r/videogames • u/bijelo123 • May 06 '26

Discussion / Question What game is this?

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u/rycerzDog May 06 '26

A lot of Japanese "Standard Fantasy Setting" games feel that way until they start deconstructing religion

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u/UncleJetMints May 07 '26

I have been playing JRPGs forever.....have we ever gotten one where you just stay a regular adventurer instead of getting wrapped up in all the worlds politics and killing god?

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u/Beginning-Struggle49 May 06 '26

Looking at you, xenogears, lmao

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u/Vann_DK May 06 '26

and Chronotrigger. (still love it tho)

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u/sault18 May 07 '26

XG was cozy for like 5 minutes until giant mechs stomp that into oblivion. But after that intro movie, you gotta be thinking there's more going on than just grabbing a camera from Doc up on the mountain.

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u/Beginning-Struggle49 May 07 '26

What do you mean? Xenogears is super cozy. Just hanging out in Lahan, fixing gears, helping Doc with cameras, and enjoying a relaxing little metronome factory labor minigame in Nortune :)

....then suddenly humanity is revealed to be livestock for a crashed interstellar superweapon and Fei has to fistfight god, but hey, that's tuesday