Tokyo Xanadu eX+ [PS4] || JRPGFanatic Review
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- Опубликовано: 16 окт 2024
- My review of the "latest" jRPG release by Nihon Falcom, Tokyo Xanadu eX+. The review will be covering the game as a whole since I have not played the Vita version.
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Who cares about high budget graphics if the game is good and fun!
Tell me about it. I'm from Germany and most games journalists here have a background in PC gaming, which somehow results in many of them judging games solely based on how graphically impressive they are. Which in turn means games like those from Nihon Falcom get practically no coverage at all over here.
I care
Yeah who cares about graphics, both this and ys memories of celceta are boring as hell, nihon falcom is going down the shitter, at least ys viii is fun judging from what i saw in the demo, i really enjoyed it.
@@HansAlRachid ironic considering most pc gamers play shit games graphics wise.
I have to agree, if the story has me hooked or I'm enjoying the gameplay, maybe both then the graphics are either just a plus or I don't really care that much
I love Falcom games because of character interactions and world-building. They make you wanna know more about almost every NPC, and that don't do many today.
i need more persona in my life, but this will do
Just keep playing persona or any vanillaware game, this one is gonna bore you to death.
Just go play trails series
lol same here man. haha
How does it compare?
@@ytnukesme1600 vanillaware games are boring asf, all they have going for them is the artstyle, all the games are the same shit, repeat the same story over and over again with a different characters and some extra levels, trash
I actually really liked the dungeon designs, since the tight corridors and very precisely placed enemies and destructible objects are very conducive towards maintaining a high combo count (which speeds up your super moves charge rate) while simultaneously exploring everything, while also incentivizing killing enemies with the right characters and speed running, all of which go towards what rank you get for beating it (which incentivizes replaying the fairly short labyrinths until you get S Rank), which in turn helps you earn points for one of Kou's social stats that determine which ending you get (as well as getting some good prizes from his grandpa).
It encourages a frenetic rush to beat each labyrinth as fast as possible while you're also trying to build up and maintain your momentum (that is to say, your combo meter), while also getting all the treasures and destructible objects (while leaving some unbroken on the first pass do that you can go and explore some alternate paths and have something left to keep your combo meter from resetting on the way back), swapping between characters depending on what the enemy's weakness is (and you might actually want to use something it's strong against first in order to build up your combo meter, then land a killing blow with its weakness for the rank points and extra loot) and also take advantage of the revive/regen offered to the character that is cycled into the support slot, and tossing out various super moves and long distance attacks which you can recharge faster the higher your combo meter is. Every aspect of the combat kinda loops back into the other aspects very nicely, I felt.
Trails of Cold Steel with action combat. Works for me.
DeathSquadDesign
It’s much more like Ys.
@@noctaeucta2994 The engine used is purely that of Cold Steel though, from the looks of it :), which I think is where the comparison came from.
Plus the menu and customization elements are more or less entirely Cold Steel...
It's Trails of Cold Steel's aesthetics, utilizing a 3D version of Ys Origin's combat systems, with a variant of Ys 7/Celceta/8's party swapping system in place of Origin's elemental weapons, and a mix between Trails of Cold Steel's orbment system and Ys: Memories of Celceta's crafting system with how you can upgrade and customize your weapons.
Storywise, it's more "What if Persona 3 was Kingdom Hearts, with Trails-Series level world building?"
it's more like Persona
Got 4 hours in, then took a break for awhile. Now 10 hours in and having a blast! Dat Falcom charm!
is the story good ? Im looking for a fun Jrpg with a good story
@@ClapClap4Sim unfortunately I haven't gotten much further, but id still recommend it, I'd also check out Trails of Cold steel, I beat that Falcom game and it was amazing, hope this helps!
@@DSBMike Yeah man ive played all the Trails Sky and Im playing Steel 2 on and off haha , thanks for the answer tho :)
@@ClapClap4Sim same with steel 2, no problem :D
This game was my introduction to the JRPG genre. Now I want to try out more JRPGs.
After playing persona and trails series, this was a good change of pace from the usual turn-based to action jrpg. And yes, cool music!
Game is on sale for 18 atm I think I will pick it up thanks for the honest awesome review keep up the great work my dude
On the PS4 store? That's where I saw it I'm bout to buy it lol
On sale for 12 right now. Did you guys enjoy it? Debating on getting it ir not right now
@@buttkick22 if you like persona you should like this game
@@buttkick22 it's fun I really like the story. To me it seems like it should be a anime if it isn't already lol
Well if people are up for paying 18 (I assume dollars) then it currently being £9.50 is good enough for me to try it
$15 In Canada right now, crazy price. Definitely gonna grab it! Good review brother!
