 We see new exciting JRPG games being released pretty much all the time, this time as any other of course being no exception. I will be talking today about the new game Blue Reflection Second Light, a game now out on the Nintendo Switch, PC and PlayStation 4, developed by none other than Gust who are behind the Atelier series, a series very famous here on my channel, and then I will touch a little bit into the newest Neptunia spin-off game, called Neptunia X Cendron Kagura Ninja Wars, to then top it off with a little nerd out on the Mary Skelter series. So today we're all about JRPGs, we love that time of the year, did this like a month ago, we love this time of the year, and I know that a lot of my followers have never heard about any of these games. I will try to explain them, and I will also try to explain why I find them so interesting. One of these three games I actually don't recommend. So keep on watching to find out which one. 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Go to Kastify.com slash Esha for 15% off on your next Nintendo Switch accessories and phone cases. Thank you so much for sponsoring this video. Now we are going to talk about the RPGs. So Blue Reflection's second light is apparently the second game in the series, and I'm just gonna be frank with you, I've never played the first game, I have heard the name, but I've never played it, but now I'm curious actually, I think I wanna pick up number one also, because, okay, long story short, Gust and Koei Tecmo, they like me, I think, because I'm so obsessed with their series that's called Atelier, I've reviewed all of their games almost. So my guy at Koei Tecmo, he sent me this review code without me asking for it, but I ended up redeeming the code and I ended up playing the game, and I was very surprised with how much I actually find myself to be familiar with the game, even though I knew nothing about the game or the series, it's now a series since it's two games, I guess. So the thing is, I had no expectations going into Blue Reflection's second light, let's just say. What I did find very interesting is that I immediately found it to be very similar to actually Atelier Ryza. I'm pretty sure they are using the same engine as in the Atelier games, and I'm also pretty sure that it is mostly the same development team or something, which it probably is since it's Gust. But the thing is, it feels like an Atelier game. The things that you do in the gameplay, everything from the crafting to the exploring and actually the combat is so much like Atelier Ryza. Let me just have that said. If you like Ryza, you will probably like this game also, because you do pretty much the same gameplay loop in Blue Reflection as in Atelier Ryza. It's just another setting, some other characters, and it's a school setting, and it's a different lore and story and all of that also. So actually, the story. I know this is not a buy or not video, but anyway, it's a story. You play as Ayo, an amnesiac girl who finds herself at a school island surrounded by water together with three other girls who are in the same situation. They have no memories or recollection of why or how they ended up in such a situation. And the story is what made me hooked at first. With me, I have found out what kind of gamer I am. I have found out what kind of story is the most interesting to me anyway. And I seem to really enjoy stories that involve around mysteries, mysterious sort of stories where you know nothing sort of thing at the beginning of a game, because then I am intrigued and this is apparently very important for me in order to enjoy a story in a game. Some examples of how I found out that I enjoy stories with mysteries in them is that I remember, for example, Ease 8, why I was so drawn to that story, like that came out of nowhere, that I loved the story so much. It was the mystery of it all and I also remember enjoying so much Death and Request 2. That is also a mystery story anyway, so I'm going way off topic. Blue Reflection. It's a mysterious sort of story, which actually I found to be hookable even though I am not necessarily into the school setting. I know that is pretty big in JRPGs, the school settings. But I don't mind school settings, but it's not my thing necessarily. But the thing with Blue Reflection is that it is very focused on storytelling and getting to know all the other characters that you're living with. It's not necessarily a girly game, but just because there are girls in this game. Whatever. But there are only girls in this game, if that is important to you or not, I don't know. But I really enjoy the character interactions and I pay attention to everything. I read everything. I listen to what they say. There is unfortunately not English voice acting. There is Japanese voice acting, but I don't mind. I'm used to that by now. I can take it. They also communicate through their cell phones, through an app called Free Space. Sort of like a voice base. No, no, really. It's just like a messenger. It is basically just Facebook Messenger. And you can check up on some of your side quests or sometimes ask your fellow friends about stuff. I don't know. Not. It is kind of fun. They then go on trips to these weird neighboring islands that suddenly can appear out of the Blue Reflection kidding. And they happen to be manifestations of each girl's life. And you then collect their memory fragments in these worlds to uncover their dark and tragic backstories. Gameplay. This is just a speedy version of a review. So, like I said, it is very similar to that of an Italian game. The girls wear rings, which makes them reflectors, who can wield magical weapons to battle all the world's demons. Combat is similar to Rises. You wait for your turn, select your move and build up combo points, which essentially means that the longer a battle lasts, the more damage you deal. Combat is complex enough for me, as you have to, for example, cast a barrier to protect your combo if an enemy charges up for a big move. The worlds are varied in different themes, although they don't feel very big. They are beautiful, though. I can say that much. All in all, I actually find myself enjoying my time in this game a lot. I find myself reading every single item and location description in the menus, if that makes sense. I am very involved in this game, and I