i really enjoyed the video :D!... and you gave very good info about the good things of every game in the list! best of luck in this 2022, and have fun with those incoming gaming sessions Q( n _ nQ)-°
I dont usually play VN's but utawa series are different. There are only minor strategy elements in vastly VN part which i realized a bit late but that didnt diminished my interest. Its still pretty good game with a grand story, voice performances are very good as well. We lost main char voice actor 2 years ago as well which kinda makes me sad every time i hear his good performance :( rip Keiji. (also i would start with prelude to the fallen really).
Criticisms of Xenoblade Chronicles 2 are fair, especially from fans of the original game, but it's still in my top 5 favorite JRPG's. The battle system is far deeper than the first game's, the world is prettier, and the OST is low key one of the greatest of all time and an absolute triumph. Don't sleep on the Torna expansion either. Cheers
My backlog includes: - SMT Nocturne - Persona 5 Royal - Scarlet Nexus - Final fantasy 13 - Grandia - Tokyo Xanadu ex+ - Tales of Zesteria - Ni No Kuni - Octapath Traveller - NEO TWEWY
Tales of zestiria has been said to be one of the worst games in the series and I tend to agree. Berseria blows it out of the water and it's not even close. The only saving grace of that game is Edna
As someone who's played all 3 mainline Utawarerumono games. I HIGHLY suggest starting with Prelude to the Fallen instead of Mask of Deception. Prelude to the Fallen is the prequel and you'll get far more enjoyment of the series starting with this one.
I was going to comment this myself. Playing Mask of Deception first would be a bit like playing Cold Steel before Sky. You can do it, but you’d miss out on a lot.
@@TheKisekiNut From one Trails nut to another, I'd heavily recommend that too (or at least watch the anime). Mask of Deception / Truth are a lot like FC and SC, at the end of Deception there's an EVENT and you'll want to immediately jump into the next game. But you definitely want to play Prelude before Truth because reasons (you'll see what we mean when you get there). Great story / worldbuilding etc, incredible character development as well, based on your content I think you will LOVE the series
I've been playing older games with all the extra content and updates available. The experience is so much better when you know you bought a game that is complete and stable. So far these are my 2022 backlogs: Skyrim Tales of Arise Shadow of Tomb raider Dying light YS 8
I just spent the last two months of 2021 playing Nier Replicant and then Nier Automata back-to-back for the first time, and I'm really struggling to pick a backlog after those. It feels like no game, JRPG or not, will come close to the experience of immersing myself in the way that both of those games' stories intersect and parallel. I've spent all of 2022 so far without even thinking about starting a new game. Instead, I've just been reading Nier and Drakengard side content and discovering new depths that both Nier games have, and I'm struggling to move on because it feels like any JPRG story is just going to feel less well-written in comparison
I couldn't stomach Nier Auto's route B. Replaying everything but with worse gameplay, 9S (who I deeply dislike) and the hacking gimmick (which is pretty much forced on you) killed the game for me. By the time I started route C I was burnt out and barely played that, shame because I loved Route A. I still need to go back to the game now that I think about it, didn't list it on my backlog.
I managed to finish Routes B-E for Replicant in December of 2021. I finished Route A back in May but took a break from the game after that. A lot of hidden elements in the later routes. Had fun with it though.
Yay, Xenoblade 2! It's one of my favorite games in recent memory,and became one of my overall favorites near the end. I hope you enjoy it! Sakura Wars was a holiday gift, and I really hope to get to it over the course of 2022 myself, and I plan on finally taking my dive into the Trails series with Sky First Chapter as well, plus I want to catch up on Star Ocean in time for the upcoming Divine Force later this year.
That’s a loaded backlog! I’m glad you were able to get a hold of a switch so you can experience some of its great exclusives. Xenoblade 2 and Fire Emblem 3H are two of my favorite games (spent ~170 & ~240 hrs on each respectively). For XC2, it does have its short comings which I’m sure you’ve heard, but despite those I still love it. For utawarerumono, I would highly recommend starting with Prelude to the Fallen which came out early 2021. It’s a prequel to Mask of Deception and definitely enhanced my experience with it. Hope you enjoy it when you get around to it!
Three houses is one of those games I loved when I played it but I don't ever plan on going back, which while that's pretty common for me it seems the game kinda wants you to play through it multiple times. I played the Blue Lions route the first time through and loved it so much I refused to play any other routes because I refused to believe they would hold up like that one did. Having multiple storylines in a fire emblem game is nice and all, and the only ones I've played to completion are Fates Birthright and Three Houses Blue Lions Route, I feel like I would prefer a game with a single plotline, so I don't need to play it multiple times to experience the whole plot.
My backlog (in no particular order except SO) 1. Star ocean first departure R 2. Star ocean second evolution 3. Star ocean last hope 4. Star ocean integrity and faithlessness 5. Mahoutsukai no Yoru (if Hollow moon finishes their translation which they should since the progress is almost done but my god it’s taking them so long it’s been like a year and the thing is there was already a translation before them just not all chapters but more than half were so what’s taking them so long) 6. Fate extella the umbral star 7. Fate extella link 8. Xenosaga ep 1 9. Dmc 1 10. Dmc 3SE Honestly this is a lot and I doubt I’d finish it but imma damn well do my best in finishing all the star ocean games before star ocean divine force releases. Why only xenosaga ep1? Well that’s cause this are all the games I own well expect fate extella link which I’ll get soon
Amazing backlog you got there - very much any kind of jrpg you can imagine covered. As I take my step into the JRPG-Genre after 15 years of playing other games, I start more... lets say traditionally. For 2022 - If Lost Ark is letting me play ANY ohter game due to the fact it will be heavily timeconsuming - my focus is on Ys 9, Cold steel 3 and 4 (right now, I am in 3), from the atelier games I will try out The Scion of Arland and if that fits my taste, then I dive into Ryza 1 and 2. And then at last I want to experience real HISTORY. There are the pixel remasters of the first 6 Final Fantasy Games and I wanna play them all. Just to get a grasp of what Final Fantasy is about and why it became so popular.
My 2022 JRPG plan is (in no particular order!): Already completed: Ys: the Oath in Felghana Ys Origin (Hugo and 3rd charafcter playthroughs after finishing it with Yunica last year) Currently playing through (varying levels of completion!): - Dragon Quest 2, - Atelier Ryza, - Bravely Default 2 - Secret of Mana - Ys V - Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition Playing: - .hack GU Last Recode - Shin Megami Tensei V - Trials of Mana - SaGa Frontier (Remastered) - Ys VI: Ark of Napishtim - Ys Seven - Ys IX: Monstrum Nox - Tokyo Xanadu Ex - Atelier Escha & Logy - Atelier Shallie - Atelier Ryza 2 - Grandia HD remaster - Scarlet Nexus - Nier Replicant There's a definite possibility that both last year and this year will be dominated by Falcom releases, but I think I've got enough variety in the pipeline to keep me going for a little while!
Ah, you're gonna love Fire Emblem Three Houses! I've played most of the series since the western-released GBA games, and Three Houses is my favorite by a good margin. Currently playing Trails of Cold Steel 1 (after binging the Sky and Crossbell games last year), so of course all 4 of the Cold Steels are on my backlog. Also still need to play Bravely Default II, Ni No Kuni, 13 Sentinels, Scarlet Nexus, Final Fantasy X and XII, Romancing Saga 3, Xenoblade Definitive Edition, the Cross Code DLC, and the rest of Atelier Ryza. Also need to go back and do some new game plus runs on Xenoblade 2 and Three Houses... sometimes I feel like I've bitten off more than I can chew.
This only my personal take on it since i played all 3 Utawarerumono games in the right order starting with 1 then MoD and then MoT. If u wanna start with MoD thats fine but u might miss out some background story since the cast of the first game will also play a bigger role especially in game 3 MoT. Also because i played everything in order and im a sucker for good drama MoT made me cry like bitch a lot on different events D: so yeah if u have time and the will i would recommend starting with the first game in the series. Each game takes around 30-40~hour for the story depending how fast ur are but he last game is the longest.
If you want an Atelier game with a good story/character (not just focused on fan service) and without time limit, then I recommand a lot the Atelier Iris Trilogy (especially Atelier Iris 2) and Mana Khemia 1&2. Ar Tonelico 1&2 (game also made by Atelier Team) have good story and character. The Ar Tonelico music is eargasmic ahah. Sadly these games are still PS2 exclusivity, but you can emulate them. Also I can't wait for the game "Sea of Stars". It looks really good. :)
I've played Xenoblade Chronicles 2 through three times. I have 1200 hours across my three games. I agree on the voice acting but I still love the story and the world. It's one of the few games that I've played where the world actually felt alive.
