There is, but you need to smash through the 15 hours (give or take) of single player stuff to really engage with the co-op which is a pretty hard sell especially when the game prior to the final difficulty is pretty easy.
Nah you can co-op at least World if you want to, for the most part, but you can't co-op Relink's story content at all which is really annoying. If two friends played MHW together, they'll complete the game side-by-side. If two friends played Relink together, they'll just be alone with AI and watch a non-trivial amount of cutscenes play out alone beyond whatever chatter they have in Discord or whatever. It feels strangely backwards and makes no sense, there's no real reason to lock this into single player considering all the fights are designed for multiplayer anyway.
It has been a long while since I played MHW, but Relink is effectively 15 hours of being unable to properly engage with co-op which is probably more then the forced solo segments in World.
Its fun enough, I put a lot of time into it but I enjoy this kind of arcade-y co-op stuff from time-to-time. If you want a traditional single player narrative focused experienced, it is maybe worth about 30 bucks tops because that content is pretty small and the game is a good bit on the easy side and that's assuming you even like the combat. The story is very so-so, its a fun high fantasy anime romp with solid production values and nothing more. Its at best charming.
I'd only play it if you like the co-op arcade-y grind kind of idea with ARPG combat. Like Monster Hunter, but generally easier.
Its about 15 or so hours of pure solo narrative content, and the game is otherwise playable just fine by yourself in the postgame you just kill slower which is moderately annoying. Arguably its easier by yourself because the AI can never grief you by dying all the time, but they're a good bit worse at dealing damage.
Not a bad game, but the price might be a bit too much for some especially if they want a good narrative experience beyond well produced set pieces.
I literally had them in my cart in the the holiday sale 2-3 years back and said “nah, next time” and didn’t buy them. They never had a discount on steam or anywhere else since then.
Oh well. Someday when the backlog is down a bit I’ll just go for it.
I tried Grim Dawn on 1.0 and was a little hyped on it, but I just couldn’t get into it. Felt like I was just doing the same attack over and over for too long, and most builds just kinda seemed like the same rotation of 2-3 things by the end of it…granted, I know that’s kind of how ARPGs are (and I’ve played a lot of them, Diablo 2 LOD on release was my first), but idk, it just wasn’t hitting. I also only played for like 6 hours so that’s not a ton of time.
I did play through the campaign of Diablo 4 and a little postgame and it was *fine*, didn’t love it. I’ve been telling myself for the past 8 years that I’d like to return to GD someday but welp, haven’t yet lol.
Are there any, idk, resources for fun class builds or anything like that you might recommend?
I couldn't get into it either i always read these amazing things, try it, then it never grasp me, i played diablo and beat it but it had lore to pull me through it that i'm interested in lol
Check the[ Utawarerumono series bundle](https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/12644/Utawarerumono_Series_Bundle/) if you have Prelude to the Fallen. And if not, you should still check it out since it's a good discount for the lot.
I have it on Playstation. I was planning on playing the franchise there before finding out that 2 & 3 are just arbitrarily not available digitally and expensive physically.
They’re not available digitally anymore?!?! Jeez, what a depressing loss for the series. These are some of the best stories I’ve ever experienced in game form.
Thank god they’re still available on PC, at least.
I'd still love to have the physical disks to appease my conservation tendencies.
It was something like them changing publishers for Prelude and the old one didn't like it or something. I think.
Grim Dawn is fantastic and still sees regular support - there’s an expansion with yet *another* mastery (along with all the usual game content) coming later this year.
Honestly though, what is the thematic difference between a berserker and a shaman? Seems like there were some other unfilled themes they could be doing.
I don’t know details (and I’m not sure how much is really out there) but it seems like berserker is sort of like a warrior druid that is a bit more primal and shapeshift-y, whereas shaman is more of a witch doctor sort of druid. I don’t necessarily disagree with you here; I think a more rogue-esque naturalist class would’ve been more diverse, but we’ll have to wait and see.
They're really great visual novels with TRPG gameplay. Lots of story, lore, mysteries and cute girls. They are quite praised but they are ultimately visual novels which means it's like 80% text. However, it takes its gameplay portions a lot more seriously than you'd think.
:O forgot Choice was soon, glad I read this, now I'll wait before I buy anything, knowing my luck I'd pick up something that ends up in Choice, has happened with the last 2.
The two Utawarerumono games (Deception and Truth- make sure you play them in that order btw) are two of my favorite games I’ve EVER played. Some of the deepest, best storytelling and characters I’ve ever experienced. It is somewhat tied to the “Utawarerumono” early-2000s anime (and original game), but even if you haven’t seen that, I highly recommend getting these.
Just a warning- the SRPG (turn-based strategy battles) content is very limited. These are mainly story and visual novel games, with super immersive narratives. The combat is still fun, but you can go for hours without experiencing a battle. I didn’t care because I loved the story and characters that much.
Plot twists galore too. Please do NOT read anything about the games’ plot before playing. Trust me 🥹
It’s totally worth playing. I actually don’t think it matters when you play it.
It was meant to be played before (and chronologically it’s first), but honestly, the newer games are more sophisticated and have a better localisation/writing. So it’s up to you.
