I had a chance to play the demo for The Alliance Alive yesterday and I'm totally hooked! This is exactly the kind of JPRG that I've been looking for, and it's coming out tomorrow! If you haven't had a chance to play this yet, and you have a 3DS, try the demo out for sure!
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Guys, this game slays. You've GOT to try it out!
hi, found this channel thanks to this video, this game has been on my radar since last year, the launch edition looks pretty cool
who uploads at 4 am. also good hear. been effy about picking this up before finishing radiant historia, atm it's fuckin great
please! you have to try Valkyrie Profile series
Never heard of it until now, thank you a lot for the awesome recommendation. I needed a game like this!
Dark Pixel Gaming downloading, it may EVEN replace Ever oasis on my wishlist
News broke out a few days ago that The Alliance Alive is getting an HD remaster release that is coming to PS4, Switch, and PC in Japan for Fall 2019.
Hope it gets released in the us.
Kameron Bartley it actually is, check it out on NISA
Yep! Physical and digital to boot for this year. I need to get my wallet ready for another dip then.
@@theguilty999 sweet. I want to see the game in even better graphics.
I just bought it for ps4 unfortunately I wanted the switch version but they didnt have it at gamestop
Just played the demo on your recommendation and absolutely loved it. I think I’ll be picking this up too, even though I haven’t touched Radiant Historia yet. Thanks for the rec!!!!!
Dude, I love your videos. Your enthusiasm got me back into JRPG's. I haven't played them in years. Glad to be back!
I preordered this game last year when it released in Japan after reading about the team behind the project and hearing Hamauzu's music for the game. I pretty much refused to look up any new info on the game since then, so I am REALLY glad you dug the demo. Looking forward to playing it really soon!
Great review. Ive had this in my backlog for a while and about 3 hours in and loving it so far it kinda has a bravely default style to it. I love that they did away with random encounters in a lot of rpgs that stuff gets so tedious
Never been sold on a game faster
"From the guy who wrote suikoden 1,2 and 3" this is more than enough reason for me to buy it cant wait...
Ironically Suikoden 5 had the best story of the franchise...
DesMondesBlut Man, I heard many people say that and really looked forward to getting into it seeing how Suikoden 2 is probably my highest ranked JRPG story. But man was I disappointed by Suikoden 5. I'm completely at loss as to how people consider it even remotely close to Suikoden 2, much less better.
Hmm... The plot twist relatively early in the game and many character deaths, betrayal and tons of melodrama made Suikoden V so amazing. I most certainly only remember one particular moment or rather death that made me really emotionally attached to Suikoden 2 on the other hand, so i'm quite the opposite. I personally never understood the hype for Suikoden 2. Don't get me wrong, i respect everyones opinion and would never say that your feelings towards the game are wrong nor do i say it was a bad game, far from it... I just didn't care that much for it or the characters. It's just a matter of tastes.
Yeah that made it an instabuy for me
Totally agree with this, Suikoden II has great JRPG story above all JRPG
I love this kind of chibi art style. It works so well with JRPGs.
Suikoden 1 & 2 writer, say no more i'm definitely getting this game just realized its already out where i'm from
I didn't even know this was coming out and it is made by a dream-team of people! Can't wait!
I also have had some RPG burnout as I've tried playing so many recently and haven't found anything that sticks. I'm so happy I'm subbed to this channel because otherwise I wouldn't know about this game that looks so good.
Downloading the demo right now! That art style is sooooo satisfying to look at. Your description triggers that little part of my brain that makes my fingers involuntarily do the lewd insatiable desire groping gesture at my computer screen. I'm trembling with anticipation! Drip drip drip drip! My 3DS is making sounds to tease me for salivating so profusely.
The moment you mentioned the comment about how the combat evolution was like FF2 you had my like and subscribe. THANK YOU for remembering this when nobody else did.
Mmm, I love it! I was hoping you guys would talk about The Alliance Alive! Can't wait for my copy tomorrow!
I didn't know about this game until now! Guess I better give it a shot, Thanks man :D Here have a new sub!
I’ve never even heard of this before but the demo is downloading now and I’m stoked! Thanks, man.
This game wasn't on my radar at all, but now I'm super hyped. Will definitely be giving it a proper look.
yea this game was totally unknown to me until i saw someone talking about it on kotaku...and i'm a guy that generally takes note of all the upcoming jrpgs..
Pretty useful and interesting review I saw this game in the online store and the description is meh at most, this man has helped sell 1 game (once I get the money) without spoiling the game.