@Sake Dup it was on the playstation store for 15$ two months ago, back to 79.99 now
@Sake Dup Back on sale for $15.99 on the PSN til september 30th!
@Sake Dup its $30 on amazon for the Vita release at the moment. Not cheap but I'm considering as I love Falcolm and as I was late to the vita scene I'm stuck slowly picking up games slowly at much higher prices than they were if I got them years before. Game looks great though. Still need many vita games and I only count physicals as you cant own a file. Sadly too many "mainstream" gamers are killing physical media with not only accepting and paying full price or more for a downloadable file, they are also accepting being nickle and dimed paying for context that should be included with the "full" version of games. No one should be expected to pay full or more price on any game if they cant hold/trade/sell it and it's sad people are basically telling dev's it's ok to pay full price for unfinished games be it physical or otherwise. It's very bad and will lead to being stuck with only the buggy and content lacking unfinished builds when the updates and dlc can no longer be accessed.
Just had to get that off my chest. I love the Vita and will support it long into this next decade.
12 dollars right now in America.
I agree I like this game too despite what everyone says... it is like if trails of cold steel and YS had a car crash, true, but still I find it enjoyable
Annnnd sold
It's more like Persona.
Ys is great but Trails is awful.
Almost everything about this game even aesthetically is exactly like Tales of cold steel!
this
This is what I thought when I saw this review lol
Not like persona?
@@crashpal for me it’s all trails of cold steel
yuck
The fact that Rion flies/floats and Mitsuki has a protective orb/shield helped me in some challenging levels
Dang, aside from the combat, this looks so much like it's some modern day DLC campaign for Trails of Cold Steel II. The graphic design, art style, menus, text boxes, movement, cinematography and whatnot seem practically identical.
@Karlimo Isn't it a real-time action RPG, though?
I just saw the collector's edition on Amazon for $49. Being the Falcom collector that I now am, I think I'll buy it. Some people say it plays like a basic version of Persona 4, which I think is great.
I subscribed after this video your reviews are so good man! Currently playing this right now on chapter 3 I am loving it so far
Bought this awhile back, and just started playing last night. Loving the game so far :)
Gr8 video. You really sold me. One gripe.
Go listen to rush - Xanadu. The phonetic is zah - nuh - doo not zuh - nah - du
I love this game,it is my go to for a relaxing chill gaming session.
As others have noted, this is literally Trails of Cold Steel with the combat of Ys and a coat of paint (not saying this is bad as I love both those series). The characters, friendship events, free time, mini games & "materia" system are pulled straight out of ToCS and given different names.
My biggest qualm about the copypaste is how boring the free time aspects are....having to interact with every single NPC to get your notebook filled (unless you have a handy guide to know beforehand which to talk to), got tedious fast and made the story drag.
If you like persona you'll like this. I LOVE this game. One of my fave jrpgs ever. Ya the dungeons are like he said.. but the game is sooooo charming.
Literally a straight up clone of trails of cold steel even tho I've only played the first game so far it's so easy to notice. Can't deny it looks fun I'll still buy this regardless
You gotta understand cold steel is very difficult to top lol, it's better than most FF games also
@@buttertoast1146 no the fuck it's not! What in the lord are you on
Here to tell everyone that this game is currently on sale for 11.99$ on PSN
Also great review! I'm looking forward to diving right in soon.
I'm thinking of getting it but I'm still on the fence
Its still 11.99 lol
Will definitely be checking this out! Awesome review! Earned yourself a sub:)
Got this game on sale on the Playstation Store, and I'm having a blast with it. Really takes time with the story and building up characters. Combat is surprisingly addicting and so far does not feel like a chore to go back and grind at all. It's challenging, and is no joke as well if you're on higher difficulty. I'm definitely going to check out more Falcom games, I keep telling myself too but this time I will.
Awesome! Definitely check out more falcom games! Legend of Heroes and Ys are the only other games, besides Xanadu, that I've played and they're all amazing IPs.
@@JRPGFanatic I hope you get a chance to play Nayuta no Kiseki. There is a fan translation that is really good considering the amount of dialogue. Tokyo Xanadu uses a bunch of the same assets and menu UI. I am convinced that Nayuta shares much of the same DNA as Xanadu.
