11 JRPGs I Will Play In 2023

[@TheKisekiNut]

Line them up, and take them down one by one. Here's my JRPG backlog for 2023!

[@xShadowhawkx]

I really enjoyed the first Blue Reflection. The story and gameplay are indeed incredibly simple to the point of being dull, but it has a uniquely soothing atmosphere and one of my favourite recent JRPG soundtracks. Also everyone who’s been telling you to play the first AI Somnium Files is correct - the second is more of a mixed bag, but worth checking out if you really enjoy the first.

[@thecrownlessking9265]

Last year, my JRPG backlog goal was to start and get caught up with FFXIV. Now that I've completed Endwalker, my goal for this year is to do a Ys Marathon in preparation for Ys X. I've beaten some of the Ys titles before, but this will give me the opportunity to play the series in chronological order, play some of the titles I've missed, and get a better sense of its continuity (even though the titles are mostly self-contained). So far, I've beaten Ys I, Ys II, Origins, and am currently halfway through Memories of Celceta.

[@chocobro3198]

Cool! I have the whole Ys series in my backlog as well. So many games so little time. 😢

[@kekgoogle4809]

you will not be disappointed with crosscode, that was one hell of a game. You can really tell the people who made it put their hearts into it.

[@karlwest49]

I really liked the action combat and storytelling in crosscode, but the extensive puzzles became a chore to me personally and so I got to the final dungeon and haven't picked it up for a while. I really would like to see how the story plays out eventually.

[@unlucky_thir13en]

Solid list! I've been blowing through the Diofield Chronicle for the last week, and while I can say it does get repetitive, I don't consider it nearly as bad as other games. It's not a 10/10 game, but I'm managing to have a 10/10 experience, and I'm on the last chapter.

[@krimzonstriker7534]

Good time to pick up Odin Sphere Leifthrasir, my first Vanillaware love even before the much improved remake came out. After that you can try Murumasa provided you've still got a Wii while we wait for the studios new game now that development is reaching it's end 😉

[@hickorydickoryhk]

Muramasa is also available on Vita, just like Odin Sphere.

[@darknesswave100]

Odin Sphere was the first game I ever platinumed. Game is really fun

[@jamesrule1338]

Odin Sphere is so good. I've only played the PS2 version so far, but I heard the PS3/PS4 remake was very good.

[@chrisglare6354]

The backlog is insane. I have to play Nier Replicant, Relayer, Nier Automata, FE Engage, Like a Dragon, Divine Force, etc. it never ends 😭

[@HybridAngelZero]

Oooo, you've got some exciting stuff lined up! A lot of these are big ones I wanna get around to playing myself soon, too

[@Adam.C]

Chained echoes was brilliant, I loved it. Astral chain was fun to play too, a bit of an odd story, but that's nothing new to jrpgs. This is a pretty interesting list. I hope you enjoy!

[@FelixS.]

Astral Chain is a character action game and no Jrpg.

[@Adam.C]

@@FelixS. I mean sure, but it certainly had a crazy enough story to feel exactly like a Jrpg. So that's how I remember it.

[@FelixS.]

@@Adam.C Agreed :) 👍🏼

[@DSG0805]

Yeah I include it in my rpg collection because it does check of enough stuff to make it somewhat on the periphery of the genre.

[@darknesswave100]

Odin sphere is the first game I ever got a platinum for. 100% worth it cause the story is really good. I really want to play Astral Chain too

[@DulyDullahan]

I’ve finished Mysterious and Arland for the Atelier series so I’ve only got Dusk and Sophie 2 left to go before Ryza 3 and Marie remake comes along 😁 man I love Gust and Koei Techmo for giving us the Atelier series. Oh and I used to dread the time limits but it’s honestly not that bad. I quite enjoy the change of pace from the freedom the later titles gives us.

[@rinfurinto2621]

Nino Kuni 2 was a fun game. The story is a bit weaker than the first one but it more than makes up for it in how much better the combat is. The opening is an absolute treat that my spouse and I still joke about regularly so I can’t wait to see your reaction to it!

[@randomzombie5579]

glad astral chain is tops of your backlog. v good game :)

[@arcanegale285]

my #1 game I definitely wanna do is Reverie, but that's not surprising. I don't remember if I had said this before in here so sorry if I'm being repetitive but I'm doing a run through all Trails games on Nightmare, Cold Steel games got finished last year/ a little bit of 4 at the start of this year and I've beat Sky FC, with Sky SC being very much underway. As such I'm doing that for now and while I don't have any backlog, if any game catches my eye I'll probably be playing it out as well.

