I've started playing Jeanne d'Arc on the PSP as an experiment. I grew up loving to play on Game Boy Color, Advance, and Nintendo DS, but I had never put my hands on PlayStation's portable console. In 2025, I wanted to leave my Nintendo fan-boyism aside while also playing a tactical RPG, a genre I probably last played on the DS in Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift.
I normally avoid tactical RPGs because they tend to be long, slow, and repetitive. I barely finished Unicorn Overlord's demo because I hate spending several minutes setting up units only to later make a minor misplay that forces me to restart a long combat. I'm more of a Slay the Spire and Hades guy. But this time, I was also ok with being a little bored with a game if I thought I'd feel accomplished at the end.