I'm also picking up this game tomorrow. I've been following the game for the last few months since its announcement coming to North America. I just hope this game sells enough copies/surpass expections to encourage future games like this.
What would've thought that 11 months later, I'll have an HD port in the Switch.
I'll totally be checking this game out though. Thanks for getting word out!
"... He decided to bring on Yoshitaka Murayama" *instant goosebumps
I just finished the demo and i can completely understand where you're coming from. I was a little confused when I wasn't getting EXP from battles but i was still getting upgraded. But now i know and i love the fact that this game doesn't have the traditional gain EXP to get stronger. It reminds me of legend of Zelda, which i love. And this game also gives me Bravely default vibes as well as the Tales of series.
Kinda late but thanks for doing such a complete and nice review about this game, gonna purchase my copy for the 3DS because of you.
Bought the game and loving it thanks to you! :)
Alright. You've convinced me. I like a lot of oldschool so I'll give this baby a shot
So how was it? Any feedback? I am getting to buy several games on eshop rn
"Writer of Suikoden and composer of FFXIII." Instantly bought. Suikoden is the biggest loss of a series I've ever had. And as much as Utawarerumono and Valkyria Chronicles kind of filled it, it's still not going to be the same as if Murayama wrote it. And well, the music for FFXIII is the best part of that game. Possibly the best music in the whole series. The perfect blend of orchestration and electronica.
Already had it pre-ordered. More people need to know about this game. As one of the rare few that enjoyed Legend of Legacy I've been super stoked about this. They essentially solved all the problems I had with that game and kept all the things I liked while also polishing them up.
I didn't know other fans of Legend of Legacy existed. :p I enjoyed that game.
Yeah! A bit rough around the edges, but enjoyable nevertheless :3
Looks awesome, I’m going to have to grab it! I’ve been playing Radiant Historia and that game has been extremely refreshing as well 👍.
Just bought it thanks to you, Mike! I highly value your opinion.
The cutscenes and cinematography used in the game looks very well polished too judging from this. I haven't played a video game since Metroid came to 3DS so I'm really pumped to give this a try. You always give great recommendations Mike! Thanks!
i want more videos about this game Mike! xp im playing right now and damm im loving it!best regards
Great video man, subscribed. 👍
Amazing art style, and Barbarosa's design is neat. 'o'
I had a good feeling about this game so I preordered it a while ago. Now I’m stoked to get it tomorrow!
I was never excited about the 3DS, but this does look like a great game
This just made me subscribe to your channel. Hearing that Hamauzu composed this game too? I must track this down in Australia! :O
I didn’t know this game existed until today. After this video, I’m going to buy it immediately. Thanks Mike :D
I've already been sooooooo hyped for this game since it was announced. I CAN NOT wait to play it.
Been looking for a good review, from someone that felt like JRPGs recently just haven't been "Doing it", whatever IT was? You sold me, my dude, it's installing digitally now =] Thanks for the recommendation!
Wow, it looks great, thanks, Mike!
Welp, turns out I have been looking for this game too.
Glad to see that someone else is looking forward to this game. I thought I was all alone since it seems that I'm the only person that enjoyed The Legend of Legacy.
You have sold me. Now to put it on the shelf along with 20 other games I should be playing, but can't because I'm playing a grindy phone game.
To be completely honest, I got about three minutes in before I started looking for the Amazon order page. I am extremely excited about the features outlined in here. This sounds like something I have been looking for for years.
A new, traditional style jrpg for the 3DS/2DS!? About time!! Downloading the demo right now!
Downloaded the Demo last night and I'm in. Bought it!
There's an interesting text interview with the producer/director of "The Legend of Legacy" and "The Alliance Alive" that I stumbled on a few months ago. The original interview was from the Japanese website Dengeki Online, but the translation was in a webpage called subcultured impression. I think it's an interesting read and that maybe you should look into when you get the chance. There are also some KZhead videos from Furyu that go behind the scenes of the game's development. The videos are in Japanese, but sadly there are no subtitles.
My goal is to finish Etrian Odyssey V (not counting the 6th stratum/post-game) before this comes out. I've reached the final boss yesterday, but I don't know if I'm strong enough to beat it.
I tried the demo, it was really good, gonna buy soonz once I clear out some of my ds rpgs
Just thought I'd let you know mike the team that did final fantasy 2 went on to do the SaGa series with its level progression and unique world navigation who also made this game
Toby Peralta Akitoshi Kawazu is his name. SaGa Frontier>SaGa Frontier II fight me. Also doesn't Octopath Traveler seem like a SaGa game?
