Those who play RPGs

Well its not like you have to play them 50-60 hours in a row , RPGs just take time to finish , the playtime depends on you onlyfrozenthino

This pretty much applies to any game. If a reviewer says, "This game will last up to 60 hours", that doesn't mean you're going to be sitting in your room, playing the game for 60 straight hours; it simply means that the little time marker next to your save data will read "60:23" by the end of the game.

Nobody says you have to play it non-stop.

Thats what save points are for.

But the thing is. I get confused with the story if I go back and forth with more than 1 game. I guess that's just a problem I'll have to deal with?action1234

I never played one before, but I read that they last over 50-60 hours of gameplay. Do the people who play RPGs only interested in that genre of games or do they have ALOT of free time? I might be interested in playing some, but I'm interested in playing other genres too that aren't so long.action1234

1. Not all RPGS are that long

2. I like other genres other than RPGS

3. If you like short RPGS, check out the DS ones (such as The World Ends With You)

But the thing is. I get confused with the story if I go back and forth with more than 1 game. I guess that's just a problem I'll have to deal with?action1234

I'm able to skip around games depending on what I feel like playing and I even can go months without playing an RPG and pick up right where i left off with a little help from the journal or quest book in most games.

This way I can break up the monotony of just playing RPG's for 60+ hours straight by throwing in some FPS's or action/adventures

I'm able to skip around games depending on what I feel like playing and I even can go months without playing an RPG and pick up right where i left off with a little help from the journal or quest book in most games.

This way I can break up the monotony of just playing RPG's for 60+ hours straight by throwing in some FPS's or action/adventures

smerlus

But the thing is. I get confused with the story if I go back and forth with more than 1 game. I guess that's just a problem I'll have to deal with?action1234

[QUOTE="smerlus"]

I'm able to skip around games depending on what I feel like playing and I even can go months without playing an RPG and pick up right where i left off with a little help from the journal or quest book in most games.

This way I can break up the monotony of just playing RPG's for 60+ hours straight by throwing in some FPS's or action/adventures

SteelAttack

I never played one before, but I read that they last over 50-60 hours of gameplay. Do the people who play RPGs only interested in that genre of games or do they have ALOT of free time? I might be interested in playing some, but I'm interested in playing other genres too that aren't so long.action1234

I've been playing RPGs for a long time. I don't know why it's appealing to go on a 40+ hour adventure. It's just the way the games are. I find enjoyment on that, well, only on RPGs that are worth playing.

Part of this addiction comes if the games have good customization or leveling up. Like Call of Duty multiplayer, leveling up, getting new weapons, armor, perks, etc., is extremely addicting. RPGs kind of perfected this, like Diablo II for example. For JRPGs, customizing isn't really part of the game. Some have it, but most JRPGs rely more on telling a story, getting in the role of the characters' lives, and exploration. It's fun visiting towns, finding treasure, and seeing how the story unfolds. The games have been getting stale lately because they all appear to be the same. So now I take it upon myself to judge a JRPG based on how the characters are because I kind of know what to expect from their stories. But I do see myself coming back to them once in awhile because the passive, yet engaging adventure does grow on you. It's just the nature of the games, really. Sometimes I feel like playing through a looooong quest on a lonely weekend or when I'm sick for example. Those are the best times to play them. Occasionally, JRPGs have a few interesting characters that I really like which I want to keep playing to know all about them. And unfortunately, there are some JRPGs with characters so generic and unlikeable, I usually give up during the middle of my game. Anyway, those are some points to why I enjoy RPGs. Having a long adventure, especially if the characters are good, is worth playing.

Those are the differences I think. There are more but that's the jest of it. Western RPGs focus more on leveling up, customizing, and following your own path whereas Japanese RPGs focus more on a long narrative that's panned out through the characters' lives, who are on a mostly linear adventure to discover the current conflict that's going on, or in other words, to save the world. Both are fun in their own way. Since I grew up with JRPGs, I tend to play these more, but western RPGs are addicting as well, if it has a very deep customization layout and cool weapons/armor, etc.

[QUOTE="smerlus"]

I'm able to skip around games depending on what I feel like playing and I even can go months without playing an RPG and pick up right where i left off with a little help from the journal or quest book in most games.

This way I can break up the monotony of just playing RPG's for 60+ hours straight by throwing in some FPS's or action/adventures

SteelAttack

I play RPG's but i dont have much free time. My maximum would be around 2-3 hours per night. RPG's games becomes so addictive that you want to play it as much as you want.Orasion_Seiz

Same here pretty much. On days I don't have school I definitely play more though, haha. But I play more than RPGs usually.