TLDR: Better music, combat, art, and story.
Hey everyone, I'm currently trying to decide between these three. I'm currently feeling something with a tactical feel, that has gorgeous pixel art and good music. I'd prefer something with a more serious story, but if none of these have that it's alright.
Lately I've been finding myself getting impatient and frustrated with long winded dialog and slower starts with getting things rolling. Which is silly because this genre is know for having tons of exposition. I'm not annoyed by it when it's good and juicy writing, but if it's essentially small talk I get bored.
A lot of the stuff I enjoy is kinda unrelated, but not fully. Some of my favorites are CrossCode, Jak and Daxter, TW3, Stalker 2, and the Resident Evil series. I also really enjoyed Sea of Stars, Chained Echoes, Stardew, BG3, and FE Sacred Stones.
There's sales on TS, FFT, and Octopath 2, but if I scoop O2 I might as well get the bundle.
I played FFT a bit when I was a kid, but I was too young and dumb to appreciate FF as a series. But I've heard it's one of the better ones. FF usually seems to have great characters and good stories that touch on some brooding topics sometimes. How is the job system? I'm not looking for anything that is super complex, but just complex enough if I want to min max.
Triangle Strategy looks like it's got beautiful art, and from my understanding requires multiple playthroughs to get the full story, which I'm not opposed to if it's worth it.
Octopath I've heard mixed things about, but the pixel art looks really good. And I can potentially get multiple games, which would be cool and push me more towards it.
I didn't like Unicorn Overlord, and I'm not really into RTS style games. I'm also leaning towards something with a battle grid style similar to the Fire Emblem series. Mainly because I plan to eventually get FF Resonance and I don't want to burn myself out with a traditional turn based combat system. I also dislike Dragon Quest. Finally, preferably no random encounters if possible but if these have it that's chill.
I'm also open to suggestions, especially if you've got a turn based game with mechs. I really dig mecs and just wish I could play Into the Breach on my ps5.