*turns to look at my backlog* Geez, your backlog sounds reasonable. Mine is at least 50 games long and growing by the month lol. Considering I haven't finished games from 2017 and I still buy games now, it's saying something :D
Fire Emblem: Three House is still the most played game on my Switch, and by quite a considerable distance. Even me getting lost in Animal Crossing during 2020's UK lockdown wasn't enough to unseat it's behemoth playtime. As a result it's also one of my favourite games on said console. Whoever designed the "Day Off" system on the game, where you run around the school, talk to students and faculty alike, shop and even fish in the school pond definitely played a certain series that is beloved by this channel. I also have Sakura Wars and Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition on my own backlog, although I haven't played the original Xenoblade Chronicles myself. So many games, so little time and storage space.
The only ones of these I have played are Shin Megami Tensei V and Fire Emblem: Three Houses and both of those are definitely worth playing, especially Shin Megami Tensei V. Even will all of hype around that game, I still don't think it's overhyped because it's just that good. Xenoblade Chronicles, Crystar, Nights of Azure, Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception, and Kuro no Kiseki all look interesting and I may have to check those out as well.
For Utawarerumono, you should start with "Prelude to the Fallen" which is a remake of the first game. "Mask of Deception" is the second game, and "Mask of Truth" is the third.
If you liked Xenoblade 1 then there is a high chance you will like Xenoblade 2. Sure, there are people who likes one more than the other but they are both good games of high quality (with their defaults of course). Don't hesitate to look up spoiler free tutorials for Xeno 2's combat though. It's a bit involved and greatly rewarding when you get it, however it can get frustratingly slow if you forget to use some mechanics. The story and music are both great!
I've no idea how many people are going to see this given that this video is a few months old, but hey here goes: 'Crystar' on the Switch runs really well and I'm bloody surprised to say the least. The story from what I've played is captivating and the central themes of the game bleeds into the different areas of gameplay which gives a wholeness to the experience. 'Nights of Azure' is an odd one, I love GUST and this game will be added to another one I've enjoyed. Simply put it's a simplified DMC mixed in with Pokémon with a great OST and a strong Yuri story.
I'm glad you're going to give Fire Emblem Three Houses a try! I also highly recommend Fire Emblem Echoes on the 3DS. It's better than Awakening in my opinion
Echoes had an amazing story, solid gameplay, and one of the best love stories I’ve seen in a game. It’s hands down my favorite, but Three Houses and Awakening are fantastic, too!
TL;DR, my backlog is big for JRPGs that I own and that I plan to buy, and even bigger when you add all the smaller non-JRPG (but mostly RPG) games that I haven't played or finished. I spend way too much of my time on FF14, so I still need to finish most of my games, and a lot of JRPGs are included. I still have to finish the Trails in the Sky games, Cold Steel 3 & 4 (I have been putting them off until I either play the Crossbell games via fan patch or when they release the Official English versions), Bravely Default 2, SMT5, FE:Three Houses, Ni No Kuni 1 and finish the last part of 2, at least 5 of the Atelier games, I still need to buy the Utawarerumono games and Nier Replicant and several other games I kept putting off buying, I technically didn't fully finish Nier Automata I only did ending A (and some of the optional endings), Night of Azure 1 & 2 since I never finished those, a bunch of games I am 100% forgetting, and as for non-JRPGs (which are still mostly RPGs) my tiny, tiny, tiny backlog of well over 700 or 800 games that I own, most of which are smaller games on Steam, thankfully, sadly some of them are on PS3 and mine no longer works.
I'm not sure how I feel about Trails having become an annual series, I feel like a bit more time in development could help them polish the games more, stamp out some major bugs and glitches, and add more content.
From what I remember of an old interview back when Atelier Ayesha released, the aftermath of the earthquake that hit Japan (the same one that made Square release Good king moggle mog before leviathan and titan in FF14) is the main reason as to why the Dusk trilogy is more somber (calling it dark is kind of an overstatement) in tone than all the other Atelier games.
I dropped my JRPG back log for Final Fantasy XI (yes it's almost 20 years old) lmaoo ...I've been much happier because back logs, especially RPG's, feel like homework. You got this !
You never want a backlog feeling like homework! Can't be an obligation, you have to be in the right mindset. There'll be days I'm sure where I'll just not bother playing anything.
Mine is Trails of Cold Steel 2, 3, 4, and the Sky trilogy, Star Ocean 4, Resonance of Fate, Tales of Zestiria and Symphonia, Chrono Trigger (if I bother to pick it back up)... So many games, so little time and energy. And I still want to givr priority to Elden Ring and Stranger of Paradise
Well pretty much every game i got my hands on will be part of my backlog..except for trails games cause i intend to finish and witness with my own hands the unfolding of the mysteries and twists it has to offer! Now waiting for hajimari and kuro to be localized!
Based on your comments, you will have a very special /memorable experience with NiER Replicant. The enhanced OST of this version does not detract from the masterpiece of the original. Enjoy! 😉
Thank you for turning me on to Utawarerumono I have never even heard of this before but I am going to jump in because that is exactly the kind of game/world building I like too.
@@Naryoril Yes! I did play the Prequel (Prelude to the Fallen) but I have not played the other 2 yet. I really did enjoy it a lot, it wasn't fully what I was expecting (I hear the next 2 are even better) but I really enjoyed it a lot. The music was amazing and it really did have a certain kind of atmosphere to it. The final chapter went completely nuts. I am def. looking forward to continuing soon!
@@Naryoril yes absolutely although I have not heard of that game and when I look it up I just get that stupid HBO show instead. Do you know of any other jrpgs that are in-depth stories like trails or the mask games? I'm always looking to get more on my list, right now I've been playing that murder bear game trigger happy havoc
@@Naryoril Hey wow I have never heard of that DOS Game before, I was a kid in those days but around that same year I think is when I discovered the original Fallout which also had a killer manual within. As for the others, I am also working on the Yakuza games right now, and 13 Sentinels looks really good but I am limited to PC only nowadays. Wife & Kid are on the TVs so my gaming is limited to my Office on the PC where I have privacy :P Fortunately Tales are on PC I have also been playing those, I just really wish Persona 5 would come to PC as I hear that is excellent. The Spike Chunsoft games are pretty interesting if you haven't tried those and are looking for a very... strange... jrpg check out Zanki Zero, the story was pretty interesting surprisingly, and the gameplay was...weird.
@@Naryoril yep I think that is a good idea there really do seem like a lot of good games come out on it (plus mario for kids) I am hoping to get one this summer possibly
In my case, I played first Replicant1.2... and then Automata. Needless to say, story of Automata is good, but in terms of story, the shock I got while playing Replicant is never comparable to any other games.
Took advantage of Black Friday and year end sales to stock my backlog. Currently playing Memories of Celceta. Afterwards have 13 sentinels, Scarlet Nexus, Crystar, Ryza 2, Blue Reflection 1&2, and plan to drop everything for Sophie2 and might start FF14 when they open up again.
I just want to say thank you for shilling out the Kiseki series man. I’ve went through 600 hours of epic storytelling partly because of people like you selling the series. I was looking for a jrpg to fill the void after the persona games and now it’s looks like I’m gonna have to look for one to fill the void after the Kiseki games…man I’m gonna miss playing this series for awhile. Thank you again man. As for my 2022 lineup I have this planned Pokémon Brilliant Diamond Pokémon Legends Arceus Ys Series Tokyo Xanadu Tales of games on Steam Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster Final Fantasy VII Final Fantasy X Dragon Quest VII Dragon Quest VIII Shin Megami Tensei V
Despite the Xenoblade Chronicles 2 criticism, I absolutely loved it when I played it last year and sunk a similar amount of hours into it as your friend. My 2022 Backlog of existing games: Scarlet Nexus (PS4) Atelier Ryza 2 (PS4) Cris Tales (PS4) Xenoblade Chronicles X (Wii U) Fire Emblem Three Houses (Switch)
hey! HIGHLY recommend triangle strategy, it just came out but the worldbuilding is Insane, the geopolitics are so deep and fascinating; it's a switch exclusive tactical RPG and i think you would really dig it!
Oh my goodness do you have a good year a head of you! Xeno2 was good and Three Houses was AMAZING. If it wasn’t for my backlog, I’d love to run Three houses New game + and the DLC!
I just finished Tales of Zestiria a month ago (boooo), I'm currently about 3/4ths of the way through Tales of Berseria (yaaaay!), and after that... I have no idea. Maybe my DS copy of Dragon Quest VIII, or maybe I'll finally touch one of the Atelier games I've amassed over the years.