I sunk 50 hours into Xanadu easy. With Nayuta I put in 60 and still want to play more. Everything from the cooking, the action, the stage rating, etc, is better implemented. Even the story is much better.
Nayuta no Kiseki is the one Falcom game I will demand a remaster of until I go hoarse.
@@dxqx3794 I'm actually planning to import it when the remaster is released. I probably won't play the fan translation.
@@dxqx3794I bought nayuta and the combat was way too basic for me.. am gonna get this game on sale hope it is a better game
TX was probably my favorite game of 2017 (with YS8 tied or just right behind). They took the great story format of the Trails series as well as their good writing (the story content itself could've used a bit more work but the way it was written was great) and YS's awesome combat system (mainly derived from older games like YS Oath in Felghana or Origins).
With that said though there was 1 aspect that pissed me off and that was Aksys's piss poor translation of the game. On the PS4 it's not as bad but the Vita version is filled with grammar, mispellings, and contextual mistakes constantly from chapters 5 or 6 onwards (chapters before that weren't as bad and mostly the same to the PS4's translation but it takes a noticeable nose dive from that point onwards on the Vita), thankfully they fixed many of the most egregious issues in the PS4 release but even so it just makes it look like they just halfassed the Vita version because they didn't expect it to sell or they just got the PS4's rights at those chapters and started to focus on that version over the Vita and took google translate, wait google translate could do a more competent job than what they did, to the Vita version of the game). Falcom's only mistake was giving the localization to a shitty translator like Aksys since most of their other translations have been bleh as well, would've loved Xseed but the whole reason they went with other companies for TX and YS8 was because Xseed was too busy with other projects that we'd probably still be waiting for the game to come over.
Does it have English voice acting
@@pedroburgos3330 sadly no.
It's not surprising given that Aksys sometimes doesn't put English voice acting in some of the games they publish *cough* Guilty Gear Xrd Revelator 1 and 2 *cough*
It’s pronounced “Zanadoo”
he'd read your spelling and the games spelling with the same sound. without the phonic symbols and an understanding of how they work for both parties, it's pointless to correct pronunciation in text.
@@marcusccarne Zanadu is a Mongolian word and city during the Yuan Dynasty in the early middle ages. Its not Chinese city and its not ancient. lol....
Just listen to the Olivia Newton John song Xanadu. From the movie of the same title.
@@marcusccarne To be fair, none of what you said actually matters when were discussing the proper name of something. Case in point, I know someone whose name is pronounced "Unique", but *spelled* "Eunuch."
In this case, while they were almost certainly referring to "Xanadu", the pronunciation of that part of the title, which is spelled using one of Japanese's 2 100% phonetic written languages, is "Za-na-do-u."
*That being said,* they actually pronounce it as "Za-na-doo" when they say it out loud, so it's probably spelled that way in the title because it looks cooler than what you would have to do to get their syllabic language to make a "Doo" sound, which would involve a little floating character between "Do" and "U" to remove the vowel in the first symbol. I don't have a Japanese font on my phone, but it would roughly look like this: "Za-Na-Do-¹¹/-U."
@@lnsflare1 Well... I don't think this has anything to do with looking cool. "Dou" in Japanese just sounds a lot like "doo" in English, in general.
Otherwise, yeah, I believe pretty much everything you've said is correct. ^_^
Platinumed P4, P5 and P5R, so I snagged this for £9.50 on sale to fill that Persona shaped hole in my heart.
have you played persona 3??
Jean Cocteau Yeah, I’ve been playing SMT since PS1.
Is the game any good? I fucking loved P5 and this looks like it's it's close to it
@@okamimemos1716 persona 4 golden xd
@@Elzarey what about it??
If I had seen gameplay first, instead of just the anime focused trailer on PS4 (as the game is on sale right now and that's why i'm watching at this video) I would definately see the Trails of Cold Steel resemblance in it. I love that game though I still have yet to beat it.
This or
ruclips.net/video/R_o7Ci1bgFY/видео.html
There is a sale on PS store and i want opinions.
Got the game along with all the DLCs in the 2019 Steam Autumn sales. After watching your video, I guess 13 USD for the whole thing is a steal.
