Party Chat: A JRPG Podcast

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Cam is joined by The Level Up Legacy Podcast and Branden Johnson aka Just The Gems to talk about all the games we got to go hands-on with while in Boston at PAX East. We talk Brigidine Abyss, Disgaea Mayhem, Rain98, Mina the Hollower and more!

Cameron and Kevin give their hope of announcements from the upcoming Xbox Partner Preview Showcase. Cameron previews a new upcoming Visual Novel Adventure title Rain98. Kevin gives updated thoughts on Crimson Desert as well as early impressions on Final Fantasy Dissidia Duellum. For Topic of the Show we go over the idea of a true ending and what can make them a complicated narrative device.

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Timestamps!
0:00 Intro
9:00 News: Project Helix Revealed
25:35 Nintendo Switch 2 22.0.0 update
30:42 PS Portal and PS5 Pro Updates
37:42 Falcom News and Future Game hints
45:23 DLSS 5 Debacle
52:06 The Rest of the News
1:05:33 Cam’s Been Playing more Legends Z-A
1:09:23 Topic of the Show - Games Radar’s top 15 JRPGs

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Thanks to Capcom Kevin got the chance to play some more Pragmata, taking a look at some of the game's later systems and mechanics. Here's how the games various upgrade systems work, how levels are structured, and a bit of a better idea at what the whole shape of this game really looks like.

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Cameron and Kevin go over the new SAO game that Bandai teased last week. NetEase strips funding of Gang of Dragon. Kevin gives early impressions on Chained Echoes. We tierlist every mainline Pokémon game.
Time Stamps!
0:00 Intro
4:53 News this week: New SAO Game
8:00 Gang of Dragon troubles
14:25 New Xenoblade Rumors
18:46 Yuji Horii on Localization
37:21 Capcom news and Quickies
46:21 Kevin’s been playing Chained Echoes
53:40 Pokemon Series Tier List