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2:00 here I stopped watching the video , I’m tired of this Miyazaki dick riding in every souls like games videos

NGL I started my mana journey with visions of mana. Now I am looking at the other games because I enjoyed it so much. Thanks for the video.

same massive cope here lol, 5 was just so bad i guess we will take anything now

Its story is soo weak

I’m playing it now. I feel so bad for Kohaku, so it’s pushing me to move forward. (I am liking it, though.)

I've been playing Metal Gear, the whole series of numbered games, and it's been awesome. (Still have some side missions and a few alternation missions, left, in MGSV.) That was a true experience, going through that whole thing. Always wanted to get back to Kingdom Hearts.

What do you think of wuthering waves combat ? I don't think it's close to 10/10 but i like it it's very good.

I need to get back to playing JRPGs again, last JRPG I finished was Tales of Berseria. Been playing nothing but WoW and it's starting to take a toll on me. Is the Trails series worth getting in to?

This game came out two years after the FF7 Remake. All I could think about was waiting for this release, while the FF7 remake was good. I wanted something more "RPGie.", very good game. Only con IMO, is I wish somebody on PC would make a coop mod.

Yes baby, I managed to preorder a PS5 Pro!😊

I saw the cave arena and i KNEW it was that fucking slime

the scroll of truth has been opened for that review. Good stuff that said OKAY LISTEN HERE YOU LITTLE GUY - THE THINGS YOU LOVE ABOUT THE COMBAT ARE THE SAME STRENGHTS AS FF7 REBIRTH WHICH YOU DIDNT LIKE THAT MUCH I AM GOING TO FIGHT YOUR WHOL BLOODLI-

squirrel tail butt pluck Google it, it's a thing. I can't unsee it now, for me she is wearing it ingame.😂🤣

Just deleted it from my wishlist despite it looking so beautiful (thought I didn't need it because I have NiNoKuni2 unfinished in my backlog, which is of the same beautyness to my eyes). Will put it back on.😊

Hey bub, Does this game offer any post story content like boss rush...etc?

Visions of GOTY

Why do I feel like Visions of Mana is just Granblue Relink but actually have better thoughts on gameplay and progression.

Glad i bought this shit 💯!

Great review, man! Visions of Mana blew me away with how good it is! Besides Rebirth, I think this is the best game SE launched this year!

Awesome review. I picked it up too on launch but put i down due to astro bot/time. Will be diving into it after i beat Astro bot. This is boss from you streams btw.

AYE SIR

I`m open to playing any game, regardless of where it comes from. I for example am totally hped for Obscure 33. Though there are certain genres I just do`t like. Mainly shooters. So I automatically gravitate towards Japanese games more because they have the majority of RPGs and Hack x Slash games. Even if there are western rpgs or hack x slash games, I don`t really play them because there are better japanese game of that genre. Like Darksiders, which to me feels like discount DMC. Why should I play Darksiders if I can just play DMC instead? There are original games but I just don`t find them interesting enough. Wether it`s Dragon Age, Skyrim, The Witcher, AssasinsCreed or Ghost of Tsushima. They are lacking in content and gameplay compared to Japanese games. At least for me. I could play NieR instead. Or a Final Fantasy game. The only western game I actually enjoyed a lot and palyed for a long time is Diablo 3. The onl western game I still have hopes for and that is on my wishlist is God of War 2018 and Ragnarok.

personally i like ff7rebirth combat even tho this vid released 3 days after the release

The physics and the transitions of the combos are the problem, speeding up animations was just a bandaid to BAD fundamentals. Air dodge and air guard were also bandaids to the massive problem Osaka team has with combat animations and transitions between them. (The fact that Sora does not descend until AFTER air animation frames are finished) Take a close look at the kh4 trailer and you can see that the game still refuses to cancel any animation to do a a new move, you have to wait until the ending of each attack animation for Sora to do another attack animation. This is how it worked for BBS, DDD, Re:Com, 2.8, and KH3. This is NOT how it worked for KH1 and 2.

