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It's amazingly done to portray exactly that through mechanics, I love it. Because you're new recruits to the OSF, you are demonstrably weaker than most major enemies unless you rely on each other, especially on Hard. You almost never want to fight battles 'raw' (without SAS Links) unless you're doing a challenge run of some kind. It's a really smart idea that applies on both the micro and macro levels. You get better at using your SAS resources as you play the game more, moment-to-moment, and you unlock more advanced functions for the system by Bonding Up with your platoon members. It's great.
@@bitchless5104 Spoiler below: Yuito is a natural dud (unpowered) with an implanted power when he was young and in the hospital prior to his mom’s death by Togetsu (Moon Cult led by a psychic super computer) Same hospital Luka and Karen Travers were in. Combined with the canonical pain of the SAS system and Brain Field he is risking permanent brain damage and later in life the loss of his powers. It is natural for psionics in this world to lose powers as they age so they take anti aging hormones to prolong the effectiveness of their OSF personnel. That’s why you have Genma who is in his 50s looking as good as he is. Or Arashi and Luka being senior members in OSF but still look like children. This is for natural psionics. Yuito isn’t natural so there is more risk for him to lose his powers despite how powerful he is by the end. And yes Yuito is in pain but if you keep it on long enough like Kasane says it would probably numb away. But after the game ends it’s only natural for Yuito to retire. So much experimentation on his brain and the fact he’s half clone is a recipe for disaster if he keeps hooking stuff to his head. Love his character since he’s a leader by necessity with the strength of his father and compassion of his mother. Folks say they prefer Kasane but she’s not good when it comes to communication ie. her trying to kill Yuito without explanation. Sorry for this long comment. I fell in love with this game and its world. Hope to see sequels taking place on the moon. Or we fight Aragami with the God Eaters.
Lol, the story is garbage. It's the most generic anime plot ever. The twists were super predictable. The characters were annoying most of the times, though there were a couple that were interesting, but the visual novel approach was horrible. Look, I played tales of arise, which was from the same studio iirc, and that was good, cuz despite being VN style, it wasn't overbearing.....took about a minute at best and you could do at any point. In scarlet nexus, you had VN phases that kept going on and on and on and on for several minutes and one after the other without proper management of gameplay to balance it off. Overall, not a good game. Y'all may like mediocre shit, which is evident given how much poor anime there is today and yet ppl liking them, but imma call out a crappy game when I see it. Game had potential, it just didn't live up to it!!!
I'm super picky about Japanese games because I'm not a big anime person, but I got this on a whim and it's PHENOMENAL. The plot is incredible so far, the combat is super fun, the characters are all great, the art is beautiful...
I need to know, can you still free roam the city and accept requests from people after the story ended? Or are we stuck in a chapter select screen like in FF7
My thoughts exactly and if you haven't already, get Nier: Automata for those exact same reasons. In fact, Nier: Automata is the reason I pre-ordered Scarlet Nexus. Not that they're in anyway connected, but because the devs of Scarlet Nexus said they were making a Nier: Automata inspired game that takes place in a cyberpunk world......😯.....Sold!
@@m_bennett they may have said that but it's got way more in common with astral chain and ghost in the shell than nier... It varies nigh no resemblance in any way to nier
I don't know how much I'd like the game, I just don't feel like I want to spend $60 and risk it. I don't normally play games like this but this looks interesting. It reminds me a bit of Astral Chain. He mentions a demo in the video but there doesn't appear to be a demo for pc. It would've been nice if there was I could try it and if like it buy it but I guess demos are for console only for some reason...
It’s been a long time since I played a game for 13 hours on its launch day. I didn’t realize how much I missed the kind of excitement that a game as awesome as Scarlet Nexus can bring me.
I just finished 100%ing this game, both characters, all achievements, and I am so happy with it. Tales of Arise can't come soon enough if Bandai Namco are capable of putting out something this enjoyable across the board. In a weird way, it made me fall in love with JRPGs, especially action-JRPGs all over again.
I’m almost done with my second playthrough; I’m at 90% trophies and this game has been so much fun; like you, Tales of Arise can’t come out soon enough. As a side note, have you played Persona 5 Strikers? If not, that might be a decent distraction until Tales comes out in September.
I’m absolutely LOVING this game. It has genuinely made me excited to play more everytime I put it down. Yeah it has flaws but there are so many good aspects in the game that i really don’t notice them anymore
@@randallmart92 im playing thru that as well i think im at chapter 4. That game has been amazing so far as well. honestly feels like a more mature persona kinda...
@@nekotorin YES exactly. Add in the bonding events , relationships, all the activities in the city,… right now I’m at the part finding the girl who joins ur party
Also, for people first going into the game, I recommend playing Yuito first. There's some ambiguous things from his view that are entirely spelled out from Kasane's perspective, but not really the other way around.
Yuitos story was definitely designed to be played first. It was clear they intended it to be that way, and they should’ve recommended that when you first started the game. Either way tho it’s not like kasanes story completely ruins yuito’s. There’s a lot of stuff in yuitos story that kasane’s completely brushes over.
For me, the game is mediocre at best. It has new and wonderful combat system, but that is also edgy especially when fighting humanoid characters. The main thing I'm looking forward to while playing JRPGs is story of the game. The story is so flawed that I don't know where to begin. It has so many plot holes and most of the things wouldn't happen in game if characters have had normal human IQ. Bandai Namco took an endearing task to create a game with perspective of 2 characters, but the game to me felt like mash of various ideas forcefully glued to hold on to form this game. Side characters were uninteresting and they added persona level interactions which I had to force myself through. Linear world: this game have limited maps and you won't have any incentive to go back (other than grinding) and explore. Also side quests are so bland and rewards are poor that there is no incentive or attraction to complete them if not for trophy. PS: over 100 hours played and 94% trophy completion.
Looks like a mix between Tales and Astral Chain, consider me intrigued. There's way too many good JRPGs for me to play now, I'll be busy for the rest of the year and then some.
