Hopefully the kick off point where I can get back to my standard schedule. I'm currently working with a back up system which I pray can hold out till I get my main rig back. Hope you like this one and thanks for your patience as always!
Square should really focus on AA games instead of chasing after NFT and service game hypes. Less budget, less risks regarding single titles and more room for games that don't have to appeal to everyone. Besides all of the recent service game shutdowns I think that 2022 was quite a good year for them when it comes to their smaller releases. Admittedly the games are still on my backlog as I haven't played many 2022 games in general yet, it's just too much older backlog. 2023 doesn't seem to help as there is so much interesting stuff coming up.
The trouble is, the CEO of Square Enix wants to force this crap in even though the message from us gamers is clear, we don’t want it! It concerns me greatly because Square has upcoming games that loads want to play such as FF7 Remake part 2. He just seems ignorant to that.
Square is typically good if not great with JRPGs as a main focal point and the more they stray from that it seems like the more flops and troubled releases they have seen. Im fine with taking chances now and again but they should stick with what they do best.
Less budget, less risk, and crucially: much less reward. Moving away from NFTs is great, but Square would be shooting themselves in the foot if they abandoned the AAA space.
Opus: Echo of Starsong is a game that literally had me cursing at myself in anguish by the end. It was so damn beautiful and joyous but also simultaneously painful and gutwrenching that I genuinely had to collect myself during the credits and distract my mind from the thoughts and ideas it left me with. Its a game that made me evaluate my own life's meaning in a way that only Nier Automata ever has, and even then I would say the feelings Opus left me with were far too complex to say I simply felt "joy" or "sadness" by the end. It had me pondering everything from my faith to every one of my relationships I've ever held Like TKN said, it's a game that will leave you thinking. Not about the game or even it's characters, but about yourself and the life you live with those around you. I know there are other games from this developer, but I don't think I'd be able to handle another game from them in the near future lol, it's a lot. They are incredibly proficient at both writing dialogue as well as sound design/creating incredible music that will have you under it's hauntingly beautiful spell of curiosity before you know it. The gameplay also goes so naturally with the storytelling structure, that to dissect it as its own component and call it good/bad would be a disservice to how it actually feels while youre playing it. I can't help calling this game a "visual novel" has turned people away when those words are just not representative of the experience you have. If you just like good stories in media, Opus Echo of Starsong is one of the best and most meaningful experiences you'll ever take part in.
Seeing Atelier Sophie 2 so high on this list put a smile on my face, last year I gave the atelier franchise a chance (starting with the dusk trilogy), and I have to say that this franchise has earned a place in my heart, and I look forward to what Gust has in store for the future of this franchise.
Cool list TKN! Still, if you haven't played Chained Echoes yet, you really owe it to yourself to give it a try! It probably tickles retro gamers the most (if I recall you got into JRPGS a bit later), but I think it's well enough done that anyone could appreciate it. I played and loved many of the games on your list myself, and Chained Echoes stood above them all for me.
Thanks to this video I ended up buying Sakura Wars earlier (digital collectors edition currently on steep discount) and just completed the 1st chapter. What a ride! Normally I don't like action combat, but it seems ok for my total lack of coordination to cope with. Looking forward to see what comes next.
That's it! Thank you! This is what number 5 segment at 6:31 was referring to. The caption outputted "Soccer Awards" instead. So, it may be confusing to those who only rely on captioning and description text.
Another great video, lots of winners in here to play. Zero is absolute money. I adore the character crossover from previous games. Words are insufficient in describing how much i enjoy Falcom’s games at this point. Thank you so much TKN!!!
Welcome Back! Your You Tube style and professionalism, as well as the way you form and maintain this community is superb. I like many other subscribers highly value your channel and we totally appreciate who you are, as well as for the high degree of quality you provide us with this channel! Your "Best JRPGs I've Played in 2022" like all the previous videos is excellent. It is a great list you put together. My # 1 game played in 2022 is exactly like yours = Trails is always is the best! Continued happiness and successes to you! And as always THANKS!!!!
I picked up Echo Starsong because of you. You had such a positive review, I had to pick it up. And I'm so glad I did. It was a beautiful and kind of... dreamy.
Great list! It's worth going back to the Etrian Odyssey Untold and beating it, then going to the 2nd. The story and atmosphere in that game is even better.
I was surprised how good the Plachta DLC was for 'Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream' , I'd go as far as it could've worked as a stand alone experience if they built on it only a little. 'Triangle Strategy' was a joy to play and it held up to high expectations for me personally and my top pix for 2022, the way the choices affect not only the story but which party members you get begs for more than one playthrough.
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 was my Game of the Year. I ADORE it. The story, the combat, the characters, the music.....OH THE MUSIC! I can't suggest it more to someone who is interested in Xenoblade.
Even the most die hard Sega/Sakura Wars fans have nothing good to say about the SW reboot so it's always funny to see you rave about it so much Great video! Glad you're back! I wish I had the time to finish even half of these games. Glad Tri Ace is back and Falcoom as good as ever
Opus: Echoes of Starsong is like playing through a mix of Oregon Trail and a more subdued / less immediate version of Cowboy Bebop. And yet somehow it works, so so well
No need for that, just gotta wait for the official Western release (however long that takes) - I've got enough to sate me for 2023 anyway, but I might give Crimson Sin a go just to see how it pans out.
Thanks for the video, I know I can always find good recommendations here! I'm waiting for the western release of Reverie, I'm hyped. I also feel that the Trails series has been slipping a bit, made all the more apparent after just recently playing Trails from Zero, which is definitely in my top 3, right after playing Cold steel 4. I'm still hoping I'll continue to enjoy the series in the future.
This is a great list, I did complete Star Ocean 6 end of last year, while some of the game feature make it easy for me (I am on highest difficult), I still love the game, character is great, the combat is very good once you know how to do and the open world is very nice to explore. I also start playing Atelier series, with both Ryza, love the second one so much and am looking for the third one. I will be looking for the new trail game in the future.
It's so nice to see you are back on track with the channel Nut! I really missed your videos and specially RPG reviews. Here's to more in the future! P.S. I just want to know one thing about Kuro no Kiseki... Is Van a harem protagonist like Rean? No spoilers, just a YES or NO answer, (but for the love of god, tell me he isn't)
He’s back! I am so glad! I missed your videos, you are one of my fav RUclipsrs ever, I hope your tech troubles are done and you can find the joy in RUclips again.
Nice list, glad you had such a good time with these games. I finally finished Xenoblade 3 myself recently. The final Boss was awful and way too long. I played TMS a few years ago and also really enjoyed it. Just like How I'm currently enjyoing Engage. Engage has been a great game so far and I love it. I also played a few games in 2022, but I don't really remember which games I played. Or rather finished. I am making myself another coffee and then I will finally finish Cold steel 1 today or tomorrow. I hope you can get your main rig back soon. PC troubles are always terrible. Personally, I have decided to ride the disabled train and live a good life with a bunch of free time while I go about my day and just live. I am going to work part time in a disabled workshop and I will do all I can to just comfortably live my life. And maybe adopt a few cats while I'm at it. I hope I can finish Cold Steel this weekend. I'd really like to move on.
I'm not surprised that Kuro No Kiseki is your number 1. It's going to be a long while before that game comes to the West. Kuro No Kiseki 2 was released in Japan last year too. I'm looking forward to Trails into Reverie and Nayuta Boundless Trails coming out later this year. Trails to Azure is also coming out but I've already finished it twice. Still to this day my favorite Trails title. I hope it doesn't take them too long to localize the Calvard Arc games.
