JRPGs that take place in our real world

[Ness64]

do you know any more japanese rpgs that take place in our real world, like real cities or different cities?,he only jrpg that I think takes place in a city is EarthBound

 

[Iguana-0]

Shin Megami Tensei i think? I only played the ones on S-NES

 

[RageBurner]

Shin Megami Tensei i think? I only played the ones on S-NES

Yeah pretty much every mainline SMT game plus several spin-offs.

 

[OmegaPunch's iconOmegaPunch]

Off the top of my head:
Persona series
Parasite Eve 1 and 2
Yakuza 7 and 8

 

[Pandaprewmaster325]

Ww2

 

[Glimbo]

The World Ends With You
Shadow Hearts

 

[OmegaPunch's iconOmegaPunch]

The World Ends With You
Shadow Hearts

I was gonna say The World Ends With You!

 

[Gentlemanvaultboy]

Operation Darkness takes place during WWII.

 

[thanonyx]

I was gonna say The World Ends With You!

The World Ends With You
Shadow Hearts

Don't forget NEO: The World Ends With You

 

[Anim8rDude]

The World Ends With You
Shadow Hearts

Also beat me to it lol. The amount of games that take place in Shibuya I tell ya...

Shadow Hearts is a very good, & very easy to forget answer! I think this one meets the criteria one 100%.

 

[Stingy Perry]

Front Mission 3

 

[Stookymalarkey]

G.O.D: Mezame yo to Yobu Koe ga Kikoe takes place on Earth. It starts out in Japan and becomes a globe trotter after a bit. If you do play it, get the "easy" version since it lowers the insanely high encounter rate.

 

[Krazy Kat]

Parasite Eve 3rd Birthday
Siren
Man of Medan
Fatal Frame
Dreadout
Kuon
Silent Hill

 

[LiberoVulpesLiberoVulpes's icon]

Most SMTs (except Strange Journey, and Digital Devil Saga 1).
All Persona games.
Linda Cube.
Some of the Digimon RPGs.

 

[RageBurner]

Front Mission 3

That and every other Front Mission, as I recall. Also tye Ace Combat games (despite it being the Strangereal).

 

[J.F.C]

Most SMTs (except Strange Journey, and Digital Devil Saga 1).
All Persona games.
Linda Cube.
Some of the Digimon RPGs.

Strange Journey still technically takes place on Earth since while the Schwarzwelt is a different realm it's still situated within Planet Earth.

 

[OmegaPunch's iconOmegaPunch]

Completely forgot about Racing Lagoon.

 

[Samatonic]

Does X-Com Series Count ?
How about Forza Horizon? Assassins Creed ? Just Cause ? Far Cry ?

 

[Evaccaneer Doom]

do you know any more japanese rpgs that take place in our real world, like real cities or different cities?,he only jrpg that I think takes place in a city is EarthBound

-every mainline Pokemon game does. They started going outside Japan for reference after Gen 4, but Gen 5 and 7 are arguably the most on point with their real world locations.

-SMT games always take place in Japan, only fringe cases where they don't

-Etrian Odyssey games all tend to have the main areas be based on real world locations. Etrian Odyssey 2 has High Lagaard, which is 100% Britain, London probably. Etrian Odyssey 1 too but explaining that would be a spoiler, so go play Etrian Odyssey I HD!

-Fatal Fury and iirc King of Fighters too

-the first Metal Slug looks like somewhere in Italy, I remember there was a stage with this huge canal and the arched bridges

-Sonic Adventure 2 has a couple references to San Francisco. City Escape being the main area of it and Prison Island obviously being Alcatraz

-Sonic Unleashed takes place all around the world, and that's not an exaggeration

Windmill Isle: Greece
Rooftop Run: Italy
Savannah Citadel: Africa
Cool Edge: Alaska
Dragon Road: China
Jungle Joyride: Indonesia
Arid Sands: various places in the Middle East
Empire City: guess

 

[HextarVigar]

Don't forget NEO: The World Ends With You

And The Earth's Destruction Occurs Through Your Actions. Granted, that's an offshoot.

 

[jankusanagi]

Far from "our real world™", but 7th Dragon 2020 takes place in Tokyo, in 2020... of course there's alien dragons and people with powers, so... xD

 

[LiberoVulpesLiberoVulpes's icon]

since while the Schwarzwelt is a different realm

This is why i don't count it, as besides the intro and some of the endings, you aren't technically in our world.

 

[OmegaPunch's iconOmegaPunch]

Far from "our real world™", but 7th Dragon 2020 takes place in Tokyo, in 2020... of course there's alien dragons and people with powers, so... xD

Don't forget about 7th Dragon III Code: VFD.

 

[LiberoVulpesLiberoVulpes's icon]

Oh yeah, there was Tokyo Xanadu as well (when Nihon Falcom tried to do Persona).

But idk if we should count Action RPGs as well.

 

[jankusanagi]

Also, Black Rock Shooter: The Game, happens on Earth, and features San Francisco, New York and Tokyo.

Again, the events are far from "realwordly", but the setting is.