There Are WAY Too Many JRPGs to Play (It's NOT a Good Thing)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ก.ย. 2024
- Do you feel overwhelmed with amount of JRPGs to play in 2024? Hey me too! Some people think this is a good thing but I actually think it's a BIG problem. In this video I take a look at the JRPGs that came out in 2024, what's to come and show how certain JRPGs are cannibalizing each other. Buckle up because certain games look like they're about to bomb HARD!
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I feel this is getting to a point where even if the game industry crashed and didn’t release new games for 10 years, I would manage to play “old-new” games consistently and comfortably for that period of time
If they didn't release any new games for the rest of my *life* there would be no shortage for me to play. It's absolutely bonkers - nothing like when I was a kid.
@@sargesmash1 litterally this the accessibility is crazy now
I was going to say the same.
I’ve started collecting ps4/5 games and my backlog savings account is A-1. I’m definitely set for the next 10-20yrs
Are you fucking kidding me, bro?Wiith all the games out, even five lifetimes wouldn't be enough to play all these games. Especially not to finish.
People need to remember that they do not need to buy and play the game on Day 1. You can pick up the game in your own pace.
Great point!
People will get FOMO seizures just by contemplating for a second what you said.
I waiter 1 month and bought SMT VV on sale for $40 via walmart and it the the steelbook launch edition. I feel sorry for everyone who bought the game for 60-70 the last last. It was during the Amazon prime day thing and walmart did there thing.
Isn't the most important time for a game sales-wise the first month of its release? No it doesn't have any impact on consumers, except show that people want this game and would be open to buying more like it
@@MistorDi thank social media for that
And here I am, trying to get through all the trail games. See you in 5 years.
Ugh I feel this issue so much. Trails has hooked me and I cant stay away from the series for long between games.
I beat Sky FC around this time last year and started second chapter but moved on to other games. From what I hear SC is the best of that OG trilogy. Need to try to get back into it befor DQ3 drops in Nov
Hahahah same I JUST started Sky knowing what this will do to my backlog 😭
Good luck! I've been playing for YEARS and I'm currently on Trails of Cold Steel 2. Being honest I'm getting a little tired, even if these are great games.
Same lol
It's not really a problem for me. It's more of a problem for content creators who feel they need to cover everything and people who experience fomo. For regular gamers this is good because I'm frankly not interested in every jrpg or rpg that comes out. Most people don't play every single game in a genre which makes having options in them a good thing. There are so many great jrpgs that I'm not interested in at all because of the setting. I simply don't need to play everything and everything doesn't interest me. I'm not the biggest into sci-fi, so those rarely interest me. Even if a few come out that I want I simply get them and play them when I get around to it. The games aren't going anywhere.
My thoughts exactly , I'm a huge fan of the genre and I probably only played 4 jrpgs this year so far and that is a lot for me already.
Really agree with this
I often just don't feel a game at a specific time and need a few options to find one that fits my state of mind. Having more options is perfect for that.
Besides, 90% of everything is garbage. People just tend to forget all the mediocre stuff fairly quickly.
100% agree with this. I complete disagree with the video creator in saying all these great games coming out is a problem. It's only a problem for content creators, not for the average gamer. I can always get around to a game eventually even if I don't play it on launch or even the same year of release. I'm not one of those gamers that buys into the FOMO of "OMG I HAVE to play the game on release or else I'm missing out" I'll play a game when I have time to play it. He says too many good games is a bad thing and I could not disagree more. I'd rather have so many good games to play that sometimes it can be hard to decide what to play first than be bored out of my mind with nothing new to play. I've had times where I would be so bored I would resort to playing League of Legends... yes it's gotten that bad. I know for some gamers that game overload is a real thing for them but for me I don't experience that at all. Pile them on, to me that just means I have more to play and I know I'm not running out any time soon.
I dont have a problem with more JRPG but i do have a problem with too much mediocre JRPGs. I just want a good story and a fun combat system
Yes this, i already played a lot of the rpgs i like and all the series that i like so i want to branch out to newer series. But its hard to do so when i start a game and even after a few hours of playing it i just want to stop. This is coming from someone who binged disgaea 5 for 24 hours straight because i wanted to do one more reincarnation. It's not hard to get me interested and yet i hit a lot of failures.
I am still finding them but my steam is also full of many dropped games that i can't really refund because i tried them for too long lol.