Octopath Traveler definitely comes across as a SaGa game.
Michael Lewis Octopath seems to be taking inspiration from a number of games, from SaGa to Japan only games like Live-A-Live and Seiken Densetsu 3
I've played the new Switch release of Romancing Saga 2! Pretty interesting game, if a little to light on story. -Mike
Dark Pixel Gaming yeah mike it's pretty light on it but its more of a open world jrpg. So its more of a quest based structure
Wow a 3DS game! I'm going to check this out I have to keep my little old 3DS alive and hold out on buying a switch as long as I can
Michael Switzer My dear 3DS is about 6 years old... my dear friend!
someones poor
Cencil if u are saying I have no cash for a switch then yes lol I'm working on saving money to buy a home for myself and girlfriend so it's a little more important then a switch I also really like my zelda edition new 3DS and it's a shame it's already old tech
Just wait til you get the glider. Prepare to be even more enamored with the world map.
oh my god THERE'S A GLIDER?! I'm kind of addicted to gliders since Guild Wars 2 1st expansion and Zelda Breath of the Wild now haha
Well darn, should have downloaded the demo last night. Will have to wait for now.
Picked it up today after the recommendation!
I'm so happy. My cousin just bought me this game as a graduation present. 😄
Well, I'm glad I have my copy preordered :)
This got me kinda hyped! Maybe we can see a full review eventually?
Maybe! If I can actually find the time to beat it! -Mike
bought the game as a result of this video as soon as I could and I'm already on my third playthrough. Interesting lore too, wish it was a little easier to get a hold of though.
Funny I just finished the demo yesterday and here is this video. I like the games set up and with Suikoden dead right now I'm pretty excited. Still I don't really understand the combat but hopefully it works well in the end.
Thanks for the recommendation! Definitely gonna buy this once ive saved up moni.
Is there ever going to be a longer review video for The Alliance Alive? Would love to see this. Especially after how highly your impressions were with it. I’m about 10.5 hours in and I can’t put it down.
Man ever since the world of romancing saga introduce me to weapon proficiency, it became one of my favorites kind of in depth features in a rpg game. Slap on the mastermind behind Suikoden, I gotta get a 3ds to play this game!
It’s basically a new SaGa game and I love that
As a Sony fan I am very very happy this is coming to get a PS4 release.
You sold me on this
You should try Bravely Default, it's really wonderful! It takes the traditional turn-based combat but adds a twist, and the music as well as the 3D effects are absolutely mesmerizing! Definitely one of the best jrpg out there
I'm a big fan of Bravely Default! Haven't played the second one though because I heard the story is pretty bad. -Mike
Bravely Default is nice, but boy did I get bored before the end up the first game. So I refused to play the sequel.
I actually thought Bravely Second's story was pretty damn solid. It's that kind of story that you would enjoy far more after playing for the second time, though it's hard to explain without giving anything away... It's very well written in the sense that "second" is a recurring theme throughout the game, as the title suggests. The gameplay was polished too, so it was a great game overall imo.
Dark Pixel Gaming Whoever told ya that was lieing
This game is so amazing! I love it!
I knew about Alliance Alive just because of Hamauzu Masashi, a very talented composer no less.
I just finished SMT4 Apocalypse and was looking to see what I was going to play next. This looks like something going back to JRPG roots without having a lot of the bad oldschool JRPG mechanics have (like unavoidable random encounters). Thanks for this!
Awesome! I haven’t heard anything about this game, but it looks solid enough. I still have to play Bravely Default, but this will be right after that!
You know I hadn't heard of this game before watching this video and I've been looking for a JRPG kind of like this so I might check it out.
I can already see people talking in like 5 years about this game as a hidden gem for the 3ds
So hidden that it's not on the eShop anymore.
Well, ye but it's on the Switch now, so it's hardly more 'hidden'.
Are they?
It has a strong "Bravely" vibe to it. I dig it!!
You had me at Masashi Hamauzu. But I don't own a 3DS. I really enjoyed his work in XIII-2 how songs would mix to different genres was refreshing.
You know what would be a palette cleanser from all these JRPG's? Nights into Dreams. You can go from feeling burnt out from games to being plain old confused 👍
H.D Beird It's weird you mentioned a Saturn classic... When he mentioned liking leveling up skills by using then, I immediately thought of Mystaria.
Afraid I missed that one. Maybe he should play Burning Rangers by Sonic Team too. Basically, let's all pile on the confusion to Mike like the good fans we are.
