Today’s surprise announcement during Tokyo Game Show 2021 thatScarlet Nexuswould be coming to Xbox Game Pass was definitely a welcome one. It’s one ofthe best JRPGsof the year and it seems like it might have been skipped over by many potential fans due to some of the other games that were released around it.
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Scarlet Nexus' High Concept Plot
Unfortunately, it seems likeScarlet Nexuslost a lot of people with its seemingly convoluted plot that was displayed in its marketing. Sometimes to the game’s detriment,Scarlet Nexusis a little bit difficult to explain because of its mix of narrative and gaming genres. The game coined the term “brain punk” which was used in its marketing which, prior to the game’s use of it, wasn’t an established genre, making it hard for many gaming fans to know what it was actually about before making a purchase.
Supporting JRPGs on Xbox Platforms
While it certainly fluctuates from year to year, it seems like Xbox has something of a JRPG problem. Many JRPG titles don’t sell nearly as well on Microsoft’s consoles when compared to their sales on the PlayStation causing some studios to go exclusively to Sony for publishing. As mentioned above,Xbox is missing some of the biggest JRPG releases of the past console generationwith titles likePersona 5/Persona 5 RoyalandFinal Fantasy 7 Remakeskipping the platform altogether. Although it might not be held in as high regard as those two titles,Scarlet Nexusis one of the best JRPGs this year and deserves to be given a shot, even if it falls far from traditional entries in the genre in terms of gameplay.
Scarlet Nexusis available on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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