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I've already played through the Metaphor demo three times, and I'm scouring TH-cam for every video talking about it that I can find because I really REALLY don't wanna ruin the game for myself by level grinding (I've already got a level 21 character! And I've seen the TH-cam videos of people stuck in the same dungeon as me, who are level 30+, with all their Archetypes maxed! I don't wanna do a "level 99 in the first dungeon" run for my first playthrough!!), so I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts on the demo!

lol you did a god, planet destroying, race wiping skill or combo on the enemy and he’s still standing xD

No mention of the SaGa franchise? It has been carrying the torch of excellent turn-based jrpg goodness for many years. edit: saw you mentioned Emerald Beyond, nice. I'm a huge fan of SaGa, and I no longer call myself a Final Fantasy fan. These days I make it a point to only support Square-Enix's jrpg franchises that stayed completely turn-based, I loathe what FF has become. I don't hate action rpgs, but I did not want FF to become action rpgs. Unless they make a pixel-art 2d turn-based mainline Final Fantasy XVII (which will never happen bc FF has been run by cowardice for many years), i have abandoned that series entirely just as it has abandoned me.

Great video, TH-cam put you on my home page. You got my sub! Looking forward to seeing more videos from you!

I know you're talking about JRPGs, but 2023 Game of the Year was ALSO a turn based game. The style is more alive than evar.

I bought way too many games from Steam sales (most being 100 hour games) to ever play them in my lifetime. My choice is to realize money is wasted or to become a hermit that mooches off other people the rest of my life while I play video games all day long.

You know what I liked most about games like FF16 or Stellar Blade? Or the Ryza games? That I could finish them in a weekend or a week or so. Most JRPGs have complex systems and gimmics and a convoluted story with a lot of loose ends and twists waiting to happen until the end. If you don't experience their story continuously and you just hop on and off every few weeks or so, it will have no impact. I am at that point in my life (almost in my 40s) where I only get a bit of time, maybe an extended weekend or so every few months, or a free week, or a quieter period with work and responsibilities when I can dedicate my afternoons for gaming. But these snippets of free time are rare and far in between. I used to love long games when I was in my teenage years and had all the time in the world, but now, games with 100 hours of content and hours long dialogue sections (in RPGs, I have no issue with VNs, I read VNs) kind of drive me away, or I lose interest in them when, for example, I play for a weekend, finish about 1/4 of the game, I drop the game for about two-three weeks, and then when I have an afternoon to play again I need to waste time to remember the gameplay systems and to remember the story (even worse if it has a ton of loose ends). No matter how good the game is, if I have to relearn everything mid-game, I kinda lose interest in playing. So yeah, in this stage of my life, weekend-long games are ideal, anything longer is a bit of a turn off (even though I really want to play them).

I've come to the realization that I prefer 10-30hr main story games. Not only because my job/family/other responsibilities limit the amount of time I can spend gaming, but I also get fatigued after a while and just want to move on to the next thing. I don't mind if they have side-content that extends it to 100+hrs as I usually don't do everything but it is good for other that like to 100% a game. I've been playing Sea of Stars since May of this year and I'm about 27 hours in so I'm close to beating it.(one of my favorite RPGs so far) I beat Xenoblade Chronicles II and I had to take over a year long break about half-way due to it having such a long story (Amazing game though). Live a Live had a great story and perfect length. I highly recommend! I'm about 20 hours into tears of the Kingdom and had to take a break from that too. Want to try Star Ocean Second Story R, and Unicorn Overlord at some point.

100% for shorter games. 60hrs is about the most I want to spend on any given game.

Depend on the game, if both story and gameplay is good, I like it long so the game can be experienced longger. If the gameplay is boring, but story is good, I will just fast forward watch other people's playthrough on youtube. If the story is boring but the gameplay is good, I prefer the game to be short. If story and gameplay both sucks, rather not play it at all.

My opinion to that question? Nope! Give me a long JRPG anyday! I just love em long.