Your descriptions of zestiria and Berseria are actually perfect lol. Mine would be zestiria 🤮 and berseria 🤗 Those games are so far apart it's not even funny. I can't even get through the first couple hours of zestiria anymore without wanting to rip my hair out
@@darknesswave100 It's tragic that they're set in the same world. Berseria's existence enhances Zestiria but Zestiria does not do the same for Berseria. Zesty might have one of the worst parties and combat in the series while Bers has one of my favorite casts and I really love the way the combat system is set up.
The grapevine is right about Crystar. About everything, especially the repetitiveness and the lack of enemy variations. You also have to play trough the last couple of chapters multiple times if you want the true ending which is essential to figuring out what the hell actually happened. The story was great, but the game itself was a chore to play.
There are some awesome games in your list. Xenoblade 2 is far better than it's reputation - it starts off slowly, but towards the end it ignites one firework after the other, I totally loved it (even more than Xenoblade 1). Fire Emblem is also amazing, awesome gameplay, great characters and huge replay value, I sunk many, many hours into this one. If you loved Automata you will definitely love Replica too - it may not be as magnificent as Automata, in my opinion, but it's still a gorgeous game.
We're the same. My JRPG Backlog are fire emblem, xenoblade 1, 2 and SMTV. I found out to myself that most of them are in switch hahaha. Maybe because I mostly play video games in my laptop rather than in my consoles. Also, I feel dizzy in playing switch. I can't even use my TV to play in dock mode, When I use my video game capture to use my laptop monitor to play my consoles, I still feel dizzy because of the 30fps and 720p resolution.
So my plan for 2022 is finish Lost Judgment (yes i consider it a JRPG) while finishing my second run of Cold Steel and working on Code Vein when I feel like it then doing a second run of Cold Steel 2 then playing 3 and 4. if i have time I plan on playing Valkyria Chonicles 2.
about utawarerumono NO mask of deception is not the best way to start this series since it's the second game and in term of interconnectivity it's close to cold steel is to the sky games (and mask of truth is litteraly like cold steel 4 in term of merging all plot developpement to one point) There's a remake to the first game called prelude to the fallen which was release in 2020 in psvita/ps4 and later on pc, that's the one you should start, they are avaiable on english. While mask of deception is not the worse entry to start like cold steel is for the trails series, the game expect you to have played the first game. The first game does more job to introduce to the world while the sequels expanded a lot which gonna be very confusing the more you progress without knowledge given by the first game.
otherwise for me jrpg backlog right now i'm on stella glow on my 3ds, awfull chara design for the female witch but the game is fine so far. I'm still at the first half of the game so there's still room left for this game to surprise me (like he already does in term of dialogue, it's better written than what i expect). otherwise for my others jrpg for this year i have (in no order) : -Astral chain (if that's count) -Ys seven to 9 + the spin off with trails in the sky - Gurumin - Mary Skelter 2 (which include also a remake of the first game on it) - Shin Megami Tensei 4 - Xanadu Next - Pokemon Shield - Atelier Sophie - The Zwei duology - Suikoden 1 and 2 - Xenogears - Radiant Historia - Tokyo Xanadu - Digital Devil Saga 1 (maybe also the second game) - Atelier Ryza - Ar Tonelico 1 - Omori - Super Neptunia RPG - Fire Emblem Awakening - Tales of symphonia - Dragon's crown - Tales of the Abyss - And Popful Mail the majority of them are just a bunch of idea i have in mind but i don't necessary planned to play all of them this year
I was gonna start with Prelude, but I read in quite a few circles that starting with Mask apparently is the better option. In their words (this is the line that ultimately convinced me) 'as you won't have the same sense of mystery if you play Prelude first and know the truth about the world and a certain important character. Mask of Deception was also made with newcomers in mind'. Would be interested to hear your take on that as a lot of other commenters seem to share the same sentiment in starting with Prelude. I imagine it will catch me either way, but always best to have the optimal starting point.
@@TheKisekiNut but the reveal in mask of deception omit a lot of things because he expect you to already know about the first game. And again it expanded what what build in the first game. Sure the game was create with newcommers in mind but that because the sequel was release 12 years after the original game. Bringing again the comparison with the trails series but it's like the Azure/Cold Steel 1/2 in come of how the narrative was create. Like Cold Steel 1/2 spoil azure and not the opposite (zero too but even more azure since they happened at the same time), it's the same thing with utawa. Although the narrative in mask of deception/truth play with your expectations of what you already know of the first game. In any case yeah Mask of Deception is not the worse way to jump into the series but you gonna lost a lot of enjoyment from this game (and having killer spoilers from the first game) since it's a game who is mainly a expansion of what was etablished before. I would say the sense of mystery if it's the thing who grab you the most is stronger in prelude since deception/truth the mystery is put across the two game but is more slow to be established because well that was already done masterfully in the first game so they focus on something different at first (and i stop there because it's hard to talk but what is build and executed across the two sequel is absolutely blast)
Three Houses for me is the best Fire Emblem game of the last decade although the competition isn't all that strong. That said, I really enjoyed it and loved both the story and the gameplay. Xenoblade Chronicles 2 on the other hand was just not fun for me, especially the gameplay. I don't normally drop games but unfortunately, I eventually dropped it after 10 hours.
As a die hard Sakura Wars fan I strongly recommend Sakura Wars 3. It represents the peak of the series with a fairly modern graphics. The first two of the series might be too old for the taste of modern gamers... You don't need to own a console either because it has a PC version which is also fully voiced. Unfortunately it's only available in Chinese and Japanese...
I have a few games I need to finish this year 1 Nier replicant (currently just got to the halfway point I think) and damn that soundtrack is beautiful 2 horizon zero dawn again this month before Forbidden West comes out on the 18th next month 3 13 sentinels aegis rim (bought it last night for like 23 bucks on sale) 4 ac Valhalla (heard it's not good but I've played every game so hoorah) 5 Sakura wars (been having it but didn't get far before another game came out I wanted to play more) 6 persona 5 strikers (again another game was out that I wanted to play so I didn't finish it) 7 ys 9 played through 8 and adored it so need to play this one More than I thought I had
I started Xenoblade 2 last year after I finally amanged to buy it. I already watched Johnes LP of the game, during which I cried a few times. The game just drwas on your heart strings. I'm also still palnning on playing all 4 Cold Steel games. Maybe I'll finish Xenoblade first and then I'll play Cold Steel. I still plan on playing Fire Emblem Warriors and Valkyria Chronicles. I'm also still on my second 3H run. Maybe I'll finish that too. Yeah, i have a lot to get through. Burt don't we all? I also still haven't touched any of my Ys games. Yeah, let's just chip away at our backlogs one at a time. I'm so fucking tired.
I have play Sakura wars couple year ago when the lockdown happen, I like the battle mode and the character but the story for me is bit weak. My backlog for RPG is All of the YS game (Hopeful i will complete this year, I am on third one) SMT 5 Tales of arise There will be more JRPG coming, as for one is P3 remaster if it is release this year, and I will be replaying persona 5 royal to get 100% of the achievement
Crystar's gameplay isn't THAT bad, but it does get repetitive and it isn't exactly challenging, yeah, just know that you'll have to replay second half of the game like 3 times for the true ending. Yoru nai no kuni(Nights of Azure) is pretty great too, also, people might trash-talk the second game a lot but do give it a try, it's got good soundtrack and its combat can actually be pretty fun, sadly other weapons are locked out behind minions's abilities in second game.
Man, hearing the Xenoblade 2 perception from someone who hasn't played it hurts a bit. Xenoblade X is easily within my top 10 games of all time, while Xenoblade DE might be make it to top 30, but Xenoblade 2 is easily in my top 5 favorite games I've ever played. Part of this might be because the Xeno series very well might be my favorite series (Kiseki is still very new to me and might overtake it in the future), so I've spent a lot of time immersed in all the games in the Xeno series. And what I've found is that pretty much everything about Xenoblade 1 (other than the environments and music) completely falls apart under any major scrutiny. Gameplay and story in particular. Meanwhile I appreciate Xenoblade 2 the more I engage with it, the gameplay and story especially. It's really unfortunate that the tutorials for Xenoblade 2 are so terrible, because once you learn how the systems actually work, they become some of the fastest, tightest systems in any game I've played (and the Challenge Mode DLC allows you to fully engage with them due to insane difficulty also). It takes a long time to fully learn to exploit the system to your favor, but when you do, the superbosses become beatable with ease (which is why Challenge Mode is so nice, the superbosses are a joke to many challenges). I've kinda made the game sound really easy, but trust me, it isn't (not super difficult either, just kinda a middle ground). Also as for FE 3H, it's a game I really like, but don't feel like you need to play all the routes. So much of any route is shared among all routes (the first 12 chapters are nearly identical with strong similarities even later). Fortunately the game doesn't beat you up to badly if you skip over a lot of the biggest time sinks though (unless you are a lunatic who plays on maddening mode... ie me, who wants to finish every FE game on the hardest difficulty).