[@Nel_Annette]

Astral Chain's been sitting on my shelf since it came out. And I've got the Arland quadrology in the wings too. Right now I'm working my way through Dragon Quest 8 for the first time.

[@thecognitiverambler8911]

Quite the robust backlog - especially with SO many exciting titles slated to release this year. I still need to finish XBC3 - I LOVED my time there, I just got caught up in other things, and at this point I only have eyes for Octopath 2 on the very near horizon.

[@TheKisekiNut]

TOO MANY great releases coming out this year - it's gonna be a busy one!

[@obsolescentmystic2527]

Crosscode is one of the best indie RPGs of all time. Ever. Prioritize it. The combat, puzzles, even the story are fantastic.

[@eliotwildermann]

Lol ur idea of relaxing is a lil 😌 wild 😜

[@Moffattt]

crosscode is such a gem of a game. the best game i have played in years, and thats saying much as im unemployed and plays videogames all day. the puzzles while there are alot of them there are only really a handful thats actually hard. most of them are pretty tame but can take a min or 2 to understand. crosscode is also one of the few games that does a "silent" protag right (even though shes not strictly mute) combat is very much like ys but with a talent tree progression instead of hidden to unlock new moves. it was a good amount of years since i played it so i cant remember the story all that well but i remember it being good but nothing outstanding like a trails game i will sing crosscode praises until the day i die

[@IchigoKurosaki10]

I really like these videos, is like I always get a new recommendation for my wish list

[@CommRio]

Really looking forward to hearing your thoughts on Ai The Somnium Files and CrossCode as I regard both of them as truly excellent games in pretty much every area.

[@Kenko_4]

A great backlog list to take down this year TKN! I'm looking forward to your thoughts on Odin Sphere once you get around to it. Really fun and beautiful game that I enjoyed back on the Vita.

[@Robina123]

A really solid list enjoy the ride. One thing I will say is, don't sleep on Harvestella the story is amazing. The farm sim elements are also pretty light it's like 70% JRPG 30% farming

[@eliotwildermann]

Don't worry the time limit in the arland atelier games is pretty fair and I'm going off of the ps3 games I'm not sure but I think the ps4 version's extended the time limit

[@themasterdou]

Just finished the Atelier Dusk trilogy (goes down as one of my favorite game trilogy to this day), so I'll be accompanying you in this Arland backlog saga!

[@DaddyGamerDiaries]

Have some of those same titles - Astral Chain, Monster Hunter Stories 2, and Odin Sphere Leifthreiser - are on my backlog as well!

[@eliotwildermann]

Also the 4th arland game doesn't use time limits like the last 4 or 5 games

[@KrsJin]

Chained Echoes truly is amazing. Didn’t think a new ‘JRPG’ could crack my top ten of all time, much less a western developed indie RPG done mostly by one person, but here we are. Speaking of chains, this kind of made me want to check out Astral Chain. Good luck on all of this!

[@PringleTheOne]

Yoo crosscode is mad goood, but it is puzzle heavy, when you play it look out for me, I'm in the game. It's a banger of a game you'll definitely like it amd you can make the puzzles easier with the puzzle slider I'm currently playing rorona again and I'll be honest the time limit isn't that bad, I kind of rely like it because it pushs you to kind of be on point and make you learn how to handle limited resources in a way. So far the time limit feels limited and you just gotta let your self know you won't be able to do everything in the allotted time limit. Rorona is fun no doubt

[@cabssoprano]

I personally enjoyed Blue Reflection. I saw your review of the sequel and picked both games up. The sequel is on my backlog list for this year

[@champ8364]

Nice list! Astral chain is still in my backlog despite buying it since launch. hoping to get to it this year and also th atelier series. I am also looking forward to see your take on diofield chronicles if you get to it eventually :)

[@darthrevank9564]

I will say honestly I loved the first game way more than the second game personnally 5:52, esppecially around the soundtradck and the story I discovered it last year picked it up because it was on sale and weirdly enough every list or recommendation from the PSN always recommended to me Blue Reflection so I caved in and tried it out was playing at the same time as i was discovering Elden Ring so whenever I needed a break I hopped in Blue Reflection or AI the somnum Files and they both were what I needed to unwind of getting stuck against a boss wall in Elden Ring, maybe a little too much Fan Service, (after playing the first game I'm pretty sure you know what to expect), but really fun and a surprised gem to me, my only regret is not playing it sooner

[@demodoki1319]

Ah, the backlog. The ever growing nightmare of gamers. And with how many great games coming out this year, trying to knock some down is hard lol. Here to wishing you good luck and everybody else in trying to finish their list or finding a certain game that they'll love!

