These 8 contemporary JRPGs show that the genre is stronger than ever and still has a lot to offer the gaming industry.

Titles marked with an asterisk required upscaling to hit that performance level.

Ah, the licensed video game. Once a collection of underwhelming retellings of big-screen blockbusters, littered with haunting polygonal nightmares (Hagrid, that’s you) and aimless Atari attempts (yes, ...