My 5 Biggest MODERN JRPG Regrets
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- Опубликовано: 9 сен 2024
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Zestiria was the game that made me finally realize that you don't HAVE to 100% every game you play, and I will always be grateful to it for that.
Valid, that game was a nightmare to 100%
That game burned my will for Jrpg for a long while. That's why I haven't started Persona 5
I agree with you on Nino Kuni II; I tried it and just couldn't get into it, then quit after a few hours. And BOY we were going to have words on that last one, had you not pivoted!! 😅
That pivot was worth the anxiety it caused haha
This of course happens to me from time to time! Always kills but I know that's just part of the gaming journey!
Especially if you bought the game at full price. It’s very painful
I got through Zestiria cause of the combat and I really liked the characters but yeah, the skill thing was so frustrating and I never understood it. Although the water temple music was FIRE
Oh tales has absolute fire soundtracks most of the time! You aren’t wrong there
lol, you got me with the ys8 real quick haha
I’m glad I could make you laugh, that was the goal to have people go from rage to laughter haha
Solid list in general
Especially Valkyrie Elysium (nearly had a heart attack with the Ys 8 fakeout lol) and Infinity Strash Dragon Quest Dai
Funny enough Blue Reflection 1 isn’t available here in Australia lol
(My picks are NieR Replicant ver 122 and Vanilla SMT V at launch)
Nier Replicant? Really? I’m honestly curious on your opinion why
@@Shinky while I do love the story and the combat is solid, the rather antiquated design of its routes/and endings even if with the remaster not having the strongest QOL features, makes it a more tedious experience and the side quests disappointed even after coming from Automata
Oh I haven’t played Nier automata yet, so maybe that’s why I enjoyed replicant
I never played Tales of Zestiria but it was my introduction to the Tales of series and I watched playthrough of it and ended up enjoying the story which got me to start following the Tales of series until I bought my first Tales of of game (Berseria).
Like you, I was surprised and disappointed that they build up Alisha only to sideline her and get replace by Rose who I really like as a character but at least they brought her back in a DLC story.
Blue Reflection was OK, I like the story but it became repetitive and boring after a few hours. For example, after completing a section/chapter, you get a rest day to bond with characters and do side quest and what killed my motivation for this game for how repetitive this occurred. I ended up dropping the game but eventually came back and replayed it until the ending. This is also the reason why I haven’t finished Blue Reflection Second Light.
Oh the story is great, all my issues are gameplay related plus the Alisha sabotage. Other than that I like it
I agree with you big time on that Dragon Quest spinoff. The game got extremely repetitive quickly and I didn’t like the way the game handled the way to make you stronger. Great video Shinky!
The adventure of dai is like growing up and finding out your mother doesn’t actually know everything. Disappointing in the most epic of ways possible
Yeah I heard about Infinity Strash and didn't buy it, which may be the only Dragon Quest game/spinoff that I wasn't interested in which is disappointing. My biggest regret is buying Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness day 1. That was a big oof
I heard about infinity strash but my inner fanboyism for the series made me think people were being unnecessarily harsh on it…they weren’t wrong.
SO5 was questionable…it’s not terrible but it did a lot of strange things
This ought to have been titled "5 unexpectedly disappointing games you'd think would be good". Just look at the Tales and DQ entries; they're from otherwise excellent game series
Great video bro, let’s go!
Let’s goooooo!!!
I don't have any RPG regrets because RPGs aren't a genre that I buy games without looking at reviews first. In fact, I don't buy games on day one, I don't pre-order games, and I don't buy anything that I'm not absolutely sure I'll enjoy. Since RPGs tend to be longer games, I definitely don't jump into them blindly, even in well established series that I enjoy. I just don't have the money to waste on a game that I won't play and I don't have the time to push through a game that I'm not enjoying.
Of the games on this list, I would probably give Ni Ni Kuni 2 and Tales of Zestiria a try. Maybe I can pick them up at a good price sometime in the future.
Well tales of Zestiria is on PlayStation plus and always goes on sale, not sure about Ni No Kuni 2 though
@@Shinky I don't have a PlayStation, just a switch right now. No No Kuni 2 gets discounts on Switch, but I need to play the first one all the way through before I consider that.
The Ys VIII joke legit got a sub from me hahaha great video though. I agree with each of these
Glad you enjoyed it! Welcome to the family
Oh yeah, I know this feeling too 😅 Love this concept for a video, and was interesting to hear your thoughts on your game choices, Shinky!
