Retrograde Amnesia: Comprehensive JRPG Retrospective

Retrograde Amnesia

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A chapter by chapter, beat by beat analysis of classic Japanese Roleplaying Games (JRPG). We delve deep into the story, dialogue, game mechanics, music, influences, and themes.We've covered Xenogears, Chrono Cross, Final Fantasy VIII, Suikoden, Suikoden II, Xenosaga Episode I, Final Fantasy Tactics, Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete, and Phantasy Star IV.Yes, we will kill god.

Episodes (731)

Chrono Cross | E2: Ocean Metaphor [Arni (Home)]

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Chrono Cross | E1: The Start of All This [Intro + Ancient Fort]

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Xenogears | E55: Fei, Dick Out [Epilogue]

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Xenogears | E54: Old Testament [First and Last, Part IV]

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Xenogears | E53: The War on Christmas [First and Last, Part III]

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Xenogears | E52: Re-Obsessed with Viscera [First and Last, Part II]

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Xenogears | E51: Men of the Sea Never Say Die [First and Last, Part I]

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Xenogears | E50: Bear with Me Here, Oedipus [Xenogears Wakes]

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Xenogears | E49: My Teenage Bedroom [Fallen Star, Part II]

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Aug 31, 20201:00:22pending

Xenogears | E48: Fist Imagery [Dreams, Part II + Fallen Star, Part I]

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Xenogears | E47: Hitherto Presentiment [Dreams, Part I]

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Xenogears | E46: Expressing Anger Through Lore [Merkava Calls]

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Xenogears | E45: Exegesises on Crucifixes [Promised Land + Waiting Death]

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Xenogears | E44: Circumstances that Led to This Coitus [Above Mahanon + Paradise...

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Xenogears | E43: More Stereo Dripping [The Stars Know]

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Xenogears | E42: Merge for the Kill [Soul Vessel]

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Xenogears | E41: The Ultimate JPEG [Break the Seal]

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Xenogears | E40: Being Naked in Tubes Together [Shot Down]

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Xenogears | E39: Monotheism is Not on the Menu [Shevat's Move + Broken Ties]

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Xenogears | E38: Annoying Handyman [Tears for Fears + Fall of Solaris]

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Xenogears | E37: Unworthy Molecular Machine [Krelian's Lab, Part II]

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Jun 8, 202056:16pending

Xenogears | E36: This is Reality. Let's Go. [Krelian's Lab, Part I]

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Xenogears | E35: End of the Sh*tpipe [Escape Solaris + Lone Wolf]

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May 25, 202050:21pending

Xenogears | E34: Doomsday Prep for the Super Rich [Into Solaris]

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Xenogears | E33: Showing His Samurai Ass [Gate 3: The Deep]

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May 11, 202057:42pending

Season 2 Poll Results and Announcement

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Xenogears | E32: Angle it for the Drop Ratio [Gate 2: Babel]

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R4: Ridge Racer Type-4 Retrospective

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Xenogears | E31: Bart vs. Bartholomew [Gate 1: Margie]

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Xenogears | E30: Bartweiser, The King of Gears [Protect Nisan!]

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Xenogears | E29: Perfect Robot Body [Intruder Alert! + Raid of Shevat!]

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Xenogears | E28: Disagreeable Squirt [Sky City Shevat]

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Xenogears | E27: Lost Porpoise [Babel Tower]

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Persona 5 Royal: The Retrograde Amnesia Review

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Xenogears | E26: EA Wild Second Amendment Appears! [Deep Sea Girl]

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Xenogears | E25: Yoke, not Yolk [Ocean Floor]

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Xenogears | E24: Hacking with Friends [Burning Souls]

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Xenogears | E23: Various, Pointless Gun Envy [Reaper's Ship]

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Xenogears | E22: God Tolerates Our Heathenism [A Young Priest + The Orphanage]

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Xenogears | E21: Classic Protagonist Incapacitation Sequence [Ramsus Attack]

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Xenogears | E20: Pranks in an Unknown Land [Friends Again + Betrayal]

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Xenogears | E19: Do Men Drink Hard Seltzer? [Men of the Sea]

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Xenogears | E18: Dry, Crumbly Conversation [Escape Ignas + Adrift at Sea]

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Xenogears | E17: Nationalist Robot Boss [Secret Weapon]

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Xenogears | E16: Super Nacho Information: Rubbing Tanks [Night Purge]

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Xenogears | E15: The Only Toilet in the Ignas Continent [Gear Dock Raid]

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Xenogears | E14: A Mutilated State [Battling Champ]

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Xenogears | E13: Grahf's Spreadsheet [Brave Battlers + The Sewers]

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Xenogears | E12: Black Market Concerns [Kislev Capital]

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Xenogears | E11: Mister Puniverse [Recapture Aveh + Desert Despair]

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