IMO XB2 dethrones every FF game in existence and it's my favourite RPG of all time. Love the art style and didn't mind the voice acting. Same people that hated the departure of art style in XB2 then when insane when XB1 DE was announced with the same art style.. so yeah there's that.
I got to say this but utawarerumono does have great gameplay and story I'd agree with what you said about it I'm also looking forward to kuro no kiseki when an English version of the game gets announced it does look amazing if I'm honest and the atelier series I have played them and also agree with you about not being a fan of the time limit
I don't have a persay backlog but I do try to beat 3 games a month to clear my backlog until it's cleared. But I don't have a only jrpg backlog, just a general backlog and lots of them are short
my backlog for 2022 is...well to be honest it's fucked, royally so. Between updates to games I'm actively playing to new releases I'll be playing a balancing act. On the JRPG scene I plan to play Kuro no Kiseki ofc, its already in my shelf for that reason. In a few days I plan to at least give Pokemon Legends Arceus a shot, if they're at least gonna take a risk I'm going to encourage it. And finally, the one to most likely slaughter my backlog, Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak. I typically spend hundreds upon hundreds of hours on a MH game every main release. Then adding updates to Back 4 Blood, Elder Scrolls Online, eventual multiplayer campaign Halo Infinite, Hopefully Breath of the Wild sequel. Mayyyybeeee Tiny Tina's Wonderland and Kirby The Forgotten Lands.
Hmmm thats a lot of backlog i hope you have enough time to finish it. I really like the dusk trilogy probably my favorite of the modern atelier series so i hope you enjoy it too
It'll be a challenge for sure with all of the new releases as well this year. Trying to balance everything to get enough free time for gaming is a struggle.
Man, I hope you've played the Xenoblade games by now! Especially since 3 just came out. 1 and 2 are BOTH amazing titles. Anyone who says one or the other isn't is just butthurt. Play them. You won't regret it
Just going to say that as far as I've seen from Kuro no Kiseki, I think I like it more than Ao and that's saying something since Ao is my favorite game ever, lol. Need to finish the game before I'm sure, though.
Three Houses is probably my overall favourite game in the series, but it has a terrible lack of combat variety. The unit building gives me the closest thing to my golden mean between XCOM's customizability and a J-SRPG's defined characters rather than units being glorified chess pieces.
So many interesting switch games and no switch for me. 😭 Nights of Azure is an okay game nothing special and the combat is a touch too ridged for me. You’re gonna have a great time with the Nier Remake the music and story are really strong!
Gotta finish up trails in the sky 2, the 3rd then i wait for awhile for zero 😅.then ill catch up with ff14, horizon zero dawn and the bioshock trilogy!
good video TKN but where is persona 4 i haven't heard you talk about it on your channel and it is a good game. BTW i am looking forward for fall of this year so i can get the first of two form the crossbell arc on steam form trails, i will not play the games yet because i want to play them all back to back over the course of a few years. so yeh keep up the good work TKN and happy new year to yah.
I was planning to buy P4 on PC last winter sale. But for some reason it didn't get a discount. So I went "what the hell, I'm gonna get Cold Steel 1 just to try it". Ended up playing the shit out of it and made me buy the entire Trails catalogue. I had already tried Trails in the Sky 1 but it didn't hook me so I refunded it. I'm glad Cold Steel gave me a huge renewed interest in the franchise. That said, I still wanna play P4 some day but it's probably gonna be a long time til I do xD
Unfortunately P4G has to take a backseat last year, didn't get the chance to try it. And I think with the sheer amount of new releases on top of what I want to cut out this year, a heavily time intensive game like P4G won't have a place even this year.
Ok i may be wrong and just seeing things but does that Sakura Wars have the same character designs as Bleach? Designs from Tite Kubo? I could be wrong. And dude your in for a hell of a year hahaha Xenoblade 1 (not 2), Three Houses and SMT V will make your 2022 alone!! Hope you enjoy
Oh my god! This is my second comment because I just realized you haven’t played the 2021 game of the year, SHIN MEGAMI TENSEI V !!!? What the hell man!
Looks almost like my backlog (but mine is bigger). I have a lot rpgs to play this year, its almost criminal. After atelier sophie 2 next month there its no more games until I finish then 10 or so from the backlog.
Hopefully you do a playthrough of XB2. I prefer it over XB1. Better cast of characters and more interesting story. I prefer the battle system more as well.
I hope to finally finish Persona 5 this year, I got the ball rolling when Strikers came free on plus. There was a time when I didn't want to play anything and it's been 3 years since I wasn't in the game like SMT Nocturne which has a save for years on PS2 but with the PS4 version it was irresistible to get. Mostly hope to get Relayed as I love mecha,Tokyo Xanadu while waiting for Trails from Zero to come out
The year may have turned, but there's still a bunch of great games to get stuck in to (well hopefully they are at least).
Here's my backlog for 2022.
not sure why but didn't they do the Hajimari translation way quicker than Kuro, like 1-2 months... been waiting since release lol
i really enjoyed the video :D!... and you gave very good info about the good things of every game in the list! best of luck in this 2022, and have fun with those incoming gaming sessions Q( n _ nQ)-°
I dont usually play VN's but utawa series are different. There are only minor strategy elements in vastly VN part which i realized a bit late but that didnt diminished my interest. Its still pretty good game with a grand story, voice performances are very good as well. We lost main char voice actor 2 years ago as well which kinda makes me sad every time i hear his good performance :( rip Keiji. (also i would start with prelude to the fallen really).
Criticisms of Xenoblade Chronicles 2 are fair, especially from fans of the original game, but it's still in my top 5 favorite JRPG's. The battle system is far deeper than the first game's, the world is prettier, and the OST is low key one of the greatest of all time and an absolute triumph. Don't sleep on the Torna expansion either. Cheers
same
I don’t like xenoblade chronicles 2 but I do love the world and music.
My only complaint of 2 is the map and the field skills.
XC2 has its fair share of flaws, sure, but I still find it more entertaining than 1, even when I don't care for the fanservice
It’s behind 1 and X for me but still a xeno game which means it’s still good
My backlog includes:
- SMT Nocturne
- Persona 5 Royal
- Scarlet Nexus
- Final fantasy 13
- Grandia
- Tokyo Xanadu ex+
- Tales of Zesteria
- Ni No Kuni
- Octapath Traveller
- NEO TWEWY
Amazing games
Great Taste
Tales of zestiria has been said to be one of the worst games in the series and I tend to agree. Berseria blows it out of the water and it's not even close. The only saving grace of that game is Edna
I loved Scarlet Nexus! Play both stories!
As someone who's played all 3 mainline Utawarerumono games. I HIGHLY suggest starting with Prelude to the Fallen instead of Mask of Deception. Prelude to the Fallen is the prequel and you'll get far more enjoyment of the series starting with this one.
Completely agree. It definitely enhanced my experience with Mask of Deception & Truth.
I was going to comment this myself. Playing Mask of Deception first would be a bit like playing Cold Steel before Sky. You can do it, but you’d miss out on a lot.
That seems to be the prevailing theme here, a lot of people say to start with Prelude instead. So that's probably what I'll do.
@@TheKisekiNut From one Trails nut to another, I'd heavily recommend that too (or at least watch the anime). Mask of Deception / Truth are a lot like FC and SC, at the end of Deception there's an EVENT and you'll want to immediately jump into the next game. But you definitely want to play Prelude before Truth because reasons (you'll see what we mean when you get there). Great story / worldbuilding etc, incredible character development as well, based on your content I think you will LOVE the series
I've been playing older games with all the extra content and updates available. The experience is so much better when you know you bought a game that is complete and stable. So far these are my 2022 backlogs:
Skyrim
Tales of Arise
Shadow of Tomb raider
Dying light
YS 8
Utawarerumono is probably one of my favorite franchises, loved the characters and the story. Envious you'll be able to play it for the first time!
I'll take your word for it bud, seems like a lot of people are echoing your sentiments.
