I know this game was by just one guy and that's really impressive, but it kinda annoys me when people try to create a RPG inspired by classic (J)RPGs but their only "innovation" is to remove the traditional leveling system (as in gainning XP after battles and getting stronger as you level up).
I think only SaGa has managed to create something interesting without a traditional - somewhat grindy - formula for a JRPG, the rest tried and mostly fail.
Fantasian, to me, felt like the best of both worlds. If you get to a certain level and that's the recommended level in the area, you won't be getting much XP because you're not supposed to steamroll a boss, you need to learn how to defeat it.

Chained Echoes is a looker, it looks like an old-school SNES JRPG, but i think it was too ambitious. Also, i feel like lack of voice-acting (again, i understand it was just one guy) makes it hard for me to care about the story, i want to hear people talking if i'm gonna be paying attention. At least old-school JRPGs didn't care too much about the story, it was just 4 niggas in a row in a journey to kill god.

you sound like someone who hasn't actually played old-school jrpg's but has read cliffnotes of their plots

I haven't played or heard of this game but I bet it's wokeslop pozzedshit soulless garbage and I hope no one who has played it sees this thread after this bump and decides to prove me wrong.

>>713872294
I play a lot of JRPGs, it's my most played genre. But i actually like the gameplay more than the shitty stories. What are you gonna tell me? That Shin Megami Tensei has a different and innovative plot with each new entry? That behind FF's convoluted narratives they aren't just following the hero's journey?
A game that actually managed to make me really engaged in it's story was Xenoblade Chronicles, i was going in blind and i it was phenomenal, i really didn't know shit about the game.

But, really, i can't think of many JRPGs (be it old or new) with outstading stories. Chrono Trigger, for example, is a great game that has a great world to explore and see how it changes through the ages and whatnot, but the story itself is just "go and defeat god".

>>713872201 (OP)
>remove the traditional leveling system (as in gainning XP after battles and getting stronger as you level up).

Yes, that's one of the best parts about it: the only way to level up is by completing side quests, in-game achievements, and bosses, which is far more appealing than mindlessly grinding.
You still get MP to level up your abilities, but it's not enough to make a difference in lack of strategy.

>>713872583
>wokeslop pozzedshit soulless

I don't know why i laughed so hard at this. I think all the protagonists are white, i don't think there's faggots in it, and the plot is about war.

>>713872681
But you don't even level up for real, do you? You just unlock active/passive skills and stats.

>>713872201 (OP)
>but it kinda annoys me when people try to create a RPG inspired by classic (J)RPGs but their only "innovation" is to remove the traditional leveling system (as in gainning XP after battles and getting stronger as you level up).
Retard. CE's level up is a simplified version of CC's system (stars from bosses) and that was 1999, and then adding FF9's skill system.

>>713872583
Eh. I'd say the game doesn't really touch on it. But if you're one of those retards who thinks a black guy or a lesbian in a game immediately makes it woke, then sure.

>>713872973
Ok, my bad, i've played CT but haven't played CC yet.

>>713873095
Remember to play xenogears after that