I'm literally here a year later trying to decide, during Autumn sale. I love Ys, but not a fan of Trails and I don't like Persona. So I'm indecisive
@@Walamonga1313 Sorry for the late reply, I could have sworn I replied instantly, somehow the comment went missing. So here goes my original reply: Well, as someone who's never liked Action RPGs (JRPGs are my thing), I went ahead and got this because of how promising the graphics and audio felt, and to my pleasant surprise, this game is nothing short of amazing, even for someone who isn't a huge fan. I'd recommend you cop it if you're remotely even considering (unless you hate Action RPGs with a passion), since this game is really beautifully crafted.
Haha the way you say Xanadu KILLS ME!! Ooo is the stress pattern. Not oOo
Finished playing this last night. Really great game! 😁
Nice spotlight, I will be getting this for the wife and I to explore. Would love to get into YS one day but the games on Amazon are insane like 80+ to 100+ dollars for the 60$ release game...... til those prices get reasonable this will be a nice title. Oh and got the news of Trains of Cold Steel coming to the PS4 looking VERY forward to their release this year. Thanks again for this upload :)
Thanks! I'm surprised that Ys 8 jumped in price like that. You're best bet would be to check out retail brick and motor stores and hope for the best. I hate gamestop, but in situations like these their prices would beat amazon. Also check NIS's store page. I know the US store has Ys 8 (Vita) for regular $40. As for older games, the best option for price alone would be on Steam (digital).
I am also looking forward to Trails of Cold steel. I never played the steel games so I'm excited to get into especially after being blown away by the Liberl and Crossbell Arc!
@@JRPGFanatic I do not have a Vita just a PS3 and Ps4 after the Pc went belly up... meant to sub before I wrote my comment took care of that issue just now :). Yes Gamestop is putrid but a sad necessary evil sometimes to the married gamer on a very slim budget :). Yes Cold Steel will be a day 1 purchase.
As a person who does not play a lot of JRPGs (have played Trails in the Sky 1 and 2), this game was still fun. I'd say 7/10. Characters and story were passable, though the story was slow at times and was quite predictable. Character wise, Kou was easily the most annoying one, with his " I can please everyone" attitude. I've said "Shut up, Kou", more times than I can count. He wasn't bad in the beginning, but getting to the midpoint of the game or so, his annoying behavior starts to shine. My biggest complaint (by preference) for the story was that it was very PG - friendship beats everything. You'd think with the amount of times the monsters roamed around the city (unstoppable monsters, unless you have the right weapons), there would be actually be some casualties. But the amount of times Kou and friends arrive just in time to save each other or the people in the city was too damn high for my taste. But still, this game was a good time waster of about 55 hours.
I understand where you're coming from. I like a good sad/depressing moment in a story but sometimes having light hearted PG friendship trumps all stories are a good change of pace. Glad to see you enjoyed it for the most part.
Are the side characters any good? I'm not sure I dig the protagonist with the couldn't care less appearance he seems to have in the cover art. There's also a slight concern from what I have read that he seems to be like Rean from ToCS but without the ability to call on his ogre power (and consequently risk not being able to change back).
great review without giving too much of the story away ...thanks brother
Playing this for my PS VITA - I can say that this game is underrated and is awesome!! I don’t see it as often as I’d expect to on top vita games for the rpg/jrpg genre videos. It’s a really good game
Wishlisted! I will definitely pick it up during the next sale.
Me: Mom I want Persona 5! Mom: We have Persona 5 at home. Persona 5 at home:
I liked an subscribed cause this video. You do great work an I really enjoyed the review.
A thorough and entertaining review. Thank you!
I actually loved this game. I played it on my vita
What would you suggest as a jrpg for the first game to play?
This game is a straight up Trails of Cold Steel game set in a different universe, only difference is it has Ys combat instead of turn based. The progression system is the same as all the Trails Of games since Trails in the Sky.
Thank you for the review.
Great review, just ordered the LE new from Amazon for only $40
Nice, That's a great deal! Hope you enjoy it!
Started playing this yesterday and already loving it!!! Really reminds me of Persona 5!!!
Game is on sale for Psplus users at 11.99
Just bought it as well, never did on the Vita so fuck it.
Get it on ps now you can get the free trial for a week
very awesome review my man. You deserve more subs!!
Thanks!
Hmmmm just finished Trails of Cold Steel 2. Should I pick this up for $15 on PSN store?