I've been saving my bonuses from overtime for this sale! Decided to take the route of buying more games at low prices. Here's everything i got:
-Light Fairytale ep 1&2
-Dragon Star Varnir
-Final Fantasy 3 3D
-Tales of Zestiria dlc (i hated the latter half of the story and apparently the dlc is even worse, but the completionist in me must see it through the end)
-Scarlet Nexus dlc (everything for my man Karen)
-Trails in the Sky SC
-Ys IV and VI
-Code Vein (idk if this counts as a jrpg but still)
With my turtle gaming speed these will probably last me until the winter sale lol
I guess the pixel remasters are priced so low, they rarely bother. That 50% off Stranger of Paradise (where it's actually 30 bucks) probably generates more sales because of the higher numbers.
They also might want to keep them close to that price since they are important titles and people will pay that price for them, and it's going to be a long while before anything like that comes out that they can double dip on. At least you can buy them separately rather than being forced to buy the whole bundle.
Ha, I'll need to beat the game the regular way first. I actually owned the GBA version for a long time now, but every time I play the game something bad happens. First time I just softlocked myself as a kid, last time the house I lived in got sold and I had to move. Plus a few other things inbetween.
Love the game though.
haha now thats some god awful luck. especially given that the GBA is my favorite version of the game, and among the harder to get access to these days
hopefully the next time around will be less eventful!
I hope so as well. I got a wonderful (and safe, in terms of contract) place after losing my last, so at least in that regard I'm covered haha. Final Fantasy V is one of those games I really really like, but life always gets in the way.
If you don't mind me asking, what are the big differences between the two? Obviously the game looks very different in the pixel remaster and I think there are some lategame dungeons exclusive to the GBA version?
there are some mechanics that got updated for the GBA release after being buggy or having slightly different formulas in the the SNES/PS versions. Some glitches are fixed, whereas new ones are introduced/altered. Most notably, the 'Control Glitch' which allows for some nutty results if you look into it
Quick Save and the Bestiary were also introduced in GBA. Though as you noted, the biggest difference is in the bonus jobs (3 can be obtained prior to the final dungeon) and the post-game dungeon that houses lots of new equips, superbosses, the final bonus job, and a boss rush to test them all out on
For a first run, the PR will certainly suffice. It looks great, the music updates are amazing, and its quite streamlined. Though for a replay id def suggest looking into FF5 Advance, its gameplay options are thru the moon
> for a replay id def suggest looking into FF5 Advance
I definitely will. I still have that copy too, but because both my GBA and NDS Lite aren't best condition anymore (the Lite is currently getting repaired) I wanted a comfortable and more futureproof way to play it.
You can get them at 15% off from green man gaming using SIZZLE15 coupon. Comes to around 64€ after discount. The steam sale in February (when I managed to buy the bundle) came to 60€ so this one is the next best thing I guess
Is it any good? I bought Trials this weekend after about four years on my watch list. I don't know why I waited so long because it's fantastic for what it is.
I enjoyed it a lot, but its very different. Definitely not the same type of adventure you’d see in Trials of Mana. Go in with an open mind and you’ll find it to be very charming.
Bought harvestella during the last sale and I loved it. I do like a bit of farming though. It's not a big part of the game, the core is still a JRPG complete with sidequests, different towns/biomes and a story that goes off the wall. It is a low budget title and the gameplay is pretty basic. Also the OST is randomly god tier.
Bummer that CS4 didnt' go down, I was thinking of getting it if it dropped to 60%. Will probably take until fall or something.
Thinking of getting SaGa Frontier and Romancing SaGa 3 for a taste of the series. I have RS2, but with the remake's announcement I saw that apparently that game's difficulty is a bit too high as a newcomer so I want to dip my toes with something easier.
Octopath is still very expensive and it hasn't matched the 60% off it had in early 2023. Harvestella is stuck at 50%. I wish SE had deeper discounts, especially if their regional pricing is going to be so terrible.
Still wondering if I should get Soul Hackers 2. I'm interested in playing it despite the negative reviews, but I'm hesitant in case they do the classic Atlus thing and eventually release an enhanced version.
I also just bought Legend of Mana, so I hope that's fun.
EDIT: Forgot to mention, it sucks that Tokyo Xanadu hasn't been discounted for so long. Probably so it doesn't cannibalize interest for the Switch port?
Yeah, they usually do that after the dlc expansions are released so they can do a full game release, but since this game didn’t get an expansion and judging by sales prob won’t, I think it’s safe to say this is it for this game
i'm really stuck on soul hackers 2. the gameplay looks really good and i love the aesthetic of it, but also i have so many other smt and persona games to play right now. i havent even started vengeance and i have to pick 3r back up so i probably won't get to it for a while
I'm playing Soul Hackers 2 right now. Pretty biased towards JRPGs and Atlus games but while it's a decent experience so far I think your time would be better spent in other games. I agree with most of the common criticism so far like with the same-y dungeon layouts, low budget. The game also has some weird difficulty spikes for bosses/optional quests that I didn't really face in Persona 3/4/5 or SMTV that caught me off guard. I love the main character and having an adult party has been refreshing.
Don't know if they patched it in the meantime, but at release you had a lot loading screens that lasted for a few seconds each in Souls Hackers 2. Simply turning off "Show tipps on loading screens" (something like that) in the options menu reduced the loading times to literally zero. Just in case they maybe still haven't changed that, because this game has a lot of loading screens.
I've seen the reviews, so I'm interested despite the downsides. The game is fairly cheap, and I miss the lower budget games we used to get in the DS era, despite whatever faults they might have had.
