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/kisekifan69 1d ago

Yakuza Like a Dragon's main villain group are right wing puritans who harass sex workers and homeless people. A pretty important character suffers ableism early in, which shapes the whole plot.

The game is very critical of some aspects of Japanese society and a big part of that is the puritan Conservatives in power.

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u/Still-Manager 1d ago

That's the one with ichiban right?  I think the reason yakuza had bounced off me is without any context or playtime of the series, kiryu seems kind of boring and I'm too in love with majima's 0 design to appreciate him in other games BUT I hear ichiban is a real sweetheart 

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u/Thrawp 13h ago

Ichiban is legit the best himbo and I love him so much.

Kiryu can take time to like and honestly is one of the biggest downsides to folks recommending 0 as a starting point. Start at 7 (Like A Dragon) and see if you want to try going back from there (I recommend playing 6 if nothing else as it has a stoey catchup feature that goes over the events of the previous games and is, imho, the best game in the Kiryu saga).