Which recent games have you wanted to drop?
Problem is, too many perfect jrpgs will outshine many others, to the point that a great jrpg will look like it's mediocre.
And it will probably be extremely hard for us to enjoy those outshined ones, because our expectations, standards, and motivations, have been controlled.
As a JRPG fan, it's not that big of a problem for me since I can immediately pick up another game after finishing the previous one.
I think having all these games is a great thing. I remember the decade where we had 1 or 2 mediocre RPGs a year
Seriously. I remember in the early 2010's, I had resorted to playing Compile Heart games, as they were the ONLY 3D Turn Based games in existence...
They had some decent games, but decent is as good as they ever were.
well you definitely have CHOICE. Whatever you like, it's available, usually for a decent price adjusted for inflation.
it's actually a good thing if you have too many JRPG's to play, gives you something to go back and play.
Yeah, but for some reason people are in a rush to play the newest shiny thing.
Meanwhile, here I am, playing Lost Odyssey for the first time, a near
20 year old game, while half of these games are sitting untouched on Steam. I hadn't even caught up with 2007, let alone first half of 2024.
Lost Odyssey is a great game! Really surprised me years ago when I picked it up. Best of luck to you on your ventures in that. Hope you enjoy it.
@@kageris6 So far, I'm loving it. Jansen is a national treasure
@@NordicAndNerdy I get you. I got done with Chrono Cross not long ago.
Same!
Love the game
Did you not mention Trails through Daybreak or did I miss it?
I’m with you on this. The whole FOMO aspect of this is rough and spreading these out makes it easier for fans to experience all these together. Sand Land is still on my shelf, I really need to get to that one.
I havent picked up SandLand yet and each time I see it on a site for sale I will put it in my cart and get distracted by another game I want to buy (I get all my stuff physically if possible). It isnt normally a setting I think I would enjoy but something tells me it will be different this time.
It's been years and years of very few quality RPG's and you want to go back to that simply for the sake of experiencing it together? What the hell. People can enjoy games without having to talk about them with people, to take away choice because of that is nonsense.
I mean the FOMO aspect only exists if you let it exist for you. I don't experience it at all personally. If I'm currently playing whatever games at the time and some new stuff comes out I weigh my options and think "hmm do I want to continue the games I'm playing right now or put them on hold and try these new games out?" People really need to stop buying into FOMO and the "I HAVE to play every game on release!" attitude so many gamers have. It's not going to disappear if you don't play it day 1 or even month 1 or year 1. Especially if it's a singleplayer game. I would understand FOMO if it's a multiplayer only game but JRPGS aren't sooo.
I don't mind the length, but there are always too many and I just don't have time to play them all
I'm not overwhelmed. I buy them and play them at my leisure. I love looking at my shelf and knowing I have so many great games to play but I can totally understand why people get overwhelmed.
I think 50% of my backlog is RPGs that’s not even counting all the ones that I haven’t gotten to this year. I love the genre, but holy shit pump the brakes. 😂
Meh…there was a time where it was hard to even get these titles localized I’m not complaining. I prioritize the ones I know I’m for sure gonna play (VII Rebirth, P3R, SMTV: V and soon to be Metaphor and DQIII) and everything else I wishlist and wait for a sale (Infinite Wealth, Granblue, Eiyuden Chronicles…maybe the new Mana game and SaGa remake)
I like it, I choose the one I want to play ASAP, then I buy the ones want to play later at a discounted price or buy used ones. Nope, not a bad thing to me.
Everything has been insanely hard to keep up with. I’ve been trying to take mental notes to revisit the standout titles I missed but man…
@@TagTheLegend I write them down in my phone and then eventually buy them for really cheap years later.
Also, Trails through Daybreak which is easily a 60-80 hour game!
I totally didn't mention that or Paper Mario lol. IT'S AN EVEN BIGGER PROBLEM!
@@TheGamingShelf It really is haha, Trails fans are even in a deeper well lol
@@TheGamingShelf I totally spaced on Paper Mario too. I haven't bought it yet. My backlog is awful.
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Yeah I don't really see this as a bad thing at all. It's better to have more jrpgs than a bucnh of stupidly long named Isekai anime. The brightside is there's plenty of jrpgs this year that suit everyone's preferences. I'm wat
Y behind on the releases but I mostly play older games so I'm not upset. Great video Taylor and Sandland is pretty fun
This really shows that this genre has been thriving. It’s not just a lot of these games, but a lot of well highly regarded games.