I just spent the last two months of 2021 playing Nier Replicant and then Nier Automata back-to-back for the first time, and I'm really struggling to pick a backlog after those. It feels like no game, JRPG or not, will come close to the experience of immersing myself in the way that both of those games' stories intersect and parallel. I've spent all of 2022 so far without even thinking about starting a new game. Instead, I've just been reading Nier and Drakengard side content and discovering new depths that both Nier games have, and I'm struggling to move on because it feels like any JPRG story is just going to feel less well-written in comparison
I couldn't stomach Nier Auto's route B. Replaying everything but with worse gameplay, 9S (who I deeply dislike) and the hacking gimmick (which is pretty much forced on you) killed the game for me. By the time I started route C I was burnt out and barely played that, shame because I loved Route A. I still need to go back to the game now that I think about it, didn't list it on my backlog.
I just got to the timeskip in replicant and I'm enjoying the hell out of it so far
I managed to finish Routes B-E for Replicant in December of 2021. I finished Route A back in May but took a break from the game after that. A lot of hidden elements in the later routes. Had fun with it though.
Wait, a game with world building competing with trails? Definitely got me interested there. Time to put Utawarerumono on my backlog!
It's garnered quite a lot of praise, so I want to see what it's all about!
Its a trilogy of visual novells with trpg gameplay.
nier replicant was amazing, the emotions and the storytelling, and the wtf moments were *chefs kiss
Yay, Xenoblade 2! It's one of my favorite games in recent memory,and became one of my overall favorites near the end. I hope you enjoy it!
Sakura Wars was a holiday gift, and I really hope to get to it over the course of 2022 myself, and I plan on finally taking my dive into the Trails series with Sky First Chapter as well, plus I want to catch up on Star Ocean in time for the upcoming Divine Force later this year.
Utawarerumono is an excellent pick - its world building is indeed one of the finest I’ve encountered.
That’s a loaded backlog! I’m glad you were able to get a hold of a switch so you can experience some of its great exclusives. Xenoblade 2 and Fire Emblem 3H are two of my favorite games (spent ~170 & ~240 hrs on each respectively). For XC2, it does have its short comings which I’m sure you’ve heard, but despite those I still love it.
For utawarerumono, I would highly recommend starting with Prelude to the Fallen which came out early 2021. It’s a prequel to Mask of Deception and definitely enhanced my experience with it. Hope you enjoy it when you get around to it!
Three houses is one of those games I loved when I played it but I don't ever plan on going back, which while that's pretty common for me it seems the game kinda wants you to play through it multiple times. I played the Blue Lions route the first time through and loved it so much I refused to play any other routes because I refused to believe they would hold up like that one did. Having multiple storylines in a fire emblem game is nice and all, and the only ones I've played to completion are Fates Birthright and Three Houses Blue Lions Route, I feel like I would prefer a game with a single plotline, so I don't need to play it multiple times to experience the whole plot.
My backlog (in no particular order except SO)
1. Star ocean first departure R
2. Star ocean second evolution
3. Star ocean last hope
4. Star ocean integrity and faithlessness
5. Mahoutsukai no Yoru (if Hollow moon finishes their translation which they should since the progress is almost done but my god it’s taking them so long it’s been like a year and the thing is there was already a translation before them just not all chapters but more than half were so what’s taking them so long)
6. Fate extella the umbral star
7. Fate extella link
8. Xenosaga ep 1
9. Dmc 1
10. Dmc 3SE
Honestly this is a lot and I doubt I’d finish it but imma damn well do my best in finishing all the star ocean games before star ocean divine force releases. Why only xenosaga ep1? Well that’s cause this are all the games I own well expect fate extella link which I’ll get soon
Amazing backlog you got there - very much any kind of jrpg you can imagine covered. As I take my step into the JRPG-Genre after 15 years of playing other games, I start more... lets say traditionally. For 2022 - If Lost Ark is letting me play ANY ohter game due to the fact it will be heavily timeconsuming - my focus is on Ys 9, Cold steel 3 and 4 (right now, I am in 3), from the atelier games I will try out The Scion of Arland and if that fits my taste, then I dive into Ryza 1 and 2.
And then at last I want to experience real HISTORY. There are the pixel remasters of the first 6 Final Fantasy Games and I wanna play them all. Just to get a grasp of what Final Fantasy is about and why it became so popular.
My 2022 JRPG plan is (in no particular order!):
Already completed:
Ys: the Oath in Felghana
Ys Origin (Hugo and 3rd charafcter playthroughs after finishing it with Yunica last year)
Currently playing through (varying levels of completion!):
- Dragon Quest 2,
- Atelier Ryza,
- Bravely Default 2
- Secret of Mana
- Ys V
- Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition
Playing:
- .hack GU Last Recode
- Shin Megami Tensei V
- Trials of Mana
- SaGa Frontier (Remastered)
- Ys VI: Ark of Napishtim
- Ys Seven
- Ys IX: Monstrum Nox
- Tokyo Xanadu Ex
- Atelier Escha & Logy
- Atelier Shallie
- Atelier Ryza 2
- Grandia HD remaster
- Scarlet Nexus
- Nier Replicant
There's a definite possibility that both last year and this year will be dominated by Falcom releases, but I think I've got enough variety in the pipeline to keep me going for a little while!
holy shit just play 3 Houses already
one of the best games I've ever played in my life.
That soundtrack though 👌
I didn't get to play it until last year and damn that game took over my whole life
Ah, you're gonna love Fire Emblem Three Houses! I've played most of the series since the western-released GBA games, and Three Houses is my favorite by a good margin.
Currently playing Trails of Cold Steel 1 (after binging the Sky and Crossbell games last year), so of course all 4 of the Cold Steels are on my backlog. Also still need to play Bravely Default II, Ni No Kuni, 13 Sentinels, Scarlet Nexus, Final Fantasy X and XII, Romancing Saga 3, Xenoblade Definitive Edition, the Cross Code DLC, and the rest of Atelier Ryza. Also need to go back and do some new game plus runs on Xenoblade 2 and Three Houses... sometimes I feel like I've bitten off more than I can chew.
This only my personal take on it since i played all 3 Utawarerumono games in the right order starting with 1 then MoD and then MoT. If u wanna start with MoD thats fine but u might miss out some background story since the cast of the first game will also play a bigger role especially in game 3 MoT. Also because i played everything in order and im a sucker for good drama MoT made me cry like bitch a lot on different events D:
so yeah if u have time and the will i would recommend starting with the first game in the series. Each game takes around 30-40~hour for the story depending how fast ur are but he last game is the longest.
A few other people have echoed the sentiment that it's worth starting with Prelude, so I think I might do that.
nights of azure is a lot of fun. I must get around to the second title. Great video it was a lot of fun.
Well that's good, nice to hear someone recommends it!
If you want an Atelier game with a good story/character (not just focused on fan service) and without time limit, then I recommand a lot the Atelier Iris Trilogy (especially Atelier Iris 2) and Mana Khemia 1&2. Ar Tonelico 1&2 (game also made by Atelier Team) have good story and character. The Ar Tonelico music is eargasmic ahah. Sadly these games are still PS2 exclusivity, but you can emulate them. Also I can't wait for the game "Sea of Stars". It looks really good. :)
Personally like XC2. It was slow at first but daaamn once you get to the good parts it just cascades from there.
I've played Xenoblade Chronicles 2 through three times. I have 1200 hours across my three games. I agree on the voice acting but I still love the story and the world. It's one of the few games that I've played where the world actually felt alive.
*turns to look at my backlog* Geez, your backlog sounds reasonable. Mine is at least 50 games long and growing by the month lol. Considering I haven't finished games from 2017 and I still buy games now, it's saying something :D
That's not his whole backlog, just what he is cutting this year
@@flamehiro well he's way smarter than me then, lol
@@demodoki1319 lol, I had same problem. Try just beating at least a game a month as a start. Even if it's short
Fire Emblem: Three House is still the most played game on my Switch, and by quite a considerable distance. Even me getting lost in Animal Crossing during 2020's UK lockdown wasn't enough to unseat it's behemoth playtime. As a result it's also one of my favourite games on said console. Whoever designed the "Day Off" system on the game, where you run around the school, talk to students and faculty alike, shop and even fish in the school pond definitely played a certain series that is beloved by this channel. I also have Sakura Wars and Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition on my own backlog, although I haven't played the original Xenoblade Chronicles myself. So many games, so little time and storage space.
I'm going to play Final Fantasy 4, Persona 5 Royal, Yo-Kai Watch, Tales of Symphonia, SMT4, and Dragon Quest 9.
You're going to playing persona 5 Royal in 2022.