I thought TriStrat was great. It made me feel what it might be like to be a leader, and have to make hard choices. Every choice you made felt like you were between a rock and a hard place. I hope there is a sequel
Started my 2023 with Kuro no Kiseki. Am now about 50h in and am loving it so far. Likable and interesting characters, fun combat, and the new engine really is a step up from Hajimari (Even though CLEs version ist limited to 1080p). I also really enjoy the new seiyuu cast. While I agree that the music quality seems to have gone down, it's still good and has some really amazing tracks like "What is ahead of you" or "Rise of the grendel". Got Scarlet Nexus, Sakura wars and a bunch of Atelier games in my backlog, and still got lots of grinding for the boss of Hajimaris epilogue... OPUS: Echo of Starsong looks like a nice game for in between the longer games!
@@davper6862 There is. It's really great and I would love to tell you how to get it, but I't seems youtubes anti scam algorithm keeps deleting my comment... Sorry, but seems like you have to find it on your own or wait for NISA to publish their own version.
I think we'll see Kuro 1 next year. Possibly both titles if NIS America make it a priority. I think the ultimate goal is to get it to a point where it'll be 6 months between Japan and the west getting the games, which, I think would be acceptable. I'll admit, I didn't play most of the games on your list. But I do plan to eventually do so.
If you liked Triangle Strategy, you should definitely take the time to play Tactics Ogre Reborn. Triangle Strategy tried to take the formula of Tactics Ogre and add some interesting twists, but TO Reborn (and its previous remake LUCT) is the single best tactics game I have ever played. Story, Gameplay, and the Characters absolutely blow Triangle Strategy out of the water, and I genuinally enjoyed TS too.
also want to say that the surprise game of the year for me was dragon age inquisition i'm a huge jrpg guy and haven't played much in the way of western rpgs but the game exceeded all my expectations and anyone looking for a change of pace should try it
I love dragon age, Inquisition included but the power system really made the mid game a drag to get through. Excited for more information on dreadwolf! Also if you haven't tried them, although they haven't aged to well you should try the 1st 2 games out, especially origins, absolutely fantastic game!
Opus: Echo of Starsong really hit me in a way I never expected. I found it on GamePass and decided to give it a shot. I finished it in one night and had tears streaming down my face at the end - but I don't even know why. The ending was sad, sure, but it's not as if I haven't seen sadder endings. But the journey... There is a sense of anguish and exploration and struggle throughout the story, and from the beginning you have an idea of where it ends up but you're continously driven forward in hope. It's such an incredible experience, and the OST really pushes everything forward as your heart wrenches with each step you take towards the end because, well, you don't want to do it but you must. It's a lovely analogy of life.
The dungeons were bland in Tokyo Mirage? I thought quite the opposite, they actually were fairly interesting and had lots of puzzles and each dungeon was very different from the last.
Ha ha ha. Yeah, you pretty much summed up my exact feelings on TMS. It... isn't good? But at the same time, it's excellent. I loved the game when it came out on the Wii U just because of how fun the gameplay was and I would definitely play it again if setting up the system wouldn't be such a pain. And I really wish I had any sort of access to Sakura Wars, since it looks and sounds like a delight. But no proper system, so oh well. Same with Star Ocean really. Anyway, thanks for the video! There wasn't much I hadn't already heard about here, but it was still enjoyable to watch and just hear discussion on recent games.
Switch version of TMS is such huge improvement in quality of life especially fast and quick session. If u can find it for cheap. I will say, go for it.
@@LightMageMike not sure on netherlands there but on South East Asia here. I got one at 30 bucks physical so it is quite great price for 60 hours jrpg.^_^ it also has one of the best list of vocal songs in jrpg history if u ask me. So many catchy songs from all different genre.
Chained Echoes and Triangle Strategy are my two personal choices. Triangle Strategy in particular I feel like is very underrated, I was NOT expecting the game to be this great
XC3 is a banger no doubt, I personally have 2 as my favorite game of all time ever, despite any shortcomings it had it brought me to tears so I’ll forever love it lol. But great list man, you’re making me want to try Atelier it’s been in my backlog for a while now just waiting to be purchased and played
I've been wondering if Atlus would abandon Etrian Odyssey now that there are no more dedicated handhelds. I was hoping we would see one on switch already. I love how you also have to do Cartography of the maps. I've never seen that in a first person dungeon crawler. I think it adds a nice additional layer.
@@Ghalion666 idk, there is a lot they can do without requiring VR. Even just gyro to look around. Having NPCs, all monsters visible on the screen. I don't have 3d and I don't really want to get it I have no space, and games made for VR are really bad to play like normal without it
Last year sure has not been a bad year. I completely agree on Star Ocean and Atelier Sophie 2. The other games are a bit trickier, because I only own a PC (well - three to be precise. One for gaming, one for music production and one to control my 3D printer). I have played Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE with an emulator, but the Encore version is sadly too much for the present emulators. I can only hope this game will some day been ported to the PC. I would buy it in a heart beat, really. That is also true for Sakura Wars and Xenoblade Chronicles. I still have to play Trails into Reverie that's coming in about a half year, and the Kuro games are still a distant dream for us Western gamers. So - I sadly have not played much of the games you name here, but maybe in the future?
@@Naryoril Yeah - Nintendo really hates to get tons of sales from other platforms than their own (I do not mean TMS alone of course). I guess they hate money in general.. Too bad - In that case I probably will never play the Encore version. The emulators that are capable of doing some gameplay (Yuzu for instance) are still struggling to get a good performance. However - I have upgraded my processor recently to a Ryzen 5 5600X (My graphic card is a RTX3070Ti, so that should not be a problem), so there is still a small chance. But I have no high hopes...
@@jclosed2516 JUst look for cheap Switch Lite there. And get the game for second hand or during sales. That way, u can still enjoy the game with 0 problem.
@@jefurihartono1630 Here in the Netherlands a new one is around €214 new and €179 used. That's a LOT of money only to play a single game. As said - I already have 3 computers here, plus a Raspberry Pi 400. On top of that I soon get a Steam Deck. I really do not want another computer gadget around here only to play one game. I just wait until YuZu (or another emulator) is capable to run the game without flaws. But thanks for the suggestions anyway. It's very much appreciated.
@@jclosed2516 haha. Its okay. I bought and played so many games on my switch especially jrpg so i dont have problem lol. From fire emblem, xenoblade, disgaea, SD gundam generation, TMS, the whole NIS rpg and many more. So in a way, a single switch is enough for me. I am still chasing to clear up my backlog haha
An honorable mention to Astlibra: Revision, that game is overwhelming positive on steam as well, so far i find it great despite some boss design flaws on higher difficulty
I played in 2021 but Sakura Wars is easily a recent favorite of all time. I agree everything you said about the visuals, I'm a huge fan of Kubo's style so bonus, it's such a good feel happy time in such an amazing universe. The series in general definitely puts more focus in the visual novel aspect over the briefer action segments, mostly to serve as anime episode climaxes to whatever character arc is the focus of the chapter. Previous games were strategy rpg like during battles, but also very shallow in that regard. It's always been 90% about your time spent with the various characters and just feeling good.