Do you regret playing it?
I’m a big fan of the Persona and SMT series but all I keep hearing is mixed things from Soul Hackers 2 even though it goes cheap on the wish list.
man I have been hoping for Trails from zero/azure and Nayuta to finally hit at least 30% since that has been the sale price on switch/psn but nope still the same sales :/
SE's regional is so dogshit that they're more expensive for me than they're for 1st world countries lol. That's why I never buy them until they're at least 50%
Not sure if this could be classified as a jrpg but checkout Reverse collapse: Code name bakery. Its set in the Girls frontline universe and its an absolutely fantastic SRPG. Dont mind the overall middling reviews, the game has been target of review bombing from chinese community bcs of a stupid controversy related to the gacha game in China.
I suggest people do some research before buying this one and make sure they understand what this game is. Maybe read a few top negative reviews on steam, I found that those usually cover most of the gripes people might have with the game. There's also a demo.
Main reason why I'm writing this is that Crystal Project is not a standard jrpg experience. There's basically zero plot and it's also a 3D platformer without a rotating camera and it being a platformer is a big part of the game.
I bought this game expecting a classic jrpg with job system experience ala ff5. Spend half the game jumping trees and wasting my time backtracking after failing some of these jumps. Can't say I enjoyed that.
If you haven’t tried it yet, don’t be completely turned off. The game has built in “mods” to ease some of the platforming and backtracking such as increasing your jump height and easier fast travel. After a short while I saw it less like platforming and more just exploration.
Bro it’s really not a platformer, there IS some platforming, but it’s more a metroidvania style turn based open world jrpg. It’s a weird game but it’s definitely worth a try, don’t let a little bit of platforming turn you off.
I believe there’s a pretty solid demo available for this that covers the first 20+% of the game, so I’d recommend just playing that for a few hours and if you like it then buy it. There’s definitely a lot of platforming, but you can enable “mods” to make it easier, and the gameplay is super reminiscent of FFV with a great job system and variety.
Even pre-sale price this game is an absolute steal for the amount of content it offers, but fair warning in the fact that most of it lies in its gameplay rather than story for those that prefer the latter. Still one of my top 5 indie JRPGs
Crystal Project is great! Lot of fun unique RPG experiences. If you like exploring and job systems and don't mind a game extremely light on plot it's for you.
[I think Troubleshooter hit a new low of 66% which makes it $8.49.](https://store.steampowered.com/app/470310/TROUBLESHOOTER_Abandoned_Children/)
Exceptional game if you can stand the sketchy translation in the story text and games with a bunch of subsystems that will probably overwhelm the average player to some degree.
This looks super good. Question, i love optional content that i can tackle and grind to become oveeveled (or have skills/abilities i shouldn’t that unbalance content), is that possible in this game?
Kind of yes. There's optional missions after a handful of hours called "Violent Missions" which are effectively overtuned encounters that if you can beat then the following handful of maps will be ultimately trivial and there's frankly a ton of side content and random tangents you can go on (such as the very funny pokemon capture mini-game when you get the sniper). There's a lot of bosses and overpowered enemies in some of these missions which let you get a lot of abilities. Bosses in-general can hold a lot of interesting loot, so if you're willing to track them down and farm them, you can find a lot of stuff to overtune your characters to the next level until the game catches up.
The issue is that the post game, which is the DLC content pretty much which one is free so I count it as part of the base game, becomes so hyper tuned due to the developer knowing how the players were playing the game that it pretty much turns into an equalized rocket tag (at least on max difficulty). So unless you know what you're doing, you can't overpower the game entirely.
Now this game has a lot of difficulty modifiers and ways you can make the game harder, so this might just be a specific thing with that but from what I've seen lower difficulties aren't exactly free either in a "I just walk forward and attack" kind of way.
[That said, this game has a lot of weird specific bullshit like this](https://youtu.be/SoRv8MpHRcg) that lets you absolutely clown on the game if you know what to build and are willing to grind enough to do so.
So I'd say you'll get plenty of that and even if you think the post game sucks, the base game is dozens of hours long especially if you grind. So you'll get plenty of fun before the DLC happens if you really hate it and you can change the difficulty whenever you want.
Sounds good, think ill pick this up, i have a thing for big games with too many systems. My toxic trait is playing on the hardest difficulty and then wanting to over level and get all the op things to make the game easy on that difficulty, sounds likd i can do that at least until the dlc
The thing is, levels aren't really enough in this game. A lot of powerful traits are hard locked by availability within the game and level is only a modest amount of your power compared to everything else. Level primarily lets you equip more passives (aka masteries in this game), that's all it does and while that's useful you need to actually have access to passives that are good first to really make that useful.
What really matters is masteries, and what masteries you can access depend on what enemies/bosses you can fight and what enemies/bosses you can fight is determined by what's available to you. So for example "Lone Wolf" is only accessible through fighting and killing Ryo Ryuzaki who's in story fight 14 iirc out of about 48 in total. Ryo is in summary and intentionally overpowered character who shows up somewhat early and is intended to be avoided, as fighting him (especially on max difficulty) is not intended to go well. You attack him, you get one shot.
The crux is that there's time, especially if you don't know what you're doing as there's a really specific way around this, where you're going to have to accept being out gunned as opposed to trivializing the game and simply power leveling will not work. Its a game with way too much stuff in it to parse sensibly for the average person.