Regret is always entertaining haha
XD When you said Ys8 was on the list I was close to writhing an essay XD
Heheh, sorry about that. Hopefully it got a bit of a laugh out of you though?
Valkyrie Profile is still pretty unique with its combo system. The only other game to even attempt it, that I can think of, is Indivisible. Barring that, I guess Xenogears and Legend of Dragoon had earlier input styles, but not with simultaneous party member attacks being a huge component of the combat. VP2 was a little sloppy with it, but it also added a monster break system for materials (iirc). Couldn't get into Covenant of the Plume being ungodly difficult.
Valkyrie Elysium was disappointing just from the trailers. It looked a bit generic, and like it lost some of the core ideas of VP. Despite the awesome combat, VP also had a great story, and VP2's was still good/decent. I've been dying for a Hrist-focused game after VP2, but given where the story went it was unlikely to begin with. (I did hear rumors way back some time after VP2 that a Hrist-focused one was in development at one point, but... only unsubstantiated rumors).
I still pray to this day for a Valkyrie Profile 3: Hrist. I know that’s a far fetched dream at this point but I can dream
I love the way you break down JRPGs. Much more sophisticated than me hahaha. I usually get turned off on a RPG with the leveling system is overly complicated, too much collecting, or too much crafting. Just let me find the badass sword in a cave somewhere don't make me collect a thousand pieces and build it.
Well thank you. I’m passionate about JRPGs so I love going in depth on discussions.
I feel you on item creation, I don’t want to put a weapon together like some intricate puzzle, just let me pick it up after a hard boss or in a long dungeon!
Great video my dude! Okay so based on what you said here, DON'T make Zestiria my first Tales game, got it 👍
I mean if it is, the only direction you can go is up. Just don’t base your entire thoughts on the tales series on this one game
@@Shinky Sigh, I'm about 10 hours into Zestiria as my first Tales game. Just getting back into JRPG's actually and this was my first on that journey
@@Grizaptimus the rest of the series is much better I promise!
I actually really liked tales of zestiria if you ignore the barren open areas that was a huge mistake
Fair enough. It’s the combat and skill system that really annoyed me; alongside how dirty they did Alicia
Yeah I had no idea about the Alicia promo until you mentioned it I went in pretty blind
Zestiria is actually one of my favorite games ever, but that's MOSTLY just because of Sorey. It wanted me to care WAY more about the Normins, the Lords of the Land, shop levels, and the whole skill system than I was willing to. Despite how much I love it, I still can't bring myself to defend the game as a whole simply because of those incredibly unintuitive mechanics.
Very hard agree about Valkyrie Elysium, though. I didn't HATE it, but I got to the third region before finally realizing that the combat wasn't going to get ANY better. It controlled like a Musou game that wanted to cosplay as Devil May Cry.
Yeah Zestiria isn’t all bad I was just so disappointed in it
You made me laugh when you said “Lacrimosa of DANA” 😂
It makes me a bit sad that another Ys game will probably not top VIII anytime soon.
I’m glad I made you laugh! That was the goal =)
It’s really an amazing game, but if you haven’t played oath in Felghana that comes out next year and Ys X is out in October and that’s about as good as Ys VIII in my opinion
I wanted to like Valkyrie Elysium myself, but I couldn't even beat the demo for it. There was a certain jump during the tutorial that I couldn't make for the life of me, and was convinced that I needed the wind to get across. Then I ran out of mana, and could not figure out how to regenerate it. I tried a few more times to jump that gap, but no luck. So I essentially soft-locked in the demo, and to me, that's a cardinal sin. Uninstalled, and haven't gone back to try again. Maybe I'm wrong, and just didn't have the technique right to get across, but no thanks. Don't want to go back to try again.
Totally understandable. There’s a lot of things that just aren’t made very clear in the tutorial. Which in itself is a sign of a bad game
I have to agree with Tales of Zestria and Valkyrie Elysium. I dropped Zestria like in a few hours, strange because I love the Tales series, it was just so boring......currently am playing Tales of Legendia which is amazing, old school basic combat but story wise, character building wise. Top tier, now I also just beat Valkyrie profile 2 Silmeria and man why did I take this long to play it! 10/10 Great story, gameplay, music, theme, ect I was hooked and when I played Elysium I was going to sleep in a matter of minutes with how boring it was. A shame, with Covenant of the plum being grid and difficult I looked forward to something similar to that but it just didn't measure up at all. Oh and don't ever play Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness...a total disappointment.