@@TheKisekiNut and honestly, given the series premise and especially after watching all the anime/OVAs I personally enjoy the action approach more. Overall I think it's the perfect soft reboot. Respects its legacy while changing some aspects to a new direction and while things can be improved its in the "this is a solid foundation to just do bigger and better later" kind of way.
so a few months ago a friend of mine wanted to change his pfp on discord, now knowing that he likes purple and eerieness I sent him 1 pic of Renne that'd work as a pfp he absolutely adored it and has had it ever since, so a little after that I thought why not showcase him the whole story of Cold Steel (seeing as it's the more visually appealing so easier to get into for new players) at first he was more so humoring me, by the end he's making fanfics about the series and wants to play through the Sky games now on his own it always makes me happy when I have someone I can talk to about the series and welcoming them into the church of Aidios was a really fun experience (also I played all 4 games on Nightmare and that gave me the push that I needed to try and finish all of the games on Nightmare (prior to doing that I had only finished Cold Steels 1 and 2 and Sky FC on Nightmare)
I’m more excited for Kuro to come west then any other upcoming game I can think of. My guess is 2024 or 25 at the latest. Already got my Reverie pre-order in so that should hold me down while I wait.
I am always glad to see someone who enjoyed Etrian Odyssey series. I am not sure if I would try Millennium Girl someday but I am on dungeon crawling craving right now.
@@Ghalion666 I like everything what you told here. I might end up just getting that on Steam. Still my priority is Yggdra Union for Steam!!! But yeah, I am in dungeon crawling craving so my rpg for this year right now are Etrian Odyssey Nexus(currently playing), 7th Dragon iii VFD, Labyrinth of Touhou and Dungeon Travelers 2(I heard that this game atleast gets respect for its team synergy and class intricacy compare to other Drpg)
@@Ghalion666 omg!! I assume that DT2 doesn't have an item similar to Memory Conch so I guess I am doomed at some minimal grind blind playthrough. Whelp!!
I just finished Star Ocean The Divine Force about a week ago, but only with Ray. There are some major things I disliked. The huge, mostly empty open areas, in the towns you barely have anything to do and you usually just go to a town for a cutscene or two, then quickly leave. I forgot each town in less than a minute after leaving. I really liked the characters, but except for the 2 main characters, they only really did anything for me during their private conversations. I wish more of that was in the main story, because there, you actually got to know the characters, like how Marielle likes cats. It's just something minor, but it makes all the difference. I actually liked the story. But what I didn't like were the skill trees, being mostly just stat increases. Also, I miss the different kinds of planets from Star Ocean 4. Sure, we visited a few of them, but it left me wanting more. Except for the characters, I prefer SO4 more in almost every regard, though I like both battle systems the same. I know SO4 isn't very popular, but if you'd ask me if I want to re-play 4 or 6, I'd pick 4. I might sound like I'm disliking SO6, but no, I honestly liked it and I want to see more SO games in the future. I bought Sakura Wars the day it came out and I think I already wrote my opinion of it under a previous video, but I literally have the same opinion as you. A breath of fresh air, lackluster, but still somewhat servicable combat which I ended up enjoying more than I thought I would. It's unlikely, but I hope we'll see a sequal. Xenoblade Chronicles 3 was amazing. The cast felt a bit too serious for my taste, but that's probably my biggest issue with the game. Everything else was super good, the music, story, battle system, etc. It's insane they were able to push the poor, extremely underpowered Switch this much on a technical level too. I only played 2 Atelier games so far, both of the Ryza titles, but I've heard so many good things about Sophie 2, that 1 is on my wishlist. Needless to say every new Trails game is on my radar, it's the main reason why I subscribed. I'm a patient person, but I'm losing some hope, how insanely long we have to wait for a translation. I fear the day will come where the official english releases will cease to exist.
@@dustindean4618 Yeah, I'm not blaming the localization team. It's an insane amount of work. He already mentioned it in a video, that the solution would be if the localization team would get the game's script ahead of the release, making the western release closer to the Japanese one. But the Japanese devs aren't so keen on the idea for some reason apparently.
@@Kazuchi35 I'm currently at the near end of Sky 3rd then I'll be moving onto Zero probably tonight hopefully, I've beaten all 4 Cold Steel and I love the series its my most favorite game series ever
I Did explain How i got into Trails of Cold Steel Once, But didn't Explain it in Detail, so Here's how it Went: It All Started when I Got Done Beating Kamoshida from Persona 5 ROYAL and Got off to be Done for Today, Couple Hours Later, I See Julian (My Brother) Play The First Cold Steel Game a Little Bit Almost 5 to 6 Times as I'm Recovering to Head on Over to The Next Palace Boss in Persona 5 ROYAL and as I'm Seeing More Story and Gameplay from Trails' First Cold Steel Game, I Said, "Okay, Ykw? I'll Take a Break from Persona 5 ROYAL for a Little Bit and Give The Game a Shot, See what it's About." For About a Day in Advance, I Grew to Liking the Characters a Lot More and as Soon as Laura and Rean are 'Communicating' with Each Other in CS1, I Started to See a Connection with Laura and Ultimately Made her My (What Everybody Calls it) Waifu, So then When Rean Meets Crow Armbrust, I uh got a Little Unease with Him Especially After Stealing My 50 Zeni Coin (Or Whatever it's Called, It's Been 3 Years Lol) and Then When C First Appeared, First Thing that Came to Mind was I Called Him Mr. C-Man IMMEDIATELY! Towards the End of CS1, After Beating The 'Sub-Final' Boss from The Mansion in CS1, atm Back Then, I was Like, *WhY iS dA gAmE sTiLl GoInG?!?!?!* and Little did I Know, What Came Next After Saying that, I Claimed Crow as Mr. C-Man for The Remainder of The CS Series Because I Found out that Crow Armbrust was Commander C in Disguise as They Call Him in CS1, The Day After I Beat Persona 5 ROYAL and got The True Ending, When CS1 Ended, I Was Like, *NAH!!! AIN'T NO WAY DAT'S DE END?!?!* and Then From There, I Played CS2 & CS3 Thinking things get more Entertaining for Me and To Think it Wouldn't, Guess what, It Did Because the Next thing that Happens, when I Reached the End of CS3, It Left Me SPEECHLESS! And The Craziest Kicker, By the time I Beated CS3, CS4 was out on The PS4 for Over a Month because it Came Out the Day Before My Birthday on October 25th, 2020 and then When I Found out, I BEGGED for Mom to Get the Game for Me, I Had to Get it and Thankfully I did... With The Help of a Holiday Sale in December 2020, and Beating CS4 was AN EXPERIENCE! Not Only did I Get The Normal Ending (Aka The Sacrifice Ending), But as Well as The True Ending, AND The Secret Ending (Which is The True Ending with an Additional After AFTER Post Credit Scene) Seeing that Ending Picture after Beating CS4 in The Main Menu of CS4, I Sat there at 2 in The Morning Look at that Picture and Said, "...It's Finally Over, I Can Finally Rest this Chapter of Humiliation from Giliath Osborne Forever." and Then from there, I Shut Off the Console and Went to Sleep for The Rest of The Night (Even Though it Was already Tomorrow at that Point)
Of course bud! I saw you tried out Crimson Sin as well, did you just play through without understanding the story or are you actually a Japanese guru?!
@@TheKisekiNut Nah, mate lol. I did OCR translation. It wasn't the best, but is was enough to tell what was going on. I will reply it again if a better translation drops. I found the story weaker in II, but still a great game.
@@DarkPhoenix89 Ahhh I see! How does that work bud if you don't mind me asking? I'm actually thinking of playing through the game soon - it'll help my Japanese but in terms of the stuff I'll struggle to understand (a lot), it might help.
11:04 I know I'm a bit late, but a slight correction is that Monolithsoft is not moving away from Xenoblade as a series, but rather they are moving on from the story arc where XC 1, 2 and 3 take place, which is referred to as the Klause saga. I think it's unlikely they intend to move away from the Xenoblade series, considering that while XCX references the first game in many places, it does not take place in the same universe as any of the other three games. Whether they intend to now focus their attention on the X storyline, considering that they left us with far too many mysteries, or go on to a new storyline, I can't wait to see what's next from them.