Magic knight class is an extremely example of this as its big masteries that make it do exactly what I showed in my video is only possible at the end of the game with certain bosses farmed.
no JRPGs on sale that I’m interested in currently, but lol @ me for buying **Solasta: Crown of the Magister** and its DLC for full price yesterday by without knowing there was gonna be a Steam Sale. Oh well
(I did just send a refund request, I think I’ve had this happen before where I bought a game a day or two before there was a seasonal sale unknowingly and they were cool about it so who knows)
Just in time for our steam decks.
So I have a PC mostly console gamer. So I have nothing on steam. The website (hopefully the app) does show what games run on it right?
There's a "steam deck compatibility" bit somewhere on the store pages, and there's even a search category somewhere called "Great on deck" or something to that effect that'll only show you games that are "steam deck verified". Now I find this mostly right, but for some games with very high graphic standards like Baldur's Gate 3 its a little bit more mixed then it might seem. For most JRPGs it should be fine.
The main thing you need to be aware of is that some games still work fine enough on deck despite not being verified. It just usually has some weird text issues, may require some configuring with settings, you need to mess with a virtual keyboard, or it has awkward controller controls for a game clearly made for a mouse and keyboard. So the game mostly functions fine, it just is slightly annoying.
For example [FF10](https://store.steampowered.com/app/359870/FINAL_FANTASY_XX2_HD_Remaster/) has "steam deck compatibility: Playable" citing the virtual keyboard as an issue and otherwise no other issues.
[There's also this site which will attempt to explain any Steam deck issues and then explain how to resolve them.](https://www.protondb.com/) Useful to know before buying something.
Hope this helps.
I don't think I will ever see Vestaria Saga on sale.
[https://store.steampowered.com/app/694770/Vestaria\_Saga\_I\_War\_of\_the\_Scions/](https://store.steampowered.com/app/694770/Vestaria_Saga_I_War_of_the_Scions/)
My solo-dev JRPG Daisy Flies to the Moon is on there. If you like sci-fi JRPGs with all-original pixel art, the Steam page is here: [https://store.steampowered.com/app/1395710/Daisy\_Flies\_to\_the\_Moon/](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1395710/Daisy_Flies_to_the_Moon/)
I'm disappointed but not surprised that Nine Sols isn't on sale. Will probably take a punt on Hogwarts Legacy if the consensus on Steam Deck performance is good.
Granblue fantasy relink is finally on sale!
I wish the whole game was coop. Was so excited to play it
I think there’s coop specific content.
There is, but you need to smash through the 15 hours (give or take) of single player stuff to really engage with the co-op which is a pretty hard sell especially when the game prior to the final difficulty is pretty easy.
So basically like monster hunter then
Nah you can co-op at least World if you want to, for the most part, but you can't co-op Relink's story content at all which is really annoying. If two friends played MHW together, they'll complete the game side-by-side. If two friends played Relink together, they'll just be alone with AI and watch a non-trivial amount of cutscenes play out alone beyond whatever chatter they have in Discord or whatever. It feels strangely backwards and makes no sense, there's no real reason to lock this into single player considering all the fights are designed for multiplayer anyway.
I specifically remember having to do certain story missions alone/separately in MH World 🤔 MH Rise, however...
It has been a long while since I played MHW, but Relink is effectively 15 hours of being unable to properly engage with co-op which is probably more then the forced solo segments in World.
You could in World, both players just have to see the cutscene first for each mission. It's a hassle, but you technically still could.
Just nabbed it myself! ...And now to wait for download....
Is it good? I’ve been thinking of getting it
Its fun enough, I put a lot of time into it but I enjoy this kind of arcade-y co-op stuff from time-to-time. If you want a traditional single player narrative focused experienced, it is maybe worth about 30 bucks tops because that content is pretty small and the game is a good bit on the easy side and that's assuming you even like the combat. The story is very so-so, its a fun high fantasy anime romp with solid production values and nothing more. Its at best charming. I'd only play it if you like the co-op arcade-y grind kind of idea with ARPG combat. Like Monster Hunter, but generally easier.
Thanks for the comment. I am more of a solo person so maybe I should wait. It looks really good.
I’ve been waiting for this!!!
How is it for someone that has zero interest in co-op play?
Its about 15 or so hours of pure solo narrative content, and the game is otherwise playable just fine by yourself in the postgame you just kill slower which is moderately annoying. Arguably its easier by yourself because the AI can never grief you by dying all the time, but they're a good bit worse at dealing damage. Not a bad game, but the price might be a bit too much for some especially if they want a good narrative experience beyond well produced set pieces.
MOTHERFUCK I JUST BOUGHT IT A WEEK AGO
Dragon quest heroes will never go on sale again. 😩
Wonder if that's Koei being Koei or SE being SE, or the combination of both. Koei is so terrible with discounts.
I literally had them in my cart in the the holiday sale 2-3 years back and said “nah, next time” and didn’t buy them. They never had a discount on steam or anywhere else since then. Oh well. Someday when the backlog is down a bit I’ll just go for it.
I think it's Koei being Koei. I have so many Koei games wishlisted they NEVER go on sale..or if they do it's like 10% for a 5 year old game.
This exactly what I was waiting for and... nothing. The first one is fairly cheap but $60 for the sequel is insane.