I've been excited for this game for a long time now. I remember watching Japanese KZhead videos and commenting "Bring to the west!". Thinking they'd never localize it after the poor reputation of Legend if Legacy. I'm so glad they gave us the chance to play this game.
You have good videos, you win a new suscriptor
I am definitely interested in this game even if the game is digital only in Europe. Its pretty exciting that Yoshitaka Murayama is writing the story, Suikoden 1-3 have really good wiriting imo. Plus Hamauzu is one of the better composers in the industry so I am pretty sure the music is going to be atleast great. I am playing Trails of Cold Steel 2 and Ni No Kuni 2 before I jump into this game tho. I just hope that the gameplay will have some complexity to it.
Thanks for recommending this, it looks really good! Can I ask if you've played/finished Xenoblade 2? That game fits my bill for the "JRPG I've been looking for" and addresses a lot of points you raised in the video. It's definitely a JRPG classic worth playing through!
I can't wait to play it on my PS4 :)
It’s on the 3ds :( if only it was on the switch. It’s so weird they haven’t done any marketing or hype on this game, it looks awesome and this is the first time I’ve heard of it
I will buy this one. I really like RPGs that has the growth type approach on improving the characters.
Cool, thanks for the video
I hadn't even heard of this one. It looks incredible. I'll definitely have to pick it up.
Going to do all I can to buy this ASAP.
Might have to check this out.
I thought I was the only one looking forward to this game!
If this demo is on my Australian 3DS, I'm sure as fetch going to try it out. Cheers for the recommendation :)
I really liked this video, now I got very excited about this game, which I wasn't expecting at all to be this captivating. In my opinion this is of a similar style to the two Bravely games, especially in its character models, in the end it's true that the Bravely series, even if just a bit, has influenced the genre. Anyway, do you know if they're going to release it in Europe? I'm Italian and it'd be a shame to not have the chance to play this one.
Seemingly they only have a digital release in Europe. So unless that's a problem, you can play it.
Greil9 nah it's just a little bothering, I'm not used to download games
God I ordered this on a whim, I'm lad you had a good experience with it . Just need to finish radiant historia and Ni no kuni 2
HA! Tokyo RPG Factory take notes. I love it.
I’ve never heard of this, but it’s on my radar now :) I’m loving Berseria, but I need to get back to it because I keep getting distracted by everything else coming out. I’ve played all the western-released Tales games, but the only one I’ve beaten is Xillia 1, and I feel like I’m enjoying Berseria more than enough to make that my second, especially after the more emotionally confusing Zesteria. Side note: I actually loved FF2 when I played it on the GBA. I thought the story and characters were great (except for Guy...), and I loved the progression system. I saw what they were trying to do with it, and I appreciated that. I always liked the idea of that method of leveling, and if you say Alliance Alive does it right, then I’m down. Also, shoutout to Act Raiser! I feel like that’s one of the SNES’s hidden gems. The only times I’ve really heard it mentioned are in videos like “Top 10 SNES games you never got around to playing”, and the comments are all either, “What is this weird Castlevania Sim City?” or “I forgot about this game. I borrowed it from a friend once and didn’t really know what I was doing.”
OH BOY! at 5:21 it gave me the feel of a Golden Sun temple/tower, cant remember well but it looks great.
I hope i can give this game the time it deserves, i preordered it after hearing about the team behint it and the cheap price for that sweet launch edition.
Coolness. Octopath Traveler is actually my most anticipated (Switch) RPG, too, and I have The Alliance Alive, so this video makes me want to get to it quicker ... because I *loved* the Otcopath demo's battle system. Now I know what I'm playing when I'm done with my current game -- going in handheld mode. Some SaGa (FF Adventure) & FF2 influence here.
I also love such a system like in FF2, where your chars get slightly stronger at different stats, without an XP-bar and leveling up and it was the first thing I've noticed while playing the demo. It feels more rewarding in such a game, if it just happens now and then, and not while watching an XP-bar over multiple fights till someone gets stronger.
I love how the music doesn't change for most of the normal encounters; it makes most of the game maintain this great relaxing tone that fits with the simplistic graphics. I think the graphics are more fitting for 3DS than for any TV Console, but I guess it's better to have it ported than nothing. Still wish they added 3D features to it, though.
You should totally check out the SaGa series games (especially the latest: SaGa Scarlet Grace Ambitions) which have also perfected the level up as you use stat enhancement mechanic.
looks like Bravely Default to me and that was a series that to this day, has me in love with jrpgs. So this will be an instant download by my standards