Also wth the minigames are ripped from Trails and saw some dungeon enemies being the exact same model haha
It seems to be the fusion of Trails of Cold Steel and Y's Lacrimosa of Dana
Yeah, just keep your expectations in check lol.
eh more like Persona if it was an ARPG
This game is on sale for £9 on Fanatical online store. Is it worth it? I have not played a JRPG ever but I like RPGs and have lately been getting into a lot of anime. Curious about Jrpgs cause I heard a lot about them.
Snagged the limited edition on amazon today for 60 bucks. man what a huge saving! lol!
That's a great deal. I'm jealous lol. I paid so much more for mine.
I got the standard edition on the ps store today for 23.99, it looks like a interesting game so I came to see the review while it’s downloading
@@Denvr2 Nice, hope you enjoy it!
on sale now for $9 at fanatical
Oh my fucking god I absolutely adore this gem. For my fave JRPGs it’s this, Akiba’s Beat(don’t judge me) and Growlanser Wayfarer of Time. Thank God I actually live in Japan and totally loving it.
Growlanser eh. For some reason that's one of my favorite JRPG franchises besides the Cold Steel series.
This game is on sale so I was considering it. Think I'm gonna wait for a better sale tbh. Not sure why a Vita port is $60 anyway, even if it is enhanced.
I have been wanting to this game on my Vita but I spent too much money for Christmas. So I gotta find cheap one in stores. Thank you for the review! And Merry Christmas!
Good luck! I'm surprised the price has remained consistent despite being out for almost 6 months on the Vita. Is there a reason why you're not getting eX+?
Merry Christmas to you too :)
jRPGFanatic I think not the right time for me to get it but I would be saving money for it. I wanted to buy it but its price is a expensive. The bosses may be a problem for me because it will take time for me to figure out their patterns. I hope it's not as punishing as Dark Souls.
This game is definitely not as hard as dark souls, except maybe the final boss but it will also depend on the difficulty you play on. I expect the price to drop eventually but I do recommend getting the eX+ for PS4 or PC on Steam if possible.
jRPGFanatic Awesome! Thank you for the recommendation. I will check out both versions.
Enjoy your Christmas Day, and I would look forward your next review!
Oh you might wanna get the PS4 version
Both Ys and Legends of Heroes are both fantastic!
Why is Towa in this game?? Guess I'll play to find out
Zarnardoo?
Good video my only qualm was your pronunciation of Xanadu.
Lol.
Fucking INFURIATING.
@@strider6336 Hahahaha, right?
Hope falcom makes a sequel to this one day
Is there an English voice version of this game for the PS4? Does anyone know?
I love "Believe it."
It's fun
What's the song at the end? It's beautiful 😭
With the Social Stats, you need to have at least 8 stars to get the true ending, so that's another reason to try and gain some of them.
9:05 ah yes, the whole "summoning weapons from your device" trope
There's an app for everything nowadays!
I liked the few thirst hours, but then my PS now Trial ended.
But i Love trails of cold Steel....thats enough reason, i have to Play it again 😍
The combat looks really fun, albeit a bit simple, but it still has some mechanics that look interesting, like socketing your weapon. However, the high school portion looks incredibly dull, and I feel like, if I got this, I would be inadvertently rushing through it just so I could get to the actual gameplay. Relationship building isn't something I have any interest in, nor have I ever, and this game doesn't look like it would change that. It looks more like padding here just to make the game longer, when the developers should have made twice as many dungeons and maybe added some more to the combat.
That having been said, how much actual combat gameplay is there in relation to the high school parts? Is it 50/50? Or maybe 70% dungeon, 30% high school? I just want an idea, because I may get it on sale and try it if it's at least mostly combat.
Unfortunately for you. 75% city adventure, 25% Dungeons
How similar is the gameplay to Xanadu Next? I don't really like the high school setting so I avoided this one.
Is there much difference between this and persona? Besides the fighting
Yes. Persona is a better game in all aspects. While Xanadu does contain some social aspects that mimic Persona, Social life matters much more in Persona and is more heavily focused on. In Persona, social stats are much more meaningful and focused on as it blocks you from certain activities with your peers while social stats in Xanadu just gives you some items and can be completely ignored. The good thing about Xanadu though, is that you don't have to worry about the perfect run or a schedule since you are forced to do a NG+ run if you want to see all the social events.