Yes, sucks you’re unlikely to play every jrpg you want, but at the very least, each one you do, is worth it.
And this genre is trying to stay stagnant either. There’s few entries trying to add new things or do things in a different way.
I feel like this ‘over-saturation’ will have less of an impact on players, but the creators. There’s so much competition, you’re better sell well amongst the sea.
Meanwhile AAA singleplayer FPS games are in a dark age. If this was the 7th gen, and you told me over a decade from now those games would start to die out and JRPGS would be releasing every 2-4 months, I would tell you were crazy.
@@civilwarfare101 exactly. I almost posted something stating that PS3/360 generation didn’t have that many JRPGs make it outside of JPN…but figured I’d get the literal “actually 🤓 Last Odyssey/Blue Dragon/Ni No Kuni etc…”
around that time the biggest JRPG launches for me were Chrono Trigger and DQ4, 5 and 6 DS ports making it outside of Japan and FFXIII (I was a fan even at launch). This recent JRPG influx (imo) is about as close to the golden age as we’re going to get. Hopefully this same revival happens with FPS but it might be tougher to deal with (monetization and cheating)
@@ShrimplessScampi
The indie scene is providing good FPS games for now, they might as well be to FPS games what portable scene was to JRPGs in the 7th gen.
But yeah, this might be the closest thing to a "golden age" that JRPGs will get. It's rather funny how JRPGs gamers are the people who seem to not actively complain about modern gaming.
Exactly. I'm not going to sit here and complain about Choice when I've had decades of not caring about buying games, then suddenly 2020's come up and suddenly good stuff is coming out again.
@@civilwarfare101 Well, I play other genres too so I complain about other modern games, and some of what is in modern games (quantity over quality, trying to be long instead of fun) are in RPG's/JRPG's where they force 100 hours of gameplay and that's not even including sidequest stuff. Persona 5 comes to mind with that, just drags on and on with poor pacing, all 100+ hour games suffer from that. No time for it, I want an exciting fun adventure not just something to kill a bunch of time.
@@Vaquix000
Then go play other games besides JRPGs, seems you just want to complain for the sake of it. I don't even get how you can be a JRPG gamer and then complain about games being too long.
I agree. Part of it is because localisations are now integral to game development. Even as recently as 10 years ago, Japanese devs made plenty of exclusive titles not planned for localisation (such as Luminous Arc Infinity, Dragon Quest Monsters remakes and Toshin Toshi 3DS). I wouldn't be surprised if Japanese gamers were struggling to keep up decades ago long before Westerners started to.
I really appreciate how you showcase smaller and indie games, someone has to! Thanks for doing your thing
I do what I can! I know how hard these teams work and they have little to no budget for marketing.
You've forgotten one of the best - Trails through Daybreak
It is overwhelming.
If I have the money I'll buy on release date and play it when I get around to it.
I'll take too many JRPGs vs the drought on Xbox360 and early PS3.
That's a great point. Those were some dark days. It's an embarrassment of riches for sure.
It's fine for me because I almost never play games right when they come out unless they're in Game Pass. Pretty much every game gets at least a 30% discount within a year these days so paying full price seems foolish to me.
Also Trails through Daybreak on 5th July
Only making my point more solid lol.
no Daybreak mention?
I love that there's so many games, but definitely overwhelming especially with how long JRPGs are. Every time I feel like I beat a game that was 50+ hours, two more games came out in that time that just add that time back to my backlog. It feels like you make no progress. Having so many games available isn't a bad thing, but trying to balance work and life with squeezing in time for games is tough.
You right, trying to beat trails series (on zero) recently been going in smt5v. Slowly playing octopath traveler 2.
This points out a general issue with RPGs is that they are all time sinks, which annoys my kid. She feels no game should be longer than 40 hours. As an adult, I can relate. The only RPG I've bought is Unicorn Overlord, which is a good game to pick up and put down on the Switch.
Time doesn't really bother me if it's a well written story. Persona 5 Royal is about 120h long, but I it never felt like that since the story was incredible
I miss short RPG like Chrono trigger.
Short doesn't mean bad
You forgot Trails into Daybreak came out this month of July.
