@@DiabolicCrusher Yeah but there are also the positive sides, more English offical localizations, more budget for these games, we get more JRPG's in general I remember in the 7th generation JRPG's were so rare and so bad... Obviously the dark side is that some big JRPG's can go to the dark side and try please the generic not so JRPG interested market like FF did with Squares attempts after FF10 and it got worse and worse... But I gladly take the downside and we still get quality Square Enix JRPG's just not AAA, like Triangle Strategy, Diofield Chronicles, Octopah Traveler... We still have some quality AAA JRPG's like Xenoblade, Fire Emblem, Tales of, Atelier... Deca Police also looks dope. I think there are more positive than negatives.
The thing is digimon is pretty known to explore darker topics and themes throughout its various animes so its not really that the darker themes of survive was unexpected. Rather I am happy they commited to it and its pretty somber ambiance and pretty spritiual take on the digimon lore. I am a huge digimon fan but also prefer visual novels and strategy rpgs so it felt very catered to my interests. Espicially that a lot of the partner digimon besides Takumas agumon were ones that havent really been in the limelight as partner digimon in the franchise and it made me happy to recognise them. Its not flawless not in a longshot but I am happy it exists. I think the issue is that digimon fans are so starved for games that they put so much expectations on survive and got so mad when it didnt do what they wanted to or was like cybersleuth or something similar with training and using tons of digimon in a more collecting way. We know there is another digimon story game in production but no news yet about it.
Sea of Stars plays like a mix of Chrono Trigger, Super Mario RPG, and Golden Sun. The Québécois option is a treasure for anyone who grew up in Québec or Eastern Ontario.
Hopefully Ever Oasis gets a port to Switch and other consoles too. I really enjoyed that game it was very underrated so it would be cool to see more people able to play the game.
They should rebalance the game though. Not that it is terrible hard but i remember when you first step outside you are dead after 2 hits + a few other spikes here and there.
@@brotbrotsen1100 Yes it feels like Dark Souls at first, but it is also a little bit based of it, since you fight like it, with lock on feature. The good thing about this is imo, that you learn to not get hit and mindlessly hitting enemies :3
Suggestion: You have talked about unique/different rpgs already but it was a list that included good and also bad options, for your taste. Ever thought about refining that idea with a new list of only the best unique rpgs? Or variations like: unique old rpgs or unique modern rpgs.
@@gibacbf Oh shucks! I totally did not know about this kickstarter. Thanks for the info! Shucks, I would've backed this, but the period's closed already.
SO happy that you covered Ever Oasis. The game is criminally unknown/overlooked and has so much charm. Also, that game has no business having such an amazing soundtrack lol. Love the game.
Sea of Stars and the journey it takes us along for just screams potential. One of those games have to buy physically and I'm hoping it gets a PS5 physical release. Its important to me that game is given a wide release and that we as fans of games like this support it and buy it. Refrain Chord I've been considering buying for a while, it looks to me like one of the better Idea Factory games. I kind of like this particular game is strategy style and the reviews I've seen seem to show pretty decent love to the game so far. It has a nice Limited Edition too on the IFI store! Erick played Digimon? haha didnt see that coming! Ever Oasis has always called out to me as a game that looks like a great experience, its in my collection but def in the backlog. The combat and setting are really fun looking and it is likely to be forever overlooked by JRPG fans. I hope Im wrong. Judgment and Lost Judgement are a part of my push to playing more of the Yakuza games since I've only put focus on Like A Dragon (which is wonderful and hilarious). I'm ready for this! Great video!!
For what it's worth, Digimonstory Cyber Sleuth and Hacker's Memory had dark stories and Visual Novel-esque story telling, as well as a secondary battle type that was edging into strategy RPG territory.
I actually enjoyed Fairy Fencer F on PS3 so I will definitely give this a go now it’s an SRPG. I loved Survive it reminded of the Utawarerumono series in terms of combat/VN split. I’m currently playing Redemption Reapers and it’s great fun. It’s a Gothic/Fantasy vibe and a really tactical SRPG. If you’ve not tried it Eric, it’s about $50 digitally but well worth it
looking at the bit on Sea of Stars and your choice of character, it kinda reminds me of how Radiata Stories was structured. both the human side and monster side of the game run alongside each other, so the character you pick decides which campaign you do. though i never did the monster side. pretty much stopped after the 2nd Seraphic Gate run to unlock the last character
Interesting your thoughts on Ever Oasis. I bought it way back around when it came out... and while I could appreciate what was trying to be accomplished, I didn't find enough bringing me back to play the game.
