I feel quite the opposite. I started with Rise last year which was really fun. Then I bought World some time later and man, I’m in love with that game to the point that Rise just doesn’t do it for me anymore. Now I see it as too fast paced and with little care for the environments compared to World.
Slay the Spire when I want some time off with work/course while I watch videos or podcasts.
CrossCode at night when I’m free. This is my new addiction as I keep thinking about it constantly. Honestly really fell in love with this game almost instantly. Even though the game is like 5 years old, this was my surprise of this year! Shout out to the few CrossCode fans here on Lemmy, we exist!
Elden Ring with the seamless coop mod at night with my friends when they’re available. I’ve already got all the endings with multiple characters but I keep playing because it’s extremely fun with homies, and also because I just want another excuse to keep playing it lmao
Dude I had CrossCode on my wishlist for years and forgot about it, until I watched a video praising it and saying to not let indie games like this one die in obscurity when they deserve much more attention.
So I bought it on last Steam sale and fuck, I wholeheartedly agree with that video. I just beat my first dungeon and it’s such a beautiful and fun game - the characters being one of my favorite aspects.
It’s painfully sad how severely underrated CrossCode is. It needs more praise and love so I’m doing my best to raise awareness of it lol.
Wouldn’t be surprised if this one becomes one of my favorites.
CrossCode - this isn’t a jrpg nor a classic style per ser but I’d say it’s heavily inspired by them. I’ve been playing it for a while and it really is a gem of a game. Check it out if it’s your thing.
Other modern games which are a jrpgs that I haven’t played but heard good things are Chained Echoes and Octopath Traveller. Those are akin to retro classic style jrpgs
Slay the Spire - damn fucking addicting game, sometimes infuriating and sometimes a dopamine rush, it’s just feels so good when you play your cards right
CrossCode - I’m still at the beginning (just got my first party member) and I fell in love with it almost instantly. The dialogue is funny and the combat is chef’s kiss. Shout out to Lea’s legendary face reactions
Sekiro - This was January 2020 so the timing was perfect just before covid hit (in my country). Back then I just had the opportunity to build one so I didn’t think twice cuz I wanted a gaming pc since forever.
I had at the time so many games in mind for years and also in my backlog, so it was incredible to finally build one and play all of them during the lockdowns lmao
Monster Hunter Wilds. It looks phenomenal