JRPGs I've Played So Far (2022 - Part 1)

[@TheKisekiNut]

Starting something a little new - normally I'd leave my round up of JRPGs till the end of the year, but any game that didn't make the cut would be left out, despite being a quality game in my eyes. So from now on, I'll round them all up every 3 months.

[@chriswilhite5605]

This should be good.

[@zaemzoom6807]

Yeah I like that

[@Latronibus]

This seems like something that will work well for a channel aimed at subscribers rather than newcomers, which I suspect is how your channel works out (but I don't have your analytics, of course).

[@michaelakhbari2932]

Hey if you have time can you give you thoughts on rune factory 5?

[@MrGioRon]

The Video is great with the explainations and all.. my only suggestions would be to Add the Game Title in the Timestamps.. Just in case I wanna come back and check out that one game you mentioned .. dont really want to skip throu the video till I find it.

[@MissBubbles]

These videos are one of the most enjoyable ones. I love watching them! I heard a lot about Arafell but never got the chance to try it yet. However, the JRPG that I want to get soon is Tales of Arise. With lots of contradiction regarding whether or not the characters and story were flat, I kept postponing it. But I think I want to try it for myself to make a decision of my own.

[@Latronibus]

The characters in Arise are great, particularly in their interaction with one another. The story starts out conventional but solid before turning into wacky and badly paced. Pretty good overall though.

[@TheKisekiNut]

The best judge of whether you'll like a game is yourself! Just gotta dive in Bubbles, I imagine within 3 hours you'll know if the game's for you or not.

[@darknesswave100]

Oh since you asked about who played Grimoire Weiss is Nier replicant it was Liam O Brian. He's a phenomenal voice actor. He's played several voices in games I've seen you talk about. Like Sterkenbury in Atelier Rorona, Red X111 in the FF7 remake, can't remember if you've played Persona 3 but he played Akihiko in that game

[@AdvisorLorne]

Liam's a great VA who also does Illidan in WoW, but a small correction, Max Mittelman is who voices Red XIII in FF7R. Max is also known for being Ryuji from Persona 5.

[@TheKisekiNut]

I THOUGHT that was his voice - it's very distinctive and I was trying to place it. Now I know - he voiced one of the captains in Bleach and he was the voice of Archer in the DEEN adaptation of FSN. Now I can picture it.

[@yon1337]

I finished Cold Steel 4 yesterday. Took me 107 hours. 7/10. It's the only game I've finished this year so far. Today, I started Ys 8 and I'm in love. 😅

[@frozenfury0]

I played ys origin last year and have only ever heard the ost from ys 8 "sunshine coastline" because it caught my eye, phenomenal song and really loved the character design. Hope you enjoy your play through.👍

[@Kage-jk4pj]

All the trails of games are decent, solid 6/10 games. Definitely recommend.

[@Walamonga1313]

@@Kage-jk4pj Lol, bold to say that on this channel in particular

[@rogerbabin8175]

What did you think of Cold Steel 1-3 compared to 4? I'm a big fan of the Cold Steel arc myself but had very different feelings on different entries. It's been a long time but I seem to recall thinking something along these lines: CS1 - 9/10. CS2 - 6/10. CS3 - 9.5/10. CS4 - 7/10.

[@blackmanlistening7909]

@@Kage-jk4pj EVERY ONE on the planet knows that's a TROLL attempt. Nice 'try'.

[@zerohbeat]

8:35 Says "Do you like travelling?". Nice one :D . So far I have not finished many games this year... Did play as much as I could of Code Vein but it got too difficult for me haha.

[@Kenko_4]

I think this is a great idea to get a bit more updates on other games you've been playing throughout the year. I've seen Shadows of Adam several times and have been intrigued by it's pixel art style, but seeing how you enjoyed it, I may pick it up next time I see it on sale. Thanks again for sharing your thoughts on these games!

[@brandonthomas6602]

Yo can I just say thanks for the content, I’m always so happy when you upload

[@TheKisekiNut]

Thanks for the kind words as always bud!

[@Ric_93]

I randomly came across Ara Fell and loved it! Played during the Christmas holidays and had a great time with it

[@ophidianmind333]

Thank you for providing these overviews. The only ones out of these I have played are SMT III and Cosmic Star Heroine, but I think both of those are excellent and I'm curious to check out some of the games that you would consider to be on a similar level of quality. Due to your comments on backtracking in SMT III, I'm guessing you were referring to the Labyrinth of Amala and you were going for the True Demon Ending. That is the best way to play the game in my opinion, so I think you made the right choice going with that path. Besides, going deep into the Labyrinth of Amala is the only way to get the Super Pixie, which is my favorite demon in the game.