You wont have time for anything else haha.
@@ClaymanFlames lol you aren't lying. When I played it it took over my whole life for months. I have over 200 hours in it
There's a lot of solid games there, reiterating what other commenters have said as well, P5R will take a while.
@@TheKisekiNut Yeah it probably will take me at least 3 months to beat, especially for a long 100 hour game
The only ones of these I have played are Shin Megami Tensei V and Fire Emblem: Three Houses and both of those are definitely worth playing, especially Shin Megami Tensei V. Even will all of hype around that game, I still don't think it's overhyped because it's just that good. Xenoblade Chronicles, Crystar, Nights of Azure, Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception, and Kuro no Kiseki all look interesting and I may have to check those out as well.
I have been playing Aegis Rim (also motivated by your video) and its a blast so far. Getting near the end and loving every second of it so far.
Masterpiece is a word that comes to mind.
For Utawarerumono, you should start with "Prelude to the Fallen" which is a remake of the first game. "Mask of Deception" is the second game, and "Mask of Truth" is the third.
If you liked Xenoblade 1 then there is a high chance you will like Xenoblade 2. Sure, there are people who likes one more than the other but they are both good games of high quality (with their defaults of course). Don't hesitate to look up spoiler free tutorials for Xeno 2's combat though. It's a bit involved and greatly rewarding when you get it, however it can get frustratingly slow if you forget to use some mechanics. The story and music are both great!
I've no idea how many people are going to see this given that this video is a few months old, but hey here goes: 'Crystar' on the Switch runs really well and I'm bloody surprised to say the least. The story from what I've played is captivating and the central themes of the game bleeds into the different areas of gameplay which gives a wholeness to the experience. 'Nights of Azure' is an odd one, I love GUST and this game will be added to another one I've enjoyed. Simply put it's a simplified DMC mixed in with Pokémon with a great OST and a strong Yuri story.
Xenoblade 2 & Three Houses are both in my top 5 Switch games. I’m currently playing through the Silver Snow route.
I'm glad you're going to give Fire Emblem Three Houses a try! I also highly recommend Fire Emblem Echoes on the 3DS. It's better than Awakening in my opinion
Echoes had an amazing story, solid gameplay, and one of the best love stories I’ve seen in a game. It’s hands down my favorite, but Three Houses and Awakening are fantastic, too!
TL;DR, my backlog is big for JRPGs that I own and that I plan to buy, and even bigger when you add all the smaller non-JRPG (but mostly RPG) games that I haven't played or finished.
I spend way too much of my time on FF14, so I still need to finish most of my games, and a lot of JRPGs are included. I still have to finish the Trails in the Sky games, Cold Steel 3 & 4 (I have been putting them off until I either play the Crossbell games via fan patch or when they release the Official English versions), Bravely Default 2, SMT5, FE:Three Houses, Ni No Kuni 1 and finish the last part of 2, at least 5 of the Atelier games, I still need to buy the Utawarerumono games and Nier Replicant and several other games I kept putting off buying, I technically didn't fully finish Nier Automata I only did ending A (and some of the optional endings), Night of Azure 1 & 2 since I never finished those, a bunch of games I am 100% forgetting, and as for non-JRPGs (which are still mostly RPGs) my tiny, tiny, tiny backlog of well over 700 or 800 games that I own, most of which are smaller games on Steam, thankfully, sadly some of them are on PS3 and mine no longer works.
I'm not sure how I feel about Trails having become an annual series, I feel like a bit more time in development could help them polish the games more, stamp out some major bugs and glitches, and add more content.
From what I remember of an old interview back when Atelier Ayesha released, the aftermath of the earthquake that hit Japan (the same one that made Square release Good king moggle mog before leviathan and titan in FF14) is the main reason as to why the Dusk trilogy is more somber (calling it dark is kind of an overstatement) in tone than all the other Atelier games.
I dropped my JRPG back log for Final Fantasy XI (yes it's almost 20 years old) lmaoo ...I've been much happier because back logs, especially RPG's, feel like homework. You got this !
You never want a backlog feeling like homework! Can't be an obligation, you have to be in the right mindset. There'll be days I'm sure where I'll just not bother playing anything.
Mine is Trails of Cold Steel 2, 3, 4, and the Sky trilogy, Star Ocean 4, Resonance of Fate, Tales of Zestiria and Symphonia, Chrono Trigger (if I bother to pick it back up)...
So many games, so little time and energy. And I still want to givr priority to Elden Ring and Stranger of Paradise
Yeah, Elden Ring is definitely one of the 'must plays' for me this year.
Well pretty much every game i got my hands on will be part of my backlog..except for trails games cause i intend to finish and witness with my own hands the unfolding of the mysteries and twists it has to offer! Now waiting for hajimari and kuro to be localized!
Based on your comments, you will have a very special /memorable experience with NiER Replicant. The enhanced OST of this version does not detract from the masterpiece of the original. Enjoy! 😉
Interesting, I had never heard of Utawarerumono before.
The trails comparison has my attention.
I guess I'll give that a go.
Thank you for turning me on to Utawarerumono I have never even heard of this before but I am going to jump in because that is exactly the kind of game/world building I like too.
@@Naryoril Yes! I did play the Prequel (Prelude to the Fallen) but I have not played the other 2 yet. I really did enjoy it a lot, it wasn't fully what I was expecting (I hear the next 2 are even better) but I really enjoyed it a lot. The music was amazing and it really did have a certain kind of atmosphere to it. The final chapter went completely nuts. I am def. looking forward to continuing soon!
@@Naryoril yes absolutely although I have not heard of that game and when I look it up I just get that stupid HBO show instead. Do you know of any other jrpgs that are in-depth stories like trails or the mask games? I'm always looking to get more on my list, right now I've been playing that murder bear game trigger happy havoc
@@Naryoril Hey wow I have never heard of that DOS Game before, I was a kid in those days but around that same year I think is when I discovered the original Fallout which also had a killer manual within. As for the others, I am also working on the Yakuza games right now, and 13 Sentinels looks really good but I am limited to PC only nowadays. Wife & Kid are on the TVs so my gaming is limited to my Office on the PC where I have privacy :P Fortunately Tales are on PC I have also been playing those, I just really wish Persona 5 would come to PC as I hear that is excellent. The Spike Chunsoft games are pretty interesting if you haven't tried those and are looking for a very... strange... jrpg check out Zanki Zero, the story was pretty interesting surprisingly, and the gameplay was...weird.
@@Naryoril yep I think that is a good idea there really do seem like a lot of good games come out on it (plus mario for kids) I am hoping to get one this summer possibly
And here’s me trying for the trails 2 platinum.
Meanwhile Kiseki Nut: I’m 50 light years ahead of everyone.
In my case, I played first Replicant1.2... and then Automata. Needless to say, story of Automata is good, but in terms of story, the shock I got while playing Replicant is never comparable to any other games.
Took advantage of Black Friday and year end sales to stock my backlog. Currently playing Memories of Celceta. Afterwards have 13 sentinels, Scarlet Nexus, Crystar, Ryza 2, Blue Reflection 1&2, and plan to drop everything for Sophie2 and might start FF14 when they open up again.
I love this guy , I've loaded up my cart with most of them
I just want to say thank you for shilling out the Kiseki series man. I’ve went through 600 hours of epic storytelling partly because of people like you selling the series. I was looking for a jrpg to fill the void after the persona games and now it’s looks like I’m gonna have to look for one to fill the void after the Kiseki games…man I’m gonna miss playing this series for awhile. Thank you again man.
As for my 2022 lineup I have this planned
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond
Pokémon Legends Arceus
Ys Series
Tokyo Xanadu
Tales of games on Steam
Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy X
Dragon Quest VII
Dragon Quest VIII
Shin Megami Tensei V
Glad you enjoyed the games bud, now you can wait like the rest of us for Reverie localisation!
Theee houses is a must play !!!! Love it !!
Despite the Xenoblade Chronicles 2 criticism, I absolutely loved it when I played it last year and sunk a similar amount of hours into it as your friend.
My 2022 Backlog of existing games:
Scarlet Nexus (PS4)
Atelier Ryza 2 (PS4)
Cris Tales (PS4)
Xenoblade Chronicles X (Wii U)
Fire Emblem Three Houses (Switch)
hey! HIGHLY recommend triangle strategy, it just came out but the worldbuilding is Insane, the geopolitics are so deep and fascinating; it's a switch exclusive tactical RPG and i think you would really dig it!
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is excellent. Still my favorite Switch game to-date.
