Do You Prefer WRPG's Or JRPG's?

WRPG's by miles, the fredom and not the confinement of JRPG's is my cup of tea far more

I love the best of JRPG's too though, just not as mcuh

WRPG = choices, roleplaying and not linear.

JRPG= no real roleplaying, lead you by the nose and linear.

Its up to the individual to choose which they prefer

WRPG = choices, roleplaying and not linear.

JRPG= no real roleplaying, lead you by the nose and linear.

Its up to the individual to choose which they prefer

blue_hazy_basic

I play both, but i prefer JRPG's. They usually do a better job of making an emotional attachment to the character/s, and the storyline_Tobli_

I like my RPG's to offer more roleplaying than rolewatching though, that is why while i love JRPG's, i enjoy and want much more to play WRPG's

[QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"]

WRPG = choices, roleplaying and not linear.

JRPG= no real roleplaying, lead you by the nose and linear.

Its up to the individual to choose which they prefer

Ragashahs

But a game is not just its ending, it is the battles, the freedom to do anything, and not get stuck for hours in cut-scenes etc

Noob question here, but what does WRPG stand for?Exeed_Orbit

Western role playing games, as in RPGs not made in Japan.

Noob question here, but what does WRPG stand for?Exeed_Orbit

Western RPG. JRPG = Japanese RPG.

Noob question here, but what does WRPG stand for?Exeed_Orbit

Western role playing game. Basically game's like KOTOR.

[QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"]

WRPG = choices, roleplaying and not linear.

JRPG= no real roleplaying, lead you by the nose and linear.

Its up to the individual to choose which they prefer

Ragashahs

[QUOTE="Ragashahs"][QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"]

WRPG = choices, roleplaying and not linear.

JRPG= no real roleplaying, lead you by the nose and linear.

Its up to the individual to choose which they prefer

saolin323

But a game is not just its ending, it is the battles, the freedom to do anything, and not get stuck for hours in cut-scenes etc

[QUOTE="saolin323"][QUOTE="Ragashahs"][QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"]

WRPG = choices, roleplaying and not linear.

JRPG= no real roleplaying, lead you by the nose and linear.

Its up to the individual to choose which they prefer

Ragashahs

But a game is not just its ending, it is the battles, the freedom to do anything, and not get stuck for hours in cut-scenes etc

[QUOTE="Ragashahs"][QUOTE="saolin323"][QUOTE="Ragashahs"][QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"]

WRPG = choices, roleplaying and not linear.

JRPG= no real roleplaying, lead you by the nose and linear.

Its up to the individual to choose which they prefer

blue_hazy_basic

But a game is not just its ending, it is the battles, the freedom to do anything, and not get stuck for hours in cut-scenes etc

but your allowed to have a change of heart at the end what the point of the whole choice part in the rest of the game? is basically is useless cause you know in the end you can just make the choices y ou really want in teh endRagashahs

Redemption and falling are a critical part of many stories. I like the option. Again its all a personal preference.

[QUOTE="Ragashahs"]but your allowed to have a change of heart at the end what the point of the whole choice part in the rest of the game? is basically is useless cause you know in the end you can just make the choices y ou really want in teh endblue_hazy_basic

Redemption and falling are a critical part of many stories. I like the option. Again its all a personal preference.

WRPGs. Not to mention, if it wasnt for WRPGs, there would be no JRPGs. Dont forget the granddaddy of them all, started back in the 70s by Gary Gygax.... Dungeons and Dragons! Pencil and dice that was so popular, it eventually made its way onto game systems. ;)JediRiff

i have to say you did your research but nobody remebers Gary Gygax or at least i dont remeber, i was gonna say final fantasy 1 for the original nintendo being the grandaddy, but you got me there, but i cant really say d and d seeing that it was a real life game