@@somedopemojo43 hmmm legends of heroes will always be my 1st strong recommendation for anyone looking to play a new jrpg but since you are already playing it…..and you also already played yakuza 7 hmmmm have you tried atelier ryza? That’s a good one, nier replicant/automata? Persona 5 royal/strikers? The Ys series? Tokyo Xanadu? Valkyria chronicles? Specifically 1 and 4 (That one is a tactical jrpg), final fantasy 7 remake? Sakura of rice and ruin? Those are the ones I have in my collection and they’re all great. I have more games than that but you just said jrgps, hopefully I helped you out a little.
@@somedopemojo43 I also forgot to include dragon quest 11, Sakura wars, and tales of berseria if those interest you at all, and no problem bro happy to help!
One thing about the SAS system. You can upgrade the powers by increasing your bonds with the respective characters. Sometimes it can change the power entirely, for example, clairvoyance: allows you to see invisible enemies and get perfect dodges easier. Not much right? When you fully upgrade it, it does all that PLUS: increasing crush damage (think sekiros guard system, once the bar is gone, then it's an instakill) & allows you to instantly stun an enemy off a perfect dodge counter
Just finished my first playthrough as Yuito. Definitely well worth the wait in my opinion, and I understand how you feel about immediately going back and trying out the other story. I'm glad they added a new game plus to make seeing the other story not as tedious. Definitely an Anime/10 story wise lol
I don’t go back tho I use two different saves when story is repetitive I skip I know they have different things in the story and luckily I know where the different things are because it’s easy to spot them
Im playing from 2 days this game and im in totally love with this game, its so great and original, single bad thing sometimes can be the camera because its a lot of zoom out but in rest game its 10/10+
I really liked those cutscenes that almost look like a manga panel. I experienced them in Tales of Arise, just a quick way to get to know characters, their thoughts on the situation and shit like that. Glad to see them back here haha!
While I can't snag it day one, this is definitely gonna have a spot in my collection for sure. Honestly, big props to Bandai Namco for putting some real faith and budget behind their talent and letting the creativity fly
@@enzocrespin5806 Yes, there are several major flaws within the game: 1. *The city feels dead and empty.* You can talk to some pedestrians or even obtain "side quests" from NPCs, but otherwise there's nothing else to do. *There's only one shop in the game, and it's handled by an NPC that doubles as a save station.* 2. *Boring "side quests"* that seem more like a challenge rather than an actual quest, like *"kill an enemy with this method"* or *"collect an item then return it to quest giver".* 3. *Poor NG+ design and replayability.* Imagine spending hours to get the best equipment for your team, only to find out *there's no level scaling in EX New Game (NG+) and everything dies in one hit.* I would argue that the characters in the game are pretty bland with shallow development; the sort you always see in generic anime/manga series. But these things are subjective, so I'll leave it at that.
@@brahmantyoihsan5938 Honestly, much of what you said doesn't really make the game sound all that horrible as your previous comment suggested. It just sounds like an unexceptional/average game at most.
6 hours in and loving it but I am really not a fan of the Still comic book like cutscenes. A lot of them are just characters talking but more than a couple have also been fighting scenes and it can be difficult to really see what is happening or the impact of an attack with the still shots. The side quests also seem awful, the quest objectives so far have no relevance to the quest dialouge. E.g. 1 side quest was an npc complaining about enemies destroying his house. Quest objective, kill 3 particular flying enemies with a special ability. Otherwise seems great and am loving it.
@@Deviljho5 lol yes it's that good bro, I only played it for 33 minutes, and I had to go into work at 7pm tonight until 7am, and Scarlet nexus is all I'm thinking about.
@@Deviljho5 i've been playing for 25 hours now n I'm not reaching the end yet. Coz I love the combat so much tht I tend to forgot that I have story to end 😂
oh my. someone who didn’t throw electronic music under one umbrella and knows dubstep is a branching genre on its own. a man of culture and excellent taste in music i see. lol but great review, thank you. definitely plan on getting it- along with the games on my 100+ wish list 🤣
The main thing Scarlet Nexus makes me think is that I wish Bamco did more original stuff like this. I mean, the plot and writing might not be world shaking but I'd much rather have more of this, and interesting combat systems to boot, than the endless grind of going through whichever anime arc of whichever popular show - that fans of said anime know like the back of their hands - they've decided to push each year. Oh, one thing I would say is that the dualsense haptics really add to the combat if you're playing on PS5 - the feedback is subtle but feeling the tension build in the trigger as you prepare a psychokenisis attack really adds to fighting and the feeling of that tension breaking and the trigger going limp if you get hit before it's done really hammers home the disappointment you didn't get to let it fly.
Taking aside the common trend that pretty much all Anime-like games are always overbloated in ratings in steam and pretty much every rating platform (due to smaller demographics of the market base and said people have a real unending thirst for Anime-art games, no matter how bad). Scarlet Nexus was a bit, disappointing for me and I had really low expectations coming into the game. I love Bandai-Namco games, Code Vein was one of my favorite games to play, so is the Tales series. And the only thing that I can honestly say good about this game is the combat, and that's stretching it, because Code Vein and (one) Tales series games did it much better. But it's still good to play, and I have no complaints about the combat system. The other parts are really bad though. Like I don't understand how people would actually not rate it bad, don't you people ever play games that actually have good plot, narrative, character development, world building and structure? No? Witcher 3? Dragon Age? Mass Effect? Baldur's? FF series? God of War? How's Scarlet Nexus story is even remotely good? it's like it's written by a 15 year old who has no idea how story progression in games works. The plot is so convoluted in the first few chapters that I have no idea how they managed to maintain the entire structure of the narrative. The character development was so bad that I literally couldn't care less about the other characters aside from Kaname and Yuito. And plot holes... don't even go there.
