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Nishquik Pops July 27, 2023 10m

Are Turn Based RPGs Fading Into Obscurity...??

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  1. hey guys Niche quick here quick little hey guys Niche quick here quick little casual discussion I want to do you guys casual discussion I want to do you guys casual discussion I want to do you guys think that turn-based games are dying it think that turn-based games are dying it think that turn-based games are dying it is a common I wouldn't say common but it is a common I wouldn't say common but it is a common I wouldn't say common but it is a sentiment I've heard been going is a sentiment I've heard been going is a sentiment I've heard been going around people don't like turn-based around people don't like turn-based around people don't like turn-based games people don't appreciate turn-based games people don't appreciate turn-based games people don't appreciate turn-based games turn-based games are too long too games turn-based games are too long too games turn-based games are too long too tedious to slow they're outdated people tedious to slow they're outdated people tedious to slow they're outdated people want action games they want Snappy want action games they want Snappy want action games they want Snappy action games like Call of Duty and Devil action games like Call of Duty and Devil action games like Call of Duty and Devil May Cry and Final Fantasy 16 where you May Cry and Final Fantasy 16 where you May Cry and Final Fantasy 16 where you press a button and your character does press a button and your character does press a button and your character does the thing you pull the trigger and your the thing you pull the trigger and your the thing you pull the trigger and your character pulls the trigger on the gun character pulls the trigger on the gun character pulls the trigger on the gun you press the button your character you press the button your character you press the button your character swings the sword but what about swings the sword but what about swings the sword but what about turn-based games do they still have a turn-based games do they still have a turn-based games do they still have a place in video games in the video game place in video games in the video game place in video games in the video game industry are they still prevalent do industry are they still prevalent do industry are they still prevalent do people still enjoy them do people still people still enjoy them do people still people still enjoy them do people still play them let's talk about that today if play them let's talk about that today if play them let's talk about that today if you guys enjoy jrpgs or anything you guys enjoy jrpgs or anything you guys enjoy jrpgs or anything relating to Nintendo or any of that hit relating to Nintendo or any of that hit relating to Nintendo or any of that hit the like button because that's what this the like button because that's what this the like button because that's what this video is about it's about turn-based video is about it's about turn-based video is about it's about turn-based RPGs mostly from Japan and subscribe RPGs mostly from Japan and subscribe RPGs mostly from Japan and subscribe because those are the kinds of videos because those are the kinds of videos because those are the kinds of videos that I make and if you like this video that I make and if you like this video that I make and if you like this video I'm sure you'll like my other content so I'm sure you'll like my other content so I'm sure you'll like my other content so check out my channel And subscribe and check out my channel And subscribe and check out my channel And subscribe and hit the notification Bell for more hit the notification Bell for more hit the notification Bell for more content like this alright let's talk content like this alright let's talk content like this alright let's talk about turn-based games because I've been about turn-based games because I've been about turn-based games because I've been recently thinking about this because recently thinking about this because recently thinking about this because I've been playing shin Megami tensei 5.