I’ve played Star Ocean 5 a few times actually, it’s not the best but it’s not the worst game in the world. It’s just….average
@@Shinky True but any other Star ocean game is better tbh. So what is the worst JRPG you've played?
With Zestiria I agree as a big fan of Tales games, I've played probably all big entries, Zestiria made me to near drop the game from this IP for the first time. Combat was worse graces f, story was only ok, tho a bit boring, Sorey and Mikleo were rly boring for me, Alisha bait... I think if not Roze, Edna, Dezel, Zaveid I would drop this entry which is sad...
Yeah I adore every tales game but Zestiria was hard to enjoy, if it wasn’t for Edna I couldn’t have gotten through it
Don't know if some of these count as JRPGs but one's I regret buying are:
5. Ragnarok Odyessy Ace
4. Baroque
3. Mind 0
2. Suikoden Teirkries
1. Langrisser Re:Incarnation -Tensei-
Some dishonorable mentions are (again some may not count as JRPGs but I wanted to list them anyways):
-Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter
-Shining Resonance
-Monster Rancher DS
-7th Dragon III Code:VFD
-Digimon Survive
I’ll be totally honest, I don’t think I’ve played any of them. I think I bought mind 0 because I heard it was like persona
@@Shinky I was told the same thing honestly when I asked about Mind 0. It's combat system is interesting but I found it hard to keep my interest in it as I played. Certainly didn't feel happy having spent $50 Canadian on a brand new copy after week in upon original NA release back then.
As for the rest, they are oddities that is for certain 😅
Nice list of stinkers, but I enjoyed some of them like Tierkreis or Dragon Quarter, but compared to their other series titles, yeah, they could be perceived as disappointing.
I don't think I've ever heard anything good said about Zestiria lol. I do own it without having played it but I got it for like under $5 so I figure even if I hate it that's fine
I am absolutely the opposite of everyone in that I love Ni No Kuni 2 - I think I am the world's biggest fan of it actually - and I HATE the first one. it is really weird to say such a beautiful game is probably my least favorite game ever, but, well, there you have it. the gameplay in the second one, on the other hand, is super fun and enjoyable! I'll definitely admit to the combat not reinventing the wheel at all but it's very fun and fluid. I am VERY glad they "reinvented the wheel" as the first game just SUCKED in any actual game play. also I dunno, no offense meant but if you are put off by the random grunts instead of full words in VA I don't know how you've stuck with JRPGs this long lol
I haven't played Blue Reflection but a) this is the only negative thing I've ever heard about it minus the fanservice; b) the Gust DLC practices are absolutely awful, and I say this as an Atelier superstan
Zestiria is just…gameplay mechanics are what really bother me. As for Ni No Kuni 2 it just felt like a huge downgrade, in every aspect. Just a personal opinion though. Thanks for watching
You make me sad lol. I LOVED Blue Reflection, there is a twist in the story about 3/4th of the way through that shocked me so much. I liked the relationships between all the girls and it felt emotional and real. they all had such nice personal stories, some dark, some funny, etc.
Too much fanservice for me haha
@@Shinky also was disappointed with zestria taking out my favorite character (dezel) i cried.
Actually you kinda got me with YS 8, but just for that I will subbed to you because you were creative. ❤
I try to throw a little joke in every video haha
Lol when you said Ys VIII I genuinely wanted to know what you were going to say because you raved about that game.
I love Ys 8, it’s easily one of my favorite games of the PS4/vita generation. I was just being silly, keeping people on their toes ya know
What they did to my girl Alisha continues to be a tragedy. And that pitiful excuse of DLC where they gave her a little more story did nothing to quell me being upset over that. She was definitely better used in the anime than the game. But I still love her. Rose was cool, but I wanted more Alisha for sure. Glad that I got Edna, though.
It still hurts to this very day
There are no RPGs I regret buying but there are ones I feel did not live up to my expectations. They still have a place in my collection though.
Fair enough, any examples of games that didn’t live up to your expectations?
@@Shinky brigandine for switch, tales of Zestiria like you mentioned, Star Ocean 4, Baten Kaitos and origins. I own them still they just weren't my cup of tea.
I loved everything you said about Tales of Zestiria. I am often conflicted with that Tales of title. Definitely the worst for me. The worst thing about it is that, potentially it could have been one of the best Tales games.
