Bozja was peak

square still does (octopath from a subdivision The bravely default, mana if it remembers it exists ) but outside of dragon quest (I don't know DQs funding books, sorry) TRPGS are not given the "full flagship" treatment , they're not going to give ff7R/16 budget money to a TBRPG , they just won't

Not to say companies don't make TRPGS any more , trails still comes out, atlus still makes smt/persona (I like refantasy more than persona tbh)

What? F is still a success for the silent Hill franchise , even if team silent is long and dead, it still carries a lot of thematics of the first three (so good) silent Hills

Saying F , a silent Hill game, that sold well, is not a successful silent Hill game is a rather dumb statement

You literally cannot get away from it with SILENT HILL in the title

F is forever to be in conversation with the other games in the series

This isn't unique to Japanese companies, you saw the EXACT same thing with BG3 and DA4/VG , with bioware moved further and further away from Turn based CRPGS (the eponymous "WRPG") by EA to capture a bigger crowd

And bg3 was still a massive hit while Veilguard flopped

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E33 Is a very "PS2" (affectionate) feeling game, it's inherently nostalgic to a lot of long-term fans of turn based RPGs (I don't like jrpg as a term) who feel a lot of companies stopped focusing on TBRPG as their flagship when it stopped being in vogue

You're a writer and write fanfiction, while not as easily-consumed as fan illustrations, is still a contribution within a fan circle , you shouldn't push yourself to create just for other to consume , without the nurturing of the self soul

This may be odd, but your reaction and live blogging of the series was a lot of fun to watch from both long-term fans and newbies

Kinda like watching a let's play or reading an old forum playthrough of a videogame , it was a contribution in the end

Wouldn't they need a new studio to helm? The guys who did that made back 4 blood and no one liked that thing

I mean if characters had unlimited choice in "plot" would mean conflicting with other players choice, or the GM having somehow infinite permutations ready to go

, both infeasible

The only game where a player has I infinite options in every regard is daydreaming on the bus

Yeah, by arc survival somehow (and mh4)

This feels also meta textual with lalah blasting char to his oyw appearance since that's "how she remembers him"

At least chalia bull gets to look different

Might be people not liking it/counting it since it's a rehash of golion like Macross/robotech

Fwiw golion has been in super robot wars