  2. I've been playing shin Megami tensei 5. I've been playing shin Megami tensei 5. I'm trying to stream it some more on I'm trying to stream it some more on I'm trying to stream it some more on this channel as well so if you guys want this channel as well so if you guys want this channel as well so if you guys want to see more of me failing and dying so to see more of me failing and dying so to see more of me failing and dying so miserably at shin Megami tensei 5 check miserably at shin Megami tensei 5 check miserably at shin Megami tensei 5 check out my streams but I've been loving this out my streams but I've been loving this out my streams but I've been loving this game the reason I am loving this game is game the reason I am loving this game is game the reason I am loving this game is because it is not your average simple because it is not your average simple because it is not your average simple turn-based game for the better part of turn-based game for the better part of turn-based game for the better part of my life all the turn based games I would my life all the turn based games I would my life all the turn based games I would play were Pokemon and I got tired and I play were Pokemon and I got tired and I play were Pokemon and I got tired and I got sick of it because Pokemon is the got sick of it because Pokemon is the got sick of it because Pokemon is the same thing over and over and over again same thing over and over and over again same thing over and over and over again even when I played Legends Arceus last even when I played Legends Arceus last even when I played Legends Arceus last year I was like God it feels the same year I was like God it feels the same year I was like God it feels the same feels the same whatever whatever there feels the same whatever whatever there feels the same whatever whatever there are gimmicks thrown in there but it are gimmicks thrown in there but it are gimmicks thrown in there but it feels the same until about three years feels the same until about three years feels the same until about three years ago I played a Persona game for the ago I played a Persona game for the ago I played a Persona game for the first time when I played Persona 4 first time when I played Persona 4 first time when I played Persona 4 Golden and it had some newness to it the Golden and it had some newness to it the Golden and it had some newness to it the the elemental weaknesses of Pokemon were the elemental weaknesses of Pokemon were the elemental weaknesses of Pokemon were there but it felt different and the there but it felt different and the there but it felt different and the whole party Dynamic was really nice to whole party Dynamic was really nice to whole party Dynamic was really nice to have because sometimes you'd switch out have because sometimes you'd switch out have because sometimes you'd switch out your party members sometimes you'd have your party members sometimes you'd have your party members sometimes you'd have cool like combo attacks you could do cool like combo attacks you could do cool like combo attacks you could do with them that was just awesome I loved with them that was just awesome I loved with them that was just awesome I loved all that and it was really fun to kind all that and it was really fun to kind all that and it was really fun to kind of get these games and play these games of get these games and play these games of get these games and play these games and see a whole new side of turn-based and see a whole new side of turn-based and see a whole new side of turn-based games that I did not know of course games that I did not know of course games that I did not know of course Persona 5 Royal played that loved it I'm Persona 5 Royal played that loved it I'm Persona 5 Royal played that loved it I'm very excited for Persona 3 reload and I very excited for Persona 3 reload and I very excited for Persona 3 reload and I am am am insanely hyped for metaphor re fantasio insanely hyped for metaphor re fantasio insanely hyped for metaphor re fantasio and that gives me hope that turn-based and that gives me hope that turn-based and that gives me hope that turn-based games are still alive and well but back games are still alive and well but back games are still alive and well but back to smt5 smt5 requires a lot of skill and

  3. to smt5 smt5 requires a lot of skill and to smt5 smt5 requires a lot of skill and a lot of I wouldn't say practice but it a lot of I wouldn't say practice but it a lot of I wouldn't say practice but it involves a lot more skill than your involves a lot more skill than your involves a lot more skill than your average turn-based game like Pokemon or average turn-based game like Pokemon or average turn-based game like Pokemon or Persona because one small mistake you Persona because one small mistake you Persona because one small mistake you make in a battle in smt5 could cost you make in a battle in smt5 could cost you make in a battle in smt5 could cost you the entire battle it could cost you an the entire battle it could cost you an the entire battle it could cost you an entire save file and it is very entire save file and it is very entire save file and it is very unrelenting and I love it and I've unrelenting and I love it and I've unrelenting and I love it and I've played a lot of turn-based games in my played a lot of turn-based games in my played a lot of turn-based games in my life and even recently I've gone back life and even recently I've gone back life and even recently I've gone back and played a few more like I played a and played a few more like I played a and played a few more like I played a bit of Dragon Quest 11 loved it I played bit of Dragon Quest 11 loved it I played bit of Dragon Quest 11 loved it I played a bit of the old classic Final Fantasy a bit of the old classic Final Fantasy a bit of the old classic Final Fantasy games six and seven particularly and I games six and seven particularly and I games six and seven particularly and I really like them and I really notice really like them and I really notice really like them and I really notice that a lot of turn-based games nowadays that a lot of turn-based games nowadays that a lot of turn-based games nowadays have their own unique approach to what have their own unique approach to what have their own unique approach to what makes them a turn-based game of course makes them a turn-based game of course makes them a turn-based game of course smt has the Press turns it has the high smt has the Press turns it has the high smt has the Press turns it has the high difficulty Dragon Quest has its zaniness difficulty Dragon Quest has its zaniness difficulty Dragon Quest has its zaniness and it's a really wide variety of and it's a really wide variety of and it's a really wide variety of support attacks and support moves that support attacks and support moves that support attacks and support moves that different characters can use the classic different characters can use the classic different characters can use the classic Final Fantasy games have the active Time Final Fantasy games have the active Time Final Fantasy games have the active Time battle gauge which is now even battle gauge which is now even battle gauge which is now even incorporated into the Final Fantasy VII incorporated into the Final Fantasy VII incorporated into the Final Fantasy VII remake series as well and then you have remake series as well and then you have remake series as well and then you have games like octopath traveler live alive games like octopath traveler live alive games like octopath traveler live alive and all these other awesome turn-based and all these other awesome turn-based and all these other awesome turn-based games in the modern age that not only games in the modern age that not only games in the modern age that not only have a very unique art style but they have a very unique art style but they have a very unique art style but they bring a very unique and new way of