[@RichardRietdijk]

Just keep in mind that a backlog is not a todo list, but a nice menu to pick from. 👍

[@demodoki1319]

@@RichardRietdijk That is such a nice way to phrase it. Thank you.

[@darknesswave100]

Mine is about 12 games long at this point with Like a dragon Ishin coming out in like a week lol

[@TheKisekiNut]

I just see my backlog as a never-ending list of fun - there's always something to play.

[@tt_fit]

I absolutely LOVED Nino Kuni 2. I can’t wait to hear your thoughts on it 🤓😎

[@Nikita_Akashya]

I am thinking about my personal backlog and I will probably limit it to some games I already started. I am currently playing both FE Engage and Harvestella. Both are very fun games with a lot options and great sidequests. And both games are very emotional in both story and sidequests. I highly recommend them. Especially Harvestella, where the sidequests range from very sad and emotional to downright hilarious with a certain character fighting... you guessed it: Heuschnupfen! I am not big into indie games and will not play Chained Echoes as it doesn't really appeal to me. My friend though bought the Limited Run version which will probably take years until he gets it. The other thing I will try and do this year is play more Trails. I have started Cold Steel 2 and am in chapter 1 with a few technical problems. Like my controler disconnecting and the sound being desynchronized. The music especially. I don't know if it's my PC, because it should run fairly smoothly on my system. I want to play more Ys too. I have finished 2 runs of Ys Origin with both Yunica and Hugo and am at the 3rd character now. His run will be my last and I am looking forward to playing as him. I have bought the LE for Rhapsody Marl Kingdom Chronicles and am now thinking of getting Reveries LE. I do have to buy it from the UK store though, because I don't have a credit card for the EU store. But at least DHL allows me to pay the Zollgbühren at home. I love my JRPGs.

[@darknesswave100]

Engage is so much fun. I never expected a few characters to be so good. Like Louis and Chloe. Louis is damn near unkillable and Chloe is just a treat to deal with

[@R.Williams]

Monster Hunter Stories - So colorful and fun. I really like the turn base system over the regular Monster Hunter series plus the characters are really engaging. I've played both 1 and 2. 👍👍from me! Thanks for the video!

[@Razor5702]

Apologies if this has been asked previously, but can we get your quick thoughts on whatever games you do get to from your backlog? Like a score you'd give them and critique of each game?

[@TheKisekiNut]

I do that after I've played in a quarterly series called 'JRPGs I've Played In X'. My thoughts on the games will be there.

[@guruthosamarthruin4459]

Part of my year will be taken by quite a few Trails games. I had already played all 4 Cold Steel games, but then decided to go back and play every single Legend of Heroes game (even Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes 2, which I had to play with a real-time screen translator). I'm now to the point where the only (pre-Cold Steel) game I haven't actually played is Azure. So, I'll be playing that when it comes out, then I plan to replay the entire Cold Steel series. Part of the reason I'm doing that, is because I hate having to wait for more Trails games to release, and I figure that if I replay those games, taking a few months off between games, then Reverie will be released, and the wait for Kuro might not even be that long, by the time I'm done with Reverie.

[@dante19890]

isnt the whole point to play them in order. I only played trails in the sky FC and tbh is was quite average

[@guruthosamarthruin4459]

@@dante19890 It's a series of subseries'. It's an ongoing story, but each arc also has it's own story. I chose to watch story summaries of the 5 games before Cold Steel, because I was excited to play that one. But then, it quickly became my favorite series, so I decided to go back and play them all.

[@MrHaopaopao]

I have no complaints on Astral chain on the Switch. Actually my top 2 game of all time. And I'm both a PC and Switch gamer.

[@robertdeffenbaugh9004]

I’m excited for Tales of Symphonia that’s coming out on the 17th. Hopefully that will keep me busy till July 7th. Trails into Reverie!

