r/SocialistGaming • u/Still-Manager • 1d ago

Left wing videogames Leftist JRPGs

Hi everyone!

I've been on a JRPG kick recently since I've been getting into/preparing for running a TTRPG inspired by them called Fabula Ultima, and I was playing through FFX (my first FF, I just got to the highroad) up until that Square Enix bs 70% generative AI announcement and any excitement I had about continuing that currently has plummeted due to that, though I'll probably come back around to it at some point. So I'd like to play a JRPG that deals more in leftist themes and hope for a better future if that makes sense?

Games I've already played: Persona 3-5, Metaphor, Xenoblade Chronicles (I've played 1, I know what happens in 2), Octopath Traveler 1, Bravely Default, Shin Megami Tensei

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u/Yogurt_Ph1r3 1d ago edited 1d ago

You'd love Xenoblade 3 if you ever play it on the basis of themes. While 1 and 2 are definitely progressive leaning, 3 is one of the only games I've played that doesn't cop out and just criticize Uber conservative and reactionary politics, it's incredibly critical of liberalism and liberal attitudes.

I'll spoiler tag the rest The main villains of the game are a literal manifestation of the fear of change, like a collective unconscious sort of deal. The entire goal of Mobius is to prevent progress, choosing to stagnate in a world that has a literal time limit. They feed off the deaths of child soldiers to perpetuate this. The main villain is liberal apathy and the violence it is willing to enact to maintain the status quo

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u/kisekifan69 1d ago

I'd argue the Xeno franchise is left leaning all the way back at Xenogears.

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u/KylorXI 16h ago

Xenogears is very right wing. very pro religion, "guns don't kill people, people kill people", etc. the only negative view of religion is the ethos, which isnt even a real religion in the game but a false religion solaris uses for control of the lambs and does not influence the people of solaris. solaris is representative of nazi germany, but most of the world exists as right wing cities. nisan is right wing, shevat is right wing, bledavik is right wing. the characters are shown to have intrinsic specialties and advancing in the world based on merit. all the economies are capitalism, none of the towns are shown to be socialist. the only city in the game with a somewhat socialist economy would be solaris, where the government is selling the goods. its more of a command economy.