Only setting that gave me issues with camera on PC using mouse and keyboard was Camera Motion Blur, set if to Off because setting it to On will cause very weird jittery movement of the camera.
I do have to say the game starts very anime like. the combat carries the game till the story picks up, then both just make a for a fun and cool experience. I'm halfway down with the first campaign, but I'm just enjoying it and having a good time.
Update on my Scarlet Nexus progression! I got all achievements on Scarlet Nexus making it my eighth official game on Steam to make my Perfect Games list as well as the third RPG to become part of my Perfect Games list with the first two RPGs being Cyberpunk 2077 and Outriders!
Just finished 100%-ing this game with a good 85 hours. So far, my game of the year until something else knocks me out of the park. Haven't played a "Tales of" game, but with how many people are looking forward to it, and how good it looks, I'll definitely give Arise a try.
Just subbed finished the Demo for both characters, amazing combat, gameplay, story, gonna be getting this game soon, so excited to play the full game, loving everything so far! 🙌😃
i think the only problems i could find with this game would be the writing and voice acting (both english and japanese) but otherwise it’s extremely good
I am currently playing through Kasane's campaign first and I'm nearly finished it but I must say that this game is really amazing and a blast to play. I was pleasantly surprised how good this game is since I am a bit picky about my RPGs and especially JRPGs which this is definitely one of the better ones I have played in the last few years. I hope it will get a sequel or a spinoff since Scarlet Nexus has great franchise potential.
I love the concept and style, just.. not the combat or skill tree. It felt like I didn’t have any combos, despite how flashy it looks. I had light attacks that never changed, a back step attack, and the ability to throw stuff. It never really felt like the combat changed from that, every battle felt the same. Square, square, square, triangle, R2, repeat until enemy is dead.
Actually have to agree with this one. Combat is very shallow. There's almost no room for experimentation. It feels like Tales but without the complexity of the battle mechanics.
This is actually not an RPG at all it's an action RPG please don't get this term used totally different game but it's hands down one of the best action RPGs that has come out in the last 10 years
If you want to get technical, none of these Japanese games are role playing games at all. Most are just combat & cutscenes. But looking at all of the different, often unrelated games widely called action RPGs. There's been so many of them and so many different types of them in the last 10 years alone that it'd be pretty hard for this to be 'hands down' the best one.
Scarlet Nexus is amazing. I bought the steam version full price and I have no regrets. Only problem is that the side quests are generic fetch quests or extermination quests, and they are lame. The main story sequence are the meat of the game and its spectular. 8.5 of 10 for me.
Story is great other then that it is just a spam heavy game and easy due to how spamable it is u can go through it and u will barley ever use ur normal attacks other then to regan ur bar to spam throwing shit at enemy other then the story i found the game to be simple minded combat style
I finished the Yuito campaign without maxing the bond on 4 characters (they were all level 5 but I couldn't get them any higher) and I was weeping by the end of the credits.
@@JRPGGaming I understand that of course. It just drives me nuts when they will use such a broad term as psychokinesis. That basically refers to power of the mind as a whole instead of what it actually is. Now I haven't had a chance to play the game yet but I know from playing games like Psi Ops and watching movies like Carrie and Firestarter that a term like psychokinesis is just too broad a generalization, like for example, does the game have any pyrokinetics, in case you didn't know, the general term for a pyrokinetic is a "Firestarter". But if the characters are only moving things with their mind, they're telekinetic and should be called as such. Just a minor nitpick though lol
maybe i'm too old and/or too picky about anime/jrpgs, but (for me) this game felt like a basic bandai namco anime fighting game with basic JRPG elements shoehorned into it the story and characters were my favorite part, but even they sort of betrayed me near the end when everything turned into massive 2D exposition dumps along with the most insufferable final area grind i've experienced in years i don't know. after playing DQXI and P5R relatively recently, then starting Tales of Arise right after finishing this game, Scarlet Nexus doesn't even come close to any of them. it felt like Phantasy Star Online for Dreamcast (sans MMO), which is decidedly not a good thing for a single player JRPG maybe i missed something along the ride, or maybe one small thing bothered me and it evolved into a general distaste, but man this game tested my patience in so many ways
I just picked up the ultimate edition on psn for $50 and the only question I have is HOW HAVE I NOT PLAYED THIS YET? Very few games make me ask this but this one did🤦♂️ great vid like and sub.
Game is super super solid. And soo much fun. With a really surprising amount of depth. I think a lot of reviewers are dropping the ball on this game. With that being said. They are allowed to not like somthing i do. Unfortunately soo many people go by their opinions instead of making up their own minds with the information gathered. I think this game is gonna get slept on hard for all the wrong reasons.
I don't understand myself, game looking so good, polished and gameplay dynamic, and i just don't want to play. But i mostly prefer game like Octopath Traveler...... Played recent game Astral Chain.... and it was just meh for me.... but story and gameplay was good actually. It's only me or there sense of old type JRPG much better, nostalgia type? Or new one games just feel so soulless?
I thought the naming and titles of the game characters was over board, which made me not want to play this on PS4. A year later, and I’m back playing this on a Steam Deck and let me tell you, it is a PERFECT game got the Steam Deck!
Bout 15 hrs in and its just ok, ive faced many problems with the game. Not a fan of the story and yuito so far, theres alot of confusions, wtfs and....ok i guess that just happened moments. Pacing is a wierd fast. The combat is pretty and flashy but it feels too stiff and it is getting repetitive for me now which is a problem I always have for hack and slash games. Id prefer if it was just melee as the psycho powers feel like a chore to use. Controls are too complex and there are way too many combat mechanics with some that are chores to use or are useless. What I hate most is how little money you get in the game and just how expensive items are forcing you to grind a long time for so little. The fully animated cutscenes are amazing and high quality but unfortunately alot of the story and even actiony scenes are just slideshows which annoys me. Probably to save time and money. Some maps are just bad, there are also huge maps where faster traversal needs to be implemented. Fast travel needs to be at save points too. Saving and menus are slow. The game shouldve just had one character path with all allies also playable. Well and now I dont have that desire to keep playing and for long sessions now. Hopefully I do grow to like the game better but usually I can tell if the game will be great or not for the long haul in 10 hrs in rpgs. A 7.5/10 in progress score for me atm.