Absolutely, it had the potential to be the best tales game but it made some design decisions that caused it to fall short
You got me good with that trick. As soon as I saw it pop up, a "F*ck you" may have slipped out. :P
Mission…accomplished? Sorry if it upset you. I love Ys 8 and wanted to be a little silly which was part of the reason I did that
I havent played alot of these lol
I knew I should have put dark cloud on this list
@@Shinky listen old man I will fight you lmao
I don't regret buying Zestiria because it gave me a lot of stuff to think about when making stories, and given I`m working to publish my own, it was a valuable investment.
But it's sad that I have to use a Tales of game as an example of how not to write a story when all other Tales of titles I played were great in that regard.
Alisha did not deserve anything that happened to her! Sorey and his friends are all hypocrites who would rather watch from the sidelines as their supposed friend is in need of help and moral support and then trash talk her behind her back instead of helping her clean the corruption in the government (which would prove beneficial for Sorey's mission of being essentially Jesus) and save lives!
Rose was only able to become Sorey's partner because she had been possessed various times, which increased her sixth sense, proving that Alisha, who already had a strong sixth sense at the beginning of the game despite not having any connection to spirits, could have been trained to increase her powers and not be a burden on Sorey! Yet, nobody even entertains the idea of helping Alisha improve!
And in the end, what was Alisha's happy ending? Become a corrupt politician!
The knight princess that kickstarted the whole story by braving alone into unknown lands in search of the spirits to save her land, presenting Sorey and Mikleo with the opportunity to venture into the outside world and eventually become the Shepperd to cleanse the land of evil, the princess that alone decided to investigate the political corruption and successfully discovered shady trades happening between two warring countries to maintain their economies thus proving the whole ordeal was just a distraction for the population of the two sides to not pay attention to their rules, the princess that despite being overwhelmed by grief and despair of having her mother figure be revealed as an evil manipulator that merely raised her to be righteous and courageous just so she could beat her down and corrupt her morals when the time was right, THE GODDAMN Alisha who fought for justice until the very end despite her limitations and the entire world telling her to give up...
...and you are telling me her happy ending is to become a corrupt politician!?
Zestiria is a terrible story!
Oh jeez, you are completely correct here! Alisha really just didn’t end up with a great ending at all
I know it's not a popular opinion, but I absolutely loved Valkyrie Elysium. Got it on release day, and even sprang for the steelbook edition from Best Buy, and don't regret the purchase in the least. Maybe it's because I didn't have any expectations going in, never having played any of the original titles, but I had a great time with it, and plan on replaying it again at some point.
My big disappointment, at least recently, was Baldur's Gate 3. Bought it a few days after it launched on the PS5 due to all the hype and found I just wasn't enjoying myself. Played it about 6 to 8 hours and stopped. While I can see all the love and care that went into the game, it just wasn't for me, and I regret paying full price for a digital game which I'm now stuck with and can't do anything to help recoup my investment (which is another reason I stick primarily to physical games).
I mean Valkyrie Elysium wasn’t a terrible game, but I was just expecting another true Valkyrie Profile but it just wasn’t that.
As for Baldur’s gate, I hear it’s a love it or hate it game. I haven’t played it myself but it doesn’t seem like a game I’d enjoy
I can't say I regret buying Ni No Kuni II. I did enjoy the story and characters, and the RTS elements were nice. Though it really dropped the ball on the isekai element this time around.
It’s a shame because I love Isekai RPGs. This one just didn’t deliver
@@Shinky I mean, I understand couldn't just go back after all that happened, but one of the things that drew me to the original was it's sort of "Narnia meets Oz" approach to the genre. And of course all the Ghibli involvement.
I did like Roland and Evan's relationship, though. Almost like found family.
I don't necessarily regret owning them, but I got really hyped and bought the big collector's box edition of Octopath Traveller. I wad so disappointed. I could barely bring myself to finish 4 stories and turned it off for good. I love the art style and I have continued to buy all of the HD2D games, including Octopath 2, but I will always remember Octopath Traveller as one of the most disappointing games of my lifetime.
I feel the same about Octopath, it has all the qualities of a great game but the lack of party interaction really killed it for me
I really liked ni no kuni 2. Not as good as the first one but still a great time
Everyone is convincing me to give this game another shot haha
I kinda liked Lunar Dragon Song, yeaa the card mechanic was bleeh couldve been better :)
I mentioned that in my first one. That game offended me haha
Lol thats the reason i dont recommend Ys VIII as an entry to the Ys series, because it towers head and shoulders over the rest of the series
It really towers over gaming as a whole, it’s so good
Ys IX migth be a fine game, but being the successor of Dana is a heavy burden. After 10 hours or so I couldn't keep playing.
