r/videogames • • Aug 19 '26

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u/iamadragan Aug 19 '26 edited Aug 19 '26

For me so many games are like how you describe Xenoblade.

I can get through a lot of JRPGs because the constant interruptions for a slow moving story plus the combat that is uninteresting/tedious/repetitive and forced on you while you are trying to get anywhere.

Very hard for me to enjoy that genre. Expedition 33 was like a revolutionary game to me though because it was so much more interesting and way less tedious than any other JRPG I've played. Off the top of my head Chrono trigger and Golden Sun are great too in a different way. Don't think there are others that I've tried and actually been able to get through

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u/BlorfTheBricked Aug 19 '26

Amazing how simply shoving dark souls parrying and dodging into otherwise bog standard JRPG mechanics tricks people into thinking its revolutionary

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u/iamadragan Aug 19 '26

Gave us something to do beyond just clicking menu options, which is a pretty big difference

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u/BlorfTheBricked Aug 19 '26

Definitely not the first JRPG to do that