Good for me I just buy them one at a time by the time I get to another one it's on sale lol they're not going anywhere.
This is just games in general for me. There is not enough time in my lifetime for me to do everything that interests me. I made my peace with that. I still have a good time.
Yo, im very thankful you spotlight indie games. very hard to hear about these games and most of them im interested in!
Sega is having a Historic year. I am still working on the January, February games. great video btw.
You missed Trails through Daybreak release
I really appreciate seeing you talking about indie games! It would be great if everyone decided to do the same. There are many good games from small studios out there that deserve more attention.
"I don't know which of these games sold poorly but I'm sure one of them did" is basically this whole video. Like bro didn't even do the research to support his own premise.
Coming to a point where I gonna buy the ones I’m mostly interested in and wait for a sale, except for Falcom those Switch versions of the Trail games are expensive physically if you wait.
I am glad some one talked about this, the problem is nearly all these games takes at least 80 hours to complete. I wish they make more compact JRPGs like old ones.
A lot of games being made means that if a company wants to make money, their game has to be even better than everything else on the market. Competition in the market will never be a bad thing. It means more quality products for consumers.
When a lot of jrpg games come out, then the potential for a lot of GREAT jrpgs coming out is higher. And the good thing about jrpgs is that they are singleplayer games. Meaning you can play them whenever you want, whether that be day 1 or 10 years later. I played the original ff vii for the first time in 2020.
As a MMO addict, I don't even bat an eye at spending 150+ hours in a game. It'll be alright.
This is a big problem. I have a big backlog already and I should be happy with what I have. But the FOMO is real. That being said I’ve put my foot down on certain things. I’ve decided I’m not going to get into Persona, SMT and the Trails games. I’m still trying to decide if I want to get into the Grandia trilogy. Too many games and too little time. The line has to be drawn somewhere.
80% of the games I'm playing this year are RPGs. It's good that it's more of a low year for years so I can have at least a bit of time for RPGs.
As a gen x'er who lived through the RPG drought of the 1990's where you were lucky if you got 2-3 JRPGs PER year with horrible translations, this whole argument is the most 1st world problem I've ever heard of. Read reviews and buy what you want. Not every game will be a bestseller - and this is true of any genre. You don't have to purchase a game the instant it comes out. Geez.
Yes, I know I sound like old woman yelling at cloud, but c'mon!
Yess! Thank you for promoting indie games! Nearly all the best games I've played these past few years have been indie.
If "JRPG" meant one, very specific thing, I would be inclined to agree with you.
However, I must respectfully disagree. While there are a lot of JRPGs being released this year,, many of them scratch very different itches, or don't release on every console. The SaGa games, for example, only appeal to a very specific audience. Even among JRPG aficionados, they tend to be very niche.
On a similar note, Mario & Luigi is only available on Switch and appeal to more casual JRPG fans, while the more hardcore gamer was playing Shadow of the Erd Tree or Persona 3 Reload.
I do agree there are too many JRPGs for those who review them. And I mean this with all due respect with a side of flippanxy,; that sounds like more of a "you" problem than a "we" problem.
Still, this was a great video to draw some attention to upcoming releases and I really want to see the 25 upcoming indie JRPGs.
Personally, I don't find it that problematic, but I don't make my living from JRPGs.
This huge selection is actually exactly what players need. We've been starving for about ten years regarding good JRPGs. And now it's supposed to be bad that so much is coming out at once? Sure, the fact that the launch dates are sometimes very close together isn't cool, but personally I buy the game that I MUST have on day one (in this case Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth) and then over time I can buy the other titles that interest me, maybe even with a nice discount. Octopath and many other titles on the list are in the Gamepass, so...
I think as a content creator you have a difficult life with all the releases, but as a normal person and customer it's totally fine :D
The next and second most important game on my list this year is actually Visions of Mana.
I also think Metaphor is really nice, as is Y's X, even though I was also disappointed with the last one. But Lacrimosa of Dana was awesome back then, wasn't it?
Tbh, Level-5 has always had an issue with advertising their games. They've made so many great games that nobody talks about, and it hurt them to the point that they just stopped releasing games in the west for a time due to poor sales. The quality of the games has never been an issue, the lack of advertising is.
First 4 that came out this year kept me plenty busy and with more that came out after and at end of the year my backlog grown even more.
