Wednesday 25 September 2019

JRPG Recommendation


Hello.I have a strange relationship with JRPG games... some of them - I consider my favorite games of all time; the rest - can't stnad them. I've noticed that I usually tend to heavily dislike JRPG with:a) unnecessary, bloated dialogue. It's like they always feel the need to explain every single little thing be it to extend the length of the game or some other purposes - I can't stand that. "To say more is to say less".Another thing about dialogue is I absolutely hate when they incorporate tutorials into the story and have the characters say "Press A button to attack" and go on and on... (looking at you, Eternal Sonata) - that's just the worst thing for me because it breaks the immersion and essentially turns the characters into puppets that teach me how to play...b) tons of grinding, difficulty spikes, etc... - sometimes I can deal with that but considering that there's a ton of things one can do with their time - I'd rather read a volume of manga instead of doing 100 battles jus to be able to beat that chapter 3 boss. I'm okay with grinding in my favorite games but again - if it's overdone, it stops being fun for me;c) over-used boring graphics. I'm okay with technologically bad graphics, but if they keep reusing the same pattern of design or literally copy-paste rooms (looking at you .hack and Falcom games) - I just want to turn it off and never play again.d) moe and fanservice. Sexy jokes and cute designs are perfectly fine, but JRPG tend to overdo it.​I will add a little list of my all-time favorite JRPG to show my preference:- Dragon Quest XI (probably, my favorite game of all time) and DQ 4-9;- Persona 3-5;- Shin Megami Tensei IV and IV Final (I'm yet to play Devil Survivor 1-2, not sure if I'll like it. I also skipped the space SMT and the one with a female main protagonist on 3DS - they seemed too dungeon-heavy);- Ni No Kuni 1-2;- Yakuza Kiwami 1-2 and 6 (but not 3-5) - and yes, I do consider Yakuza a JRPG. Even more so now that Yakuza 7 will have a turn-based combat;- Tales of Zestiria (more) and Berseria (a bit less). I also liked Tales of Xillia 1-2 but didn't play it because of the lack of Japanese voices option in NA;- Disgaea series;- Final Fantasy XIII Trilogy and XV (while I disliked the main story of XV, I strongly believe that the game is phenomenal, it just needed more time and Nomura-san). I also do like FF IX but I was late to the party and played it only a month ago, it was a bit difficult to play (due to its age) but I did like it. I played FF X, XII, XIV - didn't like them, X was kind of fun but I felt like the story wasn't too engaging after the prologue, just battles after battles...- Star Ocean: The Last Hope - this one is not my most favorite JRPG, but I like it a lot because of its story and setting, there aren't that many sci-fi games. It also reminded me of Uchuu Senkan Yamato anime for a bit;- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (waiting for XC 1 Definitive Edition; hated XC X).- Kingdom Hearts series - not sure if this is considered a JRPG but I'd say it's pretty close.​And that's about it. Is there anything you could recommend me? I can get games on PS2-3-4, Vita, DS-3DS, Switch and Steam.

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