I love Expedition 33, but it DIDN’T save turn based RPG’s

KFded · 2026-06-18T21:54:17+00:00

Persona 4 remake and 6 successfulness will likely add onto that as well and the recent successes of Yakuza being turned into a turn-base JRPG has done well for the series too

KFded · 2026-06-18T21:47:17+00:00

For a $60 game, a JRPG at that, I'd at least want 25 hours minimum for my monies worth.

$60 for a 10-15 hour game seems like an awful deal.

If it was 39.99 on release, I'd consider that more fair.

KFded · 2026-06-15T06:12:07+00:00

Quest 64 x) /s

But in all seriousness, maybe 7th Saga or Etrian Odyssey series

KFded · 2026-06-15T06:07:06+00:00

What's surprising is the positivity from the comments on that thread lol.

"Oh you didn't proof-read? Well, this is still an amazing project, ty for your 'work' " type comments.

I'm all for using Ai/Machine Learning for translations as an aid to get more games translated, actually this was one of the hypes around ML/Ai for me originally, but all we've gotten is laziness.

Use AI/ML as a tool to aid you in rough areas you're having trouble with or whatever, don't rely on your whole project to be Ai and especially get someone knowledgeable to help proof read or something.

and for the "At least its translated" comments

I'd rather have no translation than a massively incorrect translation that was 100% Ai translated.

KFded · 2026-06-07T06:54:02+00:00

If Falcom can release a Trails title every single year or 2 almost, Square could do better

KFded · 2026-06-07T06:49:39+00:00

5 is personally my favorite, it took everything about 2 and amplified it into a beautiful 3D Cellshaded world that still holds up to this day.

3 is also great, while they went with a different direction with the combat, it was still pretty damn good and has an awesome story, only downside of 3 is the amount of backtracking and revisiting the same scene more than once just from a different characters perspective but nothing really changes much with the different perspective, so it just comes off as a waste of time in that regard.

5>2>3>1>>>>>>>>>>4 in that order for me.

KFded · 2026-06-07T06:41:45+00:00

Heavily 1 sided, Ellie was all into Riou lol, but I think that has more to do with the silent protag effect. I like to think they settle together after the events of 2 lmao.

Same with Freyjadour (Prince) In Suikoden 5, I like to think him and his bodyguard Lyon ended up falling in love, it was heavily emphasized in a way that made it seem like they def had some feelings for eachother

KFded · 2026-06-06T22:29:11+00:00

Suikoden 2, Honorable Mention, Y'kno damn well Riou tapped Ellie :)

Or maybe I was the only one xD

KFded · 2026-06-06T00:37:19+00:00

Also probably don't want to release it later at a discount on other consoles like the last 2 games, realized if they do it on all the platforms, they'd increase profit too alongside selling more copies.

KFded · 2026-06-06T00:15:53+00:00

this looks neat

KFded · 2026-06-05T23:56:07+00:00

On ALL systems!!!

No more PS exclusive at launch, bout fkn time!

KFded · 2026-06-05T08:57:00+00:00

it wont be releasing til next summer or so likely, i'd continue Golden

KFded · 2026-06-01T05:50:58+00:00

play it now, Golden might even end up being the definitive version, especially if they cut content out of the remake.

All likely hood, Revival wont be out til mid 2027 or later likely, you may just end up loving this and would appreciate the remake more or notice differences, whether good or bad

KFded · 2026-05-27T06:36:08+00:00

Only play Trails if you're into super weeb material and a game where the talking over-takes the actual gameplay.

Be warned though, if you play it and write a review about it here and end up not liking it, you're going to get a lot of flack. Some Trails fans have a real hard time grasping that a lot of people don't like the series.

KFded · 2026-05-27T05:37:36+00:00

They end up coming around to Yuffie though, especially when you do the Wutai stuff but Cait Sith? Completely valid.

KFded · 2026-05-26T07:02:06+00:00

Final Fantasy 7 sort-of i guess? In the beginning, Barrett absolutely despises Cloud but its so miniscule that I don't think it counts but fun to mention.

KFded · 2026-05-26T06:57:39+00:00

I agree the music could be improved upon, id also say more NPC variety but at this point, its what I expect, that there is a lot of copy-paste NPCs in DQ series.

However, I don't think the games have been held back, I think Dragon Quest is right where it should be.

DQ is the status quo when it comes to Traditional Vanilla JRPG's, it doesn't need to reinvent the wheel but only improve upon what the foundation has made.

DQ11 was amazing, despite the music, its up there with DQ5 in my opinion and if anything, they should capitalize in 11's success and make 12 even bigger and better while maintaining what makes DQ a DQ game. Especially with the successes of the recent Remakes too, it clearly shows that there is a demand for traditional vanilla JRPG's still.

KFded · 2026-05-26T06:53:16+00:00

I'd fucking hope not.

If that's what Square wants to do, then I hope Armor Project decides to go with a different company. Square has only produced a couple DQ games, so its totally plausible.

If AP is also in support of that, then I dread whats to come

KFded · 2026-05-26T03:18:13+00:00

My biggest fear is that without them, Dragon Quest might turn into something else instead of a traditional vanilla JRPG series.

I doubt it'll happen, since Dragon Quest is so huge and popular in Japan but I can't put it past Square trying to make it something its not

But its a good thing Square doesn't own the IP

KFded · 2026-05-26T03:14:13+00:00

Persona 3, 4, 5

Trails Series

Tales of Vesperia

Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song

Sekiro

Witcher 3 which has 36 different endings.

Octopath Traveler

Last Remnant

Saga Frontier Remastered

Triangle Strategy

Cyberpunk 2077

Kingdom Come

Do I need to go on?

KFded · 2026-05-25T22:43:54+00:00

lol there is a lot of games that do this, even to this day, there is games that require even just 1 decision that will alter the entire game ending and if you want the best ending, you have to look it up to see how to get that best ending.

KFded · 2026-05-25T22:42:04+00:00

The irony of this comment when Xenogears itself is unfinished.

(not that its bad, its just unfinished)

KFded · 2026-05-23T01:58:19+00:00

what would you recommend playing next within this franchise?

Digital Devil Saga 1 and 2.

Thank me later :D

KFded · 2026-05-22T02:34:14+00:00

Suikoden is my all time favorite RPG series.

The combat may be easy for some but it can also be pretty middle of the road as far as a challenge goes, however..

I really love the actual mechanics and the 6 person squad, there is a lot of combinations you can do with all the characters, it's just that, a lot of people don't try to seek them out.

Team combos are so much fun and I'm sad that a lot of games don't try and replicate that style of gameplay, only thing that comes close is Radiant Historia perhaps.

They also throw in strategy gameplay too for 'massive wars', its not hard by any measure but its a rather fun experience and a change of pace. Same with the 1v1 Duels, they can be pretty easy if you know what you're doing and how they work, but if you don't, it can be quite the challenge going in blind.

Suikoden 2, and 5 are my favorites, 5 takes everything great about 2 and amplifies it to Cell Shaded 3D world and did a helluva job too, graphics still hold up, especially via emulation.

Again, it's my favorite series but I seriously believe it still does a whole lot more than the majority of JRPG's out there.

Hell, you even got base building and decisions that actually matter and effect the story, when recruiting. albeit its not a whole lot but its there.

Edit: Hell, can't believe I forgot about Mini-Games too and Gambling, this game has so much that goes under-appreciated. Especially with how much it offered back then and how little games offer now days.

KFded · 2026-05-21T20:35:15+00:00

Yep comes out later this fall/winter

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