During a talk at the Korean gaming conference G-Star 2025, Katsura Hashino — director of Metaphor: ReFantazio and the last three mainline Persona games — expressed his vision for the future of JRPGs.

JRPGs have been innovating since their conception, and some titles have brought much creativity to their turn-based combat ...

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The JRPG genre is pretty stacked, having some of the best games ever made. Within this genre, games are either turn-based or real time combat, but they are rarely both. However, there are a handful of ...

Turn-based RPGs are making a comeback, and their boost in popularity has likely been helped by the massive success of games like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Baldur's Gate 3. However, there have ...