The reason I don't play them is because they're too easy and I get more out of movies or anime. Video games need mechanics and challenges... Something hard to find in jrpgs.

Agreed about 16. After playing kingdom hearts, Tales of and Tri ace games I just prefer games where the enemies stagger when you hit them. I totally get that ‘hitting a rock’ feeling and it’s makes the combat less engaging. It LOOKS cool but FEELS off. I also like having options which kingdom hearts games and tales of have different abilities, spells, and modifiers. Once you have all those options it’s hard to go back.

Definitely mainly RPGs love them since the SNES days. Also the Yakuza series and Nintendo's own stuff is generally great 👍

I got 5 mins into your review paused the video and went out and bought Stellar Blade. 89hrs later and I'm on new game plus having a blast hunting for collectibles. Good review dude!

Not only do I have the original PS1 version and the Switch version of the remake, I also have the OSV soundtrack on CD imported from Japan.

Star Ocean Forever!

I got Star Ocean The Second Story R just last week for Switch. I've always like the game and I am keeping the original PS1 version. It's aged very well since 1999.

im so glad more people will be able to enjoy the graces f experience in 2025

It's so frustrating, like 3 times DS2. 20 hours into the game and I just dropped it. I will not elaborate more, I've played every single souls and this is the most miserable I felt playing a soulslike.

those are mostly rpg's with little freedom to leave the main story for exploration. not for me.

Nice analysis man 👍 KH4 system gonna be insane if its a step up from kh3. Id say my favorite combat system is from a mobile game 😂😂 called Shadow Fight 4 Arena (not square enix but still amazing). I think Ive played it every day for the past 2 years. One of the only games Ive ever played where you can actually beat higher level pay-to-win characters if you have superior timing and precision.

Glad you enjoyed Valkyrie Elysium's battle system, it has surprisingly a lot in common with the 3d Ninja Gaiden games, it takes a while to learn but once you know how it works it becomes one of the most underrated action games of this gen For me its 1. Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix 2. Nier Automata 3. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth 4. Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy Origin 5. Kingdom Hearts 3 Remind 6. Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade 7. NEO The World Ends With You 8. Lightning Returns Final Fantasy XIII 9. Star Ocean The Last Hope 10. Final Fantasy XVI Honorable mentions go to Star Ocean The Divine Force, Visions of Mana, Nier Replicant Ver. 1.22374487139, and Valkyrie Elysium

Dragon Quest 11 🌌💟

Remake has my favorite then it would be FXIV Dissidia XIII-2 X-2 XVI Strangers of Paradise

Rebirth is easily my favorite combat system ever. It's so mechanically complete.

Hmm, Chrono Trigger, Octopath Traveler, FFX, Visions of Mana, Divine Force, Rebirth, and FF Tactics would be on my list fo sho. Someone else in the comments mentioned Forspoken and I agree, the combat is actually really good. I might also throw SaGa Frontier in there. Lots of great systems from Square. Thanks for the vid, Sweis. I was honestly surprised that two Mana games were on there. We got to get you on the others because it's looking like a series you're falling in love with 👍

NO STRANGER OF PARADISE!!?? WOE IS ME... I know that's Team Ninja, but other then DQ11,FF and KH. I'm pretty sure Square doesn't own any of the developers here.. pretty sure even the remake of Crisis core had the combot done by someone else. And someone mentioned, Nier Automata... THAT IS PLATINUM GAMES!! I'LL SAY IT AGAIN, TEAM NINJA WHERE ARE YOU!! okay. That concludes my Stranger of Paradise Goon session. Thanks fir listening. Great video Sweis!!

Nice list, I personally would add xenogears myself. Its such a fantastic game with a genuinely unique combat system.