Dude no, it's not okay to make a video game main character with personality of a cardboard box. Why do people excuse this kind of thing? It's like they're trying to make the most inoffensive character ever. Yuito is such a weak pushover that he made me raging every 30 seconds.
You also have to play the game twice if you want the full story. I played Yuito's story and there are a LOT of plot holes that are only explained in Kasane's story. I mean, it did encourage replayability, but I feel kinda bad for people who's just there for the story and find the gameplay boring.
@@BlueV205 yeah unfortunately after finishing yuitos story I already felt burnout. I didn't wanna slog through 20 more hours of the same fights just to find out what happened to kasane, maybe I'll just watch a video
Cool, other reviews said I basically had to do both stories. Thanks for saying it does wrap up. I like the idea of having to live with the story I pick. Also, I don’t want to look at that dude’s hair more than I have to.
I played this and I just can't get into it. The art style looks boring as fuck and the combat feel empty as shit while still looking cool. It just do not have that hook for me to wanna keep coming back for more. I guess most people will like this if they are looking for mindless, cool looking shit without substance, but it's just not for me.
0:10 I didn't see it coming XD anyway between this, Azure translation last month, Rise, TWEWY Neo, Arise and the DP remakes we're going to have tons of new JRPGs
To me the game is horribly and very poorly written with the characters being as dumb and generic as can be, but dang at least it looks cool and the story is catchy enough to play it
@@giorgosnikolaou7219 damn, does regifting gifts work in increasingly bond level? I’m trying to max out bonds in my Ex Kasane play through before the final boss.
Looks very interesting! When I saw it for the 1st time I didn't care about it but this review is making me considering it. Looks a mix of Tales x Astral Chain 👍
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Does the game explain why your fighting 12 foot tall legs with a corset and bouquet of flowers for a head??
lets be honest
those cutscenes need to die :(
Scarlet Nexus is one of my favorite anime game of 2021.
When you activated 4 SAS and brain drive at same time my reaction be like "so this is the power of friendship in anime?"
It's amazingly done to portray exactly that through mechanics, I love it. Because you're new recruits to the OSF, you are demonstrably weaker than most major enemies unless you rely on each other, especially on Hard. You almost never want to fight battles 'raw' (without SAS Links) unless you're doing a challenge run of some kind. It's a really smart idea that applies on both the micro and macro levels. You get better at using your SAS resources as you play the game more, moment-to-moment, and you unlock more advanced functions for the system by Bonding Up with your platoon members. It's great.
@@LeoKRogue next gen social links, lol
@@LeoKRogue but like, doesn’t he have a seizure or smthing
@@bitchless5104 Spoiler below:
Yuito is a natural dud (unpowered) with an implanted power when he was young and in the hospital prior to his mom’s death by Togetsu (Moon Cult led by a psychic super computer)
Same hospital Luka and Karen Travers were in.
Combined with the canonical pain of the SAS system and Brain Field he is risking permanent brain damage and later in life the loss of his powers.
It is natural for psionics in this world to lose powers as they age so they take anti aging hormones to prolong the effectiveness of their OSF personnel. That’s why you have Genma who is in his 50s looking as good as he is. Or Arashi and Luka being senior members in OSF but still look like children.
This is for natural psionics. Yuito isn’t natural so there is more risk for him to lose his powers despite how powerful he is by the end.
And yes Yuito is in pain but if you keep it on long enough like Kasane says it would probably numb away. But after the game ends it’s only natural for Yuito to retire. So much experimentation on his brain and the fact he’s half clone is a recipe for disaster if he keeps hooking stuff to his head.
Love his character since he’s a leader by necessity with the strength of his father and compassion of his mother.
Folks say they prefer Kasane but she’s not good when it comes to communication ie. her trying to kill Yuito without explanation.
Sorry for this long comment. I fell in love with this game and its world. Hope to see sequels taking place on the moon. Or we fight Aragami with the God Eaters.
@@lukeamparo6586 isn't that Code Vein's territory?
Played for about 8 hrs now and this is the review that fully compliments my thoughts about this game. Kenji Anabuki really did an awesome job!
So I'm almost finished with the game. Unfortunately, the presentation is horrible, the gameplay is janky, the story is garbage. Mediocre game at best.
@@vkak1 welp sucks to be u I guess. Completed it and enjoyed it tho.
@@vkak1 you must be blind or have bad taste dude because nothing that you say it’s how the game is
@@vkak1 why come here to tell a bold face lie lol
Lol, the story is garbage. It's the most generic anime plot ever. The twists were super predictable. The characters were annoying most of the times, though there were a couple that were interesting, but the visual novel approach was horrible. Look, I played tales of arise, which was from the same studio iirc, and that was good, cuz despite being VN style, it wasn't overbearing.....took about a minute at best and you could do at any point. In scarlet nexus, you had VN phases that kept going on and on and on and on for several minutes and one after the other without proper management of gameplay to balance it off. Overall, not a good game. Y'all may like mediocre shit, which is evident given how much poor anime there is today and yet ppl liking them, but imma call out a crappy game when I see it. Game had potential, it just didn't live up to it!!!
The looks of Scarlet Nexus brings to mind the words: Tales of Nier.
That makes sense
Ys 9 kinda does too
It's more similar to astral chain and ghost in the shell than nier
It just looks like a Bandai Namco game.
I'm super picky about Japanese games because I'm not a big anime person, but I got this on a whim and it's PHENOMENAL. The plot is incredible so far, the combat is super fun, the characters are all great, the art is beautiful...