[@nickmaestro]

Just got the platinum trophy on 13 Sentinels. Great game by Vanillaware, but Odin Sphere is a magnum opus, so was Muramasa Rebirth. Dragon’s Crown is on my backlog. The next on my PS4 backlog is Dragon Quest 11, followed Ys 9, Persona 5 Strikers or .Hack Last Recode. For my PS Vita backlog: Steins Gate Linear Bounded Phenogram, Blue Reflection, Nights of Azure and Phnatasy Star Nova. I’ve got my work cut out for me.

[@JacobMoreau]

Oh boy backlogs don't remind me.... Would suggest to flip Harvestella and DioField around maybe. Harvestella is pretty much a true and true JRPG for like 70% of it with a good story and good characters. Combat in it is very simple but it gives you a ton of classes to unlock as you go. This one is a hidden gem! :D DioField I only finished the demo of and from what I saw and heard from people who played the full game it's meh at best. Tactic goes out the door very quick (did notice that in the demo to) and the story and characters are ok at best. If Square would have made it a turn-based tactics game it made have worked but who knows :/

[@leonardodakimchi748]

I actually finished crosscode last week. It really is a really good game coming from a guy that usually doesnt play indie games. Top 3 game I played 2022 for sure. Also theres a slider to control puzzle speed to react faster if it becomes a problem.

[@julieb3240]

The time limits in the Arland trilogy are balls. I followed guides for Roronoa and Totori and barely made the cut off points most of the time (trying for 100% in a single playthrough) .It was so tight and some of it was pure luck. I fell short on my first play-through of Meruru, so about midway in I was just like whatever and finished it, and did a second playthrough where I 100%'ed it. I went back to Roronoa to play it all over again in the Plus version cause of the addition of a new epilogue, and it wasn't as bad because I had a lot of series know-how by that point. That said, I loved the characters and plotlines in the original trilogy, but I never want to go back and deal with those kind of time limits again. I've yet to try Lulua, but I'm looking forward to it. I have a monumental backlog!

[@arcanaobscura3519]

Since I don't want to spoil anything about AI I'll only say it's one of the few games I don't really want to play again. Not because it's bad - quite the opposite in fact - but because I think I wouldn't be able to recreate the kind of impact it had on me on my first play through. And regarding Blue Reflection: I think it is a rather good game and I don't think the critique about the not so difficult combat does weigh in too much since it really isn't the focus of the whole thing. I can't really compare it to Second Light since I haven't play it but if you enjoyed it's cozyness I think you might like it as well.

[@Kraftium]

I beat rorona and totori just the other month after bouncing off rorona back when it first came out on switch The time limit in rorona is actually really generous but I did have to accept that I wasn't going to have a perfectly optimised playthrough but once I did I had a great time and got the true and my second pick for a specfic character ending (do look up the requirements for the basic endings cos the game does not make it clear) Totori was a bit weird, it has a much more genorous timelimit but also gives you alot more stuff to do in it and in a much more open fashion getting the epilogue arc can be tricky looking foward to jumping on meruru soonish since it has some light town building elements which are always really cool

[@TheKisekiNut]

I might bite the bullet and just shoot for a guide in the 3 games with the time limit.

[@rodelcorton8815]

I also got so many backlogs this year just keep buying those games sale and boom there backlog get. I also want ro play the 1st blue reflection but the ps4 physical copy is so expensive im still trying to find a cheaper one and hopefully i can find it this year

[@slyzador]

That samurai maiden is spot on lol, gonna give a try sooner or later, As for myself I am currently playing Meruru, and the time limit is also a thing that bothers me. Totori probably being the worst offender on it, Rorona being in the middle and Meruru being the better game.

[@VanJ78]

I already play Atelier Arland Series and Ni no Kuni 2 in last year. Atelier Arland Series is my first Atelier games, i'm type of the gamer that not really care about 100% achievements/trophy the game before Dusk Trilogy have time limit that hard to achieve for someone that cares for 100% achievements/trophy, the games are quite fun. I'm still waiting for Mysterious DX Trilogy discount on PC that game rarely have discount. Ni no Kuni 2, i like the battle and the Kingdom development gameplay, the story kinda OK for me. Hopefully you enjoy playing those backlog Games.

[@KieranChakravorty]

I love the AI: The Somnium Files games. There's a great amount of mystery and madness on offer. The characters, story and twists are all great. Plus I regularly listen to the soundtrack, so I think you'll really enjoy that one. Both are worth playing, the second one doing an excellent job of expanding on the first.