I didn't like the fact that the true ending of Digimon Survive can only be obtained in a new game plus. Specially since you can get every single other requirement in the first playthrough!
I’m a big fan of RGG games and my opinions on Lost Judgment are almost exactly opposite of yours, I loved the combat, I thought the story wasn’t as gripping as in the first Judgment and I’m glad tailing missions are gone, amazing game overall though!
Lost Judgment was great but something was missing. Then I found out the original director (Yakuza series and Judgment) didn't made it and went to open his own studio and plan to make another game more like Judgment.
@Erick Landon RPG - Sea of Stars is set in the distant past of the same world as The Messenger. I don't think it is a "true" prequel per-se, but it is set in the same world
None of these games do it for me other than Sea of Stars- which has a bit of a wait until I can get my hands on it. But as always, I appreciate the heads up
@2:30 "It's simple and straightforward doesn't take long to learn" Thank God. I'm getting tired of RPGs that want to throw systems stacked ontop of systems at you and they dump large tutorials on you of lots of terms and mechanics that you simply are not going to remember whatsoever when you actually start fighting. At least games like Tales of Berseria was kind enough to space things out, and introduce new mechanics, one at a time, as you played through the first few areas. I find myself missing the more simple games of yesteryear when so many games these days want to get all complicated.
I’d like to say that I enjoy Digimon games and personally loved Digimon Survive but it definitely being more visual novel than strategy rpg felt a bit off. Perhaps it wasn’t a game completely for Digimon fans (which is fine of course) but it not having a grinding loop of some sort felt off.
If you enjoyed the judgment games but want a real rpg in the yakuza world you should play yakuza: like a dragon Its turn based, has classes, you level up craft and create new weapons and armor side quests mini games you name it. Its a lot of fun
the digimon survive situation was stupid, you mean to tell me the game that advertised itself as a visual novel, PLAYS LIKE A VISUAL NOVEL!! what a "novel" concept
It is not even inspired. It is part of the same franchise. It is just that Lost Judgment is a spinoff. In Judgment some NPCs talks about the incidents of Yakuza 1, and one party member appears in the backround in Lost Judgment.
I think the comment “easy mode is a joke” it’s counter productive for Digimon. Like what do you expect when you play on easy. It’s literally intended for you to breeze through and focus on story
just a little heads up refrain cord isnt a sequel its set in an alternative timeline/universe i love CH/IF games and played FFF and ADF to death so yeah wish it was a sequel but alas it isnt
As a Digimon Fan I have not yet played Survive, but I am looking forward to doing so. The only Digimon Games I have not liked has been World 4 and the Fighting Games. Other then that I have enjoyed them all. Fairy Fencer looks cool, but it sucks to hear the Localization has messed up the Story so badly. I have the first one but have not gotten around to playing it yet, so I guess I can wait for a good sale before grabbing this one. Thanks for the Vid.
Yeah dude, plus when he says it gets "politicized" that is such a huge red flag. I play Japanese games to get away from the Western propaganda. I don't need girls spouting feminist crap about the wage gap myth, or how you're "racist" if you understand the need for border security, and how gay communist veganism is the solution to everything etc.
Ouuu, that really sucks about Fairy Fencer. I was kinda looking forward to it but now I'm avoiding it. Story sounds generic, battle system looks repetitive especially with that one enemy in every battle
Rance (if you can accept the protag being an asshole/rapist and gameplay sometimes completely change each game) + it actually Visual Novel with gameplay
nice, you convince me to try digimon survive i dont play much visual novel, but if its like doki doki literature club, because i also consider it as interactive visual novel, than iam intrigued as for lost judgement, there is another flighting style that they locked behind a paywall, its boxing style, this is unacceptable, an insult to a player, i hope they stop use this practical. But the game still amazing although my only complaint is the lack of cinematic storytelling for the main story, most of them just 2D dialogue. A downgrade from the first one
Suggestions: Great rpgs with more different/less cliche stories. Great games ruined by localization problems like badly written translation or bad voice acting. Great games with poorly aged 3d graphics (90s 3d games or maybe including 3d of portable games too).