I need to know, can you still free roam the city and accept requests from people after the story ended? Or are we stuck in a chapter select screen like in FF7
@@erluq9309 you have to beat the game on both characters in able to swap between the two and finish everything of
Glad to hea ri heard soemone mention it seems like an ok game but seems like he was wrong
My thoughts exactly and if you haven't already, get Nier: Automata for those exact same reasons.
In fact, Nier: Automata is the reason I pre-ordered Scarlet Nexus. Not that they're in anyway connected, but because the devs of Scarlet Nexus said they were making a Nier: Automata inspired game that takes place in a cyberpunk world......😯.....Sold!
@@m_bennett they may have said that but it's got way more in common with astral chain and ghost in the shell than nier... It varies nigh no resemblance in any way to nier
Considering it is by tales of devs it has my interest. I plan to pick it up.
Yep, vesperia is one 9f my favorite games
This game is great
@@jasondp3546 seems short
@@buttertoast1146 30 hrs each campaign not bad
I don't know how much I'd like the game, I just don't feel like I want to spend $60 and risk it. I don't normally play games like this but this looks interesting. It reminds me a bit of Astral Chain. He mentions a demo in the video but there doesn't appear to be a demo for pc. It would've been nice if there was I could try it and if like it buy it but I guess demos are for console only for some reason...
It’s been a long time since I played a game for 13 hours on its launch day. I didn’t realize how much I missed the kind of excitement that a game as awesome as Scarlet Nexus can bring me.
13 hours?! jeesh, are you writing this from hospital? lol
That was pretty much me when I got the review code lol. I think I put in 10-11 hours on the first day. 😅
@@MorrisseyMuse lol nah, I just lucked into the game releasing on a day off where I had nothing planned. That definitely doesn’t happen often.
I just finished 100%ing this game, both characters, all achievements, and I am so happy with it. Tales of Arise can't come soon enough if Bandai Namco are capable of putting out something this enjoyable across the board. In a weird way, it made me fall in love with JRPGs, especially action-JRPGs all over again.
I’m almost done with my second playthrough; I’m at 90% trophies and this game has been so much fun; like you, Tales of Arise can’t come out soon enough.
As a side note, have you played Persona 5 Strikers? If not, that might be a decent distraction until Tales comes out in September.
How long did it take you for 100%
I think i'll wait for September for Tales of Arise. Kisara and her BIG bu-shield solidified my next JRPG time sink
Tales is looking really promising now for sure, but you've got plenty of time for this one first if you fancy it.
Skipping that game it looks meh at best
Why bot both?
I’m absolutely LOVING this game. It has genuinely made me excited to play more everytime I put it down. Yeah it has flaws but there are so many good aspects in the game that i really don’t notice them anymore
Really hope this is a long lasting franchise in the making, looks amazing
6 hours in, and so far agree 100% havent been this hooked in a game since Persona... God damn this game is amazing.
For me it was Like a Dragon Yakuza that got me hooked on something new.
@@randallmart92 im playing thru that as well i think im at chapter 4. That game has been amazing so far as well. honestly feels like a more mature persona kinda...
@@JungKooksTwin Yakuza Like A Dragon reminds me a lot of Persona 2 EP. Being an adult cast that is.
@@nekotorin YES exactly. Add in the bonding events , relationships, all the activities in the city,… right now I’m at the part finding the girl who joins ur party
Also, for people first going into the game, I recommend playing Yuito first. There's some ambiguous things from his view that are entirely spelled out from Kasane's perspective, but not really the other way around.
Yuitos story was definitely designed to be played first.
It was clear they intended it to be that way, and they should’ve recommended that when you first started the game.
Either way tho it’s not like kasanes story completely ruins yuito’s. There’s a lot of stuff in yuitos story that kasane’s completely brushes over.
Well it radiates Tales of + TWEWY vibes so it’s not like it was gonna be any less than quite good
For me, the game is mediocre at best. It has new and wonderful combat system, but that is also edgy especially when fighting humanoid characters.
The main thing I'm looking forward to while playing JRPGs is story of the game. The story is so flawed that I don't know where to begin. It has so many plot holes and most of the things wouldn't happen in game if characters have had normal human IQ.
Bandai Namco took an endearing task to create a game with perspective of 2 characters, but the game to me felt like mash of various ideas forcefully glued to hold on to form this game.
Side characters were uninteresting and they added persona level interactions which I had to force myself through. Linear world: this game have limited maps and you won't have any incentive to go back (other than grinding) and explore. Also side quests are so bland and rewards are poor that there is no incentive or attraction to complete them if not for trophy.
PS: over 100 hours played and 94% trophy completion.
Yakuza like a dragon: Finally a worthy successor!
Aye my man! Need to finish that damn game! Keep putting it down to try new games lol
I have a feeling it would be arise the best jrpg this year....arise would be the best tales game in a long time.
@@kawaiipotatoes7888 same
@@randallmart92 I did too! Finally went back and beat it.
It's so worth it.
That released last year tho. Just ported this year.. Great game though
I'm glad a reviewer finally described why the non traditional cutscenes are intentional.
Looks like a mix between Tales and Astral Chain, consider me intrigued. There's way too many good JRPGs for me to play now, I'll be busy for the rest of the year and then some.
@@somedopemojo43 hmmm legends of heroes will always be my 1st strong recommendation for anyone looking to play a new jrpg but since you are already playing it…..and you also already played yakuza 7 hmmmm have you tried atelier ryza? That’s a good one, nier replicant/automata? Persona 5 royal/strikers? The Ys series? Tokyo Xanadu? Valkyria chronicles? Specifically 1 and 4 (That one is a tactical jrpg), final fantasy 7 remake? Sakura of rice and ruin? Those are the ones I have in my collection and they’re all great. I have more games than that but you just said jrgps, hopefully I helped you out a little.
@@somedopemojo43 I also forgot to include dragon quest 11, Sakura wars, and tales of berseria if those interest you at all, and no problem bro happy to help!