I'm thinking about Grim Dawn's dlcs & Utawarerumono Mask of Truth & Deception
Grim Dawn is amazing. Even after Diablo 4 released, I only got like 10 hours before dropping it and just returning to GD.
I tried Grim Dawn on 1.0 and was a little hyped on it, but I just couldn’t get into it. Felt like I was just doing the same attack over and over for too long, and most builds just kinda seemed like the same rotation of 2-3 things by the end of it…granted, I know that’s kind of how ARPGs are (and I’ve played a lot of them, Diablo 2 LOD on release was my first), but idk, it just wasn’t hitting. I also only played for like 6 hours so that’s not a ton of time. I did play through the campaign of Diablo 4 and a little postgame and it was *fine*, didn’t love it. I’ve been telling myself for the past 8 years that I’d like to return to GD someday but welp, haven’t yet lol. Are there any, idk, resources for fun class builds or anything like that you might recommend?
https://www.grimtools.com/builds/ There ya go
Word. Thanks.
I couldn't get into it either i always read these amazing things, try it, then it never grasp me, i played diablo and beat it but it had lore to pull me through it that i'm interested in lol
Check the[ Utawarerumono series bundle](https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/12644/Utawarerumono_Series_Bundle/) if you have Prelude to the Fallen. And if not, you should still check it out since it's a good discount for the lot.
I have it on Playstation. I was planning on playing the franchise there before finding out that 2 & 3 are just arbitrarily not available digitally and expensive physically.
I hadn't realized they delisted the games from PSN. That really sucks.
They’re not available digitally anymore?!?! Jeez, what a depressing loss for the series. These are some of the best stories I’ve ever experienced in game form. Thank god they’re still available on PC, at least.
I'd still love to have the physical disks to appease my conservation tendencies. It was something like them changing publishers for Prelude and the old one didn't like it or something. I think.
50 tho idk 😂 I heard it's good tho
grim dawn is awesome!
The Guild Wars 1-esque class system is very peak.
Grim Dawn is fantastic and still sees regular support - there’s an expansion with yet *another* mastery (along with all the usual game content) coming later this year.
Honestly though, what is the thematic difference between a berserker and a shaman? Seems like there were some other unfilled themes they could be doing.
I don’t know details (and I’m not sure how much is really out there) but it seems like berserker is sort of like a warrior druid that is a bit more primal and shapeshift-y, whereas shaman is more of a witch doctor sort of druid. I don’t necessarily disagree with you here; I think a more rogue-esque naturalist class would’ve been more diverse, but we’ll have to wait and see.
> & Utawarerumono Mask of Truth & Deception Very strongly recommended
The DLCs of Grim Dawn are great. It's still one of the best ARPGs in my opinion.
Is utawa good? First time im hearing of it
They're really great visual novels with TRPG gameplay. Lots of story, lore, mysteries and cute girls. They are quite praised but they are ultimately visual novels which means it's like 80% text. However, it takes its gameplay portions a lot more seriously than you'd think.
Is there any gameplay involved?
"They're really great visual novels with TRPG gameplay". Think Fire Emblem
Wow thanks I'll consider buying them I guess. Just waiting if Humble Bundle has any good games for July
:O forgot Choice was soon, glad I read this, now I'll wait before I buy anything, knowing my luck I'd pick up something that ends up in Choice, has happened with the last 2.
The two Utawarerumono games (Deception and Truth- make sure you play them in that order btw) are two of my favorite games I’ve EVER played. Some of the deepest, best storytelling and characters I’ve ever experienced. It is somewhat tied to the “Utawarerumono” early-2000s anime (and original game), but even if you haven’t seen that, I highly recommend getting these. Just a warning- the SRPG (turn-based strategy battles) content is very limited. These are mainly story and visual novel games, with super immersive narratives. The combat is still fun, but you can go for hours without experiencing a battle. I didn’t care because I loved the story and characters that much. Plot twists galore too. Please do NOT read anything about the games’ plot before playing. Trust me 🥹
Is the prelude worth playing ? Should I play it before or after ?
It’s totally worth playing. I actually don’t think it matters when you play it. It was meant to be played before (and chronologically it’s first), but honestly, the newer games are more sophisticated and have a better localisation/writing. So it’s up to you.
I've been saving my bonuses from overtime for this sale! Decided to take the route of buying more games at low prices. Here's everything i got: -Light Fairytale ep 1&2 -Dragon Star Varnir -Final Fantasy 3 3D -Tales of Zestiria dlc (i hated the latter half of the story and apparently the dlc is even worse, but the completionist in me must see it through the end) -Scarlet Nexus dlc (everything for my man Karen) -Trails in the Sky SC -Ys IV and VI -Code Vein (idk if this counts as a jrpg but still) With my turtle gaming speed these will probably last me until the winter sale lol
If that's slow, I'd hate to know what I am. That'd last me 1-3 years these days!
Code Vein is JRPG lmao ridiculous how that needs to be pointed out by many.
Aaaaaand none of the pixel remasters are on sale. Maybe I'll jump on V either way, but I'm surprised to be honest.
Square Enix is weird with discounts, and the Pixel Remasters have been particularly sparse with them. IIRC only 4 or 5 for each game since release.
I guess the pixel remasters are priced so low, they rarely bother. That 50% off Stranger of Paradise (where it's actually 30 bucks) probably generates more sales because of the higher numbers.
