JRPGs tend to always put you in the role of an androgynous, angsty, teenage boy who has to embark on the same exact stupid cut-and-paste quest of saving the world from absolute evil, whereas WRPGs tend to put you into the role of a fantasy character of your choosing, the gameworld being molded by your choices.
I played Oblivion right after finishing FFXII. I enjoyed Oblivion much more, In hindsight I was very conscious of the FF Story>Dungeon Maze/Level Up>Story>Dungeon Maze/Level Up>Rinse>Repeat formula.
Very true. I love playing RPGs on both console and formally on the PC (ala EverQuest and such) but pencil, paper, and dice RPGs are the kings and grandaddies of the genre, and still remain the best. Your imagination is the only limit. :)
Honestly jRPG's have been far supassed years ago. I do agree that FF is the best that Japan has to offer and yes FF13 looks pretty sweet. It's still small potatoes to what the good ol US OF A puts out these days.
The amount of bad scores for Jrpg's is much worse then WRPG's
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you are wrong just for the simple fact, that you're stating your personal opinion as evidence.
mass effect and kotor were great and all but my favourite and most memorable games are jrpg's. does this make them better or worse than wrpg's? probably not since it's just a matter of personal preferences.
besides, there are better jrpg's than most FF games.
I used to dig JRPGs last gen, but at its current state I couldn't care less for any of the games being released in that genre. WRPGs aren't doing too good either this gen, but I like those more.
I played Oblivion right after finishing FFXII. I enjoyed Oblivion much more, In hindsight I was very conscious of the FF Story>Dungeon Maze/Level Up>Story>Dungeon Maze/Level Up>Rinse>Repeat formula.
Not for me. WRPG usually means crap/non-existant story and level caps so that you can't grind no matter how much you enjoy the combat. The only company that's made a WRPG that satisfies me for what I want from an RPG (story) is Bio-Ware, and their games are nothing more than a JRPG with morality choices and realtime combat that isn't ass.
Even though I grew up on JRPGS though the 16 bit era and had fun with them, I just can't stand JRPG's anymore, these are my reasons: Anime Art concept. Big haired characters. Lack of customization. Story lines and character interaction. 4 little people taking on 200 foot high 50 ton dragons....and winning. Multiple characters to a party (I like to solo). Tiny men with big swords. Somewhat linear. Lame attacks.
I like them more, that much I can agree with. However, there are so many bad WRPGs that actually can be named(2 worlds for instance) and JRPGs have been impressive as well and are just as good in some cases if not better. The PErsona series, DragonQuest, Kingdom Hearts(i don't like it, but whatever), Shin Megami Tensei Series that i can never remember :P, Vagrant Story, Parasite Eve, Dark Cloud, etc etc have all been great games, and I love SRPGs like Valkyria Chronicles, Final Fantasy Tactics, and Fire Emblem. So no I disagree that JRPGs are vastly inferior, i may love the WRPGs more but there are so many good JRPGs. iT really just comes down to preference, because alot of JRPGs come off as animeish...which is a turnoff for anyone who isn't too fond of anime(me for one)
I like them more, that much I can agree with. However, there are so many bad WRPGs that actually can be named(2 worlds for instance) and JRPGs have been impressive as well and are just as good in some cases if not better. The PErsona series, DragonQuest, Kingdom Hearts(i don't like it, but whatever), Shin Megami Tensei Series that i can never remember :P, Vagrant Story, Parasite Eve, Dark Cloud, etc etc have all been great games, and I love SRPGs like Valkyria Chronicles, Final Fantasy Tactics, and Fire Emblem. So no I disagree that JRPGs are vastly inferior, i may love the WRPGs more but there are so many good JRPGs. iT really just comes down to preference, because alot of JRPGs come off as animeish...which is a turnoff for anyone who isn't too fond of anime(me for one)jg4xchamp
Not in terms of story and imo battle system, most wrpgs stories are just thrown with a few exceptions like ME however those few good stories cannot add up to the tons of epic emotionally charged plots that have come out of jrpgs over the years. Also lots of wrpgs have rather lackluster combat,like button mashing, when compared to the deeper combat styles of jrpgs like turn based.
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