  4. bring a very unique and new way of bring a very unique and new way of battling in this turn-based format that battling in this turn-based format that battling in this turn-based format that has never been done before and I really has never been done before and I really has never been done before and I really appreciate that and a lot of people I've appreciate that and a lot of people I've appreciate that and a lot of people I've heard online are saying turn-based games heard online are saying turn-based games heard online are saying turn-based games are boring they're slow they're silly are boring they're slow they're silly are boring they're slow they're silly they're boring and they are just not fun they're boring and they are just not fun they're boring and they are just not fun they're outdated when Persona 6 comes they're outdated when Persona 6 comes they're outdated when Persona 6 comes out I want to play it but if it's turned out I want to play it but if it's turned out I want to play it but if it's turned pleased I can't play it because it's pleased I can't play it because it's pleased I can't play it because it's slow and boring and silly well you know slow and boring and silly well you know slow and boring and silly well you know what else is slow and boring and silly what else is slow and boring and silly what else is slow and boring and silly that opinion because turn-based games that opinion because turn-based games that opinion because turn-based games are selling very well the Persona 5 are selling very well the Persona 5 are selling very well the Persona 5 games are selling very well Dragon Quest games are selling very well Dragon Quest games are selling very well Dragon Quest 11 has sold very well and even games 11 has sold very well and even games 11 has sold very well and even games that aren't actually very popular like that aren't actually very popular like that aren't actually very popular like octopath shin Megami tensei live alive octopath shin Megami tensei live alive octopath shin Megami tensei live alive alive they're doing good they're doing alive they're doing good they're doing alive they're doing good they're doing good for their series they're not good for their series they're not good for their series they're not selling Zelda numbers they're not selling Zelda numbers they're not selling Zelda numbers they're not selling Call of Duty numbers no no but selling Call of Duty numbers no no but selling Call of Duty numbers no no but for the turn-based genre for that niche for the turn-based genre for that niche for the turn-based genre for that niche of games they're doing very very well of games they're doing very very well of games they're doing very very well I'm very happy for those games but I I'm very happy for those games but I I'm very happy for those games but I don't think a game should become an don't think a game should become an don't think a game should become an action game or an action RPG just so action game or an action RPG just so action game or an action RPG just so people can get into the series I do feel people can get into the series I do feel people can get into the series I do feel like a lot of people saying oh what if like a lot of people saying oh what if like a lot of people saying oh what if Persona was action based like Striker is Persona was action based like Striker is Persona was action based like Striker is in Persona 6 or what if smt did this or in Persona 6 or what if smt did this or in Persona 6 or what if smt did this or what if project Reef fantasy was an what if project Reef fantasy was an what if project Reef fantasy was an action game instead of a turn-based game action game instead of a turn-based game action game instead of a turn-based game well we now know that it is turn based a well we now know that it is turn based a well we now know that it is turn based a lot of that