Ah, so IF has joined the censorship galore after all, well, they're in my shitlist after the sisters vs sisters censorship kerfuffle anyway, going to pirate the new fairy fencer since the gameplay still looks like my cup of tea.
The new fairy fencer would have been MUCH better if the original voice actors from the first two games english dubs had returned, or even if they recast them with decent talent. Having no eng. dub isnt okay, like it was some years ago when people prefered Japanese audio due to bad acting. But those days are long gone, and now theres no excuse not to translate dubs to english when localizing a game in the west, except being cheap and lazy.
idea factory sadly seems to have been corrupted and politicised, soon its material may end up censured hardly, ive lost interest in them due to that ,buts its not a thing that i say with joy
Fraudulent translations & political activism by these "translation teams" is quite damaging to the hobby. Thanks for the heads up on Idea Factory being polluted with this now.
I am not a Digimon fan and I didn't like Digimon Survive at all. I was okay with story and the music is beautiful but the battlesystem was done horribly in my opinion.
Normally I'd try Fairy Fencer and be willing to overlook the flaws inherent with the Neptunia developers (shallow characters, reused assets, etc.) but when you say it gets "politicized and it almost ruined it for you" that is just the final straw. I don't need to get bashed for "wrongthink" by a woke localization team and then gaslit by rainbow-haired whales who can't figure out their gender.
my advice run away from digimon survive as far as you can, worst game I've come across in a long time and the only one I forced myself to quit even though I usually endure the pain to complete what I started but I couldn't bother to care wasting more time on that abomination
Erick is the first one I see that enjoyed the tailing in missions in Judgment. For me, they are easily the worst part of the game, and one of the worst in the entire Yakuza franchise.
The JRPG genre did grow exponentially fast the last couple of years, I'm happy to see that.
And gone mainstream....with all the downsides of that.
@@DiabolicCrusher My brother in christ, jrpgs have always been mainstream.
@@chrischrisson4152 Not in the west, not really.
The problem is, only a few of them are really pushing boundaries in terms of mechanics.
@@DiabolicCrusher Yeah but there are also the positive sides, more English offical localizations, more budget for these games, we get more JRPG's in general I remember in the 7th generation JRPG's were so rare and so bad...
Obviously the dark side is that some big JRPG's can go to the dark side and try please the generic not so JRPG interested market like FF did with Squares attempts after FF10 and it got worse and worse... But I gladly take the downside and we still get quality Square Enix JRPG's just not AAA, like Triangle Strategy, Diofield Chronicles, Octopah Traveler... We still have some quality AAA JRPG's like Xenoblade, Fire Emblem, Tales of, Atelier... Deca Police also looks dope.
I think there are more positive than negatives.
The thing is digimon is pretty known to explore darker topics and themes throughout its various animes so its not really that the darker themes of survive was unexpected. Rather I am happy they commited to it and its pretty somber ambiance and pretty spritiual take on the digimon lore. I am a huge digimon fan but also prefer visual novels and strategy rpgs so it felt very catered to my interests.
Espicially that a lot of the partner digimon besides Takumas agumon were ones that havent really been in the limelight as partner digimon in the franchise and it made me happy to recognise them. Its not flawless not in a longshot but I am happy it exists. I think the issue is that digimon fans are so starved for games that they put so much expectations on survive and got so mad when it didnt do what they wanted to or was like cybersleuth or something similar with training and using tons of digimon in a more collecting way. We know there is another digimon story game in production but no news yet about it.
Sea of Stars plays like a mix of Chrono Trigger, Super Mario RPG, and Golden Sun.
The Québécois option is a treasure for anyone who grew up in Québec or Eastern Ontario.
Hopefully Ever Oasis gets a port to Switch and other consoles too. I really enjoyed that game it was very underrated so it would be cool to see more people able to play the game.
They should rebalance the game though. Not that it is terrible hard but i remember when you first step outside you are dead after 2 hits + a few other spikes here and there.
@@brotbrotsen1100 Yes it feels like Dark Souls at first, but it is also a little bit based of it, since you fight like it, with lock on feature. The good thing about this is imo, that you learn to not get hit and mindlessly hitting enemies :3
Suggestion: You have talked about unique/different rpgs already but it was a list that included good and also bad options, for your taste. Ever thought about refining that idea with a new list of only the best unique rpgs? Or variations like: unique old rpgs or unique modern rpgs.
Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth is godlike. It's just SMT: Digimon Edition, and I mean that in the best possible way.
Agree. Even with the grinding i really like it
I still hope that, one day, we'll get a new proper Wild Arms. Even a proper remake or remaster of the latter ones will be great.
We'll get its spiritual successor called Armed Fantasia. Same devs of Wild Arms. Game is gonna be beautiful :D
@@gibacbf Oh shucks! I totally did not know about this kickstarter. Thanks for the info! Shucks, I would've backed this, but the period's closed already.
Digimon was a great game and I had a blast. I set up a spreadsheet for the questions to make it easier.
SO happy that you covered Ever Oasis. The game is criminally unknown/overlooked and has so much charm. Also, that game has no business having such an amazing soundtrack lol. Love the game.
Sea of Stars and the journey it takes us along for just screams potential. One of those games have to buy physically and I'm hoping it gets a PS5 physical release. Its important to me that game is given a wide release and that we as fans of games like this support it and buy it.
Refrain Chord I've been considering buying for a while, it looks to me like one of the better Idea Factory games. I kind of like this particular game is strategy style and the reviews I've seen seem to show pretty decent love to the game so far. It has a nice Limited Edition too on the IFI store!
Erick played Digimon? haha didnt see that coming!
Ever Oasis has always called out to me as a game that looks like a great experience, its in my collection but def in the backlog. The combat and setting are really fun looking and it is likely to be forever overlooked by JRPG fans. I hope Im wrong.
Judgment and Lost Judgement are a part of my push to playing more of the Yakuza games since I've only put focus on Like A Dragon (which is wonderful and hilarious). I'm ready for this!
Great video!!
For what it's worth, Digimonstory Cyber Sleuth and Hacker's Memory had dark stories and Visual Novel-esque story telling, as well as a secondary battle type that was edging into strategy RPG territory.
The ending of Lost Judgement just...left...me...speechless
"Viper" might be one of my favorite boss battle theme
Spoiler:
When the villian actually wins...
(Yes, it is very debateable if Kuwana is a villian, and that's what makes Lost Judgment story amazing)
@@DaakkuuYRSthe coma son wakes up, the mom turns herself in, Jins guilt and gets away in the end....
I was staring at my screen like, "maaaan🥺".
I actually enjoyed Fairy Fencer F on PS3 so I will definitely give this a go now it’s an SRPG. I
loved Survive it reminded of the Utawarerumono series in terms of combat/VN split.
I’m currently playing Redemption Reapers and it’s great fun. It’s a Gothic/Fantasy vibe and a really tactical SRPG.
If you’ve not tried it Eric, it’s about $50 digitally but well worth it
The best thing about Sea of Stars it's when you put the language to Québécois! For native speaker this is hilarious!
The new fairy fencer is almost like playing stellar glow.
Please cover Trinity Trigger.. I trust your opinions on RPGs more than anyone else on RUclips. Thanks
Very glad to see Ever Oasis here. Easily one of my favorite 3DS games.
looking at the bit on Sea of Stars and your choice of character, it kinda reminds me of how Radiata Stories was structured. both the human side and monster side of the game run alongside each other, so the character you pick decides which campaign you do. though i never did the monster side. pretty much stopped after the 2nd Seraphic Gate run to unlock the last character
Interesting your thoughts on Ever Oasis. I bought it way back around when it came out... and while I could appreciate what was trying to be accomplished, I didn't find enough bringing me back to play the game.
0:49 Glad to see someone from my country get some recognition.
I didn't like the fact that the true ending of Digimon Survive can only be obtained in a new game plus. Specially since you can get every single other requirement in the first playthrough!
Pissed off that the new fairy fencer isn't an actual sequel to advent dark force based off the cliffhanger on the evil goddess route.
Could you do a video on what a JRPG should have to be good? I am of the opinion that the genre needs to experiment with new ideas
Definitely agree. There's so many indie games now that game devs have a wealth of ideas to copy from.
Definitely agree. There's so many indie games now that game devs have a wealth of ideas to copy from.