[@RandomTube-is6gt]

Astral Chain is awesome, you'll enjoy it and honestly it doesn't run badly on the switch

[@LightMageMike]

Thanks for the video! Admittedly, not all that much that interested me here, but it was fun to hear you talk about the things you're interested in. A lot of my video game attention has been consumed by FE Engage anyway, so I'm probably just not in the mood for anything too new, ha ha.

[@maxexp]

I've played a few of these, most of them I liked. Astral Chain - it runs really well, actually. I didn't have any frame drops that I noticed, but I did get bored of it. Monster hunter stories 2 - I really liked it, the combat is simple but really fun. Ni No Kuni 2 - I thoroughly enjoyed it. I actually want to go back and play some more, now...

[@ForeverBtvs]

Chained Echoes and CrossCode are BRILLIANT ! Loved every second of them ! I’m sure you’ll have a blast. I’ve played a Monster Hunter game before but like you, it wasn’t for me. But your video made me really want to play Monster Hunter Stories 2.

[@robertmoorhead3731]

I still have to play Octopath Traveller 1, Tactics Ogre, finish Tf Zero, Reverie is coming out, I wanna' play Triangle Strategy, Sea of Stars looks incredible..... I finished Dragon Quest 11!! That was an excellent palate cleanser after doing Cold Steel 1, 2, 3, AND 4 all back to back. We RPG players sure are eating well these days!

[@iamakii]

I have an Astral Chain copy sitting here for years. Maybe 2023 is the year I should start playing it

[@Official_RetroMania]

Astral Chain is my favorite action RPG of all time, I would say is a masterpiece! You 100% need to play Astral Chain.

[@robdiquattro5590]

Hey I beat blue reflection second light this year! Thought it was a great game. I was disappointed with the over arching plot but also understand the point is more character relationship development which they nailed! One of the best uses of ATB battle systems ever too. I look forward to your review of the first one

[@hugbuzzard]

Chained echoes is one of the best RPGs made. Just amazing

[@tommaso6392]

I'm looking forward to Loop8!

[@BenBom2013]

Two game I have played on your list and that is nino kuni 2 and The AI somnium files. I played nino kuni 2 first and i love it a lot, I did try the first game after i completed the second one but I didn't like it much compare to second one. In my opinion, the second one is so much better than first one. For the AI game, I do agree to play this blind to get full exp of the game. I complete it last year and am planning to play the second one this year, I am looking for the third one. But only I got the time for it as Nintendo direct just show a lot of game and some of them I really want to play.

[@VeeroYT]

Monster Hunter Stories 2 is so good! I've also never played a main game of the series, but I really loved my time with this game. The combat is really fun, the graphics are nice, the story is decent and the music is really good. It's one of my favorite games on the Switch.

[@tohphu7081]

Looking forward, if you're going to be making, the 'JRPGs I've Played So Far' for this batch. I've played through Relayer and Samurai Maiden myself but I find their gameplay loop to be absolutely atrocious. Would love to hear your opinions on them

[@TheKisekiNut]

That series will be continuing for sure. I just won't rank the games, I'll save that for the best JRPG list at the end of the year.

[@BigHalfSteps]

Couple years ago I've rekindled my flame for Atelier since my last Atelier was in my childhood playing Atelier Iris 3: Grand Phantasm. But instead of jumping into Ryza head-on, I've started playing the games in the chronological order. I'm at Atelier Sophie right now and by far Arland was my favourite because there was a nice overlap between the titles, old returning characters or new stories unfold about long standing characters, nice surprises - all in all a living breathing world (series) one might say. I think Meruru was my least liked one of all the series tho. I'm keen to play the remake of the first Atelier game that was revealed couple days ago, even though it's Chibi..

[@hemocorekid939]

Diofield is actually amazing!

[@workplaydiewpd5652]

Got a lot of them in my backlog too 🙈

[@lucinae8512]

Game 1: The partner mechanic works better than it initially looks, and story is entertaining at least. Game 2: Without any doubt, this is Vanillaware's best game. While 13 Sentinels has the best story, this game easily has way better gameplay and replayability, plus the characters are likeable. Game 3: I've played demos of this and the first game. While they are different from the main series, using the franchise for Pokemon-like game makes them very fun. Game 7: The first game was beautiful but aimed for little kids, but the sequel makes the story and gameplay more interesting for older players. Game 11: Visual novels are the hardest games for me to buy, since their focus is on story that I could watch all online. But the story, look and characters of this franchise are the best this genre has had in a while, so you have to experience them for just a bit.

