The further you get into CO:E33, the more it becomes about parries, and the less your actual RPG systems matter. And the story…I’m guessing you understood it just fine. It kind of discards a lot of its setup in the transition from act 2 to act 3, replacing the beginning of one story for the ending of a totally different one.
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cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 hours agoI’m not a fan of JRPGs. FF7 was kind of the exception. I tried 8 and 9, but couldn’t get into them.
We have Persona 5 on PS3 and Persona 5 Royal on Switch. It’s a cool game, but I can only hear you’ll never see it coming but so many times before I go mad. I’ve met some of the voice actors though, so that’s cool.
I wish I got to play more of Expedition 33. The first part was a blast. Then I got to this fight I thought I had to lose because it was scripted. When it ended and said I died, I’m like “when did this become Dark Souls?”. Took me right out of the immersion. I’ve heard the difficulty has been balanced since then? I ended up reading a summary of what happens in the story, and I am so lost… I imagine if I experienced it in-game as opposed to reading a couple paragraphs on Wikipedia, it would make more sense.
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BaraCoded@literature.cafe 19 hours ago
I actually enjoyed that, and it was foreshadowed, but i’d also defy anybody to explain FF7 Remake’s scenario to me in a way that’d make it clear XD
BaraCoded@literature.cafe 19 hours ago
Your expedition 33 experience is relatable, actually. They’ve made a Jrpg so well they even got the “let the scenario become confusing as fuck” part right.
Like FF7 remake 1&2 :) Or Kingdom Hearts.
I think what you like about FF7 remake is that it is not a JRPG, but an action-rpg. I’ll say it’s a good one on that aspect, I just hated the generic ubisoft open-world design with tons of boring minigames as fillers for badly paced/light novel narrative beats.
I do love Persona 5 OST but yeah, there is an overdose at some point. Expedition 33 avoids that by having a specific OST for each zone of the game.
I have no specific action-rpg to recommend in mind, except kingdom hearts 2 if you feel like going a bit retro.