10-8: Not my cup of tea 7: This game is at the highest place on my "TO PLAY AND BUY"-List. I'm soooo hyped about this game. It looks perfect for my taste and I am more than glad that it gets nearly everywhere at least good ratings on the non-ad-side. 6: SADLY this game is nintendo-exclusive. After this short review of yours I'd totally play this one. Funny how you can hype me up everytime. :D 5-2: Not my cup of tea OR system as I'm computer-only. 1: Mhmmm I really don't know If I need this game. CS1 was very great, but the story was falling of ANY cliff with the end - and at the end of Part IV I was done with this series. I know the saga itself has a immense worldbuilding but all the time this "and yet ANOTHER GREATER evil and it was ALL PART OF THE PLAN HAHAHAHA"-story I was put of and I don't know If I ever will come back, despite the combat system in CS and yet the new series is one of my favorite ones.
WB from the long break hoping you get your hardware fixed and for more interesting videos to come out. Im really excited for ryza 3 though it got delayed a little in the release
As a fellow longtime fan of the Trails series, I was more than disappointed in how "contained" and limiting the combat felt in Kuro no Kiseki. I do hope you get more gameplay options in the future titles.
Good list, but one that I liked out of 2022 that i think needs more love is Harvestella. But I think it suffers a little from SE's clumsy decisions: 1) they marketed as a farming Sim with JRPG elements, when it's a JRPG with farming sim elements, it means people are more expecting SE-ified Rune Factory and find the farming elements aren't competitive and if you're after a farming sim, whilst it's not bad in Harvestella, you'll find games who do it better. It's real strength is in the story & characters, and heck, even though the jobs and battle system are basic, the jobs still feel unique from each other and you can still form your own play style based on jobs you 'equip'. 2) It was too expensive, it was £50, which people are willing to pay for a good game, but it is still considered a AAA price and it's not a AAA game, sure I got many hours out of it, but from some of the reviews and comments I could see that people have gone in expecting some of the qualities of a AAA game. If it was £30, I think people would have different expectations and also more likely give it a chance. 3) It was released in the lead up to Christmas and combined with its price, mean it was competing with Pokemon on the Switch and a few AAA releases on PC and other consoles. But it was a charming JRPG where you could tell where all its inspirations come from, but make them its own and doesn't feel like nostalgia baiting, I found the characters and story interesting with some good twists, some predictable, some less so. I am normally skeptical of JRPG's that try to tap into the nostalgia of old JRPG's, because I've played my handful of bland ones.
I played Ys 8 again since it came out with a PS5 version. It was nice to play it again on a system that it performed better on, but that may not count because I already played it back in 2020. I also played, and beat, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, which is amazing because I couldn't stay interested enough to finish the first one and I never gave the second one a chance. It is pretty good overall. I also played Yuito's storyline in Scarlet Nexus. I started Kasane's storyline, though I haven't finished it and I'm not sure I'll have to the patience to finish it. Besides one or two areas of slight jank, the game's combat is very good.
Monolith is not going to move on from Xenoblade after 3. Takahashi has stated in interviews that 3 is just the end of the Klaus experiment arc. What comes next… maybe we’ll know after the DLC comes out
That alchemy system in Atelier looks really interesting! I actually opened up steam after watching this and Atelier is having a weekend deal that was being advertised! Is this a sign???
It's funny that you say that TMS's dungeons are uninspired because TMS was the game that actually had dugeons to traverse because SMT4 had none of them (even though it is my fav), and V was hilariously nonexistent.
The loss of Unisaga has been a real blow for Falcom Sound Team. But, I am hearing very good things about Kuro II:Crimson Sin soundtrack and the new composer.
For me xenoblade 3 has the better combat. Calling kuro a soft reboot sounds kinda misleading since calling it that makes people think they don't need to play the past games
Which is why I mentioned it as 'soft reboot' - new engine, new characters, new land, new combat. It strays heavily from the previous games through a number of factors.
@@TheKisekiNut yeah but I wouldn't call cold steel a soft reboot when it had new setting, characters and engine plus it still has old characters like fie show up
@@Touma_S Cold Steel had Bleublanc returning and multiple references to past games not to mention a clear link to Zero in many of its events. Kuro is a soft reboot because it changes up the core gameplay while Cold Steel merely added on to the existing system, plus the story is more detached from the previous games despite its references, as if its the start of a completely new arc. The return of characters for example doesn't have any bearing on the story of Kuro, it would still play out similarly without their involvment.
Hopefully the kick off point where I can get back to my standard schedule.
I'm currently working with a back up system which I pray can hold out till I get my main rig back. Hope you like this one and thanks for your patience as always!
Welcome back bro !
Looking good, friend!!
Welcome back and all the best moving forward
Welcome back! I was wondering, where would you put kuro no kiseki compared to the others ?
I agree on Star Ocean The Divine Force, I just hope it was successful enough for the series to continue.
One can hope, Tri-Ace have showed that they haven't lose their ability to make enjoyable games.
Square should really focus on AA games instead of chasing after NFT and service game hypes. Less budget, less risks regarding single titles and more room for games that don't have to appeal to everyone. Besides all of the recent service game shutdowns I think that 2022 was quite a good year for them when it comes to their smaller releases. Admittedly the games are still on my backlog as I haven't played many 2022 games in general yet, it's just too much older backlog. 2023 doesn't seem to help as there is so much interesting stuff coming up.
The trouble is, the CEO of Square Enix wants to force this crap in even though the message from us gamers is clear, we don’t want it! It concerns me greatly because Square has upcoming games that loads want to play such as FF7 Remake part 2. He just seems ignorant to that.
Square is typically good if not great with JRPGs as a main focal point and the more they stray from that it seems like the more flops and troubled releases they have seen. Im fine with taking chances now and again but they should stick with what they do best.
Yeah, let's hope that their strategy doesn't let them end up in a similar position as Ubisoft...
Honestly, SE has become one of those companies desperate to appeal to a fanbase that doesn't exist, just like Disney/Lucasfilm.
Less budget, less risk, and crucially: much less reward.
Moving away from NFTs is great, but Square would be shooting themselves in the foot if they abandoned the AAA space.
Opus: Echo of Starsong is a game that literally had me cursing at myself in anguish by the end. It was so damn beautiful and joyous but also simultaneously painful and gutwrenching that I genuinely had to collect myself during the credits and distract my mind from the thoughts and ideas it left me with. Its a game that made me evaluate my own life's meaning in a way that only Nier Automata ever has, and even then I would say the feelings Opus left me with were far too complex to say I simply felt "joy" or "sadness" by the end. It had me pondering everything from my faith to every one of my relationships I've ever held
Like TKN said, it's a game that will leave you thinking. Not about the game or even it's characters, but about yourself and the life you live with those around you. I know there are other games from this developer, but I don't think I'd be able to handle another game from them in the near future lol, it's a lot. They are incredibly proficient at both writing dialogue as well as sound design/creating incredible music that will have you under it's hauntingly beautiful spell of curiosity before you know it. The gameplay also goes so naturally with the storytelling structure, that to dissect it as its own component and call it good/bad would be a disservice to how it actually feels while youre playing it. I can't help calling this game a "visual novel" has turned people away when those words are just not representative of the experience you have.
If you just like good stories in media, Opus Echo of Starsong is one of the best and most meaningful experiences you'll ever take part in.