[@DiegoLopez-et6vn]

Odinsphere is amazing! You will not regret it

[@francoikari5085]

This year maybe I can try more games as since April 2022 I've only been playing Genshin Impact but this year I should complete all the game's content and just wait for monthly updates and new parts of the story. Unless Honkai Star Rail comes out for PS4 because then I'm lost. I played a lot of Odin Sphere on the PS2 it's quite different with its spherical setting. I loved Relayed thanks to a generous demo as it is quite long. I hope to be able to play Trails from Zero and Azure as well as Granblue Fantasy Relink and Atelier Ryza 3. And maybe feel nostalgic with Persona 4G

[@JunJunMusume]

Blue Reflection is worth a playthrough by music alone. It's so good but yeah, the second game is better in pretty much everything.

[@PloysMaw]

We share a few games such as 'Samurai Maiden'; which should be coming any day now along with my copy of 'Fire Emblem Engage'. In regards too 'Samurai Maiden' I just want a few laughs and solid enough combat and I think I'll get that from it; and I'm a little annoyed that no main series Senran Kagura games are on Switch and this might be the closest thing to that. With the way things are going with playing through GUST's catalogue, I'm wondering when both Nights of Azure games are going to come up.

[@Noumakara]

- Astral Chain runs good on Switch but not on pc emulation. It’s optimization issues on emulators I guess. Tested on rtx 3060 - Samurai Maizen is in my opinion terrible -DioField Chronicle has mixed reviews but still my favorite nonetheless

[@alanwattie6093]

Good list you have. Some I’ve played, some I hope to play and some I don’t really have interest in. Blue Reflection has its flaws but personally I think they’re outweighed by it’s charms and it’s pretty short so not too much time lost if you don’t find it to your liking. Samurai Maiden I got a few laughs out of which is all I really hoped for but it unfortunately didn’t live up to its potential. It’s very repetitive, only one playable character and party members don’t even really participate except to use their abilities. I would strongly recommend you play Harvestella at some point. Like World of FF it has a much deeper narrative than what appears on the surface. Yes there’s farming but that is honestly such a small part of the game overall I wouldn’t even call it a farming sim like I thought it was based on trailers. Although I had a few minor gripes like the Cinderella mechanic and putting 90% of side quests in a single chapter it ended up being one of my favorite games of 2022.

[@danielehartmann2787]

In regards to your 10th game on the list: I enjoyed the 2nd game also VERY much and never played the first one. But there seems to be an anime-series out there which (as far as I read the comments) to tell the story of the first game. So if you don't enjoy the first game as much you probably get there at least a decent sumary of the story.

[@TheKisekiNut]

The anime is a spin off - it acts as a prelude to the second game. So you have the anime and the first game that both converge in Blue Reflection: Second Light. The anime itself though is an original story, though nothing special as an anime fan.

[@danielehartmann2787]

@@TheKisekiNut oh sad. I thought it wouild cover up the entire first game. Well, then I, too, have to play the first game. :D

[@jasonhawkins6798]

I highly recommend Monster Hunter Stories 2. It’s got a great combat system, a good story, heaps of options for team building, looks nice and the music is also good

[@kaidzz]

damn I remember YS on his background music

[@marksayosmejia7251]

Im surprised you havent played og blue reflection. I got platinum for both bluenreflection games and it's just wholesome yuri sailormoon + persona type of games which is its own charm. For me my backlogs are Atelier lydie and suelle Fire emblem 3 houses(my first fe game) .hack last recode God eater 3 And im waiting for ryza3 and armoured core 6 for this yr.

[@TheKisekiNut]

Yeah, OG BR has been on my list for a while, and I figured now was the right time to try it. It's apparently quite short as well so sounds like it could be a good palette cleanser at the very least.

[@rriot]

Would love a video on Ni No Kuni 2 once you've beaten it, I've been thinking of getting it though I'm not sure whether it will be worth my time or be in my interest

[@TheKisekiNut]

It'll most likely be a part of the quarterly 'Games I've Played in X' series I started last year. I intend to get to it at the very least.

[@AcanthaDante]

Monster Hunter Stories 2 is a good game, I'm near the end right now, my other half likes Cross-code and we played AI: Somnium Files together. Ni no Kuni 2 is on my list but I admit I didn't enjoy the collect-a-thon for the first game so I have been putting it off. Astral Chain is one I've started but need to go back to.

