SIT DOWN, STFU, & PLAY THIS J-RPG =^.^= By dj Date Masamune Disclaimer • Appreciate all feedback • Whether via email, post-panel, during the con, on my blog, FB page, etc. • Have business cards you can take at any point during the panel Background & FYI • Originally started as ‘Obscure JRPGs You Should Play (Available in America)’… • But then ppl. go stupid when “obscure” is mentioned; i.e., hipsters ruin everything • Then turned into ‘Sit Down, STFU, & Play this JRPG’… • Became an unwieldly beast that valued quantity over quality • Now… • Super updated version that cuts down on the games mentioned & follows the format of another similar panel Moving On… • Audience participation super encouraged! • If you aren’t familiar w/ a game, ask about it! • Just be mindful I only have so much time & can only focus on any given game for so long • Definitely suggest games to me afterwards • Some listings will have pics only, others video+pics • If there’s a video, gonna talk through it • There will be spoilers to some degree “USUAL SUSPECTS” MAIN LIST Valkyria Chronicles • Pros • Cons • Meh • “Why the **** even?!”s Holy F***, Valkyria Chronicles 4, nani the $%*&?!?! Eternal Sonata • Pros • Cons • Meh • (360 version) • “Why the **** even?!”s • The ending Pokemon Conquest • Pros • Cons • Meh • “Why the **** even?!”s Infinite Undiscovery • Pros • ZOMG, love taking down chains • Love seeing your other parties do stuff while you’re going through an area • Cons • Sheath/unsheath system • Some areas where ridiculously too dark • Too short • Holy god, too many characters, not enough BG/development • Meh • Protag • Certain character could only be in your secondary/tertiary party • “Why the **** even?!”s • Again, sheath/unsheath system • Hate the maze-like forest Also… Tentacle grape: worst boss EVAR Growlanser series • Pros • Cons • Meh • “Why the **** even?!”s Ar Tonelico series • Pros • Soundtrack is sooo good • Fun w/ Reyvateil system • Love the dive system • Cons • 1st game, waaay too easy • 2nd game, had too many typos, general localizing issues; game breaking bug; both female leads were pretty annoying • 3rd game, too many annoying anime tropes • Meh • ALL THE INNUENDO! • Like a prepubescent boy wrote the script • Finding talk topics • Game 3, stripping..? • But the guys do it to, so that makes it OK I guess >.>; • “Why the **** even?!”s • You couldn’t have male Reyvateils…really? Chrono Cross • Pros • Cons • Meh • “Why the **** even?!”s Lunar series • Pros • Cons • Meh • “Why the **** even?!”s Star Ocean series • Pros • Cons • Meh • “Why the **** even?!”s Golden Sun series • Pros • Cons • Meh • “Why the **** even?!”s .hack// series • Pros • Con’t where the anime left off • Better gameplay than previous entries • soundtrack • Cons • Pretty linear • Nuked the armor & magic system • No Wavemaster class, just weak @$$ Harvest Cleric/Shadow Warlock/Macabre Dancer classes >.> • Meh • Too many unnecessary characters in your party that are barely developed • Goes to making it seem more like a MMORPG • Annoying protag • “Why the **** even?!”s • Seriously, WTF Ovan >.> • Way too much happening in the 3rd game i.e., not JRPG but u should play anyway ~or~ haven’t beat it yet >_>;; HONORABLE MENTIONS Xenoblade Chronicles 1 & 2 The DmC Catherine Zero Escape Series Asura’s Wrath Valkyrie Profile series Other Panels • Sit Down, STFU, & Play This J-RPG (Deluxe Edition) • Hynes Panel 310, Fri. -3/30/2018 4:30p-6p • Yaoi & Bara Tropes & Trends: Of Course It Can Fit! (18+) • Hynes Panel 311, Fri. 3/30/2018 11:30p-12:30a • Let's Go to "The World": A Panel about the .Hack Games • Hynes Panel 311, Sat. - 3/31/2018 2:30p-3:30p • Figures to the Max! Blinded by B00bs Edition (18+) • Hynes Panel 306, Sat. - 3/31/2018 10:30p-11:30p • Fate Universe, I am the bone of My Panel • Hynes Panel 310, Sun. - 4/1/2018, 12:30p-1:30p Thanks for Coming!.