I budgeted one $30 switch game this week. the whole time it was gonna be Yars Rising. I even had it in the shopping cart. a very last second change and I chose this instead. I'm glad I did. Yars will remain on the wish list, but I think I'm enjoying the action of this over the cutesy metroidvanianess of Yars Rising, but I'm still looking forward to playing it. my way of buying and playing games is a mess. I bought Void Bastards two months ago and have yet to even start it. yeah I'm playing this game first? anyways, great video and much appreciated.

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"The future of turn base looks bright" But does future of action rpg looks bright?

If I were to eat a Pokémon it would be a Mr. Mime

Hopalong is incredible he can get increased map movement, is very quick in combat his special stuns everyone on the map and while his weapon is basically short range 1v1 rope it will kill anything.

Cant get over how trash the animation style looks. I know what they were going for but wow does it look janky and bad. Too lazy to animate actual stop motion, just make everything look likr a bad 80s game

I hope no game follows the Sea of Stars example. I found the gameplay and story boring while character dialogue was a little cringe. The only positive thing I found was the art direction and style. I don't understand how SoS got that overwhelmingly positive reception, for me it's a 5.5/10 at max.

There are definitely a good amount of fps roguelites, off the top of my head there’s Gunfire reborn Robo quest Deadlink Golden light Nightmare reaper Otherwise good review.

Strong video bro

The way they can become enemies or pals sounds a lot like what Darkest Dungeon 2 did. Very cool, definitely picking this up after my obsession with Deadlock fades a little.

S tier video

I love your review, I recently find your channel, keep going this wayyy

Thanks for the review

Nice review, and you have a good talking speed 👍 keep it up

Thank you for the review! It’s shocking how few reviews there are for this game. I appreciate you getting this out quickly. Is there meta-progression, anything in-game that carries over from run to run? It sounds like characters might? If this is a straight roguelike like Binding of Isaac, unfortunately it’s probably not for me. Edit: Also, can you save mid-run?

That was a very good review. Thanks man

Thanks for the review

I literally just got inside of Lavos today in 12,000 BC. About to beat the game yet again for iOS. Im also about to get back to DQXIS to grind for seeds so I can be strong and beat the baddies in the 2D spirit world. I know Visions of Mana is t turn based but I’m enjoying that right now too. I highly recommend it if you love RPGs period. Refantazio is something I want to get but I will wait for the Switch version.

Love the reviews, keep em’ coming!!!

Resonance of fate was my shit. You good sir earned a sub

Ngl i love these ff7 remakes, and i hope they will do it with ff9 and other ff games. But what i do miss in current ff games are the colorfull diverse characters we could play as and the turnbased combat off course. And i had a fun time with ff16 way more fun then with ff15 which i hated. But i really miss the fantastical colorfull characters and the fun in creating your team. And growing up i used to play a lot of ff and the turnbased combat was always very good, i miss that to. Hopefully someday we can get back to that or maybe another game will fill that gap for me. I am very excited for metaphor

Im still mad at the Lufia DS reboot, when i saw they abandoned the turn based game for that action rpg style i was furious. I love turn based rpg specially older ones mostly because i always loved the sprite work.

i really want to mention trails through daybreak 2 (kuro no kiseki 2) which i think should be coming out sometime in 2025 but it comes with a caveat of recommending new players start with the trails in the sky fc which is a huge ask, ill admit. but if one does, id say they experience the evolution of turn-based game play throughout a franchise and they get to witness in real time the kiseki series be one of the franchises carrying the genre since 2004. and though it might seem like a lot of time to get through, once you catch up, there's a good chance you'll be wishing there was more to play.

I'm so excited for Metaphor, it's insane. Only one month left!

Bi-monthly, I can’t wait that long!!!

"While Sotn has much better music..." lol

If you didn't tell me you are new at the end then I would have never guessed. This was a great review!

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No, thank you for the detailed review!!