I’m a big fan of RGG games and my opinions on Lost Judgment are almost exactly opposite of yours, I loved the combat, I thought the story wasn’t as gripping as in the first Judgment and I’m glad tailing missions are gone, amazing game overall though!
Lost Judgment was great but something was missing. Then I found out the original director (Yakuza series and Judgment) didn't made it and went to open his own studio and plan to make another game more like Judgment.
Play Chained Echoes while waiting for Sea of Stars
@Erick Landon RPG - Sea of Stars is set in the distant past of the same world as The Messenger. I don't think it is a "true" prequel per-se, but it is set in the same world
So glad I picked up the physical version of Ever Oasis
Lost judgment is in my top 10 games ever
Suggestions: Things you wish a new JRPG would do/try.
Nice Eric thanks!
Have you played Lost Eidelons?
Fairy Fencer F got a sequel?! The first one was okay, kinda funny. I’m surprised this sequel lacks an English dub though.
None of these games do it for me other than Sea of Stars- which has a bit of a wait until I can get my hands on it. But as always, I appreciate the heads up
@4:25 Sora from Kingdom Hearts is making appearances as the hero of other games too huh?
@2:30 "It's simple and straightforward doesn't take long to learn" Thank God. I'm getting tired of RPGs that want to throw systems stacked ontop of systems at you and they dump large tutorials on you of lots of terms and mechanics that you simply are not going to remember whatsoever when you actually start fighting. At least games like Tales of Berseria was kind enough to space things out, and introduce new mechanics, one at a time, as you played through the first few areas. I find myself missing the more simple games of yesteryear when so many games these days want to get all complicated.
is there a way you can see what the localization changed in the new fairy fencer f?
Politicized fairy fencer f: refrain chord !?
Don't want it now.
Ok
It’s JRPG Time Thank You Erick
Your pronunciation of Québec is 👌
That Fairy Fencer sequel battle system just seems like they took inspiration from the Ar No Surge games
I’d like to say that I enjoy Digimon games and personally loved Digimon Survive but it definitely being more visual novel than strategy rpg felt a bit off. Perhaps it wasn’t a game completely for Digimon fans (which is fine of course) but it not having a grinding loop of some sort felt off.
For you to mention "liberties" on Fairy Fencer. I probably won't touch it then xD
Removing the tailing missions was actually an improvement.
Guys if he doesn't talk about these games he'll die so you guys have to watch these videos because we can't let Erick Landon die. 😭
If you enjoyed the judgment games but want a real rpg in the yakuza world you should play yakuza: like a dragon
Its turn based, has classes, you level up craft and create new weapons and armor side quests mini games you name it. Its a lot of fun
the digimon survive situation was stupid, you mean to tell me the game that advertised itself as a visual novel, PLAYS LIKE A VISUAL NOVEL!! what a "novel" concept
Agreed when side quests are forced upon you
Lost Judgement is clearly Yakusa inspired... that's why the RPG elements...
It is not even inspired. It is part of the same franchise. It is just that Lost Judgment is a spinoff. In Judgment some NPCs talks about the incidents of Yakuza 1, and one party member appears in the backround in Lost Judgment.
I think the comment “easy mode is a joke” it’s counter productive for Digimon. Like what do you expect when you play on easy. It’s literally intended for you to breeze through and focus on story
just a little heads up refrain cord isnt a sequel its set in an alternative timeline/universe i love CH/IF games and played FFF and ADF to death so yeah wish it was a sequel but alas it isnt
Digimon was so good, I played it back to back so I could get the true ending with all my people surviving!
As a Digimon Fan I have not yet played Survive, but I am looking forward to doing so. The only Digimon Games I have not liked has been World 4 and the Fighting Games. Other then that I have enjoyed them all.
Fairy Fencer looks cool, but it sucks to hear the Localization has messed up the Story so badly. I have the first one but have not gotten around to playing it yet, so I guess I can wait for a good sale before grabbing this one.
Thanks for the Vid.
Nice i was interested in these games!
I loved the first fairy fencer F. Picking thus one up after work. Maybe I have bad taste...
Nah you have great taste. Fairy Fencer is a great game.
@@phoenixxxashezgreat segs game
4:59 Welp, it's already inferior to the first game, which had a very great dub.
When was the last IF game that had a dub?
I'm usually not into indie J-RPG but i think i will try Sea of stars.
Venommyotismon draws near...