Seeing Atelier Sophie 2 so high on this list put a smile on my face, last year I gave the atelier franchise a chance (starting with the dusk trilogy), and I have to say that this franchise has earned a place in my heart, and I look forward to what Gust has in store for the future of this franchise.
XC3 was definitely my GOTY. I've been playing Etrian Odyssey Untold as well.
Glad things got worked out, cant wait to see your list for 2023, i added so many games to my backlog from watching your videos.
Cool list TKN! Still, if you haven't played Chained Echoes yet, you really owe it to yourself to give it a try! It probably tickles retro gamers the most (if I recall you got into JRPGS a bit later), but I think it's well enough done that anyone could appreciate it. I played and loved many of the games on your list myself, and Chained Echoes stood above them all for me.
It's on my list! I would have played it last year but the system issues stoppered quite a few playthroughs.
In my opinion, chained echoes has the worst story in any game I’ve played
Thanks to this video I ended up buying Sakura Wars earlier (digital collectors edition currently on steep discount) and just completed the 1st chapter. What a ride! Normally I don't like action combat, but it seems ok for my total lack of coordination to cope with. Looking forward to see what comes next.
That's it! Thank you! This is what number 5 segment at 6:31 was referring to. The caption outputted "Soccer Awards" instead. So, it may be confusing to those who only rely on captioning and description text.
Another great video, lots of winners in here to play. Zero is absolute money. I adore the character crossover from previous games. Words are insufficient in describing how much i enjoy Falcom’s games at this point. Thank you so much TKN!!!
Welcome Back! Your You Tube style and professionalism, as well as the way you form and maintain this community is superb. I like many other subscribers highly value your channel and we totally appreciate who you are, as well as for the high degree of quality you provide us with this channel! Your "Best JRPGs I've Played in 2022" like all the previous videos is excellent. It is a great list you put together. My # 1 game played in 2022 is exactly like yours = Trails is always is the best! Continued happiness and successes to you! And as always THANKS!!!!
I picked up Echo Starsong because of you. You had such a positive review, I had to pick it up. And I'm so glad I did. It was a beautiful and kind of... dreamy.
Great list! It's worth going back to the Etrian Odyssey Untold and beating it, then going to the 2nd. The story and atmosphere in that game is even better.
I was surprised how good the Plachta DLC was for 'Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream' , I'd go as far as it could've worked as a stand alone experience if they built on it only a little. 'Triangle Strategy' was a joy to play and it held up to high expectations for me personally and my top pix for 2022, the way the choices affect not only the story but which party members you get begs for more than one playthrough.
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 was my Game of the Year. I ADORE it. The story, the combat, the characters, the music.....OH THE MUSIC! I can't suggest it more to someone who is interested in Xenoblade.
10. FFXIV End Game
9. Pentagon Strategy
8. Mehtrian Odyssey
7. Sun Ocean
6. Kyoto Mirage Session
5. Sakura Battles
4. Magnum Opus Echo of Songs
3. Xenophobic Blade 3
2. Tailor Swylphtie
1. Trails Durarara!
thank you so much. was looking for this list
Even the most die hard Sega/Sakura Wars fans have nothing good to say about the SW reboot so it's always funny to see you rave about it so much
Great video! Glad you're back! I wish I had the time to finish even half of these games. Glad Tri Ace is back and Falcoom as good as ever
Well add me as a diehard Sega/Sakura Wars fan who has it as one of his favorite games ever lol
Opus: Echoes of Starsong is like playing through a mix of Oregon Trail and a more subdued / less immediate version of Cowboy Bebop. And yet somehow it works, so so well
i'm beyond envious of you for being able to play kuro no kiseki - i would donate my organs for a chance to play those games.
No need for that, just gotta wait for the official Western release (however long that takes) - I've got enough to sate me for 2023 anyway, but I might give Crimson Sin a go just to see how it pans out.
Triangle Strategy was really really good - almost a bit underrated imo
Thanks for the video, I know I can always find good recommendations here! I'm waiting for the western release of Reverie, I'm hyped. I also feel that the Trails series has been slipping a bit, made all the more apparent after just recently playing Trails from Zero, which is definitely in my top 3, right after playing Cold steel 4. I'm still hoping I'll continue to enjoy the series in the future.
This is a great list, I did complete Star Ocean 6 end of last year, while some of the game feature make it easy for me (I am on highest difficult), I still love the game, character is great, the combat is very good once you know how to do and the open world is very nice to explore. I also start playing Atelier series, with both Ryza, love the second one so much and am looking for the third one. I will be looking for the new trail game in the future.
Tokyo mirage sessions FE is incredibly underrated
You should try Astlibra. Made by basically one japanese guy over 10 years, it came out in october last year and its magnificent
Thanks for mentioning this
@@MiamiSunrise Wanted to write a review after finishing it, yet motivation has to come.
one of the best games of 2022 imo
It's so nice to see you are back on track with the channel Nut! I really missed your videos and specially RPG reviews. Here's to more in the future!
P.S. I just want to know one thing about Kuro no Kiseki...
Is Van a harem protagonist like Rean? No spoilers, just a YES or NO answer, (but for the love of god, tell me he isn't)
Awww, I hope you get to see Untold's ending someday. I love it and Untold 2. Shame we didn't get a remake for EO3.
He’s back! I am so glad! I missed your videos, you are one of my fav RUclipsrs ever, I hope your tech troubles are done and you can find the joy in RUclips again.
Nice list, glad you had such a good time with these games. I finally finished Xenoblade 3 myself recently. The final Boss was awful and way too long. I played TMS a few years ago and also really enjoyed it. Just like How I'm currently enjyoing Engage. Engage has been a great game so far and I love it. I also played a few games in 2022, but I don't really remember which games I played. Or rather finished. I am making myself another coffee and then I will finally finish Cold steel 1 today or tomorrow. I hope you can get your main rig back soon. PC troubles are always terrible.
Personally, I have decided to ride the disabled train and live a good life with a bunch of free time while I go about my day and just live. I am going to work part time in a disabled workshop and I will do all I can to just comfortably live my life. And maybe adopt a few cats while I'm at it. I hope I can finish Cold Steel this weekend. I'd really like to move on.
“Babe wake up, a new Kiseki Nut video is out”
I'm not surprised that Kuro No Kiseki is your number 1. It's going to be a long while before that game comes to the West. Kuro No Kiseki 2 was released in Japan last year too. I'm looking forward to Trails into Reverie and Nayuta Boundless Trails coming out later this year. Trails to Azure is also coming out but I've already finished it twice. Still to this day my favorite Trails title. I hope it doesn't take them too long to localize the Calvard Arc games.
I'm waiting for the Sakura Wars 2.
I don't get tired of saying it.
Sakura Wars deserves more love.
Welcome back, Kisekibro! I've been looking forward to your vids.
I thought TriStrat was great. It made me feel what it might be like to be a leader, and have to make hard choices. Every choice you made felt like you were between a rock and a hard place. I hope there is a sequel
yep, absolutely loved it
Started my 2023 with Kuro no Kiseki. Am now about 50h in and am loving it so far. Likable and interesting characters, fun combat, and the new engine really is a step up from Hajimari (Even though CLEs version ist limited to 1080p). I also really enjoy the new seiyuu cast. While I agree that the music quality seems to have gone down, it's still good and has some really amazing tracks like "What is ahead of you" or "Rise of the grendel".
Got Scarlet Nexus, Sakura wars and a bunch of Atelier games in my backlog, and still got lots of grinding for the boss of Hajimaris epilogue... OPUS: Echo of Starsong looks like a nice game for in between the longer games!