[@TheKisekiNut]

Yep, only wanted the True Demon Ending. I felt the story was at it's best when following that route, and was most representative of what SMT 3 was all about.

[@ophidianmind333]

@@TheKisekiNut Not only is that the best-fitting ending for the game, it is also the canon one. SMT V is a sequel to SMT III and it follows the events in the True Demon Ending. There is even a DLC (which I think is so essential that it should have been included as part of the regular game) where you can fight all of the fiends from SMT III and then finally face-off against the Demi-Fiend, who is by far the hardest boss in the game. Fighting him on hard mode is the single most difficult boss fight that I've had in any RPG, don't be surprised if he one shots your entire level 99 party if you fight him on that difficulty setting.

[@darknesswave100]

This sounds like a fun thing to do. Plus it could give people some recommendations. I've been playing so much Horizon Forbidden West lately i haven't been playing any jrpgs. Hopefully I'll be able to soon enough

[@neogamer6461]

Same here. Finished it just recently. There's just so much to do in that game.

[@jcl.png.]

It would also be entertaining to see which JRPGs you dropped!

[@Terranigma23]

I didn't know you played on PC, so here a little list of games that I recommand a lot (HEARTBEAT, Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass, OMORI, Lisa: The Painful, OFF, OneShot). Also Bug Fables, but this game is available on all platform. :)

[@jonathanhunter7670]

Brilliant idea dude! :D

[@urmanascrewed]

I've only played 2 games so far, just Tales of Arise which took me ~80 hrs to finish, and I'm nearing the end of Yakuza: LAD, where I'm at 60 hours currently.

[@TheKisekiNut]

Can't speak for LAD, but Arise was right up my alley.

[@urmanascrewed]

@@TheKisekiNut Me too, I'm in no rush to finish games, especially if I'm enjoying them so it takes me a little longer.

[@Moffattt]

a game i would recommend is lisa the painfull. its an excellent game with a really good story and a bunch of cool characters. the game is dark though, like really dark at times. it touches on depression, drug abuse, loneliness, desperation and hard choices that does impact your game and ending. even with all these dark things the game has a really good sense of humor, both daqrk and lighthearted. a game i feel like everyone should experience as its truly unique in the jrpg world, the game is pretty short, can span from 7-20 hours depending on how well you want to explore the world. AND its dirt cheap "A game about survival, sacrifice, and perverts" "Beneath the charming and funny exterior is a world full of disgust and moral destruction. Players will learn what kind of person they are by being FORCED to make choices. These choices permanently effect the game play."

[@Walamonga1313]

I really like the game's world, themes and soundtrack. Gameplay isn't bad either. Sadly it's 2D and requires exploration, which is why I never got into it (not a fan of 2D games and even less when they're not structured as separate levels). I'll prob use a guide to see where to go next time, whenever I clear some time for backlog

[@rodelcorton8815]

Atelier sophie 2 was really great the alchemy system on it is currently my favorite in the whole atelier series its really the representative of easy to learn and hard to master but once mastered really a lot of fun to play with :)

[@NovaSniper12]

Hard to master? No, not even close lmao but i really do like the Tetris approach. I personally prefer Ryza’s system more tho.

[@threethymes]

Agree about Sophie 2. Superb game. I've played it twice already! GUST is such a reliable developer. I really enjoyed Ara Fell too and there is a sequel with a less catchy title, but it's good fun: Rise of the Third Power.

[@tdiz07]

Just finished Trails of Cold Steel I recently and hearing the OST in these videos makes me remember how good it is

[@fartoplata308]

Both World Ends With You games were a little repetitive and grindy but worth it I think. I LOVED the characters in NEO, and both soundtracks were so memorable. Now that you've played Nocturne, I highly recommend the Digital Devil Saga duology the next time you want to play an SMT. And ditto on Dragon Quest XI, that's the gold standard of JRPG's.

[@neogamer6461]

I haven't played a lot of JRPGs this year. Played a ton of them last year. The last one I played was Legend of Dragoon on PS1. Been playing a lot of games on the PS1 I bought early this year for nostalgia. Definitely want to try Elden Ring at some point. I finished Horizon 2: Forbidden West recently and I don't really want to dive into another open-world game any time soon. I will be playing the Chrono Cross remaster when that comes out.