If you're wondering about getting Persona or Xanadu, the choice would be to get Persona hands down. If you want a persona "clone", I wouldn't really consider this game that. It just borrows some social gameplay aspects from persona but on a very shallow level (when directly comparing it to Persona).
jRPGFanatic thank you! c: I think I will finish Persona 5 and 3, instead of getting this game then. The choice right now is between Tokyo X and Ys VIII. I watched your review on both games and I’m definitely gonna get the latter.
jRPGFanatic I just bought persona for 30 flat. I was hoping to get it for like $18 and yakuza 0 but those two fuckers don't drop below 30 ever so a caved and hit buy now. I feel like a sucker. But the game is good so far. I didn't know if using all my bullets on the first enemy was a good idea so I turned the game off to start over. I am starting my playthrogh Tuesday.
Sadly there’s no English Dub for this game. If it did, I’d buy it in a heartbeat cause it looks unique.
WTF??!!! I just noticed Towa??!!! From Cold Steel series??? I'm curious how they gonna explain this!!!!
Probably super late, but Wisdom, Courage and Virtue DO play a part. With less than 9 (iirc) total stars, you can't get the True Ending.
So as long as you read some books, do some side quests, and do pretty well at dungeons, you can't miss it.
Just finished Trail of Cold Steel 3 and still waiting for the 4th,, anyone here as same as I, and gonna try this Tokyo XANADU?
dude same here. I finshed ToCS3 a month ago and looking for a filler game before ToCS4 comes out!
lol same here this looks a lot like Cold Steel 1-2....I'm sold , it should do to scratch the itch of waiting for Cold Steel 4
not to mention ....did I just saw Towa there..... :[]
@@junmelendez40 yes she s actually a big Character
This game is on sale for 11 dollars -2020 ends 5th of March psn store
Great review! Thanks for doing it.
So this is 100% a persona copy-cat, but the question I have is: Is it "Inspired by Persona" or is it "a cheap knock-off"?
I'm working through P4G right now and still have P5/P5R to play, so I don't know if Xanadu is worth the time...
I absolutely loved and hated this game. I’m a bit of perfectionist in JRPGS going max difficulty and getting the highest ranks in the dungeons god it was so agonizingly fun.
The city is called Morimiya, not Moriyama!
Someone has never heard the word "Xanadu" spoken out loud. :D
wow it seems like a mash up bewteen P5 and Lacrimosa of dana lol COOL
Yup, it shares commonalities with both games but the social aspect isn't done as well as Persona 5 and the battle system is also not as good as Ys 8. Overall still an enjoyable game for the most part.
jRPGFanatic Im in doubt about buying this game or delaying my money to spend it on another future jrpg or the persona dance games that are coming, do you suggest to try this game?
Waiting for a sale isn't a bad idea but there aren't really many high profile games coming out soon in terms of jRPGs that I know of. I don't know anything about the persona dancing games. Monster Hunter World comes out in a few weeks which might be good but that's not really a jRPG and Ni No Kuni II doesn't come out for another 2 months. It seems like you've already played Persona 5 and Ys 8 which I would recommend over this. Other than that you can play older games that are solid choices that came out this year and are pretty cheap like Nier Automata or Tales of Berseria. Or even play older games, although I don't know what you have and have not played.
jRPGFanatic mmm ill give you my list on the ps4: berseria, p5, danganronpa 1.2, ys 8, nier automata, ffxv. And yes fanatic!!! You should try searching for the persona 3 and persona 5 dancing games that are coming for the ps4!! Theyre going to be awesome for any persona fan!!! :)
Hmm, some games that come to mind in no particular order are FF12: Zodiac Age (you might have played this already), Disgaea 5 (turn based "strategy" game), Tales of Zestiria if you're interested in more story in the Berseria universe (you might have played this already as well), Star Ocean 3 HD (if you haven't played it), Fairy Fencer F - Advent Dark Force. I'm also playing FF Type 0 HD right now. Really liking the game and I plan on doing a review for it but the time management can take a lot of getting use to.
Do you have to grind in this game?
I don't remember having to grind much, if at all, but I also don't grind in most games I play.
@@JRPGFanatic Thanks. I decided to buy the game!
That comment about sidequests confuses me a bit - does the general majority of JRPG-fans dislike sidequests? I always thought its about how they are implemented into the game system. Beyond that I think there are simply good and well-written ones and boring/bad ones.
yeah, it depends. I feel like "a lot" of jRPGs just have a bunch of side quests that don't really add anything to the story. Usually they're just fetch and kill quests with very little substance or reward. Sometimes they're just a bunch of activities to do in list format. A few games that immediately come to mind are Star Ocean 5, Sword Art Online (outside of character side stories), FFXV (except Tour quests), Shining Resonance and I even feel that way about the side quests in Octopath Traveler.