They also might want to keep them close to that price since they are important titles and people will pay that price for them, and it's going to be a long while before anything like that comes out that they can double dip on. At least you can buy them separately rather than being forced to buy the whole bundle.
Only 2 sales, actually. One in Jan 2023 and the most recent in Feb 2024
never a better time to get into 5, as Four Job Fiesta season is currently underway!
Ha, I'll need to beat the game the regular way first. I actually owned the GBA version for a long time now, but every time I play the game something bad happens. First time I just softlocked myself as a kid, last time the house I lived in got sold and I had to move. Plus a few other things inbetween. Love the game though.
haha now thats some god awful luck. especially given that the GBA is my favorite version of the game, and among the harder to get access to these days hopefully the next time around will be less eventful!
I hope so as well. I got a wonderful (and safe, in terms of contract) place after losing my last, so at least in that regard I'm covered haha. Final Fantasy V is one of those games I really really like, but life always gets in the way. If you don't mind me asking, what are the big differences between the two? Obviously the game looks very different in the pixel remaster and I think there are some lategame dungeons exclusive to the GBA version?
there are some mechanics that got updated for the GBA release after being buggy or having slightly different formulas in the the SNES/PS versions. Some glitches are fixed, whereas new ones are introduced/altered. Most notably, the 'Control Glitch' which allows for some nutty results if you look into it Quick Save and the Bestiary were also introduced in GBA. Though as you noted, the biggest difference is in the bonus jobs (3 can be obtained prior to the final dungeon) and the post-game dungeon that houses lots of new equips, superbosses, the final bonus job, and a boss rush to test them all out on For a first run, the PR will certainly suffice. It looks great, the music updates are amazing, and its quite streamlined. Though for a replay id def suggest looking into FF5 Advance, its gameplay options are thru the moon
> for a replay id def suggest looking into FF5 Advance I definitely will. I still have that copy too, but because both my GBA and NDS Lite aren't best condition anymore (the Lite is currently getting repaired) I wanted a comfortable and more futureproof way to play it.
If you are only going to play one, 5 has the best gameplay. It can be a new run everytime with different job combinations.
Not an amazing deal, but over on GreenManGaming you can use JUNE15 to get 15% off atleast.
I'll keep that site in mind, thank you!
Square tends to have their own sales at different times when things like Pixel Remasters go on sale.
You can get them at 15% off from green man gaming using SIZZLE15 coupon. Comes to around 64€ after discount. The steam sale in February (when I managed to buy the bundle) came to 60€ so this one is the next best thing I guess
Legend of Mana is 60% off
Is it any good? I bought Trials this weekend after about four years on my watch list. I don't know why I waited so long because it's fantastic for what it is.
It's my favorite in the series
I enjoyed it a lot, but its very different. Definitely not the same type of adventure you’d see in Trials of Mana. Go in with an open mind and you’ll find it to be very charming.
Thank you for posting this! Harvestella is on sale too and i was thinking about buying this game for the last few days.
Bought harvestella during the last sale and I loved it. I do like a bit of farming though. It's not a big part of the game, the core is still a JRPG complete with sidequests, different towns/biomes and a story that goes off the wall. It is a low budget title and the gameplay is pretty basic. Also the OST is randomly god tier.
I've been interested in Harvestella since before it released, but I'm waiting for a bigger discount than we got in this sale. I can be patient
Bummer that CS4 didnt' go down, I was thinking of getting it if it dropped to 60%. Will probably take until fall or something. Thinking of getting SaGa Frontier and Romancing SaGa 3 for a taste of the series. I have RS2, but with the remake's announcement I saw that apparently that game's difficulty is a bit too high as a newcomer so I want to dip my toes with something easier. Octopath is still very expensive and it hasn't matched the 60% off it had in early 2023. Harvestella is stuck at 50%. I wish SE had deeper discounts, especially if their regional pricing is going to be so terrible. Still wondering if I should get Soul Hackers 2. I'm interested in playing it despite the negative reviews, but I'm hesitant in case they do the classic Atlus thing and eventually release an enhanced version. I also just bought Legend of Mana, so I hope that's fun. EDIT: Forgot to mention, it sucks that Tokyo Xanadu hasn't been discounted for so long. Probably so it doesn't cannibalize interest for the Switch port?
Considering how unsuccessful Soul Hackers 2 has been, I'd be very very very surprised if it ever gets an enhanced version. Just go for it.
Yeah, they usually do that after the dlc expansions are released so they can do a full game release, but since this game didn’t get an expansion and judging by sales prob won’t, I think it’s safe to say this is it for this game
i'm really stuck on soul hackers 2. the gameplay looks really good and i love the aesthetic of it, but also i have so many other smt and persona games to play right now. i havent even started vengeance and i have to pick 3r back up so i probably won't get to it for a while
do not play sh2 for the gameplay, it's really underwhelming when compared to another megaten games
I'm playing Soul Hackers 2 right now. Pretty biased towards JRPGs and Atlus games but while it's a decent experience so far I think your time would be better spent in other games. I agree with most of the common criticism so far like with the same-y dungeon layouts, low budget. The game also has some weird difficulty spikes for bosses/optional quests that I didn't really face in Persona 3/4/5 or SMTV that caught me off guard. I love the main character and having an adult party has been refreshing.
Don't know if they patched it in the meantime, but at release you had a lot loading screens that lasted for a few seconds each in Souls Hackers 2. Simply turning off "Show tipps on loading screens" (something like that) in the options menu reduced the loading times to literally zero. Just in case they maybe still haven't changed that, because this game has a lot of loading screens.
