI is a great break from the normal JRPG town, being full of scumbags and having encounters. The music Slam Shuffle is a perfect backdrop to this wretched hive of scum and villainy.

Law City Zenebatos from Legend of Dragoon is really cool as it's a city run entirely on bureaucracy but managed by malfunctioning robots, so you get to change the laws to your advantage, even being able to outlaw random battles in the city.

 

[YeulEmeralda]

FF12 is a good choice, it is amazing that they managed to get that running on the PS2.

 

[Rickyiez]

Thanks for posting the screens from FFVIII so I don't need to. I've been spamming it too often in other threads and it's getting old

 

[saintjules]

 

[darth.shrimp]

I don't remember its name off the top of my head, but near the start of Tales of Vesperia there is this small village built on a hill, with a huge magical tree at its top. Looked majestic af once you made that tree bloom.

 

[TheInfamousKira]

Insomnia from the royal edition of FFXV was cool.

Yusnaan from Lightning Returns was cool.

Academia from FFXIII-2

Archades from FFXII

Midgar/Edge from FFVII/AC

Narshe from FFVI

Hollow Bastion and Twilight Town from Kingdom Hearts.

 

[SantaC]

I don't remember its name off the top of my head, but near the start of Tales of Vesperia there is this small village built on a hill, with a huge magical tree at its top. Looked majestic af once you made that tree bloom.

Halure

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

Memoria is technically not a town nor a city in the traditional sense but it's my favorite location in the FF series.

 

[ethomaz]

I found most towns in Dragon Quest XI better than mostly if not all JRPGs released lately.

While some are great in artstyle they lack the live and interaction that Dragon Quest XI has... it is like a beautiful view without any use of it.

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

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[bit_blaster]

celadon city from Pokemon R/B/Y

Midgar from FF7

Mag Mell from Bravely Default 2

 

[yansolo]

Termina from Chrono Cross.

Love the Santorini inspired city center:

The market palace by the sea:

The cozy vibe by the water:

And the cheerful music (which recently had an amazing new rendition made but I can't find it on youtube anymore)

chrono cross doesn't get enough love, its a quality game

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Xenogears?

 

[gela94]

Every single town and village in DQVIII feels really special to me but i will never forget the first time i entered Farebury. The place had some very special charm and atmosphere that i can't explain but really loved.

Lazulis city in The Last Story also felt special. It felt alive and i really loved the relaxing music and ambience there.

Seeing the graphic the last story really could use a remaster for switch, I loved the game and this city.

 

[Captain Toad]

Jeuno

 

[YoshiMadness]

Rogueport, Glitzville, and Twilight Town from Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, naturally. I love Mario RPG towns in general (Monstro Town from Super Mario RPG, Toad Town from Paper Mario, and Little Fungitown from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga immediately spring to mind), but I'll never pass up a chance to gush about TTYD in particular.

 

[emivita]

CTRL+F Dali (village from FFIX)

 

[BaneIsPain]

Lavender Town Pokemon especially the tower.

 

[sloppyjoe_gamer]

Chrono Cross Arni Village....LOVE the music too!

Arni Village

 

[Fbh]

chrono cross doesn't get enough love, its a quality game

Yeah it's great.
I do like the combat and story better in Trigger.

But the world and music in Cross is as good as it gets in gaming IMO:

 

[Shut0wen]

I love colony 9 from xenoblade chronicles

 

[Arsic]

This thread shows just how Mastercraft Square is at building memorable worlds.

 

[Handel]

CTRL+F Dali (village from FFIX)

Lindblum, Black Mage Village, Treno and Alexandria are all better from FFIX.

 

[Jigsaah]

Aht Urgan from FFXI. I still hum the music from time to time there.



Limsa Lominsa from FFXIV.


Kugane from FFXIV


Even this long playing these games I still get chills from the beauty of the landscape and the music omg the music

 

[Herr Edgy]

Lazulis city in The Last Story also felt special. It felt alive and i really loved the relaxing music and ambience there.

I really need to play that game again. Gameplay was a great mixture of turn based design and action combat, music was good, story was wild. I think it's fair that this is The Last Story of the Final Fantasy creator.

 

[West Texas CEO]

Xenogears?

Yeah, it's Solaris from Xenogears.

Well, at least before it -

Spoiler

got destroyed by Id

 

[Drac84]

Winhill, FFVIII

 

[Kev Kev]

we are not going to go a whole jrpg thread without mentioning shining force

although, i have to admit, the towns in SF 1 and 2 are nothing super memorable, but all the other good ones have been posted already so

Shining Force 2 - Creed's Mansion

although not exactly a town,. i still love it and consider it a town stop of sorts in the game, since oyu have to stay there a hile to compelte it, and there are other NPCs to talk to and eveything. toward the latter half of shining force 2, you can go to an optional area where witch or wizard or something lives who turns your whole miniature. youre forced to use mouse holes in the walls and ven face off against chess pieces on a chess board. i believe you can pick up a side character too if you win the battle, but i cant remember. always loved this part of the game for some reason. i think i missed it my first couple playthroughs, so it was a nice surprise to find a whole new area on later playthroughs.

its easier just to skip thorugh a walk through to see what it looks like and hear the music


Shining Force 2 - Eleven Town

basiclaly for all the same reasons as creeds mansion, PLUS the music is wonderful!


bonus! people covering the music from elven town <3

 

[Saint Boot]

It would be impossible for me to list everything from all the jrpgs I have played.