JRPG general discussion

Brilliant and thanks for the heads up!!

Also on Amazon for slightly cheaper:

Started playing NEO: The World ends with you and I cannot believe a direct sequel to a 14 year old DS game is actually good and enjoyable.

I'm interested.

Haven't played anything JRPG like since DQXI (excluding FF7R).

I worry a little about the harsh(ish) game over reset conditions and possible frustration.

EG's review was good

Nostalgic thread (good to see retro and a couple of others boardsie i could recognize here lol). Due to life/work (and pissed off by SE since FF13), the only jrpgs i played in the past 7/8 years was actually replaying original ff7 (hd filter something) and ff9 (moguri mode on PC).

SRW30:

Until a few days ago i saw SuperRobotWars30 on Steam front page lmao. Decided not to buy it as it looks scammy as usual (they basically rereleased literal same products in different packaging the past few years), lackluster line ups for a game that is supposed to be the 30 anniversary version, bloody selling DLC at launch for extra fees lol.

I think 4chan/reddit all blown up on the release (first official international/western release), and alot of people just paid for it, as most players outside of asia have to import them from asia and paid premium for many years. I said nope - 50e base game, 75e for deluxe (preorder bonus+dlc), 95e for ultimate package - no way i pay for this scam!

And then yesterday realized brother actually pre-ordered the deluxe version :D oh well why not have a go (share library on steam). Played a few stages so far - we thought honestly it is enjoyable - quality is definitely there (graphics, UI, systems etc), and they have much better translations this time (finally...after so many sh!t show in translation in the past decade...). Definitely looks polished worthy for 'international' release - 50/50 chance it could turn out to be some janky sh!tshow (this shows how much lack of confidence i have for this studio lmao).

(and ye not sure if any boardsie knows about SRW, it is more of a thing if you like mecha/anime/manga as it basically makes a big crossover of the popular mecha shows in 1 game/universe, and the dialogue etc are more lighthearted)

Indeed I always start with Hard difficulty for SRW games if possible. Because the main selling point of the series is literally putting mechas from different shows into 1 world, it is supposedly be goofy/goofying around and for the mecha fans to see the awesome fight A vs B, role playing the mechs (or switched the pilots from 1 show to another ha), and then find the hidden mechs or random *** crossover stories. All in all a fan service game, so ya, the challenges aspect of being a SRPG is quite weak generally - the systems or power balancing are all over the place etc because they want to shake things but they never have enough budget or run by a group of interns there etc (also cant balance well when it comes to Super robots vs Real robots ha).

I am actually curious if one doesnt know the mecha/s, would one still enjoy it - retro do you know at least Gundam etc? or you find these robots are cool looking at least?

From what i heard from friend V T X are very similar? He told me nothing significant if i want i just need to get V ha. Out of curiousity, sephiroth dude are you a mecha fan?

The new one? SRW30? this is the first time ever we dont need to deal with these importing headaches aha.

SMT V reviews are out, didn't think they'd be out until next week. Lot of 9/10's so far. Have a lot of games on at the moment but gonna be hard to resist pre-ordering this one.

Shin Megami Tensei V getting stellar reviews across the board. Can't wait to see if it lives up to the hype.

aha high five fellow mecha fans. i am enjoying SRW30 (graphics is real improvement this time i thought) but i am taking it slow, maybe like a few stages a week ha. Gundam Victory theme BGM is so good this time around but I think alot of popular mechs are missing in this (EVA, other gundams etc, and my favourite Full metal panic also...).

Well looks like no one is getting SMT V from GameStop tomorrow, they've delisted it.

My preorder has dispatched from Amazon today

SMT V out of stock in Smyths now. Should have ordered yesterday. What the hell is going on with this release. Seems like they printed about 10 copies of the game

I also wonder if Smyths got many copies in. Was delivery only, no instore option. Dont think they got Nocturne HD in either on release. Ordered a copy from Amazon there anyway as there doesn't seem to be any option to get it in Ireland right now. I'm sure it'll be back in shops here but I don't want to chance it it being an Atlus release and all.

Well GameStop pulled through and I got my preorder. Doesn't look like they are getting any more copies though.

Is there any Playstation 4 available to buy new at the moment, can't see it available online,alternatively a x box seems unavailable also.am I right in thinking this? Thanks.

Finished Bravely Default II the other day and thought it a big pile of meh. Very interesting and enjoyable battle system set in a pleasant if barren world but the story was so, so half-baked, dull and unimaginative.

Of course I'm spoiled after completing all nine of the Legend of Heroes games so BD II was always going to struggle in the world building/storytelling stakes.

Received my copy of the Bitmap Book on JRPG’s. God, it’s fantastic. A real treat to flick through, stop on a game I might have vaguely heard of, and read and learn about it.

Worth every penny.

Only about 3 hours into SMT V but really enjoying it so far. Soundtrack is godly as usual and really like the mobility your character has. Haven't got into Fusion or anything yet.

Only just unlocked the ability to fuse so will be fusing the bejaysus out of it now once I get a few more demons in my party