How can you play kuro no kiseki? Is there a language Patch?
@@davper6862 There is. It's really great and I would love to tell you how to get it, but I't seems youtubes anti scam algorithm keeps deleting my comment... Sorry, but seems like you have to find it on your own or wait for NISA to publish their own version.
Welcome back happy to see you continue after your endeavours 🔥
I think we'll see Kuro 1 next year. Possibly both titles if NIS America make it a priority. I think the ultimate goal is to get it to a point where it'll be 6 months between Japan and the west getting the games, which, I think would be acceptable. I'll admit, I didn't play most of the games on your list. But I do plan to eventually do so.
That description of the Tokyo Mirage session got me lmao. Acid trip indeed.
Also, Kuro cant release soon enough
Cool list, thanks for adding the name of the games shown in the corner, you never did that in your older videos and it confused me a lot (QoL lol)
If you liked Triangle Strategy, you should definitely take the time to play Tactics Ogre Reborn. Triangle Strategy tried to take the formula of Tactics Ogre and add some interesting twists, but TO Reborn (and its previous remake LUCT) is the single best tactics game I have ever played. Story, Gameplay, and the Characters absolutely blow Triangle Strategy out of the water, and I genuinally enjoyed TS too.
Honestly the best game I played was Chained Echoes. It was such a nice surprise.
Good to see your videos back man.
also want to say that the surprise game of the year for me was dragon age inquisition
i'm a huge jrpg guy and haven't played much in the way of western rpgs but the game exceeded all my expectations and anyone looking for a change of pace should try it
I love dragon age, Inquisition included but the power system really made the mid game a drag to get through. Excited for more information on dreadwolf! Also if you haven't tried them, although they haven't aged to well you should try the 1st 2 games out, especially origins, absolutely fantastic game!
Opus: Echo of Starsong really hit me in a way I never expected. I found it on GamePass and decided to give it a shot. I finished it in one night and had tears streaming down my face at the end - but I don't even know why. The ending was sad, sure, but it's not as if I haven't seen sadder endings. But the journey... There is a sense of anguish and exploration and struggle throughout the story, and from the beginning you have an idea of where it ends up but you're continously driven forward in hope.
It's such an incredible experience, and the OST really pushes everything forward as your heart wrenches with each step you take towards the end because, well, you don't want to do it but you must. It's a lovely analogy of life.
The dungeons were bland in Tokyo Mirage? I thought quite the opposite, they actually were fairly interesting and had lots of puzzles and each dungeon was very different from the last.
Man I can't wait to play kuro but we do have 3 other trails games this year so I think I can hold out
Ha ha ha. Yeah, you pretty much summed up my exact feelings on TMS. It... isn't good? But at the same time, it's excellent. I loved the game when it came out on the Wii U just because of how fun the gameplay was and I would definitely play it again if setting up the system wouldn't be such a pain.
And I really wish I had any sort of access to Sakura Wars, since it looks and sounds like a delight. But no proper system, so oh well. Same with Star Ocean really.
Anyway, thanks for the video! There wasn't much I hadn't already heard about here, but it was still enjoyable to watch and just hear discussion on recent games.
Switch version of TMS is such huge improvement in quality of life especially fast and quick session. If u can find it for cheap. I will say, go for it.
@@jefurihartono1630 Hmm. Thanks for the advice. I'll definitely keep that in mind and check for it when sales come around.
@@LightMageMike not sure on netherlands there but on South East Asia here. I got one at 30 bucks physical so it is quite great price for 60 hours jrpg.^_^ it also has one of the best list of vocal songs in jrpg history if u ask me.
So many catchy songs from all different genre.
You've sold me on Opus: Echo of Starsong. I'll be grabbing it next Steam Sale
Chained Echoes and Triangle Strategy are my two personal choices. Triangle Strategy in particular I feel like is very underrated, I was NOT expecting the game to be this great
XC3 is a banger no doubt, I personally have 2 as my favorite game of all time ever, despite any shortcomings it had it brought me to tears so I’ll forever love it lol. But great list man, you’re making me want to try Atelier it’s been in my backlog for a while now just waiting to be purchased and played
Sakura Wars was amazing. I hope they make a sequel.
Thanks for making this!
I've been wondering if Atlus would abandon Etrian Odyssey now that there are no more dedicated handhelds. I was hoping we would see one on switch already. I love how you also have to do Cartography of the maps. I've never seen that in a first person dungeon crawler. I think it adds a nice additional layer.
@@Ghalion666 idk, there is a lot they can do without requiring VR. Even just gyro to look around. Having NPCs, all monsters visible on the screen. I don't have 3d and I don't really want to get it I have no space, and games made for VR are really bad to play like normal without it
the King is back 🔥
welcome back mate
Last year sure has not been a bad year. I completely agree on Star Ocean and Atelier Sophie 2. The other games are a bit trickier, because I only own a PC (well - three to be precise. One for gaming, one for music production and one to control my 3D printer). I have played Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE with an emulator, but the Encore version is sadly too much for the present emulators. I can only hope this game will some day been ported to the PC. I would buy it in a heart beat, really. That is also true for Sakura Wars and Xenoblade Chronicles.
I still have to play Trails into Reverie that's coming in about a half year, and the Kuro games are still a distant dream for us Western gamers. So - I sadly have not played much of the games you name here, but maybe in the future?
@@Naryoril Yeah - Nintendo really hates to get tons of sales from other platforms than their own (I do not mean TMS alone of course). I guess they hate money in general..
Too bad - In that case I probably will never play the Encore version. The emulators that are capable of doing some gameplay (Yuzu for instance) are still struggling to get a good performance. However - I have upgraded my processor recently to a Ryzen 5 5600X (My graphic card is a RTX3070Ti, so that should not be a problem), so there is still a small chance. But I have no high hopes...
@@jclosed2516 JUst look for cheap Switch Lite there. And get the game for second hand or during sales. That way, u can still enjoy the game with 0 problem.
@@jefurihartono1630 Here in the Netherlands a new one is around €214 new and €179 used. That's a LOT of money only to play a single game. As said - I already have 3 computers here, plus a Raspberry Pi 400. On top of that I soon get a Steam Deck. I really do not want another computer gadget around here only to play one game.
I just wait until YuZu (or another emulator) is capable to run the game without flaws.
But thanks for the suggestions anyway. It's very much appreciated.
@@jclosed2516 haha. Its okay. I bought and played so many games on my switch especially jrpg so i dont have problem lol.
From fire emblem, xenoblade, disgaea, SD gundam generation, TMS, the whole NIS rpg and many more. So in a way, a single switch is enough for me. I am still chasing to clear up my backlog haha
Xenoblade and Kieski gripped my attention during 2022 and I played through almost all of Kieski and Xenoblade fantastic games.
So glad I found your channel, subbed!!
An honorable mention to Astlibra: Revision, that game is overwhelming positive on steam as well, so far i find it great despite some boss design flaws on higher difficulty
Great that you are back. Are you continuing the monthly JRPG news at some point?
I am! One should be coming out next weekend.
I loved Sakura wars was fucking great time !
Not sure if this is on your radar/backlog but Chained Echo came out the end of 2022 and it was literally my favorite RPG last year.
I hope Gust will have the budget for english voice over and German/French sub titles soon, it would be a big step for the Atelier series imo!
I played in 2021 but Sakura Wars is easily a recent favorite of all time. I agree everything you said about the visuals, I'm a huge fan of Kubo's style so bonus, it's such a good feel happy time in such an amazing universe. The series in general definitely puts more focus in the visual novel aspect over the briefer action segments, mostly to serve as anime episode climaxes to whatever character arc is the focus of the chapter. Previous games were strategy rpg like during battles, but also very shallow in that regard. It's always been 90% about your time spent with the various characters and just feeling good.