Does anyone know the music he used at 1:25? It sounds really nice.
It's called "looking for clues" on the OST. It's a great track :) (Link: ruclips.net/video/mQoFoEqQ79A/видео.html)
Good to see Towa makes a reappearance...wait...how?
Joel Harold makes sense why she’s always sleeping now haha lot of heavy lifting
I guess Falcom considers her the best girl?
dude it really gives me a vibe of legends of hero trails of cold steel, both of the games start to ramp out only on the last couple of chapters. the graphics seem exactly the same, both of the games have a character called towa(lol)'both of the games have free time periods.
i think ill buy it now since it is on sell
I'd give it an 8/10. Had started as 9, but things like the dungeons getting a bit samey, the game adding slightly annoying platforming, the weak after story that felt a bit like an extended replay of the final chapter and Kou's catchphrase kinda degraded it for me, to an 8.
Still enjoyed it a lot though! But CS 1 and 2 will always be better games for me.
-maybe till I get into Ys.-
Haven't played CS 1 or 2 yet (will get to it once it comes out on PS4) but I think Xanadu is probably the weakest IP they have, at least out of their more recent line-up. Ys VIII was very well made, combat was great and the story and characters were appealing. That was an awesome game. So far from what I've played of trails in the sky, I only expect great things from CS. Tokyo Xanadu felt like it was lacking all around and didn't really excel at much. It's great that you enjoyed it for the most part though.
I was just really satisfied with the characters (as expected of Falcom), even cried at times, it's just other things that made me not really love it.
Also, try and take a shot each time Kou says "koitsu wa" in a full play through. ;)
@@thelazywanderer_jt Yeah, there were definitely some good moments in there. Lol, the day I want to kill myself from alcohol poisoning, I'll play that game.
It is on ps now and for now I like the game :D
I saw that the game had a big sale on PS4 so I buy it. Then to find out the game only voice in Japanese??? All this time I thought it was in English like Falcom's other games like Ys 8 and Trails games??
It was a super fun game as soon as I discovered the fast forward function for the endlessly long-winded cut scenes with their endlessly repetetive, bland and uninspired dialogues. Story and characters are no comparison to the Persona games but I like the Ys-inspired dungeons and action scenes as well as the soundtrack.
AND WAIT TOWA IS IN THIS?!
Bornmetal as in Towa Herschel?
@@ralphcoronado1548 sorta?
@@GiordanDiodato I am not sure if Sen No Kiseki has the same world with Tokyu Xanadu.
I am shocked that this hasn't been ported to Switch yet.
i played some of persona games, not the latest tho. tbh i like this game better. one of my fav, waiting for tx franchise
So this is basically a budget persona
No,it's budget Trails of Cold Steel, but with Ys action RPG style.
I have a plan. Develop a jrpg type game like persona that’s not set in Japan but set in the West. Instead of Japanese teens and Japanese high school. It’s American/English kids and western high schools. Instead of your standard trope characters that will definitely show up on a jrpg like stuco president, childhood friend, school nurse, older or younger sister. How about standard American tropes Like your Athletic sports guy, your pop culture geek, etc. (think of the power rangers movie but without the rangers power and more of persona-ish powers and story?)
I... like this concept.
Eh i watched this review and i should want to get this game. I love persona and love AJRPG's but nothing i heard in this review really sold me on the game
The only other falcom you've played? Holy crap man... Get on the legend of heroes trails in the sky trilogy and then the cold steel games right freaking now!!!
Haha, this was over a year ago. I've beaten all the sky games and I'm trying to finish Zero and Ao before the PS4 CS remakes release in 2-3 months.
@@JRPGFanatic ah ok right on.. lol. It just showed up on my feed. Falcom is pretty great they have become a fav. Are you playing fan translations of the crossbell games? I need to do that.
@@tonymack Yeah I am, still needs a bit of work but it's passable. Also no Turbo is killing me so I'll probably look for a speedhack sometime soon.
1000th like. Love this game
So it's a Persona inspired game.... Hell yeah the more the better
1:55 that girls name says "Towa." We sure she not the class president who later becomes an instructor with a guy named Rean at Thors Branch Campus?