[@deinstar7032]

ODIN SPHERE!!! great game.

[@TW86]

for anyone that has played Ni No Kuni Revenant Kingdom, do you have to complete the first to understand the second? i played the first but never completed it and this was years ago

[@S_Hyde]

Astral Chain is a gem, despite it's rough spots. Can't remember any of them being technical though, such as loading or frame slowdown issues. Samurai Maiden is better than it's given credit as well, just has some aspects that are a big disappointment, specially for those of use that expected some sort of Senran Kagura spiritual succesor.

[@firebreather4192]

Same for me regarding Crosscode. It still sits on my shelf but I'm not a big fan of puzzles. AI: The Somnium Files, MH Stories and Chained Echoes are on my list as well. Plus Dragon Quest 11 S, Harvestella, Persona 5 Strikers, Triangle Strategy, FF 7 Crisis Core, Scarlet Nexus, Valkyrie Elysium... And I want to catch up to the Like a Dragon Series with several games to go. Oh boy...

[@danielehartmann2787]

You will need a BIG chunk of time, DragonQuest11S will take you 100h alone :D

[@nightwolf235]

Backlog Every gamers true finall boss with true limit break because backlog has no limits and continues to grow!!!!

[@roxasreturns2183]

Cross Code was so good! This is coming from someone who hates puzzles.

[@fartoplata308]

Play Monster Hunter Stories 2 with Japanese voices. I usually play games dubbed, but using Japanese voices helped me take the story a little more seriously. Absolutely awesome battle system, don't skip this one.

[@keblin86]

Chained Echoes is amazing. Ni No Kuni II - I kinda liked but much prefer the first! I didn't like some of the systems in II. I like some but some of them been forced to do for story progression really annoyed me. Monster Hunter Stories 2 is great but I haven't bought it yet. There is a MASSIVE demo for it on Steam and I have too many games to play at the moment so I am just keeping the demo for now lol.

[@vexhardt211]

I found Harvestella and DioField to be complete opposites for me. DioField had a very bland and forgettable story but combat that was really engaging for me, and Harvestella had an incredible story and characters while the combat was mostly frustrating and stiff.

[@TheKisekiNut]

It sounds like a lot of people are echoing the thoughts I had, that Diofield is just bland while Harvestella takes on a sort of hidden gem mantle. I'll still give Diofield a try first though and if it's not for me, switch immediately to Harvestella.

[@Averi0]

Have fun with AI: The Somnium Files! It's a hell of a mystery game!

[@CrusaderAdam]

Relayer for me looks like a SRW game but with much better graphical style (i mean the mech fights). Eh... i wish the there were more SRW OG like that...

[@BrunoCAquino]

A tip, if you going to play Astral Chain play at the emulator, this game is too beautiful for the switch limitations

[@TheKisekiNut]

I went for emulator in the end, it looks awesome and glad I made that choice.

[@jonathanflynn1378]

Monster Hunter Stories 2 is decent. A good intro to JRPG and enough depth so many experienced players can enjoy as well.

[@Vayr0n]

Blue Reflection, you said it yourself is not as good as the second game so be prepared for that. The OST on he other hand ! will give you eargasms especially against bosses.

[@TheKisekiNut]

That helps, I can't deny that a solid OST keeps me going at times.

[@animespiegel]

No Astlibra :(

[@uwu-ge6oj]

Mh stories 2 is easily the best one in this line up. I neglected real life during my 200+ hour run

[@cosmes.l8742]

Odin Sphere is not in STEAM sad =/

[@shenai2187]

Ni no Kuni II... I finished it, but I'm not sure why because boy do I despise that game, whoever told you that the story is good was lying. CrossCode on the other hand has a genuinely good and different story. It's also a lot bigger and deeper than it appears at first. Some dungeons and their puzzles get to be too long and too much, use a guide if it gets too annoying as it's worth progressing for the story, the free roam portions and everything else. The environmental design is great though I think in some ways the whole landscape is a puzzle. But you don't have to solve that. Also highly recommend the dlc as it adds a very satisfying and quite long epilogue and continuation of the main story.

[@RicFF13]

Me watching the video: "Damn.... He didn't play that one yet? Looool" Also me: "yeah.... I didn't played it either... Nor that one... Nor that one... Damn still didn't played 90% of my backlog..... 😭😭😭"