Don't forget P3 Reload The Answer DLC on September 10
Yup, definitely too many JRPGs this year, it's so hard to keep track of them all 😅 I wanna collect them all physically, but finding the time to play these games is literally the impossible part...
Towards the end of this video I totally got that feeling of "omg can the releases slow down some". This isnt even accounting for peoples brutal JRPG backlogs built on releases from the last 4 or so years and not counting absolute classics folks have missed they want to try among other things.
A couple of notes on this great video:
Megaton Musashi W: Wired - I really believe this game would be helped by a physical release to help get the word out there (it very much needs to be funded somehow). Its clear its amazing and is dying a slow death (or quick death I suppose) in the background and shouldnt be. I dont get how projects like this can be released with less than zero marketing. I wish I knew how to help Level 5 more directly sometimes.
Suikoden 1 and 2 Remaster - Is anyone else getting worried this isnt coming out now? Whats the hold up, especially now with Eiyuden releasing?
That Time I got Reincarnated as a Slime - This is getting a physical release w/ English (PS5/Switch) so that's great and I agree, it will likely not be noticed as much as it should be which is a shame because it does look really fun. I also know little about the anime but I'm definitely interested in buying this.
There is so much to touch on in this video. We are blessed and dually cursed with all of this greatness coming out and to your point the indie projects....wow are some of those incredible. Thanks Taylor, great visualization of the problem right now.
"So many games, so little time."
-Dante (Devil May Cry 3)
I'm completely fine with this. Bring as many of these games out, as quickly as possible, before the extremism in the industry completely takes over very last inch of it. I'll put all of this stuff in my backlog to play when there are 0 playable new games being released. Plus, more and more, these games are still in development when they're released, so I wait until development is complete a couple years later before I actually play them.
Nowadays I can barely finish games anymore; I just play one until I get bored of it, then move on to the next. At least the abundance of them ensures that there's always something to play.
I had a 20-day holiday in July and i managed to beat one jrpg and one indie roguelite game. Man, i wish i had had more time and energy
I'm always overwhelmed. I have collected tons of games that I still need to play from most past systems and tons of newer ones physically and digitally. I've slowed down considerably on buying but I haven't stopped. I've only seriously played and finished one this year. It's bad.
This is exactly the reason I can never finish any RPG lol.
It's not just jrpg actually. There's too much game of every genre being released within a year, hell, within a month. Because indie games are on the rise like never before
The most notable increase is cozy game genre. It was never that popular before, but after massive success of Stardew Valley and Animal Crossing Horizons, now we got new cozy games at least once or twice a month
HARD disagree on so many good games coming out being a bad thing. What I've realized is I don't experience FOMO with game releases like some gamers do. If I'm still currently playing through w/e games at the time when a release happens I'll ask myself "Am I still enjoying these games or do I want to put them on hold for this new game?" and that's it. No stressing over what to play. I know I'll get around to them eventually and even if I don't, guess what? It's no big deal. I don't stress on "missing out" on min maxing the amount of good games I can play and the fun I get out of them. I just play whatever feels fun at the time and when I'm getting burnt out or no longer enjoy it then I drop the game or put it on hold and play something new.
TLDR: Don't buy into the FOMO of "I MUST play on release!" No, you don't "have" to. If the game looks fun, try it. If another game comes out around the same time, cool, try that game too. Don't feel bad about trying new things and bouncing around based on whatever style and flavor of gameplay you are feeling that day or week.
Thanks for reminding me about Decapolice! Saw it in a Nintendo Direct, but that was it
I think with any product, things will sooner or later become pretty saturated, and most of these are triple A games. Some games will sadly do better than others. Heck, im mostly playing older games because ive never played them before. It's impossible to play every game. I think there will always be an audience as long as people keep marketing but it's sad if a company pretty much canibalizes itself.
And regarding indie coverage, I think shedding some light on indie games in a super competitive market hurts no one and only uplifts. Great job and I'm happy to hear you plan on continuing to do so!
You really aren't supposed to be able to get every game you want to. Hearing someone complain about all the JRPG's rubs me the wrong way when i would kill for a new Mirrors edge style game or more 3d platformers. Souslikes, shooters, and RPG's have cannibalized the industry.
I think the reason we’re seeing a lot of them so far is (and I could be wrong) a good chunk of them was heavily delayed or was going through a weird development cycle because of of COVID.
