Totally outdated.
I mean you only have to switch a few things around and it's basically the same thing.
Well if you think about it, turn-based strategy is just a synonym for Visual Novel: you take turns talking and the strategy is in selecting appropriate dialogue choices.
Yes, Trails games are on a customized Phyreengine, while Ys is on Falcom's Yamaneko engine. (Note: I am of course only talking about released games where this is publicly available information
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During the for honor DLC, It showed as a generic PC game logo
Two possibilities:
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This is a good suggestion. Trails in the Sky is anime but not too anime so its a very good game to dip your toes into the animeness.
Trails in the Sky would be great then. RPG with turn-based combat. The first game is usually pretty cheap in sales and the series is unparalleled in world-building and making the world feel alive. Estelle is an excellent protagonist too.
I personally both don't like and don't care about anime, but certain games like Persona, Trials, YS, Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy I like a lot.
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I'll be real that if you haven't played any JRPGs before, let alone many Japanese games, The Legend of Heroes games might not be a great first suggestion as much as I do love the series. It's excellent, filled with great characters and world building and an enjoyable combat system on PC, but also a pretty easy game to bounce off of if you're not used to how the game's set their pacing, which is much less initially plot focused than the typical JRPG so it can feel like "not much is happening" at times. This isn't to dissuade anyone to not pick up the games, but just as a heads up from someone who's seen more than their fair share of friends try and bounce off the games after a near decade of being a fan of them. On the other hand, the Ys games from the same company are a much easier recommend. Those games are so fun to play and pre-8 are on the shorter side between 10-20 hours. Also very cheap when they go on sale.
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Uh, does Chrono Trigger count as recent? I think the most recent game I played is The Last Remnant. Overall I've played very few games with an anime aesthetic. For example I haven't played any Final Fantasy other than 7. I've always been a PC gamer so I've never played anything that wasn't available on PC.
I'd prefer something relatively modern and I'd like to avoid games with sexualized characters.
As it happens I do own Valkyria Chronicles. I bought it to show my support for Sega's porting efforts. Should I start with that?
I mean, just make it run better than Ys8 on day one. Also maybe Nisa should actually attempt to give a shit in translating it the first time around. With enough time editing etc.
Yes.
CS3 and Uta: Prelude of the Fallen are much, much better localizations than Ys VIII was, even after they redid it. Hopefully NISA can keep that trend going forward.
I was in this exact position when Persona 4 came out on PC -- I also find anime disgusting, but as long as there aren't balloon tits or sexualized children, I can overlook it if ithe game is good enough. I've played quite a few hours of it, and it's fantastic. It's my first JRPG (it is a JRPG, right?). I'm playing on easy, and the combat is super easy -- it's a great chillout game between that and the longer character-based activities. I'm definitely glad I tried it.