[@FranWest.]

65 hrs on DQ XIS? (insert "those are rookie numbers" meme here) - Did you fight the very very last boss? ya know, the one after the credits roll?? I absolutely LOVE DQ XIS, one of the best JRPG's I have played.

[@theultimategamer95]

I should really try actually playing through more RPGs this year tbh, only played Legends Arceus so far really (well, I did actually start Tales of Hears R, but never really made it far). Guess I'm just a bit burned out after last year. Anyways. Love to see Nier Replicant and NEO TWEWY are higher up, two of my favourite RPGs from last year other than Ys 9. Shame you didn't like Replicant as much as Automata, I much prefer it personally, but that's just me. I thought sidequests were as bad in Automata tho. Shame you don't like NEO's OST as much as the original TWEWY's either, I thought it was way better for the most part, but to each their own. That said, the anime is another way to experience the first game's story (which is the route I took due to not liking the first game's gameplay), still pretty damn enjoyable.

[@frozenfury0]

That gets me excited to re try Replicant, I only played a few hours when it came out, but then I stopped because I wasn't in the right mindset and didn't want to tarnish my experience. Nier Automata is the best game I've ever played so I'm hopeful Replicant can at least give me a unique experience that only Yoko Taro can deliver.

[@TheKisekiNut]

All comes down to preference, I think Automata just hooked me more in terms of gameplay - Replicant had a lot of grindy aspects especially for some of the quests.

[@Latronibus]

I think I need to pick Ryza 1 back up and just push through it, instead of trying to milk it for all it's worth. I see your enthusiasm for Atelier and it's infectious, but I feel wasteful picking up another Atelier without getting back to Ryza 1.

[@fumomofumosarum5893]

Have you played Girls & Dungeons 2 ? Also an indie jrpg - pretty hilarious!

[@Knight_of_Inimeg]

I'm currently playing Atelier Sophie 2 due to your previous recommendation. For me the game is as good as Ryza 2 so can't wait to finish it and then get back to Elden Ring even if I suck at soul type games :)

[@MrRaichu12]

I'm gonna put an ranking of all jrpg i have played so far since even if i finish like 15 games, a fair portion of them are jrpg or hybrid of them with another genre. I should however mention an special mention to suikoden 2 because i'm still playing this game right now. I'm like 25 hours into the game and without spoiling anything i'm at a certain location from the first game. So obviously he out of the loop but right now it's actually a good contender to be in my top 2 of this year and even more if the rest of the game don't fall under himself. So wait and see later. 6- Xenogears 5- Ys seven 4- Suikoden 1 3- Stella Glow 2- Xanadu Next 1- Utawarerumono Prelude to the fallen and the only one i've dislike was Xenogears tl;dr : the second disk has completely killed the potential of this game by cuting gameplay portion and even worse completely skip his own scenario without even bothering to make an decent presentation. Without mention a lot of stupid shits in the writting who ruin some part of the story while the first disk was almost an masterpiece. This game is one of the few where i think an remake is mandatory.

[@MrRaichu12]

@@Fabio-ql5yf because i finished all game avaiables in the west last year, now i want the official release of reverie :(

[@Walamonga1313]

I've been grinding Trails pretty much exclusively. And by that I mean, playing em non stop. Beat Cold Steel 1 right at the very start of the year (after dropping Sky FC months ago thinking I wouldn't like the series) and CS2 followed soon after. Then went back to Sky trilogy and did those too. Watched a Crossbell summary and atm I'm already at CS3's chapter 3. Since Elden Ring and Stranger of Paradise already released, the only other game I'm looking forward to this year is Trails from Zero lol. And while waiting, I can work on my huge backlog.

[@derekminna]

I am sooo happy about the DQ11 coverage and comments. I want to like this game so much but I was put off by the music. I literally found the music to be nauseating. After work, taking care of kids, hanging with my wife and... more work I want to relax for a few hours to play a game at 10PM. The blaring orchestra music was enough to get me to quit. I only got about 5 hours in before I couldnt take it. I immediately played Octopath right after and that contrast made DQ11 look even worse. 2 years later I may revisit the game because I really want to like it.

[@Iamtheamazingmrg]

Ara Fell and Cosmic Star Heroine are both great fun. Good list!

