@@nya27I like the gameplay 😀 It is pure turned based combat and the fact that you can move around your characters on the battlefield, adds another layer of strategy. The games are though enough for me on normal, so think twice before choosing a harder setting.
Trails of Cold Steel is fantastic and I highly recommend giving it a chance if you have the time to spend. It is admittedly an almost 400+ hour experience for CS1-4, and some would even say you should start with Sky, which would drastically bump up the time frame.
Honestly for turn-based RPGs, nothing scratches the itch like FFX, even though it's a pretty old game, I'd recommend anyone to play it. As a plus, it probably has the best soundtrack of any game ever made, seriously, there are so many memorable melodies that just knock it out of the park
It should be in here because technically it is turn based but I wanted to save it for a top 10 tactical JRPG video coming soon. That's a solid top 3 though.
I agree with that ranking!! I only played FE Three houses just this year, after I already bought it a while ago. It instantly got one of my favourites, together with Trails, SMT V
question, I used to be really big into the 3ds FE games like awakening and all of fates do you recommend three houses that much that I should buy a switch solely to play it?
People seriously need to give some love to Rise of the Third Power. It's production values aren't that high, but it's story, characters, & world-building are superb! Along with a solid turn-based battle system.
Wasn't expecting to see a RotTP shout-out here. It's a great game! Also not technically a JRPG since the devs are American, but that didn't stop Sea of Stars from making this list, so fair play. I consider it the best 7.5/10 I've ever played. Not quite a masterpiece, but so far above anything I expected from it.
Trails is my favorite series but it really is best (though not 100% necessary) to start with Trails in the Sky. That's the best way to get the whole story. But so long as you start at the first game in an arc you won't miss way too much.
It might not be necessary, but I do think it is important. I started with Cold Steel 1&2, but I was confused at some parts of the games. When I decided to play the Liberl and Crossbell games before starting Cold Steel 3, everything just made a lot more sense.
solid solid rundowns.. i just watched your best tactical rpg list now this.. im suddenly heavy into tactical turn based strategy games.. for the mental benefits apply to real life strategy too.. i bought em all
As someone who has been playing honkai star rail since day one let me just say I'm glad someone is finally starting to see how this game is not a soulless game for money grabbing purposes and is worth trying
I think the stigma of mobile games is most are but I feel like there are some with actual substance. I played HSR from day 1 and honestly it's easily my favorite gacha. Even without spending crazy amounts of money
Brother, you HAVE to play the Legend of Heroes series. If you love these kinds of games then I believe you would love the Trails series too. Forget the hype and give it a shot so you can make your own opinion. Either way I’m glad I just stumbled on your channel and you have a new subscriber because you have good taste. I’ll unsubscribe if you don’t play Trails in at least a week lol. Looking forward to seeing more of your content
Haha welcome to the family! I've in my mind committed to at least buying trails of cold steel and giving it a 5 hour try. I have a few games in my backlog but it's added to my list.
I started with Cold Steel too and I agree that Cold Steel 1 starts slow because of all the world building but I stuck with it and ended up enjoying it a lot. So much so that after playing Cold Steel 2 I went back and played the previous five while waiting for Cold Steel 3 to be released. Now I’m waiting for Daybreak which is the tenth game. You have a lot of Trails to get through lol.
So I didn’t play a lot of different JRPGs growing up but I’m diving into more as an adult. DQ 11 and Persona 5 are my default favorites because I haven’t played any of the others in the franchise. How about you?
@@TagTheLegend Moreless the same, I had not the chance to play before but right now I'm giving the chance to more jrpgs. I need to play more of the ones from yakuza series if im honest. thanks for the answer by the way
I remember when i quit playing Dragon Quest 11 for a month because i couldn't defeat Mordegon. When I was ready to get back to the game, I finally managed to beat him with Erik, who was also the only one alive, with very low hp.
The Legend of Heroes sounds good, but it's too much of a commitment. They're like 3 games minimum to finish a story arc and I'm pretty sure trails of cold steel is like 5 games.
but worth it, I started the saga last year with trails in the sky fc and im right now playing kuro no kiseki 2. It become my fav jrpg saga of all time, starting the saga was the best thing i did with videogames
played Octopath 1 and I did manage to complete the game with true final boss but I struggled and frustrated with random encounter because it's annoying sometime I go back to explored area and waste too much time with random encounter. I got octo 2 but these time I quit.
At least female characters in HSR are more interesting to me, than in Genshin. 🙈 But I still agree that we need more male characters. At least we got aventurine recently 🥹❤️
I'll be very honest, I will only recommend the Cold Steel games if you don't mind current era anime tropes, waifus and harem plot-lines. the story has its high and lows and most of the payoff comes from playing the older games and catching the references and connecting the points of the greater plot, so it's very hit or miss. Also be prepared to invest a lot of time just with the Erebonia games. Trails games are known to be huge time sinks, more than the usual jrpg
After doing some more research I see a lot of people say similar things. Like Cold Steel is a solid entry point if you care about graphics but its WAY better to start at the beginning. I just wish the earlier games weren't only on PC.
i kinda find it funny most of the comments here are people trying to validate the games they like and not trying to find new games to play. would appreciate a video with more obscure list of games tho
I would pick Dragon Quest 11 or Honkai Starrail if I had to play one of those games. But I had ENOUGH of that evil OVERUSED cliche, being personal eye for an eye (v***eance).
@@TagTheLegend I recently played it and its one of the most funny games WITH very deep and mature story, love it cuz it makes you visualize social problems
Bit of feedback. You named thie video must play rpgs but you recommend something you yourself havent played. How is it a must play? You then ask for a like and subscribe and lament the views to likes. You cant call something a must play when you havent played it yourself as this video doesnt come from the heart. You can do better. No like from me for now.
Sadly, I've already played them all (except Honkai: Star Rail since I refuse to support any GACHA). They all have their strengths and flaws, but personally, none encapsulates the magic of the genre better than Dragon Quest XI. The only thing I can criticize is that it has a super childish design and I am a grown ass adult (Yes, I understand that the design is characteristic of Dragon Quest and its artistic director R.I.P.). You can imagine how thirsty I may be for Dragon Quest XII since a more adult design was precisely what was promised
Gacha is not really a genre or is it? HSR is easily one of the best RPGs with a incredible and story all for FREE. You can just play the game normally and you can still beat the main story.
Legend of heroes series is only for people that love world building over anything else and like to read like a LOT like a fucking TON LOT and don't mind anime cliches, excessive exposition and more often than not useless and waste of time dialogue (Like genshin impact but a bit better) SMT know for depth story telling? hahahahahha no, that's not true at all, SMT IV is the exception and even so the story is not that depth but the story goes to place, is engaging, fun and do makes you question stuff lets say is deep enough. DQ XI no complaints just overall superb Jrpg and is a classic, but many people hate the 3rd act (post game) I have no issues but I get the hate. Like a Dragon or yakuza 7? Sure but is a bit too grindy but is challenging enough Like a dragon infinity wealth seems to be a mix bag, some say is amazing, others that is a downgrade to the previous one and game is not as challenging as the first....hmm I really don't know, I haven't beat it yet so be mindful. Persona 5/Royal going to be frank Royal is a joke, Vanilla is better if you want a challenge and is the harder version to platinum, secret boss is also more difficult so is up to you. Bravely default 2, pretty much inferior to the 1st game and Second in almost every way.
Don't think you'll like SMT V just because you like other Atlus titles. It's boring and tedious, with no story to speak of and limited interaction with other characters. Also, Chained Echoes has a mediocre plot with one of the worst endings in the genre.
