Why You Can't Enjoy New JRPGs
683I hope y'all can take this video in the spirit in which it's intended, a sort of "JRPG Self-Help" on how to get your groove back. In today's video I'm, responding to a /r/jrpg reddit thread from someone who can't enjoy any of the new incredible indies that have been coming out, or even games like Octopath Traveler. At first it sounded like some standard gatekeeping, but eventually it devolved into a more general issue of discontent. And I suspect that it has a lot to do with being unable to accept games for what they ARE and not for what they AREN'T. It's not DEI, it's not localization, it's not politics. JRPGs have changed, but so have you.
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0:00 Why can't I quit you, /r/JRPG?
0:40 "Indies aren't JRPGs"
4:47 "They're all derivative"
5:57 "Something gives it away that they're made by Westerners"
6:57 "Not even New 'actual' JRPGs like Octopath are as good"
8:41 How to get better
9:06 RPGs have ALWAYS been this way.
10:34 You're not "bad people," just jaded
11:08 We're experiencing a JRPG Renaissance
11:49 I was like you, once...
13:18 How to start enjoying them now?
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