The Two Types Of Video Game
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Video Game JRPGs - When They Work and When They Don't Work
Kirk: I don't have a finalized way of thinking about this, but Octopath 2 has been making me think about it in particular because the game is so fashioned as this nostalgia object despite being a new game telling a new story. Maddie: One of my comparison points was Persona 5, which I would describe as having some very stereotypical high schoolers in it and yet still being extremely pleasurable like Gossip Girl or Riverdale. Kirk: There's some element of nostalgic in almost every JRPG you've played that reminds you of what you were playing when you were high school.
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