didn't see that one coming, actually, no. Because I'd never heard about this series before, so it's all new to me. But I feel familiar. I feel like at home, because of my experience from the Atelier series. It runs well on the Switch. It has almost no loading screens. The music is good. The voices sound okay. The graphics are also good. I like them. This game is, however, a bit pricey. I recommend, if you are interested in this game, that you get the standard edition and not the ultimate super pricey edition. Just get the standard, that is enough. Or you could also just put this game on your wishlist and wait for a sale. However, knowing what I know now, I wouldn't mind paying full price for this game. For what it is actually giving me so far. I'm enjoying this game just like I did with Atelier Risa. I love crafting systems, grinding, combats, a bit of conversations, a good story. I find this story to be better than Atelier Risa's story, let's just say. So yeah, I can recommend this game. Have it on your radar and check it out. Now the next game we are going to touch a tiny bit into. I, anyways, I'm not gonna touch too much into it, because... Well, let's just hear what I have to say. Well, I'm talking about Neptunia X-Cendron Kagura Ninja Wars. Developed by ID Factory in Compile Heart and Tamsoft Review Code provided from ID Factory. This game has not hooked me, so I'm gonna make this very short and tell you why that hasn't happened. I have played about half of the story, I feel like. And I have to say it is a bit fun to play mindlessly. I mean, like while you're on the phone. Because it is a sort of hack and slash game, not entirely Musou. Just a mission-based hack and slash game. Where you control your characters, you have four special moves and then some. And you go from start to finish in smaller areas of dungeons. Linear sort of dungeons. They don't take long to finish. They are not very big. And it's all just mission-based from the menu. Sort of. In between the dungeon sections, there are of course the visual novel sort of cutscene parts of the game. The story parts. I don't feel like this is a story that hooked me at all. And you also often meet progression walls where grinding is necessary. Because your characters are often far too low of a level to continue the story missions. So then you have to do a bunch of the side missions which feels uninspired and repetitive, unfortunately. I cannot recommend this game. And I'm very sorry. If you are a hardcore Neptunia fan though, take it up on sale. That's what I want to say. But basically it is an avoid from me. But it is kind of fun to spam fun skills. That's it. I guess Hamlin will have to do for now. Now to the newest and last. Mary Skelter game. Mary Skelter finale. Finale? What? This is the limited edition. I bought this game myself. Because very pretty. And I like limited editions when they are from Idea Factory. I'm very picky with my limited editions anyways. You know that. This is what I would call a somewhat niche game series, absolutely. With now three games to its name. And all of these games are now found on the Nintendo Switch. The first Mary Skelter being packed in as a bonus in Mary Skelter 2, that is. These games are Dungeon RPGs. Dungeon Crawler RPGs. D C RPG. The games are controlled in first person. You navigate through enormous labyrinths with traps, puzzles and enemies. One could also argue that these games are part visual novels. Because they're very story heavy. Like super big lore of the entire franchise. The lore is enormous. I feel like there's so many characters. They heavily focus on anime presentation cutscenes. The story is kinda complicated. So long story short. Your characters are trapped in an underground city called The Jail. And they try to escape this terrible way of life. By defeating merchants, The Jail's monsters. With the use of blood maidens, which are all representations of fairy tale characters. You have like Cinderella, Tomblina, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Little Red Riding Hood. So I would consider myself kinda new to the series. I have Mary Skelter 1 on the PS Vita. And I have Mary Skelter 2 on my Switch. Which also includes Nightmare Switch is the first one. So yeah, if you buy Mary Skelter 2 on the Switch, you get 1 and 2 in the same sort of deal. But this is the third one, the final one, finale. What can I say about the game? I like it so far, I played it all night, almost all night. I lost a bit of sleep over this game. Because I was like, I'm gonna play it just until I reach the next save point. And then I will go to bed, and then I reach the save point. And I'm like, I can do a little more. It is not very hard in the beginning anyways. The game is progressively hard, if that makes sense. The dungeons, the library rints, let's say. They get bigger and bigger the further into the game that you get, of course. But I love the art style. It's the same artist as in Death End Request. I'm excited to play this game more. I find it enjoyable. I can recommend this game already, even though I'm not far into it. It is very cute, niche AF, I know. And the Limited Edition also comes with three freaking novels, like books. I found that to be very surprising. So this is like the lore of the everything. So here you have a little taste of the lore. Three whole novel books with just stories. Story, the history was good. So yeah, very good Limited Edition. It has all the things that you would expect from a Limited Edition. Like artwork, all the cute stuff. So yeah, I think I have now introduced you to three niche JRPGs, which is also something that I cover on this channel. If you are new here, I would like you to subscribe. And of course I would like you to hit like on my video, because that helps out. I have reached 71k subscribers and I want to heartfully thank you all for that. If heartfully is a word. Thank you so much for subscribing to my channel. I love this channel and it is my passion. So thank you so much for watching and I will see you later. I hope you will enjoy at least enjoy Blue Reflection. And also maybe if you're interested, check out Mary Skeletor Finale. You don't have to play the first one or the second one in order to enjoy this one. Same goes with Blue Reflection, because I haven't played the first one. Anyways, I will see you later.