This is why i don’t think I’ll ever be able to tackle the ps1-ps2 era games I’ve missed since I only just recently got into JRPGs because there’s too many other new games I wanna play
I've played nothing but JRPGs this year. It can feel overwhelming at times, but you really just gotta play one at a time and don't think about the others. However, I don't think it's a problem as much as you're describing.
October honestly cant come soon enough,waiting Metaphor with shaky hands,gameplay showcase made me wait it even more. Also after seeing few mentions here and there i kinda interested in Visions of mana,not really my favorite visual style,but gameplay alone looks like will be enough to make me play,about the same with Dekapolice.
Great video! The video game industry getting oversaturated will be a massive problem in the future. It's already bad and the problem will just compund over the coming years. There are way too many games released and also considering all the older games that are worth playing. There's just no way this is sustainable.
I have long ago accepted that I will never be able to play all the jrpgs I have bought so it doesn't really matter to me if they throw 50 new amazing games at me. I enjoy what I play at the moment and abandoned the thought to finish a game so I can play the next game. My only problem is I buy every jrpg that I find interesting and I want to play them all but like I said, it's impossible.
Hoyoverse is 5000 devs strong. To put that into perspective Sony studios and Bungie together don't equal 5000 devs.
Oh wow! I didn’t realize they were that big 😂
That's why I'm sticking to Atlus for now they've been releasing jrpgs that suit my taste this year.
Yeah, I started to realize this might be a problem when Ys X and Romancing Saga came out… wait, the SAME DAY? I thought they were at least a day apart
There’s also that Goblin Slayer SRPG on that day too 😂
You forgot stellar blade for April.
It's not jrpg even close
@@Andrew-lj6hhIt's still an rpg. It's just not japanese. It's Korean. But yes it is close.
JRPG Fans: " YAMEROOOOOOOOO!!!! "
The backlog is real 😂 but kidding aside, i think what people need to do is prioritize which IP you want to play the most right off the bat. It also depends on peoples budget and what platform does users have. If you have multiple platforms having xbox, ps5, switch and pc then i can see that it may become a problem unless you have a lot of money to spend buying games.
I feel like this is a good thing. If you only see JRPG, then yeah it seems that there are too many now but when you add other games with other genre coming out, JRPG is not that many in comparison.
Also it's great for players too that there's always game to play after finishing other one. I don't think the sales suffer too, as Infinite Wealth and P3R sold very well within their first week and Sega probably expect that result given that they released those titles at the same time
I have only the Switch on the console and this year I play mostly interesting games i missed on the Switch, some older games and some indies j-rpg. Yeah, there are a lot. I missed all these games because of work. I will prioritize promo games. The only new game I played was SMTV Vengeance. Right now I'm playing Ni no kuni 2 and I think I will play Persona 4.
Just to say at the end of 2022 Square Enix sold 3/4 J-rpg each month with poor marketing and they were surprised that it didn't meet their expectations.
RPGs exploded over the last 2 years and im here for it. I can play games from now till my day of death and probably not run out.
That’s an absolute FACT 😂
Cannot agree more. While all these games can pave way for competition and companies making subpar games, it has become impossible for us to finish games. I'm at a point where I am experiencing paralysis analysis and have no idea what to pick next
I think you're overblowing the situation. You don't need to play all JRPG and most people don't want to in the first place. I'm a huge fan of JRPGs in general, but that doesn't mean I will instantly flock to every game just because its a JRPG, so the way I'm seeing it is that we now have more options to choose from.
I couldn't care less about re-releases, and remakes can wait unless they do something completely different like FF7. MMOs and live service games aren't JRPGs so off the list they go. So in total there were 6 JRPGs until September that I played from this list (while also counting Elden ring, which Isn't a JRPG either), which I think is more than manageable even if you don't do this for a living.
Also, regarding Furyu games "Just don't go in expecting something insane", on the contrary, you should go into Furyu games expecting something insane, cause they are usually very unconventional both gameplay and stroy-wise, which is why they're niche titles.
I am less invested in AAA releases myself but AA is usually up my alley due to the reduction of time and funds making the game more structurally sound then just taking a lot of time to make it look good. (for the most part, this is never the rule). That said, I always appreciate a good indie since they are generally cheaper to get, don't always eat up your weekend, and usually make me feel satisfied by the end of it.