[@stevenanderson7620]

Towards the beginning of the year, I beat Digital Devil Saga 1 and 2. They’re very excellent, if you’re a fan of Atlus, you should totally try them, especially if you liked Nocturne. They have more story depth, and no demon negotiation (the games were designed for newcomers) so the characters transform into demons instead. You spend time building your party up and learning new skills rather than completely overhauling someone’s build and swapping out demons/personas frequently. They’re about as challenging as nocturne as well, but can sometimes be a bit grindy unfortunately, if you haven’t learned the correct skills. Still, I love them, and they served as an entry to mainline-esque SMT for me. Right now, I am playing Xenogears, Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition, and SMT V. Those are my three foci of JRPGs for the next few months. I’m about 17-25 hours into each of them, and they are honestly shaping up to be some of my favorite console-exclusive JRPGs.

[@TheKisekiNut]

Playing through XC:DE concurrently with 2 other games. I know what to expect since I've played the original, but it's good to go through it again. XC2 and Torna are on standby for after.

[@stevenanderson7620]

@@TheKisekiNut Awesome! Yeah I love Xenoblade so far, the Xeno franchise as a whole is something I wanted to dabble more in this year. I'm a huge fan of Xenosaga 1-3 on the PS2, so I wanted to see more of where it began (Xenogears) and where it is now (Xenoblade.)

[@Noumakara]

Ara Fell is like a rollercoaster for me

[@Nikita_Akashya]

I don't remember that well, but I think I played a bunch of Cold Steel at the start of the year, got Arceus when it came out and played it in February. And I think I finally finished my Golden Deer run in 3 Houses. Or maybe that was summer. I don't remember. But I had fun with Pokemon and then immediately left it for something else after reaching a certain point in the game where it still hangs months later. Eh, I will finish it eventually. I liked Arceus, I just get distracted very easily. My brain hates me.

[@Amberle38]

Really enjoyed Ara Fell, felt a few cuts above most RPG maker games. Also I happen to be a lady with red hair who's barely 5'0" & forever the butt of short jokes, so there was an unexpected connection with the MC there 😂

[@TheKisekiNut]

It's a great game - I plan to try out Rise of the Third Power later this year too if I get the chance, it's made by the same team!

[@Amberle38]

@@TheKisekiNut Yeah I have it and planning on playing it too once I'm done with FFVI. Many good games to play at the moment!

[@바보Queen]

0:11 what game is that? the artwork looks fantastic..

[@newbjeremy8691]

That game is 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim. It's a really good game made by Vanillaware so that's why the art style is similar to Odin Sphere!

[@바보Queen]

@@newbjeremy8691 thanks!

[@TaiketsuG]

After having finished Elden Ring after 200h i finally returned to 13Sentinels and damn it still confusing as hell but engaging. I finished around 73% of the Remembrance part and now ill go back to battle since i only did like 3? battles so far since the story and the charas had my attention. Hopefully ill understand the whole plot chronologically at the end of the game

[@TheKisekiNut]

Give 13 Sentinels some time. I felt it all fit in to place very well by the end.

[@TaiketsuG]

@@TheKisekiNut Just finished the game today and damn it really was a nice story and a good ending on top of that

[@zaemzoom6807]

Ranked games played thus far for me is: 1. Star ocean till the end of time 2. Star ocean first departure R 3. Shin megami tensei: Devil Summoner Soul hackers 4. Fate extella: the umbral star Currently going through xenogears which I am liking

[@Latronibus]

I'm always curious to hear how new Xenogears players end up feeling about disc 2.

[@smokeldogg]

@@Latronibus While I’m certainly not a new Xenogears player, I love disc 2. Having Fei and Elly give soliloquies is a perfect way of explaining their true feelings towards each other and the world. Besides, disc 1 is long enough to get your gameplay fix.

[@smokeldogg]

@zaemzoom Xenogears is deep. The longer you play the more wild the story gets. Keep playing.

[@Latronibus]

@@smokeldogg I enjoyed it for what it is too. If anything I felt like the gameplay of disc 2 would've been better off not being there at all. It could have just been a VN if it is going to be stripped down as much as it was.

[@zaemzoom6807]

@@smokeldogg definitely gonna keep on playing I’m already 30 hours in cause I’m hooked

[@mizusaucemix]

God I wish I was fast at completing these games like you, I'm on cold steel 2 and been on it for like a month just finished the 2nd act. I mean to be fair though I am also reading Light novels and watching anime along with work and also youtube and my own web novel.

