Top 15 Upcoming JRPGs of 2024
JRPGs are a very special kind of RPG, and you’ll see what we mean when you check out the games below!
We’re going to start with a game from Atlus, who you will hear about later in the list for one of the OTHER RPG franchises they’re known for.
But the reason we’re talking about Metaphor: ReFantazio now is because we know little to nothing about this game. Even if you go to the game’s website, you’ll find that there’s not much there. So secrecy is the game’s “description,” if you will. We know a trusted group within Atlus is making it and that it’ll have mechanics and a look similar to the OTHER RPG we’ll talk about later. But for now? That’s all we have to go on.
One only needs to look at Zenless Zone Zero’s characters to see why this is a JRPG. The ‘style’ of them is apparent for all to see.
Regardless, the game asks you to don a “second identity” to deal with monsters affecting our world from just out of sight. In this case, there is a “warped reality” that you can go and fight in to take on enemies known as “Proxies.” You won’t have to fight them alone, as you’ll get the chance to work with other characters from various sections of the organization fighting them.
Oh, and one of them is a bear called “Ben Bigger.”
Isn’t that just like certain Japanese properties? They have to make a thing, and they decide to give it a SUPER LONG title just to make it “fit the game”? In this case, we’re talking about Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island.
No, we’re not saying that name again, okay?
The game follows Shiren, a warrior who has been traveling the land with his friendly ferret, when he receives a vision to save a princess who is being held captive. That was the EASY part of the journey because
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