Sacred Symbols+, Episode 362 | Convening the JRPG Council (Video)
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Just want to say that all the donut shops in my town in Texas are all owned by Asians and they are all better than I've ever had
SIR_K_Daddy
2024-01-19 14:19:54 +0000 UTCHey guys, I'm loving the episode. Just wanted to put Colin's definition of JRPG here and add something: "A single player, story and character driven game, traditionally developed in Japan, that emphasizes typically non-skill driven combat, statistical growth, equipment and upgrading and a linear plot told within a non-linear presentation." The only thing that I would change is the description of the combat gameplay. He says "non-skill driven" but I would say something like "not twitch" or "not reaction" based. Or I would add something like "The gameplay within combat would fall somewhere between the Action Genre (twitch/reaction based) and Turned Based Strategy Genre." I'll hang up and keep listening now. Cheers!
Calcifer
2024-01-18 10:49:23 +0000 UTCLoved this ep - hope the JRPG Council convenes every quarter! Adding Matty to this lineup would really put it over the top.
Giovanni D'Amico
2024-01-18 02:37:01 +0000 UTCGene bringing up Dragon Warrior, I remember I would be at my grandparent's house and all the cousins would be gathered around and would sit around together and watching the oldest of us playing it. It blew me away to see a game where you can see your entire party following you. I remember the game would freeze at the interaction with a wizard. We weren't sure if we answered wrong and the game just ends or if it crashed.
Sean Barrett
2024-01-17 22:44:55 +0000 UTCWhy? Tales of Arise is great - sure, the pacing tanks at the end but great game otherwise.
TheMuff1nMon
2024-01-17 17:25:07 +0000 UTCYeah, Souls games are about spacing and environmental awareness, not combos or fast combat. Interesting to see how non Souls players perceive the genre.
Benito
2024-01-17 14:02:02 +0000 UTCThoroughly loved this conversation gents - would love to see more JRPG linked videos with the council! Watched this front to back, it got me super stoked to try to play some more JRPG's myself this year.. and also got me nostalgic. Loved it.
Daniel
2024-01-16 21:52:20 +0000 UTCHe was clearly talking about RPGs and he’s not wrong. When he says white people he’s talking about western developers mate. Don’t try to turn it into something problematic.
Breno Bezerra Bluhm
2024-01-16 14:57:50 +0000 UTCWhat's with Gene's whole "white people can finally make a good story game" comment? lol yikes. Great watch though, can't wait to see more jrpgs on the horizon (DQ3 remake, Persona 3, FF7 Rebirth, sequel to Like a Dragon).
Diego Casillas
2024-01-15 22:53:38 +0000 UTCI will allow it.
Germanos
2024-01-15 18:56:44 +0000 UTCThis entire conversation is very similar to is avatar The last Airbender an anime lol I say it's an western anime
superbadisfunny .
2024-01-15 17:26:21 +0000 UTCIn Sekiro you had to go fishing for the Carp and it was tied to a side quest. Does that count? Instead of a fishing rod you used a samourai sword haha!
Ben Stone
2024-01-15 17:23:51 +0000 UTCSouls games are not JRPGs because there is no fishing minigame in them. Case closed.
Germanos
2024-01-15 14:38:17 +0000 UTCGreat episode! Love this jrpg crew. My first experience was with Pokemon and for the longest time I didn’t really interest myself in getting into the other famous games of the genre. I feel like I can finally call myself a jrpg fan tho, loving playing so many games in the Final Fantasy series since past year. Looking forward to playing Persona for the first time this year, I do own Persona 5 Royal in both the Switch and the PS5 but I’m waiting for Persona 3 Reloaded to be my first experience in the series.
Breno Bezerra Bluhm
2024-01-15 10:57:01 +0000 UTCThis won’t load for me! What the hellmans
Misko 1023
2024-01-15 04:18:14 +0000 UTCYou can safely skip tales of arise 😅
Yalingo
2024-01-15 02:45:59 +0000 UTCDustin, I had the same exact experience with Digimon World when I was a young lad. First time where I played a shit game that gives you actual shit. Haha.
Spanky
2024-01-15 01:29:42 +0000 UTCTo go a slightly different direction with Colin's whiskey example, should JRPG not describe a lineage of thought and systems? Japanese whisky does not include an "e" in the word because it is trying to imply a lineage with its projenitor, Masataka Taketsuru. He's best described as a reverse weeb for Scotland.
Tyler Kottmyer
2024-01-15 01:02:43 +0000 UTCBetween this and constellation I think we have beat the "what is a JRPG" horse to death.
drew
2024-01-14 21:06:12 +0000 UTCFun discussion, and it would be nice to see similar SS+ focusing on different genres. But it would be interesting to have a section dedicated to lesser known franchises or just ask "your favorite niche game/serie" just to bring to light games that might have been forgotten or just deserve more recognition.
Olivier
2024-01-14 19:07:25 +0000 UTCI've never heard anyone compare the souls series to stylized character action games like DMC or Bayonetta lol
Walker Simmons
2024-01-14 17:14:09 +0000 UTCoh man, I'm just preparing a wall to describe how great Castlevania 2 is absolutely amazing from a certain perspective.
Jorge Padua
2024-01-14 14:58:52 +0000 UTCSo Ghost of Tsushima is a JRPG, right? I finished my first go just the other day and it is awesome 😎
TreelineMars
2024-01-14 06:54:39 +0000 UTCColin playing Kingdom Hearts would be peak content.
Otrant
2024-01-14 03:54:04 +0000 UTCDoesn't help that in souls games it seems like it is standard for an entire level of work to grant you a magnificent 1% boost to one or two stats only.
PRETENTIEUX
2024-01-14 03:47:52 +0000 UTCMy favorite donut is the sour cream donut. Sounds weird but if you haven't tried it, I've never had a bad one in my life.
PRETENTIEUX
2024-01-14 03:46:32 +0000 UTCDigimon world was awesome
iain mcmanus
2024-01-13 21:51:42 +0000 UTCcreative business unit 3 is a awesome name
iain mcmanus
2024-01-13 21:23:52 +0000 UTCTo Colin's point about souls games needing the "execution" or skill as well as the levelling up- when I first played Demon souls many years ago I didnt know what I was doing, but I found out about an exploit that would let you level up infinately. I got myself up to level 200 (for context, I would complete the game years later at level 66), but despite my high level I couldnt beat any of the bosses, I was at a brick wall, all because I didn't "get good", and eventually had to give up.
Mike D
2024-01-13 20:39:21 +0000 UTCI was gonna say Granblue Relink looks promising except for it’s god awfu name
There’s No I in LLC
2024-01-13 18:36:56 +0000 UTCThere will be a reckoning.
Lockmort
2024-01-13 18:02:25 +0000 UTCI’ve never played Persona 3 or Persona 4. Next month I’m planning on binging through P3 Reload, P4 Golden, and P5 Royal I also still need to play Tales of Arise and Yakuza: Like A Dragon
Zeke the Plumber
2024-01-13 17:09:25 +0000 UTC