One thing about the SAS system. You can upgrade the powers by increasing your bonds with the respective characters. Sometimes it can change the power entirely, for example, clairvoyance: allows you to see invisible enemies and get perfect dodges easier. Not much right? When you fully upgrade it, it does all that PLUS: increasing crush damage (think sekiros guard system, once the bar is gone, then it's an instakill) & allows you to instantly stun an enemy off a perfect dodge counter
Just finished my first playthrough as Yuito. Definitely well worth the wait in my opinion, and I understand how you feel about immediately going back and trying out the other story. I'm glad they added a new game plus to make seeing the other story not as tedious. Definitely an Anime/10 story wise lol
I don’t go back tho I use two different saves when story is repetitive I skip I know they have different things in the story and luckily I know where the different things are because it’s easy to spot them
I can't even start the game. The title screen theme is so good. 🤣
Im playing from 2 days this game and im in totally love with this game, its so great and original, single bad thing sometimes can be the camera because its a lot of zoom out but in rest game its 10/10+
I really liked those cutscenes that almost look like a manga panel. I experienced them in Tales of Arise, just a quick way to get to know characters, their thoughts on the situation and shit like that.
Glad to see them back here haha!
While I can't snag it day one, this is definitely gonna have a spot in my collection for sure. Honestly, big props to Bandai Namco for putting some real faith and budget behind their talent and letting the creativity fly
You may want to reconsider. The combat is certainly satisfying, even if it was a bit repetitive, but everything else was horrible.
@@brahmantyoihsan5938 Really ?
@@enzocrespin5806 Yes, there are several major flaws within the game:
1. *The city feels dead and empty.* You can talk to some pedestrians or even obtain "side quests" from NPCs, but otherwise there's nothing else to do. *There's only one shop in the game, and it's handled by an NPC that doubles as a save station.*
2. *Boring "side quests"* that seem more like a challenge rather than an actual quest, like *"kill an enemy with this method"* or *"collect an item then return it to quest giver".*
3. *Poor NG+ design and replayability.* Imagine spending hours to get the best equipment for your team, only to find out *there's no level scaling in EX New Game (NG+) and everything dies in one hit.*
I would argue that the characters in the game are pretty bland with shallow development; the sort you always see in generic anime/manga series. But these things are subjective, so I'll leave it at that.
@@brahmantyoihsan5938 Thanks for your feedback. I'll pass. Maybe Tales of Arisen will do better.
@@brahmantyoihsan5938 Honestly, much of what you said doesn't really make the game sound all that horrible as your previous comment suggested. It just sounds like an unexceptional/average game at most.
6 hours in and loving it but I am really not a fan of the Still comic book like cutscenes. A lot of them are just characters talking but more than a couple have also been fighting scenes and it can be difficult to really see what is happening or the impact of an attack with the still shots.
The side quests also seem awful, the quest objectives so far have no relevance to the quest dialouge. E.g. 1 side quest was an npc complaining about enemies destroying his house. Quest objective, kill 3 particular flying enemies with a special ability.
Otherwise seems great and am loving it.
I looked at several reviews for this game, this is the best one I've seen yet. Well done!
I wish I didn't have to work, I want to keep playing it. It's so good
So wait! Is it really that good?
@@Deviljho5 lol yes it's that good bro, I only played it for 33 minutes, and I had to go into work at 7pm tonight until 7am, and Scarlet nexus is all I'm thinking about.
@@Deviljho5 i've been playing for 25 hours now n I'm not reaching the end yet. Coz I love the combat so much tht I tend to forgot that I have story to end 😂
oh my. someone who didn’t throw electronic music under one umbrella and knows dubstep is a branching genre on its own. a man of culture and excellent taste in music i see. lol
but great review, thank you. definitely plan on getting it- along with the games on my 100+ wish list 🤣
game is sick af, straight up. the most fun combat i've had all year
The sole intro was the best review i have ever seen, it instantly convinced me to want to get the game lmao.
The main thing Scarlet Nexus makes me think is that I wish Bamco did more original stuff like this. I mean, the plot and writing might not be world shaking but I'd much rather have more of this, and interesting combat systems to boot, than the endless grind of going through whichever anime arc of whichever popular show - that fans of said anime know like the back of their hands - they've decided to push each year. Oh, one thing I would say is that the dualsense haptics really add to the combat if you're playing on PS5 - the feedback is subtle but feeling the tension build in the trigger as you prepare a psychokenisis attack really adds to fighting and the feeling of that tension breaking and the trigger going limp if you get hit before it's done really hammers home the disappointment you didn't get to let it fly.
Taking aside the common trend that pretty much all Anime-like games are always overbloated in ratings in steam and pretty much every rating platform (due to smaller demographics of the market base and said people have a real unending thirst for Anime-art games, no matter how bad). Scarlet Nexus was a bit, disappointing for me and I had really low expectations coming into the game.
I love Bandai-Namco games, Code Vein was one of my favorite games to play, so is the Tales series. And the only thing that I can honestly say good about this game is the combat, and that's stretching it, because Code Vein and (one) Tales series games did it much better. But it's still good to play, and I have no complaints about the combat system.
The other parts are really bad though. Like I don't understand how people would actually not rate it bad, don't you people ever play games that actually have good plot, narrative, character development, world building and structure? No? Witcher 3? Dragon Age? Mass Effect? Baldur's? FF series? God of War? How's Scarlet Nexus story is even remotely good? it's like it's written by a 15 year old who has no idea how story progression in games works. The plot is so convoluted in the first few chapters that I have no idea how they managed to maintain the entire structure of the narrative. The character development was so bad that I literally couldn't care less about the other characters aside from Kaname and Yuito. And plot holes... don't even go there.
Only setting that gave me issues with camera on PC using mouse and keyboard was Camera Motion Blur, set if to Off because setting it to On will cause very weird jittery movement of the camera.