Play P3R or SMT V Vengeance instead of SH2. I honestly felt scammed buying SH2.
I've seen the reviews, so I'm interested despite the downsides. The game is fairly cheap, and I miss the lower budget games we used to get in the DS era, despite whatever faults they might have had.
I loved it, and actually was one of the games that got me back in to jrpgs. It was the best parts of persona minus all the HS BS.
Do you regret playing it? I’m a big fan of the Persona and SMT series but all I keep hearing is mixed things from Soul Hackers 2 even though it goes cheap on the wish list.
man I have been hoping for Trails from zero/azure and Nayuta to finally hit at least 30% since that has been the sale price on switch/psn but nope still the same sales :/
SE's regional is so dogshit that they're more expensive for me than they're for 1st world countries lol. That's why I never buy them until they're at least 50%
Bummer Triangle Strategy didn’t drop more - was one I was really watching.
It's one I really enjoyed. If you think you're going to like it, you almost certainly will. It is pretty much what it advertises itself to be.
Yeah, that's one I intended to buy, but haven't. I want to see a bigger discount
Loved Front Mission 3 on the Playstation back in the day. Might grab the 1 and 2 remakes since they're on sale. Any good?
Not sure if this could be classified as a jrpg but checkout Reverse collapse: Code name bakery. Its set in the Girls frontline universe and its an absolutely fantastic SRPG. Dont mind the overall middling reviews, the game has been target of review bombing from chinese community bcs of a stupid controversy related to the gacha game in China.
So is it a Gacha game? Or are the developers the same as a Gacha game the review bombers hated?
Different dev team under the same studio that made the original gacha game. And no this one is not gacha its a full game no strings attached.
Do yourself a favour and please buy Crystal Project! It’s amazing. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1637730/Crystal_Project/
I suggest people do some research before buying this one and make sure they understand what this game is. Maybe read a few top negative reviews on steam, I found that those usually cover most of the gripes people might have with the game. There's also a demo. Main reason why I'm writing this is that Crystal Project is not a standard jrpg experience. There's basically zero plot and it's also a 3D platformer without a rotating camera and it being a platformer is a big part of the game. I bought this game expecting a classic jrpg with job system experience ala ff5. Spend half the game jumping trees and wasting my time backtracking after failing some of these jumps. Can't say I enjoyed that.
Ugh it being a platformer kills it for me, I’m so bad at those
I suffered through Xenogears and I won't do platforming again especially with no story.
If you haven’t tried it yet, don’t be completely turned off. The game has built in “mods” to ease some of the platforming and backtracking such as increasing your jump height and easier fast travel. After a short while I saw it less like platforming and more just exploration.
Bro it’s really not a platformer, there IS some platforming, but it’s more a metroidvania style turn based open world jrpg. It’s a weird game but it’s definitely worth a try, don’t let a little bit of platforming turn you off.
I hate the platforming in this game. It is not fun and not avoidable. I definitely regret buying it.
I believe there’s a pretty solid demo available for this that covers the first 20+% of the game, so I’d recommend just playing that for a few hours and if you like it then buy it. There’s definitely a lot of platforming, but you can enable “mods” to make it easier, and the gameplay is super reminiscent of FFV with a great job system and variety.
Even pre-sale price this game is an absolute steal for the amount of content it offers, but fair warning in the fact that most of it lies in its gameplay rather than story for those that prefer the latter. Still one of my top 5 indie JRPGs
Went to buy it for switch.. turns out i already own it 😅
I decided to buy this and Armored Core 6.
Crystal Project is great! Lot of fun unique RPG experiences. If you like exploring and job systems and don't mind a game extremely light on plot it's for you.
[I think Troubleshooter hit a new low of 66% which makes it $8.49.](https://store.steampowered.com/app/470310/TROUBLESHOOTER_Abandoned_Children/) Exceptional game if you can stand the sketchy translation in the story text and games with a bunch of subsystems that will probably overwhelm the average player to some degree.
This looks super good. Question, i love optional content that i can tackle and grind to become oveeveled (or have skills/abilities i shouldn’t that unbalance content), is that possible in this game?
Kind of yes. There's optional missions after a handful of hours called "Violent Missions" which are effectively overtuned encounters that if you can beat then the following handful of maps will be ultimately trivial and there's frankly a ton of side content and random tangents you can go on (such as the very funny pokemon capture mini-game when you get the sniper). There's a lot of bosses and overpowered enemies in some of these missions which let you get a lot of abilities. Bosses in-general can hold a lot of interesting loot, so if you're willing to track them down and farm them, you can find a lot of stuff to overtune your characters to the next level until the game catches up. The issue is that the post game, which is the DLC content pretty much which one is free so I count it as part of the base game, becomes so hyper tuned due to the developer knowing how the players were playing the game that it pretty much turns into an equalized rocket tag (at least on max difficulty). So unless you know what you're doing, you can't overpower the game entirely. Now this game has a lot of difficulty modifiers and ways you can make the game harder, so this might just be a specific thing with that but from what I've seen lower difficulties aren't exactly free either in a "I just walk forward and attack" kind of way. [That said, this game has a lot of weird specific bullshit like this](https://youtu.be/SoRv8MpHRcg) that lets you absolutely clown on the game if you know what to build and are willing to grind enough to do so. So I'd say you'll get plenty of that and even if you think the post game sucks, the base game is dozens of hours long especially if you grind. So you'll get plenty of fun before the DLC happens if you really hate it and you can change the difficulty whenever you want.