Which is why I'm astounded that people disregard this new one because it's an ARPG - the games were never about the gameplay aspect.
@@TheKisekiNut and honestly, given the series premise and especially after watching all the anime/OVAs I personally enjoy the action approach more. Overall I think it's the perfect soft reboot. Respects its legacy while changing some aspects to a new direction and while things can be improved its in the "this is a solid foundation to just do bigger and better later" kind of way.
so a few months ago a friend of mine wanted to change his pfp on discord, now knowing that he likes purple and eerieness I sent him 1 pic of Renne that'd work as a pfp
he absolutely adored it and has had it ever since, so a little after that I thought why not showcase him the whole story of Cold Steel (seeing as it's the more visually appealing so easier to get into for new players) at first he was more so humoring me, by the end he's making fanfics about the series and wants to play through the Sky games now on his own
it always makes me happy when I have someone I can talk to about the series and welcoming them into the church of Aidios was a really fun experience (also I played all 4 games on Nightmare and that gave me the push that I needed to try and finish all of the games on Nightmare (prior to doing that I had only finished Cold Steels 1 and 2 and Sky FC on Nightmare)
Torna the golden country was my favourite in the series
SEGA if you see this video port Sakura Wars to Switch and PC immediately. I'm wait for this game for far too long.
Opus: Echoes of Starsong is my favourite JRPG in 2022 it broke me physically and mentally😭
I’m more excited for Kuro to come west then any other upcoming game I can think of. My guess is 2024 or 25 at the latest. Already got my Reverie pre-order in so that should hold me down while I wait.
I am always glad to see someone who enjoyed Etrian Odyssey series. I am not sure if I would try Millennium Girl someday but I am on dungeon crawling craving right now.
@@Ghalion666 as long as that game got an Etrian-like jankyness or a good character synergy.
@@Ghalion666 that sounds more interesting than Labyrinth of Refrain.
@@Ghalion666 I like everything what you told here. I might end up just getting that on Steam. Still my priority is Yggdra Union for Steam!!! But yeah, I am in dungeon crawling craving so my rpg for this year right now are Etrian Odyssey Nexus(currently playing), 7th Dragon iii VFD, Labyrinth of Touhou and Dungeon Travelers 2(I heard that this game atleast gets respect for its team synergy and class intricacy compare to other Drpg)
@@Ghalion666 omg!! I assume that DT2 doesn't have an item similar to Memory Conch so I guess I am doomed at some minimal grind blind playthrough. Whelp!!
opus looks awesome will try it out later
welcome back ❤️
I just finished Star Ocean The Divine Force about a week ago, but only with Ray. There are some major things I disliked. The huge, mostly empty open areas, in the towns you barely have anything to do and you usually just go to a town for a cutscene or two, then quickly leave. I forgot each town in less than a minute after leaving. I really liked the characters, but except for the 2 main characters, they only really did anything for me during their private conversations. I wish more of that was in the main story, because there, you actually got to know the characters, like how Marielle likes cats. It's just something minor, but it makes all the difference. I actually liked the story. But what I didn't like were the skill trees, being mostly just stat increases. Also, I miss the different kinds of planets from Star Ocean 4. Sure, we visited a few of them, but it left me wanting more. Except for the characters, I prefer SO4 more in almost every regard, though I like both battle systems the same. I know SO4 isn't very popular, but if you'd ask me if I want to re-play 4 or 6, I'd pick 4. I might sound like I'm disliking SO6, but no, I honestly liked it and I want to see more SO games in the future.
I bought Sakura Wars the day it came out and I think I already wrote my opinion of it under a previous video, but I literally have the same opinion as you. A breath of fresh air, lackluster, but still somewhat servicable combat which I ended up enjoying more than I thought I would. It's unlikely, but I hope we'll see a sequal.
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 was amazing. The cast felt a bit too serious for my taste, but that's probably my biggest issue with the game. Everything else was super good, the music, story, battle system, etc. It's insane they were able to push the poor, extremely underpowered Switch this much on a technical level too.
I only played 2 Atelier games so far, both of the Ryza titles, but I've heard so many good things about Sophie 2, that 1 is on my wishlist.
Needless to say every new Trails game is on my radar, it's the main reason why I subscribed. I'm a patient person, but I'm losing some hope, how insanely long we have to wait for a translation. I fear the day will come where the official english releases will cease to exist.
Well considering there is a ton of dialog to translate in the Trails series, It makes sense that it takes a bit
@@dustindean4618 Yeah, I'm not blaming the localization team. It's an insane amount of work. He already mentioned it in a video, that the solution would be if the localization team would get the game's script ahead of the release, making the western release closer to the Japanese one. But the Japanese devs aren't so keen on the idea for some reason apparently.
@@Kazuchi35 I'm currently at the near end of Sky 3rd then I'll be moving onto Zero probably tonight hopefully, I've beaten all 4 Cold Steel and I love the series its my most favorite game series ever
Can’t wait for trails in the sky 2025 as our next trails game so hype 🎉
I Did explain How i got into Trails of Cold Steel Once, But didn't Explain it in Detail, so Here's how it Went:
It All Started when I Got Done Beating Kamoshida from Persona 5 ROYAL and Got off to be Done for Today, Couple Hours Later, I See Julian (My Brother) Play The First Cold Steel Game a Little Bit Almost 5 to 6 Times as I'm Recovering to Head on Over to The Next Palace Boss in Persona 5 ROYAL and as I'm Seeing More Story and Gameplay from Trails' First Cold Steel Game, I Said, "Okay, Ykw? I'll Take a Break from Persona 5 ROYAL for a Little Bit and Give The Game a Shot, See what it's About." For About a Day in Advance, I Grew to Liking the Characters a Lot More and as Soon as Laura and Rean are 'Communicating' with Each Other in CS1, I Started to See a Connection with Laura and Ultimately Made her My (What Everybody Calls it) Waifu, So then When Rean Meets Crow Armbrust, I uh got a Little Unease with Him Especially After Stealing My 50 Zeni Coin (Or Whatever it's Called, It's Been 3 Years Lol) and Then When C First Appeared, First Thing that Came to Mind was I Called Him Mr. C-Man IMMEDIATELY! Towards the End of CS1, After Beating The 'Sub-Final' Boss from The Mansion in CS1, atm Back Then, I was Like, *WhY iS dA gAmE sTiLl GoInG?!?!?!* and Little did I Know, What Came Next After Saying that, I Claimed Crow as Mr. C-Man for The Remainder of The CS Series Because I Found out that Crow Armbrust was Commander C in Disguise as They Call Him in CS1, The Day After I Beat Persona 5 ROYAL and got The True Ending, When CS1 Ended, I Was Like, *NAH!!! AIN'T NO WAY DAT'S DE END?!?!* and Then From There, I Played CS2 & CS3 Thinking things get more Entertaining for Me and To Think it Wouldn't, Guess what, It Did Because the Next thing that Happens, when I Reached the End of CS3, It Left Me SPEECHLESS! And The Craziest Kicker, By the time I Beated CS3, CS4 was out on The PS4 for Over a Month because it Came Out the Day Before My Birthday on October 25th, 2020 and then When I Found out, I BEGGED for Mom to Get the Game for Me, I Had to Get it and Thankfully I did... With The Help of a Holiday Sale in December 2020, and Beating CS4 was AN EXPERIENCE! Not Only did I Get The Normal Ending (Aka The Sacrifice Ending), But as Well as The True Ending, AND The Secret Ending (Which is The True Ending with an Additional After AFTER Post Credit Scene) Seeing that Ending Picture after Beating CS4 in The Main Menu of CS4, I Sat there at 2 in The Morning Look at that Picture and Said, "...It's Finally Over, I Can Finally Rest this Chapter of Humiliation from Giliath Osborne Forever." and Then from there, I Shut Off the Console and Went to Sleep for The Rest of The Night (Even Though it Was already Tomorrow at that Point)
JAY, he's back. Finally. 😃
Loved project triangle!!!