[QUOTE="JediRiff"]WRPGs. Not to mention, if it wasnt for WRPGs, there would be no JRPGs. Dont forget the granddaddy of them all, started back in the 70s by Gary Gygax.... Dungeons and Dragons! Pencil and dice that was so popular, it eventually made its way onto game systems. ;)Animal-Mother

i have to say you did your research but nobody remebers Gary Gygax or at least i dont remeber, i was gonna say final fantasy 1 for the original nintendo being the grandaddy, but you got me there, but i cant really say d and d seeing that it was a real life game

[QUOTE="JediRiff"]WRPGs. Not to mention, if it wasnt for WRPGs, there would be no JRPGs. Dont forget the granddaddy of them all, started back in the 70s by Gary Gygax.... Dungeons and Dragons! Pencil and dice that was so popular, it eventually made its way onto game systems. ;)Animal-Mother

i have to say you did your research but nobody remebers Gary Gygax or at least i dont remeber, i was gonna say final fantasy 1 for the original nintendo being the grandaddy, but you got me there, but i cant really say d and d seeing that it was a real life game

Hehe... actually, I didnt do research on that... I lived it! I got the basic companions set for D&D back in 1982, and I was 12 at the time. That was my introduction to RPGs. I have been hooked ever since. I feel the comparison is valid, because if it wasnt for that, we wouldnt have what we have today, be it WRPGs or JRPGs. Its all about the roots! If this were a geneology tree, the base of the tree would be Dungeons and Dragons by the great Gary Gygax. The man basically paved the way for all our RPG fun today.

I love both.

WRPG's are progressing at a much faster rate than JRPG's though, in all aspects.

[QUOTE="Animal-Mother"]

[QUOTE="JediRiff"]WRPGs. Not to mention, if it wasnt for WRPGs, there would be no JRPGs. Dont forget the granddaddy of them all, started back in the 70s by Gary Gygax.... Dungeons and Dragons! Pencil and dice that was so popular, it eventually made its way onto game systems. ;)blue_hazy_basic

i have to say you did your research but nobody remebers Gary Gygax or at least i dont remeber, i was gonna say final fantasy 1 for the original nintendo being the grandaddy, but you got me there, but i cant really say d and d seeing that it was a real life game

The first one I can remember on a computer (other than pure word based adventures) would have been Wizardry. I can remember it on the.... Apple IIe. Or was it the Apple IIc? Im not sure off the top of my head, but it was one of those.

[QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"][QUOTE="Animal-Mother"]

[QUOTE="JediRiff"]WRPGs. Not to mention, if it wasnt for WRPGs, there would be no JRPGs. Dont forget the granddaddy of them all, started back in the 70s by Gary Gygax.... Dungeons and Dragons! Pencil and dice that was so popular, it eventually made its way onto game systems. ;)JediRiff

i have to say you did your research but nobody remebers Gary Gygax or at least i dont remeber, i was gonna say final fantasy 1 for the original nintendo being the grandaddy, but you got me there, but i cant really say d and d seeing that it was a real life game

The first one I can remember on a computer (other than pure word based adventures) would have been Wizardry. I can remember it on the.... Apple IIe. Or was it the Apple IIc? Im not sure off the top of my head, but it was one of those.

not to offend you guys but how old are you , if you know all this stuffAnimal-Mother

haha let me put it like this, I'm the wrong side of 30! I've been gaming since around 1979 :o!!!

Here is an exmaple of what WRPG's will offer in time, look at those Fable 2 blogs i found

http://labwarrior.gametrailers.com/gamepad/index.php?action=viewblog&id=208374

http://labwarrior.gametrailers.com/gamepad/index.php?action=viewblog&id=177437

Here is an exmaple of what WRPG's will offer in time, look at those Fable 2 blogs i found

http://labwarrior.gametrailers.com/gamepad/index.php?action=viewblog&id=208374

http://labwarrior.gametrailers.com/gamepad/index.php?action=viewblog&id=177437

saolin323

[QUOTE="saolin323"]

Here is an exmaple of what WRPG's will offer in time, look at those Fable 2 blogs i found

http://labwarrior.gametrailers.com/gamepad/index.php?action=viewblog&id=208374

http://labwarrior.gametrailers.com/gamepad/index.php?action=viewblog&id=177437

blue_hazy_basic

Why wan Fable 1 not a true RPG ? It had a proper upgradable hero, armors, good/evil paths, quests that were great in their lore and unique, amazing magic and combos in battle, huge exploration, riddles that most RPG's never have, could buy whole cities too, kill anything, open the roads to merchants, kill huge beasts etc etc

What in your opinion makes it a non RPG ?

[QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"][QUOTE="saolin323"]

Here is an exmaple of what WRPG's will offer in time, look at those Fable 2 blogs i found

http://labwarrior.gametrailers.com/gamepad/index.php?action=viewblog&id=208374

http://labwarrior.gametrailers.com/gamepad/index.php?action=viewblog&id=177437

saolin323

Why wan Fable 1 not a true RPG ? It had a proper upgradable hero, armors, good/evil paths, quests that were great in their lore and unique, amazing magic and combos in battle, huge exploration, riddles that most RPG's never have, could buy whole cities too, kill anything, open the roads to merchants, kill huge beasts etc etc

What in your opinion makes it a non RPG ?

[QUOTE="saolin323"][QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"][QUOTE="saolin323"]

Here is an exmaple of what WRPG's will offer in time, look at those Fable 2 blogs i found

http://labwarrior.gametrailers.com/gamepad/index.php?action=viewblog&id=208374

http://labwarrior.gametrailers.com/gamepad/index.php?action=viewblog&id=177437

blue_hazy_basic

Why wan Fable 1 not a true RPG ? It had a proper upgradable hero, armors, good/evil paths, quests that were great in their lore and unique, amazing magic and combos in battle, huge exploration, riddles that most RPG's never have, could buy whole cities too, kill anything, open the roads to merchants, kill huge beasts etc etc

What in your opinion makes it a non RPG ?

Could you be a bit more specific ???

[QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"][QUOTE="saolin323"][QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"][QUOTE="saolin323"]

Here is an exmaple of what WRPG's will offer in time, look at those Fable 2 blogs i found

http://labwarrior.gametrailers.com/gamepad/index.php?action=viewblog&id=208374

http://labwarrior.gametrailers.com/gamepad/index.php?action=viewblog&id=177437

saolin323

Why wan Fable 1 not a true RPG ? It had a proper upgradable hero, armors, good/evil paths, quests that were great in their lore and unique, amazing magic and combos in battle, huge exploration, riddles that most RPG's never have, could buy whole cities too, kill anything, open the roads to merchants, kill huge beasts etc etc

What in your opinion makes it a non RPG ?

Could you be a bit more specific ???

Very briefly using what you said as a definition does it really differ much from say GTA?

[QUOTE="JediRiff"][QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"][QUOTE="Animal-Mother"]

[QUOTE="JediRiff"]WRPGs. Not to mention, if it wasnt for WRPGs, there would be no JRPGs. Dont forget the granddaddy of them all, started back in the 70s by Gary Gygax.... Dungeons and Dragons! Pencil and dice that was so popular, it eventually made its way onto game systems. ;)blue_hazy_basic

i have to say you did your research but nobody remebers Gary Gygax or at least i dont remeber, i was gonna say final fantasy 1 for the original nintendo being the grandaddy, but you got me there, but i cant really say d and d seeing that it was a real life game

The first one I can remember on a computer (other than pure word based adventures) would have been Wizardry. I can remember it on the.... Apple IIe. Or was it the Apple IIc? Im not sure off the top of my head, but it was one of those.

Yeah, thats what I was talking about with the word based adventure part. Wasnt one of them called.... something like Wombat or something? However, I am 99% sure all of that came after the pencil and dice versions of D&D and AD&D. Animal-Mother, I am 37.

WRPGs

After playing FFX, I can no longer stand metrosexual, feminine RPGs.

WRPGs

After playing FFX, I can no longer stand metrosexual, feminine RPGs.

LosDaddie