@JaxonH I'll say this: I think the best turn-based JRPG combat systems (as seen in series like SMT and Bravely Default) beat out the best SRPG or action rpg combat. But, in general, in modern times, I'm more likely, on average, to enjoy SRPG combat than I am pure turn-based JRPG combat. if that makes sense.
With that said, one of my least favorite combat system types is when a JRPG just randomly adds in SRPG elements that slow everything down. Like the Trails in the Sky games, Radiant Historia, or the older Persona games. Either give me a biggish map to move my units around on, or just let me get on with the fight.
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No way Nintendo's gonna introduce a new console this or next year. There's just too many big-name games launching in 2023 for them to ruin the hype train with a new console announcement.
I'd love the new console to be like a 3DS though, so that players with Switches can just... switch... to the new model.
@Ralizah
When turn based JRPGs do it really well (SMTV, Persona 4/5, Final Fantasy X) I very much enjoy it. But I actually think, for me at least, the best SRPGs are more enjoyable than the best JRPGs. Mostly that's due to Fire Emblem but I'd also say it applies to Triangle Strategy and Mario Rabbids Sparks of Hope. That's not to denigrate the JRPGs. They just don't hold my interest all the way through to the end. Even now I have yet to beat Trails 1, 3, Persona 4, or 5, or SMTV. But I've beaten 5 Fire Emblems over the last decade alone.
I do intend to finish Persona and SMT though. Games are so good.
Psalms 22:16 (1,000 yrs before Christ)
They pierced My hands and feet
Isaiah 53:5 (700 yrs before Christ)
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With that said, one of my least favorite combat system types is when a JRPG just randomly adds in SRPG elements that slow everything down. Like the Trails in the Sky games, Radiant Historia, or the older Persona games. Either give me a biggish map to move my units around on, or just let me get on with the fight.
I strongly disagree, entirely because a Radiant Historia won't make me repeat 30-60 minutes of the same map because I lost the battle, and thus is better than nearly any strategy game I've ever played. :V
...it did make me at least feel like I was repeating a half hour of content trying to figure out the specific way to do certain quests that required re-treading story content though. That could be a bit annoying.
@kkslider5552000 Retrying challenging maps is part and parcel of a satisfying game experience, so that doesn't bother me. SRPG elements in otherwise ordinary JRPGs tend to just bog down gameplay for no reason.
RPGs that are real-time but not fully action often suck as well, combat-wise. Like Tales of... games that have clunky action combat, or the horrid mix of real-time and turn-based elements in Ni no Kuni's broken combat system.
@JaxonH I think MegaTen takes the cake for me in terms of most games I've completed in the last decade in a single franchise. Persona 4, 5, and 5R; SMT I, III, IV, IV: Apocalypse, and V; Digital Devil Saga 1 & 2; Soul Hackers; Devil Survivor: Overclocked; and Persona Q. That doesn't include games like Persona 1, Persona 3 FES, and Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker that I pumped a non-trivial amount of time into as well.
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@kkslider5552000
Sounds like you should play Fire Emblem Engage.
One of its best aspects is the fact you won't need to repeat maps like back in the day. The new turn rewind mechanic let's you roll back actions move by move so you can course correct as needed. Normal difficulty provides infinite rewinds (hard and Maddening limit to 10). There's also Casual Mode where units don't die, which is what I started out with, but now that rewinds exist it's not needed nearly as much.
@Ralizah
Goodness. Is it fair to say you like the franchise? Maybe a wee bit
Psalms 22:16 (1,000 yrs before Christ)
They pierced My hands and feet
Isaiah 53:5 (700 yrs before Christ)
He was pierced for our transgressions
I think I've found one of the oddest Switch "things" ever. I kinda want it lol.
That was a Wii game before.
I noticed there were some Wii port on Nintendo Switch since from several years ago.
Some of them are really underrated Wii games.
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