World of JRPG's

I think I might play Bravely Default.

I'd heard good things, and decided to play the first hour or so. It's better then I had expected. It really is what Final Fantasy used to be. I was playing FF Dimensions to scratch that itch, but I hate playing games on a mobile phone. BD is what FF would be like if they had today's tech and pacing back in the late 80s/early 90s.

I was a little disappointed to find it has micro transitions, but it seems limited for now. Hopefully it was just a bad design choice that doesn't impact the main game.

I finished up 1 playthrough of SMT4. I want to 100%. If i do before the end of April ill hop on to SMT4 : Apocolypse

Only one I finished in March was Final Fantasy XVI, which is admittedly light on RPG elements. I loved this game. Loved the cast, the spectacle, the difficulty was exactly where I like it. Voice acting was phenomenal. I don't know if I'd want another Final Fantasy like this, but had a great time.

Other than that, I've been playing Suikoden II (the remaster). I appreciate the update--especially the script--to a classic game, but yikes, this is not a polished product. This all but guarantees I won't be getting Star Leap. I'd have to see some amazing reviews.

I'm getting a bad feeling from some of the recent marketing, but I'm still planning on jumping into Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 at the end of the month. Hopefully it's solid.

I'm still playing P5R. Steam says I have 100 hours in but I'm only 70 hours in my last save. That probably means I put almost 30 hours playing the card game in Thieves Den.

Finished Trails through Daybreak 2.

Playing either Xenoblade X or Atelier Yumia soon, but at the moment busy taking a quick break from JRPGs with TEVI.

This seems like the thread to ask this question in: are there any Persona fans around here who can help me break through my mental block with P4G?

I don't typically replay narrative games which I've completed. Therefore, in games which offer a NG+ experience (usually under the guise of "you got an ending, now play the game again for the TRUE ending!"), I am inexorably drawn to guides which are designed to allow the player to experience the maximum amount of content on a first playthrough. On the bright side, such guides are in abundance for this game. On the less bright side, playing Persona gives me anxiety now.

Even when I'm intentionally avoiding the guide to lessen that sensation, the knowledge that an optimal path exists, and I'm not following it, is discomfiting. I know this is dumb. We work on it therapy.

Is Persona just not the series for me? How do others deal with some of its quirks?

Beat Suikoden and Chained Echoes in March. I really liked Chained Echoes, it did quite a few new things. Though, there were definitely limitations from its engine. I was hoping to be surprised by something in the second half of the game, but there weren't really any gameplay twists, and the megaworm sequence felt unfinished. Overall though, I am looking forward to the DLC. Suikoden is one of my favorite nostalgic games. Playing it now though, I forgot how short it is! Still a great game though, and I love the twists and turns in gameplay and story. For the time I played it in the PS1 Era, it was a revelation!

Try star ocean

There recently remade it this year for steam. And it was one of the greats for ps1

Currently playing FF7 Rebirth, and the combat is fantastic but the mini games are getting overbearing. Queens blood, chocobo racing, fort condor, the motorbike level from remake, box smashing, 3d brawler, moogle catching, the one where you're turned into a frog, the dolphin race, the military parade, lab-rat-dog rocket league, some kind of space shmup, crunch off in the gym, and I gave up on the piano and just installed a mod to always get a perfect score. I'm on the back half of Corel Region now so I'm hoping they'll let up for a while, but Gold Saucer was a fucking slog.

After quite a break from JRPGs, due to Witcher 3 being so long, I recently started Metaphor.

Currently, I'm almost at the end of the first dungeon, I assume. So far, the game has been awesome. Give me anything with Press Turn and/or proper resource management and I'm in love with it. Although, I was surprised just how similar the game is to Persona 5. What they did change however was really good thus far.

Atelier Yumia. Then i’ll go back to FF7 Rebirth. But the piano minigame is rage inducing. So maybe i’ll abandon Rebirth for a bit and pick up Ryza

I'm in between Octopath Traveler 2. Try to finish it till...ehhh i want to play both, Expedition 33 and The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy. Not sure which i start first yet.