JRPG's that you still can play after main story completition?

[Kremiso]

it's a rarity, but i think i have encountered a couple back then that offered that possibility, to continue to play even after the main story was complete

but really i'm having hard times to remember the names atm, do you remember someone?
Grandia 2 was one iirc?

 

[WesternYokai]

Dragon Quest, specifically from DS era.

Star Ocean up until PS2 ones.

They both have literally more post content than main content.

 

[fake-kun]

All Battle Network/Star Force games have a postgame.

 

[Cantarella]

Lunar 2 Eternal Blue.

Bit of a dicey choice because I would argue the 'epilogue' is really necessary for the story to be complete, but it takes place after the main threat is gone, has meaty gameplay, and is much lower stakes. Erm. maybe. For eleven year old me the stakes were suddenly much higher.

 

[GardeniaSky]

Some of the Star Ocean games have post-game dungeons. You can get through the main game content easily enough, but the post game requires you to go a little sicko mode with the item creation system.

 

[Reamkalamid]

7th Dragon 2020 y 7th Dragon 2020-2 They are PSP JRPGs that have a strong postgame.

 

[jon2]

Metal Max 3 and Metal Max 2R (NDS)

Dunno if you can call Steambot Chronicles/Bumpy Trot (PS2) a bonafide JRPG, but it has post-main story content as well

 

[Soma_Shotgun]

I've always found it a bit underwhelming how in most JRPGS and Zelda games you don't have a post game where you can do stuff that takes place after the main story and see how beating the final boss made a difference. Having to do most of the side-content right before the big climactic final epic showdown is kinda weird.

 

[Muklas]

Dragon Quest, specifically from DS era.

Star Ocean up until PS2 ones.

They both have literally more post content than main content.

Having played all the DS DQ games, the post-game content is usually just a single dungeon.

 

[Stookymalarkey]

I know Tales of Graces f (an action rpg, but I think it's close enough) not only has an epilogue that's 30+ hours of gameplay but you can also unlock a super-boss gauntlet called the Zhonecage. Dragon Quest 9 also has a bunch of post game as well.

Yakuza: Like a Dragon has the Final Millennium Tower dungeon, which has some super hard fights including the obligatory BS Amon boss fight.

 

[MetalSharkPlayer]

Lunar 2 Eternal Blue.

Bit of a dicey choice because I would argue the 'epilogue' is really necessary for the story to be complete, but it takes place after the main threat is gone, has meaty gameplay, and is much lower stakes. Erm. maybe. For eleven year old me the stakes were suddenly much higher.

Yeah, really good post game content, but those dungeons are really hard, need to grind a lot to get past them.

 

[Kremiso]

...Yakuza: Like a Dragon has the Final Millennium Tower dungeon, which has some super hard fights including the obligatory BS Amon boss fight.

Enchanted Arms had something similar, but i cannot remember if you could access to the tower also after the main story ending; i think i still have the saves on real 360, next time i'll boot it up i'll check it again

i'll check for Eternal Sonata too, atm i'm remembering you could play some side quests after the end too

thanks eveyone, keep them coming

 

[Stookymalarkey]

I just thought up a couple more. There's Lufia 2's Ancient Cave which I recall was kinda rouge-like since you always reset to level 1 upon entry and you can only carry over gear you find in blue chests in it. The Disgaea games also had a ton of post game content as well, some of which dwarfs the main story content.