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Ray's JRPG Shame Pile

Ray's JRPG Shame Pile

I have spent a lot of time playing JRPGs in my game-playing years. I have played a lot of the big hits, gotten many playthroughs under my belt for some all-time classic games. I have also sought out niche titles, and evangelized them to those around me. However, there are gaps in my experience, and I wish to share those gaps with you dear readers, along with my everlasting and perpetual shame. This is a list of 20 JRPGs that I have never rolled ending credits on, which maybe I should have done instead of spending a few thousand hours in World of Warcraft. Hindsight as always, is 20/20 and I cannot turn back time. Instead, I can use this list as a guidepost, and maybe start ticking down some of these entries over the rest of 2022 and beyond. If any of these are in your piles of shame as well, feel free to join me, tell me how the list is going on Twitter. Without any further ado:

Review: Persona 5 Strikers

Review: Persona 5 Strikers

Persona is a series that is rich with spin-offs. It’s been that way since Persona 4, so, as a big fan of Persona 5, I was what you might call moderately excited when they announced a Musou-style game developed by Omega Force. If you’re like most, you probably assumed Persona 5 Strikers would be a known quantity, a game like Hyrule Warriors or One Piece Pirate Warriors. Simply take the Persona IP and plugin Dynasty Warriors-style play. I assumed the same, and I’m delighted to tell you how wrong I was. Persona 5 Strikers is more Persona game than Musou game, and more action RPG than senseless beat’em up, and I couldn’t be more delighted by that.