I pre ordered this game and I'm loving every moment of it
I got 16 hours in. This game is a sleeper. Loving this game.
Sleeper as in it makes you sleep maybe.
I do have to say the game starts very anime like. the combat carries the game till the story picks up, then both just make a for a fun and cool experience.
I'm halfway down with the first campaign, but I'm just enjoying it and having a good time.
Update on my Scarlet Nexus progression! I got all achievements on Scarlet Nexus making it my eighth official game on Steam to make my Perfect Games list as well as the third RPG to become part of my Perfect Games list with the first two RPGs being Cyberpunk 2077 and Outriders!
OMG! YS 9, Scarlet Nexus and Tales of Arise, I dont have enough time to play all of that in 2021
Just finished 100%-ing this game with a good 85 hours. So far, my game of the year until something else knocks me out of the park.
Haven't played a "Tales of" game, but with how many people are looking forward to it, and how good it looks, I'll definitely give Arise a try.
Just subbed finished the Demo for both characters, amazing combat, gameplay, story, gonna be getting this game soon, so excited to play the full game, loving everything so far! 🙌😃
The Guardian Edition was well worth the purchase. I can't wait to start playing it properly after work this weekend!
Best review I have seen of this game, couldn't stand all the others since they're all talk, but they never really say anything meaningful.
"Whatever the hell this is..." @ 12:40
Sounds a bit like Witch-house, but it's fucking dope!
i think the only problems i could find with this game would be the writing and voice acting (both english and japanese) but otherwise it’s extremely good
It's not often that a High quality Jrpg that isn't apart of a series hits the shelf.
Totally agreed! The Best japanese game this year
Damn this looks so good. I'm gonna check this out when I'm not so damn broke.
I am currently playing through Kasane's campaign first and I'm nearly finished it but I must say that this game is really amazing and a blast to play. I was pleasantly surprised how good this game is since I am a bit picky about my RPGs and especially JRPGs which this is definitely one of the better ones I have played in the last few years. I hope it will get a sequel or a spinoff since Scarlet Nexus has great franchise potential.
I can tell you right now. any more cosmetics will be in dlc. just like code vein
I love the concept and style, just.. not the combat or skill tree. It felt like I didn’t have any combos, despite how flashy it looks. I had light attacks that never changed, a back step attack, and the ability to throw stuff. It never really felt like the combat changed from that, every battle felt the same. Square, square, square, triangle, R2, repeat until enemy is dead.
Actually have to agree with this one. Combat is very shallow. There's almost no room for experimentation. It feels like Tales but without the complexity of the battle mechanics.
This is actually not an RPG at all it's an action RPG please don't get this term used totally different game but it's hands down one of the best action RPGs that has come out in the last 10 years
If you want to get technical, none of these Japanese games are role playing games at all. Most are just combat & cutscenes. But looking at all of the different, often unrelated games widely called action RPGs. There's been so many of them and so many different types of them in the last 10 years alone that it'd be pretty hard for this to be 'hands down' the best one.
I am loving it .I wonder what they’re going to do with expansions .
Scarlet Nexus is amazing. I bought the steam version full price and I have no regrets.
Only problem is that the side quests are generic fetch quests or extermination quests, and they are lame. The main story sequence are the meat of the game and its spectular. 8.5 of 10 for me.
Are we just going to ignore the Nier in the room
I've got a strong feeling this is gonna end up on underrated ps5 game lists in a couple years from now
That intro representation alone makes this worth an immediate full-price buy! 😍
Brilliant review, mate. Quality content right here 👌
I'll watch the rest of this after I've finished the game. I'm sold lol
Story is great other then that it is just a spam heavy game and easy due to how spamable it is u can go through it and u will barley ever use ur normal attacks other then to regan ur bar to spam throwing shit at enemy other then the story i found the game to be simple minded combat style
I finished the Yuito campaign without maxing the bond on 4 characters (they were all level 5 but I couldn't get them any higher) and I was weeping by the end of the credits.
Looks like Nier Automata meets Astral Chain. I like it! 😎👍
With a sprinkle of code vein
I’m personally really enjoying it
About 18 hours in and am blown away. Also the title theme is so goddamn beautiful
I’m enjoying it so far, it has an interesting story and fun gameplay
I just started on Phase 9 in Scarlet Nexus and am enjoying it! I'm rocking 18 of it's Steam achievements and my Team Bond Level is 4!
If your character is moving and throwing things with their mind, said character is a TELEKINETIC!!!
Yes but this is a fictional universe in which they have called that power Psychokinesis rather than Telekinesis. (I'm not really sure why)
@@JRPGGaming I understand that of course. It just drives me nuts when they will use such a broad term as psychokinesis. That basically refers to power of the mind as a whole instead of what it actually is. Now I haven't had a chance to play the game yet but I know from playing games like Psi Ops and watching movies like Carrie and Firestarter that a term like psychokinesis is just too broad a generalization, like for example, does the game have any pyrokinetics, in case you didn't know, the general term for a pyrokinetic is a "Firestarter".
But if the characters are only moving things with their mind, they're telekinetic and should be called as such. Just a minor nitpick though lol
maybe i'm too old and/or too picky about anime/jrpgs, but (for me) this game felt like a basic bandai namco anime fighting game with basic JRPG elements shoehorned into it
the story and characters were my favorite part, but even they sort of betrayed me near the end when everything turned into massive 2D exposition dumps along with the most insufferable final area grind i've experienced in years
i don't know. after playing DQXI and P5R relatively recently, then starting Tales of Arise right after finishing this game, Scarlet Nexus doesn't even come close to any of them. it felt like Phantasy Star Online for Dreamcast (sans MMO), which is decidedly not a good thing for a single player JRPG
maybe i missed something along the ride, or maybe one small thing bothered me and it evolved into a general distaste, but man this game tested my patience in so many ways
The soundtrack is by far my favorite part of this game.