  5. here because I feel like turn-based here because I feel like turn-based games still have a very prevalent place games still have a very prevalent place games still have a very prevalent place in the video game industry they are very in the video game industry they are very in the video game industry they are very strategic they're very unique and strategic they're very unique and strategic they're very unique and they're very creative like I just said they're very creative like I just said they're very creative like I just said before there's so many different styles before there's so many different styles before there's so many different styles of turn-based games octopath and Dragon of turn-based games octopath and Dragon of turn-based games octopath and Dragon Quest don't feel very similar they have Quest don't feel very similar they have Quest don't feel very similar they have different styles of gameplay different different styles of gameplay different different styles of gameplay different art styles and even should Megami tensei art styles and even should Megami tensei art styles and even should Megami tensei isn't the same as any of those three I isn't the same as any of those three I isn't the same as any of those three I mean you can compare it with its mean you can compare it with its mean you can compare it with its turn-based gameplay but you can't turn-based gameplay but you can't turn-based gameplay but you can't compare it with any of its actual compare it with any of its actual compare it with any of its actual gameplay mechanics and then you got gameplay mechanics and then you got gameplay mechanics and then you got Persona which throws another wrench in Persona which throws another wrench in Persona which throws another wrench in there see all these games are so unique there see all these games are so unique there see all these games are so unique that it keeps the turn-based RPG genre that it keeps the turn-based RPG genre that it keeps the turn-based RPG genre very fresh and it's always ever evolving very fresh and it's always ever evolving very fresh and it's always ever evolving it's always evolving always changing and it's always evolving always changing and it's always evolving always changing and I love that about it and not to mention I love that about it and not to mention I love that about it and not to mention there are many there are many turn-based there are many there are many turn-based there are many there are many turn-based RPGs on the way of course I just said RPGs on the way of course I just said RPGs on the way of course I just said Persona 3 reload super hype for that add Persona 3 reload super hype for that add Persona 3 reload super hype for that add metaphor refantazio super super hyped metaphor refantazio super super hyped metaphor refantazio super super hyped for that and recently announced we got for that and recently announced we got for that and recently announced we got Super Mario RPG being remade Super Mario RPG being remade Super Mario RPG being remade if turn-based games are outdated then if turn-based games are outdated then if turn-based games are outdated then why the heck someone tell me why is why the heck someone tell me why is why the heck someone tell me why is Super Mario RPG getting a remake the Super Mario RPG getting a remake the Super Mario RPG getting a remake the very first turn-based Mario game is very first turn-based Mario game is very first turn-based Mario game is getting a remake and of course you have getting a remake and of course you have getting a remake and of course you have the Pokemon games Pokemon games are the Pokemon games Pokemon games are the Pokemon games Pokemon games are always going to be selling like hotcakes always going to be selling like hotcakes always going to be selling like hotcakes and even Dragon Quest 12 I recently read and even Dragon Quest 12 I recently read and even Dragon Quest 12 I recently read an article about yujihori saying Dragon