[@TheKisekiNut]

I just don't go for achievements, never cared for them. I do the side-content that interests me and that's about it. Trophies are a no-go, and I dare say that's where I save more time.

[@mizusaucemix]

@@TheKisekiNut ah yeah at least for me I have a problem with "trying to see everything in the game" one of the hate and love things I love about the trails series is how every npc has new dialogue for everything you do. That honestly is one of the main reasons it's taking me awhile to finish these games.

[@kaidzz]

what JRPGs I'd played so far this yaer by order: YS9, YS8(One of the best I ever played), Arise(Current Game)

[@Malumbrus]

I haven't enjoyed a JRPG since PSX era. Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, and Final Fantasy 7 were the pinnacle of JRPGs for me. Why can't they make anything as good as those games anymore?

[@alanwattie6093]

For me Replicant was good but not on the same level as Automata. Was mostly turned off by the side quests being mostly pointless and tedious (which I’ve heard was done intentionally). Just finished Sophie yesterday and feel like it could easily be my game of the year. It carried over my favorite elements from Mysterious and Ryza and cranked it up to 11. A little nervous Gust has painted themselves into a corner with this one as I see no way to top it in terms of crafting and battle systems. For me they were perfect and I wasn’t too big on Ryza’s crafting.

[@TheKisekiNut]

Some of the monotonous aspects of Replicant HAD to be intentional. One of the quests required 10 of a very rare material - it basically forced you to run a dungeon several times to get it. Not for me. I stopped doing the quests at the 50% mark.

[@MH_Zard]

The side quests are intentionally made tedious and pointless in Replicant, and it's why I didn't do them. Only there for completionists. It was the game making a statement how lame they are. Granted some of the ones I did had some wholesome and heartbreaking stories. Other than that there is actually a questline that makes you go around in circles only to not be rewarded in the end because the client swindled you, which again, is the point. Don't bother with them unless you are interested.

[@KieranChakravorty]

While I'm sure some other petty git has pointed this out, Nier Replicant isn't the first. The series has a long and weird history (I believe the first game was called Drakkengard or something). Worth a Google as it's kinda entertaining.

[@nicholasjackson8709]

Ara Fell was very good. Especially for being a rpg maker game

[@aghi_raharjo]

admire your devote to play game

[@gabrielike1370]

The world ends with you combat pissed me off so much I dropped it. Might just watch the anime cause the story and soundtrack is really good

[@TheKisekiNut]

I don't blame people for having a tough time with TWEWY's controls, at least on the Switch. They're certainly an acquired taste, and I never got used to them.

[@lens_hunter]

New to the channel, do you play anything besides JRPGs?

[@deatho0ne587]

How do you end an MMORPG, you don't farm enough?

[@Noumakara]

My question is how u could finish all of these in 2022?

[@Walamonga1313]

Not sleeping well. That's how I do it

[@TheKisekiNut]

Schedule in game time daily, alternate short and longer games, play multiple titles at once. It works a charm for me.

[@harleykeiner4095]

i played shadow's of adam on switch . thought it was awesome

[@zaemzoom6807]

Holy that’s a lot of games played in just a few months 🤣. Though yeah twewy is definitely best played on the DS I can’t imagine how hard and wonky it is to play it on the switch.

[@sofiar.r.9063]

Well, some of them are around 10-15 hours long. So you can finish them in less than a week, without too much effort.

[@TheKisekiNut]

It did help that a few were shorter games, but balancing it all out is a challenge with work and the channel. My own methods and schedule are working for me though.

[@zendhan2517]

I just jumped seeing nocturne in thumbnail

[@SigmaXcelsior]

Foolish uncultured Gen Z kids, you haven’t lived until you’ve played Chrono Trigger- the greatest game ever made! FIGHT ME!!

[@blooming1312]

2 and 3 are based as hell

[@itsmeruka]

I love my JRPGs but there's nothing I hate more than turn based with random encounters. The anxiety of not knowing when or from where an enemy may come infuriates me

[@goodthings2life]

Continue to be spot on with DQXI... Fantastic game with possibly the worst OST I've ever heard in a game.

[@TheKisekiNut]

I'll never be swayed on that OST - a shame really because the rest of the game is great.

[@arlinalvera1773]

One more god rejected

[@StewNWT]

DQ11 does have a fucking appallingly grating soundtrack

[@AlastorShadow0]

"Solid value for money" kinda sounds like your just making excuses for a Indie.