Eek. Still, Falcom are always worth a go to me, even if I wasn't that impressed with ToCS2. I've hopefully got Ys Origin releasing on Vita to tide me over too!
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The JRPG series you're most excited about the future of
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Well it's looking suspiciously like we might not even get the most recent one
Son Of Sparda
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Thank you for the replies, everyone.
I have a better understanding of why all of you are excited about the next Trails entry.
I have a better understanding of why all of you are excited about the next Trails entry.
Crazy Diamond
Member
Project Re Fantasy could be something special - especially if Hashino uses it to try new & different things from modern Persona.
This. Hashino = 🐐
Coinspinner
Member
Final Fantasy is the only one I still have any interest in. Mainly because I never know what to expect from it. Though I do want to play Etrian Odyssey 5, it would probably be the last of those for me.
Dark_3nergy
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Oh yeah for sure. Take ideas that didn't fit for their mainline IP, and put it into a newer IP. Bloodborne was a combination of such ideas and was a smash hit. Atlus should do whatever it takes to keep that talent happy and productive.
I have to agree with Re:Fantasy.
I feel like P5 gave me everything I could have wanted out of a persona game while also revealing the limits of the franchise. I'm excited for a lot of the core Persona team members to work on a new project since every time they do, we get things like Digital Devil Saga, Catherine, and modern Persona as we know it.
I'm not particularly thrilled that it's traditional fantasy, but I'm excited to see this team's take on it.
Also, I'm curious as to whether or not Masayoshi Sutou is going to join the Re:Fantasy team. As one of the core people responsible for Persona's UI design, he's just as important to me as Hashino, Soejima, or Meguro.
I feel like P5 gave me everything I could have wanted out of a persona game while also revealing the limits of the franchise. I'm excited for a lot of the core Persona team members to work on a new project since every time they do, we get things like Digital Devil Saga, Catherine, and modern Persona as we know it.
I'm not particularly thrilled that it's traditional fantasy, but I'm excited to see this team's take on it.
Also, I'm curious as to whether or not Masayoshi Sutou is going to join the Re:Fantasy team. As one of the core people responsible for Persona's UI design, he's just as important to me as Hashino, Soejima, or Meguro.
I'm going to have to agree with the Re:Fantasy mentions here, but it comes with the caveat that there's a lot that I want them to have learned from Persona 5's reception. If it turns out that they haven't learned a thing, my interest will drop like a rock, but even then it will probably still be a very good JRPG.
(Trails of cold steel 3 is my runner up, since I'm just so invested in the world that it would take a lot for me to be outright disappointed)
(Trails of cold steel 3 is my runner up, since I'm just so invested in the world that it would take a lot for me to be outright disappointed)
LordKasual
Banned
Final Fantasy, easily. And for the first time in years.
XV has taken the series into a space where it can literally go any direction it wants. Remakes of older FF games have never been more appealing to me. Square has demonstrated that it now has the ability to translate its crazy concepts (usually reserved for cutscenes or CG movies) into literal gamespace, and this is impressive from both a technological and gameplay standpoint. Also, they're looking into adding co-op multiplayer, which is something I feel the series has always needed. The ability to play a game like FFXV with friends (like Tales) is an exciting concept.
The groundwork they laid down in one fell swoop is amazing, and I can't wait to see what they can do with it. As long as they build upon it, I really don't care what Final Fantasy XVI looks like, i know it'll be surprising.
Furthermore, after FFXV, I really hope the team gets the leeway to use the same groundwork to revisit older IPs, and even create new ones. Parasite Eve on Luminous? Brave Fencer Musashi open world? Yes please.
XV has taken the series into a space where it can literally go any direction it wants. Remakes of older FF games have never been more appealing to me. Square has demonstrated that it now has the ability to translate its crazy concepts (usually reserved for cutscenes or CG movies) into literal gamespace, and this is impressive from both a technological and gameplay standpoint. Also, they're looking into adding co-op multiplayer, which is something I feel the series has always needed. The ability to play a game like FFXV with friends (like Tales) is an exciting concept.
The groundwork they laid down in one fell swoop is amazing, and I can't wait to see what they can do with it. As long as they build upon it, I really don't care what Final Fantasy XVI looks like, i know it'll be surprising.
Furthermore, after FFXV, I really hope the team gets the leeway to use the same groundwork to revisit older IPs, and even create new ones. Parasite Eve on Luminous? Brave Fencer Musashi open world? Yes please.
I'd wait until E3. If it doesn't get announced there then I'd really start to worry.
momshotdad
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Pokémon on Switch!
butman
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Project RE fantasy
the new fantasy RPG by the Persona team
This!
Fire Emblem, the future for this series has never been so bright. I've loved it since it first came West and I'm pretty blown away by its popularity these days.
Also this:
Also this:
Project RE fantasy
the new fantasy RPG by the Persona team
Dragoon En Regalia
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Ys, Trails, Etrian Odyssey (supposing we get 5 in some form, then its sequels), and Shin Megami Tensei are on my horizon like usual (plus Yakuza if that counts for this thread). Modern FE doesn't do as much for me as I thought it would, and I get the impression Xenoblade's going to be a rocky franchise in years to come.
Maybe. The added difficulty mode and new features help, but it's a cheap game by Falcom's own admission, basically built off of scraps from the Cold Steel series + new dungeon types and a little slither of the Tokyo metroplex. I hope it plays well enough for a dungeon-crawling fix since I've heard mixed impressions about the story...at least it's got awesome music.
I see way more comparisons between Ao no Kiseki and Ys VIII, and the writing level in VIII seems to put much of the Cold Steel games to shame. As far as progression and pacing go, VIII's also better than Celceta and Seven, and it surpasses the previous two Ys games in so many ways (though Seven still has the most interesting OST).