  6. an article about yujihori saying Dragon an article about yujihori saying Dragon Quest 12 is having a little bit of Quest 12 is having a little bit of Quest 12 is having a little bit of trouble because it's accommodating to an trouble because it's accommodating to an trouble because it's accommodating to an older audience and also I've heard older audience and also I've heard older audience and also I've heard interviews of yujihari saying that interviews of yujihari saying that interviews of yujihari saying that Dragon Quest 12 is going to take a Dragon Quest 12 is going to take a Dragon Quest 12 is going to take a different approach to its gameplay in different approach to its gameplay in different approach to its gameplay in combat I've talked to a lot of people combat I've talked to a lot of people combat I've talked to a lot of people about this and I really hope that it about this and I really hope that it about this and I really hope that it doesn't go full action if it does doesn't go full action if it does doesn't go full action if it does something like ATB that would be cool if something like ATB that would be cool if something like ATB that would be cool if it does something like the new Star it does something like the new Star it does something like the new Star Ocean 2 remake is doing that would be Ocean 2 remake is doing that would be Ocean 2 remake is doing that would be cool even if they do something like cool even if they do something like cool even if they do something like Final Fantasy 7 remake that would be Final Fantasy 7 remake that would be Final Fantasy 7 remake that would be cool but I think a lot of games in the cool but I think a lot of games in the cool but I think a lot of games in the modern day and age have their identity modern day and age have their identity modern day and age have their identity set in stone with that turn-based set in stone with that turn-based set in stone with that turn-based formula and it is slow it is a little formula and it is slow it is a little formula and it is slow it is a little bit chill and not as like fast-paced as bit chill and not as like fast-paced as bit chill and not as like fast-paced as like Kingdom Hearts or Tales of but it's like Kingdom Hearts or Tales of but it's like Kingdom Hearts or Tales of but it's its own style saying turn-based Games its own style saying turn-based Games its own style saying turn-based Games should not exist is like saying any should not exist is like saying any should not exist is like saying any other franchise or genre should not other franchise or genre should not other franchise or genre should not exist exist exist they have a very prominent and very they have a very prominent and very they have a very prominent and very prevalent place in the gaming industry I prevalent place in the gaming industry I prevalent place in the gaming industry I personally love turn-based games and personally love turn-based games and personally love turn-based games and right now I'm having kind of a right now I'm having kind of a right now I'm having kind of a turn-based game Renaissance you know I'm turn-based game Renaissance you know I'm turn-based game Renaissance you know I'm going back and playing a lot of going back and playing a lot of going back and playing a lot of turn-based RPGs I'm playing smt right turn-based RPGs I'm playing smt right turn-based RPGs I'm playing smt right now I want to go back and try out Final now I want to go back and try out Final now I want to go back and try out Final Fantasy 9 and 10 as well I'm really Fantasy 9 and 10 as well I'm really Fantasy 9 and 10 as well I'm really excited to try those games out and I excited to try those games out and I excited to try those games out and I really encourage a lot of people to give really encourage a lot of people to give really encourage a lot of people to give turn-based RPGs a chance as well because turn-based RPGs a chance as well because turn-based RPGs a chance as well because they're fun they're unique no two they're fun they're unique no two they're fun they're unique no two franchises and series or even games may

  7. franchises and series or even games may franchises and series or even games may be the same and they're just Timeless be the same and they're just Timeless be the same and they're just Timeless Classics you know so let me know what Classics you know so let me know what Classics you know so let me know what you guys think about these games down you guys think about these games down you guys think about these games down below if you guys have watched till the below if you guys have watched till the below if you guys have watched till the end let me know how many times I said end let me know how many times I said end let me know how many times I said the word turn based the word turn based the word turn based in this video and if you enjoy videos in this video and if you enjoy videos in this video and if you enjoy videos like this give it a like subscribe for like this give it a like subscribe for like this give it a like subscribe for more content like this it's a niche more content like this it's a niche more content like this it's a niche quick signing off have a great day go quick signing off have a great day go quick signing off have a great day go play some great games today like a play some great games today like a play some great games today like a turn-based RPG like smt5 or Dragon Quest turn-based RPG like smt5 or Dragon Quest turn-based RPG like smt5 or Dragon Quest 11. I'll see you guys in the next one 11. I'll see you guys in the next one 11. I'll see you guys in the next one later later later hey guys this is quick thank you so much hey guys this is quick thank you so much hey guys this is quick thank you so much for watching that video and if you for watching that video and if you for watching that video and if you enjoyed it check out these two videos on enjoyed it check out these two videos on enjoyed it check out these two videos on the left and if you aren't subscribed the left and if you aren't subscribed the left and if you aren't subscribed why not hit that subscribe button on the why not hit that subscribe button on the why not hit that subscribe button on the way out I'll see you guys in the next way out I'll see you guys in the next way out I'll see you guys in the next one have a great day and see you later

Summary

The discussion centers on the perceived decline of turn-based video games, with arguments that they are too slow and outdated compared to action-oriented titles like Call of Duty and Final Fantasy 16. The speaker highlights personal enjoyment of Shin Megami Tensei 5 and Persona 4 Golden as examples of modern turn-based games that offer engaging experiences beyond simple mechanics like those found in Pokémon, suggesting that the genre still has a place if it evolves. The takeaway is that while some believe turn-based games are dying, innovative titles can still captivate players.

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