I beat Zestiria a few years ago and the biggest issue for me was... nothing about it was memorable. I can't remember what the story was about. I hardly remember the characters, and what little I do remember about them is very vague. And there isn't a single town, city or dungeon that I can remember being particularly interesting or fun to explore. The game was just... boring. I think I only finished it because I'd gotten it as a gift. Or something. =/
Totally, I’m gonna replay it eventually to see if it’s any better the second time around. (And because I’m reviewing every tales game) but honestly just playing and collecting the footage for this video it frustrated me so I don’t expect much!
@@Shinky I hope it goes well for you. =)
Ni No Kuni 2 hurt my soul. The combat is garbage, especially compared to how fun and unique the first game was, it was so disappointing. It felt like such a massive downgrade in every way. I really tried to like it, I've tried to go back and finish it but I lose interest so quickly. The second series like that go hack and slash, I just roll my eyes because that usually means it's a budget cash grab trying to milk the remaining fans because they don't want to invest in actually making a proper sequel.
Yeah it really disappointed me after how much I loved the first one
Good video but I wanna disagree about something regarding the late game of Zestiria.
In no point of the story you're forced to fuse or vice versa. Both playstyle preferences are doable on any difficulty. If anything I believe Zestiria for it's time had the best battle system in the Tales Series.
I don't think many people understand that switching characters is a great gimmick halfway into the battle to abuse element weakness, move move versatility, more combo chaining etc. It has way more in-depth detail and it expands in the Berseria game afterwards. Overall I strongly agree with the skill/equipment system which is literally the worst part of the game. unnecessarily confusing and random . I guess they wanted to try something but it didn't work out.
Overall I like your list and the points you're making. I don't have many JRPGs I regret buying but here's two of them :
DBZ Kakarot and Fairy Tail. I have never refunded any games in my life but both of these didn't even take me 30 minutes to do so . Absolutely horrendous
Oh story wise you aren’t forced but you are left at a heavy disadvantage if you choose not to. Just my experience though.
@@Shinky Yeah that's understandable, after all the video is made from personal experience.
I just wanted to give an insight regarding the gameplay
I got Ni no Kuni 2 at launch and I actually love it!
got way much better with the patch to include expert difficulty.
it's my second favorite ps4 game to date so far.
I do agreed the first game was more memorable and better but I sunk around 160 hour playing the second game thanks to the far away forest dreamer maze which I got addicted to exploring it at the highest difficulty possible.
I only put around 120 hour in the first game and I did platinum both Ni no Kuni 1 on the ps3 and 2 on the ps4.
I hated that the third game ended up being an MMO and released only on mobile devices.
Everyone saying such positive things about it, it’s making me want to give it another fair shot
#3 Puts off a lot of players because it throws a random ass stealth section right in the middle of the escape sequence with no visible way to tell if you're going to get detected or not, also the combat is way too easy for a Bandai Namco game, seriously the most annoying parts of that game are the forced army segments and the forced castle improvement segments, like that breaks the entire flow of the game right there.
I played and finished the game, found it way too easy even the final boss was a joke, Bandai Namco needs to learn to make a Ni No Kuni game that doesn't cut corners, have forced garbage segments and maybe doesn't break the flow of the game?
#2 On the list is a 1 and done for most players, it has very few challenges to it, like the hardest boss is in chapter 7, the game's leveling is done via the quests, the lack of difficult combat and once you get access to the game's ultimate mechanic, you can face roll bosses no joke I did a entire run of the game to show how easy it is.
Some very good points, thanks for watching =)
@@Shinky And the fact you put Tales of Zestria on the list, yeah this was supposed to be the sequel to the hit Berseria same world, just far into it's future the fact they went from Berseria to that makes no sense, if you wanna know the story of Zestiria just watch the anime
How come Xenoblade 2 isn’t on this list? 😢
Because honestly, while I’m not a fan of Xenoblade series as a whole I found some enjoyment with Xenoblade 2. I loved the art style, how bright beautiful it is and the fact that it has KOS-MOS gave me some enjoyment. Any Xenosaga representation is good Xenosaga representation
I take it you didn't buy Star Ocean V then.
I did, but I don’t regret it. It was kinda weak but I still had a bit of enjoyment with it
@@Shinky wow. Funny how tastes can differ so much. I bought it and my stomach literally hurt from knowing I legit wasted $60.