Sounds good, think ill pick this up, i have a thing for big games with too many systems. My toxic trait is playing on the hardest difficulty and then wanting to over level and get all the op things to make the game easy on that difficulty, sounds likd i can do that at least until the dlc
The thing is, levels aren't really enough in this game. A lot of powerful traits are hard locked by availability within the game and level is only a modest amount of your power compared to everything else. Level primarily lets you equip more passives (aka masteries in this game), that's all it does and while that's useful you need to actually have access to passives that are good first to really make that useful. What really matters is masteries, and what masteries you can access depend on what enemies/bosses you can fight and what enemies/bosses you can fight is determined by what's available to you. So for example "Lone Wolf" is only accessible through fighting and killing Ryo Ryuzaki who's in story fight 14 iirc out of about 48 in total. Ryo is in summary and intentionally overpowered character who shows up somewhat early and is intended to be avoided, as fighting him (especially on max difficulty) is not intended to go well. You attack him, you get one shot. The crux is that there's time, especially if you don't know what you're doing as there's a really specific way around this, where you're going to have to accept being out gunned as opposed to trivializing the game and simply power leveling will not work. Its a game with way too much stuff in it to parse sensibly for the average person. Magic knight class is an extremely example of this as its big masteries that make it do exactly what I showed in my video is only possible at the end of the game with certain bosses farmed.
no JRPGs on sale that I’m interested in currently, but lol @ me for buying **Solasta: Crown of the Magister** and its DLC for full price yesterday by without knowing there was gonna be a Steam Sale. Oh well (I did just send a refund request, I think I’ve had this happen before where I bought a game a day or two before there was a seasonal sale unknowingly and they were cool about it so who knows)
Just in time for our steam decks. So I have a PC mostly console gamer. So I have nothing on steam. The website (hopefully the app) does show what games run on it right?
There's a "steam deck compatibility" bit somewhere on the store pages, and there's even a search category somewhere called "Great on deck" or something to that effect that'll only show you games that are "steam deck verified". Now I find this mostly right, but for some games with very high graphic standards like Baldur's Gate 3 its a little bit more mixed then it might seem. For most JRPGs it should be fine. The main thing you need to be aware of is that some games still work fine enough on deck despite not being verified. It just usually has some weird text issues, may require some configuring with settings, you need to mess with a virtual keyboard, or it has awkward controller controls for a game clearly made for a mouse and keyboard. So the game mostly functions fine, it just is slightly annoying. For example [FF10](https://store.steampowered.com/app/359870/FINAL_FANTASY_XX2_HD_Remaster/) has "steam deck compatibility: Playable" citing the virtual keyboard as an issue and otherwise no other issues. [There's also this site which will attempt to explain any Steam deck issues and then explain how to resolve them.](https://www.protondb.com/) Useful to know before buying something. Hope this helps.
Thank you so much. This is exactly the kind of write-up I needed
I known its not on sale this time but how is Grandia 2 on PC?
It's a good port.
Thanks
I don't think I will ever see Vestaria Saga on sale. [https://store.steampowered.com/app/694770/Vestaria\_Saga\_I\_War\_of\_the\_Scions/](https://store.steampowered.com/app/694770/Vestaria_Saga_I_War_of_the_Scions/)
I'll be getting shoulder surgery soon. Any sale RPGs you can play with just your left hand?
I know it's not a normal JRPG, what are people's thoughts on dokapan kingdom?
My solo-dev JRPG Daisy Flies to the Moon is on there. If you like sci-fi JRPGs with all-original pixel art, the Steam page is here: [https://store.steampowered.com/app/1395710/Daisy\_Flies\_to\_the\_Moon/](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1395710/Daisy_Flies_to_the_Moon/)
Most of these games are this same sale price every other week. I miss the flash sales where you could actually get good cheap games for a few bucks.
Really loved Sea of Stars and not taking that long to finish was a great plus since I have a busy life. Any rpgs other rpgs in sale like this?
Crystal Project!
Great great great game
Slightly disappointed that P5R isn't discounted more. It was $23.99 just two months ago but now it's gone back up to $29.99.
My battle against TO:Reborn continues. Who will give up first? Me and buying it 50% off? Or SE by giving bigger discount?
Is Granblue Fantasy Relink worth $42 or wait for a deeper discount? I'm a big fan of the Ys series.
Does anyone recommended picking up Terra Memoria? What do people think of that game?
Absolutely loved it if you're looking for a chilled adventure, with a cool combat system and gorgeous visuals. And it's not that lengthy.
Thanks for the reply! I've been looking for a cozy and short game to play on the deck. Going to pick it up!
Hope you have a good time! :)
[https://gg.deals/games/jrpg/](https://gg.deals/games/jrpg/)
Oh no. Someone take my wallet before I hurt myself.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/28792993/steam-users-20billion-unplayed-games/ Buy games that you will actually play
Why do that when i can buy 6 games that i might play? Touche
No. Buy games you want to buy.
Nah
I'm disappointed but not surprised that Nine Sols isn't on sale. Will probably take a punt on Hogwarts Legacy if the consensus on Steam Deck performance is good.