Aww man, you broke the trinity of having KH1, KH2 and KH3 as your top 3! 🤣 But overall, very interesting list and thier reasonings not only for veteran, action-based players like yourself, you also included some simpler games and even some that are rather hated. 10. Star Ocean 6 - Player variety is nice for sure and the small clip looks alot like something from FF15. 9. Visions of Mana - Player used WATER GUN! It's Super Effective! 😂 And that's actually kinda sick for the elemental add-ons to not only alter your stats, they also change your character's appearance too! 8. FF7 Rebirth - Damn, never knew that Remake didn't have said parries or perfect dodges. Even then, just hearing that Rebirth got it just sounds much better and like you said about utilizing each character and thier unique playstyle, makes it much more rewarding. 7. Dragon Quest 11 - Man, this game gets all the praise, huh? Though tbf, it really deserves it though. And what was that special move?! 😂 Only playing a bit of the Demo, it does seem like there is some variety to be made to make things unique to each character. 6. Valkyrie Elysium (?) - Man, some people really do be hating for the sake of it, huh? 😅 But aside from that, it almost seems like your older action playstyle games if some things weren't as implemented yet like w/ the lack of cutting off a combo, even then, it still does look rather well and the fact you can literally juggle anything is pretty cool, not alot of games do that. And variety is always key. Enemy or weapons, make it all for everyone! 5. FFX - (putting the tenth game in the series into the fifth spot 😂) No objections here, it's definitely a good starting point game to not only Final Fantasy, also as a game in general. Wonder if Square will ever revert to this battle mode again? 4. Trials of Mana Remake - That's real nice that the power scaling in this game is actually good. I feel like alot of games have a hard time doing that or when they want to spice things up a notch, they notch it up a bit too much...or they assume a player plays a certain way and then during specific checkpoints in the story, the game will hand you over something that could be utterly useless due to grinding or immensely OP if you have been doing self-made challenges or plowed through the main story, breaking the game a bit. 3. FF7 Crisis Core: Reunion - Interesting for sure... But yeah, Crisis Core was a great departure from the usual FF turn-based stuff and really hammered down on reactionary gameplay. Tried it myself (the OG) for a bit but got my ass handed to. 😂 So satisfying to play as well, just everything felt so smooth. 2. KH2 - Y'all knew this had to be in this list. 🤣 In comparison to KH1, or even the OG KH2, you could just feel the power playing and progressing through this game. It was pretty much perfect. 1. KH3 - Knowing you, I knew this'd be snoozing up here on the top! 😂 Though yes, heard the initial base game release of KH3 was a bit...off but even then you still persevered in this game and seen that KH3 wasn't as bad as many claim to be, especially comparing it to KH2 like many did. And seeing through it all (and the much needed DLC) really made KH3 shine as it should (of) be. Again, very interesting choices of both new and old! And also, there was some moments of where the commentary was spliced in so fast into what you were gonna say next.

Sorry. This is now sweisskouhai. You aint gonna make a top ten and list all this stuff INCLUDING ELYSIUM AHHHHHH and NOT put nier automata up in here. Tsk tsk.

Solid list. I agree with pretty much everything you said, especially when it came to FF16 lol. I think outside of Kingdom Hearts, Rebirth is the best Action RPG combat they've made. KH2 and KH3 are phenomenal of course. I *need* to see something on KH4 already, please Square. Where is it?! lol

Hot Take: Forspoken is one of my fav

Pretty good list with interesting and kinda surprising results here and there (maybe not cause I see your thoughts on Twitter lol) Now give an explanation on why NEO TWEWY isn’t on there 😂

Thx man. Helped with a few things. Still having a hard time building combos for Nina and Midas but I’m trying. A 2 year break didn’t help anything lol

I was hoping they'd made the DLC a bit more challenging but they over-compensated too much and I can't finish it. lol Most of the difficulty though doesn't come from being more challenging as much as unfair. I died to the TimeKeeper four times and just accepted my loss. There's a threshold for games and they can't be too easy, but they also can't be so hard that they aren't fun for the targeted audience. This DLC caters to more hardcore players that play games like Nioh, Elden Ring, Ninja Gaiden, and so on but it beats the crap out of the average Final Fantasy player. lol