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[ForceStealer]

looks like circuit boards

 

[Wanderer]

Finally finished Expedition 33, and what a game it truly is, something special, and having something like this come out in 2025 is a miracle and an achievement on its own. I give it a 10/10, but I have some grievances, but it is not with the game itself, but the conversation around it. People are giving it high praise for being a JRPG without actually being one, meaning according to them it doesn’t have all the "anime slop" they hate about JRPGS, I feel like we have circled back to the 2000s's hatred of JRPG, seeing comments from western devs saying that it moves JRPGS forward in a mature direction acting like we never had JRPGS that were deep and had mature themes, If I remember correctly almost 2 years ago FFXVI was heavily criticised for being too dark and too western at times but now those critics have turned around and praising Expedition 33 for the same thing, it is almost like JRPGS are being held to a different standard and the goal posts are constanly being moved or new ones are created out of thin air.

Yeah, the conversation around this game has somehow gotten even worse. People are angry that IGN Japan and Famitsu did not give it high enough scores, and worse, that it flopped in Japan despite being a "JRPG." Apparently, to some idiots online, Japanese people are xenophobic for buying and preferring JRPGS made in Japan instead of Western RPGS pretending to be JRPGS.