Shinky JRPGs? More like STINKY JRPGs
Only after a night of Taco Bell my friend….only after a night of Taco Bell
I made it through Nino Kuni II but it was definitely the extended cast and story that pulled me through that one (and the army mini game, that was enjoyable). The actual combat was definitely kinda meh.
Zestiria was just easy and its characters were fine but overall I found the game less memorable than other Tales of installments. I did really like Alisha in the anime adaptation though which I enjoyed more than the game itself.
Haven't played the others.
Yeah, the Zestiria anime is a much better way to experience the story then the game itself
Good video :) but the audio is sooo low
Do you mean the music or all the audio?
@@Shinky all the audio. I could listen, but my pc audio was on the maximum
I’ll keep that in mind for next time
I've not been playing a ton, but honestly, FF7 Rebirth I regret getting the deluxe edition for. I should've just gotten the standard one because it was a huge let down for me
Honestly I enjoyed Rebirth but there were lots of things that bothered me about it. So I can totally see where you’re coming from.
To me everything about Zestiria is bad. The characters are bad, the story is bad, the combat is extremely boring (as you said, fusing is basically mandatory and even then you dont even do good damage with it) i remember struggling a shit ton toward the end of the game and having to do boring xp grind with boring af combat, that was legitimy painful. Story had a good buildup at first and then falls apart extremely fast, i was just interested in finishing the story as fast as possible after that. That said, i loved the soundtrack and it did introduce me to the Tales of series and made me play Berseria which is still my favorite Tales to this day (i wish Arise was better tbh) but thats about it
Really? Not a fan of the characters? I thought it had a great cast (I love Edna’s sass) but I understand where you are coming from
@@Shinky I mean its been a while but none of them made a lasting impression except Edna and Zaveid but it probably helped that he was in Berseria lol
My most regretful JRPG was Tales of Arise. I loved Zestiria and I was the only one. Anime and Manga were really good too but Arise...holy shit. Idk if im doing something wrong but i never have money or levels to beat bosses, they feel spongey and I just... IDK something is wrong with that game or me. If ya have any tips id Love em cuz id love to give it another chance
I enjoyed arise but the money issue was a pain, and it didn’t feel like a tales game. Berseria had the same issue, but Berseria was still more tales-y.
Arise almost pushes you to buy the DLC, other than that you just have to grind away
@@Shinky I didnt like Berseia because the gameplay got super conplicated for me. I play Tales to enjoy simplistic and great combat. If that makes sense.
Yeah I guess Ill grind in Arise but yeah that game is harsh and didnt feel like A Tales game. Hell I even heard it wasnt supposed to be till they slapped it on.
That would make sense. Arise didn’t have that tales feel to me.
@@Shinky BTW if i buy the mmoney dlc will it work every subsequent playthrough with ng+ or?
I wanna say yes but I’m not 100% sure
If you can get past the fanservice, Blue Reflection does come together with a solid story and good boss fights. Valkyrie Elysium, I agree. I found the whole thing felt like an overacted DC movie. I think the only decent character in the entire game was Hilde.
I couldn't get in to Ni No Kuni. The lack of any persistence in the dungeons just irritated me to no end and killed it for me.
Valkyrie Elysium hurt so much! I love the Valkyrie series but that game was just insulting
Not a JRPG but FE:3H this is praised to hell and back with its story and characters... really?
Do people no longer read books these days? Hell if you don't like books, VNs then. Is the bar really that low?
I feel reading books isn’t as common as it used to be, I personally read them semi frequently, and I do play VN. What is this comment in reference to? Games you regret?
Personally, I agree with you to a point on Tales of Zestiria. If i had just bought the standard edition for $60, I wouldn't have any regrets. But I bought the colector's edition that came with a lot of extras, and the game was pretty good but not good enough to justify that.
As for Blue Reflection and Valkyrie Elysium, I thought they were pretty good games, not masterpieces but still enjoyable enough for me. In the case of Valkyrie Elysium, I'm not really a big fan of the Valkyrie Profile games. They just haven't really meshed with me. So i don't have that criticism for Elysium.
I have 3 copies of Zestiria and one of them was that collectors edition, so I feel your pain haha.
Lots of people are saying that blue reflection gets good so I might have to give it another shot
@@Shinky yeah, it was well worth a playthrough in my opinion. I don't see myself replaying it, but I enjoyed my playthrough and would definitely play the second game if I get a chance