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Faruko
Chile34171 Posts
I just said that trap song was so bad lmao haha i like Xeno when it's kinda linear with great stories and characters, also the gameplay of XBC2 is downright awesome, it starts kinda slow but once you get a full party and decent accesories/blades it's FANTASTIC, so much fun. i liked X but the lack of story was something i had problems with | ||
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TheYango
United States47024 Posts
On March 06 2018 22:16 Laurens wrote: Story I can agree with but I personally care less about story anyway, which is why XCX is #1 for me. JRPGs are kind of a weird genre to not care about the story for, given how shallow their gameplay was for years. | ||
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sharkie
Austria18525 Posts
On March 06 2018 18:06 TheYango wrote: If none of the PS2/DS era JRPGs make your list, I'd call that pure nostalgia-blindness. I am too young to have that  | ||
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andrewlt
United States7702 Posts
I don't mind shallower gameplay if it's done well. Persona and Radiant Historia have simple gimmicks but they are done well. Pokemon still has its charms. | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
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Laurens
Belgium4552 Posts
On March 07 2018 00:48 TheYango wrote: JRPGs are kind of a weird genre to not care about the story for, given how shallow their gameplay was for years. The JRPG franchise I've played the most is Pokemon, and it's definitely NOT because of the story xD | ||
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Faruko
Chile34171 Posts
AUX Cores --> Equipment for Blades Accessories --> Equipment for Drivers Pouch Items --> Boost of some sort The only thing that is kinda hard to understand is that each driver get a different set of skills regarding X blade weapon, which is actually cool although it is a little tedious to check. | ||
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Artisreal
Germany9235 Posts
Secret of mana / evermore and such are so vastly different that I can't imagine that being true. | ||
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andrewlt
United States7702 Posts
On March 07 2018 03:10 Plansix wrote: Everything I have seen in XBC2 makes that game seem like a mess of systems for the sake of systems. I play and love Monster Hunter World. I have no problem with weird, non-sense systems that are poorly explained so long as there is a pay off. But XBC2 just looks a bit to overdesigned for my tastes. It's not difficult to understand. It's just very tedious to keep track of them all. I love mucking around with skills, stats and equipment in jrpgs but there are just way too many systems in XBC2. For an example, in the earlier chapters of the game, each character has one blade. I was keeping tabs on the affinity chart (the blade's skill tree) and checking the bonuses regularly. Now that I have three blades per character, I just fill up the affinity chart without even reading what the bonuses are. | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On March 07 2018 05:46 andrewlt wrote: It's not difficult to understand. It's just very tedious to keep track of them all. I love mucking around with skills, stats and equipment in jrpgs but there are just way too many systems in XBC2. For an example, in the earlier chapters of the game, each character has one blade. I was keeping tabs on the affinity chart (the blade's skill tree) and checking the bonuses regularly. Now that I have three blades per character, I just fill up the affinity chart without even reading what the bonuses are. That is my exact reservation about the game, that the systems will just result in tedium. I find a lot of JRPs go down this road as they just layer on system after system over 40-80 hours. | ||
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TheYango
United States47024 Posts
Its part of why I enjoy Etrian Odyssey so much as a series--since its generally quite feature-light and focuses much more on level/encounter design. Though the 3DS entries took a pretty big step up in terms of system complexity. | ||
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andrewlt
United States7702 Posts
I enjoyed most of Etrian Odyssey 5, last stratum excluded. It's also why I love what they did with the dungeons in Persona 5. The gameplay is still pretty simple but the dungeon design, for the most part, was fun and interesting. On a similar vein, I'm not a big fan of the modern era's emphasis on "supers", and this problem is not confined to just JRPGs. Those type of abilities tend to add to the feature bloat while centralizing the gameplay around them. The most difficult encounters end up being decided by whether you managed to pull them off effectively or not. In some games, non-supers end doing almost irrelevant damage and are just there to charge up the supers. | ||
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Unleashing
Denmark14978 Posts
On March 07 2018 05:35 Artisreal wrote: Wait Pokémon is supposed to be jrpg?!? Secret of mana / evermore and such are so vastly different that I can't imagine that being true. Of course pokémon is a jrpg. Why would it not be? | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
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Faruko
Chile34171 Posts
Labo is about to launch and i guess a Direct with a lot of time used in Labo is something that will pick up the hype and drive some sales i'm probably going to pick one of those just to see how it works, it seems pretty fun although ill probably use it more as a novelty | ||
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Faruko
Chile34171 Posts
It is | ||
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Faruko
Chile34171 Posts
Super Mario Odyssey gets two premium DLCs, one next month involving a new Luigi's Mansion kingdom with 43 new moons/stars Pokken discusses the upcoming Blastoise DLC and a silhouette of a new fighter. Fire Emblem gets an update and the name may be Fire Emblem: Elegy for the Brave (it's a work in progress name) Ever Oasis Saga gets announced. No More Heroes gets a gameplay video. there's more but thats what have been found that will be shown in the direct | ||
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Cricketer12
United States13990 Posts
I like Elegy of the Brave as a title, lots of potential, possibly sigurd inspiration | ||
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Faruko
Chile34171 Posts
Retro's #2 or #3 writer updated their resume. "Working with a highly skilled team to bridge the gaps between game design needs and telling a compelling story in a meaningful world. Finding the best ways to construct the narrative we want the player to experience with the tools and restrictions available through text, dialogue, and non-traditional storytelling. * Key team member for collaborative worldbuilding, story construction, and IP development. * Point of contact for supplemental prose writing. * Special focus on designer collaboration for player experience storytelling." "Narrative specializations in worldbuilding, character development, design integration, non-linear storytelling, prose fiction" | ||
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Artisreal
Germany9235 Posts
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