Oh my goodness do you have a good year a head of you! Xeno2 was good and Three Houses was AMAZING. If it wasn’t for my backlog, I’d love to run Three houses New game + and the DLC!
The Switch is already stacking up as one of the best purchases I've made recently!
I just finished Tales of Zestiria a month ago (boooo), I'm currently about 3/4ths of the way through Tales of Berseria (yaaaay!), and after that... I have no idea. Maybe my DS copy of Dragon Quest VIII, or maybe I'll finally touch one of the Atelier games I've amassed over the years.
Your descriptions of zestiria and Berseria are actually perfect lol. Mine would be zestiria 🤮 and berseria 🤗
Those games are so far apart it's not even funny. I can't even get through the first couple hours of zestiria anymore without wanting to rip my hair out
@@darknesswave100 It's tragic that they're set in the same world. Berseria's existence enhances Zestiria but Zestiria does not do the same for Berseria. Zesty might have one of the worst parties and combat in the series while Bers has one of my favorite casts and I really love the way the combat system is set up.
I am really looking forward to kuro no kiseki. Once the spreadsheet is out I will be fully focused on that game
Been playing Persona 5S recently, but my main backlog
Valkyria Chronicles 4
Tokyo Xanadu ex+
SMT5
Ys 9
Ys 8
XC2
Neptunia x Senran Kagura
Lol I completely forgot I had Tokyo Xanadu and Valkyria Chronicles 4. So many things on my backlog that I already forgot about them
Ys 8 is a fantastic game. I'm trying to get though 9 myself right now
The grapevine is right about Crystar. About everything, especially the repetitiveness and the lack of enemy variations.
You also have to play trough the last couple of chapters multiple times if you want the true ending which is essential to figuring out what the hell actually happened.
The story was great, but the game itself was a chore to play.
There are some awesome games in your list. Xenoblade 2 is far better than it's reputation - it starts off slowly, but towards the end it ignites one firework after the other, I totally loved it (even more than Xenoblade 1). Fire Emblem is also amazing, awesome gameplay, great characters and huge replay value, I sunk many, many hours into this one. If you loved Automata you will definitely love Replica too - it may not be as magnificent as Automata, in my opinion, but it's still a gorgeous game.
Right now the only game in my backlog of 100s that I'm actively putting time into is Disgaea 6
My backlog looks like:
Monark
Nier replicant
Trails from zero
Tales of the abyss
Final Fantasy 7 remake intergrade
I played Tales of the Abyss before it's awesome the story and characters are good
Abyss is probably 2nd for me in terms of tales games. First is vesperia then it and then arise. Game is so good it's crazy
We're the same. My JRPG Backlog are fire emblem, xenoblade 1, 2 and SMTV. I found out to myself that most of them are in switch hahaha. Maybe because I mostly play video games in my laptop rather than in my consoles. Also, I feel dizzy in playing switch. I can't even use my TV to play in dock mode, When I use my video game capture to use my laptop monitor to play my consoles, I still feel dizzy because of the 30fps and 720p resolution.
I'm getting similar problems, though it's mostly just the frames tanking with the capture card. Playing XC:DE on my monitor is pretty rough at times.
2022 is the year of Tails for me. Got four in the back log and that does NOT include Arise.
So my plan for 2022 is finish Lost Judgment (yes i consider it a JRPG) while finishing my second run of Cold Steel and working on Code Vein when I feel like it then doing a second run of Cold Steel 2 then playing 3 and 4. if i have time I plan on playing Valkyria Chonicles 2.
about utawarerumono
NO mask of deception is not the best way to start this series since it's the second game and in term of interconnectivity it's close to cold steel is to the sky games (and mask of truth is litteraly like cold steel 4 in term of merging all plot developpement to one point)
There's a remake to the first game called prelude to the fallen which was release in 2020 in psvita/ps4 and later on pc, that's the one you should start, they are avaiable on english. While mask of deception is not the worse entry to start like cold steel is for the trails series, the game expect you to have played the first game. The first game does more job to introduce to the world while the sequels expanded a lot which gonna be very confusing the more you progress without knowledge given by the first game.
otherwise for me jrpg backlog
right now i'm on stella glow on my 3ds, awfull chara design for the female witch but the game is fine so far. I'm still at the first half of the game so there's still room left for this game to surprise me (like he already does in term of dialogue, it's better written than what i expect).
otherwise for my others jrpg for this year i have (in no order) :
-Astral chain (if that's count)
-Ys seven to 9 + the spin off with trails in the sky
- Gurumin
- Mary Skelter 2 (which include also a remake of the first game on it)
- Shin Megami Tensei 4
- Xanadu Next
- Pokemon Shield
- Atelier Sophie
- The Zwei duology
- Suikoden 1 and 2
- Xenogears
- Radiant Historia
- Tokyo Xanadu
- Digital Devil Saga 1 (maybe also the second game)
- Atelier Ryza
- Ar Tonelico 1
- Omori
- Super Neptunia RPG
- Fire Emblem Awakening
- Tales of symphonia
- Dragon's crown
- Tales of the Abyss
- And Popful Mail
the majority of them are just a bunch of idea i have in mind but i don't necessary planned to play all of them this year
I was gonna start with Prelude, but I read in quite a few circles that starting with Mask apparently is the better option. In their words (this is the line that ultimately convinced me) 'as you won't have the same sense of mystery if you play Prelude first and know the truth about the world and a certain important character. Mask of Deception was also made with newcomers in mind'. Would be interested to hear your take on that as a lot of other commenters seem to share the same sentiment in starting with Prelude. I imagine it will catch me either way, but always best to have the optimal starting point.
@@TheKisekiNut but the reveal in mask of deception omit a lot of things because he expect you to already know about the first game. And again it expanded what what build in the first game. Sure the game was create with newcommers in mind but that because the sequel was release 12 years after the original game. Bringing again the comparison with the trails series but it's like the Azure/Cold Steel 1/2 in come of how the narrative was create. Like Cold Steel 1/2 spoil azure and not the opposite (zero too but even more azure since they happened at the same time), it's the same thing with utawa. Although the narrative in mask of deception/truth play with your expectations of what you already know of the first game.
In any case yeah Mask of Deception is not the worse way to jump into the series but you gonna lost a lot of enjoyment from this game (and having killer spoilers from the first game) since it's a game who is mainly a expansion of what was etablished before.
I would say the sense of mystery if it's the thing who grab you the most is stronger in prelude since deception/truth the mystery is put across the two game but is more slow to be established because well that was already done masterfully in the first game so they focus on something different at first (and i stop there because it's hard to talk but what is build and executed across the two sequel is absolutely blast)
Three Houses for me is the best Fire Emblem game of the last decade although the competition isn't all that strong. That said, I really enjoyed it and loved both the story and the gameplay. Xenoblade Chronicles 2 on the other hand was just not fun for me, especially the gameplay. I don't normally drop games but unfortunately, I eventually dropped it after 10 hours.
As a die hard Sakura Wars fan I strongly recommend Sakura Wars 3. It represents the peak of the series with a fairly modern graphics. The first two of the series might be too old for the taste of modern gamers... You don't need to own a console either because it has a PC version which is also fully voiced. Unfortunately it's only available in Chinese and Japanese...
I have a few games I need to finish this year
1 Nier replicant (currently just got to the halfway point I think) and damn that soundtrack is beautiful
2 horizon zero dawn again this month before Forbidden West comes out on the 18th next month
3 13 sentinels aegis rim (bought it last night for like 23 bucks on sale)
4 ac Valhalla (heard it's not good but I've played every game so hoorah)
5 Sakura wars (been having it but didn't get far before another game came out I wanted to play more)
6 persona 5 strikers (again another game was out that I wanted to play so I didn't finish it)
7 ys 9 played through 8 and adored it so need to play this one
More than I thought I had
I am just playing FE:TH for third time , now with dimitri's house and still fun as heck
I started Xenoblade 2 last year after I finally amanged to buy it. I already watched Johnes LP of the game, during which I cried a few times. The game just drwas on your heart strings. I'm also still palnning on playing all 4 Cold Steel games. Maybe I'll finish Xenoblade first and then I'll play Cold Steel. I still plan on playing Fire Emblem Warriors and Valkyria Chronicles. I'm also still on my second 3H run. Maybe I'll finish that too. Yeah, i have a lot to get through. Burt don't we all? I also still haven't touched any of my Ys games. Yeah, let's just chip away at our backlogs one at a time. I'm so fucking tired.
me too lol
I have play Sakura wars couple year ago when the lockdown happen, I like the battle mode and the character but the story for me is bit weak.
