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Era, help me to my choose my next JRPG
- Thread starter SilentEagle
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Well to be honest with you, it might be worth asking yourself why you keep bouncing off these games and what you expect from a different batch. You say here that you're not a fan of JRPGs, but you liked Persona 5, but you stopped playing after 4 hours regardless. What exactly is it you're looking for? Because if you bounced off Persona 5 and Final Fantasy VII, I'm not sure Persona 3 or Eiyuden Chronicle is going to be all that different. Either way, Persona 3 is the clear winner of your poll. Might as well jump in and see if it does anything different for you.
Correction: Eiyuden doesn't live up to Suikoden II, which is one of the best games ever made. It's very easy to mistake that for being disappointing or bad. It easily lives up to the series as a whole.
There were several people saying it didn't live up to the series as a whole but I will let you debate that with people who played the whole Suikoden series.
For myself, I'm around 6 hours into Eiyuden Chronicle and while I think the world map and large party size are fun, the writing and story have been very disappointing to me based on what I was expecting. I'm not going to call it a bad game but it's releasing during a hurricane of quality JRPGs so it's got some tough competition.
As always with these posts, I highly recommend reading spoiler-free reviews/gameplay videos of the games you're thinking of trying. Suggestions you'll get from here will be the personal opinions of folks, which may or may not appeal to your interests.
My vote goes for Final Fantasy 16. Found it the most enjoyable in my case.
My vote goes for Final Fantasy 16. Found it the most enjoyable in my case.
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It's hard to find a review for my taste. I've seen games that have been praised a lot but made me bored too quickly. Looks like trying is the best way.
If you did not enjoy FF7 Remake, I'm not really sure you'd enjoy FF16 as they have way more in common than a lot of people on this forum would have you believe. I loved both for a lot of the same reasons, but FF16 does lean more on action.
If you're looking to try other games that blend action and more traditional RPG elements and are willing to play some older titles, I'd highly recommend picking up the Kingdom Hearts 1.5 + 2.5 collection next time it goes on sale.
If you're looking to try other games that blend action and more traditional RPG elements and are willing to play some older titles, I'd highly recommend picking up the Kingdom Hearts 1.5 + 2.5 collection next time it goes on sale.
As you are apparently not a fan of JRPGs and you don't want to play "old" games, I do not think you would enjoy Eiyuden. From what I've played of it, you really need to be a fan of the genre in general, but also a fan of old school JRPGs specifically, due to some rather outdated mechanics and game design choices.
But at least you can just try it on GamePass, so no loss if you do try it and don't like it.
But at least you can just try it on GamePass, so no loss if you do try it and don't like it.
Yeah if you're gonna give P5 another shot sometime it needs to be Royal. Literally the only thing vanilla has over it is the highest difficulty being more difficult. Other than that it's an upgrade on every level.
But still, watching the gameplay must surely tell you a lot about what you want to know, right? Do try that before diving into a purchase.