I miss the rock roll before the video starts
7:40 Welp, I'm not buying this game, then.
Not until someone goes all Zenke on the translators.
Yeah dude, plus when he says it gets "politicized" that is such a huge red flag. I play Japanese games to get away from the Western propaganda. I don't need girls spouting feminist crap about the wage gap myth, or how you're "racist" if you understand the need for border security, and how gay communist veganism is the solution to everything etc.
Searching Sea of Stars in google, see Yasunori Mitsuda, what?
Ouuu, that really sucks about Fairy Fencer. I was kinda looking forward to it but now I'm avoiding it. Story sounds generic, battle system looks repetitive especially with that one enemy in every battle
Have you played Chained Echoes yet?
any good hentai jrpg games you need to talk about? asking for a friend.
You need Jesus.
Karryn's Prison
Rance (if you can accept the protag being an asshole/rapist and gameplay sometimes completely change each game) + it actually Visual Novel with gameplay
Majikoi
@@Official_RetroMania is that a Hentai game?
I asked for a sequel and I got it.
Did... he say Fair-rice? IS THAT LIKE FRIED RICE?!
... why wouldn't you be able to play sea of stars later in the year?
nice, you convince me to try digimon survive
i dont play much visual novel, but if its like doki doki literature club, because i also consider it as interactive visual novel, than iam intrigued
as for lost judgement, there is another flighting style that they locked behind a paywall, its boxing style, this is unacceptable, an insult to a player, i hope they stop use this practical. But the game still amazing
although my only complaint is the lack of cinematic storytelling for the main story, most of them just 2D dialogue. A downgrade from the first one
Suggestions: Great rpgs with more different/less cliche stories. Great games ruined by localization problems like badly written translation or bad voice acting. Great games with poorly aged 3d graphics (90s 3d games or maybe including 3d of portable games too).
Overlooked this game. 12:17
Lost Judgement has the best combat in all Yakuza games, and bro must have been joking about tailing missions...
Ah, so IF has joined the censorship galore after all, well, they're in my shitlist after the sisters vs sisters censorship kerfuffle anyway, going to pirate the new fairy fencer since the gameplay still looks like my cup of tea.
Your 3DS keeps looking worse with every video where you feature it.
I thought at the end you were going to say "I can't wait to play Pokemon now".
The new fairy fencer would have been MUCH better if the original voice actors from the first two games english dubs had returned, or even if they recast them with decent talent. Having no eng. dub isnt okay, like it was some years ago when people prefered Japanese audio due to bad acting. But those days are long gone, and now theres no excuse not to translate dubs to english when localizing a game in the west, except being cheap and lazy.
im excited for fairy fencer for no reason
You miss tailing missions? Obviously not an Assassin's Creed player lol.
Yall ever notice Erik sounds like waluigi?
Eiyuden chronicles
I hate it when translators think they are better than the original writers and change things according to their own politics
if "localizers" stick their dirty hands way too deep into the translations im not buying it. Period
idea factory sadly seems to have been corrupted and politicised, soon its material may end up censured hardly, ive lost interest in them due to that ,buts its not a thing that i say with joy
nice video!!
Fairy Fencer F: Advent Dark Force getting the attention it deserves.
Fraudulent translations & political activism by these "translation teams" is quite damaging to the hobby. Thanks for the heads up on Idea Factory being polluted with this now.
I am not a Digimon fan and I didn't like Digimon Survive at all. I was okay with story and the music is beautiful but the battlesystem was done horribly in my opinion.
ok so censorship. So i know i wont buy it
Normally I'd try Fairy Fencer and be willing to overlook the flaws inherent with the Neptunia developers (shallow characters, reused assets, etc.) but when you say it gets "politicized and it almost ruined it for you" that is just the final straw. I don't need to get bashed for "wrongthink" by a woke localization team and then gaslit by rainbow-haired whales who can't figure out their gender.
my advice run away from digimon survive as far as you can, worst game I've come across in a long time and the only one I forced myself to quit even though I usually endure the pain to complete what I started but I couldn't bother to care wasting more time on that abomination
Erick is the first one I see that enjoyed the tailing in missions in Judgment. For me, they are easily the worst part of the game, and one of the worst in the entire Yakuza franchise.
The Judgement ones were tedious but the Lost Judgment ones were alot better