My backlog for RPG is
All of the YS game (Hopeful i will complete this year, I am on third one)
SMT 5
Tales of arise
There will be more JRPG coming, as for one is P3 remaster if it is release this year, and I will be replaying persona 5 royal to get 100% of the achievement
Crystar's gameplay isn't THAT bad, but it does get repetitive and it isn't exactly challenging, yeah, just know that you'll have to replay second half of the game like 3 times for the true ending.
Yoru nai no kuni(Nights of Azure) is pretty great too, also, people might trash-talk the second game a lot but do give it a try, it's got good soundtrack and its combat can actually be pretty fun, sadly other weapons are locked out behind minions's abilities in second game.
Man, hearing the Xenoblade 2 perception from someone who hasn't played it hurts a bit. Xenoblade X is easily within my top 10 games of all time, while Xenoblade DE might be make it to top 30, but Xenoblade 2 is easily in my top 5 favorite games I've ever played. Part of this might be because the Xeno series very well might be my favorite series (Kiseki is still very new to me and might overtake it in the future), so I've spent a lot of time immersed in all the games in the Xeno series. And what I've found is that pretty much everything about Xenoblade 1 (other than the environments and music) completely falls apart under any major scrutiny. Gameplay and story in particular. Meanwhile I appreciate Xenoblade 2 the more I engage with it, the gameplay and story especially.
It's really unfortunate that the tutorials for Xenoblade 2 are so terrible, because once you learn how the systems actually work, they become some of the fastest, tightest systems in any game I've played (and the Challenge Mode DLC allows you to fully engage with them due to insane difficulty also). It takes a long time to fully learn to exploit the system to your favor, but when you do, the superbosses become beatable with ease (which is why Challenge Mode is so nice, the superbosses are a joke to many challenges). I've kinda made the game sound really easy, but trust me, it isn't (not super difficult either, just kinda a middle ground).
Also as for FE 3H, it's a game I really like, but don't feel like you need to play all the routes. So much of any route is shared among all routes (the first 12 chapters are nearly identical with strong similarities even later). Fortunately the game doesn't beat you up to badly if you skip over a lot of the biggest time sinks though (unless you are a lunatic who plays on maddening mode... ie me, who wants to finish every FE game on the hardest difficulty).
Same. In fact, XC2 in my top 3. I haven't played XCX; I hope they port it to switch.
IMO XB2 dethrones every FF game in existence and it's my favourite RPG of all time.
Love the art style and didn't mind the voice acting.
Same people that hated the departure of art style in XB2 then when insane when XB1 DE was announced with the same art style..
so yeah there's that.
Fire Emblem Three Houses is amazing. Im playing it right now
I’m glad I didn’t skip xenoblade chronicles on switch. I played for a few hours, realized the fans had way overhyped it, and sold it 😜
I got to say this but utawarerumono does have great gameplay and story I'd agree with what you said about it I'm also looking forward to kuro no kiseki when an English version of the game gets announced it does look amazing if I'm honest and the atelier series I have played them and also agree with you about not being a fan of the time limit
Nier replicant is amazing..probably my fav jrpg story and characters of all time...I highly recommend it..
I really wanna play that but not sure if my craptop will run it fine. Plus it's still full price so it can wait
@@Walamonga1313 just play on ps4
I don't have a persay backlog but I do try to beat 3 games a month to clear my backlog until it's cleared. But I don't have a only jrpg backlog, just a general backlog and lots of them are short
my backlog for 2022 is...well to be honest it's fucked, royally so. Between updates to games I'm actively playing to new releases I'll be playing a balancing act.
On the JRPG scene I plan to play Kuro no Kiseki ofc, its already in my shelf for that reason. In a few days I plan to at least give Pokemon Legends Arceus a shot, if they're at least gonna take a risk I'm going to encourage it. And finally, the one to most likely slaughter my backlog, Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak. I typically spend hundreds upon hundreds of hours on a MH game every main release.
Then adding updates to Back 4 Blood, Elder Scrolls Online, eventual multiplayer campaign Halo Infinite, Hopefully Breath of the Wild sequel. Mayyyybeeee Tiny Tina's Wonderland and Kirby The Forgotten Lands.
Hmmm thats a lot of backlog i hope you have enough time to finish it. I really like the dusk trilogy probably my favorite of the modern atelier series so i hope you enjoy it too
It'll be a challenge for sure with all of the new releases as well this year. Trying to balance everything to get enough free time for gaming is a struggle.
Man, I hope you've played the Xenoblade games by now! Especially since 3 just came out. 1 and 2 are BOTH amazing titles. Anyone who says one or the other isn't is just butthurt.
Play them. You won't regret it
i loved crystar and nier last year
My backlog right now is
Atelier Sophie DX
Ys8
Final Fantasy XII
SMT 3 Nocturne
Tales of Berseria
Yakuza 0
Ys VIII is one of my favourite games of all time, I'd like to think you'll get the same experience.
XC2 ties with Bloodborne for No.1 game of all time for me. So ummm yeah enjoy it.
Mask of Deception REALLY drags for a while. Be prepared for lots of "FOOOOOOOOOOOOD" and "TEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAA".
I'd say Xenoblade 1 has an overall better story while 2 has better characters
Just going to say that as far as I've seen from Kuro no Kiseki, I think I like it more than Ao and that's saying something since Ao is my favorite game ever, lol. Need to finish the game before I'm sure, though.
Three Houses is probably my overall favourite game in the series, but it has a terrible lack of combat variety. The unit building gives me the closest thing to my golden mean between XCOM's customizability and a J-SRPG's defined characters rather than units being glorified chess pieces.
Starting with Hajimari for me.
So many interesting switch games and no switch for me. 😭 Nights of Azure is an okay game nothing special and the combat is a touch too ridged for me. You’re gonna have a great time with the Nier Remake the music and story are really strong!
Gotta finish up trails in the sky 2, the 3rd then i wait for awhile for zero 😅.then ill catch up with ff14, horizon zero dawn and the bioshock trilogy!
good video TKN but where is persona 4 i haven't heard you talk about it on your channel and it is a good game.
BTW i am looking forward for fall of this year so i can get the first of two form the crossbell arc on steam form trails, i will not play the games yet because i want to play them all back to back over the course of a few years.
so yeh keep up the good work TKN and happy new year to yah.
I was planning to buy P4 on PC last winter sale. But for some reason it didn't get a discount. So I went "what the hell, I'm gonna get Cold Steel 1 just to try it". Ended up playing the shit out of it and made me buy the entire Trails catalogue.
I had already tried Trails in the Sky 1 but it didn't hook me so I refunded it. I'm glad Cold Steel gave me a huge renewed interest in the franchise.
That said, I still wanna play P4 some day but it's probably gonna be a long time til I do xD
Unfortunately P4G has to take a backseat last year, didn't get the chance to try it. And I think with the sheer amount of new releases on top of what I want to cut out this year, a heavily time intensive game like P4G won't have a place even this year.
I'd definitely like to hear your thoughts on Kuro once you do get around to playing it.
Fully intend to make a video on it once I've played it. Still a ways off yet though.
not sure why but didn't they do the Hajimari translation way quicker than Kuro, like 1-2 months... been waiting since release lol
Ok i may be wrong and just seeing things but does that Sakura Wars have the same character designs as Bleach? Designs from Tite Kubo? I could be wrong. And dude your in for a hell of a year hahaha Xenoblade 1 (not 2), Three Houses and SMT V will make your 2022 alone!! Hope you enjoy
You should play Xenoblade Chronicles 2 with japanese voices. Those are great and so is the game itself. And play Torna the golden country as well!
Oh my god! This is my second comment because I just realized you haven’t played the 2021 game of the year, SHIN MEGAMI TENSEI V !!!? What the hell man!
Looks almost like my backlog (but mine is bigger). I have a lot rpgs to play this year, its almost criminal.
After atelier sophie 2 next month there its no more games until I finish then 10 or so from the backlog.
Hopefully you do a playthrough of XB2. I prefer it over XB1. Better cast of characters and more interesting story. I prefer the battle system more as well.
There's a lot of praise for XC2, so that's a good sign. Like I say, I've seen the game first hand, it looks like something I'd enjoy anyway.
Lots of awesomes games on the list
I hope to finally finish Persona 5 this year, I got the ball rolling when Strikers came free on plus. There was a time when I didn't want to play anything and it's been 3 years since I wasn't in the game like SMT Nocturne which has a save for years on PS2 but with the PS4 version it was irresistible to get. Mostly hope to get Relayed as I love mecha,Tokyo Xanadu while waiting for Trails from Zero to come out