EtheusRook

EtheusRook t1_je83re8 wrote

Reply to A Game thats taking so long to release that you're not interested anymore? by Dont_have_a_panda

Anything MMO-related, and especially PvP. I've basically switched to a single player lifestyle entirely in the last couple years, so a lot of games that would have interested me if they came out years ago no longer do. This was pretty well encapsulated by Crowfall, which I backed and then just totally stopped paying attention to years later.

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EtheusRook t1_jadhe1w wrote

Reply to comment by Ahakarin in According to Skill-Up's interview of Naoki Yoshida (Final Fantasy 14 and 16), the term "JRPG" was actually viewed as a derision in the Japanese game development space: by Gorotheninja

I guess it makes sense for food because most food is grouped by regional cuisines, for everyone.

Whereas with video games, we kind of arbitrarily decided that this one genre is Japanese, despite Japanese studios being hugely influential in many of the best games across all genres. Like, we don't call Mario a JPlatformer, we don't call Castlevania Japanese Metroid, and we don't call Blazblue a JFighter.

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EtheusRook t1_jadbcko wrote

Reply to According to Skill-Up's interview of Naoki Yoshida (Final Fantasy 14 and 16), the term "JRPG" was actually viewed as a derision in the Japanese game development space: by Gorotheninja

It is something of a revelation, but it also you know... kind of makes sense. It is weird that we define entire genres of art not by their characteristics but rather by their source country. It's why I define things like Avatar and Arcane as anime - because they look and act like it.

There definitely are design differences between Final Fantasy and Skyrim, but perhaps they should be defined in terms of what they focus on. Like, the JRPG could become the Narrative or Cinematic RPG, because they do tend to be more linear and story-focused (and that's not a bad thing).

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EtheusRook OP t1_j2d3qgl wrote

Reply to comment by prany21 in Every game I cleared this year by EtheusRook

So, imagine Final Fantasy 7 Remake, but Persona and with Dynasty Warriors style combos. Except most of what you're doing in fights is using the super effective pause-time spells because there's no cooldown, and you can easily afford pretty much all the recovery items you want (and the game knows it).

There's a lot I really loved about it. The story felt like a full-ish Persona game. Most of the dungeon design was excellent (jails 1-3 & 6-7). The new cast members were well fleshed out (I really love Wolf). It has the deepest movesets of any Warriors game since they had to focus on quality over quantity. The soundtrack absolutely slaps. The bosses were fun. Really, it's an easy recommendation if you like Persona.

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EtheusRook OP t1_j2d31dz wrote

Reply to comment by TotesNotOdin in Every game I cleared this year by EtheusRook

It's an enjoyable 7/10. Great gameplay and fun characters, poor pacing and story. I feel like if I did the 2nd route, it might wear out its welcome in much the same way Fire Emblem Three Houses did over the 2nd and 3rd routes I played.

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EtheusRook OP t1_j2d2t0b wrote

Reply to Every game I cleared this year by EtheusRook

Personal favorites of these were both Fire Emblem Warriors, Tales of Arise, SMTV, Persona 5 Strikers, and Dragon Quest 11.

Next year, I have a goal of 25 cleared games, including Fire Emblem Engage, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, multiple Warriors games, a 2nd route of Triangle Strategy, and Ys 9 to name a few.

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EtheusRook t1_j26a67u wrote

Reply to Xenoblade Series by SpecialDemon125

Personally liked 1, disliked 2, loved 3.

XBC1 - strongest story, weakest combat, weakest exploration, somewhat obtuse RPG progression

XBC2 - strong combat (eventually), weakest story/characters, strongest exploration, obtuse RPG progression

XBC3 - strongest combat, strong exploration, strong story, refined RPG progression

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