TKN is back! Kuro on top FTW!
Of course bud! I saw you tried out Crimson Sin as well, did you just play through without understanding the story or are you actually a Japanese guru?!
@@TheKisekiNut Nah, mate lol. I did OCR translation. It wasn't the best, but is was enough to tell what was going on. I will reply it again if a better translation drops. I found the story weaker in II, but still a great game.
@@DarkPhoenix89 Ahhh I see! How does that work bud if you don't mind me asking? I'm actually thinking of playing through the game soon - it'll help my Japanese but in terms of the stuff I'll struggle to understand (a lot), it might help.
@@TheKisekiNut No worries. I used this. ruclips.net/video/5Uzl211TxjY/видео.html. It will tell you everything you need to know.
@@DarkPhoenix89 Much appreciated bud, I'll give it a check when I get the chance!
A quick survey over the indie gaming side of things would’ve made a more interesting list.
11:04 I know I'm a bit late, but a slight correction is that Monolithsoft is not moving away from Xenoblade as a series, but rather they are moving on from the story arc where XC 1, 2 and 3 take place, which is referred to as the Klause saga. I think it's unlikely they intend to move away from the Xenoblade series, considering that while XCX references the first game in many places, it does not take place in the same universe as any of the other three games. Whether they intend to now focus their attention on the X storyline, considering that they left us with far too many mysteries, or go on to a new storyline, I can't wait to see what's next from them.
Chained Echoes stomps every jrpg released in 2022
10-8: Not my cup of tea
7: This game is at the highest place on my "TO PLAY AND BUY"-List. I'm soooo hyped about this game. It looks perfect for my taste and I am more than glad that it gets nearly everywhere at least good ratings on the non-ad-side.
6: SADLY this game is nintendo-exclusive. After this short review of yours I'd totally play this one. Funny how you can hype me up everytime. :D
5-2: Not my cup of tea OR system as I'm computer-only.
1: Mhmmm I really don't know If I need this game. CS1 was very great, but the story was falling of ANY cliff with the end - and at the end of Part IV I was done with this series. I know the saga itself has a immense worldbuilding but all the time this "and yet ANOTHER GREATER evil and it was ALL PART OF THE PLAN HAHAHAHA"-story I was put of and I don't know If I ever will come back, despite the combat system in CS and yet the new series is one of my favorite ones.
WB from the long break hoping you get your hardware fixed and for more interesting videos to come out. Im really excited for ryza 3 though it got delayed a little in the release
Yeaaaah, I saw that. I'm fine with the delay, gives me more time to play through all the other stuff on my list.
if u ever get achance to play xenoblade chronicles X it is definetly a wiiu hidden gem. I gotta say its one of my favorite xenoblade chronicles game
It needs a port really. Buying an obsolete console for 1 game isn't really my thing.
As a fellow longtime fan of the Trails series, I was more than disappointed in how "contained" and limiting the combat felt in Kuro no Kiseki. I do hope you get more gameplay options in the future titles.
The return of the king.
Good list, but one that I liked out of 2022 that i think needs more love is Harvestella. But I think it suffers a little from SE's clumsy decisions:
1) they marketed as a farming Sim with JRPG elements, when it's a JRPG with farming sim elements, it means people are more expecting SE-ified Rune Factory and find the farming elements aren't competitive and if you're after a farming sim, whilst it's not bad in Harvestella, you'll find games who do it better. It's real strength is in the story & characters, and heck, even though the jobs and battle system are basic, the jobs still feel unique from each other and you can still form your own play style based on jobs you 'equip'.
2) It was too expensive, it was £50, which people are willing to pay for a good game, but it is still considered a AAA price and it's not a AAA game, sure I got many hours out of it, but from some of the reviews and comments I could see that people have gone in expecting some of the qualities of a AAA game. If it was £30, I think people would have different expectations and also more likely give it a chance.
3) It was released in the lead up to Christmas and combined with its price, mean it was competing with Pokemon on the Switch and a few AAA releases on PC and other consoles.
But it was a charming JRPG where you could tell where all its inspirations come from, but make them its own and doesn't feel like nostalgia baiting, I found the characters and story interesting with some good twists, some predictable, some less so. I am normally skeptical of JRPG's that try to tap into the nostalgia of old JRPG's, because I've played my handful of bland ones.
I played Ys 8 again since it came out with a PS5 version. It was nice to play it again on a system that it performed better on, but that may not count because I already played it back in 2020.
I also played, and beat, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, which is amazing because I couldn't stay interested enough to finish the first one and I never gave the second one a chance. It is pretty good overall.
I also played Yuito's storyline in Scarlet Nexus. I started Kasane's storyline, though I haven't finished it and I'm not sure I'll have to the patience to finish it. Besides one or two areas of slight jank, the game's combat is very good.
Happy new year
Good news new opus game was announced early this year 🥰
Monolith is not going to move on from Xenoblade after 3. Takahashi has stated in interviews that 3 is just the end of the Klaus experiment arc. What comes next… maybe we’ll know after the DLC comes out
That alchemy system in Atelier looks really interesting! I actually opened up steam after watching this and Atelier is having a weekend deal that was being advertised! Is this a sign???
Number 1 indeed deserves its spot, ive been it in so clearly i can confirm, no ? Haha !
Watching this video made me want to play games but I had to go to work 🙃 🤑😶🌫️
It's funny that you say that TMS's dungeons are uninspired because TMS was the game that actually had dugeons to traverse because SMT4 had none of them (even though it is my fav), and V was hilariously nonexistent.
I died at shallow as a footballer's wife 😭😭😭
Monolith as far as Im aware never did they were moving on from Xenoblade. They just said that they were moving on from the currently built story arc
The loss of Unisaga has been a real blow for Falcom Sound Team. But, I am hearing very good things about Kuro II:Crimson Sin soundtrack and the new composer.
For me xenoblade 3 has the better combat.
Calling kuro a soft reboot sounds kinda misleading since calling it that makes people think they don't need to play the past games
Same, I love Xeno 2's combat but 3's is way better
Which is why I mentioned it as 'soft reboot' - new engine, new characters, new land, new combat. It strays heavily from the previous games through a number of factors.
@@TheKisekiNut yeah but I wouldn't call cold steel a soft reboot when it had new setting, characters and engine plus it still has old characters like fie show up
@@Touma_S Cold Steel had Bleublanc returning and multiple references to past games not to mention a clear link to Zero in many of its events. Kuro is a soft reboot because it changes up the core gameplay while Cold Steel merely added on to the existing system, plus the story is more detached from the previous games despite its references, as if its the start of a completely new arc. The return of characters for example doesn't have any bearing on the story of Kuro, it would still play out similarly without their involvment.
@@TheKisekiNut can't see me liking the new arc when it's feels that detached from past games despite being all in one world
i recommend tokyo live sessions encore, i played a lot, even tried to get everything before the end and this game is surprisingly wonderful.
If you are looking for another JRPG games, then I recommend persona 5 royal because this is the best JRPG game that I ever play.