Question: are there any western RPGs with a similar plot and

No, there are no WRPGs that are JRPGs.

>>3587586
That was not what was asked.

Read a good book instead anon.

>>3587630
That was not what was asked.

>>3587582
There are no more games left to conquer, namefag.

Time to change to a new hobby.

>>3587582
There are none of that calibur and scope.

>>3587645
>There are no more games left to conquer
I'm not you.

>>3587649
Is there anything at least somewhat equivalent?

>>3587582
I dunno, wrpgs are usually light on story/narrative and big on freedom
I hear planescape torment is praised for its story (don't know if it's similar to suikoden 2 and xenogears) so you might want to give it a try

>>3587582
-tripfag, check
-likes 2 really terrible jrpgs on a system full of classics, check
Ya blew it

>>3588142
That was not what was asked.
The two games I like aren't the only games I like.

>>3588142
Say what you want about the cancerous tripfag but leave Xenogears & suikoden 2 alone.

>>3588303
Not even that guy but:
Suikoden 2, I can give a pass, it's OK.

Xenogears is unredeemable. It's awful. It has horrible pacing, shit gameplay, and it just straight up isn't finished despite all that.

You go through 20+ hours of garbage, to be culiminated by a fucking exposition dump of the MC literally sitting in a chair.

Chrono Cross is kind of between the two.
Grandia II has a similar feel to Xenogears; it's simpler for sure, but the basic plot outline has some unmistakable parallels.

Anything else I have would either be a stretch or not retro.