Agreed. I would mind a lot less the “Kingdom Heats-ification” of FF is there was a AAA turn-based successor still out there. As it stands, the biggest “proper” JRPG left is Persona, and much as I like it, it’s clearly a step below FF in scope. Even when they dabble in turn based stuff on the SE side they are stuck on mid-sized throwback games.
Yeah, that’s a good pull, but I’d place DQ closer to Persona than FF in terms of… I don’t know, triple-A-ness? I think objectively that may not be true, DQ XI is pretty large and feature-rich, and DQ VIII was definitely as big as FFXII, short of having fewer CG cutscenes… but I guess the whimsy and more fairy tale-style visuals and narrative knocks it down to that mid-size for me? This may be entirely subjective, I don’t know.
Agreed. I would mind a lot less the “Kingdom Heats-ification” of FF is there was a AAA turn-based successor still out there. As it stands, the biggest “proper” JRPG left is Persona, and much as I like it, it’s clearly a step below FF in scope. Even when they dabble in turn based stuff on the SE side they are stuck on mid-sized throwback games.
Does Dragon Quest not work for this? Still turn based even now in the most recent game in the series. Looking forward to the next one.
Yeah, that’s a good pull, but I’d place DQ closer to Persona than FF in terms of… I don’t know, triple-A-ness? I think objectively that may not be true, DQ XI is pretty large and feature-rich, and DQ VIII was definitely as big as FFXII, short of having fewer CG cutscenes… but I guess the whimsy and more fairy tale-style visuals and narrative knocks it down to that mid-size for me? This may be entirely subjective, I don’t know.