All in all, I'll never really complain about more options since I wont like ever game I try, but at the same time I can see the problem when multiple games come out. One usually devours all the sales and attention while the other falls into obscurity, maybe even been seen as a failure and never touched upon again. This is why you never want to release your game around the same time as a major release or a huge sale/fest because that can and will happen.
I dont even need to watch all of this to understand that it's a dumb hot take. If you're feeling "overwhelmed" because theres too many video games to play, then... Just go touch grass, come back, and play them one at a time? First world problems are stupid, and this is one of the firstiest, most worldiest problems I've ever read.
JRPG fiends are eating well but we can’t eat all of these bangers. I personally don’t like to bounce around between games so I stick to something until I beat it. I’ve beaten Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth and Sandland and I’m currently close to the end of chapter 12 of FF7: Rebirth and I’m currently at like 75 hours played, I take my time and explore all the nooks and crannies. These JRPG games take up a lot of time. Not to mention my poor wallet. 😅
I still in my head consider anime style more to be a jrpg than a rpg with japanese characters even if they essentially are an anime in regard to p3r and like a dragon
You could say that the year of the JRPG is a blessing and a curse.
Heck in 2022, Square Enix themselves had a similar effect when they pumped out multiple JRPGs almost back to back, (obviously not all of them are quality compared to what we generally have here) and well we see the results along among other things.
Also no mention of Paper Mario in May, Daybreak into July, or Tokyo Xanadu Ex+, Neptunia in May etc. but then again that probably sums up your point in a way
I only buy games on sale so I never suffer from this problem
whats the game in 11:29?
I've got about 200+ hours of JRPG in my backlog at this moment right now.
Edit: and several of the games you talked about in second half of the year I have pre-ordered already.
I back-to-back platinumed Granblue Fantasy: Relink and Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes.
That was _madness._ Both games are intense grinds to platinum.
I've had my JRPG fill for quite a while. I don't mind missing out on all the new ones.
Why do platinum? What's fun about grinding? Why don't you just play the games for fun instead of ruining your experience trying to get a platinum for absolutely no reason?
Forget the platinum and just do the main story and any side quests you think are fun instead of making video games a weird chore for yourself. Entertainment is the purpose of games, not to be a grindy chore.
If you didn't platinum them you wouldn't have been so burnt out on them either and could see some other games. Completionists ruin their own entertainment for some strange need to do everything even if it sours the memory of the game. If you played them like a normal person you'd:
1: Enjoy them more much more
2: remember them more fondly
3: you wouldn't get burn out.
I can't think of a single point FOR going for platinums.
I remember before we got the Nintendo direct I already made up my mind what to get but yeah there too many games to choose to play this year
This is a great point to make a video for. I know it's weird, but I mostly play jrpg's, and I only have an Xbox at the moment. We've had So many come out lately that I literally barely have time to play all the ones that drop on xbox even, and I'm usually just waiting around for the next jrpg to finally release on xbox. I was gonna get a pc for that reason, but I've had so much to play lately I haven't done it yet.
That small part at the start of the dude with the kid is 10000% me and maybe maybe nap time lets me play for a min before work, I was playing OCTOPATH traveler and had 200 hours but only probably played 30hr in weeks n weeks, I left it on while having to do chores and everything else lol
Yes. I just bought Jeanne D'Arc for my PS4 after wanting to play it for so long and after that I need a PS5 to play Remake Intergrade and then Rebirth, and then I always wanted to play Omori, Bug Fable, Super Lesbian Animal RPG, Shin Megami Tensei Vengance, all the Bravely Games, both Octopath Travelers, Live A Live, Golf Story, Unicorn Overload, Indivisible, Cosmic Star Heroine, Super Mario RPG Remake, Paper Mario TTYD Remaster, and then finally Metaphor Refantazio
With all these Rpgs this yr, it has been a pretty good "Bloodbath"
Bro you don't have to play all the jrpg out there. Just pick the one you like or have time for.
Still gotta try sandland. But yeah, with as time consuming as the genre is, keeping with anything that's not already a favorite or an interesting new entry on your radar (necessarily by release date, but just a new discovery for an individual player) is gonna be tough. Its already impossible to follow every series in other genres, RPGs has to be the most difficult.
Also shoutouts to EX Troopers music
People were clamoring for these games, that’s why they all sold well on release. I bought everything that first week of release in Jan & Feb