Im really enjoying this game a lot. I love the manga style scenes. Reminds me of Valkyria Chronicles.
15 seconds in and I get the impression its ganna be good! =)
I just picked up the ultimate edition on psn for $50 and the only question I have is HOW HAVE I NOT PLAYED THIS YET? Very few games make me ask this but this one did🤦♂️ great vid like and sub.
the track you played that you don’t know would probably considered nightcore?
Game is super super solid. And soo much fun. With a really surprising amount of depth. I think a lot of reviewers are dropping the ball on this game. With that being said. They are allowed to not like somthing i do. Unfortunately soo many people go by their opinions instead of making up their own minds with the information gathered.
I think this game is gonna get slept on hard for all the wrong reasons.
I don't understand myself, game looking so good, polished and gameplay dynamic, and i just don't want to play. But i mostly prefer game like Octopath Traveler......
Played recent game Astral Chain.... and it was just meh for me.... but story and gameplay was good actually.
It's only me or there sense of old type JRPG much better, nostalgia type? Or new one games just feel so soulless?
This game proves all Karen's are bad.
Played it completely through and has to be one of my fav games brain field is so freaking satisfying
Not a bad game at all. It’s actually really fun the combat system and the controls are great. An easy 8.5/10 for me
Only in 2024 when I'm replaying Scarlet Nexus do I realize Brain Drive is actually a DOMAIN EXPANSION!! WTF!?!?!?!
I thought the naming and titles of the game characters was over board, which made me not want to play this on PS4. A year later, and I’m back playing this on a Steam Deck and let me tell you, it is a PERFECT game got the Steam Deck!
Bout 15 hrs in and its just ok, ive faced many problems with the game. Not a fan of the story and yuito so far, theres alot of confusions, wtfs and....ok i guess that just happened moments. Pacing is a wierd fast. The combat is pretty and flashy but it feels too stiff and it is getting repetitive for me now which is a problem I always have for hack and slash games. Id prefer if it was just melee as the psycho powers feel like a chore to use. Controls are too complex and there are way too many combat mechanics with some that are chores to use or are useless. What I hate most is how little money you get in the game and just how expensive items are forcing you to grind a long time for so little. The fully animated cutscenes are amazing and high quality but unfortunately alot of the story and even actiony scenes are just slideshows which annoys me. Probably to save time and money. Some maps are just bad, there are also huge maps where faster traversal needs to be implemented. Fast travel needs to be at save points too. Saving and menus are slow. The game shouldve just had one character path with all allies also playable.
Well and now I dont have that desire to keep playing and for long sessions now. Hopefully I do grow to like the game better but usually I can tell if the game will be great or not for the long haul in 10 hrs in rpgs. A 7.5/10 in progress score for me atm.
Dude no, it's not okay to make a video game main character with personality of a cardboard box. Why do people excuse this kind of thing? It's like they're trying to make the most inoffensive character ever. Yuito is such a weak pushover that he made me raging every 30 seconds.
Game starts off strong but gets extremely repetitive 5-6 hours in, poorly designed linear levels and the Side quest... Wtf are those side quest lol
That's why he told you to just skip the side quests.
@@BlueV205 don't worry I did lol
You also have to play the game twice if you want the full story. I played Yuito's story and there are a LOT of plot holes that are only explained in Kasane's story.
I mean, it did encourage replayability, but I feel kinda bad for people who's just there for the story and find the gameplay boring.
@@BlueV205 yeah unfortunately after finishing yuitos story I already felt burnout. I didn't wanna slog through 20 more hours of the same fights just to find out what happened to kasane, maybe I'll just watch a video
Fantastic game, I was totally blown away, one of hte best surprises I have ever had :)
Cool, other reviews said I basically had to do both stories. Thanks for saying it does wrap up. I like the idea of having to live with the story I pick. Also, I don’t want to look at that dude’s hair more than I have to.
Oh my fucking god this game is SO FUCKING FUN! PS: the ost in the main hub are (I think it’s called Suiho?) is already stuck endlessly in my head!
I played this and I just can't get into it. The art style looks boring as fuck and the combat feel empty as shit while still looking cool. It just do not have that hook for me to wanna keep coming back for more. I guess most people will like this if they are looking for mindless, cool looking shit without substance, but it's just not for me.
Got it on ps4, but damn I'd love to have it on switch.
0:10 I didn't see it coming XD anyway between this, Azure translation last month, Rise, TWEWY Neo, Arise and the DP remakes we're going to have tons of new JRPGs
Like the Game is way better then i ever thought it would be. My only real complain is that the exploration aspects are a bit to shallow and gimicky.
To me the game is horribly and very poorly written with the characters being as dumb and generic as can be, but dang at least it looks cool and the story is catchy enough to play it
This game,as an anime/videogames lover,is really stunning and I am lovin’it,every minute of it.
im mixed on this game lol, tho its my fault for going in expecting combat to be what its not
I love everything about the game ever it have some flaws the story combat and music is so amazing ❤️
Nah..gunna have to be a hard pass. If I want an RPG, I’ll wait for Diablo 2.
I wished Kodama had more screen time. Finished Yuito and started Kasane. Is it possible to max out all character bonds on the first play through?
Yes Kodama is a really interesting character
No you cant
@@giorgosnikolaou7219 damn, does regifting gifts work in increasingly bond level? I’m trying to max out bonds in my Ex Kasane play through before the final boss.
@@lukeamparo6586 idk i didnt pay much attention to gifts
Still can't decide if to buy this first or Tales of Arise. Which one have the most "anime" vibe to it?
The best RPG of 2021?? Just wait until November, bitches 😈🤟🏽
Looks very interesting! When I saw it for the 1st time I didn't care about it but this review is making me considering it. Looks a mix of Tales x Astral Chain 👍
It is made by one of Tales teams
13 hours in and having a blast. About to tackle the testing facility
Okay, the intro made me laugh out loud at 3am. lol